Actor Kevin Bacon visited Payson High School in Utah, where the movie Footloose was filmed over 40 years ago, meeting students after a campaign under #BaconToPayson. The school went Footloose-crazy with events and a community-wide campaign for his charity. Bacon helped fill 5,000 care packages for SixDegrees, expressing admiration for the movie's power to unite people. The high school's last prom was themed Footloose before its demolition. Residents reminisce about being extras in the film, with the town of Payson cherishing its connection to the iconic movie.
Kevin Bacon, who starred as Ren McCormack in the 1984 film Footloose, surprised Payson High School students by announcing his attendance at their prom through a video call. The students campaigned for his attention by recreating scenes from the movie and organizing events with the hashtag #BaconToPayson on social media. The school, where Footloose was shot, is being torn down after this year, prompting the students to make their final year memorable with Bacon's visit. Bacon praised their efforts and committed to attending the prom, expressing appreciation for their work and community involvement.
Kevin Bacon announced his plan to attend the final prom at Utah's Payson High School, where his iconic movie Footloose was filmed. Students launched a #BaconToPayson campaign, creating movie recreations and choreographed videos to get Bacon's attention. Bacon thanked the students on the Today show and confirmed his attendance before the school relocates. The school maintains ties to Footloose, with Bacons organization creating humanitarian kits for the film's 40th anniversary. SixDegrees.org members will visit the school on prom day to make kits with students.
Actor Kevin Bacon made a grand return to Payson High School, one of the original filming locations from his movie Footloose, after a student-led social media campaign to attend their prom. The students pledged to create 5,000 resource kits for his foundation, SixDegrees.Org, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Footloose. Bacon praised the students for their commitment and dedication to giving back to the community, expressing how the film has brought people together and promoted standing up for one's beliefs.
Footloose is a 2011 American musical drama film co-written and directed by Craig Brewer. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name, and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell and Dennis Quaid. The film follows a young man who moves from Boston to a small Southern town and protests the town's ban against dancing. Filming took place from September to November 2010 in Georgia. It was released in Australia and New Zealand on October 6, 2011, and in North America on October 14, 2011. It grossed $15.5 million in its opening weekend and $63 million worldwide.
Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn the ban on dancing instituted by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow).The film received mixed reviews from the critics and was a box office success, grossing $80 million in North America, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1984. The songs "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The following is the filmography for American actor Kevin Bacon. His most notable roles have been in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), Diner (1982), Footloose (1984), Quicksilver (1986), She's Having a Baby (1988), Flatliners and Tremors (both 1990), He Said, She Said and JFK (both 1991), A Few Good Men (1992), The River Wild (1994), The Air Up There (1994), Murder in the First and Apollo 13 (both 1995), Sleepers (1996), Wild Things (1998), Stir of Echoes (1999), Hollow Man and My Dog Skip (both 2000), Trapped (2002), Mystic River (2003), The Woodsman (2004), Death Sentence (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), X-Men: First Class and Crazy, Stupid, Love (both 2011), Black Mass (2015), Patriots Day (2016) and The Darkness (2016).In 2009, he starred in the television movie Taking Chance, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. He had previously won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1995 as part of the ensemble cast of Apollo 13. In 2013, Bacon starred in the Fox television series The Following in his first regular role on television, for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for his leading man and character roles, Bacon has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.Bacon made his feature film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film Footloose (1984). Since then, he has starred in critically acclaimed films such as Diner (1982), JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003), and Frost/Nixon (2008). Other notable credits include Friday the 13th (1980), Tremors (1990), The River Wild (1994), The Woodsman (2004), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Patriots Day (2016). Bacon has also directed the films Losing Chase (1996) and Loverboy (2005).On television, Bacon received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Lt. Col. Michael Strobl in the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009). He starred in the Fox drama series The Following from 2013 to 2015. Bacon played the title role in Amazon Prime Video series I Love Dick from 2016 to 2017; he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his work on the show. From 2019 to 2022, he starred in the Showtime series City on a Hill.The Guardian named Bacon one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Bacon's prolific career in a variety of genres has led him to become associated with the concept of interconnectedness among people, as evidenced by the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". He is a brand ambassador for British mobile network operator EE and has been featured in several ads for the company. Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick.
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins), and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
SixDegrees.org is a charity led by actor, musician, and philanthropist Kevin Bacon. Launched on January 18, 2007, the organization builds on the popularity of the "small world phenomenon" by enabling people to become "celebrities for their own causes" by donating to or raising money for any charity in the United States. In March 2014, the organization celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game by announcing plans to connect local changemakers with recognized celebrities through "drop-ins" and "shout-outs". Grassroots causes can submit events directly through the site and celebrities can contact the organization for help finding a cause anywhere in the world.
Utah's Nebo School District is under scrutiny after students and parents protest against 'furries' in middle school, with allegations of animal-like behavior including 'licking' and 'biting'. A petition with over 1,800 signatures calls for enforcement of the dress code policy to maintain a conducive learning environment. The district denies students wearing full animal costumes but emphasizes respect and tolerance among students in response to the protest.
"Footloose" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name (the other one being "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)"). The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984, on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Loggins' only chart-topper, and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984.The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins. When the American Film Institute released its AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, "Footloose" reached the 96th position. The song was covered by country music artist Blake Shelton for the 2011 remake of the 1984 film.It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1985 ceremony, losing to Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red.The single version is slightly shorter in length compared to the album version. It begins with a soloed guitar track instead of a drum intro, and features more prominent backing vocals in the mix, particularly towards the end of the song.In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or Bacon's Law is a parlor game where players challenge each other to arbitrarily choose an actor and then connect them to another actor via a film that both actors have appeared in together, repeating this process to try to find the shortest path that ultimately leads to prolific American actor Kevin Bacon. It rests on the assumption that anyone involved in the Hollywood film industry can be linked through their film roles to Bacon within six steps. The game's name is a reference to "six degrees of separation", a concept that posits that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintance links apart.In 2007, Bacon started a charitable organization called SixDegrees.org. In 2020, Bacon started a podcast called The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon.
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