Billionaire Patricia Kluge took her 1990 divorce to the bank, but like other billionaires who lost their entire fortunes, it wouldn't last. The $1 billion she got in the breakup was the largest divorce settlement ever at the time. This is the way billionaire Patricia Kluge lost everything.
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"Clap on, clap off, The Clapper!" Long before Siri was sending texts with your voice, Alexa started putting Yacht Rock Radio on for you or a quick "Hey Google" got you the local forecast, The Clapper was turning America on. So what's the story behind this piece of of 80s tech lore?
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Mar-a-Lago is President Donald Trump's primary residence, a resort club for the extremely wealthy, and an estate with more history than you might expect.
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Dolly PParton is one of 12 children, all of whom have their own story to tell.
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NOFX has been the most unlikely success story of punk rock music. While NOFX remains under the radar for music fans, they have wild, untold history.
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As long as there has been government there has been protesting.
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Overnight, Clark became a force in pop music. By 1964, Clark moved production of American Bandstand closer to the artists in Los Angeles.
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Duke Kahanamoku is considered the father of modern surfing. He was not just a surfer. He was also an Olympic-level swimmer who broke records for his time and earned three gold medals and two silver. He also appeared in films and became a life-long ambassador of surfing and Hawaii.
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Lou Gehrig's battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was so public that his name was given to it; it was referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease for many years.
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Celebrating the Christmas holiday was actually banned in Massachusetts from 1659 through 1681, per Time magazine. Early American Life magazine notes that Puritans "abhorred the excesses of church celebrations" and saw Christmas as just another day on which to work hard in the name of Lord.
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The Offspring have been around since the 1980s but took the world by storm during the 90s, with songs like "All I Want," "Days Go By," and "Gone Away." The punk rockers have hadhighs and lows through their career. Here's a trip down memory lane with one of the most notable bands from the 90s.
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The Hardy Boys have been solving crimes for decades in a franchise that includes books, TV shows, comics, and even video games. Here is their untold story.
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Since its inception in 1998, the virtual band, Gorillaz, created by Blur's Damon Albarn and Tank Girl's Jamie Hewlett has been about showing the music industry how to do things differently. From top-notch collaborators to experimental sounds to animation, here is there story.
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Founder, co-singer, guitarist, and lead songwriter Jerry Cantrell eschewed the show-offy, over-the-top guitar work of the glam era (as many of his contemporaries did), and in its place opted for pointedly constructed lines suffused with slow, grinding loops and pedal tones of sludge metal.
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There are a whole bevy of holiday-themed ghouls, including an eye-catching subset of Christmas witches. These female figures run the gamut, from friendly grandmas to ogresses to wild, pre-Christian goddesses, many with roots in pagan practices. Here are the tales of several Christmas witches.
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For almost 40 years, Soul Train took viewers on a musical ride every Saturday morning, providing the greatest Black music of the era. Here is the untold truth.
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The lighting of the Christmas tree in New York City's Rockefeller Center has been a holiday tradition since 1933, but the origins of the tree itself go back two years earlier. In 1931, with the country in the grips of the Great Depression, Center employees decided to spread a little holiday cheer.
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Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover's VP from 1929-1932, was the first person of color to be Vice President of the US but is hardly remembered today.
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Comedians Rhett and Link have been ruling the internet for several years. Together since childhood, they are most known for their show, Good Mythical Morning, and their podcast, Ear Biscuits. Here's taking a look at the lives of the comedic duo.
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Selena was poised to be the first real cross-over pop sensation, until her life was tragically cut short just as she was becoming a bigger star.
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Most stewardesses began working around age 18-20. Seems young? You're right. Airlines preferred unmarried, childless stewardesses. The average age of tenured stewardesses was 32-35. The no-marriage rule was relaxed in 1957, though some airlines still required employees to be single and not pregnant.
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The Miami Marlins made baseball history on November 13, 2020, when they hired Kim Ng (pronounced Ang) as the team's new general manager. She is now believed to be the first woman to hold the position in Major League Baseball. Ng is now the highest-ranking woman in any MLB team's baseball operations
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People who love Christmas music are passionate about their favorite songs. Some only consider the holiday season officially underway once they hear their special tune for the first time, while others listen to Christmas music all year 'round. This one's for all the "Mele Kalikimaka" fans out there.
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Mercury and Nitro won a trio of WWE Tag Team Titles in 2005, triumphing over other fierce competitors, such as Batista & Mysterio and the Legion of Doom.
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One former Pantera member is only known by the heaviest of metalheads, and that's Rex Brown. Brown was one of the co-founders. He rocked the deep notes in the rhythm section while he wailed on the bass guitar. And where Brown might not be as famous as some of the others, he has just as much talent.
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With Monroe being so popular in American culture, it might be difficult for some to imagine that she was once monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We can tell you right now that the investigation didn't have anything to do with the Kennedys and her death at age 36.
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Anselmo's childhood isn't a popular topic of conversation One element seems to be consistent throughout his past: It was dark.
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