April 1945, a German POW camp outside Frankfurt. The war was almost over. Germany was collapsing. Thousands of German soldiers were surrendering every…
The studio was warm, the audience was laughing, and Audrey Hepburn was doing what she had always done. Holding herself together with absolute…
The matraud had barely finished pulling out her chair when Marco Corsini’s voice cut across the dining room like a blade. This table…
When funk legend Rick James called Michael Jackson a pop sellout on live TV and challenged him to show real funk, Michael smiled…
The studio lights burn white hot. The audience roars with laughter. On live television, in front of 12 million viewers, a talk show…
Los Angeles, California. March 14th, 1966. The Continental Hotel restaurant, 8:22 p.m. There were exactly 31 people inside that dining room. Waiters, busboys,…
Los Angeles, California, March 1970. The Dragon’s Lair Boxing and Martial Arts Gym on Sunset Boulevard. Tuesday afternoon, just after 3:00. The gym…
The Yanks pointed at the SASSR and called them tourists. The Afteraction report said otherwise. The comment was made in the kind of…
The Yanks brought Apache helicopters and artillery, the SAS brought six men and a map. The two force packages had been assigned to…
The Yanks had air support, artillery, and 400 men. The SAS asked for a vehicle and a start time. The planning meeting had…