Rebel Without a Cause' has seen most of its cast pass tragically young, and its production too began with a fateful car crash, cementing its cursed status.
Natalie Wood was a Hollywood starlet before she could even spell Hollywood, and she's been adored by the public ever since.
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This Day in Pop Culture for October 27

On this day in pop culture history, Charlie Brown got a rock, James Dean was a rebel, and Walt Disney aired his go-fund-me ...
The actor, 55, reminisced about his former famous neighbor at the premiere of 'Is This Thing On?' Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, ...
The theme for this year’s New York City LGBTQ film festival NewFest is “queer film is an act of rebellion.” “We are in a moment when we need to be raising our voices,” the festival’s executive ...
Gorillaz enlist Argentine rapper Trueno and late D12 rapper Proof for their new song “The Manifesto,” the latest offering from the group’s upcoming album The Mountain. The single continues the album’s ...
Mike Scott has devoted an entire album to the late wild man of cinema, Dennis Hopper. (Photo by Paul Mac Manus) “It was a whole lot of fun,” says Scott. “Being directed by the chronology of Hopper’s ...
Jim Mitchum, the actor son of Hollywood great Robert Mitchum who at 16 starred with his father in the 1958 cult classic Thunder Road, died following a lengthy illness September 20 at his ranch home in ...
James “Jim” Mitchum, a 20th century actor who carried forward the Mitchum family legacy in Hollywood and appeared in more than 30 films, died Sept. 20 at his ranch home in Skull Valley, Ariz. He was ...
Lawmakers advanced a resolution to rename part of Highway 46 after James Dean. The renamed stretch covers four miles near the 1955 crash site in Cholame, CA. Caltrans completed a $148M project to ...
It’s been 70 years since Hollywood legend James Dean died in a car crash in Central California. The “Rebel Without a Cause” star was killed in a collision at the Cholame “Y” where Highway 41 and ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Actor James Dean died 70 years ago today in a car crash at age 24 after making only three films. His death while ...