The Reason The Matrix 4 Could Be One Of The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Ever
In 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.
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Whatever Happened To David Lee Roth?
Long 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.
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The Untold Truth Of Kurt Cobain's Unplugged Guitar
Kurt Cobain's guitar just sold at an insane price -- netting the equivalent of $1 million per string.
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The Truth About Post Malone's Relationship With Ozzy Osbourne
Post Malone has definitely collaborated with some artists you wouldn't typically expect to hop in on a rap song.
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Leon Hendrix: The Truth About Jimi Hendrix's Brother
When 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.
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This Is The Song That Van Halen Has Played The Most In Concert
Eddie van Halen hates playing cover songs. Unfortunately, he's played a ton of them.
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This Is Why The Shawshank Redemption Bombed In Theaters
Well for one thing, nobody seemed to know what the hell a Shawshank Redemption was.
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The Joseph Gordon-Levitt Thriller That's Killing It On Amazon Prime
Joseph 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."
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The Hit Song Kanye West Did That He Can't Stand
As 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.
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The Untold Truth Of Dante's Inferno
you squint your eyes and think really hard, you'll probably be able to think of a few dozen times and places that were more pleasant than Florence, 700 years ago.
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The Sad Story Of Mark Ruffalo Losing His Brother
Mark Ruffalo is no stranger to either success, or tragedy.
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These Are The Heroes Thor Hasn't Met In The MCU
Thor 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.
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The Real Reason So Many People Believe They Are Part Cherokee
The United States' historical treatment of its indigenous peoples is contentious, to say the least. From 1794 to 1887, during the Westward Expansion, Native American lands shrunk to almost nothing, and then the Dawes Act in 1887 chopped up what little land was left and divided it up between tribes.
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We Now Understand Why The Arab Empire Crumbled
In 1258, Baghdad, the seat of the Abbasid Caliphate and the heart of what was effectively the Arab empire fell to the besieging army of Ghengis Khan's grandson, Hulagu Khan. But things had been going downhill for a while.
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The Real Reason David Byrne Left Talking Heads
The Talking Heads had a successful 16-year musical career, which ultimately ended when Byrne decided to leave the band in 1991. Here's why.
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The Untold Truth Of George Harrison
George Harrison is remember as the quiet Beatle, but he was much more than that. This is the untold truth of George Harrison.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Maya Angelou
Maya 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.
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The Untold Origin Of Insane Asylums
There's no catch-all for psychiatric wellness. At times in history, the insane asylum was a catch-all, and not the kind of place you'd want to spend a moment.
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The Tragic Death Of Srinivasa Ramanujan
When 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.
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The Tragic Truth About The Red Summer
1919'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.
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The Tragic True Story Of The Tulsa Race Massacre
The 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.
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The Radiohead Hit Song That Thom Yorke Hates
We have a creeping suspicion you'll know which song, but let's take a look at the Radiohead hit song that Thom Yorke hates.
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The Untold Truth Of The Greensboro Sit-Ins
You don't really hear about Woolworth's anymore. It stands to reason, seeing as the company's mark on history largely comes down to "they sold ham sandwiches in a retail setting." But the store was the site of an important civil rights victory.
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The Untold Truth Of Penny Dreadfuls
In America, we called them dime novels. The English called them penny dreadfuls.
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The One Song Madonna Did That She Can't Stand
As 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.
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The Truth About Jimi Hendrix's Problematic First Record Contract
There 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?
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The Biggest Scandals To Hit NPR
NPR 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.
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