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11/03/2024

With a love of violence that could fairly be described as sadistic, this “Black Widow” ruled Miami in the 1980s.

With a love of violence that could fairly be described as sadistic, meet the “Black Widow” that ruled Miami in the 1980s.

08/03/2024

How one of Britain’s biggest pop exports, the Spice Girls, quickly fell out of favor with the public.

04/03/2024

Follow the advice of these seasoned travelers to make your next vacation a success.

01/03/2024

This photographer has been to some of film and TV’s most iconic locations, and he’s taking followers along for the ride.

23/02/2024

Barry Keoghan has overcome incredible odds to carve himself a Hollywood career.

19/02/2024

What happened to the people who kickstarted their careers on The Cosby Show?

16/02/2024

The murder of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer dominated headlines, but it also overshadowed the killing of a fellow inmate.

12/02/2024

Julia Roberts recently explained her unlikely connection to Martin Luther King Jr., and it actually goes back to the day she was born, in an epic story that fans could not have predicted.

09/02/2024

From John Legend to Barbra Streisand, these are the few elite stars that have pulled off show business's most impressive feat, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. There are even a few names on the list we were totally oblivious about.

05/02/2024

Despite careful preparation, the Emmy Awards can be as wince-worthy as the average high school prom. From Matt LeBlanc to Amy Schumer, these stars won't ever live their red carpet mistakes down.

02/02/2024

From Sarah Jessica Parker to Billie Eilish, here are stars that pushed the limits of fashion with their "out-there" Golden Globes looks.

From Courtney Love to Cate Blanchett, here are 40 stars who pushed the style boat out.

29/01/2024

Decades before he became the top-grossing actor of all time, Samuel L. Jackson and a group of other students held Martin Luther King Senior and others hostage at Morehouse College. But the bold move got him expelled, even though he’d done so for an important purpose.

26/01/2024

From the RuPaul speech that left the crowd roaring to snubs that go down in history, here are the most outrageous moments from the Emmy Awards that the show will not ever live down.

From the RuPaul speech that left the crowd roaring to snubs that were unacceptable, here are some of the most wild moments from the Emmy Awards that went down in television infamy.

22/01/2024

We're always here for the Golden Globes. They’re basically the more unguarded, more manic version of the Oscars, and so an endless source of entertainment. From Leonardo DiCaprio's major faux pas to Ricky Gervais' cringeworthy "joke," these incidents from the Golden Globes give so much second-hand embarrassment.

We're always here for the Golden Globes. They’re basically the more unguarded, more manic version of the Oscars, and so an endless source of entertainment. From Leonardo DiCaprio's major faux pas to Ricky Gervais' cringeworthy "joke," these incidents from the Golden Globes give so much second-hand...

19/01/2024

The seemingly perfect stars of Hollywood's Golden Age actually did let their hair down at award shows, as these photos of stars like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall show.

15/01/2024

Plenty of stars have formed special bonds with the animals they’ve worked with, be it a dog, a cat, a horse, or even a baby deer — so much so that they ended up taking them home! Here are celebrities who ended up adopting their animal co-stars...

From the fawn that captured Audrey Hepburn's heart to the kitten that charmed Taylor Swift, these animals adopted by celebrities from production sets are the just dose of adorable we needed.

12/01/2024

In your lifetime, you’ve probably met a million dogs named Bella and at least half as many Lunas. Have you ever encountered a Holdfast or a Nosewise? Let us take you through the most popular dog names from medieval times to today.

From Nosewise or Holdfast, people have called their pups all sorts of strange names through the years.

08/01/2024

An eerie figure can be seen in a photo of Mary Todd Lincoln

In the 1870s, a photographer named William H. Mumler was making a unique brand of 'spiritual photographs' that included figures seemingly made of light in the background. These photographs impressed people at the time, many recognizing his talent as a form of clairvoyance. But perhaps his most famou...

05/01/2024

Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage to Will Smith has been dogged by rumors for years, but now Jada has finally revealed the truth about their relationship.

Jada Pinkett Smith's new "tell-all book" and her media appearances promoting it are giving unprecedented insight into her complex family life and marriage to Will Smith.

01/01/2024

Do you think you know the Earth’s tallest mountain? Or how many senses humans have? Well, think again. It turns out a lot of the things we thought we knew about the world are nothing more than myths. Don't worry, it's time to debunk them, once and for all.

We assume we understand certain facts about life, but many of the most commonly-held beliefs are actually completely false. Experts recently took to the internet to bust 40 widely-accepted myths and expose the unlikely realities behind them, and our brains haven't recovered since.

29/12/2023

We’ve rounded up 40 stars from the Golden Age of cinema and put them next to their modern-day doppelgängers. The similarities are actually pretty eerie.

If people have ever seen an old movie and thought one of the actors looked just like a modern-day celebrity, they wouldn't be mistaken. These 40 celebrities like George Clooney have a striking resemblance to other stars from another era, and we honestly can't unsee them now that they're back to back...

25/12/2023

Hollywood isn't always the best place for a kid, and the child actors shown here are proving that a lot can change after a little one grows up and leaves the spotlight.

22/12/2023

Meghan Markle took on the intimidating task of buying the late Queen Elizabeth II a Christmas gift the first time she celebrated with the royal family. So she took a big risk with her present, which thankfully left the monarch in stitches, and really set the tone for the rest of their relationship.

18/12/2023

Christmas is supposed to be about giving and not receiving, but these moody folks couldn't conceal their displeasure with their gifts and left their friends and family with a story they won't ever forget.

15/12/2023

Prince Charles and Diana didn't always have a picture-perfect marriage. In fact, one year, Diana gave Charles a "gift" that he did not appreciate and that caused embarrassment for years to come.

11/12/2023

Most people in the movie industry consider winning an Academy Award the pinnacle of their careers. But this was not the case for Hollywood legend George C. Scott. His response to being given the award caught everyone off guard — and still holds a bizarre place in Academy Award history.

Hollywood legend George C. Scott was a notoriously demanding performer, but his principled attitude about winning "Best Actor" at the Academy Awards in the 1970s proved he had more nerve than Hollywood could handle.

08/12/2023

Quiz: Are you able to pick the word that rhymes?

If she took this quiz, even Mother Goose would call for a truce!

04/12/2023

With the sad news of Matthew Perry’s passing, let’s count down the funniest jokes that Chandler and the other friends gave us during those 236 episodes.

"Friends" fans are still laughing at some of the show’s hilarious jokes. Here are 40 of the best.

01/12/2023

Around Thanksgiving, Virginia Kinch noticed a family living in a school bus and decided to take action. She soon delivered a light at the end of the tunnel at the moment it was needed most. Then the community took her kindness a step further.