The finger came down like a gavvel. John Wayne leaned forward in his chair, not fast, not dramatic, the way…
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June 15th, 1957. At a Hollywood party filled with the biggest stars in entertainment, Audrey Hepern approached Elvis Presley with…
He was the first German general to be executed by an American firing squad following the conclusion of World War…
August 1974, Memphis, Tennessee. Two of the biggest names in American music were both in crisis. Elvis Presley was battling…
Saddam Hussein was one of the greatest enemies of the United States in living memory. The Iraqi dictator’s crimes were…
A skin disease was the official explanation for decades, until the industry’s mysterious contract revealed a dark pact for pop…
Los Angeles, 1973. Television specials in the early 1970s occupied a particular space in the entertainment landscape that no longer…
She packed her life into a single battered leather valise and walked out the servants’ door before dawn. No tearful…