Memphis, 1977. The lights dimmed in the recording studio as Elvis Presley sat alone at the piano, his hands trembling above the keys. The musicians had already packed up for the night, but the king of rock and roll couldn’t leave. Not yet. There was one song he needed to record, though he’d been avoiding…
In the summer of 1977, 3 weeks before his death, Elvis Presley walked into a private recording booth at Graceland. Alone, no producers, no band, no Colonel Parker. He recorded something for nearly 2 hours. Then he melted the tape with his own hands. One witness saw it happen. He never spoke publicly until now….
When Johnny Carson asked an 8-year-old boy in his audience how he got the bruises on his face, the child’s answer was so terrifying that Johnny stopped the live taping and did something no TV host had ever done before. He called the police on air. It was March 17th, 1979. The Tonight Show was…
John Wayne’s final sitdown with Johnny Carson exposed a secret no one expected. Just weeks before his death, Hollywood’s toughest cowboy sat across from Johnny and finally admitted the truth he’d been hiding for 50 years, leaving 15 million viewers absolutely stunned. April 9th, 1979. The Tonight Show was preparing for what would become one…
Have you seen those little whisper things that people get who are just on the edge of going completely deaf where you hear something? I’m going to get you. >> I think it’s me. [laughter] >> Yeah, I think you’re losing it. >> Johnny Carson spent 30 years mastering the art of late night television….
Robert Redford’s emotional confession about the love of his life at 88, Hollywood stardom, Academy Awards, the founding of Sundance, and adoring fans worldwide. Robert Redford has experienced all the trappings of success during his illustrious career spanning over six decades. But behind the glamorous facade, and beneath the rugged exterior of the Sundance Kid…
It is a warm summer evening in 1977. And inside the Pagoda Theater on East Broadway in Manhattan’s Chinatown, a Bruce Lee film is playing on the screen. The theater is packed. Families, old men from the neighborhood, young immigrants who had just finished 10hour shifts in the garment sweat shops a few blocks away….
It’s 1985 in Southwest Detroit. The auto industry is collapsing. Unemployment is skyrocketing. And two teenage brothers are standing on a corner with $50 worth of crack cocaine trying to figure out a way out. Demetrius Flenory is 17. His younger brother Terry is 15. They’re selling $50 bags to anyone who walks by. Their…
Chicago, November 1st, 1983. A funeral procession stretches so far down Chicago Avenue that police have to come out and shut down a lane of traffic. 5,000 people, not a concert, not a rally, not some televised memorial with cameras and eulogies and politicians. A funeral for a 29year-old man that most of this city…
January 14th, 1979. A cold Sunday night in New York. Tommy DeSimone leaves home dressed for glory, not for burial. A double-breasted black suit, blue shirt, silk tie. He thinks he is finally going to get his button. He thinks all the bodies, all the robberies, all…
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