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Anissa Jones charmed audiences across America with her cutesy performance as Buffy Davis on CBS’s Family Affair. But as Hollywood has shown us all too often, the glamourous life of a child star often obscures...
Farrah Fawcett was the “girl next door” of the 1970s and 80s—but behind her big hair and captivating smile, Fawcett’s life was less than perfect.
Bob Newhart shot to fame for his stammering, deadpan standup comedy albums in the 1960s. What ensued was a decades-long TV and film career that delivered as many on-screen laughs as it did off-screen giggles. Plus a controversy—or two.
Empress Charlotte’s exquisite beauty made jaws drop all around the globe—but her admirers didn’t realize that her alluring face hid an utterly deranged mind.
Throughout Philip Seymour Hoffman's all-too-brief 22-year acting career, his roles were wide-ranging, his love for the craft was well-known, and he was eventually considered to be the best of his generation. But his genius had a dark side.
In 1095, Pope Urban II made a speech that rocked the world. He called upon Christians to retake Jerusalem from Muslim control. By 1099, they had succeeded—but their victory had dark, unforeseen consequences.
Although Henry tried to have all portraits of and references to Anne Boleyn destroyed after her execution, if you look up in the carved arches of Hampton’s Great Hall, you can still see the one thing left behind—and it’s utterly heartbreaking.
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