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Before Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana came along, there was record producer Jerrica Benton and her alter ego, Jem, the animated lead singer of the Holograms. The Hasbro cartoon series, which aired from 1985 to 1988, featured everything that made the 80s truly, truly, truly outrageous — big hair, bizarre outfits, theatrical makeup, over-the-top music videos and faith in technological wonders that defy reality. (Only a pair of red, star-shaped earrings and a supercomputer called Synergy could transform the mild-mannered Jerrica into Jem). Glamor and glitter, fashion and fame, a little bit of girl power and a bitchy band rivalry with another group called The Misfits — what’s not to like?