Archive for April, 2009

Jessica Alba celebrates her birthday.. 80s Style!

What a way to turn 28!
Jessica Alba brought in a new year Sunday with an ’80s theme party, complete with tunes from Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna, and games of Connect Four and Chinese Checkers.
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The Early Show celebrates the 80’s

Big hair, power ballads, mascara and tight leather pants are back — sort of.
The 1980s returned on Monday in all their glory, as the stars of the new Broadway hit, “Rock of Ages,” appeared on The Early Show with real-life ’80s rock stars Tommy Shaw, of Styx, and Kevin Ronin, of REO Speedwagon.
“American Idol” alum [...]

Together since the 80s, The Indigo Girls have staying power

The new album “Poseidon and the Bitter Bug” is a back-to-basics project for the Indigo Girls.  After making eight studio albums for Epic Records and one for Hollywood Records, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray issued “Poseidon” on their own IG Recordings label. They did so in association with Vanguard — the long-running folk imprint that [...]

Lionsgate puts out a new 80s Movie Collection

The Best Movies You Totally Forgot About
The Lost Collection

 
Lionsgate presents The Lost Collection eight fun theatrical films from the 1980s featuring the “best films you totally forgot about” that include Irreconcilable Differences, My Best Friend is a Vampire, Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home, The Night Before, Slaughter High, Homer & Eddie, Hiding Out and Repossessed.    Featuring some [...]

10 Best Teen Movies of the 80’s

The Denver Entertainment Examiner comes up with their list of the 10 best teen movies of the 80s.

There’s something about my increasing anxiety at such a typical Colorado spring, in the sense of complete bipolar changes in weather that makes me antsy to watch some good old fashioned and fun loving 80’s teen flicks. I will [...]

VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s – The List

We mentioned in a previous post that VH1 was going to have a 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the ’80s series.  Well it was shown last week and we now have the complete list for you.  There are a lot of questionable entries on the list.   What do you think?
VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders [...]

Taylor Dayne to appear on TV Land’s High School Reunion

Taylor Dayne will sing her 80s hit “Tell it to my Heart” on the April 8th season finale of High School Reunion.
From the Press Release put out by TV Land:
In the season finale, as the reunion comes to an end, the classmates decide to revive their high school tradition of having a sleepover on the [...]