What It Was Really Like To Attend A Play At Shakespeare's Globe Theater
The Globe Theater during Shakespeare's time was a loud, sometimes stinky place. This is what it was really like to attend a play at Shakespeare's Globe Theater.
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The Truth About Billy Corgan And Marilyn Manson's Relationship
In a 2015 interview with Esquire, Manson -- whose name behind the makeup is Brian Hugh Warner -- recounted a feud he and Corgan had a decade and a half earlier. The cause? You guessed it: a girl. Manson dated and almost married actress Rose McGowan for three-and-a-half years at the end of the '90s.
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The Truth About Daniel Tosh And Rob Dyrdek's Feud
Tosh might think that Dyrdek ripped off his show idea when creating Ridiculousness, but Dyrdek says his show was around on paper before Tosh.0 came out. In an interview with Larry King, posted on YouTube, Dyrdek outright says he didn't copy Tosh.0 but he did copy America's Funniest Home Videos
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How Michael Jackson Was Injured During One Of His Shows
Jackson suffered second and third-degree burns. He was prescribed strong sedatives as well as Darvocet, a powerful painkiller which was later banned.
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The Truth About Billy Idol's Horrific Motorcycle Accident
Almost as famous as the bad boy's image and his music was his reputation for partying. Points in Idol's life were filled with drugs, women, and alcohol. The musician had struggles that mirror those of a number of rock stars. These struggles contributed to his horrific motorcycle accident in 1990.
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The True Story Of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach was a true master of music. He'd excelled in all genres of music of his day, minus opera, and created the keyboard concerto, in which a piano or organ is played as the featured instrument while an orchestra functions as the accompaniment. There was a time when Bach was forgotten.
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The Sketchy Truth About Dr DisRespect
The list of poor decisions Dr DisRespect has made go far and beyond the mullet.
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Details You Didn't Know About Criss Angel's Music Career
Chances are, you didn't know about Criss Angel until 2005. No one did, really. Not by name anyway. But he's been cranking out tunes longer than magic.
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The Tragic Death Of Dave Mirra
Dave Mirra died on February 4, 2016, and as ESPN would later report, he was the first action sports star to be diagnosed with CTE.
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Horror Movies That Made Audiences Sick
The horror film's ability to evoke a physical response in audiences has long been used as part of hyping the genre.
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This Was The Part Of Fame Dolores O'Riordan Didn't Like
O'Riordan was also incredibly and eloquent in her interviews, in which she readily discussed her own insecurities and the mental health problems she battled throughout her life.
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The Tiny Toons Episode That Caused An Outrage
Tiny Toon Adventures managed to gain an audience from amongst Saturday-morning cartoon watchers, but that meant that parents were probably watching, too.
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How Disney World And The Super Bowl Became Connected
The iconic phrase "I'm going to Disney World" has been said by some of football's most legendary players for the last 33 years, but many fans aren't aware of where the famous phrase started. In fact, it was by accident.
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What The Goo Goo Dolls Did To Avoid Going Broke
At the time of their formation in 1986, Buffalo, New York-based band the Goo Goo Dolls, like many budding rock acts, were so eager for a record deal they were pretty much willing to sign any contract, no matter how detrimental it was to band members.
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How Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Lost All His Money
"When I was in Twisted Sister, I put all my eggs in one basket," Snider told Canadian Business.
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Things Titanic Got Wrong About The Real-Life Disaster
1997's Titanic, starring a young Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was a phenomenon upon release. But nothing is perfect, except perhaps Leo's hair. Despite Cameron's eye for detail, there are still a few things wrong with the film. Here are things Titanic got wrong about the real-life disaster.
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The Truth About Randy Savage's Rap Career
His time as a rapper was quite short-lived -- only one album, 2003's Be A Man -- but that effort was packed with enough of his classic swagger to fill a lesser man's entire career. The title track addresses his rivalry with Hulk Hogan, "one of the most well-built matches in WWE history."
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Inside The Feud Between Rage Against The Machine And Limp Bizkit
As Limp Bizkit accepted the Best Rock Video at the MTV Music Awards, RATM bassist Tim Commerford crashed the stage, climbed a 20-foot fake palm tree, and refused to come down.
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How The Grateful Dead Made Yogurt Popular
Of all the stories about the Grateful Dead, perhaps is none more completely wholesome than the one about how they saved a little yogurt company and brought into the mainstream the food that supplies us with both calcium and healthy bacteria.
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The Hidden Meaning Behind David Bowie's Blackstar Album Cover
Notably, Bowie himself doesn't appear on the album art -- a career first for the stylish artist, according to The Guardian. But anyone familiar with Bowie's wit would not be surprised to discover that Blackstar's art was full of symbolism -- as well as a number of Easter Eggs for fans to discover.
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The Completely Illegal Thing ZZ Top Did Before Becoming A Band
Before they were the ZZ Top hitmakers of "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange," they were passing themselves off as The Zombies, bassist Dusty Hill recalled in 2016.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Mary Wells
When Wells was 16, she met an assistant to Berry Gordy Jr. of Motown Records, who brought her in to present a song she'd written for Jackie Wilson. Motown signed her and she recorded the song, "Bye Bye Baby," herself. She paired up with Smokey Robinson, and the result was a string of hits.
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Why The Zombies Stopped Making Music
When bands break up, it's usually because the members got into a fight or there were creative differences between the group and their management. But there are those few instances when bands fragment because they thought they weren't successful. The Zombies believed that when they broke up in 1967.
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What It Was Really Like To Be The First Music Video On MTV
Music and television changed forever in 1981, when MTV began broadcasting over America's nascent cable television systems. The very first music video played on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. This is what it was really like to be the first music video on MTV.
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Why The Public Will Never Know KFC's Secret Recipe
You would think that somewhere on the internet someone would have already divulged the special ingredients in KFC, but no one has ... yet.
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Why Homer May Not Have Existed
Credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer rightfully holds a rarefied place in literary history. But, much like the fictional events in those epic poems, Homer might not have existed.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Carrie Fisher
Actress and humorist Carrie Fisher had an incredibly unusual life story. As the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher earned an iconic role in the original Star Wars trilogy. But behind Princess Leia was the tragic story of drug addiction, bipolar disorder, and sour marriages.
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