Giorgio Moroder

Elizabeth Taylor (seated at a table on left) and Mickey Rooney (to her left, on right of photo) in a scene from

Weekly Wayback: Pop-Culture Anniversaries for Jan. 25-31, 2025

Movies, TV, music and more celebrating notable anniversaries the week of Jan. 25-31, 2025, including “National Velvet,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “We Are the World,” “Before Sunrise” and others.
a scene from the 1978 musical comedy

‘Thank God It’s Friday’: The Fun Disco Comedy Turns 45

Released May 19, 1978, during the height of the disco era, Thank God It’s Friday offers a great soundtrack featuring Casablanca Records and Motown artists, led by star Donna Summer, who performs the Oscar-winning “Last Dance,” and the Commodores, who appear as themselves for a performance of “Too Hot ta Trot.”