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Behind the red carpets, award shows, and box office success, some of Hollywood’s most recognizable names
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Lee Marvin’s “Wandering Star” Defies Expectations and Tops the UK Charts in 1970
In 1970, at the height of changing musical tastes and rock dominance, an unlikely voice rose to the top of…
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Released in 1966, this song proved they could rise from a shadow no one thought they could escape. The voices soar, the emotion swells… but the real story lies behind the studio doors.
In early 1966, just months after the monumental success of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” The Righteous Brothers stood at…
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The Kid From New Jersey Who Almost Never Made It: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairytale
He was just a regular working-class kid from a small town in New Jersey. No rich parents, no connections, no…
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The Kinks’ ‘Sunny Afternoon’ Captures 1966’s Class Tensions with Bittersweet Irony
When The Kinks released “Sunny Afternoon” in June 1966, it stood out like a sore thumb in a year dominated…
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Four Boys Who Changed the World With Nothing But Guitars and Dreams
They came from a cold, gray, working-class city in England — Liverpool. No rich parents. No connections. Just cheap guitars,…
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At the age of 82, the American actress Cloris Leachman walked onto the set of the ABC television series Dancing With the Stars to begin training for the competition’s seventh season.
She had been performing professionally for nearly 60 years. She had won an Academy Award. She had won eight separate…
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The Man Who Refused to Be King: The True Story of America’s Greatest Hero
He never wanted to lead an army. He never wanted to become President. But when his country called, he answered.…
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The Man Who Couldn’t Walk, But Carried a Nation on His Shoulders
He was born into one of the wealthiest families in America — handsome, privileged, and full of promise. Life seemed…
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For forty years my act consisted of one joke. And then she died.
That was the opening line of George Burns’s 1988 memoir Gracie: A Love Story, which he had written 24 years…
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