Mark Juddery

Did all movie stars start out as waiters and auditioning for any roles they could get? Hardly. These shortcuts to stardom worked for classic stars like Carole Lombard, John Wayne, and others.

Back in January, we looked at 30 things turning 30 this year. Now let's see who's joining the half-century club in 2014.

In the Golden Years of Hollywood, it was almost essential for any movie star to change their name—unless they happened to be born with an instantly cool name like Errol Flynn or Clark Gable. So if you’re a movie star, how do you choose your new name? Here

Let's remember a few significant or inspiring people who left this mortal plane this year—people whose deaths (or whose lives) might not have been on your radar.

A number of films and television shows once thought lost have been rediscovered, quite unexpectedly, in many unusual ways.

Here are some of the more peculiar questions that people have pondered over the decades.

Alternate history, long popular with fiction writers, has also been explored by historians and journalists. Here are some of their intriguing conclusions.

It’s been a solemn year for the deaths of famous and significant people – and as always, many died who were less famous, but should be saluted nonetheless for their contributions to the world. Here are 11 of the lesser-known greats who passed this year.