I have a secret life … Who is she? Love to Love You, Donna Summer, HBO 2023
She was complicated. And struggled with her fame, her image. ibid. daughter
She was really famous and everyone wanted her. ibid.
Grandma said, I’m never going to be able to go to church again. ibid.
She was always performing. She lived in an imaginary musical at all times. ibid.
Armie Hammer: Rape and Cannibal allegations. True Crime Recaps: 10 Disturbing Celebrity Crimes, Youtube 26.53, 2021
Will Smith: In 1989 the star was arrested in connection with an attack that almost blinded a man. ibid.
Jeffrey Jones: 2002 hiring a 14-year-old boy to pose for lewd photos and coaxing a 17-year-old into a porno. ibid.
Mark Salling: Downloading more than 25,000 images of child pornography on his laptop. ibid.
Bruno Mars: Busted with 2.6 grams of cocaine. ibid.
Tim Allen: He was the go-to guy for cocaine. ibid.
Nicholas Brendon: Small plastic bags of crystal powder and … Adderall … 2 x domestic violence. ibid.
Mark Wahlberg: Cocaine … a series of hate crimes … pcp … knocked a man unconscious … [and] brutally beat another Vietnamese man. ibid.
Jay-Z: Two charges of attempted murder. ibid.
Chris Benoir: Murder-suicide. ibid.
Brittany Murphy’s death shocked fans of the popular actress. Why did a seemingly healthy woman drop death? The mysterious circumstances took an even darker turn when her husband Simon Monjack died five months later almost to the day. True Crime Recaps: Brittany Murphy, Youtube 20.16, 2021
115-pound 32-year-old Brittany and 300-pound 40-year-old Simon shared the same official cause of death: complications from acute pneumonia and severe anemia. ibid.
Dig a little deeper and this story gets even darker and more bizarre. ibid.
Results showed toxic levels of ten heavy metals, one of them found in rat poison. ibid.
Gwyneth Paltrow: Did she or didn’t she run a man down on the slopes? That’s the question Gwyneth Paltrow is trying to answer at trial. True Crime Recaps: Gwyneth Paltrow Trial Highlights! Youtube 5.18, 2023
Jimmy Savile died on October 29th 2011 aged 84. In the course of his life he became one of the most celebrated radio and TV personalities in Britain, and used his extensive charity work to place himself at the very heart of the most important institutions in our society. The Reckoning I, caption, BBC 2023
This drama examines how he was able to hide in plain sight, using his position to commit countless serious sexual offences, many against minors, and how the voices of so many were ignored and silenced. ibid. caption
I would have danced on his grave. ibid. victim
He groomed the whole nation. ibid.
I suppose you want to hear the story of my overnight success … following the guiding light of the Duchess who brought me up in the Catholic faith. ibid. Savile
I was king of clubland. I brought the Swinging Sixties to the north of England before anyone thought of it. ibid.
The rumours are cobblers. It was all good clean fun. ibid.
When opportunity knocks don’t hesitate. That’s my motto. ibid.
I’d divide everything he tells you by two, if I were you. ibid. Dutchess
You are the man, Jimmy. Everybody is saying it. ibid. Eric Morley
I’m worried there’s some terrible darkness in him. ibid. Duchess to priest
Personally, I wouldn’t touch him with a bargepole. ibid. BBC boss
He’s only being Jimmy. Fooling about. Trying to make people feel better. ibid. nurse to victim
Like a dirty old man trying to mix with young people. The Reckoning II, victim
The biggest manipulator of people to rise to the status he did. ibid.
But in order to protect myself I had to keep my eye out to make sure the naysayers didn’t stop me from doing nice happy things. ibid. Jimmy
Charity work – why do you put so much time and effort into that? ibid. biographer to Jimmy
He surrounded himself, no matter where he went in the country, with people that would have confidence in him that he did no wrong. The Reckoning III, victim
The charity work he was doing was totally cover for everything he was doing to give this image of this wonderful man. ibid.
It’s what I call SOS, Same Old Shit. ibid. Jimmy
Nobody that mattered believed those rumours. ibid.
I am told you do an awful lot for charity … ibid. Thatcher in Scarborough
I rather think you and I are cut from the same cloth, Jimmy. ibid.
This place has been under-staffed and under-funded for years. Now they’ve put a lunatic in charge. ibid. rozzer to Jimmy
Saville was awarded a knighthood in 1990. Margaret Thatcher’s final year in office. In the same year Pope John Paul II also awarded him a Papal Knighthood. ibid.
Sir Jimmy raring to go after heart scare. The Reckoning IV, newspaper headline
It’s not proper sexual assault … Why didn’t you tell me? ibid. Charley to wife
You make sure you’re careful. No marks, no witnesses. And you make sure they keep stum. ibid. Jimmy
There’s only one judge I bother about. Up there. ibid.
No-one lives for ever, Jimmy. Do you not sense that final reckoning approach? ibid. biographer
Why do I look at you and see a frightened man? ibid. Charley
Go to the police. I’ll come with you. ibid. wife to victim
Don’t go near the bodies. Don’t go in the mortuary. ibid. hospital porter
You just couldn’t do it, could you. One last opportunity to tell the truth. ibid.
Interviewer: Is your storm a happy storm?
Elon Musk: No. Johnny Harris, The Problem with Elon Musk, Youtube 42.46, 2024
Space X: ‘The first three launches failed.’ ibid. Elon
Elon’s dreams of going into space started to come true. ibid.
The Musk Playbook: Get in the Weeds, Question Everything, Constant Urgency, Motivate Talented People, Elon Can Be a Total Asshole. ibid.
A few months after buying the company Elon now has super-algorithmic power. ibid.