It's a story as old as stories: The young hero, introduced to a more magical world by an older mentor figure, becomes warden to an ancient weapon. Recently in Venice, events have unfolded which echo this monomythic story structure ... just with more reading, paperwork, and other nerd stuff.
Read MoreIn 1975, Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel quit the band. Here's why.
Read MoreThe rock supergroup The Traveling Wilburys featured George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lyne. Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. That's rock-and-roll heaven right there. Country music got the jump on them, though, with Highwayman, the debut album of The Highwaymen in 1985.
Read MoreIt doesn't hurt to be married to a rock legend who genuinely loves you, especially if it's someone like Gordon Sumner, known to most of the world as Sting, former front man for The Police. However, Trudie Styler has a life and legend of her own, thank you very much.
Read MoreLudwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous composers ever, but his life was full of heartbreak and loss. Here are some of the unhappy details of the tragic real-life story of Beethoven.
Read MoreMankind has spent centuries selectively breeding dogs to be the fastest, the smartest, the largest, and the dumbest. But what about the healthiest? Have humans, in their eternal hubris, bothered to create a special breed of dog designed not to have such a short lifespan?
Read MoreWhen Kenny Rogers died March 20, 2020, at the age of 81, he'd had a good run in several aspects of show business. Among the lesser known of his contributions may be the fact that he helped the Eagles get their start.
Read More2020 has had an incredibly rough start, thanks in no small part to the novel coronavirus. But in March 2020, to the joy of ears everywhere, a diamond shined through that roughness — specifically, a Neil Diamond.
Read MoreThe coronavirus, or COVID-19, is scary. The pandemic is definitely spreading sickness, fear, and even death. It's bringing out the worst in some people, but in others? It's bringing out the best. And that's what we want to talk about. Here are positive things that have come out of the coronavirus.
Read MoreGypsy Rose Blanchard said she felt freer in prison than she did growing up with her mother. This is the story of her tragic childhood.
Read MoreJohnny Cash's met his first wife, Vivian Liberto, shortly before he shipped out to Germany with the Air Force. According to SFGate, they exchanged some 10,000 pages of love letters during his enlistment. They married when he returned in 1954.
Read MoreThe son of a house slave named Lydia, Robert Smalls was born behind his owner's house in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. He would go on to live a truly incredible life.
Read MoreEngland's Elizabeth I, last of the Tudors, was the second-longest-reigning monarch of what William Shakespeare referred to as "this sceptered isle." She was said to be beautiful, until this happened...
Read MoreWhen Green's Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.opened in 2017, it supposedly showcased 16 pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unfortunately, "up to 90% of the 75 fragments sold since 2002 could be fakes." And in the case of the Museum of the Bible, it turned out to be 100 percent.
Read MoreWith frontman Gavin Rossdale, Bush sold millions of albums and churned out big, bombastic hits. But there’s a lot more to this band than meets the eye, and today, we’re taking a look at the untold truth of Bush.
Read More"Free Bird" has become a running joke to request the song at concerts. During Skynyrd's concerts, the song might last an extra 5 minutes, or slightly more than a ding-a-length. It didn't start off that way, though. So how did "Free Bird" become a run-on song?
Read MoreHonestly, it's not one of the better jobs in the world, or even in religion. Nevertheless, somebody's gotta be Pope.
Read MoreHemingway actually had a lot of houses. So just how much is one of these places worth?
Read MoreIf you tend to see the Vikings as cruel, sadistic, muscle-bound axe-lovers, the blood eagle execution is all the evidence you need to back it up.
Read MoreLee was born in San Francisco, but moved to Honk Kong with his family when he was three years old. When he was 18, he returned to the US. Why? Well, the story goes...
Read MoreIf there's one band that's synonymous with the heavy metal genre, it's Metallica, and not just because they have the word "metal" in their very name. Here's how precious, monetarily speaking, their metal is.
Read MoreAmong the many public events and groups impacted by the pandemic, the novel coronavirus has struck the international athletic community, causing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to announce postponement of the 2020 Summer Games and Paralympics, originally scheduled for Tokyo, Japan.
Read MoreIt's almost inevitable that most kids grow up wanting a Dog, capital "D." Children idolize mutts, having been told by movies and picture books that they are the ultimate companions. They are loving, they are loyal, and most importantly, they are courageous.
Read MoreMuch like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and other notorious serial killers, Ed Kemper gained a perverse quasi-celebrity status for doing the unthinkable.
Read MoreWhen it comes to grooming, cats beat dogs hands down. Up to 50 percent of a cat's waking time is devoted to grooming its lustrous coat, or some other part of its body ... But which cat coats are the longest?
Read MoreBilly Joel has been around for a long time, and written enough hits that even if you've never paid attention to the guy, you probably recognize at least half a dozen of his tunes. But while songs like "Piano Man" are part of our everyday life, it seems he hasn't been up to much in recent years.
Read MoreElon Musk has opinions. Recently, the Tesla founder expressed his opinions about the current coronavirus pandemic on Twitter. He thinks that it's, and this is a quote, "dumb." That statement might have had to do with what it did to his bank account.
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