Join the Dark Side: We’ll Silence Your Bullies
A Star Wars fan club named itself after a coalition of bad guys aligned with Darth Vader. But they’re bringing some real goodness to the world.
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7 Fun Facts About the MTV Video Music Awards
Here are some fun facts about the VMA. Only two musicians have won the award for Video of the Year award more than once: Eminem and Rihanna.
14 Facts You Should Know About the Muppet
With the upcoming The Muppets reboot, we bring you some interesting facts about the Muppets. “It’s time to put on makeup. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to get things started with some Muppet facts tonight.”
9 Celebrities Who Started Out as Teachers
School is starting for kids, but it is out forever for these teachers who found fame and fortune.
In Search of the World’s Oldest Song
Let’s all get up and dance to this golden oldie from before your great, great, great, great grandmother (and most of your ancestors) were born.
3 Celebrity Presidential Candidates
After all, Ronald Reagan was an actor, and Donald Trump was a reality TV star. Here are some other unlikely presidential candidates from the world of entertainment.
3 Movies Quickly Made To Keep the Rights
That poorly-received “Fantastic Four” movie isn’t the first reboot of the series, nor is it the most poorly received. Here’s a look at a 1994 version made just so its owners could hold on to copyright.
4 Former Rock Stars Who Went to Work for Disney
You can’t be a rock star forever. What do you do? Write songs for kids and tweens. Gina Shock In the 1980s, Gina Shock was the drummer for the Go-Gos, the first all-female rock band to score a #1 hit album. In more recent years, she’s become a songwriter for teen pop stars signed by […]
The Banned Episode of “Sesame Street”
The iconic children’s show has handled a lot of tough topics over the years. What was the one it couldn’t pull off? Divorce.
3 Bank Robberies Inspired By Movies
Determined crooks have used all sorts of methods to nab cash and run. The Thomas Crown Affair Affair With similarities to the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, a bank robber staged a daring heist in October 2008. Much like in the one that concludes the film, he used several human decoys to steal […]
Musical Acts That Changed Their Name Post-Fame
Irish/English band the Pogues is probably best known for the drinking habits of its legendarily unreliable lead singer Shane Macgowan (as well as its Celtic-infused hit “Fairytale of New York”).
The Tale of Polybius, the Deadly Arcade Game That Probably Doesn’t Exist
One of video gaming’s craziest and earliest urban legends.
Meet Dr. Seuss
We are celebrating the release of the new Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get. It’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! gift-giving season again, so here’s a look at the former Theodor Seuss Geisel. He adopted “Seuss” as his writing name while attending Dartmouth College. The reason: He was caught with a half-pint of […]
3 Interesting Celebrity Museums
You’ve been to Graceland and you’ve visited the Roy Rogers Museum, but you’re still hungry for a celebrity fix? Here are some other destinations for your next road trip. The Ernest Hemingway Museum House Location: Key West, Florida Features: Hemingway, his wife Pauline, and their two sons lived in this two-story Spanish Colonial-style home from […]
The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Hits Album
“Best of” albums were once a huge source of revenue for record labels, and a great way for music lovers to get an overview of a favorite band. Not so much anymore.
5 Disney Rides That Were Never Built
What rides at Disneyland and Disney World have the shortest lines? These do…because although they were planned, they were never actually built.
7 Weird Facts About This Year’s Emmy Nominations
The awards for TV’s finest will be handed out in September, here’s some weird trivia about the nominees.
The Lost Pixar Movie
Pixar announces its upcoming films years ahead of time—because that’s how long it takes to make a full-length CGI-animated film. Or sometimes not at all.
