Tammy Wynette and George Jones are two of country music’s most iconic figures, and for a brief, stormy period they were one of its great love stories too. Their marriage produced unforgettable music that sounded like their real lives—full of passion, heartbreak, longing, and loss. But behind the harmonies and “Mr. and Mrs. Country Music” billing was a volatile relationship marked by love, addiction, reconciliation, separation, and creative magic.

Talkies were new, the rules were loose, and movie stars had real mystery. The actors who ruled the 1930s turned risk into legend and performances into icons that still hold power.

Elizabeth Hurley just turned 60. That alone wouldn’t be news—except that every new photo sparks the same reaction: disbelief. Not because she looks frozen in time, but because she looks comfortable, relaxed, and completely unbothered by the number.

Ending a TV show is hard. Walk away too early and fans feel robbed. Stay too long and suddenly the magic starts slipping. These shows were still good, still watchable, and still beloved. But if they’d just wrapped things up one season sooner, their legacies might be nearly flawless.

This man basically wrote the playbook on destroying your own career. Steven Seagal had everything Hollywood offered during the early nineties. Then he burned every bridge and guaranteed his exile.

Some years don’t fade—they hover. And 2016 is one of those years that still shows up uninvited, sliding into your playlists like it pays rent. If the cultural mood is looping back (again), then the soundtrack has to come with it: the pop confessionals, the late-night bangers, the gleeful earworms, the songs that made you text someone you absolutely should not have texted. Here are the 21 tracks that defined the year—and if 2016 is truly returning, they’re not optional.