The Tragic Death Of Marsha P. Johnson
On July 6, 1992, Johnson's lifeless body was pulled from New York's Hudson River. The police classified it a suicide. None of her friends accepted that.
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The Untold Truth Of John Wayne
John Wayne remains an American icon for his roles in Westerns and war movies, but what do we really know about him? This is the untold truth of John Wayne.
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The Truth About Donnie Yen's Mother
Donnie Yen's mother, Bow-sim Mark, is kind of a big deal — not just as an acclaimed martial artist but also as a business woman who made it big at a time when the glass ceiling was a whole lot thicker than it is today.
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Here's Why Keiynan Lonsdale Quit The Flash
Keiynan Lonsdale, an Australian actor took on the role of Wally West, who becomes Kid Flash. But he may have been a flash in the pan, so to speak.
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The Tragic Final Days Of Henry VIII's Second Wife, Anne Boleyn
You could do worse than marrying the King of England. That had to have gone through her mind... at least until she was beheaded.
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These Were The Biggest Experiments Mythbusters Never Got To Do
The Mythbusters, among other unrealized dreams, and much to their own disappointment, will never turn the world into their own personal Hot Wheels track.
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Whatever Happened To The Woman From Guns N' Roses' November Rain Video?
Nearly 30 years ago, in 1991, Guns N' Roses released "November Rain," a nine-minute ballad full of sweeping orchestral accompaniments, soaring guitar work, and a music video that grew as much notoriety as the song itself.
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The Real Reason Bruce Lee Had His Armpit Sweat Glands Removed
No doubt it was a mixture of dedication to physical perfection and wanting to make successful movies that drove supreme martial artist Bruce Lee to the lengths he went to.
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Whatever Happened To Matisyahu?
Matisyahu struck an interesting figure in the mid-2000s music scene. After all, he was the Hassidic reggae artist from New York, who looked and acted the part. Since then, where has he been?
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Emmett Till
Emmett Till loved to laugh."He would pay people to tell him jokes," according to his cousin, Wheeler Parker. He also "loved to tell jokes," said childhood friend Richard Heard, who remembered Emmett being "a funny guy all the time."
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The Tragic Death Of Ronnie James Dio
Every time a metalhead throws up the devil horns and casts a protective ward against the evil eye, we're saying a small thank you to Ronnie James Dio. Here's how he passed.
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What 300 Doesn't Tell You About The Battle Of Thermopylae
Yes, 300 is based-ish on real events, but it portrays those events through a deeply goofy lens. As it turns out, the Spartans, the real Spartans, weren't what you'd call "TV ready."
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The Powerful Note Prince Left Before His Death
Nevertheless, there are those who manage to cut a truly unique swath through the world of popular culture, even art, and sustain that unique place for the course of a career. By anyone's estimation, at the head of the pack would be the songwriter/director/actor/performer known as Prince.
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Netflix's Space Force Could Give The U.S. Government Legal Troubles
In the scant few months since its official unveiling, America's sixth military branch, the United States Space Force, has faced many battles. But its biggest foe of all may turn out to be ... Netflix.
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How Bruce Lee And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Became Friends
"Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher," Kareem Abdul Jabbar states simply, yet powerfully. The basketball superstar had started studying martial arts growing up in New York, and when he was a student at UCLA sought to continue that growth.
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The Truth About Neil Young's Unreleased Album
Legendary rock and roll/folk artist Neil Young is 74 years old, but that doesn't stop him from continuing to tour around the world and making and releasing music for his fans.
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How Led Zeppelin Was Formed
They say that some of the best things come by accident, something hard rock pioneers Led Zeppelin knew too well during the group's formation in the late 1960s.
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Why The 1972 U.S. Men's Basketball Team Refused Their Olympic Medals
At the 1972 Munich Games, a group of U.S. basketball players set out to make their hoop dreams come true, but this was no Olympic Dream Team. There was no Michael Jordan to make gravity look like an inconvenience, no "Mailman" like Karl Malone to deliver in the post, no Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.
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The Real Reason Microsoft's Zune Was Such A Huge Failure
Save for its strange design choices and clunky build, the Zune was a quality MP3 player, which were in high demand in the mid-2000s. So why was it such a colossal failure?
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The Truth About The 2008 Universal Studios Fire
Depending on who you believe, a half-century of recordings -- about 500,000 of them -- went up in smoke from a fire at a warehouse at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2008.
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Why Everyone Hates Touring With Aerosmith
Lots of people probably resent Aerosmith's success, are jealous of Steve Tyler and Joe Perry's combined levels of irresponsible personal debauchery...
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The One Song Tom Petty Wrote That He Couldn't Stand
Throughout his musical career, Tom Petty accomplished many impressive milestones. He saw multiple number 1 hits on Billboard's charts, played the halftime show at the Super Bowl, and he released 13 studio albums. His early career was comprised of bands ...
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The Critically Hated Movie That's Crushing It On Netflix
"Another insipidly sleazy, lizard-brain shoot-'em-up that through its very dullness demonstrates how rote such ghastly fare has become in our culture." "Instantly forgettable tough-guy fantasia." Just a few selected lines from reviews of the critically panned The Last Days of American Crime.
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The Truth About The Richest Athlete In History
In terms of rich athletes, Michael Jordan is always the top of any list. But his fortune pales in comparison to a chariot racer from around the Second Century CE, named Diocles.
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The Truth About Eminem's Feud With Nick Cannon
Eminem's disses leave third-degree burns on their coolest setting. So unless you want Eminem to melt you with his mouth, it's best not to light a fire under him because you will probably be no match in a feud. But Nick Cannon didn't choose his fire fight in 2009. Eminem chose him.
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The Best Space Documentaries You Can Stream On Netflix
In between streaming Netflix's new Space Force show starring Steve Carell, we recommend gaining some real space knowledge about how our universe formed and how NASA is gearing up to return man — and woman — back to the moon by 2024.
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The Truth About Freddie Mercury's Mustache
The early eighties were a particularly revolutionary time for British rock band Queen. The decade also saw Freddie Mercury leave behind his trademark long hair and painted fingernails for a strikingly different look.
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