The only actor Mel Brooks worked with that he didn’t find funny: “We are cutting that line”
Mel Brooks didn't want one of his actors to get any funny lines because he thought they couldn't handle it, and giving them a ...
The Lou Reed songs that pay tribute to Delmore Schwarz: “You spit on those under 21”
Having encountered the poet and writer as a student, New York songsmith Lou Reed weaved Syracuse advisor Delmore Schwarz's ...
‘I Put A Spell On You’: Nina Simone’s greatest vocal performance
A look at the Nina Simone cover of 'I Put A Spell On You' and how it's her greatest vocal performance in a career of great ...
The album Dave Grohl called the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of rap: “They are doing a good thing”
Known for an eclectic appreciation of music, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl once revealed the hip hop record that struck ...
The filmmaker Martin Scorsese called his greatest teacher: “He gave me the inspiration”
Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential and inspiring filmmakers of all time, and has named the director who most ...
Did John Lennon and Paul McCartney really believe The Beatles were “crap”?
After the Beatles split, John Lennon made his feelings on the band explicitly clear, but did Paul McCartney really agree with ...
The musicians Graham Nash called “pure toxic masculinity”
Crosby Stills Nash and Young were an example that warring dynamics could come together to make musical perfection. But they ...
The one scene Richard Gere wants to delete from history: “I think it should be destroyed”
Richard Gere has been fairly open in dissecting the highs and lows of his career, and there's one scene he wants to see wiped ...
Lizzo admits she “didn’t want to live anymore” during stage comeback
After making her comeback in Los Angeles on March 12th, Lizzo admits she "didn't want to live anymore" after being subject to ...
Burt Reynolds names the first good movie of his career: “I made so many bad pictures”
Burt Reynolds always shot from the hip, which is why he was happy to admit that he'd waited 15 years to finally make a movie that wasn't crap.
“Music for all people”: The unifying power of Motown Records
Exploring the cultural importance of Berry Gordy and Motown Records as a method of unifying the increasingly divided society of America during the 1960s.
The movie that made Kate Winslet feel like an imposter: “They’ve cast the wrong person”
When Kate Winslet was cast in 'Sense and Sensibility', directed by Ang Lee and written by Emma Thompson, she worried she was ...