The actor who portrayed Luca Brasi in ‘The Godfather’ was hired as a bodyguard for a real mafioso on the set, until Francis Ford Coppola “fell in love”
Blockbuster: the origin of the term and the story of “The Birth of a Nation,” a controversial Hollywood hit
Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in “Phantom Thread,” the film he says is his last
Edith Head, Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, created dresses for everyone from Barbara Stanwyck to Grace Kelly
When the Royal Household criticized her Indian servant Abdul Karim, an angry Queen Victoria called it “racial prejudice”
Boop-boop-a-doop: The vaudeville star with big eyes and spit curls who inspired Betty Boop sued the cartoon’s creator—and lost
Daniel Day-Lewis learned how to create a Balenciaga dress from scratch to play a designer in “Phantom Thread,” the film he says is his last
The artist behind the iconic Uncle Sam wants YOU poster was more interested in pretty women than politics
Edith Head, Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, created dresses for everyone from Barbara Stanwyck to Grace Kelly
The real-life “Rain Man” could recite dates, scores, and turn-by-turn directions, like Google incarnate