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      How Kiss's Alive! Saved Their Record Label—And Changed the Music Industry

      At the time, live records weren’t considered a legitimate product; bands released them mainly to fulfill contracts—but that didn't stop Kiss and their label's CEO.

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      How Rocky Turned the Common Man Into a Hero

      When Sylvester Stallone was told there were no parts for him, he wrote his own.

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      The Boy Who Saved Batman

      A 14-year-old comic book fan from New Jersey, and the dream he wouldn't let die.

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      For Grant Wood, the trade-off for fame was steep.

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      101 Masterpieces: Moby-Dick

      Herman Melville had everything a young author could dream of. Then he wrote Moby-Dick and ruined everything.

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