January 1989 Pop Culture: Mary Stuart Masterson & Wacko Entertainment Poll Results

The pop culture topics of the January 1989 issue cover a lot of ground, from a sad update on June 1988 child genius profile subject Adragon DeMello to the movie Patrick Swayze's doing instead of a Dirty Dancing sequel (it's only ROAD HOUSE!!!), five-star reviews for two very dark movies, and a sweet profile of Mary Stuart Masterson. But there's also a lot of snarking at the stars! Duran Duran's latest dance album gets slammed. And a whole bevy of celebrities are judged and found wanting as Sassy reports the results of its entertainment poll. Retract your claws -- or don't! -- and join us for our latest podcast!

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TOPICS

🎧 It Is January 1989

🎧 Pop Zsa Zsa Gabor Quiz

🎧 Holiday Goal Drive Update

🎧 What Now

🎧 Watch It

🎧 Listen Up

🎧 One To Watch: Steve Burton

🎧 Feature: Mary Stuart Masterson Wants To Have Babies

🎧 Feature: The Coolest (And Uncoolest) Stars Movies Music Of The Year

🎧 Goodbye For Now

🎧 How To Make A Party Tape

NOTES

⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

📰 "Parents Of Boy Genius Will Share Custody" at NYTimes.com

🗞 "Is 11-Year-Old a Genius of Just Bright? Either Way, He's a Troubled Child" at NYTimes.com

🤝 "Tom Jones Meets Michael & INXS" on YouTube

🕺 "Tom Jones on friendship with 'lovely fella' Michael Hutchence and INXS Star's struggles" at The Express

💔 Tom Jones covering "Never Tear Us Apart" live

🎧 The Dinner Party Download Podcast

🐕 A Cry In The Dark on HBO Max

👶 "Dingo ate my baby" on Wikipedia

📸 The Feelies performing "Fame" in Something Wild, on YouTube

📆 "Tomorrow Today: An Indirectly Direct History of The Feelies" on Flood Magazine

🎶 The Feelies' "It's Only Life" on YouTube

🎵 The Feelies' Only Life on YouTube

🎸 Southside Johnny on Wikipedia

🎶 Duran Duran's "All She Wants Is" on YouTube

🪲 Paul McCartney's "This One" on YouTube

🎧 The January 1989 Mixtape on Spotify

🐦 Steve Burton on Twitter

💻 Mary Stuart Masterson on Wikipedia

🎞 Trailer for Lily Dale (1996) on YouTube

💁‍♂️ Contemporary photo of Tim Ransom aka Not Lee Tergesen

🤳 Mary Stuart Masterson on Instagram