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At the age of 37, Bing Crosby had 24 films behind him and his Hollywood career was at a crossroads. He found the perfect comedic partner in Bob Hope, with whom he had first performed on stage in 1932. Starting in 1940, Hope and Crosby ...

UPDATE: Nov. 2, 2015: American Masters will launch its 30th anniversary season with the first documentary ever about Mike Nichols, to premiere January 29, 2016. Elaine May will direct. Read more. In this web-exclusive video from American Masters: Inventing David Geffen (2012), Mike Nichols speaks ...

Bing Crosby used his fame and wealth to help friends, acquaintances and strangers in ways both public and nearly invisible. In this web-exclusive outtake, Crosby's biographer Gary Giddins describes the "take care of" list of people the entertainer kept, and how Crosby generally did not ...

To most Americans, he was the eternal Crooner: a much celebrated and beloved performer of unparalleled popularity. Yet Bing Crosby was far more than that: He was an architect of 20th century entertainment, a force in the development of three industries that barely existed when ...

In this exclusive 2006 interview, Joan Rivers explains how she and her cohort were the 1st generation of American-born comedians.

In this film excerpt, actress Kim Cattrall (b. 1956) discusses the important choices that shaped her future. Faced with tough decisions as a young performer, Cattrall looks back at her early experiences and reflects on the path that lead to her long and successful acting ...

Steve Wozniak (b. 1950) co-founder, Apple Computer, recalls the days when a computer cost as much as a house. He set out to build a computer he could afford, and in doing so, paved the way millions of others to afford one, too. American Masters: ...

Serving in Vietnam and the music of the era are inextricably linked for veteran and author Tim O'Brien (b. 1946). "One of my most powerful memories of Vietnam has nothing to do with bullets and firefights," he says. It's about the moment when two platoons ...

American Masters – Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year-long ride with Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life; it peels away the mask of an iconic comedian, laying bare both the struggle and thrill of living life as ...

Starting in seventh grade, artist David LaChapelle (b. 1963) was so bullied for being gay that he dropped out of school by ninth grade. He moved to New York City, where being gay was accepted. He recalls there was even social cache to being bisexual, ...