Quinn Mercer articles

By the beginning of 1990, Billy Idol had gone from London's rebellious punk scene to becoming one of MTV's biggest stars. Then, on February 6, 1990, everything changed.

Keith Moon's unpredictability helped create the legend of "Moon the Loon," but the joke stopped being harmless long before everyone around him fully understood how serious things had become.

Discover why Joyce DeWitt became the grounded heart of Three’s Company, then left Hollywood fame behind to pursue theater, personal growth, philanthropy, and a quieter life on her own terms.

The 1960s gave us villains who didn’t always play by modern blockbuster rules. Some were campy, some were grotesque, some were oddly funny, and a few were genuinely terrifying.

To the music-loving audience, Glen Campbell was the golden boy of country music. But behind the scenes was a completely different matter. Failed marriages, turbulent romances, and a collection of vices kept this guitar-playing crooner from finding the happiness he craved so much. He finally found his peace on a golf course with a surprising and unlikely companion. Too bad it came just a little too late.

Discover what happened to the Little House on the Prairie cast after Walnut Grove, including Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, and other beloved stars of the classic television series.

Some albums are massive hits. Others become critical darlings. Then there are the rare records that permanently change the direction of music itself.

Before streaming made limited series routine, network television discovered that viewers would commit to a story with a definite ending. During the 1970s and 1980s, miniseries became major programming events, often adapting sprawling novels that could never comfortably fit into a two-hour movie. The format gave networks room for huge casts, historical settings, complicated relationships, and stories that unfolded across generations.

Donna Reed rose to fame as the loving and devoted wife, Mary Hatch Bailey, in 1946’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Following that up with The Donna Reed Show, she became film and TV’s favorite housewife. Her real life, however, was anything but homely.