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Val Kilmer is a lot more complicated than the action star we know from the screen—his life behind the scenes was somehow even more fast-paced.

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Lena Horne was a true triple threat, but even with her immense talent, she experienced incredibly tragedy throughout her career.

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Gone With the Wind might be controversial today, but legendary actress Hattie McDaniel was so much more than just “Mammy.”

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Pam Grier Facts. Pam Grier is famous for being the queen of the 1970s. But there's so much more to her glamorous and often tragic life.

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Debra Paget has gone down in history for her scandalous snake dance scene, but she eventually became a born-again evangelical Christian.

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To the public, Dack Rambo was a charming rising star destined for greatness—but behind closed doors, he lived a dangerous double life.

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Peter Fonda may have saved Hollywood with the groundbreaking Easy Rider, but his life behind the scenes was tinged with tragedy.

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When “Diff’rent Strokes” actor Dana Plato took her own life at the age of 34, fans tried to process her tragic unraveling.

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Orson Welles changed the history of film with his magnum opus, the iconic Citizen Kane—but his genius came with a heavy cost.

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America knew him as the loveable “Toastmaster General”—but behind the scenes, George Jessel was a truly twisted man.

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Harold Lloyd was as popular as Charlie Chaplin, but he’s almost completely forgotten now. Maybe that’s because of his extremely dirty secret.

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Terry Jones was the Welsh comedian and writer who spun his quirky love of history into one of comedy’s most iconic franchises: Monty Python.



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