Illegal file sharing (more accurately described as copyright infringement) has been plaguing copyright holders since bulletin board systems started and speeds were limited to sub-1 kbps transmission rates. That was the 1980s. Welcome to 2007 where e

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After having a hit with the sixth "Rocky" film, "Rocky Balboa," Sylvestor Stallone has suddenly found his career in a period of resurgence. But unlike in his glory days of the '80s and early '90s, this time he's being courted for a different kind of film.

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What was the top grossing movie in each year of the 80’s and 90’s? I’m glad you asked. OK, nobody asked, but I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at the last two decades of the 20th Century, when the blockbuster came into its own, and see which flick was tops in each year. We’ll start with the 90’s today and do the 80’s on Th

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On Tuesday, we took a look at the top grossing flicks for each year of the 90’s. Today, it’s all about the 80’s.

At least one real surprise for me - who remembered that Three Men and a Baby was the top flick of 1987? I sure didn’t. I knew it was a hit, but number 1? Wow.

Three Men and a Baby beat out Fatal Attraction, Beverly Hills Cop

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Don’t ask me why, how, or what for, just enjoy this ride!

This week is detective week at my place of employment. Without going into too much detail, our leadership has allowed us to dress as detectives for two days this week so we can try to solve a “mystery” of a decrease in certain statistical categories.

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The United States fought a covert war in the 1980s, essentially helping Afghanistan to fight the invading Russians with modern weapons. The story is true, the historic implications of it have major ties in todays War in Iraq.

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymore Hoffman give an astounding performance in this film, with Hanks playing

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If you loved watching the hit TV series "The A-Team" back in the 80s (and, hey, who didn't right?) then you've probably been wondering what's going on with the rumored A-Team movie. Well, it's not just a rumor. John Singleton is directing a big screen adaptation of The A-Team. News on the project has been pretty scarce, but lucky for

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Yeppoon's Krill Indie Rock Band have wowed thousands of music lovers world wide with their distinctive 80s style Indie Rock. Leaving Yeppoon 5 years ago to see whether they cut cut it in the cut throat music industry, they managed to snatch a coveted contract with Sony BMG Red Label. Since then Yeppoon's Krill has gained much

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Dance music has been thought of as something that was created in the 1980s after disco fizzled out at the end of the 1970s. However, dance music in its many forms has actually been around for rather longer than a few decades, as this article shows.

If you wanted to know a little more about the origins of dance music, y

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My video of the week goes to an exercise video I found that made me laugh repeatedly.  I don't know how well known it is, but I just found this Yoga exercise video and loved it.

If you need a good laugh at some strange exercise video that I think is from the 80s, then you have to click to view this video.  I

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What?  Am I in the Twilight Zone?  Cher did the nasty with Tom Cruise?

Cher was recently on Good Morning America and she confirmed that she did indeed date Tom Cruise in the '80s.  While she didn't exactly say that she had sex with the creepy Scientologist, I'll assume they

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"The 80s were a time of gravity-defying hair, partying, MTV, and, apparently, wearing my pajamas outside . . ."

What did you do in the 80s?

JD did a bunch of stuff, including waitressing in Ireland, accepting drugs from strangers, and wearing her hair in a frightful 80s style. But, hey. She did all these things so you d

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By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the sun. On the day last June when his parents drove to New York City to obtain his body, they were nearly catatonic with grief.

This young Russian-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of th

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Legendary role-playing game designer and Dungeons & Dragons co-creator and writer, Gary Gygax, is dead.

He died in his home at age 69 from heart problems.

Gygax wrote both Dungeons & Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy role-playing games (or FRPGs) which sparked a worldwide fervor in the gaming hobby in the 1

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In an interview with MTV, Rachel McAdams indicated that she'd like to play Black Orchid in an adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean comic from the '80s. McAdams has auditioned for other superhero movies and not gotten the call, so this new approach - finding an exciting and interesting character and promoting herself for

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