On stage, there’s 5,000 people out there coughing and sneezing and laughing and cheering. >> Sir Cliff Richard has always been known as the cleancut Peter Pan of pop. For decades, he was the star who stayed out of trouble, never married, and kept his private life strictly behind closed doors. But…
Anthony Quinn truly hated him more than anyone. They say hatred dies with the man who carries it. Anthony Quinn proved them wrong. June 1st, 2001, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, room 847. An 86-year-old man is dying. Throat cancer, respiratory failure. Hours, maybe days left. He calls for a tape recorder….
Dean Martin’s dark secret behind Rio Bravo. What most fans never figured out. December 25th, 1995. Beverly Hills, California. Christmas morning. Dean Martin is dying. 78 years old. Emphyma, kidney failure. His body shutting down one system at a time. His daughter, Dena, sits beside the bed holding his hand. The oxygen…
14 million people watch Frank Sinatra stand up from the guest chair on live television and tell Johnny Carson the interview was over. Carson didn’t call for a commercial. He didn’t apologize. He didn’t move. He just looked at Sinatra and said four words that made Sinatra sit back down. It was…
You know, the toughest thing to do is uh is eight glasses of water a day. Well, you’re not doing that, are you? Really keeps you on the go. You to start out saying, you know, discussing something and say, “Hey, see you in a minute.” Jonathan Winters perfected the art of…
Paul Hogan built an empire out of a single character and lost almost everything that mattered along the way. From the laughter and the red carpets and the knife jokes that made the whole world grin, there was a private story of sacrifice, regret, and two women who loved him in ways…
They decided after testing everybody, everybody in New York, everybody in Hollywood, even unknowns, they came back to me for some reason. >> When Shirley Jones said she had a confession at 91, everyone braced for a sweet story from the past. But then she smiled, crossed her hands, and everything changed….
It gave me an appreciation for humor. It made me think and feel what’s funny. Um, I appreciated humor in others. I wasn’t a class clown or anything. I didn’t try to be funny. But when Hollywood adored Mary Tyler Moore as America’s sweetheart, her smile made millions believe she had no…
And it was similar to my own show. It’s a bunch of guests at the same time. So I did the first show. I thought it went well and uh but then I got a call from a guy the head haunt show at the radio station wanted to take me out…
March 2nd, 1999. Federal Courthouse, Philadelphia. The morning is gray. Fluorescent light floods the hallway outside courtroom 17B. Joey Merlino walks between two FBI agents, hands cuffed in front of him. He is 40 years old. He wears a gray suit that fits perfectly. His lawyer trails behind. Nobody speaks. Inside the…
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