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April 27th, 2010 | 
Author: Hot Tub Time Machine is definitely not in the same league as H. G. Wells. Written by Josh Heald, Sean Anders and John Morris with a catchy title that really says it all - it is a hot tub, it is a time machine. It enabled them to catch and compare the feel and morality of the eighties and give you a humorous story about friendship. Here is the full detailed plot of the story. View full post on Arts and Entertainment: Movies TV Articles from EzineArticles.com
The Eighties were an interesting time. The clothes alone were unexplainable. Music was changing, and so were movies. As with any trend of an era, things tend to make comebacks. Those of us who grew up in the Eighties were almost certain that certain things from our time period would be spared a revival.
We were wrong. Leggings were one thing that made it back. Unbelievably, the Fashion Powers That Be saw it fit to bring back a fashion style that looks good on nobody, and that only 5% of the population can wear without looking like some sort of odd-colored sausage. Shoulder pads, bangly jewelry, rubber jewelry, obnoxiously bright colors – they’ve all made it to the shelves and kids are buying it up like crazy. What’s next? Enormous bangs?
With all the Eighties madness, one thing has returned to The World of Cool that makes a little bit more sense. Dancing. We’re not talking about ballroom dancing, ballet dancing or booty dancing. We’re talking about jazz-hands, fossie-fossie, break-dancing, shake-what-your-momma-gave-you dancing. The kind of dancing you see on So You Think You Can Dance and the dance people on America’s Got Talent. It is highly reminiscent of the dancing craze of the Eighties – with Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, and other influential movies. And TV shows! One of the most popular and influential dancing shows was Solid Gold.
The Solid Gold Dancers were the pinnacle of freestyle interpretive dance in the dance-crazed Eighties. They were flashy. They were sexy. They had amazingly big hair. Boys fantasized about them. Girls wanted to be them. Vice versa, as well. Between the years of 1980 and 1988, we learned what songs were cool while we watched the Solid Gold dancers gyrate and move to those songs. Whether they were easy to dance to or not. Have you ever tried to shake your groove thing to the Miami Vice theme? It is difficult. Regardless, these dancers were selling gold hand over fist – merchandising gold and a fortune in dancing lessons.
Who were these amazing, influential, horribly dressed dancers? Where did these treasures end up? Was there life after Solid Gold Saturday Night?
Yes, to a point, for Tony, one of the original two males in the dance troupe. He appeared on Solid Gold until 1984, and enjoyed a successful career after that. He appeared in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and “Thriller” videos, as well as Janet Jackson’s “Nasty” video, to name a few. He played the character of Al in the film adaptation of A Chorus Line. Unfortunately, he died in 1995. As a side note, Michael Jackson ended up employing a lot of Solid Gold Dancers in various projects. Captian EO employed a great amount of Solid Gold Dancers.
Alex and Helene were also in A Chorus Line, and Helene choreographed the video for “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was), wherein Deborah was a dancer. Another venue for the later Solid Gol Dancers was the movie Breakin’. Cooley appeared in the first one, and Lucinda played the role of “Special K” in both Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Also, there are other notable dancers.
Other great film roles include Paul's portryal of "Waponi God Woo" in Joe Versus the Volcano. Mark, who was also in the “Thriller” video is an amateur country music singer. Gigi (who was on the show in later years) is Gigi Hunter – knitwear designer to the stars. Eileen was a successful Madonna impersonator in the “Legends In Concert” series.
Other Solid Gold Dancers became more famous by association. Chelsea, in addition to having a very busy TV and movie career, also had a son with Scott Bakula of Quantam Leap fame. Janeen married Michael Damain of The Young and the Restless and “Rock On” fame and became a movie producer.
Perhaps the most famous of the Solid Gold Dancers, Darcel Wynne retired to raise her family, but has recently written a book called Darcel Sexy’s Back and She’s Still…Solid Gold that came out in 2008. She was the top dog on Solid Gold and actually acted as MC for a time.
So there you go – all the things you didn’t know you wanted to know about the Solid Gold Dancers. There are clips available on You Tube, and there are plenty of fan sites dedicated to them. And you should – it’s a fascinating piece of Eighties history.
Sylvester Stallone trivia facts include a wealth of information about this star actors professional career, as he is the mind behind one of the more successful and recognizable franchises in movie history. His full name is Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, although many have simply known him for years as “Sly” Stallone. He was born in 1946 and rose to prominence playing the part of two characters that have become extremely recognizable in popular culture, Rambo, and Rocky. These characters were both originally created many decades ago, but in the last ten years Stallone has returned to both of those characters to create final sequels in the franchises.
A Sylvester Stallone Quiz Question – what was one of Stallone’s earliest film roles? He didn’t get billed for the part, but he does appear briefly in the well known Woody Allen film, Bananas. He would work in other well known films in extremely small parts, as well as guest appearing on a few TV series, but it was in 1976 that Stallone’s star would rise. After the release of Rocky, he became a part of the action star stable of the eighties alongside other action greats like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although he was going to be considered chiefly an action star in the following years, including his work in the Rambo movies and the further Rocky movies, did you know that the original Rocky Film is actually among the films that have been nominated for the most Academy awards of all time? Rocky was nominated for ten awards, and was completely Stallone’s project as he wrote the script and starred in it. It would win three of those awards, Best Picture, Best Director, and Film Editing. Stallone was also nominated as best actor and the success of Rocky should stand as a reminder to those who dismissed him as an action star without real acting capability in later years.
Stallone has capitalized on the success of Rocky well, and Sylvester Stallone Trivia needs to address those sequels. Rocky II was a hugely successful film, and Rocky III-IV were also successful, as was the late career comeback film, Rocky Balboa. Rambo also became a franchise consisting of First Blood, First Blood Part II, and Rambo III, along with the follow up produced in 2008, Rambo, similar to the way that the Rocky franchise had been continued many years after its supposed conclusion. Although Rocky V did poorly, the sixth movie was concluded to be a better finish to the franchise.
I have no idea how theyll pull the MacGruber movie off, but unlike a lot of people Im all for it. Sure its easy to automatically rip every SNL spinoff movie, after all theyre taking a 30-second snippet and turning it into a feature film. Thats not easy. Besides more recently, the SNL movie formula just hasnt been successful. But in trashing MacGruber sight unseen, you ignore the greatness of the 90s in which Wayne Campbell was king and Saturday Night Live movies were actually funny. Maybe Im j
Learn how to dance your ass off with Lisa. Lesson 8: Eighties
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In the eighties, a movie came out called The Gods Must Be Crazy . A pilot flying over the Kalahari desert in South Africa tosses his empty Coke bottle out the window, and it lands near a tribe of bushmen. They think it’s a gift from the gods, and find it has its uses: crushing grains, making music, I forget what else. But it also creates problems. They have no concept of private ownership, and the Coke bottle begins to breed competition. Eventually, someone uses it as a weapon, and hits someo
A voluptuous woman wrapped in nine yards of sheer chiffon, dancing in the rain, her ample chest heaving - this image was the sex symbol of Bollywood movies in the eighties and nineties, the ultimate male fantasy. But it is now beginning to fade, replaced by tall, skinny actresses clad in short skirts and bikinis, their bodies toned and taut Westward Leading Like many other things, the Indian idea of the perfect body is being molded by the West. “Gone are the days of Sri Devi and Madhuri
by Neda Ulaby NPR’s weekly arts podcast takes a turn towards the 1980s this week, with a couple of reflections upon important anniversaries. And you can listen right here. Spike Lee’s seminal film Do The Right Thing turns 20 this summer, and the classic Prince tune “Purple Rain” celebrates a quarter of a century. We take a moment to reflect on both, assisted when it comes to Prince by an appreciation from Maroon 5 members Jesse Ca
Remakes, remakes, remakes! Everywhere, somebody is remaking some classic, either from the eighties or from the silver screen. Honestly, I’m kind of starting to give in and throw my hands up, cynically saying “Fine! Do whatever you want!” There are a handful of things in this life I feel are about as perfect as you’ll get and one of them are Universal’s classic monster movies. While creature flicks involving vampires and werewolves have been far from scarce, there’s an essence that permeates th
Tagline: “Do you know who your family is?” Translation: Never, ever get remarried! The Verdict: The original version of The Stepfather , which starred John Locke Terry O’Quinn as a homicidal psychopath with a penchant for single moms, was one of the better B movies of the late eighties. Even though it only pulled in $2.5 million at the box office , word of mouth about the film’s taut storyline and O’Quinn’s masterful performance as an evil stepfather helped turn it into an undergr