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In the 1960s, Mississippi State University comes under intense fire for not allowing its athletic teams to play schools that have integrated teams. Rules prevent the MSU basketball team from reaching the championships. The university's president Dean Colvard initially supports the rule. He then abolishes it, only to come under attack from state politicians and other parties.
A biopic of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books.
The story of legendary British war photographer Don McCullin. Working for the Sunday Times from the late 60’s to the early 80’s, he risked his life to photograph the harsh realities of war.
Susan Spencer-Wendel, a longtime court reporter is diagnosed with ALS, which destroys the nerves that power muscles including the lungs. She races against time to create a record of her life before her illness overcomes her. Spencer-Wendel and her 14-year-old daughter are fans of the reality show "Say Yes To The Dress," and so they head to Kleinfeld's so the teen can try on wedding dresses for her mom, which is always the plan before her mother took ill. Spencer-Wendel leaves behind money so her sister can eventually buy a dream dress there when her daughter is ready to get married.
Based on the true story of Chris Paciello, the charismatic Miami nightclub owner, who in the 1990’s became the “King of Miami” and turned South Beach into the hottest party destination in the world.
Robert Craig Knievel becomes a household name in the 1970s for his nationally televised motorcycle jumps. Ever the showman, daredevil Evel Knievel is recognized for his use of a Stars-and-Stripes getup and known for his 433 broken bones. At the height of his celebrity, he gains endorsements from Harley-Davidson and a toy line by the Ideal Toy Company. Knievel dies in 2007 at the age of 69.
The story centers on the former Black Sabbath singer/reality TV star and head of the Osbourne family.
The film will center on the life of Russ Meyer, the infamous director of sexploitation films, and his centerfold wife.
Peg Entwistle, a Wales-born blond-haired, blue-eyed actress, starts her career on Broadway in several plays from 1925-32 including "The Wild Duck" and "The Uninvited Guest" and in J.M. Barrie’s "Alice Sit By The Fire" before marrying Robert Keith. They divorce after she discovers that Keith had been married before and had a 6-year-old son she was not told about. After she is cut out of the David O. Selznick film "Thirteen Women," 24-year-old Entwistle commits suicide by jumping off the "H" of the Hollywood sign in 1932. At the base of the Hollywood sign a hiker who alerts police. They find a suicide note in Entwistle’s purse that reads: “I am afraid, I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain. P.E.” Her death makes headlines across the nation.
The mandolin-playing Bill Monroe, along with his band "The Blue Grass Boys," is credited with creating the bluegrass style of music.
Danny Basavich transforms from a successful pool hustler to the No.1-ranked professional billiards player in the nation.
A young boy is taught by his father, a racer, to ride motocross before he can even walk. The boy goes on to win racing titles by the time he is seven, and at sixteen becomes the first African American to win a major motosports title. The son's sudden success though strains his relationship with his dad.
Focus of the life of iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Rod Serling grows up outside of Syracuse, New York as the class clown, though he eventually matures enough to write for his high school newspaper. Immediately after graduation, he enlists in the U.S. Army and trains as a paratrooper. He is sent west to fight in the Philippines, where he sees death all around him each day. Though he is honored with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, Serling’s experience in the military haunts him and has a profound effect on his later work. After being discharged, Serling attends Antioch College, where he begins writing and performing in radio shows on campus. Following his radio days, Serling moves into television, writing for a local station in Cincinnati before going out on his own. He sells several scripts, but resents the compromises that network sponsors and censors force him to make, so he decides to create his own show, "The Twilight Zone."
Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí achieves international renown for his unique twists on visual reality, and for a flamboyantly high-profile social life. He also has a tumultuous marriage to his equally vivid wife, Gala.
Dr. S. Allen Counter is an African-American neuroscience professor at Harvard University who has explored northern Greenland, the South American rainforests, and many other parts of the world. He is also the first director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.
The story of boxing legend Rocky Marciano will come to the big screen in his first authorized biopic, as yet untitled. The film will track Marciano from his Brockton, Mass. childhood up to his death in a plane crash in 1969. He stands as the only champion boxer to retire without a loss.
In 1999, Jack Ma founds the Alibaba website from his garage. The site is a business-to-business portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. In 2014, Ma eventually launches an IPO for Alibaba on the New York Stock Exchange and finishes the day with his company valued at $231 billion — more than Amazon and eBay combined — and making him the richest man in China and among the richest in the world with $26.5 billion.
American photographer Dorothea Lange triumphs over physical disability to capture iconic images of unemployed workers and dispossessed farmers during the Great Depression.
Born in a broken home in Chicago, Anita O'Day leaves home at age 14 and tours the Midwest as a marathon dance contestant and sings for tips. She later performs with the big bands of Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton, teams with Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong, and establishes a solo career that rivals those of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday and Sarah Vaughn.