There hadn’t been a rock ‘n roll moment on television like this since the Beatles played on Ed Sullivan.
Michael Jackson officially became the biggest star in the world tonight in 1983, when he performed “Billie Jean” on the television special commemorating 25 years of Motown. I was a senior in high school, heading down the home stretch to graduating, and this performance was all anyone talked about for three days. (Which is an eternity when you’re graduating in two weeks.) It just so happened to be Michael’s little sister Janet’s 17th birthday.
“I feel the need…. the need for SPEED!
“Top Gun” came out today in 1986 and it lit up movie screens all over the country. It took the kid from “All the Right Moves” and “Risky Business” and turned him into the biggest star in the world. The only problem with the movie is that everyone wondered why the cute girl (Meg Ryan) wasn’t playing the lead opposite Cruise.
Rookie Magic Johnson played center for the injured Kareem Abdul Jabbar and led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers and wrap up the NBA Championship. Magic had 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and a block.
Today in 2000, Prince changed his name back to Prince, after being named, “the artist formerly known as Prince” via a symbol for seven years. Only Prince could pull that shit off and not have everyone turn on him.
— Bill Hubbell
Just saw Meg Ryan in a recent movie I (a.) didn’t realize had been in theatres and (b.) don’t remember much else about besides … her lip injections. These people, especially prominent people, they do understand that we notice when they change the way their face looks, and the acknowledge of that change always outweighs whatever positive gain there was to be had, right?