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Song by Mike Reno & Ann Wilson... Soundtrack from Footloose.. Starring Kevin Bacon and many more.

There’s this iconic scene in the 1984 “Footloose” where Kevin Bacon’s city-boy character Ren McCormack goes head-to-head with his macho antagonist Chuck Cranston to show who’s the bigger man in a game of “chicken.”The two young men mount tractors on opposite ends of a single-lane road facing each other and drive full speed ahead to see who flinches first. In this hazardous game, one of them must swerve off the path, or both could die in the head-on collision — but the first one to swerve will be dubbed the “chicken” for his cowardice. After Ren’s shoelace gets caught on...

Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, DC, announced at a press conference Monday that dancing at weddings — both indoor and outdoor celebrations — is now banned as part of the capital city’s strategy to reduce coronavirus transmission. Bowser, whose Twitter profile depicts her wearing a mask, said, “Standing and dancing at receptions are not allowed.”

President Trump on Sunday shared video of a Portland protester accidentally being set in flames set to the song “Footloose” — dubbing the scene “sick.” “These are the Democrats ‘peaceful protests.’ Sick!” Trump wrote as he retweeted the clip shared by White House social media director Dan Scavino. The footage — set to the Kenny Loggins song — shows the protester with his lower pantlegs in flames frantically running away from another small fire in the street, near a police line in the city on Saturday.

Sarah Palin attended Dancing With the Stars on Monday to watch her daughter Bristol during the second round of performances. Bristol Palin, whose teen pregnancy was one of the main controversies surrounding her Republican mother's 2008 vice presidential campaign, had told OnTheRedCarpet.com last week she was looking forward to a "more proper and more sophisticated" Quickstep routine that she is set to perform with partner Mark Ballas. Sarah Palin was spotted in the front row as the couples prepared to take the stage, said George Pennacchio of KABC Television, OnTheRedCarpet.com's parent company. "I'm excited for this one because it's more...

Back in 1984 everybody cut "Footloose. Just admit it. We all did the dance. We all knew every move. And we all had a crush on Kevin Bacon. Now, 25 years later, with the news that Zac Efron is slated to star in the 2010 remake (and Bacon considering a cameo), we look back at the original cast members and the blockbuster hits, surprising career twists, as well as tragedy that have followed in their post-'Footloose' careers.