Footloose: Last News

The Hollywood Reporter that Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer.Survivors include her sister, MJ, and her cat, Mr. Peaches, the outlet reports. The Post has contacted a rep for Marta for comment.

Kevin Bacon’s “worst nightmare” involves one of his most iconic movie roles.While reflecting on his career during a panel at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, the 66-year-old actor spoke about “Footloose,” the 1984 film that put him on the map, and how the iconic title song from the musical drama continues to haunt him more than 40 years after its release.​”My worst nightmare is to be at a wedding and the DJ puts on the music and the song comes on and suddenly the wedding becomes about me, and people form a circle around me and I become a trained monkey,” Bacon explained. “So I’ve gone to the DJs and said, ‘Please don’t play that song.’ It’s not that I don’t like the song.”The song “Footloose,” co-written and recorded by Kenny Loggins for the film, is played in the final scene of the movie, and went on to receive a best original song nomination at the 1985 Academy Awards.The film stars Bacon as Ren McCormack, a teenager who moves from Chicago to a small Midwestern town, where he is shocked to find out that dancing and rock music have been made illegal.

told Vanity Fair. “Putting my hat and glasses on is only going to work to a certain extent.”“I went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise.”The actor’s disguise consisted of a prosthetic nose, fake teeth, and glasses.Decked out in full disguise, the actor headed to Los Angeles tourist hotspot The Grove for an afternoon of shopping.But he soon faced the horror of horrors — his disguise worked too well.“Nobody recognized me.

Footloose‘s release, Kevin Bacon will return to Payson High School to attend the school’s final prom.Later this year, Payson High School will be relocating to a new location, leaving its current home of Main Street, Payson, Utah for the first time since 1967. The current location is also best known for the 1984 cult film Footloose, where it served as the fictitious Bomont High.Payson High has since had a tremendous fondness for Footloose, and its students rallied together to campaign for the film’s star Kevin Bacon to attend their final prom night at its current location before the school torn down.

Footloose, has died, aged 78.Marta died on January 11 at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. She had reportedly been treated for cancer in the months prior to her death.The New-Jersey born actor was best-known for playing the aunt of Kevin Bacon’s character (Ren) in the film, Lulu Warnicker.Marta was born on October 30, 1945 in Somerville, New Jersey and was the youngest of two daughters. She began her career on the teen dance programme The Lloyd Thaxton Show and later on episodes of Gidgit and The Monkees before an 18-episode stint on Love, American Style.Her cinematic breakthrough came after being cast in 1972’s Joe Kidd, which was directed by John Sturgess.

posted a video of himself on social media recreating his iconic dance from “Footloose.” Still limber in his 60s, Bacon performed the dance in a barn, 39 years after first performing the dance in the 1984 classic.In the video, Bacon is backlit by the sun, and he’s shown in silhouette as he demonstrates that he’s still got his dance chops. Bacon gave his nostalgic video a simple caption, by way of explanation: “Strike over!” he wrote, tagging the official account for SAG-AFTRA. Dancing to “Footloose” is especially notable for Bacon, because in 2013 he went on “Conan” and talked about how he bribes DJs not to play that song when he attends weddings.

The Late Late Show will play host to another diverse cast of characters tomorrow evening on RTÉ One as host Ryan Tubridy is set to chat with actress Amy Huberman, Footloose star Kevin Bacon and a young teenager struck down by Covid-19.