It’s all about moving forward for Michelle Pfeiffer.
30.01.2021 - 03:25 / etcanada.com
Michelle Pfeiffer is taking a trip down memory lane.
The 62-year-old actress looked back on starring in Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” music video while being interviewed on Friday’s installment of “Jimmy Kimmel Live”.
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“I love that song… It’s so good,” said Pfeiffer’s of “Gansta’s Paradise”, which was part of the soundtrack of her 1995 movie, “Dangerous Minds”.
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