1980s pop culture

A favorite character from our childhood is about to make a big comeback! Rainbow Brite will return to screens with a new movie and a television series.…

Baby's coming to Broadway! The announcement just came down that the incredibly successful 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing" is being adapted into a stage musical on…

One of our favorite comedy actors, Chevy Chase, is celebrating his 81st birthday today! He was born Cornelius Crane Chase on October 8, 1943, and got the…

Longtime fans of the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" are saddened by the news that John Black's portrayer, Drake Hogestyn, has died. Hogestyn died at age 70…

Back in the 1980s and '90s, life seemed so much simpler, didn't it? When it comes to learning and gathering information, things have sure changed a lot! It's…

We know you remember Ariel from Disney's 1989 film "The Little Mermaid." The animated movie stole our hearts with the sweet story of Ariel, the little mermaid…

Actor Dennis Quaid will bring the story of President Ronald Reagan to movie screens this weekend! Quaid plays the late president in the new movie "Reagan,"…

Before Oprah, Geraldo, and Ellen, there was Donahue. The man many refer to as the "original" daytime talk show host, Phil Donahue, has died at the age of 88.…

Ah, the 1980s! It was the decade of the best music with Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Duran Duran. It was the decade with the best movies - "The Breakfast…

If you were a teenage girl in the '80s or '90s, we're betting you read the Sweet Valley High books. The creator of the series, Francine Pascal, has died at…