(CNN) — We are just now learning that the 1980 movie “Popeye” had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed. Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, shared some tea about the film during a ...

A surprising fact is that Popeye the Sailor did not originate in animation. Even more surprisingly, he was not even the first character in his own cast to debut. Popeye’s on-again-off-again love ...

Robin Williams was a one-of-a-kind performer and comedy legend who established himself as one of Hollywood's greatest stars with memorable characters from iconic films like Disney's Aladdin, The ...

Live-action films based on cartoons are one of Hollywood's most fascinating genres. When they're done well, they are enormously successful, like 1994's The Flintstones, a film that brought Bedrock to ...

Barry Diller’s book tour for his recently published memoir “Who Knew” hit New York City’s 92Y, where moderator Anderson Cooper asked Diller during a Q&A to reveal “the most coked-up film set” he ever ...

Popeye, which turns 40 this month, owes a debt to another beloved character: Little Orphan Annie. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Dustin Hoffman was supposed to play the lead, but when Hoffman ...

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