The Toughest Man In Hollywood

The Toughest Man In Hollywood


March 1, 2025 | Samantha Henman

The Toughest Man In Hollywood


Lee Marvin turned a film career of playing heavies on horseback into an eventual Best Actor Oscar win. And he seemed to do it one bottle at a time.

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MUSIC
November 21, 2025 Carl Wyndham

When Mark Knopfler disbanded Dire Straits, he walked away at the peak of fame to rediscover what music meant to him.

Almost without warning, Mark Knopfler ended Dire Straits. There was no scandal or explosive announcement. He simply decided that the world he helped build no longer felt like his.
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ACTORS
July 15, 2025 Miles Brucker

While undergoing chemotherapy, he visited children with cancer and never once let them know he was fighting the same battle. He passed in 2020, but his heroic legacy lives on.

He never asked for your sympathy. As cameras flashed and crowds cheered, Chadwick Boseman quietly carried a terminal illness and chose not to tell the world.
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TELEVISION
June 23, 2025 Miles Brucker

These 44 Shows Let Their Main Characters Slip Out Of Focus

Television doesn't owe permanence. A star might headline the posters, but the story may quietly outgrow them. Sometimes, a new voice takes the lead, or the center just blurs.
MOVIES
November 13, 2025 Jack Hawkins

Times That American Cinema Butchered A Beautiful Foreign Film

From “Oldboy” to “The Intouchables,” explore 25 times American cinema butchered a beautiful foreign film. Discover how Hollywood remakes and mistranslations stripped these international masterpieces of their soul, subtlety, and cultural meaning.
TELEVISION
May 13, 2025 Mark Schilling

The Best Families On TV

The Bradys are still one of the best families on TV, but behind the scenes, “family” secrets threatened to have the show yanked off-air.
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ACTORS
July 24, 2024 Ivan Denomme

Dark Facts About Donald O’Connor, Hollywood’s Tragic Clown

At Donald O’Connor’s farewell party from Universal Studios, the executives gave him a disturbing parting “gift”. When he opened it, his blood boiled.

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