William J. Mann

In 1973, Marlon Brando asked Apache activist Sacheen Littlefeather to accept his Best Actor Oscar for ‘The Godfather.’ But Hollywood didn’t want to hear their message about racism.

Some critics dismiss the value of stories about the private lives of Hollywood’s gay stars of yore. But those stories are crucial to understanding the truth of who they were.

Theodore Roosevelt styled himself an incorruptible politician untainted by scandal. But in his path to the White House lay a troubling obstacle: his scapegrace brother, Elliott.

In an exclusive excerpt from ‘How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood,’ William J. Mann reports on her vodka-fueled battles and the role she was born to play.