Lionsgate

Portrait of the colorful and controversial former First Lady of the Philippines, who went on buying sprees that included New York City skyscrapers and 3,000 pairs of shoes. Although once a heroine to the millions of peasants, Imelda and her dictator husband Ferdinand amassed personal fortunes of billions of dollars while in power. Many believe the money was stolen from the government and international loans designed to help the poor.

The tumultuous life of the Russian composer who gave the world inspired symphonies but who suffered from headaches, fits of weeping, and morbid shyness. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's early marriage ended in disaster and led to a suicide attempt. He had another odd relationship with a widow who subsidized him on the condition that they never meet. They did come face-to-face once, but turned away from each other without saying a word. A week after the premiere of his Nutcracker Suite, he died from...

Scholar, writer, actor. Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland. A fan of the romantic movement in literature, Stoker corresponded with Walt Whitman and was a friend of Oscar Wilde. A dull life in civil service provided the inspiration necessary to produce such master works as the classic horror tale Dracula (1897) and numerous collections of horror short stories. Against his family's wishes, in 1878, Stoker moved to London and took a position at actor-manager with Henry Irving's Lyceum...

For over 30 years, this story could not be told. It was locked deep in the C.I.A. vaults under a "Top Secret" stamp. Then Joseph Persico, collaborator on the blockbuster Colin Powell autobiography, MY AMERICAN JOURNEY, used the Freedom of Information Act to pry loose one of World War II's most thrilling sagas. He uncovered every hidden detail of daring OSS heroes who penetrated the heart of history's most ferocious police state.

They first became known to the Western World when British commanders clashed with them in the hills of Nepal in 1816. After the war ended, the victorious British actively recruited their former foe for their own forces, and a military legend was born. They have been called "the ideal infantrymen" by those fortunate enough to command them. Brave, tough, patient and fiercely loyal, Gurkhas served in both World Wars, in conditions from the blistering deserts to the steamy jungles of Asia. THE...

Before the Cold War, before Khruschev declared Stalin a mass murderer of his own people, American industry worked at the side of 'Uncle Joe' as he struggled to implement the grandiose goals of his Five Year Plan. YANKS FOR STALIN reveals the extent to which American labor and expertise contributed to Stalin's massive undertaking. See how the Depression drove executives, consultants, engineers, skilled laborers and even citizen volunteers to the Soviet Union. Rare footage shows the disparate...

In the late 1950s, the U.S. secretly began development of atomic powered rockets. One of the bolder ideas was to propel a spaceship the size of a 10-story building carrying people, livestock, and equipment for prolonged trips to other planets. We uncover the story of this astounding plan and talk to some of its principal scientists.

From the earliest bunkers of WWI through the ultra-futuristic ones of tomorrow's wars, we trace the story of defensive fortifications. In the constant struggle to hold off ever more potent forms of attack, bunkers function in a variety of forms. Three mammoth block structures comprise a submarine bunker at Lorient, France, able to house 20 subs. We visit Churchill's Cabinet War Room and Hitler's Berlin bunker, as well as backyard Cold War bunkers and those that protect nuclear weapons...

He took a nation of raw recruits and turned them into the finest fighting force in history: The United States Army of World War II. When Pearl Harbor plunged America into war, the nation was unprepared to fight. Yet within months, G.I.s were tearing through North Africa, ready to storm Europe. General Bradley was the military genius who made the American assault possible. Called "The finest Group Commander in any nation's ground forces" by General George Marshall, here is the story of...

Over 20 women lent their voices to the Japanese propaganda effort in World War II. Though there was never a program or a character by that name, they collectively came to be called "Tokyo Rose." Iva Toguri, a U.S. citizen, was a recent college graduate touring Japan when war broke out. Unable to return to America, she was forced to find employment using her only marketable skill English. She soon found herself behind a microphone, broadcasting messages of hate and despair to her countrymen....

To the Medieval world he was a monster, a hideous living gargoyle. But in the eyes of the woman he loved, his spirit soared like the spires of a great cathedral. Quasimodo, the deformed hero of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, is one of fiction's most haunting figures. The tale of his impossible love has been translated into dozens of languages, made into operas and musicals, and continually revived on film. Explore the life of Hugo's fascinating character, from his birth in...

Annie is anorexic and bulimic, but she doesn't look the part. Annie is an average weight for her build, but her addiction is dangerous and desperate. Annie's purging occurs daily either by vomiting or laxative abuse. Annie's eating disorders consume not only her life, but her fiance Kevin's. Kevin contacted Intervention because he's afraid that she will die from her eating disorders. Amy was a popular "trendsetter." At 16, Amy was sexually molested. According to Amy, "everything went downhill...