Sammy Tran articles

Johnny Cash built part of his image around standing with outsiders—but decades later, his alleged Cherokee background became much harder to defend.

Missy Gold spent seven years growing up on television as Katie Gatling on Benson. Then, when the show ended, she did something unusual.

Behind Tatum O'Neal's astonishing Oscar win was a painful truth: neither of her famous parents was there to watch her win.

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.