Rick Nielsen’s five-neck guitar and more are up for auction. Here are the hottest items Julien’s Auctions, which specializes in celebrity and music memorabilia sales, is hosting The Rick Nielsen Collection, a benefit auction of […]
Christopher Reeve, born in 1952 in New York, was first known for his role as Superman. Reeve began acting at age 8, performing in school plays; then he joined a local professional theater. While receiving […]
Once a status symbol, now worthless junk A nostalgic look back at the decade of excess, the 1980s, reveals a time when conspicuous consumption reached new heights. Technology promised to revolutionize daily life through expensive […]
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician who co-founded the Beatles and, with Paul McCartney, wrote many of the band’s songs. Lennon was born in 1940 in Liverpool, England. When he was four, Lennon’s […]
One-hit wonders: Where are they now? Every so often, a song comes on the radio that makes listeners wonder, “What ever happened to them?” The one-hit wonder is a common phenomenon in the music industry. […]
Halloween cartoon specials that will hit you right in the nostalgia As Halloween approaches, the childhood memory of sitting in front of the TV to watch a new spooky episode of a favorite show returns […]
Best known for portraying strong, independent women, Sigourney Weaver was born in 1949 in New York. Susan Alexandra Weaver began calling herself Sigourney at the age of 14, after a character in the F. Scott […]
Comedy legends who defined American humor These comedic pioneers didn’t just tell jokes—they fundamentally shaped how Americans laugh, what subjects are acceptable for humor, and how comedy can function as social commentary rather than mere […]
The R&B singer-songwriter and actress, Toni Braxton, was born in Severn, Maryland, in 1968. Braxton began her career singing with her sisters. In 1990, Braxton studied to become a music teacher when she and her […]
I was eight years old when the Bradys entered my life. Sitting on the living room carpet at my cousin’s house, with my eyes glued to the screen, I was completely captivated. My cousin, just […]