A look at the career of the comic and actress who took Hollywood by storm in Ghost and The Color Purple, but whose off-color language and liberal politics have drawn storms of protest.

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Added: Thu Feb 09 15:53:09 UTC 2012
Air date: Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 UTC 2005
Duration: 44:56

The life story of one of the world's most mysterious and ruthless mass murderers. We with those knew him as a youth in the countryside, then a radical student in Paris in the 1950s and those who there when he was head of the Khmer Rouger Government

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Added: Wed Feb 08 22:08:09 UTC 2012
Air date: Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 UTC 2012
Duration: 46:13

Bloodthirsty barbarian or benevolent ruler? Our profile portrays Attila the Hun as he really was: shrewd, tough, and at times even thoughtful. A man who forged a loose confederation of nomadic tribes into the most fearsome military machine of its time.

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Added: Wed Feb 08 22:08:09 UTC 2012
Air date: Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 UTC 1998
Duration: 49:57

Profile of the two-time Academy Award winner whose remarkable career has been only one part of a dramatic, tumultuous life. After his big break on TV's St. Elsewhere, he went on to a phenomenal big screen career.

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Added: Fri Jan 27 23:32:14 UTC 2012
Air date: Wed Dec 05 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 45:41

In his quest for excellence and equality, all-star athlete Jackie Robinson shatters the barriers of racism to become the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues.

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Added: Fri Jan 27 22:17:13 UTC 2012
Air date: Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 UTC 1997
Duration: 22:53

This profile of the young comic traces Chappelle's story from his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio to his 2005 escape to South Africa. Find out how the young boy who once idolized the comedy of Bill Cosby became famous for envelope-pushing comedy.

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Added: Fri Jan 27 16:45:13 UTC 2012
Air date: Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 43:00

Kelsey Grammer was born in 1955 on the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Grammer's professional life changed forever in 1984 when actor Mandy Patinkin recommended Kelsey for a small role on the hit TV series Cheers.

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Added: Fri Aug 05 01:42:10 UTC 2011
Air date: Wed Oct 17 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 45:40

Cited as one of the world's most attractive men, Brad Pitt was born and raised in the Mid-West. Just before graduating from the University of Missouri, Pitt moved to LA to pursue a career in acting.

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Added: Fri Apr 29 00:40:12 UTC 2011
Air date: Tue Dec 07 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 45:22
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Chronicles the turbulent career of the African-American stand-up comic and TV and film star who broke new ground before self-destructing. Features interviews with Pryor and Dick Gregory.

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Added: Mon Apr 11 21:06:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Mon Jul 08 00:00:00 UTC 1996
Duration: 43:14
Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

As the son of country music legend Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Jr. had imposing shoes to fill. At the formative age of 8, he was taught to imitate his dead father and pushed on stage.

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Added: Sat Mar 19 08:57:10 UTC 2011
Air date: Sat Nov 26 00:00:00 UTC 2005
Duration: 45:13
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Born into a Hollywood family, Sean Penn is one of its most controversial but also one of Hollywood's most gifted actors. Roles as varied as stoner Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and his Oscar winning turns in Mystic River.

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Added: Sun Feb 06 19:41:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Wed May 27 00:00:00 UTC 2009
Duration: 45:21
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0

To many he is still the quintessential Bond... James Bond. Born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1930, Sean Connery's early working life hardly hinted at his future glamorous life as he took jobs ranging from milkman to lifeguard.

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Added: Sun Feb 06 19:41:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 44:29
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

By the mid-1990's Australian actor Russell Crowe had proven himself with a diversity of roles that included everything from a gullible dishwasher to a brutal Nazi skinhead, and even a gay plumber.

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Added: Sun Feb 06 19:41:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Fri Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 43:01
Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

He lived in an age of superstition and magic, and believed that he could foretell the future. Here is an in-depth look at the prophetic visions of Nostradamus. Some believe that he predicted the French Revolution.

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Added: Sun Feb 06 18:58:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Wed Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 1996
Duration: 45:35
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0

In 1916, with the empire locked in a disastrous war and on the verge of a shattering Revolution, St. Petersburg teemed with rumors about a man they called "Temnyi" - The Dark One.

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Added: Mon Jan 31 17:09:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 UTC 1997
Duration: 43:55
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

After having his first art exhibition at age 13, Salvador Dali rose to become one of the world's most well-known and controversial artists. Putting himself into hallucinatory states without drugs.

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Added: Thu Jan 27 19:35:12 UTC 2011
Air date: Thu Oct 07 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 39:10
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

A look at the career of the privileged daughter of a surgeon and a nurse/college professor who started out in local commercials in Nashville but quickly graduated to Hollywood.

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Added: Thu Jan 27 19:35:12 UTC 2011
Air date: Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 46:12
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

His passion and drive made him one of the greatest explorers of his time. But while Columbus changed the world, he received little credit in his lifetime and died a broken and forgotten man.

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Added: Thu Jan 27 19:35:12 UTC 2011
Air date: Fri May 10 00:00:00 UTC 1996
Duration: 42:52
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0

Profile of the farm boy who won fame for his incredible bravery in WWII and became a movie star, but suffered from drug and gambling addictions before dying in a plane crash.

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Added: Thu Jan 27 19:35:12 UTC 2011
Air date: Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 UTC 1996
Duration: 43:39
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

A fresh look at the Depression-era bank robbers, killers, and lovers. Their uncanny ability to escape police and Bonnie's poetry, published in newspapers, made them popular anti-heroes.

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Added: Thu Jan 27 19:35:11 UTC 2011
Air date: Wed Feb 07 00:00:00 UTC 1996
Duration: 44:12
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0