Christopher Hitchens, journalist, author, contrarian, some might say literary badass, was known for throwing his intellect around and for taking some rather unpopular stands and if you hated him for that... well then he was just fine with it....
Since 1979, Ashrita Furman has set over 350 Guinness records which means he is the greatest world record breaker of all time. He always loved the Guinness book of World Records. It was sort of like his Bible while...
Memphis, Tennessee is the home of the late great Elvis Presley. It was in the Sun Studios in Memphis, 50 years ago, that rock and roll was born, and so began the legend that is Elvis Presley. In the...
Mark Zuckerberg was a Harvard freshman with a gift for computer programming. Less than a decade later, he is the baby-faced, multi-billionaire, power broker who rubbed shoulders with the President. He transformed a dorm-room project into the internet's biggest...
Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy Playmate of the year, was one of the most famous models in the world. Anna worked her way from the bottom, pretty much straight to the top. The first year of Playboy, in...
Some regard him as the most important scientist since Darwin. But he himself is only a little more modest. For the first time now, he can actually design life in a computer, make the DNA software, and create new...
Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend is a one-hour biography of the most notorious gangster in history. His exploits in the early part of the century have inspired authors, journalists and filmmakers. Myths have always been woven around the figure...
George Westinghouse is one of the almost forgotten technological leaders in American history. The electrification of the United States that we take for granted today was made possible by his engineering know-how and business acumen. George Westinghouse changed the...
Keith Moon was one of the most outrageous rock and roll performers in the world. He was a drumming genius, but his talents were overshadowed by his wild-man ways. As the genius drummer for The Who, wild-man Moon was...
In 1971, the small African nation of Uganda was taken over by self-styled dictator General Idi Amin Dada, beginning an eight-year reign of terror that would result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Amin's rule was characterized by...
On his last day alive soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He's abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents' house in Los Angeles, California. His excessive drug use escalates and with it, the...
Janis Joplin is the undisputed queen of rock and roll. It's a fact that there had been no female superstar of rock before Janis came along. Her rule of thumb was if it feels good do it. Janis also...
