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12th People's Choice Awards
The 12th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1985, were held in 1986. They were broadcast on CBS. Winners Favorite New Song: "We Are the World" Favorite New TV Dramatic Program: '' Dynasty II - The Colbys'' Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer: Barbara Mandrell, Meryl Streep Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer: Bill Cosby Favorite Country Music Performer: Kenny Rogers Favorite Male Musical Performer: Bruce Springsteen Favorite Female Musical Performer: Madonna Favorite Male TV Performer: Bill Cosby Favorite Motion Picture: ''Back to the Future'' Favorite Motion Picture Actress: Meryl Streep Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program: Cybill Shepherd Favorite New TV Comedy Program: ''The Golden Girls'' Favorite Female TV Performer: Linda Evans Favorite TV Dramatic Program: ''Dynasty'', ''Miami Vice'' Favorite Young TV Performer: Emmanuel Lewis Favorite Classical Music Performer: Luciano Pavarotti Favorite TV Comedy Program: ''The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s. Starting in the 1970s, he was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists. By 1974, he was one of America's best-selling performers; AllMusic has called Denver "among the most beloved entertainers of his era". Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by the RIAA, with estimated sales of more than 33 million units. He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges. She also had roles as Kelly in Elaine May's '' The Heartbreak Kid'' (1972), Betsy in Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976), and Nancy in Woody Allen's '' Alice'' (1990). On television, her first major role was as Colleen Champion in the one season of the night-time drama ''The Yellow Rose'' (1983). Shepherd played Madeline Hayes on the detective comedy-drama ''Moonlighting'' (1985–1989) opposite Bruce Willis, for which she won two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV Series out of three such nominations. She later starred as Cybill Sheridan on ''Cybill'' (1995–1998), for which she won her third Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series. Her later television roles included Phyllis Kroll on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In American Television
The year 1986 in television involved some significant events. This is a list of notable events in the United States. Events Programs Debuting this year Resuming this year Ending this year Changing networks Made-for-TV movies and miniseries Television stations Station launches Network affiliation changes Births Deaths See also * 1986 in the United States * List of American films of 1986 References External links List of 1986 American television seriesat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Years in television 1980s in American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Awards
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
