James Caan conquered Hollywood as Sonny Corleone, but his mob ties, wild romances, nose-candy battle, and scandals rivaled the movies.

Hollywood had a pretty clear idea of what a male star was supposed to look like—and these guys were not it. Then they became some of the biggest stars of the 60s and 70s anyway.

Behind Donald O'Connor's famous grin was a performer whose life was repeatedly shaken by exhaustion, illness, and a body pushed far beyond its limits.

These women once filled theaters, bedroom walls and teenage daydreams. Today, most Millennial men probably couldn’t name a single one. How many do you remember?

Discover how Bernie Kopell went from TV oddballs and Get Smart’s Siegfried to The Love Boat’s charming Dr. Adam Bricker—and built a career lasting decades.

The 1970s gave American listeners disco, arena rock, singer-songwriters, punk, and an astonishing collection of records that sound as if they slipped past the gatekeepers when nobody was looking. For this list, “one-hit wonder” refers to acts remembered in the United States for one major Top 40 breakthrough, even when they enjoyed longer careers or greater success overseas. Once you revisit what some of these songs were actually about, the decade starts looking considerably stranger than the soft-focus nostalgia suggests.