The night of 9 July 1943, Italy. Allied forces land in Sicily, opening a new front in Europe and bringing the war directly to Italian soil. Within weeks, the Fascist regime begins to collapse. Benito Mussolini, who has ruled Italy for more than 20 years, is removed from power by order of King Victor Emmanuel…
What happens when someone publicly humiliates the King of Pop in front of 60,000 screaming fans? In 1988, during the height of Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour, a shocking moment occurred that nobody saw coming. A prominent TV host made a cruel comment about Michael’s appearance during a live broadcast, thinking she had the upper…
There was always something emotionally delicate about Michael Jackson, even at the height of his fame. When he was arguably the biggest entertainer on earth, he often didn’t come across as emotionally untouchable. He came across as vulnerable, sensitive, anxious, almost fragile at times. And the older Michael became, the more visible that emotional fragility…
When most celebrities die, their legacy becomes history. The story is mostly written, the public moves on, and eventually people settle on one version of who that person was. But with Michael Jackson, that never happened. [music] Even years after his death, people are still fighting over his image, his reputation, and the meaning of…
Los Angeles, February 28th, 1988. The Shrine Auditorium buzzes as the Grammy Awards reach their climax. Golden lights illuminate music’s biggest stars. Michael Jackson sits in the third row wearing his military inspired jacket, white glove resting on his knee. Everyone knows Thriller has dominated charts for over a year. But not everyone in the…
Michael Jackson was in the middle of Billy Jean when a desperate mother’s scream cut through the music at the Apollo Theater. What he did next had never been done before in his entire career. It was December 15th, 1983 in Harlem, New York. Michael was performing an intimate surprise show at the legendary Apollo…
Michael Jackson was in the middle of Billy Jean when a desperate mother’s scream cut through the music at the Apollo Theater. What he did next had never been done before in his entire career. It was December 15th, 1983 in Harlem, New York. Michael was performing an intimate surprise show at the legendary Apollo…
The studio door slammed shut with a sound that echoed through Hit Facto’s empty hallways at 2:47 a.m. David Richardson, the veteran sound engineer who had worked with everyone from Sinatra to Springsteen, had never seen anyone lock themselves inside Studio A from the inside before. But then again, he’d never seen Michael Jackson look…
The room went quiet the moment Walter Yetnikoff threw the papers across the table. Not the polite kind of quiet. The kind that happens when everyone in the room understands that the most powerful man in the building has just made up his mind. And nothing left to say is going to change it. It…
The ship that, more than any other single weapon, swept the great pirate captains from the seas and made them into history. This is the story of the frigate. And by the end of this video, you will understand exactly why a thousand cutthroats and killers would rather face a hurricane than face one of…
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