On the surface, Loretta Young was the saintly good girl—an actress as moral and sweet as the roles she chose to play. But she was so much more than that. For her entire life, she worked tirelessly to bury a secret with the power to destroy her reputation. If there was one thing Young wanted, it was a happy ending—and she willfully paid the price.

Anne Heche was, by her own confession, Hollywood’s most insane “It Girl.” Sadly, for Heche, her on-screen awesomeness never outshined her off-screen antics—right up to her tragic demise.

For millions of viewers, Fred Gwynne would always be Herman Munster—the towering, lovable goof with Frankenstein shoes and a booming laugh. But away from the cameras, Gwynne spent his later years chasing quieter passions, escaping typecasting, and finally finding peace through painting, books, and character acting before his end in 1993.

Few emotions are as cinematic as yearning. Films about longing and emotional restraint tend to stay with audiences long after the credits roll.

Every legendary filmmaker has to start somewhere. These early shorts may be rough around the edges, but they already contain flashes of the styles that later made these directors famous. Whether it’s Christopher Nolan bending reality, David Lynch embracing pure nightmare logic, or Steven Spielberg turning a simple road trip into something emotional, the fingerprints are already there. Watching these student films feels a bit like finding your favorite band’s garage demo tape—except the garage demo later turned into Jaws, Alien, or Blue Velvet.

Often overlooked by casual fans, Chico Marx was the eldest Marx Brother and, in many ways, the group’s leader behind the scenes for much of its illustrious run. He also lived a fascinating and tumultuous life worthy of the wildest gossip columns Hollywood has ever known.