Jean Harlow had one of the strangest trajectories to superstardom in Hollywood history. For one thing, she wasn’t in it for the money. She was already a millionaire before she started in Hollywood. Secondly, her acting was uniformly ridiculed by critics for her first films. Yet somehow Harlow rose to the top and made over 30 feature films all before her tragic passing at the age of 26. This “Platinum Blonde” has one of the most fascinating stories in Hollywood.

Debbie Reynolds’ string of nightmares began after Eddie Fisher abandoned her for Elizabeth Taylor. The scandal was a massive humiliation, but this was only the beginning.

Not many celebrities come from roots as humble as Dolly Parton. Her family home had one bedroom, and she played music with a homemade guitar. As she rose to fame, Parton did everything she could to stand out from the others—including undergoing extensive plastic surgery. But she’s never made a secret of this. What is in fact secret is the story behind her bizarre and furtive relationship with her husband. And sadly, it seemed as though the way she pushed herself in her final years had devastating consequences.