Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey have rarely spoken out about their 1987 car crash that claimed the lives of two women — but that all changed when the Dirty Dancing actress candidly opened up about the fatal accident in May 2022.
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“Out of the Corner.”The “Dirty Dancing” star, 62, revealed that her breakup with ex Matthew Broderick inspired Madonna’s hit 1989 song, “Express Yourself.” Grey and the Queen of Pop’s friendship goes back to the 1980s and they starred in the 1989 period flick, “Bloodhounds of Broadway,” together.Madonna, 63, and the “Red Dawn” actress became such good pals that the singer threw Grey a 29th birthday bash in March 1989.Grey wrote that Madonna told her at the party that her relationship with Broderick influenced the catchy feminine-power song.Grey and Broderick, 60, had started dating while filming “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in 1985 and had kept their relationship semi-secret at the time.However, their love was thrust into the limelight in August 1987 when they were both involved in a tragic car crash in Northern Ireland.“She told me she wrote ‘Express Yourself’ about me breaking up with Matthew,” Grey recalled in her book.“She played it for me in her car. I was in my log cabin with Johnny [Depp] and she said, ‘Come into my car.’ And I got in her Mercedes where she had a really good sound system and she was like, ‘Listen to this song I just did.
It’s about you,'” Grey added.The “Dancing With the Stars” alum admitted that she contacted the “Vogue” crooner recently and brought up the song in an email.Grey wrote that she hit up Madonna and asked her in the message, “‘Did you just tell that to everyone?'” Grey also gave some insight into her new memoir earlier this week, writing on Instagram about an interview she did with the New York Times’ book section: “‘Out of the Corner’ isn’t all about regret, survival or reinvention. It’s a funny, dishy, occasionally heartbreaking coming-of-age story.”She continued, “Being misunderstood
.Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey have rarely spoken out about their 1987 car crash that claimed the lives of two women — but that all changed when the Dirty Dancing actress candidly opened up about the fatal accident in May 2022.
Macbeth,” Debra Messing in “Birthday Candles” and husband-and-wife team of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick (their old-fashioned “Plaza Suite” is printing money, but was sneered at by the out-of-touch New York Times) were all told “we’re just not that into you” by the nominating committee. If I were SJP, I’d add an evening performance on Sunday, June 12 — and livestream it.No luck for the People’s Princess, either.
sequel to 1987’s “Dirty Dancing” have recently emerged, and according to Deadline, the story will involve some ’90s hip-hop music.Jennifer Grey will be reprising her role as Frances “Baby” Houseman and will also produce the feature, which is set in the Catskills Mountains.“50/50” director Jonathan Levine is directing the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Elizabeth Chomko, Deadline reported.While music from the original film will also pop up, the sequel will incorporate hip-hop as well as the likes of Alanis Morisette and Liz Phair — though Levine promised that “we will not ruin your childhood.”“While the original ‘Dirty Dancing’ has always been one of my favorite films, I never imagined I would direct the sequel,” Levine said in a statement. “Through co-writing it, I fell in love with the characters (new and old), the world of 1990s Catskills New York, and the music, which will range from songs from the original movie to ‘90s hip-hop.”He added, “I can’t wait to collaborate with Jennifer to bring this beautiful story of summer and romance and dancing to a generation of new fans.
The Dirty Dancing sequel is moving forward.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJonathan Levine, the filmmaker behind “Long Shot’ and “50/50,” is taking his talents to the Catskills.He’s been hired by Lionsgate to direct a sequel to 1987’s “Dirty Dancing,” with Jennifer Grey set to reprise her classic role as Frances “Baby” Houseman. No word as to whether she’ll be in a corner.Prior to finding himself in the director’s chair, Levine was already attached to the project as a producer. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Elizabeth Chomko.
Well, this is certainly some new insight into Johnny Depp as a romantic partner — and it couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
Painful memories. Jennifer Grey is getting candid about the details of her relationship with Matthew Broderick in her book, Out of the Corner: A Memoir — including the fatal car crash that left two people dead.
Jennifer Grey is opening up about the life-changing events that she gets candid about in her new book, . ET spoke with the 62-year-old actress following the release of her memoir, and she didn't hold back on discussing painful moments in her life.One such moment that Grey discusses in the book is when weeks before the release of her now iconic film, 1987's , she was in a fatal car crash in Ireland with her then-boyfriend, Matthew Broderick. The crash, during which Broderick was behind the wheel, left two women dead.«The car accident in Ireland was, I would say, top three traumas of my life, maybe top one. It's very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people,» Grey told ET.
Jennifer Grey is opening up about the life-changing events that she gets candid about in her new book, . ET spoke with the 62-year-old actress following the release of her memoir, and she didn't hold back on discussing painful moments in her life.One such moment that Grey discusses in the book is when weeks before the release of her now iconic film, 1987's , she was in a fatal car crash in Ireland with her then-boyfriend, Matthew Broderick. The crash, during which Broderick was behind the wheel, left two women dead.«The car accident in Ireland was, I would say, top three traumas of my life, maybe top one. It's very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people,» Grey told ET.
Jennifer Grey is still on the path of self-love.
Jennifer Grey. In her new memoir, , Grey revisits one of her celebrity exes: Johnny Depp.According to excerpts published by , Grey recalls her first date with the future actor, reportedly a blind one set up by her agent in 1989. «We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our a**es off, took cigarette breaks midcourse,» she reportedly writes. The Dirty Dancing star describes the then breakout star as «so ridiculously beautiful.
Out of the Corner, Jennifer Grey recalled that her agent set her up on a blind date with Depp in 1989. “We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse. He was so ridiculously beautiful.
Jennifer Grey is sharing intimate secrets from her life in new memoir Out of the Corner, the title referencing her iconic line from “Dirty Dancing”, when Patrick Swayze’s character defiantly declared, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
told People of Depp, whom she dated for about a year after her engagement to Broderick.“It was literally like, ‘Are you f-cking kidding me? Are you f-cking kidding me? I’ve never seen a guy like this.’”Grey opened up about past loves including Broderick, 60 — who she started dating in 1985 while filming “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — while promoting her upcoming memoir, “Out of the Corner.”The actress also got candid about the tragedy she faced with her “Ferris Bueller” co-star when the two got into a car accident in Ireland in 1987 that left two dead.“There was some very, very heavy stuff that went down that changed my life forever and there was no one to blame,” Grey told People. “It was a pure and simple accident that was tragic.
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NEW YORK -- Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress. The collection offers offering historians and researchers access to the creative process of American theater’s most successful and prolific playwright.The collection includes about 7,700 items documenting the evolution of Simon's plays and screenplays, including “Barefoot in the Park,” “The Sunshine Boys,” “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “Lost in Yonkers.”The donation will be officially announced at a special event with actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker — both currently starring in a Broadway revival of “Plaza Suite” — and Elaine Joyce, Simon’s widow on Monday night at the Library.
Madonna‘s ‘Express Yourself’.Grey and Broderick started dating in 1986 after meeting on the set of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Grey then bagged the role of Baby in Dirty Dancing, catapulting her to new heights of stardom in Hollywood.