People Celebrating the '80s: 1985 Edition
Celebrating the ‘80s: 1985 Edition • MUSIC, MOVIES, TV & MORE PLUS THE ULTIMATE POP CULTURE QUIZ
People in 1985: A Year to Remember • WHETHER YOU LEANED MORE GOONIES OR BREAKFAST CLUB, THE MID-’80S HAD A PLACE WHERE YOU BELONGED
Out & About • THE PARTIES, COUPLES, KIDS AND LOOKS THAT HAD PEOPLE TALKING
Movies That Moved Us • FROM THE U.S. SOUTH DURING THE DEPRESSION TO THE PLAINS OF COLONIAL AFRICA—WITH A DETOUR FOR SOME DELOREAN TIME TRAVEL—THE MOVIES TOOK US FAR
Back to the Future • TWO SITCOM STARS—THE RIGHT-WING KID FROM FAMILY TIES AND THE ODDBALL ON TAXI—PAIRED UP IN THIS TIME-TRAVEL COMEDY, 1985’S TOP-EARNING FILM
The Color Purple • HOLLYWOOD NEWCOMER WHOOPI GOLDBERG LED A TALENT-PACKED CAST IN THE MOVING SCREEN VERSION OF ALICE WALKER’S NOVEL
Out of Africa • THIS EXOTIC, STEAMY LOVE STORY, STARRING TWO OF THE ’80S HOTTEST STARS, REACHED FULL BOIL AT THE BOX OFFICE
The Birth of the Brat Pack • THE ONE-TWO PUNCH OF THE BREAKFAST CLUB AND ST. ELMO’S FIRE MARKED A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN HOLLYWOOD: YOUTH RULED THE NEW A-LIST
AIDS in Hollywood: Rock Hudson & Elizabeth Taylor • HE WAS THE FIRST MOVIE STAR TO ADMIT TO HAVING AIDS. SHE WAS THE FIRST TO DEVOTE HERSELF TO FIGHTING IT
Family Viewing • FROM THE HUXTABLES TO THE CARRINGTONS, SPRAWLING CLANS RULED PRIME TIME, ALONGSIDE SOME GROUNDBREAKING POLICE AND DETECTIVE SHOWS
Moonlighting • AS PRIVATE DETECTIVES, CYBILL SHEPHERD AND BRUCE WILLIS UPDATED AN EARLIER ERA’S BATTLE-OF-THE-SEXES FUN
Miami Vice • EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T WATCH A FRAME OF THIS TROPICAL CRIME HIT, YOU FELT ITS INFLUENCE IN FASHION, MUSIC, MEN’S GROOMING AND SOUTH BEACH STYLE
The Golden Girls • FOUR WOMEN FRIENDS TALK ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, MEN—BEFORE THERE WAS CARRIE AND HER COSMOS, THERE WAS ROSE, BLANCHE, DOROTHY AND SOPHIA
Dynasty • ARMED IN SHOULDER PADS, DRIPPING JEWELS AND LACQUERED HAIR, AARON SPELLING’S SCHEMING PRIME-TIME SOCIALITES TOOK ON DALLAS AND WON
The Cosby Show • TWO PARENTS, FIVE KIDS AND A LOT OF DAD JOKES. SOUNDS FAMILIAR, BUT TV HAD NEVER SEEN A FAMILY LIKE THE HUXTABLES
Cagney & Lacey • DEVOTED VIEWERS SAVED THIS BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE-LED COP DRAMA, EVEN WHEN NETWORK EXECS WEREN’T SURE ABOUT IT
Live Aid & More! • A GLOBAL ROCK AND ROLL PARTY DID A WORLD OF GOOD (AT LEAST FOR A DAY), NOVEL VIDEOS MADE RADIO STARS, AND A DIVA FOR ALL TIME MADE HER STUNNING DEBUT
Live Aid • WHAT A DAY! MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS PLAYED ON TWO CONTINENTS TO AN AUDIENCE OF 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE—ALL TO HELP RELIEVE FAMINE IN AFRICA
Madonna • MIXING VIRGIN AND VIXEN, THIS UNCOMPROMISING PERFORMER CALCULATED HER EVERY MOVE TO GET THE WORLD INTO HER GROOVE
Prince • PURPLE RAIN GAVE THE ENIGMATIC ROCK STAR A HIT MOVIE, A SMASH SOUNDTRACK AND A CONCERT THAT WOULD LIVE ON IN LEGEND
Whitney Houston • WITH HER FIRST LP SHE SHOWED HER VOICE WAS ONE FOR THE AGES
Wham! • THE YEAR THEY TOPPED THE U.S. CHARTS, GEORGE MICHAEL AND ANDREW RIDGELEY MADE HISTORY IN CHINA—THEN SPLIT UP
Top Songs of the Year
In The News • A PRINCESS SHINED, A FIRST LADY CAPTIVATED A CURIOUS PRESS, AND A DOCTOR WHO LOOKED LIKE SHE MIGHT PRESCRIBE CHICKEN SOUP WAS ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT SEX
Charles & Diana • BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILY CHRISTENED A NEW LITTLE PRINCE BUT FRETTED ABOUT THE PRINCESS’S SEEMINGLY UNSTOPPABLE RISING STAR
When Reagan Met Gorbachev • THE NOVEMBER 1985 GENEVA SUMMIT WAS A SMALL FIRST STEP TO LATER LIMITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS—BUT A BIG MOMENT FOR THE SOVIET FIRST LADY
Nelson Mandela • IN THE 21ST YEAR OF A LIFE SENTENCE, THE ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST TURNED DOWN A COMPROMISING OFFER OF FREEDOM
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