Bing Crosby was famous for singing “White Christmas”—but he left behind a complicated and unsettling family history.
Eartha Kitt refused to stay silent in an industry built on compliance.
Like countless dreamers who’d follow in his footsteps, Troy Donahue arrived in Hollywood chasing immortality on the silver screen.
Rosemary Clooney’s timeless holiday music stands in stark contrast to the chaos she survived offstage.
Shirley Temple may have seemed like one of those rare child stars that survived Hollywood unscathed, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Child star Deanna Durbin was the highest paid female actress of her time, but she left it all behind when Hollywood refused to let her grow up.
Sharon Tate’s bright future was violently stolen when the Manson family unleashed one of Hollywood’s darkest nightmares.
When Margaret Sullavan died, her daughter revealed the secret love affair Sullavan had with Jimmy Stewart, while she was married to Henry Fonda.
Over the course of her glorious career, Doris Day enchanted fans and made millions—but behind the scenes, she endured deep disappointment and tragedy.
Lucille Ricksen was one of Hollywood’s first big child stars—and she spent 12 of her 14 years working day and night before exhaustion killed her.
Mary Tyler Moore defined a new type of American woman with her characters in series like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Sadly, her personal life was full of old traumas.
Rick James worked, fought, and partied with almost every icon in the 70s and the 80s, and he kept taking it up a notch until it finally destroyed him.
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