Giorgio Moroder

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.

‘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.”