Behind the iconic trench coat, in the worldweary gaze of Hollywood’s greatest rebel, lies a secret. He wasn’t born in the gutter, but in a mansion. How did a pampered angel baby from New York high society transform into the man who redefined the anti-hero? Today, we peel back the polished layers of fame to…
In April of 1968, a woman sat alone in a hospital corridor in Los Angeles. She was 46 years old, though every magazine in America would have told you she was 44. She wore no makeup. Her hands were folded in her lap, still as stone. 3 hours earlier, Martin Melcher, her husband, her agent,…
Dallas, Texas, July 1976. Somewhere around 11 at night, the air still thick with that particular southern heat that doesn’t quit after sundown. A limousine rolled along the highway from the airport, sleek and black. Inside that car, a woman was being beaten. She was 36 years old. She wore a white suit, a nice…
In the golden age of Hollywood, Farley Granger was the heartthrob on screen and Arthur Lawrence was the genius writer behind Westside Story. But behind the red carpet, they were hiding a dangerous secret. In an era where being gay meant career suicide, they refused the studios demands for fake marriages to women. Along with…
Van Johnson was the dream lover of millions of American girls in the 1940s. But Hollywood whispered a fatal secret. He had no interest in women. He displayed soft mannerisms and was unusually attached to actor Keenan Wyn. To prevent a box office disaster, Louis B. Mayor, the tycoon of MGM, issued a shocking directive….
May 18th, 1963. The White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy sits at his desk in the Oval Office. He is composing a letter. The letter is addressed to Prime Minister David Bengurion of Israel. It is not a friendly letter. It is barely diplomatic. Kennedy writes, “This government’s commitment to and support of…
August 1957, Washington DC. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts takes the floor of the United States Senate. He is 40 years old. He has been a senator for 5 years. He is already thinking about running for president and he is about to deliver a speech that will infuriate the Israeli government and American…
April 13th, 1991. Bay 29th Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. 7:45 in the evening. A big man steps out of his house in the fading light and walks toward his 1991 Lincoln Town Car. He’s 47 years old, 6’3, 230 lb of South Brooklyn muscle. He’s been one of the most feared men in New York organized…
January 14th, 1979. A house in Queens, New York. Tommy De Simone walked out his front door, climbed into a car with two men he knew, and disappeared forever. He was 28 years old. He thought he was about to become a made man in the Lucesi crime family. Instead, he was driving to his…
Liberace, the world’s greatest pianist, looked at Elvis Presley and said, “You’re just a guitar player who shakes his hips. Real musicians play piano.” Then he made a bet. $100 if Elvis could play just one song on his piano. What happened in the next 5 minutes made Liberace cry, made the room go silent,…
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