Just the Gist

It’s our Canberra LIVE show, which means TWO stories in one ep! 

Skip straight to the stories: approx 16:00

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Milli Vanilli:

Watch the infamous press conference Rob & Fab held, trying to defend themselves (the one where they were pressured to sing & rap live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX7UzIrGGlA 

Watch a lengthy interview with Fab, covering the whole saga from his point of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmO9VE0PuY 

Watch this for a summary of what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oX03NKBklQ 

Watch the first ever episode of Behind the Music, which took a few liberties telling the Milli Vanilli story: https://vimeo.com/517091976 

Read this Variety magazine article from 2020 if you want to know what happened next… 

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/milli-vanilli-grammy-scandal-fab-morvan-1234865697/ 

Frane Selak:

Some good articles:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/frane-selak

https://medium.com/@happiness.soup/meet-the-worlds-luckiest-man-736386c81598

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/unluckiest-man/

His Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frano_Selak

Interview with him and neighbours back in 2002: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/1433773/Disaster-as-a-way-of-life.html

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It ended up with famous actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin being sent to prison. Over $25million in bribes exchanged hands. Almost every major elite university in the USA was involved. And at the end of the day, the whole thing came down to dodgy photoshop and cheating on a test.

Rick Singer made a fortune when he realised that rich, entitled parents would do anything to get their kids into the best US colleges (seriously - anything. It's wild). But when Rick was busted by the FBI, he quickly flipped and told the agents everything about his 'side door' entry system, leading to a worldwide news frenzy when a lot of very privileged, high profile parents were arrested.

Skip straight to the story: 17:08

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch 'Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal' (on Netflix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHj8e7mU_I

Listen to the 'Gangster Capitalism' podcast episodes on the scandal:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/introducing-season-1-the-college-admissions-scandal/id1460320573?i=1000519261599

Good rundown of the 'side door' admission scheme:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/12/college-admissions-fraud-scandal-felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin

The Wiki gives a good summary on what each parent paid for and what punishment they received: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal

One of the only pieces about what happened to the kids involved: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/college-admissions-scandal-students.html

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Imagine if two stars as big as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were kidnapped, forced to remarry, and given no choice but to start making movies together for a crazy dictator. 

In 1978, that actually happened. 

Choi Eun-hee was the most famous movie star in South Korea. Shin Sang-ok was the most famous director. They had a 'Brangelina' level marriage, with millions of people invested in their famous relationship and the movies they made as a mega-famous couple.

But when they got divorced and stopped working together, one man decided that simply would not do. Kim Jong-il - son of the dictator of North Korea - had Choi and Shin kidnapped and brought to him. After a bit of light torture and 're-education', it was announced that they would remarry and start making movies again, all for the pleasure and good publicity of the North Korean people. And with the options being 'pretend to be married and make movies or DIE'... well, Choi and Shin got to work making movies. For YEARS. 

Skip straight to the story: 40:42

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Read “A Kim Jong-il Production”, the most comprehensive book about Shin, Choi & Kim:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22537682-a-kim-jong-il-production

Watch “The Lovers and the Despot”, made in 2016, featuring interviews with Choi & her family: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAuPwBpwYg 

Watch Pulgasari, the Korean version of Godzilla: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKSR0JArUQ 

We couldn’t find the full length version of the North Korean Titanic ripoff, but get a taste of it here: 

https://northkoreanfilms.com/category/souls-protest/ 

Listen to the 3 part series about the Kim dynasty on the Real Dictators podcast 

(here’s ep 2 which focuses on the abduction of Choi & Shin):

https://megaphone.link/NSR4712613098

The TikTok girl (@kimberlytahmus) who reads Britney's tweets in a southern accent:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kimberlytahmus/video/7055105029228809519?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en

The Drop Out trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rlZLw9m10

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One of our most requested topics ever, we give you just the gist of O.J. Simpson, the murder of his wife wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, the Bronco chase, the crazy trial (including THAT glove), and where exactly Simpson ended up. This is a big story people, so we've broken it down for you the way only Just The Gist can.

(Content Warning - this episode features talk about domestic violence. Some support resources are listed below.)

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The book Rosie mentioned:'The Run Of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson' by Jeffrey Toobin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/280412.The_Run_of_His_Life

The podcast 'You're Wrong About' has a bunch of episodes on this by the brilliant Sarah Marshall: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439

Watch the AMAZING doco series 'O.J: Made in America' (on ESPN, or in Aus on Disney Plus): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmca421urfo

Some articles: https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1995/12/dunne199512
https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-case-key-players-25-years/story?id=63180970

The book '(if) I DID IT: Confessions of the Killer' by O.J. Simpson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1797248.If_I_Did_It

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We've been on break for a month, which meant so much Breakin' Nooz it needed its own whole episode! From Elizabeth Holmes to Ghilaine Maxwell to that glass of water the woman from Madison Avenue danced around at the Arias in the year 2000. Strap in Gisteners, there is much to discuss.

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Well… a wrap-up of Breakin’ Nooz, so… basically a wrap-up of what Rosie convinced Jacob was important this year. (If you’re coming to us for actual news, have we even met?)

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Merry Happy! Ignore your anti-vaxxer relatives by taking a walk and revisiting Jacob’s just the gist on Santa Claus from last year. 

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HOT, SWEATY MEN. GYRATING HIPS. HUNDREDS OF TURNED ON, SCREAMING HOUSEWIVES. And… murder? The inspiration for eventual hit film Magic Mike, the infamous Chippendales show became a household name in the 80s for being THE place for women to be entertained by male strippers. What most people don’t remember though, is the string of brutal murders linked to the Chippendales dancers and the bitter rivalry between the company’s owners, Steve Banerjee and Nick De Noia. Keep an ear out this week for a special guest appearance by Rosie’s nephew Mohammed! 

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:01

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Watch the doco series Curse of the Chippendales, available on 7+ in Australia https://7plus.com.au/the-curse-of-the-chippendales?episode-id=COTC01-001

Listen to the excellent podcast series Welcome to your Fantasy, it's brilliant http://pineapple.fm/welcome-to-your-fantasy 

Read Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders https://www.booktopia.com.au/deadly-dance-k-scot-macdonald/book/9780991665327.html

Listen to a long-form interview with the FBI agent who managed to finally catch Banerjee https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-232-scott-garriola-chippendales-murder-for-hire/ 

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When Dorothy Stratten arrived in Hollywood as a shy, naive 18-year-old, she had never even been on a plane before. By 19, she had been named Playboy Magazine's 1980 Playmate of the Year, and started booking acting jobs in film and TV, with many believing she would be the first Playmate to achieve 'mainstream' success. But by 20, less than two years after she arrived in LA, Dorothy Stratten was dead. 

(Content Warning - this episode features talk about domestic violence. Some support resources are listed below.)

Skip straight to the story: approx 24:02

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
'Death of a Starlet' podcast by Wondery (lots of good detail about Playboy and Hugh Hefner in this one): https://wondery.com/shows/death-of-a-starlet/

'You Must Remember This' podcast episode on Dorothy Stratten:
http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/4/20/dorothy-stratten-dead-blondes-episode-13

Some articles: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/horrific-murder-playboy-playmate-verge-hollywood-stardom-flaw/story?id=66193166

https://people.com/crime/dorothy-stratten-murder-playboy-model/

A bit more detail on Paul Snider: https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-snider

Dorothy's Tonight Show interview with Johnny Carson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4

Trailer for Star 80: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb7WdswtuOo

'The Invisible Woman' - The 'You Must Remember This' series on Polly Platt, the extremely talented first wife of Peter Bogdanavich: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/7/pollyplattarchive28

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Currently depicted in the new film 'House of Gucci', the story of the Gucci family is almost too outrageous to be real. After Guccio Gucci created the iconic fashion brand in 1921, his children and grandchildren spent decades plotting and scheming against each other for ultimate control of the company, all of which culminated in the shocking murder of Maurizio Gucci in 1995.

Skip straight to the story: approx 22:21

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The book the movie is based on 'House of Gucci' by Sara Gay Forden (Rosie listened to the audiobook version which was excellent): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61013.The_House_of_Gucci

Time Magazine article summing up the murder of Maurizio: https://time.com/6122130/house-of-gucci-true-story/

Good true crime episode about the murder on a show called 'Power, Privilege and Justice':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1rSKIzee7g

The 2016 Guardian interview with Patrizia Reggiani:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/jul/24/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale

Tom Ford and director Ridley Scott's comments on the film House of Gucci: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/nov/30/tom-ford-laughed-out-loud-during-house-of-gucci-screening

Trailer for 'Nitram' (on Stan in Australia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4cTjeEFq8Q

Trailer for 'What Happened Britney Murphy' (on Binge in Australia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaQvsFIB4Uw

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