Alyssa Lapid
Michael Jackson Brought His Giant Snake Everywhere, Until It Ate a Parrot
Michael Jackson’s love of animals was legendary. He shared his Encino home with Bubbles the chimpanzee, a llama named Louie ...
The Record Label Thought ‘Thriller’ Was Finished. Michael Jackson Proved Them Very Wrong
By late 1983, Thriller was already a monster hit. “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” had dominated radio and MTV, and ...
Why Michael Jackson Went Shopping Disguised in an Abaya
For most of his life, Michael Jackson couldn’t walk into a store without causing a stampede. So in January 2006, ...
Michael Jackson Filled This Stadium Five Times on One Tour, and Amsterdam Still Talks About It
Some artists play a city once and move on. Michael Jackson played Amsterdam’s brand-new stadium five times on the same ...
Michael Jackson Won Zero Grammys That Night. Then ‘Bad’ Made History Anyway
Four years earlier, he had been untouchable. At the 1984 Grammys, Michael Jackson won a record-breaking eight awards in one ...
Lisa Marie Presley’s Final Words: The Secret Tapes Her Daughter Turned Into a Book
Imagine hearing your mother’s voice again after she’s gone, telling you everything she never got to say. For Riley Keough, ...
Hollywood Wouldn’t Let Elvis Become the Actor He Dreamed of Being
Elvis Presley didn’t just want to sing in movies. He wanted to be a real actor, in the mold of ...
Elvis Explained His Divorce From the Stage While Priscilla Sat in the Audience
Most celebrity divorces end in slammed doors and nasty headlines. Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s ended with the two of them ...
The Elvis Song That Started as a Joke and Ended at His Final Concert
“Love Me” was never supposed to become one of Elvis Presley’s most emotional songs. When Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ...
Elvis Got Fired From a Movie Theater. Years Later, It Premiered His Movie
Before Elvis Presley became one of the most famous entertainers in the world, he was a broke Memphis teenager working ...