Monthly Archives: January 2009

Michael Jackson in deep financial trouble

Posted on January 28, 2009 by The Great 80s

The good ship Michael Jackson is sinking in red as you read this. Jackson was sued yesterday by one of his old friends, director John Landis, who says he’s owed around a million dollars by the singer in royalties for … Continue reading →

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A sit down with Richard Marx

Posted on January 24, 2009 by The Great 80s

  Richard Marx has kept a low profile over the past few years, preferring to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and producer for ‘N Sync, Keith Urban and Sister Hazel, among others. But that doesn’t mean the man … Continue reading →

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Review of the latest 80s movie remake- My Bloody Valentine (in 3D!)

Posted on January 21, 2009 by The Great 80s

Genre fans are nothing if not specific, boiling films down to their bare-bones essence for purposes of classification. Only they could invent a term such as “Canuxploitation” for horror films of the 1970s and ’80s made in Canada. Cross-pollination with … Continue reading →

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Singer Boy George sentenced to 15 months in prison

Posted on January 17, 2009 by The Great 80s

Boy George was jailed for 15 months today for handcuffing a male escort to a wall and beating him with a metal chain. The 47-year-old former Culture Club singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd, imprisoned Audun Carlsen during a … Continue reading →

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School of rock: What happened to the synthesiser revolution?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by The Great 80s

With the news that Florian Schneider is leaving Kraftwerk after 40 years, it’s time to ask an important question: What happened to the synthesiser revolution? Was it destroyed by guitar-wielding Luddites or did its pioneers go undercover and win by … Continue reading →

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Where are they now: The cast of 80s hit Fame

Posted on January 10, 2009 by The Great 80s

It was the television and movie phenomenon that influenced fashion for a generation and had us all rushing out to buy leggings and leg warmers. Now, more than a quarter of a century after Fame first hit our cinemas and … Continue reading →

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The Terminator, Freddy Krueger And Other ’80s Icons Kick Off The Search For The Greatest Badass Of All Time

Posted on January 6, 2009 by The Great 80s

Rambo, Boba Fett and Indiana Jones are all contenders for the title. What would happen if you took every butt-kicking, name-taking, trash-talking movie character in the history of the cinema, locked them in a steel cage and announced that only … Continue reading →

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PopWatch has a Q&A session with Adrian Zmed

Posted on January 3, 2009 by The Great 80s

Adrian Zmed, soon to be on VH1′s new reality show “Confessions of a Teen Idol” sits down with PopWatch for a Q&A Session. When we asked which castmate on VH1′s newest celebreality show, Confessions of a Teen Idol (premieres Jan. … Continue reading →

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