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The one horror movie Ron Howard knew was a level above the rest: “Just great contemporary cinema”
A Beautiful Mind' director Ron Howard is as big a cinephile as he is a respected director and he once named the classic horror movie he considers "next-level".
The actor who became the “patron saint of all washed-up former stars”, according to Quentin Tarantino
The two-time Academy Award winner is terrified at the prospect of becoming an “old-man” auteur who overstays his welcome, even if the likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Ridley Scott are ...
“I’m awfully sorry to be such a disappointment”: Janis Joplin’s heartbreaking letter to her parents in 1966
Days before playing her first concert in San Francisco with Big Brother & the Holding Company, Joplin apologised to her folks for her "self destructive steak." ...
The 200,000 broken albums Neil Youngshot at with a rifle and used for his roof
Neil Young has rarely bowed to pressure, and when he noticed an issue with his album 'Comes A Time' there was only ever one way out.
The actor Alfred Hitchcock was “double-crossed” into working with: “I ran into another problem”
Alfred Hitchcock was usually very particular about his actors, but he didn't have a choice when one of them was forced into a movie against his will.
The moment Christine McVie fell in love with Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac’s dominance began
She fell head over heels in love with Stevie Nicks when she met her, and Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie has one song to thank for it.
The TV show Judi Dench refuses to miss an episode of: “She absolutely adores it”
Of course, Dench is no stranger to voicing her opinions on television after taking serious umbrage with The Crown, but the British remake of the long-running American game show Jeopardy was an ...
Five bands Joey Ramone called his favourites of the 1980s
With the likes of Motorhead, AC/DC, The Cramps and more, Joey Ramone picked his 5 favourite bands of the 1980s.
The icon that impacted Bob Dylan’s life forever: “Like a streaking comet”
One singer-songwriter would not only impact Bob Dylan's life but arguably set him on course to be the icon he is known as today.
The terrible movie Margot Robbie agreed to make without reading a script: “Well, I’m in”
Margot Robbie agreed to appear in a David Ayer movie, which was widely panned by critics, before she'd even read the script. Read more about it here.
The “teenage” song Van Morrison wanted to delete from history
When a musician writes a big hit, it's likely they're going to have to play it forever, much to Van Morrison's dismay. Read more about it here.
The “truly unspeakable” movie Roger Ebert called worse than the worst: “Not enough to be merely awful”
Singling out the star from the offset, Ebert wouldn’t have been surprised when Zadora won the Razzie for ‘Worst Actress’, one of the flick’s six wins to go along with its unwanted prizes for ‘Worst ...