Life Stories

  • Harry & Caresse Crosby

    The couple who made the '20s roar.

    April 30, 2010, 12:00 am
  • Dominick Dunne: Hollywood's Diarist

    War hero, film producer, TV host and father of a murdered child, Dominick Dunne seemed destined to become the great chronicler of Tinseltown's darkest chapters.

    March 25, 2010, 12:00 am
  • DJ AM: One Last Spin

    He overcame a traumatic childhood and morbid obesity, but in the end there was one demon this star couldn't defeat.

    February 24, 2010, 12:00 am
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor: The Original Fame Seeker

    Before Paris Hilton, there was her step-great-grandmother: a ravishing beauty who married nine times and made a multi-million dollar fortune - as well as plenty of headlines - along the way.

    January 28, 2010, 12:00 am
  • Ted Kennedy: Last Man Standing

    He was born into privilege and power, dogged by scandal and racked by grief, but this politician dragged himself from the depths of despair to become a champion of the American people.

    December 29, 2009, 12:00 am
  • Patrick Swayze: The Last Dance

    Photographs in his final weeks showed a man ravaged by cancer, but to a generation reared on Ghost and Dirty Dancing, he'll always be the heart-throb who refused to put Baby in a corner, says Helen Gent.

    November 18, 2009, 4:01 pm
  • Life Story: Betty Ford

    Dancer, model, breast cancer survivor and secret alcoholic, America's most colourful and outspoken first lady is best known as a beacon of hope for millions tormented by disease and addiction.

    September 18, 2009, 12:00 am
  • The Notorious B.I.G: Bad Boy Of Rap

    He was one of hip-hop's biggest stars - in every sense - but his role in a blood-soaked turf war between the America's East and West Coast rappers ensured his days at the top would be short-lived. Claire Scobie reports.

    September 9, 2009, 4:05 pm
  • Farrah Fawcett: Hollywood's Angel

    She was the all-American girl with the megawatt smile, but, writes Helen Gent, her love life and volatile temper saw her career overshadowed by lurid headlines.

    August 5, 2009, 12:00 am

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