Picked out a cake at Meijer. Asked bakery-looking-employee if she could write on it for me. She said she would, and after a long time, she came and presented me with this cake. I looked her In the eye and said thank you before I even looked at the cake. After looking, I nervously laughed […]

In 1943, a single photograph quietly shattered Hollywood’s carefully guarded illusions. There, walking side by side, were Mae West—fearless, unapologetic, and larger than life—and Albert “Chalky” Wright, a former featherweight boxing champion. This wasn’t a staged moment or a scene from one of Mae’s daring films; it was a real-life connection that defied the rigid […]

“As I was coming home from Baton Rouge one of my tires blew out. I was freaking out trying to desperately find someone at the gas station to help. I so happened to look over and see a Sherriff pumping his gas, so I walk over and kindly ask him if he could help since […]

“I was pulled over Wednesday morning by a TN State Trooper. When he came up to the car he asked ‘Why are the two boys in the back seat not in car seats?’ My answer was the two little boys were my foster sons who I had just got the night before. I showed him […]

Penny Marshall’s story wasn’t one of polished glamour or easy charm. She once arrived on set with mascara still streaked down her face from a late-night argument with her mother—a woman who was as demanding as she was harsh, a dance teacher who spent years telling Penny she wasn’t pretty enough, graceful enough, or enough […]