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Before there was ‘The Batman' or ‘The Dark Knight,’ Tim Burton and Michael Keaton were reinventing the comic book movie genre with this 1989 blockbuster.

Matthew Jackson
A self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh is displayed on a screen in Rome in 2016

Vincent van Gogh's paintings of night skies, sunflowers, and Provence are among the world's most recognizable artworks—but his story is a complex one.

Allison C Meier








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Since being killed off in one of the most brutal death scenes in 'Game of Thrones' history, Richard Madden has won a Golden Globe for 'Bodyguard,' starred in 'Rocketman,' and become a front-runner for taking over the role of James Bond. Not bad.

Natalie Zamora












© 2004 Twentieth Century Fox

ChapStick, llamas, and tater tots are just a few things that appear in Napoleon Dynamite, a cult film shot for a mere $400,000 that went on to gross $44.5 million.

Garin Pirnia