Sammy Tran articles

With a career spanning decades and a laundry list of chart-topping hits, Reba McEntire earned the title of the “Queen of Country”. But her legendary career had more highs and lows than a pitchy country song. From expensive divorces to tragic plane crashes, these are the twangiest facts about country music’s sovereign singer.

To the public, Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter represented charm and clean-cut masculinity. Privately, they shared a relationship that had to remain hidden.

When Peter Fonda hit the big screen riding a motorcycle in Easy Rider, he changed the way Americans looked at their heroes. He was irresponsible, immoral, and looked really good in sunglasses. But sustaining a bad boy image is hard, and Fonda soon lost himself in forgettable action movies. Then one film changed everything.

Some of the greatest live performers had to overcome terrible bouts of stage fright.

Before Shirley Jones became America’s beloved Shirley Partridge, she was already a major Hollywood star. But television became her greatest legacy.

For much of the 1970s and 1980s, Linda Ronstadt was one of the biggest stars in music. Yet one deeply personal decision would shape the rest of her life.

To millions of viewers, Robert Reed seemed perfectly cast as Mike Brady. But he also spent much of the show’s run frustrated with its creators.

Peter Bogdanovich was one of Hollywood's most respected directors, but his romances off the set sent his life spinning out of control.

Hollywood success stories often focus on glamorous premieres and huge paychecks. What gets overlooked is how many stars had rough starts.