This week on the Wrap Party, we're talking about Anna Nicole Smith, a woman who lived and died almost exactly like Marilyn Monroe. We're also talking about your summertime jams, how great it is to be a Red Sox fan, especially when they're not playing so well, and so much more. If you want to let Jake know about your favorite summertime and/or baseball movies, or any other eerily similar celebrity deaths you can think of, send a text or leave a voicemail at 617-906-6638 or @disgracelandpod on socials and come join the Wrap Party.

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Anna Nicole Smith transcended the laws of celebrity. She was a blond sexpot who was famous for being famous, and that was reason enough for pop culture. People around the world recognized her Marilyn Monroe-esque curves filled out Guess jeans, and her squeaky baby speaking voice on The Anna Nicole Show. In the early 2000s, the FBI investigated her regarding an alleged hit she organized to take out her 60-year-old “stepson.” But when Anna Nicole and her grown son Daniel died under eerily sudden — and similar — circumstances, people started to wonder if the feds were barking up the wrong bombshell.

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In this week’s Wrap Party, Jake is ready to talk Will Smith, the subject of the latest Badlands episode. He also lists off his favorite summertime jams, including “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, defends the widely controversial show, “The Idol”, and so much more. Let Jake know what stars are equally talented musicians and actors like Will Smith at 617-906-6638 or on socials at @disgracelandpod and come join the Wrap Party.

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In 1989, shortly after winning his first Grammy Award, at just 20 years old, Will Smith was arrested and charged with assault after a brawl at a popular Philadelphia radio station left one man nearly blind. It nearly ended his career just as things were getting started. But Will Smith overcame this challenge, and so many others, to become one of the most successful actors in Hollywood. That is, until decades later, at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, when trouble once again bubbled to the surface.

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including depictions of domestic violence.

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Jake just finished watching the series finale of Succession and he's ready to dive into why it was so great. But first, we're talking Carrie Fisher and her relationship with Paul Simon. Jake also has a lot of Carrie Fisher related questions for you all like, was Princess Leia her best role? Why doesn't Jake love Star Wars? What is he missing? And what Paul Simon album should he listen to?

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Carrie Fisher once dropped acid in the desert with Paul Simon. She did ayahuasca in the Amazon jungle, where she was attacked by a giant snake that may or may not have been real. She did so much cocaine that legendary partyman John Belushi told her to ease up. Her mood swings were such a dramatic part of her personality that she gave them their own names. And her personality was so galvanizing that it became an avatar for real-life resistance fighters.

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Jake has exhausted all of your sci fi movie recs and is ready to report on a mediocre U.F.O. documentary he watched, but first, we're talking the Bling Ring and other celebrity scammers, and correcting this week's Badlands episode which said that James Dean is from Illinois, not Indiana. Sorry Hoosiers!

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This week on the Wrap Party, Jake is raving about Signs, the M. Night Shymalan sci-fi masterpiece that plenty of Disgos recommended. But first, we're talking about the "James Dean Death Car" and other Hollywood curses, your favorite SNL sketches and cast members, and more. The Badlands episode on Paris Hilton and the Bling Ring is out next Wednesday and the Disgraceland episode on Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" is out now, wherever you get your podcasts. Leave your message for Jake at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod and come join the Wrap Party.

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James Dean died in a high-speed car crash at the age of 24, but his legend lives on. Fan clubs held monthly memorial services and wrote movie studios begging for relics of their patron saint. Professional illusionists swore they could resurrect his body. Rumors that Dean survived the deadly crash were spurred on, and in some cases planted, by a film studio with a financial stake in keeping his memory alive. The car that killed him had a grisly afterlife of its own, taking two more lives before mysteriously disappearing forever.

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