The Truth About Miles Davis's Troubled Life
Miles Davis overcame all odds to produce beautiful, timeless music. But his weren't all wine and roses.
Read MoreMiles Davis overcame all odds to produce beautiful, timeless music. But his weren't all wine and roses.
Read MoreDespite a touring history spanning over fifty years and several lineup changes, Fleetwood Mac can certainly still hold their own in concert. With hits like "Go Your Own Way", and "Rhiannon," and many of its core members going strong, it's pretty clear why they still fill up stadiums globally.
Read MoreBands break up all the time, and the 2010s was no exception. Some bands break up in a manner that's so strange, dramatic, high-profile, or just plain shocking to the fans that the mere memory makes them cringe. Let's take a look at some of the most devastating band break ups of the past decade.
Read MoreWith all of 50 Cent's success, it might be surprising to know that his original ambition wasn't on the stage: It was in the boxing ring.
Read MoreIn 2019, The Matrix 4 (title forthcoming) was announced, with original trilogy's co-screenwriter Lana Wachowski at the helm. Expectations are high, to say the least.
Read MoreLong hair, spandex, showmanship, and an after-show lifestyle that, according to David Lee Roth, made devoted hedonists like Led Zeppelin "look like Boy Scouts," combined to create a pop culture force of nature.
Read MorePost Malone has definitely collaborated with some artists you wouldn't typically expect to hop in on a rap song.
Read MoreWhen Jimi Hendrix was just a little boy he grabbed a screwdriver and began dismantling his dad's radio. Watching him this whole time, with a mix of confusion and concern, was the brother who later told this story: Leon Hendrix.
Read MoreEddie van Halen hates playing cover songs. Unfortunately, he's played a ton of them.
Read MoreWell for one thing, nobody seemed to know what the hell a Shawshank Redemption was.
Read MoreJoseph Gordon Levitt took a break from acting to be with his kids. That break ended with 7500, in which the still-boyish Gordon-Levitt plays the co-pilot of a plane being overtaken by terrorists. He told Variety, "this movie was the most challenging acting job I've ever done."
Read MoreAs far as rap artists go, Kanye West is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in designer clothing and rocking a pair of Yeezys. He has one hit song, though, that he can't stand.
Read MoreMark Ruffalo is no stranger to either success, or tragedy.
Read MoreThor spent the first half of his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a brooding jock tank. What he lacked in personality, he more than made up for in bleach blonde eyebrows. That's right, you forgot that Thor used to get his eyebrow hair did. The giants weren't the only things getting frosted.
Read MoreMaya Angelou has become one the most influential and popular authors in American history, and she overcame more than her fair share of hardship to do so. This is the tragic real-life story of Maya Angelou.
Read MoreWhen people die young, it's almost always a tragedy. It becomes even worse when they died of something that may have been prevented. He is perhaps unknown to many in the West -- less so by people not mathematically-inclined -- but Srinivasa Ramanujan died of something easily curable at a young age.
Read More1919's Red Summer race riots are a little-known fragment of America's bloody struggle with racism that portrays yet another link in the nation's chain of systemic ignorance, oppression, and violence.
Read MoreThe tragic true story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is a dark spot in American history, and thanks to decades of silence, you've probably never heard of it.
Read MoreWe have a creeping suspicion you'll know which song, but let's take a look at the Radiohead hit song that Thom Yorke hates.
Read MoreAs an artist with a vast musical output in many styles, Madonna's back catalog is so impossibly robust and encompasses so many subgenres of pop that even the most hardcore Madonna fan would probably find it difficult to adore all her music equally. In fact, she outright hates one of her own songs.
Read MoreThere was one particularly awful piece of paper that Hendrix was unfortunate enough to sign in 1965. What did this contract entail, and why did it have such a vast impact on the musician's life?
Read MoreNPR is usually seen as boring and nerdy, so it may be a surprise that even vanilla NPR is still frequently embroiled in scandal. Here are some of the biggest.
Read MoreAround this time, Butler described having experienced a late night, supernatural visitation in which a black silhouette stood at the foot of his bed. The harrowing tale became the basis for a new song, titled "Black Sabbath," named after a 1963 Boris Karloff film.
Read MoreOn the night in question, Owen Hart was given a dramatically absurd entrance. The plan was that he'd be lowered by a cable, beginning his descent far up in the rafters of the packed Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Things didn't go as planned.
Read MoreAge is more than a number. It's a great basis of comparison, by which you can feel less accomplished than your favorite celebrities. Heck, you can even feel less accomplished than your favorite fictional characters, like the ones from Avengers: Endgame.
Read MoreAs an entity that devotes itself wholly to news, CNN hasn't always gotten things quite right. In fact, over the years, they've been involved in a number of controversies, questionable practices, and even outright misconduct. Here are some of the biggest scandals to hit CNN.
Read MoreDuring its debut season, Animaniacs was one of the highly rated children's programs on television. So why were they canceled in the first place? Like the kid who plays gin with all the lunch ladies during recess, the problem wasn't the popularity, it was the age group they were popular with.
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