Meet Theodore Roosevelt: New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon- to-be twenty-sixth president. Follow from his sickly childhood to McKinley's assassination, as he transitions from fearless crime fighter and pioneering environmentalist into our greatest peacetime president. You'll meet "Bamie," his handicapped older sister; Eleanor, his gawky little niece; as well as the devoted Rough Riders; and a mountain lion, Josephine, who helped...

A homicidal actor, a dominatrix, and Joseph Stalin's daughter each provide insights into the shifting facets of Jerzy Kosinski's personality, touching on the nature of authenticity, the atrocities of World War II, and the fickleness of celebrity.

"Narrated by a starry-eyed lesbian, Big Red reimagines the tragic career of Rita Hayworth and her indomitable husband, Orson Welles. Set amidst the noir glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age, Big Red reenvisions the life of one of America's most enduring icons: Gilda herself, Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red hair and hypnotic dancing helped make her the quintessential movie star of the 1940s. With narrator Rusty Redburn-a feisty second-string gossip columnist...