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'Footloose' star reveals what 'sidekick' Sarah Jessica Parker really was like on set

“Chris and I were good friends,” said "Footloose" star Lori Singer. “We were very close. And Sarah [Jessica Parker] I just loved from the get go. She had a spark."

'Footloose' star Lori Singer choreographed 'extremely intense' domestic violence scene

Lori Singer, the star of the 1984 hit movie “Footloose,” is reflecting on her controversial scene 40 years after the movie premiered. 

How 'Footloose' co-stars Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer really met — and pulled off their steamy first kiss

“We shook hands and it was just magnetic at that moment. It was like electricity." — Lori Singer on meeting "Footloose" co-star Kevin Bacon

'Joe Kidd,' 'Footloose' actress dead at 78

Marta and actor David Soul had an "open relationship" in 1983.

Watch Kevin Bacon recreate 'Footloose' dance to celebrate the actors' strike ending

He’s kicking off his Sunday shoes.  The historic actors’ strike ended on Wednesday, and to celebrate, Kevin Bacon, 65, posted a video of himself on social media recreating his iconic...

Kenny Loggins has just 18 concerts left before he retires. We found tix

Kenny Loggins has just 18 concerts on his 2023 'This Is It' Farewell Tour. We found tickets for all shows.

Italy to crack down on illegal rave parties with fines and long jail terms

Italy is becoming a real-life version of "Footloose." In one of her first acts as prime minister, the nation's new leader Giorgia Meloni is getting tough -- on dance parties....

Celebrating Kevin Bacon's 64th birthday

Looking back on Kevin Bacon's life as he turns 64 on July 8. 

And....cut! How audiences helped forever change these movies we love

While only a few A-list Hollywood directors have the final say on how their movies are edited and shown on-screen, there is one major player in the film business who...

Small town tosses 'Footloose' law barring dancing on Sundays

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Officials in a western Arkansas city say residents can finally kick off their Sunday shoes. Fort Smith city directors recently repealed a 1953 ordinance that essentially...

New legislation could repeal NYC's dancing ban

New York City is poised to move from “Footloose” to fancy-free. A Brooklyn lawmaker is holding an oversight hearing Monday ahead of a plan to submit legislation that would repeal...

Kevin Bacon went undercover as a high schooler to prep for 'Footloose'

“The only people that knew that I was an actor was the principal and maybe the guidance counselor," Bacon reveals.

Real-life 'Footloose' town scraps Valentine's Day dance party

A small town in Oklahoma is taking a page from the 1984 movie "Footloose" -- by canceling a Valentine's Day shindig because of an arcane city ordinance enforcing a strict...

The 15 greatest dance movies of all time

This Friday, “Step Up,” the street dance franchise that just won’t stop, returns for its fifth entry, “Step Up: All In.” The jury’s still out on how this one will...

Kevin Bacon reveals what made 'Footloose' so special

Kevin Bacon readily admits he didn’t know what he was getting into. When the actor auditioned for “Footloose” — namely, the starring role of Ren McCormack, the rebellious Chicago kid...

1980s movies were bad, the remakes might be worse

As the saying goes, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. And, Hollywood filmmakers don’t seem to remember how bad so many movies from the 1980s...