Today, despite the awfulness in America, we celebrate Emile Ardolino, an out gay director who made "Dirty Dancing" and "Sister Act." Ardolino grew up in Queens; he wanted to be an actor (because....of course). But Ardolino made his way to a spot behind the camera, and he began filming profiles of choreographers. Three of the profiles won Emmy Awards; seventeen were nominated. Ardolino jumped to films. "Dirty Dancing" is essentially a musical; it gave us "Hungry Eyes," "She's Like the Wind," and "I've Had the Time of My Life." The last of the three actually won the Academy Award for Best Song. You play it, and I get full-body chills. A few years later, Ardolino outdid himself with "Sister Act." For me, in childhood, this was like another "Howard Ashman moment": This was like someone was speaking to me directly through the camera. What is my ideal movie? It's Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg doing b...