Arlene Phillips is in pain. In the last week of rehearsals for the new musical version of Flashdance, the choreographer and former Strictly Come Dancing judge has developed tendonitis in her right arm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Beals went from wide-eyed acting newcomer to movie star and 1980s fashion icon in "Flashdance" 40 years ago. Audiences ...

Imitation is the sincerest form of Hollywood, and the most enduring legacy of Flashdance may be the mini-genre of MTV-flavored dance movies that it inspired. First up was Footloose (1984), another set ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...