Michael Stipe on writing the band REM’s hit song Losing My Religion Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of the band R.E.M. discuss why they decided to disband and their upcoming retrospective album. The split came after 31 years together and was an amicable one. Mills and Stipe tell Norwegian … Continue reading
Walt Disney comments on the time Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party, tried to visit Disneyland during his United States visit in 1959. With Disneyland having recently opened on July 17, 1955 in Los Angeles, the mayor of Los Angeles felt his county could not guarantee … Continue reading
“As for those responsible for this conspiracy: All I can wish them is an Alien breeding inside their chests…” H.R. Giger is a Swiss artist whose imagination gave birth to the design of the aliens in the iconic “Alien” film franchise. His horrifying creations first came to the screen in … Continue reading
American celebrities Snoop Dogg, Eminiem, Jada Pinkett Smith and Marlon Wayans remember where they were when rapper Tupac Shakur was killed on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas. Wayans, who was with him just before the shooting, says, “I saw Tupac, twenty minutes before he got shot.” Pinkett Smith was … Continue reading
Tony Tripoli, head writer on the American television show “Fashion Police,” which comments on celebrity fashion, describes the humorous details that led Joan Rivers to select him for the job position. Tripoli had admired Rivers since he was a young boy having met her for the first time when he … Continue reading
Author and corporate speaker Andy Andrews shares a funny story about touring with comedian Joan Rivers and playing a joke on her with the intent to harass Rivers on her “phobia about her weight” because she was chubby as a child. Andrews describes the prank and says Rivers was “great” … Continue reading
Film critic Alexander Walker discusses why American director Stanley Kubrick was “in awe” of actor and comedian Peter Sellers. Walker says of Kubrick: “Stanley couldn’t write and he couldn’t act”–therefore, Kubrick admired actors who could bring more zest and creative flourishes into their scripted roles, which Sellers could do very … Continue reading
Film director Blake Edwards talks about the acting of Peter Sellers, who starred in his hugely popular “Pink Panther” film series as the main role of Chief Inspector Clouseau: “Sellers couldn’t do the physical things at all. He was not a good physical comedian. I had to set him up … Continue reading
Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers describes the time rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly helped out him and his brother, Don Everly, during a music tour in Florida. At the time, the Everly Brothers did not travel with a band and at one stop the musicians that awaited them … Continue reading
Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers describes the first time he met rock and roll legend Buddy Holly and his fellow members in the Crickets while touring in Montreal. Everly describes the large group of musicians that were also gathered there at the time and becomes nostalgic over that time … Continue reading
