On this day in 1983, one of the best movie soundtracks dropped, signaling the release of one of the best dance films of all time. Four days later, the world met Alex Owens, played by the magnificent ...

‘Flashdance’ was released 30 years ago this week — TIME looks back at the movie’s impact on pop-culture <br>Legend has it that, the night before her audition ...

BWW Review: FLASHDANCE, Theatre Royal Brighton by Fiona Scott - April 10, 2018 What a feeling! What an evening! The 80s film-musical adaption trend is alive and well. In addition to Fame, Footloose ...

Irene Cara has died. A Grammy and Oscar-winning singer, songwriter, and actor, Cara achieved international acclaim as one of the stars, and chief musical voices, of the 1980 film Fame. Cara’s career ...

Irene Cara, center, won the 1984 Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Flashdance...What a Feeling." She is flanked here by actress Jennifer Beals, songwriter Keith Forsey and actor Mathew ...

Cara was well-known by music and movie fans for her work on the Fame and Flashdance soundtracks. She also starred in the 1980 film about student life at New York’s High School of Performing Arts, ...

Irene Cara, the actress, singer and Oscar-winning songwriter best known for crooning the title tracks to ’80’s hit films “Fame” and “Flashdance,” has died in her Florida home. She was 63. Cara’s ...

It won an Oscar and is now considered iconic.

Ms. Cara was a child star from the Bronx who gained fame in the 1980s as a singer of pop anthems and as the star of the movie “Fame.” By Alex Traub and Amanda Holpuch Irene Cara, who belted out the ...