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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's Marriage Was Toxic Like We've Never Seen Before

Two black eyes, three bottles of hard liquor a day, and the marriage the Vatican called a sin

She Was the Countess Diana Refused To Speak To and Never Forgave

Why Princess Diana's Stepmother was nicknamed "Acid Rain" and no member of the family attended her funeral

When Nancy Reagan's Astrologer Controlled The White House: The $3,000 a Month Shadow Presidency

No one ever elected her, yet she decided when the president could travel, sign treaties, and have surgery.

They Were TV's First "It" Couple. At Home, Their Children Watched It Fall Apart: Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez

The $160 Million windfall, a gun aimed at a husband's head, and the biggest sitcom in America slowly falling apart between takes

Meet The Old Money "Double Heiress" Written Out of a $2 Billion Will

Her mother is a Ford. Her father is a Niarchos. A court has ruled she gets nothing.

The Scandalous "Party of the Century" That Ended High Society: The 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Ball

How the most controversial party of the 20th century melded European aristocracy with "celebrity" and high art lead to the end of "old money" galas being truly... exclusive

She Was a $200 Million Hotel Heiress. Her Body Sat Unclaimed in the L.A. Morgue: Francesca Hilton

Conrad Hilton left his empire to a foundation for the poor. His only daughter slept in her car in the same city.

The Secrets of Ethel and Robert Kennedy's Marriage Are More Disturbing Than We Thought

The Skakels were richer than the Kennedys. They were also drunker, wilder, and harder to kill a story about.

The Forgotten Life of "The Most Hated Woman in America”: Cissy Patterson

She rang Al capone's doorbell, published FDR's war plans, and died the night before she planned to rewrite her will again...

The High Society Party That Killed The 1980s: The Forbes 70th Birthday Dinner

Malcolm Forbes spent $2.5 million to fly 800 guests to Tangier in August 1989. Eleven weeks later the Berlin Wall came down. Six months later he was dead.

She Married Into The Rothschilds, Then "Disappeared" In A Snowstorm: Jeannette Bishop

The surname on the passport was Rothschild, and by November 1980 it hadn’t legally belonged to her for nine years.