In 2007, Reese Witherspoon developed and produced a movie from the ground up. Three weeks before shooting, she quit

Reese Witherspoon was ready to reboot a 1960s classic, and she got involved in it as a producer as well as a star, so why was ...

In 1978, Lionel Richie wrote a song reflecting on his parents’ marriage. It became the Commodores’ biggest hit

Lionel Richie is a soft soul at heart, never better proven than in the 1978 hit he wrote, having been inspired by the ...

The career-defining role Kevin Costner refused to reprise: “I’m not best served doing that”

Kevin Costner refused to reprise his career-defining role, arguing that he wouldn't be best served to do that in the ...

The 1987 movie Judi Dench thought “smacked of a recital evening” until it became one of her most cherished roles

Already one of the UK's best-loved actors in the 1980s, Judi Dench almost turned down a Bafta-nominated movie for feeling too ...

In 1998, Sandra Bullock named the one movie she’d never make “in a million years”. 28 years later, she changed her mind

Sandra Bullock was adamant that she's never reprise her role as Annie Porter in a third 'Speed' movie after the failure of ...

In 1953, Joni Mitchell heard the song that made her fall in love with music. Now, she calls it “the most beautiful melody ever”

Joni Mitchell was always destined for a path of music, but it found her in 1953 when she fell in love with a "beautiful" ...

Five albums that were rescued from the brink of obscurity

Albums that ultimately became legendary in their own right, despite initial mixed reviews or confusion surrounding what on ...

How often did John Wayne die in his movies?

John Wayne was more famous for killing bad guys than falling foul of a movie death himself. But how many films feature the ...

The 1975 movie that “had the biggest impact” on Mark Wahlberg explains a lot, and not in a good way

Now a veteran of action films of very varying quality, Mark Wahlberg grew up on the hard-hitting movies of the 1970s, ...

In 2008, Ryan Reynolds was given “one of the all-time foolish studio notes.” A decade later, it was worth billions

In 2008, Ryan Reynolds watched as "one of the all-time foolish studio notes" ruined a character he loved, but he didn't give ...

The one movie genre John Carpenter was always too scared to try: “I would be pretty nervous”

John Carpenter discussed his love for western movies and explained why he'll never be able to return to the genre himself, ...

The trailblazing director who inspired Sofia Coppola in an industry full of “macho guys”

Sofia Coppola has long been inspired by the legendary New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion, who directed 'The Piano' and ...