Eric Schaal

When Maureen Van Zandt got nervous during her ‘Sopranos’ acting debut, Edie Falco offered her some simple advice.

George Harrison became more familiar with lawyers and courtrooms than he’d have liked. ‘Sue Me, Sue You Blues’ was a by-product.

You almost never heard guest musicians on Led Zeppelin albums. But Sandy Denny’s vocal on ‘Th Battle of Evermore’ was an easy call.

After Led Zeppelin’s partial reunion, the band considered going on tour without Robert Plant. And Steven Tyler was in the conversation.

Though reporters kept declaring him dead in the ’80s, ‘Godfather’ star Abe Vigoda was still alive. So he had fun with it.

Robert De Niro had landed a part in ‘The Godfather.’ Fortunately for everyone concerned, he turned the job down.

Francis Ford Coppola wasn’t Paramount’s 1st pick to direct ‘The Godfather.’ He wasn’t the studio’s 10th pick, either.

The Rolling Stones first video to appear on MTV featured a location Led Zeppelin fans knew from the cover of ‘Physical Graffiti.’

Hollywood’s old approach to mafia films hadn’t worked. ‘The Godfather’ was to get audiences to ‘smell the spaghetti’ in the filmmaking.

Sidney Poitier faced tense moments during the ‘In the Heat of the Night’ shoot. At one point, Poitier reportedly slept with a gun close by.