1980s pop culture

The geeky college kid who got the girl in the 1984 hit "Revenge of the Nerds" has died. Robert Carradine was 71 and battled bipolar disorder, his family…

If you're reading this as a Throwback Nation Radio listener, you remember the thrill of hearing the phone ring in the '80s and '90s. That phone could have…

We now know when the highly anticipated Michael Jackson movie is going to hit theaters! "Michael," starring the King of Pop's nephew in the title role, has…

Get ready to have the Time of Your Life... again! Lionsgate just announced that the sequel to the 1987 hit movie "Dirty Dancing" is a go - and star Jennifer…

Just in time for Valentine's Day, "Pretty in Pink" will be back in movie theaters, 40 years after it was first released! "Pretty in Pink" will have showtimes…

A new musical based on a book and a blockbuster film about the extraordinary friendship between two women is coming to Broadway this spring! "Beaches: A New…

Dear Santa, I've been so good this year! I would really like for you to bring me a Cabbage Patch Kid, pretty please! We all had that one item on our…

The spin-off that became a hit TV series is now getting a sequel! The follow-up to "A Different World" is now a go, as reported by Deadline this week.…

Anthony Geary, who played one-half of the daytime super couple Luke & Laura, has died at the age of 78. TV Insider reported Geary died three days after a…

(UPDATE) Nick Reiner, son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner, has been taken into custody on $4 million…