Olivia Newton-John

Date of Birth

1948-09-26

Date of Death

2022-08-08

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Known for

Grease, Two of a Kind, Xanadu, 1 a Minute, Sordid Lives

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Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies teaser trailer brings the original girl gang back to the schoolyard

Posted 3 years ago

Sound the bell because school is in session, and the original girl gang, the Pink Ladies, are ready “to do bad to be good!” Parmount+ dropped the Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies teaser trailer on Monday, marking the return of the...

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Grease returns to theaters to honor Olivia Newton-John

Posted 4 years ago

Olivia Newton-John sadly died earlier this month at the age of 73, but AMC Theatre will be paying tribute to the star by playing Grease in 135 locations around the U.S. The classic 1978 musical will start playing on Friday....

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Xanadu (1980) – Awfully Good

Posted 4 years ago

I see lots of talk about GREASE as we mourn the loss of Olivia-Newton John, but let’s not forget the real crowning achievement of her career… Xanadu (1980) Director: Robert GreenwaldStars: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck IS THERE A...

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Grease star Olivia Newton-John dead at 73

Posted 4 years ago

Some very sad news is just coming in. Olivia Newton-John, who rose to international fame as a singer and movie star in the hit film Grease, has died at 73. Per Deadline, Olivia’s reps said she died peacefully at her...

Grease: TV spinoff moves from HBO Max to Paramount Plus, gets new title

Posted 6 years ago

HBO Max originally ordered a TV spinoff of the mega-hit movie musical, GREASE, but now the project is moving from the streamer to the recently rebranded Paramount Plus. Along with the move to Paramount Plus, the spinoff is also getting...

Tell me more! Brett Haley to helm Grease prequel Summer Lovin’

Posted 6 years ago

You might recall that Paramount Pictures got the ball rolling on a prequel to GREASE, the classic musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, last year, and that project has now taken another step forward. Per Deadline, Paramount has tapped...

A Grease prequel titled Summer Loving is in the works at Paramount

Posted 7 years ago

What's that? A prequel to GREASE titled SUMMER LOVING is in the works at Paramount? I might not be the target audience for the 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, but please, tell me more, tell me more....

John Travolta teases the idea of a White Christmas remake with Olivia Newton-John

Posted 14 years ago

Okay, so even after the horrendous piece of garbage that was the John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John music video from their Christmas album. Needless to say, if you havem’t seen it, it is painfully bad and the closest thing to...

Soundtracks, Soundtracks, Soundtracks: Musicals, Part One!

Posted 14 years ago

There are many things that make a movie what it is. It all starts with a story (according to what every How-To book on screenwriting tells us), there is the director and his crew, there are the actors, who bust...

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ruin Christmas with the cheapest music video of all time

Posted 14 years ago

It is hard to not enjoy the holiday season. I mean, I am Jewish and I still love Christmastime. I have my tree up as well as my menorah; the smooth sounds of Louis Armstrong singing “Zat You, Santa Claus”...