Sammy Tran articles

The 1960s and 1970s were golden decades for television catchphrases. Some of these lines effortlessly slip into everyday conversations.

James Blunt and Carrie Fisher sounded like an impossible pairing: a British former officer trying to launch a music career and a Star Wars icon.

Disco may dominate our memories of 1979, but turn on an American radio that year and you also heard an astonishing amount of warm harmonies, romantic ballads, and impossibly smooth soft rock. Many of these songs were legitimate Top 10 hits, yet decades of changing playlists have pushed them surprisingly far out of the spotlight. For listeners who were there, however, sometimes all it takes is the opening few seconds to bring an entire era rushing back.

Shirley MacLaine built a career on honesty and self-expression—but when her daughter told her own version of the family story, tension sprung between them.

Behind the legend of Marlon Brando was a family story filled with chaos. Of all his tragedies, none was more painful than what happened to his children.

Audrey Hepburn became one of the most admired women in film history, but her appearance was often discussed in ways that were shallow or wildly unfair.

Off screen, Elizabeth Montgomery was no passive sitcom sweetheart. She was a feminist, a political activist, and a gay rights supporter.

On screen, Mackenzie Phillips was the rebellious daughter in a family comedy. Off screen, she was a teenage performer earning a reported $50,000 a week.

For many viewers, Doris Roberts will always be Marie Barone, the impossible-to-ignore mother on Everybody Loves Raymond.