Will Howell-Cornes

Ernest Hemingway. Novelist. Journalist. Short story writer. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. But he was also a drinker. Eccentric. Macho-man. Soldier. Bare-knuckler boxer. Fisherman. Hunter. Bullfighter. Nazi-killer. And U-Boat hunter

Orson Welles wasn't just a director and actor of stage and screen. He was also a writer, producer, radio star, magician, pianist, and painter. In fact, everything the genius touched turned to gold... until it didn't. This is the man who produced an…

Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps the most gifted filmmaker to have ever graced the silver screen. In a forty-year career, he directed 53 movies, and his unique psychological storytelling, innovation, and filmmaking techniques arguably influenced cinema…

Welcome to the strange tale of Grey Gardens and its two eccentric, reclusive owners: Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith Bouvier Beale. This spooky dwelling and inhabitants form an eldritch triumvirate in an epic American Gothic tale

Sam Cooke was the greatest and most influential soul singer of all time. With his smooth, effortless vocals, he invented soul music and inspired countless other legendary singers. But musicians weren’t the only people he inspired; Sam was also a…

Joan Vollmer was a founding member of the early Beat Generation, a 1940s and '50s counterculture movement of artists, poets, and authors. She married William S. Burroughs, but the writer and junkie would quite literally be the death of her...

​Louis Armstrong was the world's most beloved jazz-singing trumpeter who changed music forever. Yet it turns out his world wasn't so wonderful after all. Born into poverty in New Orleans, he fought racism, was forced to go on the run from the mob,…

Bullied as a teenager in Port Arthur, Texas, Janis Joplin grew from a rebellious outsider into one of the defining voices of 1960s hippie counterculture. With her raspy, powerful vocals, she fused blues, rock, and soul into an intensely emotional…

Clara Bow's big, beautiful eyes, tomboy charms, and naive innocence took Hollywood by storm in the 1920s. After becoming an overnight sensation, her appearances as a flapper in movies like It (1929) made her the original It-Girl. Her look was so…

The 27 Club gained notoriety with Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994, but it opened its doors for business decades before and took in some of our most famous, gifted, and missed stars. Some say it’s the most exclusive club in the history of the world.

How to describe the legend that was Anthony Bourdain? Celebrity chef and gonzo journalist? Globe-trotting TV presenter turned social activist? How about drug-loving culinary bad boy? Tattooed tough guy or beautiful, vulnerable, codependent victim?…