In his only lead acting role, he portrayed aspiring songwriter Tony Starr in the 1985 made-for-TV movie Copacabana, which was based on his 1978 hit song "Copacabana", alongside Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamarr and Joseph Bologna as Rico Castelli.

In the late '80s, after leaving the White House, Ronald and Nancy Reagan settled in at 668 Saint Cloud Road in Bel Air, California, making them Manilow's neighbors. He once joked about not being able to sunbathe nude due to the Secret Service flyovers.

We'll remember what we do today
Words we didn't say
We'll remember every single day
Then years go by
To wonder why and wonder what we learned
Was that the bridge we should've crossed--
The one we burned?

Manilow ended his residency at the Las Vegas Hilton (now the Westgate) with a show entitled "Ultimate Manilow: the Hits" on December 30, 2009, after 300 performances for 450,000 fans.

Filled with anecdotes about his tours and the behind-the-scenes realities of the music business, Sweet Life: Adventures On The Way To Paradise reveals the musician's personal life and musical career, from his Brooklyn youth through his performance at Radio City Music Hall.

At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa they fell in love