Irene Cara

...along to the title track; I was grousing lightly to myself about the impudence of anyone's even attempting to remake the 1980 Irene Cara song, when suddenly I heard Julia's voice, stronger and more confident than mine: "I'm gonna live...

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...were from the actual school for the Performing Arts. I was originally interested in Irene Cara for her frail but pretty looks and her acting (she had been in Roots II). Although she had done some back-up singing and some a cappella stuff...

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...good enough. Released in 1980, the original "Fame" was nominated for six Oscars and won two. The cast, including Debbie Allen and Irene Cara, have largely gone on achieve acclaim in their respective careers. This remake isn't headed...

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...do you remember their names? Then: The original 1980 cast, clockwise from bottom left: Gene Anthony Ray, Antonia Franceschi, Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Paul McCrane, Lee Curreri, Maureen Teefy and Laura Dean. Who knew it was the...

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...promise drifts away. While the original focused on a small handful of characters - including Coco, the ambitious singer played by Irene Cara - the remake gives us a small army of anonymous pretty faces, then does nothing to help us tell the...

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...the New York City High School of Performing Arts, went on to win two awards - including one for its infectious title song performed by Irene Cara - and spawned a TV series and successful musical. Now, nearly 30 years on, the film has been...

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...Simms in the remake. She has kept busy as an actress, singer and particularly a choreographer ("So You Think You Can Dance"). Irene Cara: As Coco Hernandez she sang Oscar-nominated songs "Fame" and "Out Here on My Own." In '82 she won an...

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...flower. Yet when Ms. Mullally gives a speech about why her character left show business, you're compelled to ask: Whatever became of Irene Cara and the other stars of the first "Fame"? Directed by Kenny Tancharoen; written by Allison...

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...busy as an actress, singer and particularly a choreographer (“So You Think You Can Dance”). </p><p>•<strong>Irene Cara: </strong>As Coco Hernandez she sang Oscar-nominated songs “Fame” and “Out Here on My...

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...my opportunity … You see, I do the whole thing. Dancing is just the tip of this iceberg." •Before Fame: A showbiz whiz since she was 5, Cara did it all - TV (The Electric Company, Love of Life, Roots: The Next Generations), film (Sparkle)...

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