80s Icon Richard Marx Helps Overcome Drunken Passenger
“Hazard” is nothing new for Grammy Award winner Richard Marx, but neither he nor his wife, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, were anticipating the chaos that erupted aboard a Korean Air flight somewhere above Asia on December 20. The confusion began when a 34-year old passenger, after having too much alcohol, attacked the plane’s crew. The man pulled a stewardess’s hair which prompted a response from Marx, 53, as Fuentes documented the...
Video Re-Imagines Justin Bieber As 80s Pop Star
Do you find Justin Bieber completely and totally unbearable? Are you tired of being asked “What Do You Mean”? Are you frustrated because your toddler can’t say your name yet can repeat verbatim the words to “Sorry?” If so- you’re not alone. But would Justin Bieber re-imagined as an 80s pop star make him a little more bearable to your shamelessly nostalgic self? OfficialJustinBieberNews did...
Rick Springfield’s ‘Jessie’s Girl’ Released 35 Years Ago Today
Not to make you feel old… but today marks the 35th anniversary of Rick Springfield’s release of his fifth studio album- Working Class Dog, which included his biggest career hit Jessie’s Girl as the lead single. In honor of the 35th anniversary of Springfield’s biggest hits and one of the defining songs of the 80s that still gets played continuously today, we’ve compiled ten surprising facts about Rick...
Catching Up with Nina Blackwood
TV personality, disc jockey, reporter, journalist, classically trained musician — when it comes to entertainment, Nina Blackwood really has all the bases covered. And that’s not even mentioning the fact that she’s one of the original MTV VJ’s — something that only five people in the history of the planet can claim! On top of all that, she’s sort of LikeTotally80s’s unofficial patron saint. Truly, Nina always keeps the 80s...
MTV’s Origins in the 80s
On August 1, 1981, something happened to cable television – something that would define pop culture, change generations, and shape an industry. That something had a name. The name was MTV. It launched at 12:01 in the morning, ushered in by John Lack (then the Executive Vice President of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment) saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” And so it began. Prior to 1981, MTV didn’t...