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When a teenage Dick Van Dyke tried to enlist during WWII, his mother made a startling confession: He was actually a year older than he'd been led to believe. She claimed she'd changed his birthday because he'd been born prematurely, but when Dick questioned his grandmother, he discovered the real reason. His parents had conceived him before they were married, and they'd altered his birthday to hide the scandal. But as Dick began piecing together the truth, he realized just how far his family had gone to keep their secret.

For decades, television was considered a step down from Hollywood movies, and some major stars wanted nothing to do with it. But that attitude led to some spectacular missed opportunities. John Lithgow dismissed a role that would make Kelsey Grammer a legend, while another movie star reportedly wouldn't even consider playing Don Draper. And those weren't the only actors who watched someone else become famous playing a character they could have had.

A great movie should work whenever you watch it, but certain films seem to belong to a particular time of year. Here are seven movies for every season.

Halloween costumes once leaned heavily on monsters and homemade disguises. As movies became central to popular culture, screen characters increasingly joined them.

We haven't even reached the end of 2026, yet horror has already delivered tiny independent successes, huge theatrical hits, and acclaimed franchise entries.

Behind the scenes of Roar, there were severe maulings, broken bones, natural disasters, and an often-cited estimate of roughly 70 injured cast and crew members.

Old Hollywood loved a dynasty. Famous parents, glamorous children, mansions, premieres, and studio portraits could make certain families seem almost untouchable.

For baby boomers who grew up with country radio, some love songs were impossible to sing alone. One voice pleaded, the other answered.

Sally Kellerman became a Hollywood sensation playing Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan in 1970's *M*A*S*H*, but she reportedly faced doubts about being too attractive for the role. After landing the part, she faced an even bigger challenge: filming a notorious practical joke shower scene that left her character in an embarrassing and revealing situation. Kellerman later admitted she felt absolutely horrified and humiliated by the experience. But the bizarre lengths director Robert Altman went to capture her reaction, and the surprising effect the scene had on her career, made the story far more complicated than it first appeared.