She introduced two of the most popular and iconic movie theme songs of the 1980s. By The Associated Press Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred in and ...

Cara was well-known by music and movie fans for her work on the Fame and Flashdance soundtracks. She also starred in the 1980 film about student life at New York’s High School of Performing Arts, ...

Just like 18-year-old Alex Owens — who worked both a steel mill and a stripper pole in Pittsburgh, Penn. before finally getting the chance to live out all her ballerina dreams — “Flashdance” was the ...