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After 'Star Wars,' toy company Kenner thought they had another sci-fi hit with 'Alien.' No one seemed to consider the problem of selling toys for a film that could have gotten an X rating.
The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie wasn’t quite as satisfying as the scenes readers had imagined in their own heads.
'Cats' gave viewers a lot to hate when it came out in 2019. Now, the movie musical has been named the worst film of the 2010s.
MTV's 'The Real World,' which premiered in 1992, set the template for several successful reality TV franchises that followed, from 'Survivor' to 'The Bachelor.'
From 'It's a Wonderful Life' to 'Battlefield Earth,' these box office turkeys proved that it can take just one major flop to send a studio down the dreaded path of bankruptcy.
One committed number-cruncher spent the last year monitoring Netflix’s top 10 list every day to see which shows reigned supreme.
The original design for the Xenomorph for 1979's 'Alien' was translucent and possibly even creepier than what made it into the film. It's one of many movie props up for auction this April.
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Tom Cruise's charisma helped salvage an iconic-but-dying pair of sunglasses. Two of them, actually. (Cue maniacal laughter.)
David Bowie’s 1974 album 'Diamond Dogs' wasn’t just meant to be a concept album with a few references to George Orwell’s ‘1984.’
From He-Man to My Little Pony, many classic cartoon franchises started as marketing tools for toy brands.
Actor Rami Malek has earned acclaim for his roles in 'Mr. Robot' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But his first credited work was something he had to pay a fee to get.
Platinum blonde locks were first popularized by Jean Harlow, but older women quickly co-opted the trend.
If you spend 60 minutes watching Robin Williams, you’ll be laughing out loud for roughly five of them.
'Outlander' stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are celebrating all things Scotland in their new travel series, 'Men in Kilts.'
Famed 1990s talk show host Arsenio Hall courted controversy with Vanilla Ice and once released a rap album of his own.
Eleanor Roosevelt is joining Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and other ‘Inspiring Women’ Barbies.
The “Tubthumping” rockers bid adieu to the Iron Lady with a touching musical tribute featuring “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead.”
An expedition to hunt Komodo dragons and bring them to New York City in 1927 bore many similarities to the movie 'King Kong' that premiered six years later.
Studio executives threatened to fire director Ridley Scott after he pitched his original ending for 'Alien.'
If you haven’t seen ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ (2018) yet, you should. Same goes for ‘Paddington 2’ (2018).