On April 1 we traditionally celebrate April Fool's Day but in the state of Illinois that is not the case. Since 2007 April 1 has been knows as Cheap Trick day in honor of the band that started in Rockford,...
Their hit “All out of love” was used in the movie National Lampoon's Van Wilder, and also in the rather dark film Happiness, where a couple dances to it in a bar. Originally the song goes as:...
Hartman wrote the song “I can dream about you” for the 1984 movie Streets of Fire, where it was performed by the fictional group The Sorels. The real voice behind the version used in the movie...
He has run for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana multiple times without succeeding. If elected, Kershaw said one of his priorities will involve “making the entertainment industry a...
Gabriel’s band Genesis drew some attention in Britain and eventually also in Italy, Belgium, Germany and other European countries, largely due to Gabriel's flamboyant stage presence, which involved...
When Chapman was a young student she was a hit at the "coffeehouse" on campus. In the yearbook from her senior year at Wooster, she is one of the few students who didn't choose song lyrics to run alongside...
"Flash Gordon" was a 1980 sci-fi action film based on the comic strip of the same name starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol and Max von Sydow.
Shirley Bassey has become synonymous with James Bond thanks to her work on the classic theme songs. But can you name them all? She has actually worked on three: 'Goldfinger', 'Diamonds Are Forever' and...
He was once an amateur boxer.
Fighting under the name “Kid Crotchet,” Dean was reputedly a very good welterweight boxer. His record, was 24 wins and 6 losses in 30 bouts.
Dean was so broke...
A panel of producers and hosts From Canadian national network CBC compiled a list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever. They announced on March 31, 2013 that Lang had topped the survey, followed by...
Joe Cocker shows off his Order of the British Empire award, presented to him by Prince Charles during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2007 for his service to music.
In high school, Harry experimented with makeup, often leaving her ostracized as a child claiming that “an oval face was considered beautiful, not a broad round blob like mine, which earned me the...