The actor had already made his film debut in 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House and starred in 1980's Friday the 13th before playing Ren McCormack. Following Footloose, Bacon landed roles in JFK ...

Let’s get something straight right off the bat. The original Footloose was not a great movie, not even a good one. Passable, at best. But it did capitalize on a moment in time – when MTV was fresh on ...

Related story: Remake of ‘Footloose’ tramps on its own toes. Thinking back 31 years, Leonard Coffee can recall the first prom in Elmore City's history starting off slow. That part of "Footloose," the ...

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway‘s Swing and Titanic who also left an indelible mark on Hollywood by guiding Kevin Bacon through his famed solo dance in the ...

The original "Footloose" may have had an absurd premise and not even a tacit acknowledgement of the existence of people any color besides white, but it was an '80s movie, after all. Its datedness -- ...

The original “Footloose” may have had an absurd premise and not even a tacit acknowledgement of the existence of people any color besides white, but it was an 1980s movie, after all. Its datedness — ...

After a morning spent revisiting the halls of Payson High School, where he filmed several scenes from “Footloose,” Kevin Bacon left the success of the school’s final prom up to the students — but not ...

Kevin Bacon is weary. Let him rest! The Footloose star recently revealed at a SXSW career retrospective that his "worst nightmare is to be at a wedding and the DJ puts on the music" from the 1984 ...