by Nathaniel R
Photo by Phillip Faraone / Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
Though the talk this time of year is mostly around Oscar, the new comedy 80 For Brady claimed some space of its own this week in the media as it gears up to open in theaters. The movie "inspired by the true story offour best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play" premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It's gorgeous quartet of superstars (pictured above) were there "FONDA! MORENO! TOMLIN! FIELD!" Between them they have 12 Emmys, 8 Golden Globes, 5 Oscars, 2 Grammys, 2 Tonys, and numerous other awards, nominations, special honors, and lifetime achievement prizes. But that's not all in 80 for Brady news...
We also learned this week that the film has an original song composed by awards-magnet Diane Warren called "Gonna Be You"... forcing us all too look more than a year beyond even the current Oscar rae.
Diane Warren © Erik Melvin
In keeping with 80 For Brady's desire to force every Gay and every fan of Superstar Women of a Certain Age (yes yes there's a huge overlap on that Venn Diagram) to care about it, the song adds yet more stars. To that movie star quartet we add a quintet of iconic singers on the theme song:
BELINDA CARLISLE
GLORIA ESTEFAN
DEBBIE HARRY
Diane writes about the song:
“When I wrote ‘Gonna Be You’ for 80 FOR BRADY, I wanted to write a song that celebrated these women's deep friendship. Since 80 was in the title I got a crazy idea, why not get some of the most iconic singers from the 80s, who are still amazing and always will be, to all sing it?!!!! Everyone I approached said yes and was just as excited as me!! I'm honored to have Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry on this song!! ‘Gonna Be You’ is that song you want to sing along to with all your good friends!!!”
We love an all-star project but this kind of movie begs for an in-film musical number instead of a starry end-credits song, don't you think? May the movie prove fun enough to deserve all nine of these incredible icons.
80 For Brady opens in theaters on February 3rd.