Packed To The Rafters actress looks unrecognisable as she shows off her huge permed hair in throwback glamour shots from the 1980s By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:56 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 09:56 BST, 3 April 2021 Rebecca Gibney has looked back at her gamoour days in the 1980s. On … Read more
Rick Astley reveals his prized guitars from the 1980s were STOLEN during a burglary at his home By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 01:01 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 01:01 BST, 2 April 2021 Rick Astley has revealed burglars stole his prized guitars from the 1980s during a break-in at his and wife Lene’s … Read more
Orders for HIV tests triple thanks to success of Russell T Davies’ 1980s gay drama It’s A Sin, Channel 4 says It’s A Sin followed a group of gay men navigating the HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s The show’s success prompted a surge in testing orders and calls to helplines The series’ release coincided with National … Read more
New game show based on the classic 1980s video game Frogger is set to be filmed in Sydney in May… and producers are looking for contestants By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:01 GMT, 24 February 2021 | Updated: 07:01 GMT, 24 February 2021 It was one of the most beloved arcade games … Read more
Viewers have been warned about an ‘outright offensive’ character in the iconic movie Flash Gordon. The British Board of Film Classification has added a warning about Ming the Merciless, advising the audience that the character played by the late Swedish actor Max von Sydow is a ‘discriminatory stereotype’. The 1980 movie was reclassified as a 12A … Read more
It’s hard to imagine someone else playing the iconic role of Ferris Bueller in the classic 1986 film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But that was almost a reality, according to star Matthew Broderick, who confessed he almost passed on the wildly popular teen comedy directed by John Hughes. It turns out his apprehension was mainly due … Read more
The star of the popular Tudor Crisps TV adverts in the 1980s has died from coronavirus at the age of 87. Comedian and singer Kenny Williams spent years entertaining people across the North East as he toured the region’s club circuit. Kenny, who had vascular dementia, was living at Armstrong House care home in Gateshead. His … Read more
New music show That Was Then… This Is Now! to feature the biggest pop stars of the 1980s in a bid to help their financial troubles during the pandemic By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 02:15 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 02:15 BST, 15 October 2020 That Was Then… This Is Now! is a … Read more
Ozzy Osbourne has discussed the controversy over his 1980’s song Suicide Solution and what the lyrics actually meant in a candid new interview. In a chat with Rock Classics Radio on Apple Music Hits on Thursday, Ozzy spoke about the media storm that surrounded the hit and his wife Sharon’s reaction. The music star, 71, … Read more
Tough new restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus may push unemployment to levels not seen since current records began almost 50 years ago, experts have warned. Economists suggest that, by the end of the year, the jobless total could rise above the 3.28 million total that hit Britain in 1984 – the era of … Read more