Gilbert Gottfried could ignite a room with a single line, which is why almost no one suspected anything was wrong. He kept the jokes coming while privately carrying something much heavier than anyone imagined.

Some characters walk onto the screen without introductions and somehow become impossible to forget. No backstory, no name, just presence. That mystery often does more work than any dialogue ever could, leaving audiences guessing long after the credits roll.

Some of cinema’s most memorable—and shortest—moments took months of work behind the scenes. Directors obsessed, actors pushed through exhaustion, and crews fought malfunctioning rigs—all for scenes that flash by in seconds.

Back before playlists, algorithms, or the word “vibe,” there were mixtapes—and Zoomers will never know, or truly appreciate, the chaos they missed.

The 1990s were tough to beat for television mini-series: we look back at the best mini-series of the decade.

The life expectancy of the Seattle grunge scene’s leading men is sadly below the national average. Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell had all the trappings that afflicted contemporaries like Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley, who both met early demises. But Cornell somehow hung in there. He married, became a father, and even launched a solo career. It looked like he’d survived where others hadn’t. And then, at 51 years of age, it all came tumbling down.