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Mar 12, 2018
Marceline: The superstar clown who inspired Charlie Chaplin
The rise of cinema led to the demise of the legendary clown’s career
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Mar 9, 2018
Octavia Butler’s science fiction made black girls heroes
She was the first sci-fi writer to win a…
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Mar 5, 2018
Photos: Enter the badass
Rare family photos reveal Bruce Lee’s inner life, discipline, and distaste…
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Nov 22, 2017
Two families in two different countries claimed this wild girl was their vanished daughter
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Nov 16, 2017
When the ‘Chester the Molester’ artist got arrested for molesting, why was anyone surprised?
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Oct 10, 2017
Watch: This Japanese actor dominated the silent film era—and went on to fight Asian stereotypes
Sessue Hayakawa was the first Asian to be nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar
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Oct 1, 2017
Watch: How a goofy skin flick opened the doors for the American porn industry
‘The Immoral Mr. Teas’ took smut films mainstream
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Aug 20, 2017
Infrared photos of 1940s movie audiences are a candid study of American voyeurism
Imaging the…
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Aug 17, 2017
Hollywood was exploring sexuality, gender, and feminism in the 1930s—but one man stopped it
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Jul 10, 2017
The sordid murder of this Hollywood director took the fun and sex out of Tinseltown
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