Things You Didn’t Know

7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘The Legend of Billie Jean’
The cult classic is most famous for providing Christian Slater with his film debut.

5 Things You Never Knew About James Brolin
The star, now 85, is still keeping busy.

5 Things You Never Knew About David Hasselhoff for His 73rd Birthday
A sea creature is nicknamed after him.

The Shocking Story From Ginger Rogers’ Childhood That Almost No One Knows
Plus: more facts about the screen icon for her 114th birthday.

5 Things You Never Knew About the John Wayne’s Son, Patrick Wayne
He turns 86 today!

5 Things You Never Knew About Yul Brynner for His 105th Birthday
He inspired a famous comic book character.

It’s Fred Gwynne’s 99th Birthday! 5 Things You Never Knew About the ‘Munsters’ Star
You remember him as a TV icon … but did you know he also wrote children’s books?

5 Things You Never Knew About Donkey Kong for Its 44th Anniversary
Mario was once called “Jumpman.”

Tom Hanks Once Kicked Fonzie in the Face — and 5 Other Things You Didn’t Know About His Career
Before he was an Oscar-winning dramatic actor, he donned a wig for two seasons on ABC.

Kevin Bacon is 67! 6 Things You Never Knew About the ‘Footloose’ Star
He actually met Kyra Sedgwick years before they got together … and it did not go well.

5 Things You Never Knew About Dick Sargent
He opened up about his private life a few years before he died, in hopes of inspiring others.

Happy 85th Birthday, Ringo Starr! 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Beatles Drummer
From his days with the Fab Four to a long and prolific solo career that’s still rolling, we pay tribute to the legendary performer.

7 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Bionic Woman’
There’s a reason the show packed a little less punch in its final season.

The UNTOLD Truth About Buck Rogers’ ‘Space Vampire’
What do Buck Rogers and Jerry Seinfeld have in common? You’re about to find out!

5 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Lawrence Welk Show’
When the network moved to cancel the show, fans stepped in.

6 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Jeffersons’
The show aired its final episode 40 years ago today.

6 Things You Never Knew About ‘Sanford and Son’
Redd Foxx paid for something on the show out of his own pocket!

4 Things You Never Knew About ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Rick Hurst
He recently passed away at the age of 79.

‘Rollerball’ Turns 50! 7 Things You Didn’t Know About James Caan’s Dystopian Sports Film
The cast and crew played the game for fun when the camera weren’t rolling … and Caan walked away with a few injured ribs.

6 Things You Never Knew About ‘Twilight Zone: The Movie’
The film’s legacy is tainted by one of the worst on-set accidents in film history.

5 Things You Never Knew About 1985’s ‘Return to Oz’
The fantasy film was very different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’

5 Funky Facts about 1980’s ‘Can’t Stop the Music‘
This Village People biopic actually led to the birth of the Razzies.

7 Fun Facts About the 1978 Summer Blockbuster Musical ‘Grease’
Did you know Elvis was offered the role of Teen Angel?

7 Things You Didn’t Know About 1960’s ‘Psycho’
It was the movie that made us all scared to take a shower.

‘The Stuff’ Turns 40: 6 Surprising Facts About the Cult Classic Film
Star Garrett Morris said the film’s popularity made him “question the taste of a lot of these American moviegoers.”

6 Things You Never Knew About Lee Marvin’s ‘The Dirty Dozen’
More than half of the dozen were World War II vets themselves.

5 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Jeffersons’ Star Sherman Hemsley
Did you know he was a big fan of the band YES?

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Redd Foxx
The actor was only 49 when he took on the role of senior citizen Fred Sanford.

6 Things You Never Knew About Robert Young, Star of ‘Father Knows Best’ & ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’
Though he was known for playing idealized characters, he did not have a picture-perfect life offscreen.

7 Fun Facts About ‘Leave It to Beaver’ Star Hugh Beaumont
Before he was Ward Cleaver, he was a wartime medic, ad pitchman and Methodist minister.