Modern Hollywood

With his famously twisted grin, Jack Nicholson is the perfect blend of charming and creepy—but few know his darker history.

When River Phoenix collapsed outside the Viper Room, he was with his girlfriend—and she recently broke her silence on the details of that night.

Anna Nicole Smith adored Marilyn Monroe. Like her idol, Smith had a curvaceous figure, blonde locks—and an utterly tragic end. Few people know that the night before she died, she predicted her own death in the most chilling way imaginable.

Not only did Carrie Fisher brave mental illness and addiction, but her tragic love stories reveal her devastating vulnerabilities. Soon after her death, her brother found a mysterious note she’d written—its contents shocked him to the very core.

Eartha Kitt Facts: Kitt described her eventful and harrowing life in six words: “Rejected, ejected, dejected, used, accused, abused.”

In his tragically short but illustrious career, John Cazale became a propelling inspiration for not one, but two of Hollywood’s hottest stars of all time.