Fresh from 'Blue Velvet', Kyle MacLachlan turned down this next film, fearing typecasting. James Spader took the role instead ...

As Spike Lee began his career in New York in the early 1980s, he decided against making a film that would have not only cost ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger saved one of his greatest films from the 1990s by stepping in at a crucial point and using his star ...

Although Eddie Vedder was always uncomfortable with his own sense of celebrity, he knew that some friends should have made it ...

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Despite Stevie Nicks having all the star power in Fleetwood Mac, sometimes the biggest tunes of her career needed to be taken ...

Nicholson turned 18 in April 1955, and when director Jack Clayton’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel premiered on the ...

Although Paul Simon tried his best to see the bright side of every singer, he knew some bands didn't click the right way with ...

In the grand scheme of cinema history, very few directors can say they’ve made a movie that changed the world, and thanks to ...

Roger McGuinn was adamant that 'Mr Spaceman' wasn't about tripping. The Byrds frontman had a far stranger plan instead, for ...

Thank god it was as well, because the ‘80s brought with it one of the worst musical decades, with the experimental and diverse worlds of the ‘70s being swapped for rampant commercialism and a ...

Judi Dench was fined £5 when her phone went off during rehearsals at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Even better, her ringtone ...