Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While some may say the narrative of Flashdance is a bit silly, the power of its soundtrack, which topped the Billboard charts in ...

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On this day in 1983, one of the best movie soundtracks dropped, signaling the release of one of the best dance films of all time. Four days later, the world met Alex Owens, played by the magnificent ...

Just like 18-year-old Alex Owens — who worked both a steel mill and a stripper pole in Pittsburgh, Penn. before finally getting the chance to live out all her ballerina dreams — “Flashdance” was the ...

It won an Oscar and is now considered iconic.

Jennifer Beals went from wide-eyed acting newcomer to movie star and 1980s fashion icon in "Flashdance" 40 years ago. Audiences were swept up in Beals' performance as Pittsburgh steel mill welder Alex ...

“Flashdance” was one of those lightning-in-a-bottle movies that somehow perfectly captured its moment. Directed by Adrian Lyne, the movie’s atmospheric, neon-saturated style, brisk pacing, infectious ...