Paramount+ is doubling down on its ’80s nostalgia, announcing a new series based on the John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy” and setting a director and writer for its upcoming new take on “Flashdance.” ...

Urban Cowboy (1980) follows Bud, a Texas farm boy who hits the big city seeking fortune. At the iconic Gilley’s nightclub, he falls for the independent Sissy, but their clashing views and jealous ...

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86.Gilley died Saturday in ...

1980 was a confusing time for America. A Southern Christian farmer was president — and a Democrat! — but he was about to be supplanted by a California politician tight with Hollywood — and a ...