--- description: Time to rent "Empire Records" title: It's Rex Manning Day! (Here's What That Actually Means) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc918a51ac2a7fa17/6987ea173c1639426845564a/rex-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # It's Rex Manning Day! (Here's What That Actually Means) by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 4:52 PM CUT  Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning in Empire Records Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning in Empire Recordswarner Bros. by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 4:52 PM CUT It’s April 8, which means today is[ Rex Manning Day!](http://www.rexmanningday.org/ "undefined") If you have no idea what that means and why it’s [trending on Twitter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RexManningDay?src=tren "undefined"), we’re sorry for what must have been a severely lacking VHS collection in the 90s. But don’t worry because we’re here to help. Rex Manning was the fictional pop star in the 1995 movie _Empire Records_. On April 8, “Oh Rexy, you’re so sexy” Manning has a scheduled appearance at a struggling independent record store that the staff (which includes Renee Zellweger and Liv Tyler) is desperately trying to save from turning into corporate chain. While the film flopped, making a mere [quarter million dollars](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=empirerecords.htm "undefined") during its two-week theatrical run, it quickly became a [cult classic](http://flavorwire.com/512525/the-quick-failure-and-unexpected-comeback-of-empire-records "undefined") — and the fake-tanned Rex Manning became an icon. Watch this fake music video for the insta-classic _Say No More (Mon Amour)_ and revel in Rex Manning’s perfection! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3813747/rex-manning-day-empire-records-april-8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3813747/rex-manning-day-empire-records-april-8/"},"headline":"It's Rex Manning Day! (Here's What That Actually Means)","datePublished":"2015-04-08T16:52:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:30.679Z","description":"Time to rent \"Empire Records\"","url":"https://time.com/3813747/rex-manning-day-empire-records-april-8/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc918a51ac2a7fa17/6987ea173c1639426845564a/rex-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc918a51ac2a7fa17/6987ea173c1639426845564a/rex-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rex Manning","caption":"Rex Manning","creditText":"warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3813747/rex-manning-day-empire-records-april-8/","name":"It's Rex Manning Day! (Here's What That Actually Means)"}}]}] ```