15+ True Stories That Inspired Hollywood Films That Charity Had No Part Of

Published on 11/22/2017
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Big Eyes

Margaret Keane is the artist best recognized for her work portraying subjects with very large eyes. Sounds like a dull movie dull, right? However, her ex-husband Walter Keane took credit for all her work in the 60’s until she announced via a radio show that she was the real artist and her husband was a fraud. As a result she sued her husband and won the case. Furthermore, she has received the rightful recognition for all of her artwork.

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

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Black Mass

Whitey Bulger is the former organized crime boss of the Boston-based Winter Hill Gang. Bulger was indicted for 19 murders due to grand jury testimonies after he evaded prosecution for 16 whopping years. Basically the FBI turned a blind eye to his criminal dealings in exchange for any information regarding the Italian-American Patriarca crime family. Moreover the FBI claim he was their informant, although Bulger strongly denies this. When Bulger was 81, he was finally captured.

Black Mass

Black Mass

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