Kirk Douglas, who died on Feb. 5 at age 103, defined the ideal manly-man persona of the 1950s, often giving electrically appealing performances while playing less-than-exemplary characters. Douglas’s most famous role may be that of the slave who became a rebel leader in ancient Rome, in Stanley Kubr

A carefully executed publicity campaign turned a pretty average pilot into an aviation legend. The real reason Amelia Earhart is so famous

Matisse was one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century who, even in his own lifetime, enjoyed a level of popularity envied by other artists. But in 1941, after a near-fatal operation for cancer, he decided to give up painting and sought a new way of drawing in colour. Scissors replaced ...

This ten minute clip is drawn from the famous 1950s game show, and it's quite surreal. I don't use the word surreal loosely: the special guest is Salvador Dali.

Every year, more than 4 million people visit the Statue of Liberty. Perhaps the most famous American landmark, the statue has a rich history that spans a century and across the Atlantic Ocean. We went to Liberty Island and talked to a ranger from the National Parks Service about the story of the st...

The Grand Budapest Hotel Official Red Band Trailer starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton and directed by Wes Anderson. The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted frie...

Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed everything from wristwatches to bedsheets after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the 1960s, has died, the French Academy of Fine Arts said on December 29, 2020.. He was 98.

La Sagrada Familia is one of the most famous landmarks in Barcelona. Construction of La Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and is still underway. It has recently been announced that La Sagrada Familia will finally be finished by 2026, on the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death.

This edition of Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS focus on celebrities and AIDS. he list of famous people who have been open about their HIV diagnosis is a short one. Even among those known to us, most had their HIV status revealed either just before or after their deaths. While, sadly, many felt they ha...

Famous stairs scene when Rhett Butler carries Scarlett O'Hara upstairs.