Kelly Schoen

Although Linda Gray’s Sue Ellen Ewing had no lines during that April 1978 pilot episode of Dallas, she didn’t need them. While the rest of the characters sparred on camera, Sue Ellen sat on the couch and filmed the reaction shot that floored CBS execs. Gray recalled using her eyes to project her deep-seated distaste …

The customary royalty for actors merchandising their likeness is around 5 percent. Carrie Fisher reportedly made nothing, although one resource reports that she made a quarter of a percent. Perhaps she didn’t know any better when she signed the contract to play Princess Leia Organa in director George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977). She certainly didn’t …

Jimmy Kimmel is obsessed with cookbooks and is the proud owner of thousands.

It's tough to imagine that two-time Oscar winner George Clooney spent nearly a decade making television pilots that networks never picked up.

When Judith Chapman’s Gloria Fisher last appeared on The Young and Restless she was ousted from Jabot. Fans lamented that she left Genoa City without a word. You can bet Gloria’s not done with Jabot, her sons, or Genoa City just yet. In fact, she returned to her fan-favorite role as Gloria this month, and …

Tech giant Steve Jobs meets Gen-X actor Ashton Kutcher for a fruit chaser two years after Jobs’ death at 56. The 42-year-old actor was just 35 at the time he decided to fully immerse himself into the life of the tech guru. Little did he know that full immersion — including Jobs’ notorious fruit diet …

There's nothing like a location shoot to bring realism to TV shows like NBC's ER, which ran for 15 seasons, from 1994 to 2009.

'Breaking Bad' actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul got firsthand meth-making experience from the AMC series.

Find out why 'Breaking Bad' has Walter White wearing his now-trademark porkpie hat.

Tom Hanks' other career, perhaps the one he loves most, is husband to actress Rita Wilson and father to his four grown kids.

Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) is more than a prolific mob boss, he's a mover and a shaker, but no one can seem to shake out what he moves.

Dark, handsome, brooding mob kingpin Sonny Corinthos has been a tour de force on General Hospital since 1993. Since then, Daytime Emmy winner Maurice Benard has portrayed Sonny for 2,513 episodes. This eclipses the other longest-running GH alum, Leslie Charleson’s Monica Quartermaine, by roughly 70 percent. This makes Sonny Corinthos the character who’s appeared in …

Over 50 seasons of General Hospital are in the can, including storylines that have spanned 11 presidents and the demise of 15 other soap operas.