Category Archives: 80s Celebs

80′s Stars Shine in Made for TV Christmas Movies

Posted on November 30, 2009 by The Great 80s

If you’re wondering what some of your favorite stars from the 1980′s have been doing for the past two decades, you don’t have to look much farther than your DVR. 1980′s stars like Nancy McKeon, Rob Lowe and Candace Cameron-Bure … Continue reading →

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80s Action Heroes are brought together for new film

Posted on October 27, 2009 by The Great 80s

Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis in the same movie?  Yes, its true.  They all shot a scene together for a film last weekend.  The movie is Stallone’s new picture called The Expendables.  Also in the film is Dolph Lundgren … Continue reading →

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80s Megastar Patrick Swazye dies at age 57 of complications from cancer

Posted on September 14, 2009 by The Great 80s

  Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers’ hearts with “Dirty Dancing” and then broke them with “Ghost,” died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with … Continue reading →

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The Hottest ’80s Video Vixens

Posted on June 7, 2009 by The Great 80s

  Ah, the good ol’ days. MTV played videos, and those videos featured real people. Better yet, most of those real people were hot-looking women who really had no business being in a video. Except for the fact that they … 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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Duran Duran’s John Taylor to guest on Samantha Who

Posted on November 24, 2008 by The Great 80s

John Taylor is to play Christina Applegate’s boyfriend on her hit TV show “Samantha Who.”  Samantha starts dating a former ’80s pop star, but doesn’t know who he is.  The Duran Duran bassist will play the part of Tommy Wylder, … Continue reading →

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What Becomes of ’80s Pop Stars

Posted on November 20, 2008 by The Great 80s

  As W. Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses prepares to release the band’s first album of new songs in 17 years, the British press is full of news that another 80s pop icon, Michael Jackson, will make a public … Continue reading →

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“Dynasty” Diva Joan Collins: An ’80s Icon

Posted on November 14, 2008 by The Great 80s

  Actress Joan Collins, who played Alexis Carrington, John Forsythe’s vindictive ex wife on “Dynasty,” helped to set the bar when it came to malicious scheming, cat-fighting and starting fashion trends. Today, Collins continues to challenge herself with writing books … Continue reading →

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Gary Coleman hits man with his truck in Utah

Posted on September 10, 2008 by The Great 80s

  PAYSON, Utah (AP) — Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a local bowling alley, police said. Payson police Lt. Bill Wright said Colt Rushton and Coleman got into an argument in … Continue reading →

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’80s teen queen Molly Ringwald now plays ‘Teenager’ mom

Posted on June 30, 2008 by The Great 80s

  When she was acting as a teenager, Molly Ringwald had no idea her movies, including “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink,” would still be popular decades later. “I don’t think when you’re a teenager you think … Continue reading →

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