Since she played Rachel Green in the popular television series Friends for ten years, Jennifer Aniston has become a household name. The heavyweight in Hollywood claims that nowadays, anyone can become famous despite having no demonstrable talent. Aniston is not too thrilled about that remark. In Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, which features interviews with…

Tim McGraw has confessed that his mother had a “complete meltdown” after hearing his new Here On Earth album’s emotional song ‘I Called Mama’ for the first time. Tim revealed exclusively to Smooth Country during a new interview that the song dedication had his mother in tears – and that her portrait now serves as…

On September 19, 1933, David McCallum was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother, Dorothy, played the cello, and his father, David Sr., played orchestral violin for the London Philharmonic Orchestra. One may argue that David’s eventual entry into his parents’ line of work was preordained by the stars. He began playing the oboe as a…

Shiloh inherited the best from both her parents. We have witnessed many times how the onscreen chemistry between actors working on a set side by side has quickly been brought into their private life. Take the most famous, now ex, couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for example. When the two filmed Mr. and Mrs.…

William Gierke, 9, of Wisconsin, was overjoyed with his T-shirt. However, she returned home from school in tears and heartbreak. His peers had ridiculed him and branded him a “sissy” because he wore a pink T-shirt. William Gierke, 9, wanted to demonstrate his support for cancer patients, so he chose a T-shirt that was meaningful…

Hoda Kotb’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom! So cool that she made it a priority to leave her Today Show hosting duties mid-show in order to personally drop her daughters, Haley Joy and Hope Catherine, off on their first day of school! About 25 minutes after the show began, Kotb revealed she…

Brenda Lee’s name may not be as recognizable as some of the other music stars from the 1960s but when you think of Christmas, you’ll know her song, and start humming her catchy tune, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” When Lee, now 78, first hit the stage, she wasn’t old enough to drive but her…

One glance at Dr. Phil’s life—his notoriety, wealth, and seemingly effortless ascent to the pinnacles of blinding success—makes it simple to forget that he was once a young man who struggled just like everybody else. In fact, one could easily conclude that Dr. Phil had a harder time of things than many others do given…

When an old family friend contacted Carrie and Craig Kosinski and asked them if they could take care of her young twins, they said “yes.” Carrie and Craig offered to take custody of the cute girls on a trial basis. But then days became weeks, weeks became months, and soon, the girls were part of…

On screen they were a devoted married couple, one of the most famous in television history, as Olivia and John Walton in the hit CBS series “The Waltons.” They were always surrounded by children with each episode reiterating the importance of family and love — but off screen their lives were far from the idyllic…