Timelines for year 1986
Janet Jackson
The last five of her eight albums (excluding her first two albums "Janet Jackson," "Dream Street" and her greatest hits album "Design of a Decade: 1986 -1996") have all hit #1.
With her 1986 song "When I Think of You", she and her brother, Michael Jackson, became the first siblings in the rock era to have #1 songs as soloists.
Susan Ruttan
Quirky, auburn-haired, vulnerable-looking American character actress best known for her long-suffering secretary Roxanne on TV's "L.A. Law" , for which she received several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
E.G. Marshall
Twice in the same year, Marshall and Oscar winner Beatrice Straight played husband and wife in two political films _Under Seige(TV)_ and _Power_, both in 1986.
Meg Ryan
Adopted daughter Daisy True from China in January 2006 (revealed on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" March 1, 2006).
Met actor Anthony Edwards during the making of the film Top Gun and moved in with him. They were a couple until she met actor Dennis Quaid during the film Innerspace , and she moved in with and eventually married him. Both actors portrayed military fighter pilots in their respective roles.
Peter Weller
Is a serious runner who finished the New York Marathon in 1986 in three hours and forty minutes.
Rock Hudson
Although Hudson never publicly came out as gay during his lifetime, he did authorize a biography by Sara Davidson, "Rock Hudson: His Story" , which discussed his private life in great detail.
Michael Jackson
Jackson hired film director Martin Scorsese to direct the video for the "Bad" album's title track. When the 18-minute music video debuted on television, it sparked a great deal of controversy as it was apparent that Jackson's appearance had changed dramatically. Although Jackson's skin color had been a medium- brown color for the entire duration of his youth, his skin had gradually become paler since 1982, and had now become a light brown color. This was now so noticeable that the entire press took out widespread coverage on it and claimed that Jackson had bleached his own skin. In 1993 Jackson claimed that his changing skin color is due to a skin disorder vitiligo whilst on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" .
Bill Murray
An early promotional reel for "The Real Ghost Busters" featured a different character design for the animated version of Murray's character Peter Venkman, a design that bore more of a resemblance to Murray himself as opposed to the final character design, which gave Venkman a slimmer, sleeker, more chiseled "pretty boy" look.
Woody Allen
Directed Carrie Fisher in Hannah and Her Sisters and Natalie Portman in Everyone Says I Love You . This makes him the only director other than George Lucas who has worked with both actresses.
River Phoenix
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38.
The famous Brazilian singer and song writer Milton Nascimento wrote a song called "River Phoenix" years before River's death. Milton was quite impressed with his performance in Stand by Me , and he decided to write a song in reverence of River's talent. When he got to know about the song, he came to Brazil and spent some days in Milton Nascimento's country home. After that first contact, they became good friends.
Laurence Fishburne
Met Paul Reubens at the Groundlings Theatre (he didn't study there but did perform readings) and Reubens cast him as Cowboy Curtis in the children's series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" .
Walt Disney
On November 13, 1986, he was a member of the first group to be inducted into the DeMolay Hall of Fame.
Aidan Quinn
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38.
