The '90s

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the film starred John Malkovich, Renee Russo, and Clint Eastwood as a longtime Secret Service agent still harboring guilt about not being able to protect JFK—and ready to make sure another presidential assassination doesn’t

Whether you’re a fan of his films or not, there’s no denying that Tom Cruise is the epitome of a Hollywood movie star.

The two people standing over the body, Michigan State Police detective Paul Wood told the Hard Copy cameras, “had a distinctive-type uniform on.

The company's Tab Clear wasn't supposed to compete with Crystal Pepsi in 1993. It was supposed to destroy them both.

R.L. Stine’s Fear Street novels terrified teens in the late 1980s and early '90s. Now, the Fear Street books are heading to Netflix in a three-film trilogy. Here's what you should know about the books.

Ethan Embry doesn't know, or care, what his character's letter said in the classic teen rom-com—which is turning 20 years old.

"If you can't pronounce it," the wellness guru told her followers, "don't eat it." Then she just disappeared.

In 1998, 'Sex and the City' premiered on HBO and instantly pushed cosmos, Post-it note break-ups, and Mr. Big into the cultural lexicon.

Although it doesn’t have quite the same archaeological provenance as hieroglyphs or dinosaur bones, historians believe there’s ample evidence to suggest that the mullet has been around for centuries. And it's gaining popularity once again.

What you don’t know about the place where everybody knows your name, which called "closing time" for the last time 25 years ago.

To most people, 'Groundhog Day' is a treasured comedy that features one of Bill Murray’s finest performances.

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On a January morning in 1991, Wanda Holloway was faced with a decision: Realizing that she couldn't afford two murders, the 36-year-old married mother of two had to decide whether to order the killing of her rival, Verna Heath, or Verna’s 13-year-old daug

In the 1980s, Flatley aspired to run a plumbing empire with a company called Dynasewer. Life took him in another direction.

As a film director and producer, Steven Spielberg has been responsible for billions of dollars in box office receipts.

After being surgically reattached following an attack by his knife-wielding wife in 1993, Bobbit's male organ became the most infamous penis in history. Here's what it's been up to.

You’re a Lebowski. I’m a Lebowski. Twenty years after its release, pretty much everyone loves the Coen brothers' classic. But that wasn’t always the case.

On the 25th anniversary of its release, here are some things you might not have known about Harold Ramis's comedy classic.

Slash had no idea what it was about. Axl Rose insisted it be based on a short story. At roughly nine minutes, it stretched the patience of MTV’s viewers.

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In 1988, one year before 'Cops' began asking the bad boys of America “What'cha gonna do when they come for you?,” noted victims’ advocate John Walsh was turning every American with access to Fox into a potential crime-solver on 'America’s Most Wanted'.