Curated playlist

Spokespersons

Matt DamonMatt Damon once turned down 10 percent of the profits from Avatar, a film that went on to become the most successful of all time. Director James Cameron made the offer while Damon was still working on the Bourne films, and Damon did not…
Peyton ManningPeyton Manning, born on the 24th of March 1976, played quarterback in the National Football League for 18 seasons and earned the nickname "the Sheriff". Fourteen of those seasons were spent with the Indianapolis Colts, and four with the…
Ryan ReynoldsRyan Reynolds gave up his usual fee so the Deadpool film would get made.
Stan LeeStan Lee used a pen name because comic books embarrassed him. He wanted his real name saved for a novel he never wrote.
Walt DisneyIn 1928, Walt Disney lost his hit cartoon rabbit Oswald to Universal. Only Ub Iwerks stayed, and Mickey Mouse followed.
SelenaSelena Quintanilla-Pérez was 23 years old when she died on the 31st of March 1995, and major television networks interrupted their regular programming to announce it. She was a singer from Texas who performed Tejano music, a…
Bill CosbyBill Cosby holds the record for the most Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album, with seven wins. To a vast television audience, he was also Cliff Huxtable, the father at the center of The Cosby Show. That role earned him a reputation as…
Steve JobsSteve Jobs died on the 5th of October 2011, and he had arranged one last gesture for the people who came to remember him. At the memorial held at Stanford University, every guest received a small brown box as a farewell gift from him.…
Travis ScottTravis Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Houston, Texas. Within a single twelve-month span, three of his songs entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number one. No artist…
Travis KelceTravis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, went into Super Bowl LVII facing a team that employed his older brother. Jason Kelce played for the Philadelphia Eagles, which made that game the first Super Bowl with two brothers as…
Tiger WoodsTiger Woods won the 1997 Masters by twelve strokes, and the margin was only the beginning of what made that week strange. On the 13th of April 1997 he finished 18 under par with a total of 270, leaving runner-up Tom Kite far behind. Woods…
John SchnatterJohn Hampton Schnatter, known to millions of customers as Papa John, was born on the 22nd of November 1961. By 2017 his net worth stood above $1 billion, built on a pizza chain that carried his nickname. Within about a year, he had lost…
Colonel SandersHarland David Sanders, known around the world as Colonel Sanders, was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville wearing a white suit and a black western string tie. It was the outfit he had worn in public for the last twenty years of his…