A director’s nightmare: Paul Newman’s unusual recurring habit of faking his own death on set
Paul Newman convinced more than one director that he'd met an untimely demise, but somehow his reputation didn't end up ...
“I’m not physically capable”: The one band Dave Grohl thought he could never join
Dave Grohl is one of the few artists who could make his drums cry out in pain, but he felt that this band was his musical ...
The album Tom Petty didn’t enjoy creating: “This is a bad thing”
Tom Petty never had to sacrifice quality on any of his albums, but he thought that this record was a pain trying to get ...
Elton John reveals his biggest regret: “You are the most ungrateful little bastard”
Elton John once revealed that the biggest regret of both his life and career is the first time he consumed cocaine, which he ...
‘I Never Loved a Man’: the moment Aretha Franklin became Lady Soul
Revisiting the fateful night in FAME Studios, Alabama, which saw Aretha Franklin transform herself from an unknown gospel singer to the 'Queen of Soul'.
The single Keith Richards called The Rolling Stones’ best early hit
Keith Richards deemed this early Rolling Stones track from 1964 their best breakthrough hit, giving the band their first ...
The Nine Inch Nails album Trent Reznor thought has no focus: “I was afraid about what was happening”
Nine Inch Nails had already shown their teeth by the late 1990s, but Trent Reznor thought this next chapter never had a clear ...
Why didn’t George Martin produce The Beatles album ‘Let It Be’?
George Martin is listed as producer on every single Beatles studio album except one, 'Let It Be'. So why didn't he produce ...
The first of many: 10 movies so influential they accidentally created a genre
Few filmmakers have set out to make an influential movie on purpose, but sometimes they end up setting a blueprint everybody ...
The Fleetwood Mac song Stevie Nicks called “a real mind tripper”
Taken from a novel she read around Halloween, Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks once wrote a song that she called a "real mind ...
The ubiquitous prop that’s appeared in over 10,000 productions
Most people probably haven't noticed, but there's a prop that's been reused in tens of thousands of film and TV productions ...
Paul Simon reveals ambitions to do a full-length concert despite hearing loss
Singer Paul Simon has shared his hopes of eventually performing a "full-length concert" again despite his ongoing hearing ...