The Film That Nearly Killed Audrey: The Unforgiven Nightmare January 28th, 1959. Durango, Mexico. A horse stopped abruptly. Audrey Hepburn went flying over its head. She bounced two or three times on the hard desert ground. Then she lay still for 5 minutes. She was unconscious when she finally opened her eyes. The first words…
Gregory Peck BURNED This $2 Million Script—Studio Never Recovered From What He Did Next Thursday afternoon, August 19th, 1954. Universal Studios, bungalow 14, 4:15 p.m. Gregory Peck [music] sat behind his mahogany desk, staring at the leather-bound script that had just cost Universal Pictures $2 million to develop. At 38, Hollywood’s moral conscience was at…
The Man Who Destroyed Audrey: 14 Years of Psychological Abuse March 1955, Audrey Hepburn sat in a hospital room after losing her first baby. She was devastated, crying, asking the doctors what she’d done wrong. Her husband, Mel Furer, wasn’t there. He’d gone back to the studio to work on a film project. When he…
Audrey Hepburn Spent Her Life Helping Others While Suffering In Silence January 20th, 1993. To loan, Switzerland. Audrey Hepburn is [music] dying. Colon cancer. Her final days. As she lies in bed, surrounded by her sons, Shawn and Luca. She’s thinking about children. Not just her sons, but the children she lost. The ones who…
Elizabeth Taylor At 19: Sophisticated Socialite Role Changed Her Forever. Lost Childhood. August 14th, 1951. Fine Arts Theater, Beverly Hills. A Place in the Sun premieres. Hollywood royalty fills the red carpet. Cameras flash. Reporters shout questions. Elizabeth Taylor arrives in a white gown, elegant, sophisticated, the picture of refined glamour. She’s playing Angela Vickers,…
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Their Toxic Love Story January 22nd, 1962. Sinakita Studios, Rome. Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars prepare for their first scene together in the most expensive film ever made. Elizabeth Taylor, 30 years old, married to singer Eddie Fischer for 3 years, the world’s highest paid actress, earning a record $1 million…
Clint Eastwood Was Told To Give Up His Table – What He Did Next Left The Room SILENT Muso and Frank was more than a restaurant. It was an institution established in 1919. The oldest restaurant in Hollywood, the place where deals were made, careers were launched, and Hollywood’s power structure was on display every…
Prisoner Challenged Sammy The Bull In The Yard — 5 Minutes Later Guards Rushed In The basketball hit the chain link fence with a metallic rattle, bouncing back onto the concrete recreation yard at FCI Phoenix in Arizona. It was 2:15 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon in August 2002. The temperature was 107°. Most inmates…
15 Mafia Killers Who Made Even Mob Bosses Afraid The boss sits at the head of the table, commands respect, issues orders, controls territory worth millions. But even bosses have limits. Even men who run entire crime families know fear. And the fear they feel isn’t directed at law enforcement or rival organizations. It’s directed…
Kevin Costner STOPPED Filming When Whitney Collapsed — The Promise He Made Changed EVERYTHING The entire film crew stood frozen in complete silence as Whitney Houston, America’s most successful recording artist, crouched in the corner of the soundstage with her hands covering her face, unable to stop crying. The cameras were loaded, the lighting was…
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