Orson Welles directed his first film at 25, and it almost got buried by the most powerful man in media. His career soared to the top and then spent decades navigating a…
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Few actresses have managed the leap from an elaborate magazine hoax to a decades-long career, but Ali Larter did just that — she first made headlines in 1996 as a fictional model,…
For more than three decades, the residents of Springfield have become as familiar as our own neighbors. Whether you grew up quoting Bart’s catchphrases or still chuckle at Homer’s mishaps, the show’s…
When a Strictly Come Dancing professional walks away from the glitterball, people notice. AJ Pritchard did exactly that in 2020, leaving behind a four-year run on the BBC’s biggest dance show to…
There aren’t many startup founders whose story ends with a prison sentence and a newborn in the same year, but Elizabeth Holmes isn’t most founders — after a jury found her guilty…
If you know the sing-along fury of “Ballroom Blitz,” you know Brian Connolly’s voice, but the Sweet frontman’s later years were marked by a battle with alcoholism that ultimately claimed his life…
There’s something about Grigor Dimitrov that keeps tennis fans coming back for more — maybe it’s the one-handed backhand, the calm composure, or the fact that he’s widely considered the nicest guy…
Most academics study political movements from a distance, but Matt Goodwin made the rare jump from researching populism to becoming a populist candidate himself, spending twenty years in lecture halls before stepping…
Few faces have become as instantly recognizable as Che Guevara’s, even decades after his death. The iconic photograph by Alberto Korda transformed the Argentine revolutionary into a global symbol of rebellion, worn…
Most people recognize Eugene Levy from the raised eyebrows on American Pie or the befuddled dad on Schitt’s Creek, but the Canadian actor’s path to comedy royalty started decades earlier on the…