Fast Times at Ridgemont High only made $27 million at the box office. The soundtrack stalled at No. 54 on the Billboard album chart, while Timothy B. Schmit's cover of the Tymes' "So Much in Love" ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High star Phoebe Cates forged a quiet — yet very successful — life outside of Hollywood while married ...

Released on Aug. 13, 1982, Fast Times at Ridgemont High featured a cast comprising almost entirely unknown young actors portraying the film’s high school-age characters. Still, for all the what ...

Update: The “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” live event has been “delayed due to technical difficulties.” A new date and time will be announced shortly. “We want to deli… ...

The ’80s ushered in a wave of teen movies that have since been unsurpassed, none more influential than Amy Heckerling’s 1982 seminal stoner comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High.The film was ...

‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ Turns 40: Director, Stars on Concerns Over Sexuality and Its Surprise Success. The movie that launched the careers of Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on Sept. 3, 1982. This story was written by Ernest Leogrande.) What “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” has is an attractive, personable cast, a bunch… ...

For those who have never attended Ridgemont High or haven’t been in class for a long time, a little primer. In 1981, a young writer named Cameron Crowe published a book called “Fast Times at ...

Taylor Negron, known for roles in numerous TV shows and films including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, has died.He was 57. Negron’s death was announced by cousin Chuck Negron, a former member of ...

Celebrities performed a live reading of the script to Fast Times at Ridgemont High to raise money for CORE’s efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt ...

While Penn played a stoner in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, he has mostly turned to more serious and dramatic roles as his career went on. Some of his best work has been in Mystic River , Milk ...