Nichelle Nichols' Biggest Fan, Martin Luther King Jr., Convinced Her Not To Quit Star Trek
Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit after Star Trek season 1, but Martin Luther King Jr. told her that her role was too important.
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Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, Has Died At Age 89
Star Trek: The Original Series actress Nichelle Nichols has died, leaving behind an incredible legacy that has been an inspiration to many.
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This Is Robert Englund's Favorite Nightmare On Elm Street Sequel
Englund has good taste in Freddy Krueger movies.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once Becomes The First A24 Movie To Hit $100 Million At The Box Office
A limited re-release has pushed Everything Everywhere All At Once over the top to become A24's first nine-figure hit.
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One Of 12 Angry Men's First Shots Was More Complex Than You Think
Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men is a deceptively simple movie — getting all those tight shots in a small, cramped room required a lot of planning.
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How Mahershala Ali Talked His Way Into True Detective's Leading Role
He was originally eyed for the role played by Stephen Dorff.
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A Stunt On The Set Of The 6th Day Almost Did Arnold Schwarzenegger In
Arnold Schwarzenegger was risked life and limb for his action movies, and had a brush with death on the set of The 6th Day.
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Josh Brolin's Deadpool Prep Was One Part Panic And One Part Trust
Cable actor Josh Brolin was acutely aware of comic book fans' expectations going into Deadpool 2. No pressure!
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Casting Amy's Futurama Voice Actor Caused Some Major Changes To The Character
Futurama's sweet, ditzy, clumsy Mars girl Amy Wong was originally envisioned as a tough, butch car mechanic type.
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The Daily Stream: The Beastmaster Remains The Scrappy, Weird Alternative To Conan The Barbarian
He's tough, he's underdressed, and he has a pair of pet ferrerts: meet The Beastmaster!
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Krapopolis: Everything We Know So Far About Dan Harmon's Adult Animated Comedy
Dan Harmon's new series is heading to Fox.
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TV, Interrupted: Police Squad! Was The Definitive Parody Of Police Procedurals, And Could Be Again
Neslie Nielsen's deadpan delivery as Frank Drebin made Police Squad! a perfect straight-faced satire of cop shows.
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A Simpsons Writer Still Defends This Infamous Episode
There's one episode of The Simpsons that still makes droves of fans mad -- and the creators behind the episode still find that anger amusing.
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Why Columbia Scrapped A Tom Hanks Prequel To A League Of Their Own
The writers behind A League of Their own wrote a script for a spin-off movie about Tom Hanks' booze-drenched manager, Jimmy Dugan.
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Preparation Was The Key To Sidney Lumet's Filmmaking Style
Where some young filmmakers might've tried to shoot for the moon on portfolio-boosting visuals, Lumet preached practicality.
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Akira Kurosawa's Early Career Was A Constant Struggle With The Censors
For the first several years of his career, Kurosawa had to fight censors at every turn to get his films made.
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Community Cut A Joke That Would Have Completely Changed Shirley's Character
'I had to go talk to my boss and try to explain.'
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A Half-Baked Script Wasn't Enough To Sell Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Rock
'He was very upset. He just walked out and then went to Nicolas Cage with the part.'
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Russell T. Davies Had 'Massive Doubts' About Working On Doctor Who
Russell T Davies almost didn't take the job that would bring Doctor Who to a new generation of fans.
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Network's Dialogue Didn't Leave Any Room For Error
Otherwise writer Paddy Chayefsky would have been mad as hell (and he wouldn't take it anymore).
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David Leitch Had A Tightrope To Walk While Directing Deadpool 2
'...he so understood the heart and the emotion of the story.'
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A Real-Life Wall Street Scandal Changed The Fate Of Working Girl
Mike Nichols' Working Girl is one of the most emblematic films of the 1980s, but due to a real life Wall Street scandal, it almost didn't get made.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Casts UFC Welterweight Champ Kamaru Usman In A Small Role
UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman has been announced as having a role in the upcoming follow-up to Black Panther, subtitled Wakanda Forever.
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Statues Of Walter White And Jesse Pinkman Unveiled By The City Of Albuquerque
The notorious Albuquerque drug lord known as Heisenberg has been immortalized in bronze, alongside his science-loving sidekick.
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Paul Dano's Riddler Comic Was Born On The Set Of The Batman
While The Batman villain Riddler was defeated in Matt Reeves' film, actor Paul Dano isn't done with the character just yet.
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Colin Farrell Was Not A Fan Of The Underwater Sequences In Thirteen Lives
Ron Howard's new film on the Thai cave rescue of 2018 is out now, but star Colin Farrell is coming clean on shooting the film's terrifying underwater scenes.
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