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Michael Jackson wanted to be Spider-Man. His plan went way past a movie role.

Alyssa Lapid

Michael Jackson loved Spider-Man so much that Stan Lee later recalled what the singer was really after, and it was far bigger than a movie role.

Elvis’s granddaughter grew up with Graceland. It wasn’t the home she loved most.

Rob Sheffield

Elvis's granddaughter Riley Keough says Graceland felt like a museum when she was little. The home she loved was Michael Jackson's Neverland.

Michael Jackson sings this Halloween hit’s chorus. So why isn’t his name on it?

Deborah L. Jacobs

That spooky Halloween chorus you've hummed for 40 years is Michael Jackson. But the hit belongs to someone else. Here's the real story.

Michael Jackson sent a sick friend a gift from overseas. His wife played it every day for six years.

Nolan Feeney

When Sony's Akio Morita fell ill, Michael Jackson sent a tape he made himself. His wife played it every day for more than six years.

Michael Jackson married in secret. One line in the statement gave it away

Andy Frye

In 1994 Michael Jackson secretly married Lisa Marie Presley. See the statement and the one line that finally confirmed it to the world.

Michael Jackson’s movie asked to be judged a musical. The Golden Globes said no.

Michael Stevens

Lionsgate asked the Golden Globes to judge the Michael Jackson movie as a musical. This week the voters said no. Here's the real reason.

Priscilla married Elvis before she ever saw him onstage. Then one night she sat in the crowd

Alyssa Lapid

Priscilla had married Elvis and had his baby before she ever saw him perform live. At the 1968 taping, her honest reaction surprised even her.

Elvis’s dad warned him about the people around him. His answer stopped him cold

Paula Mejía

Vernon Presley warned Elvis about the crew around him. Elvis's quiet answer about their wants and needs stayed with his father for life.

Elvis picked his own songs. Then Priscilla heard one on Sunset Boulevard.

Nolan Feeney

Priscilla Presley heard a song on Sunset Boulevard, made a U-turn, and handed Elvis one of his most powerful performances. Here's the song and his reaction.

Elvis’s great-granddaughter has a name that honors two people she never met

Rob Sheffield

Riley Keough waited a year to reveal her daughter's name. Tupelo Storm honors Elvis's Mississippi birthplace and her late brother Benjamin.