Footloose

Should Schools Ban Dances Because Of Grinding?

Posted 11.30.2011

Remember the plot of Footloose? A city kid moves to a small town that's outlawed dancing. Well, the film was loosely based on real-life events and, ac...

Kevin Bacon Reviews New 'Footloose'

Posted 12.24.2011

Breathe easy, Kenny Wormald; your Ren forefather quite likes your moves. There were screams of "blasphemy" when it was announced that Paramount was...

7 New Movies Open This Weekend For Post50s

Third Age | Posted 12.18.2011

At last it's autumn - time to leave the blockbuster action movies and silly romantic comedies behind. This weekend, there are several terrific movies ...

PHOTOS: 'Footloose' Stars Before They Were Famous

Posted 12.17.2011

We've seen Julianne Hough dancing on TV thanks to her pro stint on "Dancing With The Stars," but we've never seen her like this. The "Footloose" st...

Weekend Box Office: Real Steel and Footloose Square Off to a Near-tie

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.16.2011

Scott Mendelson

In a somewhat surprising turn, Real Steel repeated at the top of the box office, defeating a Footloose remake and a prequel to The Thing.

Did 'Footloose' Dance Its Way To No. 1?

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 12.16.2011

LOS ANGELES — The robot boxers of "Real Steel" and the dancers of "Footloose" are in a tight fight for the box-office title. The Hugh Jackman t...

Kevin Bacon's 5 Regrets In Original 'Footloose'

Posted 12.16.2011

As the remake of 1984’s "Footloose" opened in theaters Friday, actor Kevin Bacon told People.com that watching an unearthed video of his audition ta...

His Role In The New 'Footloose'

E! Online | Posted 12.15.2011

No, Kevin Bacon isn't in the new Footloose movie. Or is he...? As you may have heard, moviedom's original dancing Ren is no more than a half-dozen cr...

Hollywood's Obsession With Reinventing The Wheel

latimes.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Everything old is new again," the expression goes, but in pop culture these days, it seems more fitting to say everything new is old again. This weeke...

Why Is Kevin Bacon FURIOUS?

people.com | Oliver Jones | Posted 12.14.2011

Kevin Bacon is not the kind of guy to looks back at his past work. But
 when the studio unearthed his audition tape from the original Footloose, he ...

The 12 Best (and worst) movies to hit the screen... again.

Posted 12.13.2011

In honor of Footloose (starring Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald) finally hitting theatres today, we present HuffPost High School's ultimate gallery...

Best Dance Movies!

Posted 12.13.2011

With Friday's release of the Julianne Hough-starring "Footloose," we take a look back at one of our favorite genres cinema ever spawned: the dance mov...

Photos: Julianne Hough Steps Out In Rachel Zoe Tuxedo Dress

The Huffington Post | Sarah Leon | Posted 12.13.2011

Julianne Hough attended the Cinema Society's screening of "Footloose" in a black dress. Not just any black, dress: a tuxedo-style ensemble designed by...

The Best Reason to Skip the Footloose Remake

Josh Golin | Posted 12.12.2011

Josh Golin

At the end of September, Paramount began advertising Footloose on the in-school TV network Channel One News. That means for 5.5 million students, watching Footloose commercials is a compulsory part of the school day.

'Footloose' Star Talks Remake: 'We Didn't Mess This Up'

The Moviefone Blog | Sharon Knolle | Posted 12.11.2011

Julianne Hough is having quite a moment. In addition to co-starring in next summer's 'Rock of Ages' and Diablo Cody's directorial debut, the former 'D...

Is The 'Footloose' Remake Better Than The Original?

Posted 12.11.2011

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — For anyone who grew up in the 1980s, merely a mention of the movie musical "Footloose" will...

Movie Review: Footloose Remake - Why?

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.11.2011

Marshall Fine

Geez, Footloose sucked when it was a Kevin Bacon movie in 1984. Who thought remaking it, almost scene for scene and song for song, would improve it?

Karen O's Reveals Her Psychotic Opera, Bjork Gets App-y

Posted 12.10.2011

Monday, October 10 The "Bored to Death" boys return for more nutty adventures and man love. Tune in at 9 p.m. on HBO. Tuesday, October 11...

Lucas Kavner

In The Hollywood Remake Factory, Is Nothing Sacred?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.19.2011

At a screening in New York City last week, one coming attraction looked so ridiculous, so utterly bizarre and confounding in its tone and delivery, th...

Kevin Bacon's 'Footloose' Audition Revealed!

ew.com | Posted 11.16.2011

With a reboot of 1984′s Footloose hitting theaters next month, it feels like the perfect time to take a stroll down memory lane back to when Kevin ...

'Footloose' Head-To-Head

Posted 10.12.2011

Remaking a classic is hard to do, but that doesn't mean that people will stop trying. The idea of an updated "Footloose" has been met with skeptici...

From Heart to "Heartbreaker" and a Side of Canucks: Chatting With Loverboy's Mike Reno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.28.2011

Mike Ragogna

2011-06-29-Screenshot20110629at8.50.09AM.pngIt used to be everybody was "Working For The Weekend." Now, everybody is working on the weekend.

Jordan Zakarin

Julianne Hough's Hunk New Dancing Partner

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 08.24.2011

Up until about a year ago, the most direct line Kenny Wormald could draw from himself to Kevin Bacon in that famous game of six degrees involved a lif...

Miles Teller Begins His Acting Career Alongside Nicole Kidman

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Tamar Abrams

Miles Teller, who has a leading role alongside Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in the upcoming film Rabbit Hole, is so new in Hollywood that he doesn'...

Director Kenny Ortega QUITS 'Footloose' Cuts Loose From Footloose Remake

E! Online | Posted 05.25.2011

That Footloose remake is gonna need a new director. Kenny Ortega, the director of Michael Jackson's concert film This is It and formerly the Footl...