"When I was a kid, I never wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to be Q, because he was the guy who made all the gadgets," said Grant Imahara. Throughout his career, he did exactly that -- a career which ended with his death on Monday, July 13, of a brain aneurysm. He was just 49 years old.
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Neil Young and Rick James. You probably don't associate the two music legends with each other. But at one time they made sweet music together.
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Before Tiger King captivated the world with its tale of murder, mayhem and madness, before Penn and Teller made Vegas crowds gasp with their ballistic ballet of bullets and bunkum, there were Siegfried and Roy.
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Years after people started debating whether the final, top-spinning scene in Inception was all in Dom's head, Interstellar had fans and critics scratching their heads at not only some of the inner logic of the film, but its final sequence, as well
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Sometimes even the greatest musicians need a little bit of inspiration from others. That's certainly the case for the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Considering modern longevity -- 78.6 years now, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- 60 just seems younger and younger, especially as an endpoint, as it was for Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett.
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For a song that's been adapted into multiple children's games and musical anthologies, Johnny Cash's take on "You Are My Sunshine" is nothing short of dark.
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When Lil Nas X's management realized that the beat for his hit "Old Town Road featured the banjo from "36 Ghosts IV" by Nine Inch Nails, they grew understandably panicked.
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Fleetwood Mac's second album, Rumours, dropped in 1977, and they hit the tour circuit to support it. Their opening act was none other than a now-solo Kenny Loggins.
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It's been a while, but unlike a lot of comedies, Blazing Saddles holds up nearly 50 years after its release in 1974. It was the Western parody that saw not only the longest flatulence joke in cinematic history, but lined up racial stereotypes and slapped them silly.
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Every band has its drama. Sometimes it blows over by the time they decide to go on a reunion tour. Not so for the Smashing Pumpkins, a band that's known for not only generation-defining albums but also for the infighting between its members.
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The money you enjoy earning spends the same as the other kind. Francis Albert Sinatra certainly knew that, so he became a singer, and enjoyed it. Usually. But there was one song he couldn't stand.
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Eric Clapton is responsible for a frankly disproportionate amount of bangers between the 1960s and the 1990s, and continues to be active even today.
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Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger were all instrumental to The Doors. Here is how much Manzarek was worth when he died.
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Brothers are awesome, but spending your professional life with one can be a balancing act between sibling bickering and getting things done.
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It was 35 years ago that Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams released his fourth studio album, Reckless.
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Lots of people will say that the military gave them a sense of purpose, discipline, an ability to follow directions, even physical health. By the time he was drafted, Elvis Presley already had several of those qualities down...
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In 1985, founding member Roger Waters came to the conclusion that he had a viable solo career ahead of him, if he just made the leap. And leap he did. A lawsuit was soon to follow.
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In the face of both entrenched racism and death threats, Jackie Robinson smashed baseball's color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. This is the tragic real-life story of Jackie Robinson.
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American rock band Aerosmith has been playing together for 50 years. But they're still prone to feuds.
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It's been almost half a century since its release and we're still seeing John Lennon's "Imagine" seeping into the headlines. Here's what it really means.
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Sadly, the Grateful Dead ultimately broke up in 1995, but it was not because they wanted to stop making music and touring together.
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It was June 27th of 1965 when Johnny Cash stumbled out of a burning ring of fire in California's Los Padres National Forest. That the Man in Black was responsible for the conflagration has been established by everyone from the FBI to Cash himself, but five decades later, the details remain murky.
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Colossal is now available for streaming on Hulu. If a movie that combines Godzilla and Lost in Translation with a generous slice of Being John Malkovich is up your alley, do yourself a favor and give it a whirl.
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Brian Jones, the founding guitarist of the Rolling Stones, was found at the bottom of his pool on July 3, 1969 -- at the age of 27.
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The Wright brothers -- Wilbur, born in 1867, and Orville, born in 1871 -- were best friends growing up. And they live to achieve some pretty remarkable things -- like flying. Here's how Wilbur died.
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For a long time, Keith Richards seemed to have a bone to pick with Prince.
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