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 ...

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 ...

Irene Cara, center, won the 1984 Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Flashdance...What a Feeling." She is flanked here by actress Jennifer Beals, songwriter Keith Forsey and actor Mathew ...

‘Flashdance’ was released 30 years ago this week — TIME looks back at the movie’s impact on pop-culture <br>Legend has it that, the night before her audition ...

Irene Cara, a child actress who later belted out 1980s anthems of joyful creativity and freedom with the title songs for “Fame” and “Flashdance,” but then battled for royalties in a legal fight that ...

“I didn’t even feel like I wanted control or impact,” she said, “I wanted joy, full stop. It was completely pleasure principle: ‘This is fun. I enjoy this. And I can feel myself expanding -- it’s ...