Patrick Dempsey (as Mike Damone); Courtney Thorne-Smith (as Stacey Hamilton); Claudia Wells (as Linda Barrett); and James ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' starring Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh, premiered over 43 years ago on Aug. 13, 1982. Here's everything to know about where the cast of the teen comedy is today.

One of the scenes in Fast Times at Ridgemont High in 1982, made Phoebe Cates a pop-cultural shorthand but her legacy was the ...

There are some actors who just perfectly embody the spirit of a decade. At a time when most actors and actresses looked mass-produced, Phoebe Cates could effortlessly steal every scene she was in with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the end of the ‘80s, Cates was mostly focused on stage work, having told the Chicago Tribune that there were “simply not that ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is a quotable cult classic American coming-of-age comedy film. The film captured the cultural zeitgeist of the time with realistic portrayals of American youth as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High.' Earlier that same year, Penn recalled landing his ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. Earlier that same year, Penn recalled landing his breakout role as Spicoli, telling Jimmy Fallon that the audition went "terribly.