As Slipknot gathered in 2003 to begin work on what would be their third album, they were surrounded by speculation as to whether they had
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John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, despite being controversial enough to earn an X-rating on its release
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George Martin used to quibble over whether “The Ballad of John and Yoko” was even a Beatles song. What’s certain, however, is this: Without it,
The Electric Light Orchestra had actually lost money on their most recent tour, a grandiose jaunt that featured a giant replica of their iconic album-cover
David Bowie entered 1974 as one of the world’s biggest rock stars. He was still flying high on the success of the Ziggy Stardust character, whose
Rock supergroups often turn out to be depressingly less than the sum of their parts. But when singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke left
Just because Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan had been the success the franchise needed to wipe out the ignominy of Star Trek: The