In 1999, Ron Howard turned down one of cinema’s biggest franchises. 19 years later, he returned in the worst possible way

Ron Howard wasn't initially interested in directing the 'Star Wars' prequel movies, but he changed his mind 19 years later ...

In 1970, Joni Mitchell wrote a song that broke her heart. Counting Crows turned it into a commercial hit

While Joni Mitchell was always one of the biggest songwriters of his time, it took an adult alternative band to get the tune ...

John Denver was an all-American star, but it took a trip to China for him to land his last number one

John Denver seemed to be at the heart of American music, but in reality it was a trip to China in 1982 that led him on the ...

In 1973, James Stewart finally played the role he’d spent 15 years waiting for. That’s when he knew it was time to “give it up”

James Stewart had spent a quarter of a century waiting for the perfect role to fall into his lap, and when he got it, he knew ...

In 2015, Leonardo DiCaprio made a movie that needed to be “perfect”. It’s still the hardest thing he’s ever done

Leonardo DiCaprio reflected on shooting the 2015 movie 'The Revenant', describe it as the most "difficult" thing he's ever ...

In 1985, Priscilla Presley published her memoir. Four years later, Depeche Mode had a hit that sold 7,000,000 copies

If you’ve made art after 1954 then the chances are you’ve been influenced by Elvis Presley. You might not know that you have ...

Bruce Springsteen grew up infatuated with Elvis Presley. In 1976, security marched him away from Graceland

Bruce Springsteen's failed attempt to meet Elvis stayed with him for the rest of his life, and, as he explained, was just him ...

In 1977, Eagles used songwriting to deliver a cautionary tale. 49 years and 400 million streams later, Don Henley thinks their message was ignored

Don Henley may keep some Eagles songs close to the chest, but he claims that many people have misunderstood the meaning of ...

Before his first American movie, Alfred Hitchcock named 11 Hollywood actors he was dying to work with. He only directed two of them

Prior to helming his first American feature, Alfred Hitchcock picked out a perfect ten of Hollywood stars on his wish-list, ...

Meryl Streep desperately wanted a 1976 role. After seeing who got it, she understood why she hadn’t

Meryl Streep is Hollywood royalty, and even though one actor kept ending up with the parts she wanted, she doesn't harbour ...

The “old creaky” movie Willem Dafoe called the greatest in cinema history: “You’ll probably be surprised”

For five decades Willem Dafoe has been involved in some of the most memorable movies, and when asked to pick his favourite he ...

In 1978, Jeff Lynne made the most painstaking song of his career. Now, it has been streamed over 116,000,000 times

Jeff Lynne is never short of ambition, but even by his own standards, one ELO mega hit from 1978 was a "painstaking" ...