Everyone’s favorite wise-ass began his career as a weekend weathercaster at an Indianapolis TV station; he eventually lost his job after several on-air stunts (including congratulating...
Born to a fish-porter father and a charwoman mother in South London, Michael Micklewhite emerged from dismal poverty to hit it big, in 1966, as a...
In an age of great screen ladies at MGM Jean Harlow enjoyed the joke of playing a tarty society slattern, too lazy to bother with underwear beneath...
The nephew of director Carol Reed, Oliver Reed left school at 17 and hustled as a strip-club bouncer and fairground boxer before joining the Royal Army...
Franchot Tone was the son of a wealthy industrialist, sophisticated, charming and handsome. He was first bitten by the acting bug while attending Cornell University, and...
A tall, handsome romantic lead, Robert Taylor appeared in dozens of costume and action pictures during his 25 years at MGM. He originally studied music and...
Pocketful Of Miracles (1961) was the fmal film of Frank Capra, the legendary veteran director of Hollywood comedy, and Ann-Margret’s first. The pretty 20 year-old played...
Perhaps the secret of W.C. Fields’ indestructible fascination is that his comedy was so close to tragedy. He is the only comedian whose stock-in-trade is a...
If ever there were a reflowering of a career, it was Don Ameche’s. Unlike many of his contemporaries at 20th Century-Fox – Alice Faye, Tyrone Power,...
Born Lucille Fay Le Sueur, Joan Crawford studied dancing from an early age, and eventually found herself dancing in a smalltime Broadway review. While in New York,...
In this major new landmark series for BBC Four, co-produced by PBS, Jim Al-Khalili explores the extraordinary story of six...
Comedian Geoff Norcott goes back to his working-class roots for a new BBC Two documentary, exploring a very peculiar kind...
The hit drama returns to BBC One for a second series. Set in the fictitious town of Abercorran – with...
Episode 2: Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) and the children join Ross (Aidan Turner) in London, but his dogged determination to vindicate...
Wide Awake: While Villanelle (Jodie Comer, pictured) doesn’t much care for Eve’s (Sandra Oh) ways of working she makes a...
Control, Kill, Delete: After Matt Leili and Dominique met online, they created a blended family that appeared to have it...
Love at First Text: When a single mother finds her dream man online, she can’t believe her luck, but her...
Reunion Part 2: Andy holds Teddi accountable for her actions in the Puppygate scandal; when the topic of tabloid headlines...
Pacific Coast Picks: The guys explore down along the Pacific coast between the states of Washington and California to discover...
