Lionel Richie

1985 Throwback: Images from left; Rocky & Drago, Ronald Reagan, Madonna, The Breakfast Club, Marty McFly

Flashback to the Year 1985: Free Time Capsule!

What soda brand changed its formula that year? Plus ‘Back to the Future,’ ‘The Golden Girls,’ “We Are the World” & more big pop culture moments 40 years ago in 1985.
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.
2025 Bands touring collage

Classic Rock Bands Touring in 2025: Journey, Foreigner, Stevie Nicks, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Def Leppard & More

Plus, tour dates for Heart, Cheap Trick, the Eagles, Dead & Company, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, and more.
American singer Lionel Richie, wearing a blue jacket and white trousers, on a podium surrounded by performers during the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, 12th August 1984.

1984 Breakdancing Craze Lives on At 2024 Paris Olympic Games

During the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lionel Richie performed a memorable extended version of “All Night Long,” accompanied by dozens of young breakdancers.
We are the World recording 1985

Netflix Examines ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ With Rare Footage From ‘We Are The World’ Special

In 1985, many iconic artists came together to record “We Are the World.”