Sissy Spacek

COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, US poster, Sissy Spacek, 1980,

5 Things You Never Knew About ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’

The film that won Sissy Spacek her only Oscar airs tonight on TCM at 8pm ET.

William Katt from Greatest American Hero and now

8 Fun Facts About ‘The Greatest American Hero’ William Katt

We first fell in love with him as Sissy Spacek’s prom date in ‘Carrie.’

image from the 1992 Oscar ceremony picturing, from left to right, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster and Jonathan Demme, each holding the Oscar award they won for

Horror Movies at the Oscars

Historically, horror movies may not have gotten a lot of love from the Academy Awards, but there have been notable occasions when entries in this genre have at least been nominated and even had major wins.

CARRIE, from left: Sissy Spacek, William Katt, 1976 CARI 002 OS(17165)

How Brian De Palma Picked Sissy Spacek For ‘Carrie’

She almost didn’t audition!

Beverly D'Angelo, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville

Beverly D’Angelo Reflects on Playing Patsy Cline in ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’

‘I knew about those songs way and sang them way before I played Patsy Cline,’ Beverly D’Angelo says. ‘I came to that movie as a singer more than an actor.’

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, ABC, 1976, John Travolta

1976’s ‘The Boy in the Plastic Bubble’ Makes Rare TV Premiere

Based on a true story, John Travolta starred in the lead role alongside ‘The Brady Bunch’s’ Robert Reed and ‘Eight Is Enough’s’ Diana Hyland.

image from the 1989 TV miniseries

A Free Streaming Channel Devoted to Westerns Is Launching on Roku

At launch, Shout! TV’s Wild West TV FAST channel will feature 16 TV Western series, including “Lonesome Dove” and “Bonanza,” along with more than 150 Western movies, like John Ford’s classic “Stagecoach.”

HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, 2002

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines & Striking Villainesses

Ever since Mary Philbin unmasked Lon Chaney in the 1925 silent film ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ horror films have depended on frightened heroines.

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, 1976

Catch a Classic: Warner Embraces a New Hollywood in 1970s

TCM’s monthlong celebration of Warner Bros.’ centennial continues celebrating a new era of Hollywood is heating up.