Diana Rigg: TV’s Sexiest Woman to Mrs. James Bond to ‘Game of Thrones’
On July 16, “Game of Thrones,” the medieval fantasy for people who don’t normally like medieval fantasies, begins its seventh season on HBO. The battle scenes and the dragons are epic, but the series’...
View ArticleScreaming, Fainting, Unplugged Jukeboxes: How Memphis and Media Reacted to...
On Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1977, Rose Phillips was one of the first people in Memphis to learn firsthand of Elvis Presley’s death. On that day, she had gone to a late lunch with her friend Arlene Cogan, who...
View ArticleAnother Sphinx Head Discovered From ‘The Ten Commandments’
It’s not ancient history, but the Egyptian-style artifacts from Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” continue to be unearthed in the Guadalupe-Nipomo sand dunes on the central California coast....
View ArticleFox Merges With Disney: The Storied Studio’s 102-Year History
Movies weren’t yet talkies and the headquarters were located in New Jersey when Fox Film was founded in 1915. William Fox couldn’t have imagined that his modest film company would get bulked up by...
View ArticleNine Decades of Vintage Hollywood on the 20th Century Fox Lot
As Disney acquires Fox and prepares to lease the studio lot for seven years, here’s a look back at the history of the storied lot.
View Article‘Jackie Brown’ at 20: Pam Grier Has a Better Idea for an Ending
Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed crime thriller “Jackie Brown,” which celebrates its 20th anniversary on Christmas Day, was the filmmaker’s valentine to stars Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Grier came to...
View ArticleDeleted Scene From ‘The Breakfast Club’ Released Featuring Molly Ringwald and...
John Hughes’ second film “The Breakfast Club” has become classic among high school films, not to mention helping introduce several of the actors known as the Brat Pack. More than 30 years after its...
View Article‘The Graduate’ Soundtrack Turns 50: How ‘Mrs. Roosevelt’ Became No. 1 Hit...
After the soundtrack album for Mike Nichols’ comedy/drama “The Graduate” was released on Jan. 21, 1968, it quickly vaulted to No. 1 on the American LP charts, where it established itself as something...
View ArticleNever-Seen Photographs of Doris Day Emerge Prior to Estate Auction
Previously unseen photos of legendary performer Doris Day from the 1950s have been provided to Variety by her estate in celebration of what would have been her 98th birthday and to raise awareness of...
View ArticleBugs Bunny’s Birthday: A Quiet Celebration of His ‘Wild’ Debut
Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny! The world’s favorite rabbit turns 75 this month: July 27, 1940, saw the debut of the cotton-tailed character’s first cartoon short “Wild Hare,” directed by Tex Avery. There...
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