These Were The First Words Ever Spoken In A Feature Film
For a long time, movies didn't have sound or spoken dialogue, but that all changed when the two were synced. These were the first words ever spoken on film.
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Reds Star Joe Nuxhall Was Younger Than You Think When He Made His Pro Baseball Debut
You may be surprised to learn how young Cincinnati Reds star Joe Nuxhall was when he threw his first big-league pitches in 1944.
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What Was The Last Song Tom Petty Performed Before His Death?
When Tom Petty died he'd just played a concert the week before. This classic hit was the last song Tom Petty performed before his death.
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What Really Inspired Green Day's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong wrote "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" about a failed relationship.
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The Dark Truth About The Iditarod
Alaska's Iditarod race has long captured the national imagination, being both romanticized and controversial. This is the dark truth about the Iditarod.
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What Was Fleetwood Mac Keyboardist Brett Tuggle's Net Worth At The Time Of His Death?
Brett Tuggle, longtime keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, died on June 20, 2022, at the age of 70. As a career musician, Tuggle built up a sizeable net worth.
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The Unexpected Reason Humphrey Bogart Stood On A Box While Filming Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart is one of the most iconic actors of all time. But, during the filming of "Casablanca", he had to stand on a box for this surprising reason.
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What Coco Chanel Was Doing In The Final Days Before Her Death
Fashion designer Coco Chanel died in Paris in 1971 at 87 years old.
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How Hollywood Looked The Year You Were Born
What happened to Hollywood as thousands of people moved there during the town's fledgling years? Read on to see what Hollywood was up to the year you were born.
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The Truth About John Denver's Real Name
John Denver's stage name was fitting with his image of a mountain-loving music man, but here's the truth about his real name.
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Whatever Happened To Rusted Root?
Rusted Root had a hit with "Send Me On My Way" in the '90s. But, the band has been MIA in the mainstream music market, and here's what they've been doing.
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BB King Revealed The One Musician Who Gave Him 'The Cold Sweats'
B.B King revealed the one musician who gave him 'the cold sweats' when he heard the amazing tone coming from the player's guitar.
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Bob Dylan Loved Elvis So Much That He Allegedly Once Kissed A Floor
Bob Dylan reportedly kissed the ground where Elvis Presley recorded his first song. Here's why the folk hero to so many worshiped the King of rock 'n' roll.
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How The Law Has Protected Roman Polanski From Extradition
Roman Polanski was convicted of a heinous sex crime and has spent the past four and a half decades on the run from the U.S. law enforcement apparatus.
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Where Is The Tindler Swindler Victim Pernilla Sjoholm Today?
"The Tinder Swindler" was a documentary detailing the efforts of an Israeli man to con women out of money. Here's where victim Pernilla Sjoholm is today.
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Here's How You Can Watch Movies With DNA
DNA stores all the information necessary to sustain human life, but can it also store other information, like movie reels. Here's how it works.
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The Real Reason Charlie Chaplin Was Once Exiled From The US
Charlie Chaplin was one of the classic Hollywood's biggest stars, but he was once exiled from the U.S. Here's why Chaplin was exiled from the U.S.
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The Real Meaning Behind Bob Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue
For decades, Bob Dylan's music has impacted generation after generation. But one of his most well-known songs might have a different backstory than you'd think.
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Who Did Rick Rubin Say Was The Best Rock 'N' Roll Band Of All Time?
Art of all kinds becomes a field of endeavor where taste and instinct and opinion hold more sway than mere numbers -- especially if an actual expert speaks.
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The Unnerving Connection William Shatner Has To Michael Myers
Depending on how you look at it, it really is a small world after all -- especially the world of Hollywood, where people and productions regularly overlap.
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What Was Colonel Tom Parker's Net Worth When He Died?
In much the same way that people made far more money selling equipment to miners than miners did mining, so it often is with managers of popular performers.
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Why John Wayne Once Had An Entire Lung Removed
John Wayne spent decades riding high in the Hollywood saddle, playing heroic figures unafraid to battle long odds. Offscreen, his fight became medical.
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The Only Elvis Presley Movie To Have 100% On Rotten Tomatoes
Elvis Presley had complicated feelings about his film career -- but one of his movies triumphs above the rest as 100% "certified fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The Classic Playground Game That Was Actually Once Part Of The Summer Olympics
All manner of human athletic competition goes into the spectacle we call the Olympic Games -- who can forget curling? -- but some have fallen to the wayside.
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Why Superman Director Richard Donner Couldn't Stand Marlon Brando
Looking at the finished product, you might be tempted to think that Richard Donner's "Superman: The Movie" as a locked-in success from the beginning. Not so.
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The Truth About Elvis Presley's First Commercial Single
Numerous artists have mentioned Elvis -- especially early Elvis -- as a musical inspiration, a starting point for an entire genre of popular music.
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How A Gruesome Farm Accident Helped Mordecai Brown Become A Hall Of Fame Pitcher
It's always heartening when someone overcomes a significant physical challenge to become an outstanding example of accomplishment in their field.
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