Miles Brucker articles

Fame can feel like a dream until its spotlight widens and exposes pressures no one mentioned. Some performers reached heights they once imagined, only to find the attention reshaped their lives in unsettling ways.

Bold sci-fi to off-beat comedies, these iconic films have shaped pop culture.

Streaming platforms were once dismissed as convenient, but undeniably lesser venues for film. These movies prove otherwise.

Some celebrity names roll off the tongue easily, while others feel like verbal puzzles waiting to trip you up. And a few have sounds that twist and loop before you’re done saying them.

If there’s one person who perfectly encapsulates the party-animal rockstar persona, it’s Tommy Lee. With headline-claiming escapades that have ranged from hilarious to downright disturbing, Lee is a pop-culture icon that refuses to fade into obscurity.

Maybe humanity peaked in the year 2000, and that would mean the 90s was the best it would ever get. I know that we had better celebs back then, and I could look at a million photos from the good old days.

Phil Spector was one of the most important—and most evil—music producers in history. He made legendary songs about love while being incapable of feeling it himself. Phil got away with terrorizing people, including stars, for decades. Until he went too far one night and blew it all up.

Because you aren't expecting it, TV comedies have a sneaky ability to pack a surprising dramatic punch. These episodes came out of nowhere and had everyone balling their eyes out.

Between 2013 and 2017, streaming platforms permanently reshaped how audiences consumed television.