Hollywood's Worst Stage Mother

Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died has one of the most shocking titles imaginable. Though Jennette seemed to be living every little girl’s dream as a Nickelodeon child star—behind the scenes, her life was a downright horror story.

Screenshot from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Touchstone Pictures (1988)

MOVIES

February 18, 2026 Peter Kinney

Movies That Raised The Bar For Special Effects And Made Hollywood Rethink What Was Possible (Copy)

Special effects have never been just about flash. At their core, they’re about solving impossible problems, dreaming up ways to show audiences something that technology hasn’t quite caught up with yet. Every so often, a film arrives that doesn’t just wow viewers; it changes the rules for everyone.

VIDEO

February 18, 2026 Peter Kinney

Sylvester Stallone's most brutal fights happened behind closed doors.

While the hero archetype has always been around in film, the 1980s introduced a whole new class of Hollywood macho men, one of the most iconic of which was Sylvester Stallone. Whether he played a boxer, a veteran, or a law enforcement officer, Stallone was integral to ushering in the era of classic action stars. However, behind the scenes, he may have personified the worst parts of this masculine stereotype.

MUSIC

February 18, 2026 Jesse Singer

Bands Younger Baby Boomers Loved That Most Older Boomers Don’t Remember At All

Baby Boomers technically span from 1946 to 1964. Which means the oldest were already paying bills when the youngest were still discovering FM radio with the bedroom door closed. So when younger Boomers start reminiscing about “their bands,” older Boomers sometimes respond with a polite smile that says, ‘I have absolutely no memory of this.’

Mitch Hedberg, Late Night with Conan O'Brien

ACTORS

February 18, 2026 Jesse Singer

Mitch Hedberg Jokes That Prove He Was The Greatest One-Liner Comedian Of All Time

Mitch Hedberg didn’t build long narratives or dramatic callbacks. He walked on stage, squinted into the lights, and dropped perfectly engineered one-liners. It was pure comic genius the likes of which we’d never seen before and might never see again.

MOVIES

February 17, 2026 Marlon Wright

Critics Wrote Off These Dumb Movies, While High IQ Viewers Realized They Were Genius

You probably dismissed these movies as meaningless or silly trash. Everyone did initially. But underneath the crude humor and ridiculous plots lived razor-sharp observations about capitalism, consumerism, corporate greed, and more.

MOVIES

February 17, 2026 Peter Kinney

Hollywood's Worst Stage Mother

Hollywood's Worst Stage Mother

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Movies That Raised The Bar For Special Effects And Made Hollywood Rethink What Was Possible (Copy)

Sylvester Stallone's most brutal fights happened behind closed doors.

Bands Younger Baby Boomers Loved That Most Older Boomers Don’t Remember At All

Mitch Hedberg Jokes That Prove He Was The Greatest One-Liner Comedian Of All Time

Critics Wrote Off These Dumb Movies, While High IQ Viewers Realized They Were Genius

Movies That Raised The Bar For Special Effects And Made Hollywood Rethink What Was Possible

Sylvester Stallone's most brutal fights happened behind closed doors.

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Hollywood's Worst Stage Mother

Hollywood's Worst Stage Mother

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Movies That Raised The Bar For Special Effects And Made Hollywood Rethink What Was Possible (Copy)

Sylvester Stallone's most brutal fights happened behind closed doors.

Bands Younger Baby Boomers Loved That Most Older Boomers Don’t Remember At All

Mitch Hedberg Jokes That Prove He Was The Greatest One-Liner Comedian Of All Time

Critics Wrote Off These Dumb Movies, While High IQ Viewers Realized They Were Genius

Movies That Raised The Bar For Special Effects And Made Hollywood Rethink What Was Possible

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