Whether you know him by his real name or the variations that have the word "cougar" in them, chances are you're aware of the name John Mellencamp. But you might not know how much money he's made...
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Animal Planet is the place where people go to watch feel-good shows about animals. But now it's put more emphasis behind the cool people helping the animals than the animals themselves. Problem is, humans can mess up in bigger ways than animals. These are the biggest scandals to hit Animal Planet.
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As their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame notes, Pink Floyd is a magnificent progressive band, a pioneering psychedelic rock group, and a stadium-filling crowd-pleaser all in one. While their most famous antics may have involved strange stories about flying pigs ...
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On a film set, sometimes a stunt seems minor and like no big deal. If the actor is feeling bold and the production's insurance will cover it, it's probably fine, right? But sometimes, accidents can happen and actors can end up majorly hurt. Here are actors who were tragically injured on set.
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These misconceptions about The Matrix trilogy are well-known enough that you probably believed them. The Matrix was a box-office smash before it all came tumbling down in the ruins of Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions ... right? You'll have to read on to find out.
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Though you could never tell by just listening to the band's music, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen famously plays with 25 percent less limbs than your average drummer, due to the unfortunate fact that he has no left arm. Here's how that all went down.
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Normally, it takes two miracles to qualify as a saint. But New Orleans Saint Tom Dempsey was canonized in the annals of football for a single miracle that put his team two points ahead of the Detroit Lions in 1970.
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Video games are at their core all about empowerment fantasy, and there are a couple of wish-fulfillment best case scenarios if you like the idea of smashing someone's fictional face into combo-vulnerable paste. The first is being Bruce Lee. The second is beating him up.
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Just weeks after Disney parks shuttered, reports are circulating and speculating about when they can ditch social distancing and resume making fire up above without coming under fire for it.
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"Basket Case." "Wake Me Up When September Ends." "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." "When I Come Around." Minority." Yes, it's Green Day, and no, they're not exactly short of hits. But there's one hit that almost never saw the light of day.
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With her brightly colored hair, impressive in-ring talent and huge personality, Sasha Banks is undoubtedly one of the trailblazers of WWE's women's division, facing off with other pioneers such as the "anti-diva" Paige. That's why it was so strange that she suddenly took a hiatus.
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Ozzy Osbourne has spent a long and storied career in the limelight. But has his lengthy tenure as the Prince of Darkness brought him fortune as well as fame? Let's take a look at how much Ozzy Osbourne is worth today.
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Guitarist-singer Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 may have been a successful musician, but over time, he started discovering other avenues of interest, and eventually quit to ... change the world.
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In 1981, Gates and a colleague, Neil Konzen, stayed up until 4 a.m. to write a simple game for the PC, making history in the process.
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Here are the best cover songs that sound nothing like the original. They might as well be completely new tunes.
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Difficult as it is to believe, even Michael Jordan had off games during his professional career. Which one was the worst?
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Describing Jordan and Bird's dynamic as a "relationship" is arguably a bit of a stretch. Back in their NBA heydays, great players on opposing teams didn't get especially chummy with each other or form super teams.
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Cheating happens in professional sports more than we'd like to admit, but with cameras everywhere, it's hard for athletes to get away scot-free. Whether they escaped official punishment or were ejected from the game, the athletes on this list were all caught cheating on live TV.
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Stevie Nicks has had an extremely long and successful career -- like multiple decades of selling millions of albums-level of goodness. Let's take a look at how much Stevie Nicks is really worth.
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Why would the greatest basketball player of all time choose to go play minor league baseball? Was he secretly really good at baseball?
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Michael Jordan likes to gamble. A lot, by most accounts.
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Why did Michael Jordan, after winning three consecutive NBA championships and cementing himself as the greatest basketball player of all time, decide to switch gears so drastically and play AA baseball out of a bus?
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Air Jordans have remained at the forefront of their field, commanding high prices seemingly just by daring to ask the question "what if we put a little cartoon Michael Jordan on these?" How is it possible?
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Was it because they were too awesome? Too capable of propelling a player across the paint like so much Flubber? Why would the NBA -- an organization without a rule saying dogs can't play basketball -- have one about Air Jordans?
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Michael Jordan is usually considered #1 in a couple of areas: The greatest basketball player who ever lived, and the wealthiest athlete, of whatever variety, ever. But he also played baseball! It just wasn't very lucrative.
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Even people who don't follow sports will recognize the name Michael Jordan -- and not just from sharing the screen with Bugs Bunny in 1996's Space Jam, where he helped defeat the Monstars with a dunk from halfcourt.
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Guitarist-singer-songwriter Glenn Frey was always an essential piece of the Eagles puzzle, and whenever he wasn't out Eagles-ing, his solo career was also a force to be reckoned with. But what about his net worth?
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