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- Michael JacksonMichael Jackson bought a music catalog with most of the Beatles's material in 1985. He paid 47.5 million dollars.
- Marilyn MonroeAn unimpressed studio head signed Marilyn Monroe specifically to keep her away from a rival studio.
- Truman CapoteOn the 23rd of August 1984, Truman Capote boarded a flight from New York to Los Angeles with a granny-square baby blanket. A relative he called Sook had made it for him when he was small. Friends said he was seldom without it, even when he…
- River PhoenixRiver Phoenix was an American actor and musician, and at the 92nd Academy Awards his brother Joaquin spoke one of River's lyrics aloud. Accepting the Best Actor prize, Joaquin told the room that River wrote it at 17: "run to the rescue…
- Tom PettyTom Petty was ten years old in the summer of 1961 when his uncle, who was working on the set of Elvis Presley's film Follow That Dream in nearby Ocala, Florida, invited him to watch the filming. Petty became a Presley fan on the spot.…
- Carrie FisherCarrie Fisher once asked to be reported as drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra.
- Brittany MurphyBrittany Murphy stood on the stage of the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards with a very simple job. She was to read the names of five nominees, open an envelope and announce the winner. Instead, the American actress and singer turned the…
- Janis JoplinIn the summer of 1962, the campus newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin printed a profile of a student named Janis Joplin. The issue was dated the 27th of July, and the headline read “She Dares to Be Different.” The writer noted…
- Aaron CarterAaron Carter was nine years old when he walked onto a stage in Berlin in March 1997 to open for the Backstreet Boys, the group his older brother belonged to. He was 34 when he died, in 2022. Between those two points lay millions of records…
- Mac MillerBlue Slide Park, an album released on the 8th of November 2011, sold 144,000 copies in its first week and landed at the top of the US Billboard 200. No debut album distributed outside the major label system had done that since Tha Dogg…
- Matthew PerryMatthew Perry spent a decade playing Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends, yet he later said he had no memory of three years of that work. By 2002, he and his five co-stars were each earning $1 million per episode. Millions of viewers…