Archive for October, 2008

Dead or Alive frontman’s cosmetic surgery nightmare

 
Pop star Pete Burns is in line for a £1million payout after a surgeon admitted botching cosmetic surgery on his lips, which ‘wrecked his career and life’.
The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant said he suffered horrific side effects from the ‘trout pout’, including painful swelling and blisters so severe he could not eat, drink or [...]

Taylor Swift rocks with Def Leppard

 
Country teen queen Taylor Swift turns rock chick to sing lead with Def Leppard on the band’s ’80s classic, “Photograph,” in a new video that will begin airing Friday on CMT.
PEOPLE.com has a first look at the video, where Swift takes center stage on the tune – a hit six years before the 18-year-old was [...]

Return to Southfork… Fans Celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Dallas”

Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called “Dallas” when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn’t be any money in it.
But his wife persuaded him to give the role of conniving oil baron and cattle rancher J.R. Ewing a shot, saying they could “renegotiate” and [...]

Back home on stage in Thousand Oaks, an all-grown-up ’80s icon relishes her roots

 
A sweetly prim voice singing “Don’t cry, young lovers” wafted upward as buyers of organic apples and lettuce milled around the Thousand Oaks farmers market, oblivious to the music royalty below.
The weekly produce market sits atop the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, where a rehearsal was about to begin for Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production of [...]

Manilow tackles the 80s

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning Arista recording artist Barry Manilow just announced the release of his new album, THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE EIGHTIES, a brand new 12-song collection that will arrive in stores on Arista Records on November 25th.
Working with longtime collaborator Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer of [...]

Hitmaker from the ’70s and ’80s finds new fans

 
Don’t nobody worry about Kenny Loggins. He’s doing all right.
The singer-songwriter’s tunes may no longer get the radio airplay they did back in the ’80s — when he was the undisputed king of soundtracks thanks to hits from such movies as “Caddyshack,” “Top Gun” and “Footloose” — but he’s still recording and touring.
If fact, Loggins [...]

1980s Hit Show “V” to Invade Prime-Time Television

 
The 1980s miniseries about invading alien lizards on earth, V, will be making its comeback on ABC, reports Variety news. Aboard the new adaptation of the franchise is two time Emmy nominated co-creator/producer of The 4400, Scott Peters, as writer. Peters comments that he “wasn’t looking to do another sci-fi piece. But when Warner Bros. TV approached” him about reinventing V, the producer [...]

‘Rock of Ages’ takes a Journey back to ’80s

 
The new jukebox musical “Rock of Ages” is set in an L.A. club during that glorious hair-band heyday when ’80s power ballads got groupies grooving.
And grinding.
The show features enough strippers to keep a Champagne room at the Penthouse Club hopping.
So how did a group of stage hoofers learn how to work a pole? Kelly Devine, [...]

There’s one ’80s comeback trend that doesn’t deserve the cold shoulder

 
By now, you’ve probably heard the ’80s are making a comeback, from Molly Ringwald to Members Only jackets. But in fashion, you never wear a trend the same way twice (that’s how they keep us shopping). So, while cobalt blue and Pat Benatar’s rocker vibe look fresh again, leg warmers do not. And if there’s [...]

New Order`s five seminal 80s albums rereleased

 
Rhino Records has re-issued one of the most consistent and influential music catalogues of the 1980s, that of New Order.
All five albums will come with bonus discs featuring extended versions, b-sides and remixes, as well as extensive sleevenotes, including interviews with all four band members.
Released in 1981, New Order’s debut album Movement – produced by [...]