Eighties legend and movie star Irene Cara, who belted out the track to Fame, dies aged 63

Irene Cara concentrated on her music career in later life

ACTRESS and singer Irene Cara, who helped to define the ‘80s era of legwarmers and leo-tards, has died aged 63. The Oscar-winning former child star, who belted out the title tracks to films Fame and […]

‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer Irene Cara Dead at 63, Hollywood Mourns

'Fame' and 'Flashdance' Singer Irene Cara Dead at 63, Hollywood Mourns

“Her talent and her music will LIVE FOREVER! FOREVER REMEMBER HER NAME!” wrote Cara’s “Fame” co-star Debbie Allen. Hollywood is mourning the death of award-winning singer and actress Irene Cara, who has passed away at […]

‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer was 63

Cara dancing in 1980's hit "Fame."

To quote a legendary lyric from her most famous anthem: “I’m gonna live forever — baby, remember my name.” Irene Cara, the iconic ’80s singer and actress best known for massive soundtrack hits to the […]

Inside Irene Cara’s rise to fame from growing up on ‘rough NYC streets’ to pageant beauty queen and Flashdance starlet

Irene Cara died at he age of 63

THE late Irene Cara had risen to fame in the 1980s, acting in Fame and songwriting for Flashdance, but before that she spent her childhood on the rough streets of New York City. Cara, who […]

Irene Cara dead – Fame and Flashdance singer dies aged 63 after Oscar and Grammy-winning career

Irene Cara has died at the age of 63

FAME and Flashdance singer Irene Cara has died aged 63. The star sang and co-wrote the iconic theme tune to Flashdance – What A Feeling – and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. […]

The best ‘Chinese anime’ donghua you can watch right now

A small child with large blue eyes peers into the sky, with the stars reflected back in their eyes, in Pan Gu.

Donghua — Chinese animation, sometimes mistakenly conflated with anime — covers as wide a variety of tones and subjects as any other type of animated story, from sunny necromancers to particularly rebellious children with dragon […]

Chinese animation is booming — but don’t confuse it with anime

A young person wearing a white robe puts their hand on a dragon’s head while standing over it in a drawn image from Nezha Conquers the Dragon King.

In 2021, Funimation viewers got what might have been their first introduction to donghua when the anime streaming service added the series Heaven Official’s Blessing to its roster. But the service mistakenly listed the language […]

Chinese animation is booming — but don’t confuse it with anime

A young person wearing a white robe puts their hand on a dragon’s head while standing over it in a drawn image from Nezha Conquers the Dragon King.

In 2021, Funimation viewers got what might have been their first introduction to donghua when the anime streaming service added the series Heaven Official’s Blessing to its roster. But the service mistakenly listed the language […]