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What Happened to Tangerine Dream: The Band Hollywood Couldn't Kill

What Happened to Tangerine Dream: The Band Hollywood Couldn't Kill

Mention Tangerine Dream to anyone who watched films in the 80s and watch what happens. Eyes light up. "Oh god, Thief." "The Keep soundtrack — I've been trying to find that for years." "That Risky Business track." "Wait, they did Near Dark too?" In nostalgia circles, film forums, and retro soundtrack communities, Tangerine Dream aren't forgotten curiosities. They're legends. Their work gets referenced constantly, sought obsessively, discussed reverently. Those pulsing arpeggiators, vast synth pa
Located 1970s 1980s 1990s 15 min read min read
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Michael Schoeffling Today: What We Know About the Reclusive Sixteen Candles Star

Michael Schoeffling Today: What We Know About the Reclusive Sixteen Candles Star

Picture this: you're the hottest heartthrob in America. You've just starred opposite Molly Ringwald in what becomes the defining teen romance of the 1980s. John Hughes made you immortal. Teenage girls plaster your face on bedroom walls. Hollywood wants more. You walk away at 31. Completely. That's Michael Schoeffling. When he turned 65 in December 2025, Gwyneth Paltrow posted a meme to Instagram: "Jake Ryan turns 65 this year ... in case you haven't felt betrayed enough by 2025." The interne
Retired 1980s 1990s 24 min read min read
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