The tune from 1983’s ‘Flashdance’ became a hit single and won the Oscar for best original song that year. By Hilton Dresden Associate Awards Editor The opening synthesizer lines of the song ...

Irene Cara, who won an Academy Award for 1983′s “Flashdance... What A Feeling” and also sang the title track to “Fame,” died from hypertension and high cholesterol, according to a coroner’s report.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred in and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit ...

MTV first went on the air in August of 1981. A year later, the channel had already started to make a huge impact on the pop charts. A year after that, the MTV influence had spread to cinema. That's ...