Curated playlist
American health activists
- Salma HayekSalma Hayek was once told, after arriving in the United States, that her accent would make moviegoers think of housekeepers. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2021, she received a star…
- Elizabeth TaylorAfter Rock Hudson said he was dying of AIDS, Elizabeth Taylor helped found a research foundation in 1985.
- Christy TurlingtonGrace Coddington, the long-time creative director of American Vogue, once called Christy Turlington "the most beautiful woman in the world." Turlington was born on the 2nd of January 1969 in Walnut Creek, California. She rose to fame as a…
- Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson told the world he had HIV from the free throw line in 1991. He was 32 and a five-time NBA champion.
- Michael BloombergMichael Bloomberg was on the ballot in New York City's Republican mayoral primary when voting opened on the morning of the 11th of September 2001. Later that day, officials postponed the primary because of the attacks on the city. The…
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger broke into a locked gym on weekends as a teenager. He later became California's governor.
- Maria ShriverMaria Shriver was volunteering on her father's 1972 vice presidential campaign when she was sent to the back of the campaign plane, where the reporters sat. In her 2000 book, Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real…
- Richard GereRichard Gere had one narrow job at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, which was to announce the nominees for best art direction. He used the moment to denounce human rights abuses by the Chinese government. The Academy responded by banning…
- Russell SimmonsRussell Simmons said a 1977 Harlem rap show was "the invention of the wheel." He went on to build Def Jam and Phat Farm.
- Michael J. FoxMichael J. Fox once worked two months of days that began with rehearsals at 10 a.m. and ended with filming at 2:30 the next morning. Those were the hours of 1985. By day he rehearsed the sitcom Family Ties. By night he rushed to the set of…
- Jim SimonsJim Simons, born James Harris Simons, once explained his dislike of publicity by borrowing a line from Benjamin the Donkey in Animal Farm. "God gave me a tail to keep off the flies. But I'd rather have had no tail and no flies. That's kind…