Romaine Brooks wasn’t just a queer icon, she was a painting paradox: a poor heiress with a colorful love life whose work was iconic but forgotten.
Susan Cabot injected herself with her son’s medication after believing it to have an anti-aging effect, but the side effects made her unstable.
Judge Judy ended her marriage of 14 years, only to remarry her husband again less than a year later.
Portraits of bad-boy astronomer Tycho Brahe show off his custom gold nose. But historians have also pointed out a scandalous detail.
Joni Mitchell has been through heartbreaks, tragedies, and feuds that would’ve broken anyone else.
Sonny Bono and Cher's celebrity romance wasn't the fairytale it seemed to be. But that wasn't all. Fate had the darkest twist in store for Sonny—and he never saw it coming.
The tiny acrobat Lillian Leitzel was the biggest star—and diva—of the biggest circus. But the higher the Queen of the Air rose, the harder she fell.
Isabella was never supposed to be queen. But she schemed and fought her way to the throne. Then Isabella was never supposed to be an active queen. But she turned out to be the greatest. In the end, she changed history—but it wasn’t always for the better.
The story of Queen Mariana Victoria is proof that the best revenge is living well.
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