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The beloved Nickelodeon series, which introduced the world to the likes of Ryan Gosling, made its debut 25 years ago today.

<em>Game of Thrones</em> costume designers use rugs from IKEA to make their capes—now you can too.

The kid-friendly horror movie 'The Monster Squad' has been reanimated as a cult classic.

Will someone please listen to Gilly?

10. Paula Abdul choreographed the African Anteater Ritual dance.

There are a few things about Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s iconic series that you might not know.

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were two of the most popular celebrity criminals of the 1930s (and they had a lot of competition in that decade).

Twenty years ago, the world learned what "The Full Monty" really meant.

Before he was Evel, he was Bob Knievel, leading salesman for Combined Insurance Company of Chicago.

We did the math.

For nearly 10 years, TV viewers got to experience a journey aboard a cruise ship nearly every Saturday night as The Love Boat brought the misadventures and romantic escapades of the luxury liner life right into their living rooms.

In the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the BBC was so intent on erasing its original programming that employees could wipe a show with just three words on a generic form: "no further interest."

Theater is meant to be a visceral experience. Sometimes it's a little too visceral.

Plus: One important grammar lesson.

Jon Snow might know something soon.

It took 16 tries in the director's chair for Clint Eastwood to finally get some Oscar love for this western, which was released 25 years ago.

'Roseanne,' which was praised for its portrayal of blue-collar America, also broke new ground in terms of its envelope-pushing (for the time) storylines.

George R. R. Martin at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards.

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.

The twisty thriller was released on August 6, 1999—which just happened to be director M. Night Shyamalan's 29th birthday.

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"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."