Jim Morrison’s father, upon hearing the first “Doors” album, wrote a letter to his son : “Give up any idea of singing”
A 450-year-old book advises young samurai how to prepare for combat, the secret to viewing death calmly–and what to name the baby
Al Pacino, whose grandparents came from town of Corleone in Sicily, said, “I’m all Italian. You get your full dose with me.”
The term “paparazzi” was coined by Fellini while making his film about the lives of the Sixties elite, “La Dolce Vita”
The Beach Boys sang about a California culture of sun and sand in the 1960s but didn’t actually like to surf themselves–and one of them drowned
Egypt isn’t the country with the most pyramids, Sudan is with nearly twice as many
Conspiracy theorists believe Woody Harrelson’s father, a convicted murderer, was the youngest of the “Three Tramps” and the assassin who killed John F. Kennedy
Whoops: In 1387, King Charles II of Navarre was burned alive by accident
The original Godzilla movie was a metaphor for the devastating effects of nuclear weapons
Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West, suffered 3rd-degree burns while making “The Wizard of Oz”
