The original lineup of Scottish rock band Simple Minds will hit the studio for the first time in 27 years next month to record “at least two new tracks,” the group said on its Web site. Frontman Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, the only current original members, will be joined by drummer Brian [...]

  The waiting is almost over! AC/DC fans can expect the band’s next album of new material sometime later this year.  The band are currently recording in Vancouver with producer Brendan O’Brien and long time audio engineer Mike Fraser.  This will be the band’s first collection of new material since the release of Stiff Upper [...]

  The Cabbage Patch Kids are skate punks. Strawberry Shortcake is wearing fitted jeans. And your Monopoly game piece might be a Starbucks cup. Some favorite toys from the 1980s have gotten 21st century updates as children who grew up playing with the iconic toys are having babies of their own. Boomer-era grandparents can also [...]

Thanks to the three “Back to the Future” films, actress Lea Thompson was already a movie star in her 20s. That’s enough to rattle some performers for the rest of their life. But not Thompson. “I think it’s always difficult just dealing with how you age gracefully, how you redo your time when you’re not [...]

  Who says there can be only one? Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit “Highlander,” with “Iron Man” co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to write the script. The original “Highlander” starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings battling humans, hunting [...]

  Ashlee and Pete weren’t the only ones getting hitched this weekend. Television bombshell Loni Anderson tied the knot in Los Angeles on Saturday with her former flame, singer Bob Flick. The 62-year-old WKRP in Cincinnati star and Flick, a founding member of the 1960s folk group The Brothers Four, first met 45 years ago [...]

  CANNES: MGM could be bringing back the Cold War. “Red Dawn,” John Milius’ 1984 tale of a group of American rebels fighting Soviet forces, is a candidate for a remake, studio toppers Harry Sloan and Mary Parent revealed Saturday at the American Pavilion in Cannes. They also confirmed that 1987′s “Robocop” could resurface in [...]

  No such thing as tomorrow, only one two three go! / Time, got the time tick-tick-tickin’ in my head, chimes Joe Jackson on “Got the Time,” the parting shot on his stunning debut “Look Sharp!” The album is a classic of the New Wave era of the late ’70s and early ’80s. Jackson, along [...]

I found this interesting thread titled “favorite 80′s car” over on Motortrend’s Car forum.  It brought me back to the days of driving around town in my very first car… a blue Chevy Nova.   Of course, mine was not in such mint condition as the one above. Read the posts…

  IGN Movies has learned from a longtime reliable source that classic science fiction hero Buck Rogers will return to theaters courtesy of Nu Image/Millennium Films, the outfit behind the recent revivals of Rambo and Conan. Not only that but we were told that none other than comic book icon-turned-filmmaker Frank Miller will direct it! [...]