Stede Bonnet, the Real-Life ’Gentleman’ Pirate Who Inspired ’Our Flag Means Death’
Centuries later, Stede Bonnet’s motivations and actual aptitude for piracy remain unclear. But he still managed to make the history books—in his nightgown, no less.
Centuries later, Stede Bonnet’s motivations and actual aptitude for piracy remain unclear. But he still managed to make the history books—in his nightgown, no less.
Britney Spears’s songs, music videos, and live performances defined an era and inspired an entire generation of future pop stars.
The Demogorgon is much, much older than ’Stranger Things,’ or even ’Dungeons & Dragons.’
Recipes from the ‘Game of Thrones’-inspired cookbook include Dothraki Blood Pie and Winter Town Wassail.
The therapist gave advice about masturbation and contraception at a time those subjects were still taboo.
The kids‘ TV classic is reinventing itself after more than a half-century on the air.
Getting a concept onto the big screen is a difficult process, and the pilot episode is what can make—or, more often, break—a series. By why is it called that?
If you watch 'It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' every year, this limited-edition Halloween Snoopy bobblehead is a worthwhile investment.
The SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike has rules about how to celebrate Halloween this year.
Long before Bob Ross and his happy little trees, Jon Gnagy was teaching art to the masses.
Their (often literal) blood feud is a relatively modern creation. So how did vampires and werewolves end up at each other’s throats?
In the 1970s, Big Bird went to the big house (literally) when "Sesame Street" launched a prison daycare program.
The comic teased that we may not have seen the last of Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
In the weeks leading up to Halloween, the family-friendly characters that normally populate Universal Studios are replaced with killer clowns and chainsaw-wielding maniacs.
Join me. Perhaps you will learn some things you didn't know about the wonderfully spooky 'Unsolved Mysteries,' which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.
The Muppets have squared off against everyone from Johnny Cash to Celine Dion.
How much are some happy little trees worth to you? One art dealer believes it's a small fortune.
Netflix takes several, steamy liberties with the historical record, but there was a real Queen Charlotte—and she was just as complicated as the TV version.
From ‘The Bear’ to ‘What We Do In the Shadows,’ Hulu has become a thriving destination for great original programming, plus terrific series you might have missed elsewhere.
Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’
The iconoclastic director behind ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more cult classics once drew a comic strip about a furious dog and dislikes large furniture.
'Sesame Street' has a long history of teaching kids how to deal with traumatic events. In the wake of 9/11, the show's creators wanted to find a way to bring the real-world horror to their young audience's attention.
'Suits,' the Meghan Markle-starring legal dramedy that aired from 2011 to 2019 is suddenly all anyone can talk about.
In 1992, Nickelodeon assembled items important to the kids of the day, put them in a big orange time capsule, and buried it in front of Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios. Here’s the full list.