Mental Floss

POP CULTURE

















The whole gang is back together.

It might be hard to imagine anyone other than Will Ferrell in 2004’s “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” but the comedy’s distributor, DreamWorks, initially had doubts about the star.

Roger Cormier








Leonard Cohen, Chelsea Hotel, Phoebe Bridgers.

From Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel #2” to Jesse Jo Stark’s “Chelsea Hotel,” these songs capture the mythos of the inimitable Hotel Chelsea.

Ellen Gutoskey