Grease: Last News

EW reports that in honor of his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John‘s death six months ago, John Travolta recreates “Summer Nights” for T-Mobile’s new Super Bowl commercial.

Britney Spears’ debut single, “…Baby One More Time.”Indeed, the same California high school where John Travolta’s Danny and Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy were “Born to Hand Jive” in the 1978 movie classic set the scene for Spears’ graduation to the top of the pop world.“It was filmed at Venice Beach High School — the same place they filmed ‘Grease,’” Felicia Culotta — who was the then 16-year-old Spears’ assistant/chaperone — told The Post. “And we were just like, ‘Oh my gosh — nothing’s gonna get any better than this!’”The classic clip that premiered on MTV in November 1998 — two months after the single’s release — was the brainchild of the teenager herself.“The video was 100 percent her idea,” said Barry Weiss, who was then president of Spears’ label, Jive Records.“That was a huge, huge vehicle that broke her on a global basis.”Indeed, the timing couldn’t have been better: MTV’s “TRL” premiered just two months before Spears would deliver the video for her army of new fans.“The time that it was on during the day meant that kids would rush home from school and vote for their favorite video,” said Lori Majewski, host of SiriusXM’s “Fierce: Women in Music,” who was Entertainment Editor at Teen People magazine when Spears launched her recording career.And those young fans would become instantly acquainted with Culotta, who made a last-minute appearance in the schoolroom scenes at Spears’ request.“They said, ‘Oh, we don’t have a teacher,’” said Culotta.

She’s always been in your mind.One year after Olivia Newton-John’s death, her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, 37, and husband, John Easterling, 71, are sharing how the “Magic” singer has appeared to them in “supernatural” ways.“Two weeks after she passed my phone accidentally took a picture of my dog, and there floating by his head was a little blue orb, the same color as this,” Lattanzi told People in an interview this week, as she touched an aquamarine-colored necklace that once belonged to her mom.“Mom and I had talked years back,” she continued. “We’d watch these paranormal shows, and I’d say, ‘You gotta show up for me.’ And she was like, ‘I’ll show up as one of those orb things.’ “The legendary “Grease” star died on Aug.

told The Guardian in an oral history for the movie recently. “It is a non-PC fairytale that is better for the cast not being teens,” the filmmaker went on.

Have you ever watched “Grease” and thought to yourself, “Wow, I wonder how the Pink Ladies started?” Well, if so, then Paramount+ has you covered with a new series titled, “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.” As the title suggests, and the new teaser trailer shows, “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” is a prequel to the smash hit musical film and shows how a group of outcasts band together to form the title group.

died at age 73 on Aug. 8 following a long battle with breast cancer.Newton-John was first diagnosed with cancer in 1992 and again in 2013 and 2017.

Olivia Newton-John is being honored with a theatrical re-release of her beloved 1978 movie musical,. The film is slated to return to AMC Theatres on Friday in select cities with proceeds to benefit breast cancer research. «To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S.

A post shared by John Travolta (@johntravolta)To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the big screen. An inexpensive $5 admission price, and through our charity AMC Cares we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research.

“Don’t Stop Believin,’ “ Newton-John — who died Monday following a long battle with cancer — revealed the reason she never hooked up with her hunky co-star, despite their “undeniable attraction” toward one another. “Yes, we really liked each other and there was an attraction, but we would never date because we were both involved with other people at the time,” the bubbly blond divulged in the tome. “Both of us have a loyalty streak that runs deep,” she added, insisting she would never cheat on a partner.

passed away on Monday at the age of 73 after waging a high-profile, 30-year battle against breast cancer. Her one-time lover, cameraman McDermott, infamously vanished without a trace during a fishing trip on June 30, 2005 off the California coast.The pair dated on and off for nine years after her divorce from Matt Lattanzi in 1995.“I don’t think I will ever really be at peace with it,” the Aussie native admitted to Australian Women’s Weekly magazine in 2009, years after the cameraman’s disappearance.

died Monday at age 73, was mourned around the world by adoring fans who admired her girl-next-door Sandy Olsson in the hit 1978 movie — but especially her infamous final outfit when she swapped her poodle skirt for skintight black pants, a sultry off-the-shoulder top and leather jacket.For fashion lovers, her costume — complete with gigantic curls, strong makeup and a cigarette dangling from her red lips — had a lasting impact on them, even 44 years later.“This outfit will always be the outfit to me! It has shaped my fashion style since I was about three,” one superfan remembered.“When I was young and I saw Olivia Newton-John come on screen with the black outfit at the end of ‘Grease,’ the world changed for me,” added another.One person described it as “top-notch in my youth,” while another said: “I am 100% certain your leather outfit in ‘Grease’ was a contributor to my future love of powerful, dominant women.”“There was no cooler moment for me as a kid than when Olivia Newton-John walked out in that all-black outfit,” added another.In fact, Newton-John herself felt cool when filming the final scene, telling Vanity Fair in 2016 that she turned heads on set with her transformation as she stepped out of her trailer.“I was always the girl next door,” she told the magazine at the time. “And then I got into that trailer with those guys and they put me into that outfit and the hair and I walked out to show Randal [Kleiser, director of “Grease”], and the whole crew turned around.

John Travolta has paid sweet tribute to his longtime friend and iconic  co-star, Olivia Newton-John. The Australian actress died on Monday at age 73, following multiple battles with breast cancer over the last few decades.Travolta shared a photo of a young Newton-John to his social media pages, along with a heartfelt message.«My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better,» he wrote.

posted the video on her Instagram dressed as SandyOlsson wearing a pink sweater and a leather jacket over a lacy top.Mills swears in the video that she was the muse that “Grease” writer Jim Jacobs used to pen the character.“Did you know I went to school with Jim Jacobs? Jim Jacobs who wrote ‘Grease’? Jim Jacobs who used me as his model for Sandy,” Mills said.“I didn’t know it at the time but I found out years later – I was the original Sandy.”Both Mills and Jacobs are Chicago natives and attended Taft High School together.Jacobs’ musical — which he co-wrote with his friend Warren Casey — has spawned several musical productions including the iconic film version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as well as an upcoming prequel called “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.” In 2010, Jacobs revealed the idea for “Grease” came to him while hanging out with friends from a local theatre group.

“GREASE: Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All” (Chicago Review Press), a new oral history of the show. What worked was his performance in the movie, which to date has grossed $400 million.

Jackie Hoffman as Asst. Principal McGee. “We are thrilled to unveil our new original series that will introduce an incredible cast of young stars in the making and electrifying musical numbers you will fall in love with,” said Nicole Clemens, President, Paramount Television Studios & Paramount+ Original Scripted Series.

don’t “go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong”?Teenagers and “Grease,” according to two school administrations in Australia who have nixed the ’70s-made, ’50s-themed musical — and subsequent movie, starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing — from their theatrical repertoire.Students from two kindergarten through grade 12 schools in Perth — Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) and Scotch College — have reportedly protested against future productions of “Grease” at their respective institutions over claims of the show’s “offensive, sexist and anti-feminist” themes, according to the West Australian newspaper.

“Physical” turned 40 this year — and it’s still as iconic as ever. The Australian singer, 73, looked back on the song’s legacy and revealed the lyrics may have been a bit too “raunchy” at the time of its release.

It was Night on Monday's — which proved to be exactly what the show needed to see the season's first perfect score!JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson hit the stage late in the episode, where they delivered a foxtrot set to «Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)» from the 1978 classic musical. Siwa and Johnson donned pink ensembles for the emotionally stunning routine, and their flawless performance left the judges in awe.ET's Lauren Zima spoke with Siwa and Johnson after the episode, and they opened up about the feedback from the judges and how it felt to get the first perfect score of the season.«I think we put in so much work this week, and this number, oddly enough, has been the most challenging for me,» Siwa reflected.

It was Night on Monday's — which proved to be exactly what the show needed to see the season's first perfect score!JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson hit the stage late in the episode, where they delivered a foxtrot set to «Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)» from the 1978 classic musical. Siwa and Johnson donned pink ensembles for the emotionally stunning routine, and their flawless performance left the judges in awe.ET's Lauren Zima spoke with Siwa and Johnson after the episode, and they opened up about the feedback from the judges and how it felt to get the first perfect score of the season.«I think we put in so much work this week, and this number, oddly enough, has been the most challenging for me,» Siwa reflected.

It was Night on Monday's — which proved to be exactly what the show needed to see the season's first perfect score.JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson hit the stage late in the episode, where they delivered a foxtrot set to «Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)» from the 1978 classic musical.Siwa — portraying Frenchie — and Johnson, as Sandy, donned pink ensembles for the emotionally stunning routine, and their performance left the judges in awe.Judge Len Goodman actually stood to deliver his feedback, and said in awe, «You affected my brain with the quality of the technique, you affect my heart with the artistry that you produced. It was superb.»«I absolutely love this partnership,» Derek Hough marveled.

! It's about to be  Night on the ABC show, and the contestants are hard at work on their routines in honor of the iconic musical. Only ET's Lauren Zima was invited to the camera blocking for Night, and was able to surprise the contestants and their pro partners with a special message from Sandy herself, Olivia Newton-John, who will be making an appearance on Monday night's in addition to her co-stars, Frankie Avalon and Didi Conn!«I'm very excited to be able to see what they do, I'm sure all of us who are in the movie can't wait to see it,» Newton-John told ET. «Oh, now the pressure is on!» JoJo Siwa exclaimed after seeing the leading lady's message.