Dolph Lundgren turned down Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator,' declaring a version of the script he read a "piece of crap."

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Attention ladies: The Iceman is willing to spring for a fancy dinner, but not at one of those places "where the menu is so fancy I don't know what I'm ordering."
The raindrops on roses-loving Hollywood icon is turning 82 years old today.
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“Write drunk, edit sober” may sound like a sage piece of advice, but it didn't come from F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Here's what happens when two creative geniuses connect, and collaborate.
In addition to being one of the world's most successful and prolific writers, Stephen King is also the toast of Hollywood with a seemingly never-ending stream of adaptations being made of his work.
The author asked that his unfinished manuscripts be destroyed after he died, preferably by steamroller. His longtime assistant complied.
When the 704-page 'A Game of Thrones' hit shelves on August 1, 1996, it received positive notices and respectable sales, but there was little hint of the hysteria that would follow.
"I've still got the same attitude I had when I started," the iconic tough guy—who was born 100 years ago today—once said, "I haven't changed anything but my underwear."
Believe it or not, The Ahnold turns 70 years old today.
If Henry Ford were still around for his 154th birthday (July 30), he'd probably be exhausted of people talking about the Model T or his development of the assembly line.
Jason Statham's real-life career as a con man led to his first big break, which turned him into one of the preeminent action heroes of a generation.
Fred Rogers remains an icon of kindness for the ages. An innovator of children’s television, his salt-of-the-earth demeanor and genuinely gentle nature taught a generation of kids the value of kindness.
Actor and pop culture icon David Hasselhoff is beloved in Germany—and everywhere else in the world.