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Up next for Jason Bateman: Teen Wolf Three?

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:00 EDT

Would you buy a ticket to see Jason Bateman in Teen Wolf Three? You kinda would, wouldn't ya? With all the interest in Bateman these days because of the new Arrested Development series, you'd think someone would ask him about his days in 1987's Teen Wolf Too.

Our '80s love still burning the Midnight Oil and 'The Dead Heart'

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT

As the ‘80s became stereotyped by Yuppies and mantras like “Greed is Good”, who would have believed that in 1987 a band of out Australia would take the world by storm singing about the injustices to native Aborigines?

Sinbad files for bankruptcy a second time

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT

Sinbad, who has been bouncing around TV and and the big screen since the mid '80s, is finding out that showbiz life these days is a different world. The comic has filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time he's used the courts to help him out.

Ranking the Star Trek movies: Top to bottom

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:21:18 EDT

Did you catch Star Trek: Into the Woods, or whatever it's called, over the weekend? Sadly, I missed it. I was unpacking boxloads of Tribbles as I moved from Orlando to the nearby …

Monday lost and found: Dire Straits 'Brother in Arms'

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:20 EDT

With more than 30 million copies sold worldwide, it’s a stretch to say that Dire Strait’s Brother in Arms album is "lost" since it was released in 1985. While the No. 1 smash Money For Nothing is a constant on the radio, the title track, Brother in Arms, is uncommon on the radio.

Friday lost and found: Jeffrey Osborne 'Stay With Me Tonight'

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:08 EDT

After scoring multiple hits in the ‘70s with his band LTD, Jeffrey Osborne went solo and went on to chart eight Top 40 hits in the ‘80s. While most of his singles were slow R&B ballads, Osborne still could hit the dance floor with songs like 1983’s Stay With Me Tonight.

Is 'Illegal Alien' by Genesis the most racist song of the '80s?

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:46 EDT

"It's not fun ... being an illegal alien." I was only 16 when this song by Genesis was released in 1983. All I thought at the time is that it was semi-catchy, and semi-stupid. But was it actually one of the most racist songs of the '80s?

Thursday lost and found: The Long Ryders 'Looking for Lewis & Clark'

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:55:25 EDT

As ‘80s music started to become more slick and overproduced in the last half of the decade, there was a small revival of American roots rock coined The Paisley Underground. One of the soldiers of that movement was The Long Ryders. Taking their name from the 1980 western The Long Riders, The Long Ryders gained some minor …

Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV series gets thumbs down from CBS

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:53:00 EDT

Axel Foley, take a seat. Deadline.com reports that CBS has decided against airing the Beverly Hills Cop reboot, which was backed by Eddie Murphy.

It's no Felony to be a Fanatic for Valley Girl's soundtrack

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:52:14 EDT

If Steve Spears has ever tried to convince us of one thing on the SIT80’s blog and podcasts, it is that we should all revisit the movie and soundtrack to Valley Girl.