On This Day: July 1, 1984 — The PG-13 Rating Is Born
On July 1, 1984, the MPAA created the PG-13 rating after Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom pushed the old PG too far.
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2 Live Crew: 9 Wild Facts About the Banned 1989 Album
2 Live Crew were a Miami hip-hop group whose 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be became the first sound recording in U.S. history ruled legally obscene. A federal judge banned it in June 1990, sheriff’s deputies arrested the group on stage, and a record-store clerk was convicted just for selling it. Two years…
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On This Day: June 30, 1986 — Madonna Drops True Blue
Madonna True Blue arrived on June 30, 1986, her third studio album and the first record she co-wrote and co-produced top to bottom. It spawned five hit singles — “Live to Tell,” “Papa Don’t Preach,” “True Blue,” “Open Your Heart,” and “La Isla Bonita” — hit number one in a record 28 countries, and sold…
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Juice Movie: 9 Reasons Tupac’s 1992 Classic Still Hits
The Juice movie (1992) was Tupac Shakur’s first film. Inside the cast, the ending, the soundtrack, and why this Harlem crime classic still hits.
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Purple Rain Movie: 9 Wild Facts About Prince’s 1984 Hit
The Purple Rain movie made Prince a superstar in 1984. Nine wild facts about the film, the album, Apollonia, and that famous motorcycle.
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On This Day: June 27, 1986 — Labyrinth Hits Theaters
Labyrinth (1986) premiered in U.S. theaters on June 27, 1986. Directed by Jim Henson, executive produced by George Lucas, and starring David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King opposite a teenage Jennifer Connelly, the $25 million fantasy bombed at the box office — grossing just $12.7 million domestically — before home video turned it into…
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On This Day: June 25, 1982 — Blade Runner and The Thing Open
On June 25, 1982, two science-fiction movies opened on the same day and both bombed: Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and John Carpenter’s The Thing. Critics shrugged, audiences stayed away, and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. buried them at the box office. Four decades later, both are considered among the greatest sci-fi films ever made — proof that…
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Beach Party Movies: 9 Wild Classics & the 80s Revival
Beach party movies ruled the 1960s with Frankie, Annette, surf rock and Eric Von Zipper. The wild story of all 7 AIP classics and the 1987 revival.
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NWA Straight Outta Compton: 9 Wild Facts About the 1988 Debut
How NWA’s Straight Outta Compton went triple platinum with no MTV, no radio, and an FBI letter trying to shut them down. The 1988 album that broke gangsta rap.
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On This Day: June 23, 1989 — Tim Burton’s Batman Premieres
On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman opened with a record-shattering $40.49M weekend, redefining the blockbuster and birthing the modern superhero movie.
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On This Day: June 20, 1986 — The Karate Kid Part II Premieres
The Karate Kid Part II opened wide on June 20, 1986, and ended its first weekend with $12.6 million in the bank — a franchise record at the time, more than half a million dollars above what the original earned in its 1984 debut. By Labor Day, John G. Avildsen’s sequel had outgrossed The Karate…
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The Cosby Show: 8 Seasons That Changed Sitcom TV
The Cosby Show saved NBC, redrew Black middle-class TV, and left a cultural legacy that now lives uneasily alongside Bill Cosby’s conviction. The full Huxtable story.
