PEOPLE Celebrate the 80s: 1984 Edition
Celebrating the ’80s: 1984 Edition
1984: The Future Was Fantasy • ORWELL’S NIGHTMARE VS. TV’S DYNASTY? NO CONTEST! AS ONE BREAKOUT STAR PUT IT: GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
Star Tracks • THE YEAR’S BIG NAMES: WHAT THEY WORE, WHERE THEY WENT AND WHO THEY DATED—A LOOK BACK
Call the Professionals • HILARITY—AND SOME SNL ALUMNI—RULED THE BIG SCREEN, WITH GHOSTBUSTERS & BEVERLY HILLS COP LEADING A BUMPER CROP OF COMEDIES
Boy Meets Mermaid • THE STORY BEHIND THE FISH TALE THAT MADE MOVIE STARS OF TOM HANKS AND DARYL HANNAH
Everybody Dance Now • THE ROOTED-IN-REAL-LIFE FABLE OF A TOWN THAT OUTLAWED DANCING BECAME A BOX OFFICE HIT
A Day in the Life of Drew Barrymore • FROM THE ARCHIVES: BY 1984 E.T. HAD ALREADY MADE THE 9-YEAR-OLD A STAR. PEOPLE VISITED THE YOUNG HOLLYWOOD VETERAN AS SHE SHOT HER FIFTH MOVIE
Any Old Music Won’t Do • HITTING ITS STRIDE, MTV MINTED NEW STARS, HANDED OUT HONORS & INTRODUCED LEGENDS LIKE TINA TURNER TO A NEW GENERATION
When Prince Was King • WITH PURPLE RAIN HE WAS EVERYWHERE: AT THE MOVIES, ON THE RADIO, ON MTV AND IN CONCERT. AND YET THE ARTIST REMAINED SEDUCTIVELY ELUSIVE
Her Truest Colors • CYNDI LAUPER’S MADE-FOR-VIDEO LOOK GRABBED ATTENTION—BUT HER POWERFUL VOICE AND SONGS MADE HER A STAR WHO ENDURED
Inside the Victory Tour • THE YEAR’S BIGGEST TICKET: SEEING THE JACKSONS TOGETHER. BUT BOTH ONSTAGE AND BACKSTAGE, ONE BROTHER HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE PACK
Backstage With the Boss • ON HIS BORN IN THE U.S.A. TOUR, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BROUGHT PEOPLE ALONG TO TALK ABOUT THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF ROCK AND ROLL (AND OF THE GYM)
The Un-Reality TV Era • FANTASY SOAPS RULED THE RATINGS. ALSO BIG: HIGH-CONCEPT SITCOMS (A MACHO MALE HOUSEKEEPER? HILARIOUS!)
Writing Her Next Act • AS A CRIME NOVELIST TURNED SLEUTH ON MURDER, SHE WROTE, STAGE AND FILM STAR ANGELA LANSBURY TACKLED TV FOR THE ‘CHALLENGE’
Dynasty’s New Diva • DIAHANN CARROLL’S ARRIVAL SHOOK UP THE HOUSE OF CARRINGTON—AND HELPED PUT THE PRIME-TIME SOAP ATOP THE RATINGS
Big Brother is Watching Opener • THE YEAR SAW THE BIRTH OF A SECOND ROYAL HEIRAS WELL AS PLENTY OF FIRSTS: IN POLITICS, IN SPACE AND ON THE ARMS OF FASHIONISTAS
Hello, Harry! • THE BIRTH OF A PRINCE TO DIANA AND CHARLES WAS THE YEAR’S BIG, JOYOUS NEWS FOR BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILY
Speed, Will & Grace • THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN LOS ANGELES HAD IT ALL—EXCEPT THE SOVIETS
Olympic Ice Dreams • AT THE SARAJEVO GAMES A U.S. SKATER WON BIG, WHILE A BRITISH PAIR ENTRANCED THE WORLD
Geraldine Ferraro’s Win • SHE COULDN’T HALT MONDALE’S LOSS TO REAGAN, BUT HER RUN EARNED A PLACE IN HISTORY
A Voice Against Apartheid • BISHOP DESMOND TUTU’S WORK FOR NONVIOLENT CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA EARNED HIM THE NOBEL
The Killing of Marvin Gaye • THE MOTOWN GIANT IS SHOT TO DEATH BY HIS OWN FATHER AFTER AN ARGUMENT TURNS VIOLENT
Vanessa Williams on Losing Her Crown • THE FIRST BLACK MISS AMERICA WAS 10 MONTHS INTO HER REIGN WHEN A SCANDAL OVER NUDE PHOTOS FORCED HER TO RESIGN. WILLIAMS, THEN 21, TOLD HER STORY IN PEOPLE
New in 1984!
Trivia Time! • HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE STARS, CULTURE & NEWS OF THE YEAR? ANSWERS: PAGE 95
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