VH1 Classic will kick off the new year with a “2,009 for 2009 Music Video Marathon” . Mark Goodman will be the host of the event, during which he will play 2,009 of VH1 Classic’s favorite music videos: “Vh1 Classic kicks off 2009 in a big way with their 2,009 For 2009 Music Video Marathon. Join [...]
If you grew up in the 1970s or ’80s, you probably spent a fair share of your time hanging out in video arcades: Whether it was working the joystick on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and QBert, taking the steering wheel through the high-speed chase games Turbo and Spy Hunter, or blasting bad guys in police and [...]
In the mid 1980s, a strange phenomenon overcame moviegoers and animation enthusiasts in the form of a team of oddly compatible men that formed the most formidable paranormal investigation team the nation had ever seen. Ghostbusters, who risked life and limb to protect the general public from any assortment of trouble-making phantasms, then-served as the [...]
Hip-hop be damned, Duran Duran invented bling. Long before Notorious B.I.G. and P.Diddy née Puff Daddy cruised the waves in their massive motorboat in the 1997 video for “Hypnotize,” the boys in the late Princess Di’s favorite band sailed on yachts in Armani suits, scored with a harem of supermodels, ventured to exotic locales [...]
I just found out about a cool new “old” band called Xcelsis. This is how they describe themselves: ” A spoof/satire band where the whole premise is an 80s synth-pop band that only wrote songs about the holidays”. Their music is very impressive, and if you didn’t know better you would swear this came straight [...]
The most well-known phone design of all time is probably the classic Western Electric 500. Its simple and easy two-holed receiver design endured for generations and led to the classically charming no-handed cheek-to-shoulder phone hold. Over the years, the portable phone took away that simple crutch – the thinner they became, the more likely people [...]
It’s been 20 years since ’80s rap icon Grandmaster Flash had an album of new material on store shelves. That album was 1988′s On the Strength, which was itself a bit of a disappointment when compared to earlier LPs. The thing that sticks in my mind most when Joseph Saddler’s MC name is brought up [...]
New Line has won an auction for screen rights to “Rock of Ages,” a stage musical that does with ’80s rock anthems what “Mamma Mia!” did with Abba tunes. Chris D’Arienzo, who wrote the book for the Off Broadway tuner, will write the screenplay and direct the film. The storyline takes place at a Sunset [...]
Romancing the Stone Fox announced it’s remaking Romancing the Stone, the romantic comedy that made Michael Douglas, Danny Devito, and Kathleen Turner movie stars. No cast or director have been named, but Eagle Eye’s Daniel McDermott is on board to write the screenplay. Arthur Warner Bros. is rebooting Arthur, this time with Russell Brand playing [...]
