Angelyne (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Dream Machine - full transcript
I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
- Angelyne?
Read it.
- Oh, I don't think
that that's a very good i--
- Read it.
- Okay.
"The mystery of
LA billboard diva Angelyne's
"real identity
is finally solved,"
by Jeff Glaser
of "The Hollywood Reporter."
"Way before Paris Hilton
and Kim Kardashian,
"the enigmatic
blonde bombshell
"was famous for being famous,
"perpetually driving
the streets of Hollywood
"in that pink Corvette,
but her true identity
"has remained secret
all these years...
until now."
- ♪ You made a fool of me ♪
♪ But them broken dreams
have got to end ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hey, woman,
you got the blues ♪
♪ 'Cause you ain't got
no one else to use ♪
♪ There's an open road
that leads nowhere ♪
♪ So just make some miles
between here and there ♪
♪ There's a hole in my head
where the rain comes in ♪
♪ You took my body
and played to win ♪
- Who is she?
- ♪ Ha, ha, woman,
it's a cryin' shame ♪
- All right.
- ♪ But you ain't got
nobody else to blame ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Rolled in
from another town ♪
♪ Hit some gold,
too hot to settle down ♪
♪ But a fool and his money
soon go separate ways ♪
♪ You found a fool
lyin' in a daze ♪
- Mysterious billboards are
popping up around the city
featuring the striking image
of a blonde
with a single name,
Angelyne,
raising the question
for millions of Angelenos:
who is Angelyne,
and what exactly
is she advertising?
- What do I think she does
by looking at it?
- Actually, I did hear that she
was trying to be a star
and that she bought
all these billboards
trying to be a star.
Am I right?
- Angelyne,
why are you famous?
- I'm famous
for being on billboards.
- Angelyne!
- I see her sometimes.
I saw her ride by in her car,
and she was just paying
maximum attention
to the people on the sidewalk,
just, you know, showing up.
- Ooh.
- The one, the only Angelyne.
- Angelyne finally decided
all those billboards
weren't enough,
so she put up
this ten-story-tall
mural of herself
at the corner
of Hollywood and Vine.
It was there for six months
and cost more than $50,000.
- The mystery of Angelyne
has become a media obsession,
although she outright refuses
to tell you anything
about her past.
♪ ♪
- People have a lot of opinions
about who you are.
How would you
describe yourself?
- I'm a Rorschach test in pink.
Ooh.
An innocent little doll
or a whore
or a porn star.
People see...
what they see.
- I love Angelyne
for all the same reasons
that I love Los Angeles:
the extremes, the weirdness,
the glamour, the enigma.
- There's something sexy
about a mystery.
That's why everybody
wants to know my story.
- Back then,
you could still disappear
or reappear as someone else.
You can't really
do that anymore.
Angelyne existed at a point
in American history
when that was still possible.
- Everyone wants
to interview her.
They're doing a story about
the history of Los Angeles.
They're doing a story about
the greatest sex symbols
of our time.
They want
to interview Angelyne.
- Who is Angelyne really?
What's her story?
Where is she from?
That's what I set out to learn,
and I was successful.
- Jeff Glaser
turned out to be...
A liar, and I hate liars.
He was just biting
at the ch--
mm, whatever you call it
to get the story.
- So the story isn't true?
- Hey, Jeff,
here are those photos
you asked for of Angelyne.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, she was in a band
called Baby Blue in the '70s.
That guy's name right there
is Cory Hunt.
- Cory?
Oh.
Cory's dead.
- I am not dead.
Of course
she would say that, man.
You know why
she would say that?
Because I created Angelyne.
Does she know
you're talking to me?
- Did I say Cory was dead?
Well, he doesn't live
in LA anymore.
I sometimes
get the two confused.
- God's honest truth?
This whole Angelyne story
starts with me.
She was nothing before me.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Dub-dub ♪
♪ Dub-dub ♪
♪ Dub-dub, dub-dub ♪
♪ Oh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Dub-dub train ♪
- He's probably gonna
tell you some story
about how he saved me
or discovered me,
and if that'll make him happy,
he can do that.
But the truth is,
when I met him,
I was already quite busy
modeling and acting.
But the characters
weren't reflective
of who I am on the inside,
so...
I had a different plan.
- ♪ You can take me
around the world ♪
- I was looking for a band
that wasn't going anywhere,
one that I could mold.
That's how I discovered him.
Coca-Cola, please.
- ♪ Baby, you got me ♪
- They were nothing much
to look at,
but that's okay,
'cause no one was looking.
- ♪ Where I stand ♪
I will never forget
that night.
We had a residency
at the Starwood.
We were already gaining
a ton of buzz.
There was cosmic energy
in the air that night.
♪ Baby, you got me ♪
♪ You got me, you got me ♪
We have been
and we will always be
Baby Blue.
Thank you, and good night.
- You guys rip, man!
- Hey, Cory, great show.
Mm-hmm.
- And that's
when I discovered her,
this divine creature
from outer space.
I'll be right back.
I never saw anything
so beautiful.
♪ ♪
So what did you think
of the band?
- What band?
Mine.
We were just onstage.
- Oh, was that you?
I wasn't listening.
How'd you do?
- We were incredible.
We were fine.
- If you're aiming
for just fine,
you'll probably end up
just missing it.
You gotta aim higher.
- Yeah, I know.
I mean, this place is not bad,
but we really should be
playing the Whisky.
- Then you gotta play every
show as if it's the Whisky,
and one day...
It will be.
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I don't drink...
Or smoke.
- Who are you?
- Angelyne.
Yeah, my dad, right,
he's got this whole
Soviet work ethic
where you just work
your whole life
and you expect nothing,
but I say what's the point
of living if you aren't...
Following your dreams.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, so I said, "No,
I'm not gonna live like that."
So I packed up all my shit.
I fled to LA,
started a band.
I mean, I've played every club
around here.
Eventually I'm gonna
play the Whisky.
That'll prove him wrong,
you know?
- Fathers can ruin your life.
- So what about you?
Are you close with your dad?
- Oh, I never knew him.
He died when I was a baby.
- Oh.
I'm sorry.
Your mom?
- What's your sign?
Aquarius.
- No wonder you're a rebel.
- Hey, wait.
Where you going?
- Home, of course.
- She'd occasionally
share things about herself
to gain sympathy,
but when it comes
it the actual truth
about her past,
no, she never went there.
Hey, hey, wait up.
You know how many freaks
and weirdos are out here?
You could get
your head chopped off.
- Don't worry, Daddy.
I'm stronger than I look.
No, but you--
- You shouldn't be walking.
Hey, I work at a garage.
I could help you
get a cheap car if you want.
- Oh, I don't want
just any car.
A car is supposed to be
an extension of you,
your being.
I want something fast
so I can get away if I have to.
- What would you need
to get away from?
- Anyone, anything,
I have to know I can escape.
That's why I'm saving up
to buy my dream car,
my very own Star 'Vette.
- Star 'Vette.
- Mm-hmm.
That's what Barbie
calls her Corvette,
her dream machine.
- Barbie the doll?
- The American icon.
I'd love to be like Barbie.
- You're already blonde
and beautiful.
- Oh, she's so much more
than that.
She lives a painless existence.
You can stick her with things,
and she won't cry.
She doesn't hurt.
Wouldn't that be nice,
never to hurt?
- Yeah, I would never
let you get hurt.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Aquarius,
we don't want
to get our heads chopped off.
You know, pink is the color
of the Beverly Hills Hotel...
- Okay.
- Jayne Mansfield's house...
and my house.
That's why I picked pink.
I came to Hollywood
to follow the dream.
I had to leave
everything behind
in order to become
what I knew I needed to become.
The season of change
is upon us.
- Hey, candles
are a classy touch.
Sets a nice vibe.
- No, these are because...
My asshole neighbor
cut my power!
I mean, she is--
whoo--
evil, but no matter
what she does,
she can't...
Fucking hurt me
because I will call
the goddamn cops!
Anyway, this place
is a work in progress.
I'm designing
a whole new look for it.
- No, I love it.
Yeah, especially
all these mirrors.
Hey, is that the--
- Oh, I don't let
anybody in there.
That's my sanctuary.
It's my cocoon.
Your cocoon?
Jesus fucking--what the fuck?
That's my parrot.
He's very jealous.
Person.
Ooh.
You be nice.
- Person?
- Yeah.
He was here when I moved in,
so I adopted him.
I called him Bird at first,
but...
The more I got to know him,
the more I realized
he's complex.
- Oh, hey, this is...
- Marilyn.
Yeah.
She's my honorary mother.
Since I was a little girl,
I've known that fame
is my destiny.
Huge, gigantic fame.
Are you ready to do it?
- Oh, God, yes.
- Let's get famous together.
I'll sing in your band,
and we'll conquer the world.
♪ ♪
- So I asked her
to join my band.
- So I asked him if he wanted
to play guitar in my band.
- We made a pact that night
to get famous together.
Some weird witchy shit...
But I was along for the ride.
- Marilyn needs an offering,
something personal.
- It's my demo.
- Marilyn loves music.
It's perfect.
Marilyn, you have known
sorrow and pain,
and so have we,
but our hearts are pure.
Please guide us
in your footsteps on this Earth
and light our way to the top,
where we were born to be.
She wants us to formalize it
with our blood.
Holy shit,
this is fucking intense.
- Our destiny
is sealed...
together.
- Ew, gross.
That did not happen.
And light our way to the top,
where we were born to be.
- Holy shit.
- Marilyn agrees, see?
We should be
in a band together.
Oh, my goodness,
wow, it is so late.
- Okay.
- I have to dye my hair.
Careful walking back
to your car.
- Oh, I--
- Oh.
Mwah.
- Uh--
- I know how to get
what I want from a man.
The band was just
all part of my grand plan.
- I mean,
she's a total paradox.
I can't wait for you
to experience her.
You know,
she dresses like a slut,
but she sees herself
as innocent,
and I know
what you're thinking,
but it's not about that.
You know, she's, like...
super disciplined.
She kicks me out of her house
every night at 10:00 p.m.
to dye her hair
and take a bubble bath.
She's a lot, man.
- Yeah, but do we need
a singer?
- We need her.
- We need her or you need her?
- Hey, guys,
I think we're being watched.
- Hey, hey, don't worry.
Honestly, she's moldable.
We just--we'll put her
where we want to put her.
She's eye candy.
All right, crowds will
eat that shit up.
- I met Cory a few years
before he met Angelyne.
Yeah, I remember he said he
went to Berklee School of Music
but he left
because he was too good.
Too good.
Oh, but still, he had
true God-given talent.
But when Angelyne came along...
- ♪ You're such an animal ♪
- She did a number on him.
- ♪ Ooh, I want
to smash in the door ♪
♪ And try to take
just what I need ♪
♪ Ooh, oh, baby,
can't you see ♪
♪ That I am just
what you need ♪
♪ You're such a
criminal element ♪
- Hey, Bud, Ray, meet Angelyne.
- Hi, boys.
Pleased, I'm sure.
So we have to talk photos.
I know what you're going for
with your old posters,
the brick wall,
little-boy fake machismo.
It's all a bit cliché,
though, no?
Since we have to take
new photos anyway,
I'm going to experiment
with a new look.
The posters are key.
The posters are everything.
- Yeah, but isn't it
about the music?
- That's a ridiculous question.
No.
Look, it's marketing 101.
You could waste
years of your life holed up
in a crummy rehearsal studio,
writing your masterpiece
that no one will ever hear,
or you can put
your masterpiece up--
oh--around town,
capture the city's attention,
and they'll be begging for it.
These little punk clubs
are fine,
but wouldn't the Whisky
be so much better?
- Sorry.
- Sure.
- And to that end,
five is better than four,
so I put an ad
in "The Recycler"
for a keyboardist.
- I knew we were being watched.
- That's Tim in the blue,
Freddy with the tie,
Hector is in the glasses,
and the balding one
is Keith or Kenneth.
Anyway, I already have
my favorite,
but feel free to look around.
- Did you know about this?
- I mean, it's actually
a pretty smart idea
to add keys.
Okay, suit yourself.
I'll pick.
♪ ♪
Nope, sorry.
Nope, you can go.
♪ ♪
No.
No, no, no.
Freddy.
♪ ♪
Welcome to Baby Blue.
- She's great, isn't she?
♪ ♪
- The band...loved me.
♪ ♪
Are you ready for Baby Blue?
Ooh.
- One, two, three, four.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, baby,
you're a fantasy man ♪
♪ Try to love me
any way that you can ♪
♪ You're the one
I love to tease ♪
♪ And then I play
so hard to please ♪
♪ You can take me for a ride ♪
♪ We got nothing to hide ♪
♪ Oh, baby,
you're a fantasy man ♪
♪ Try to love me
any way that you can ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, bitch,
scratch my itch ♪
♪ I ain't got money,
but you know I don't miss ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby, it's such a sin ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ When you put me
in the state I'm in ♪
- ♪ Ah ♪
- I'll be honest,
people definitely thought
it was a joke at first.
Nobody took her
very seriously, but...
I knew what to do.
Every day, I would
take pictures of Angelyne.
- Lower.
- I must've taken thousands
over the years.
- There you go.
- Like this?
- Mm-hmm.
Cory took photos, sure,
but not the ones
everybody know.
- You're a wild animal.
- Back up.
- Okay, sorry.
- Back up.
He never really had
a photographer's eye.
- She'd always choose
the shitty overexposed shots
so you didn't see
any of the flaws on her face.
- Maybe he'd get one decent
shot out of a thousand.
- You're a movie star.
- Not the best track record,
if you ask me.
- And I was right,
people were curious.
♪ Yeah ♪
Love is strange, man.
You know, you guys
will see it too.
Good stuff is coming.
I promise you.
Like, real,
like...
supernatural success.
We are, like,
this close to, like, fucking
getting on
that rocket ship, man.
- You realize you're starting
to sound like Angelyne, right?
- No, Angelyne,
she's starting
to sound like me.
- Is that what
you tell yourself?
- Hey, come on.
Hurry up.
We don't want
to be here all night.
- We're working
our asses off, man.
Where is she right now?
- Ooh.
Man, she is super clean.
- Hey, put up your posters.
Keep the beat. Believe.
That's your job.
Okay.
- I think Bud was a little bit
jealous of me and Angie
'cause of this powerful thing
that we had going on
outside of the band, you know?
- We have
to take them all down.
Wait, what?
- Yeah, no.
- The printing
is awful and cheap.
My thighs look massive.
This is not what I look like,
is it?
- I'd say it's pretty generous.
- You don't know
what you're saying.
Take them down.
- What do you do for the band?
I mean, I'm so curious.
I mean, we've been
out here all night.
Cory pays for the posters.
What do you do?
- I am the reason
that people show up.
You are replaceable.
- Right.
Okay.
You take them down.
I'm gonna take a bubble bath.
- Hey, Bud, come on, man.
- Well?
- Yeah, no, I'm--
Yup.
- I get what I want.
That doesn't make me a brat.
That makes me in control.
- She had to go.
We couldn't take it anymore.
I think Cory was relieved.
- I was pissed.
But the guys had a point, so...
I knew what had to be done.
- ♪ Smell like a rose,
taste like a tangerine ♪
- Hey, how about we go out
for some tacos tonight?
- You know I don't eat
on Tuesdays.
- Well, can I at least
take you out somewhere?
- ♪ Take it to the limit ♪
- There's just some stuff
I really want
to talk to you about.
- ♪ Far so I provoked you ♪
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo, ba-ba ♪
♪ And then I shut the door ♪
That is good. I love that.
- Hey, I should get off
around 3:00.
How about we go out
for a test drive?
Maybe up to Malibu?
- Marilyn didn't rest
until she was famous.
We need to stay focused.
- Jesus Christ, Angelyne,
just listen to me.
So the guys and I
have been talking,
and we think
it might be time--ugh.
This is really hard
for me, you know?
There he is.
Steve.
- What?
- This is Cory.
Cory, this is--
- Steve Hughes.
I book the Whisky.
- So I was at El Coyote
yesterday with Freddy,
and who does the universe
put at the table next to me?
So we got to talking,
and not only does Steve handle
the bookings for the Whisky.
He also happens
to need his car fixed.
It was all part
of the grand plan.
Find a band.
Play the Whisky.
- Well, obviously we couldn't
kick her out anymore.
I mean, you say what you will.
Maybe she was
the devil in disguise.
But that devil made it happen.
♪ ♪
- ♪ You know
I'm getting off on you ♪
♪ You know I get off on you ♪
♪ You know
I'm getting off on you ♪
♪ You know I get off on you ♪
♪ Off on you, off on you ♪
♪ Off on you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
♪ ♪
- Crazy, you guys
were so awesome.
Yeah!
- Whoo!
- Incredible!
- Whoo!
- Oh, my God.
We fucking played that.
Told you!
- I know! I know!
- Told you!
- I know!
I know. I know.
Going in there too?
- No, that's not really
my thing.
You?
- The crowd is my drug.
Their love is like--
It's like a natural high.
- You were
really great tonight.
- Was I?
- Mm.
- That is so sweet of you.
You, you were the glue
who held us all together.
I don't think anyone's
ever said that
about a keyboard player before.
- Freddy...
you are a good,
spirited person.
Your body contains
a benevolent, calm energy,
and that'll leave you open to
new and magical possibilities.
You'll see.
Oh, Freddy.
- All the greats
play the Whisky.
I mean, when I first
moved to LA,
every night of the week,
I ended up seeing a show there.
So to finally
get to play there,
I mean, I felt like
I had made it, you know?
Till about a week later.
♪ ♪
Hey, have you seen this shit?
- Language.
- Uh,
"The once-promising
Los Angeles punk scene
"suffered a potentially fatal
attack Thursday night
"at the Whisky
by a little-known
"and best-forgotten band
called Baby Blue."
- "The blonde Barbie
ootsy-pooing her way
"through songs
couldn't decide if she wanted
"to sing or to strip.
I wanted to scream."
Look, if I didn't like you,
I didn't like you.
We should cut this out
and frame it.
- What are you--
are you fucking crazy?
- This is our first review.
- We're a joke.
- We are being written about.
That is a huge deal.
- What?
There's nothing good
about this.
- There is good in everything.
It's all about
what you choose to see.
- That's not how life works.
You don't get
a bunch of chances.
I mean, this was,
like, our only shot.
- You need to get into
a "so what" mentality.
I am in a place
that is...
filled with light.
I feel good.
- You're fucking delusional.
I have worked so fucking hard,
and this bitch comes around
and just fucks everything up!
- I think if you need
to get into--
- I, I, I!
It's all about you
all of the time.
You've made this whole thing
about you.
- That's because
it is about me.
- You are a fucking black hole
that sucks the life out
of everything that you touch.
Fuck!
- I feel good.
A lion never loses sleep
over the opinions of a sheep.
If a reporter says
something bad about me,
I just...
keep rising up higher.
- Whenever I tried to run
away--
and I was right at the edge--
I'd always get pulled back
into that vortex, man.
I mean, I believe it was
my karmic responsibility
to take care of her.
I was meant to be with her.
Hey, Ang?
It's me. Open up.
- I'm not home.
- Come on, I messed up.
I'm sorry.
- Sorry?
I don't believe in sorry.
Sorry doesn't mean anything.
- Okay, well, how about
I show you, then?
- Does this mean something?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
The color is all wrong,
but oh, my God, Cory.
Just don't use it
to get away from me, okay?
Yeah, I just want you
to be happy, Angie.
I am.
Ooh.
Oh, wow.
- Beautiful, Angelyne...
- ♪ You, you, you, you ♪
- Will you be my Mrs. Hunt?
- ♪ You, who forgot
to phone last Tuesday ♪
- Of course.
♪ ♪
- You will?
- Oh, no, I meant of course
that's what this is.
♪ ♪
I don't believe in marriage.
- ♪ You, you, you, you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You, who's got hunger
and lots of sentiment ♪
♪ You, you, you, you ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ You ♪
- Of course I kept the car.
But marriage?
Mm.
Total suffocation.
Why would I ever get married,
hmm?
I'm sufficient enough
to myself.
You want to take it
for a spin with me?
Come on, Daddy.
- Man, people always
pass judgment on other people.
That's just the shit world
that we live in.
- Ready?
- But to anyone who judges me
for getting in that car...
You've never been in love.
Hey, what can I say?
I taught her the NY hustle,
and she learned it well.
You know,
I felt like I had to...
help her survive
this predatorial world
that we live in, man.
And Hollywood,
that is a world of predators.
They will eat you alive, man.
♪ ♪
- Where is he?
We were supposed
to take photos.
- I thought we were
supposed to practice.
- And then take photos.
- I don't know.
Maybe...
you've been
pushing him too hard.
- Excuse me?
- We all need a break
every once in a while.
- I don't need a break.
Maybe you should take a break.
- Sorry, Ang, he's my ride.
- Be my guest.
I can do it.
Um...
I just got this the other day,
and I've been...
meaning to try it...
If that's okay with you.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, that's nice. Okay.
- There can only be
one top dog,
and I started to realize
that Angelyne and I
couldn't both be it.
You know, I didn't want
to compete with her,
but I had to remember why
I came out to LA
in the first place:
to play and make music.
I had to think of myself first.
♪ You turn me on ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Ow, you drive me crazy ♪
I'm just gonna play it again.
Not as a producer...
as a fan.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, buddy.
- All right.
- Let's crank it up, fellas.
- Whoo.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Wild thing ♪
My "Wild Thing" cover
was the exact fresh take
that people
were looking for, man.
I mean, KROQ, they put it
in their rotation immediately.
It was a certified hit.
I mean, you know, honestly,
I thought Angie
would be happy for me,
you know,
because that's
how relationships
are supposed to go.
You're supposed to...
support each other.
♪ But I want to know
for sure ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, come on
and hold me tight ♪
- What are we doing?
I told Freddy to meet
at El Coyote.
- I have a surprise.
Close your eyes.
Promise you won't be mad.
- No, of course
I'm not gonna promise that.
- I know I've been MIA
the past few weeks,
but it's been
for a really good cause.
Come on.
Come on.
Right over here.
Turn around.
All right, you ready?
♪ ♪
Traitor.
Famous together,
that was the deal.
- It still is.
I'm just going first.
Now I can help you.
Hey, nobody says that you can't
get a billboard, too, someday.
- What are you doing?
- You betrayed me.
- Oh, no, no, don't, don't.
Oh, fuck!
Oh, you are fucking crazy.
Damn it!
I'm done!
I can't take it anymore!
- We're done,
you fucking jealous lunatic!
♪ ♪
Sorry, I can't go on.
A billboard for a cover song?
Is this the story
you've been telling yourself?
It's delusional.
You were never
on a billboard...
♪ ♪
Or in a Chevelle.
And when I broke up with you,
it did not happen
on this street.
Let's go.
- Do we have to?
- Come on.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
You know what you did
and where I found you.
Go.
♪ ♪
Action.
How long has it been going on?
- What do you mean?
- How long?
- Look, baby,
she's just a friend.
Look, I don't even know her.
- Wait a minute.
No, no, no, not my guitar!
No, please!
No, come on!
Stop! Stop! I'm sorry!
Fuck!
Please stop!
You betrayed me.
- I just--I made a mistake.
I'm sorry.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you, Angie.
- I don't need you
to take care of me.
This is my story.
Don't you dare
try to make it about you.
- No, no.
♪ ♪
- Cory can say whatever
he wants about his success
but not the billboards.
Those are mine.
They've always been mine.
- You either grow together,
or you grow apart,
and she was growing apart.
I mean, it was all about her,
and that's good.
That's fine.
Hey, I wrote about it all
in my novel.
The audiobook
should be out soon.
You know, people have been
comparing it to a...
Shakespearean tragic comedy.
This tale...
tells the story of two souls
thrown together by fate,
mixed to a frappe
in the blender of life.
Those were crazy days, man.
But they were probably
the best years of my life.
- I loved him.
I did.
But he loved me more.
I'm too much for some people.
I'm like uncut heroin.
And it put him
in an institution.
- I checked myself into rehab
to get away from her.
You know, I had all these empty
vials of coke in my pocket,
and they wouldn't commit me
unless I was an addict,
so I said, "Here,"
and I took the vials out.
♪ ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Can't think straight,
can't decide ♪
♪ ♪
- You look...different...
good.
- I feel good.
- ♪ You better look out,
'cause it's come for you ♪
- I just...
did what I felt I was inside,
the piece of artwork
that I am.
I am fully realized,
and everybody should do that.
- I came to tell you
I forgive you.
I don't want
the negative energy
between us to hold me back...
Or you.
- Yeah, me too.
So how much longer
are you gonna be in here?
- Just another week,
two, tops.
- And then what?
- I think I'm done with LA.
- Not everybody
is equipped for it.
- No, no, I got a call from
an old friend from New York,
and he wants me
to join his band.
So we're doing a whole...
East Coast tour.
- Oh, okay.
Well, that's...
Exciting.
I'm happy for you.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- What about you?
- Well, by the time
you're out of here,
my image will be
all over Los Angeles,
and everyone will know my name.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
You'll see.
♪ ♪
- So that was the end of us.
♪ ♪
- ♪ You must leave now ♪
♪ Take what you need ♪
- We both kept playing music,
just not together.
It's for the best.
- ♪ But whatever it is
you think ♪
- I didn't really care for
the music she played after us.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yonder stands
your orphan ♪
♪ With his gun ♪
♪ ♪
Come on, Angie, come on.
Turn around.
- ♪ In the sun ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Look out,
the saints are comin' ♪
- Angelyne, she was never
really about the music.
It was always
just a vehicle for her,
a pit stop on her way
to bigger things.
♪ ♪
- ♪ The highway
is for gamblers ♪
♪ You better use your sense ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take whatever
you've gathered up ♪
♪ From coincidence ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The empty-handed painter ♪
♪ From your streets ♪
- Ooh, that's better.
- ♪ Is drawing
crazy patterns ♪
♪ On your sheets ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Is falling upon you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And it's all over now,
baby blue ♪
- That's it?
- That was the earliest
I was able to go back.
Yeah, it's like
she didn't exist before then.
- It doesn't matter.
She's not returning my calls.
- And how many times
have you tried?
- Just once or twice.
- He called me 82 times.
82, and then I figured,
why not?
My fans had been begging
for a new billboard for years,
and so I'd started
an Indiegogo campaign
to pay for one, so...
I had Rick call him back.
- Jeff Glaser.
Hello? Hello?
- Hello, this is Rick Krause,
and I work for Angelyne.
Please take me off
of speakerphone.
- You're not on--
yeah, sure, no problem.
Thank you so much for calling.
It's great to finally talk to
someone on the Angelyne team.
When could I meet her?
- She'll meet you now.
- Now?
- Remember that she can shut
down the interview at any time.
She is in charge.
Angelyne...
is always in charge.
- ♪ You're not
looking forward ♪
♪ And you are not
looking back ♪
♪ You've lost the warranty ♪
♪ You'll never get
your money back ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I am pretty smart ♪
♪ I don't do
what they want me to ♪
♪ I don't, and nor do you ♪
♪ That's what
the general public do ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It makes you feel good ♪
♪ You've answered
all the questions right ♪
♪ He's won a holiday ♪
♪ That'll help you sleep
tonight ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ We're not looking forward ♪
♪ And we are not
looking back ♪
♪ You've lost the warranty ♪
♪ You'll never get
your money back ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I am pretty smart ♪
♪ I don't do
what they want me to ♪
♪ I don't, and nor do you ♪
♪ That's what
the general public do ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ ♪
I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
- Angelyne?
Read it.
- Oh, I don't think
that that's a very good i--
- Read it.
- Okay.
"The mystery of
LA billboard diva Angelyne's
"real identity
is finally solved,"
by Jeff Glaser
of "The Hollywood Reporter."
"Way before Paris Hilton
and Kim Kardashian,
"the enigmatic
blonde bombshell
"was famous for being famous,
"perpetually driving
the streets of Hollywood
"in that pink Corvette,
but her true identity
"has remained secret
all these years...
until now."
- ♪ You made a fool of me ♪
♪ But them broken dreams
have got to end ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hey, woman,
you got the blues ♪
♪ 'Cause you ain't got
no one else to use ♪
♪ There's an open road
that leads nowhere ♪
♪ So just make some miles
between here and there ♪
♪ There's a hole in my head
where the rain comes in ♪
♪ You took my body
and played to win ♪
- Who is she?
- ♪ Ha, ha, woman,
it's a cryin' shame ♪
- All right.
- ♪ But you ain't got
nobody else to blame ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Evil woman ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Rolled in
from another town ♪
♪ Hit some gold,
too hot to settle down ♪
♪ But a fool and his money
soon go separate ways ♪
♪ You found a fool
lyin' in a daze ♪
- Mysterious billboards are
popping up around the city
featuring the striking image
of a blonde
with a single name,
Angelyne,
raising the question
for millions of Angelenos:
who is Angelyne,
and what exactly
is she advertising?
- What do I think she does
by looking at it?
- Actually, I did hear that she
was trying to be a star
and that she bought
all these billboards
trying to be a star.
Am I right?
- Angelyne,
why are you famous?
- I'm famous
for being on billboards.
- Angelyne!
- I see her sometimes.
I saw her ride by in her car,
and she was just paying
maximum attention
to the people on the sidewalk,
just, you know, showing up.
- Ooh.
- The one, the only Angelyne.
- Angelyne finally decided
all those billboards
weren't enough,
so she put up
this ten-story-tall
mural of herself
at the corner
of Hollywood and Vine.
It was there for six months
and cost more than $50,000.
- The mystery of Angelyne
has become a media obsession,
although she outright refuses
to tell you anything
about her past.
♪ ♪
- People have a lot of opinions
about who you are.
How would you
describe yourself?
- I'm a Rorschach test in pink.
Ooh.
An innocent little doll
or a whore
or a porn star.
People see...
what they see.
- I love Angelyne
for all the same reasons
that I love Los Angeles:
the extremes, the weirdness,
the glamour, the enigma.
- There's something sexy
about a mystery.
That's why everybody
wants to know my story.
- Back then,
you could still disappear
or reappear as someone else.
You can't really
do that anymore.
Angelyne existed at a point
in American history
when that was still possible.
- Everyone wants
to interview her.
They're doing a story about
the history of Los Angeles.
They're doing a story about
the greatest sex symbols
of our time.
They want
to interview Angelyne.
- Who is Angelyne really?
What's her story?
Where is she from?
That's what I set out to learn,
and I was successful.
- Jeff Glaser
turned out to be...
A liar, and I hate liars.
He was just biting
at the ch--
mm, whatever you call it
to get the story.
- So the story isn't true?
- Hey, Jeff,
here are those photos
you asked for of Angelyne.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, she was in a band
called Baby Blue in the '70s.
That guy's name right there
is Cory Hunt.
- Cory?
Oh.
Cory's dead.
- I am not dead.
Of course
she would say that, man.
You know why
she would say that?
Because I created Angelyne.
Does she know
you're talking to me?
- Did I say Cory was dead?
Well, he doesn't live
in LA anymore.
I sometimes
get the two confused.
- God's honest truth?
This whole Angelyne story
starts with me.
She was nothing before me.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Dub-dub ♪
♪ Dub-dub ♪
♪ Dub-dub, dub-dub ♪
♪ Oh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Dub-dub train ♪
- He's probably gonna
tell you some story
about how he saved me
or discovered me,
and if that'll make him happy,
he can do that.
But the truth is,
when I met him,
I was already quite busy
modeling and acting.
But the characters
weren't reflective
of who I am on the inside,
so...
I had a different plan.
- ♪ You can take me
around the world ♪
- I was looking for a band
that wasn't going anywhere,
one that I could mold.
That's how I discovered him.
Coca-Cola, please.
- ♪ Baby, you got me ♪
- They were nothing much
to look at,
but that's okay,
'cause no one was looking.
- ♪ Where I stand ♪
I will never forget
that night.
We had a residency
at the Starwood.
We were already gaining
a ton of buzz.
There was cosmic energy
in the air that night.
♪ Baby, you got me ♪
♪ You got me, you got me ♪
We have been
and we will always be
Baby Blue.
Thank you, and good night.
- You guys rip, man!
- Hey, Cory, great show.
Mm-hmm.
- And that's
when I discovered her,
this divine creature
from outer space.
I'll be right back.
I never saw anything
so beautiful.
♪ ♪
So what did you think
of the band?
- What band?
Mine.
We were just onstage.
- Oh, was that you?
I wasn't listening.
How'd you do?
- We were incredible.
We were fine.
- If you're aiming
for just fine,
you'll probably end up
just missing it.
You gotta aim higher.
- Yeah, I know.
I mean, this place is not bad,
but we really should be
playing the Whisky.
- Then you gotta play every
show as if it's the Whisky,
and one day...
It will be.
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I don't drink...
Or smoke.
- Who are you?
- Angelyne.
Yeah, my dad, right,
he's got this whole
Soviet work ethic
where you just work
your whole life
and you expect nothing,
but I say what's the point
of living if you aren't...
Following your dreams.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, so I said, "No,
I'm not gonna live like that."
So I packed up all my shit.
I fled to LA,
started a band.
I mean, I've played every club
around here.
Eventually I'm gonna
play the Whisky.
That'll prove him wrong,
you know?
- Fathers can ruin your life.
- So what about you?
Are you close with your dad?
- Oh, I never knew him.
He died when I was a baby.
- Oh.
I'm sorry.
Your mom?
- What's your sign?
Aquarius.
- No wonder you're a rebel.
- Hey, wait.
Where you going?
- Home, of course.
- She'd occasionally
share things about herself
to gain sympathy,
but when it comes
it the actual truth
about her past,
no, she never went there.
Hey, hey, wait up.
You know how many freaks
and weirdos are out here?
You could get
your head chopped off.
- Don't worry, Daddy.
I'm stronger than I look.
No, but you--
- You shouldn't be walking.
Hey, I work at a garage.
I could help you
get a cheap car if you want.
- Oh, I don't want
just any car.
A car is supposed to be
an extension of you,
your being.
I want something fast
so I can get away if I have to.
- What would you need
to get away from?
- Anyone, anything,
I have to know I can escape.
That's why I'm saving up
to buy my dream car,
my very own Star 'Vette.
- Star 'Vette.
- Mm-hmm.
That's what Barbie
calls her Corvette,
her dream machine.
- Barbie the doll?
- The American icon.
I'd love to be like Barbie.
- You're already blonde
and beautiful.
- Oh, she's so much more
than that.
She lives a painless existence.
You can stick her with things,
and she won't cry.
She doesn't hurt.
Wouldn't that be nice,
never to hurt?
- Yeah, I would never
let you get hurt.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Aquarius,
we don't want
to get our heads chopped off.
You know, pink is the color
of the Beverly Hills Hotel...
- Okay.
- Jayne Mansfield's house...
and my house.
That's why I picked pink.
I came to Hollywood
to follow the dream.
I had to leave
everything behind
in order to become
what I knew I needed to become.
The season of change
is upon us.
- Hey, candles
are a classy touch.
Sets a nice vibe.
- No, these are because...
My asshole neighbor
cut my power!
I mean, she is--
whoo--
evil, but no matter
what she does,
she can't...
Fucking hurt me
because I will call
the goddamn cops!
Anyway, this place
is a work in progress.
I'm designing
a whole new look for it.
- No, I love it.
Yeah, especially
all these mirrors.
Hey, is that the--
- Oh, I don't let
anybody in there.
That's my sanctuary.
It's my cocoon.
Your cocoon?
Jesus fucking--what the fuck?
That's my parrot.
He's very jealous.
Person.
Ooh.
You be nice.
- Person?
- Yeah.
He was here when I moved in,
so I adopted him.
I called him Bird at first,
but...
The more I got to know him,
the more I realized
he's complex.
- Oh, hey, this is...
- Marilyn.
Yeah.
She's my honorary mother.
Since I was a little girl,
I've known that fame
is my destiny.
Huge, gigantic fame.
Are you ready to do it?
- Oh, God, yes.
- Let's get famous together.
I'll sing in your band,
and we'll conquer the world.
♪ ♪
- So I asked her
to join my band.
- So I asked him if he wanted
to play guitar in my band.
- We made a pact that night
to get famous together.
Some weird witchy shit...
But I was along for the ride.
- Marilyn needs an offering,
something personal.
- It's my demo.
- Marilyn loves music.
It's perfect.
Marilyn, you have known
sorrow and pain,
and so have we,
but our hearts are pure.
Please guide us
in your footsteps on this Earth
and light our way to the top,
where we were born to be.
She wants us to formalize it
with our blood.
Holy shit,
this is fucking intense.
- Our destiny
is sealed...
together.
- Ew, gross.
That did not happen.
And light our way to the top,
where we were born to be.
- Holy shit.
- Marilyn agrees, see?
We should be
in a band together.
Oh, my goodness,
wow, it is so late.
- Okay.
- I have to dye my hair.
Careful walking back
to your car.
- Oh, I--
- Oh.
Mwah.
- Uh--
- I know how to get
what I want from a man.
The band was just
all part of my grand plan.
- I mean,
she's a total paradox.
I can't wait for you
to experience her.
You know,
she dresses like a slut,
but she sees herself
as innocent,
and I know
what you're thinking,
but it's not about that.
You know, she's, like...
super disciplined.
She kicks me out of her house
every night at 10:00 p.m.
to dye her hair
and take a bubble bath.
She's a lot, man.
- Yeah, but do we need
a singer?
- We need her.
- We need her or you need her?
- Hey, guys,
I think we're being watched.
- Hey, hey, don't worry.
Honestly, she's moldable.
We just--we'll put her
where we want to put her.
She's eye candy.
All right, crowds will
eat that shit up.
- I met Cory a few years
before he met Angelyne.
Yeah, I remember he said he
went to Berklee School of Music
but he left
because he was too good.
Too good.
Oh, but still, he had
true God-given talent.
But when Angelyne came along...
- ♪ You're such an animal ♪
- She did a number on him.
- ♪ Ooh, I want
to smash in the door ♪
♪ And try to take
just what I need ♪
♪ Ooh, oh, baby,
can't you see ♪
♪ That I am just
what you need ♪
♪ You're such a
criminal element ♪
- Hey, Bud, Ray, meet Angelyne.
- Hi, boys.
Pleased, I'm sure.
So we have to talk photos.
I know what you're going for
with your old posters,
the brick wall,
little-boy fake machismo.
It's all a bit cliché,
though, no?
Since we have to take
new photos anyway,
I'm going to experiment
with a new look.
The posters are key.
The posters are everything.
- Yeah, but isn't it
about the music?
- That's a ridiculous question.
No.
Look, it's marketing 101.
You could waste
years of your life holed up
in a crummy rehearsal studio,
writing your masterpiece
that no one will ever hear,
or you can put
your masterpiece up--
oh--around town,
capture the city's attention,
and they'll be begging for it.
These little punk clubs
are fine,
but wouldn't the Whisky
be so much better?
- Sorry.
- Sure.
- And to that end,
five is better than four,
so I put an ad
in "The Recycler"
for a keyboardist.
- I knew we were being watched.
- That's Tim in the blue,
Freddy with the tie,
Hector is in the glasses,
and the balding one
is Keith or Kenneth.
Anyway, I already have
my favorite,
but feel free to look around.
- Did you know about this?
- I mean, it's actually
a pretty smart idea
to add keys.
Okay, suit yourself.
I'll pick.
♪ ♪
Nope, sorry.
Nope, you can go.
♪ ♪
No.
No, no, no.
Freddy.
♪ ♪
Welcome to Baby Blue.
- She's great, isn't she?
♪ ♪
- The band...loved me.
♪ ♪
Are you ready for Baby Blue?
Ooh.
- One, two, three, four.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, baby,
you're a fantasy man ♪
♪ Try to love me
any way that you can ♪
♪ You're the one
I love to tease ♪
♪ And then I play
so hard to please ♪
♪ You can take me for a ride ♪
♪ We got nothing to hide ♪
♪ Oh, baby,
you're a fantasy man ♪
♪ Try to love me
any way that you can ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, bitch,
scratch my itch ♪
♪ I ain't got money,
but you know I don't miss ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Oh, baby, it's such a sin ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ When you put me
in the state I'm in ♪
- ♪ Ah ♪
- I'll be honest,
people definitely thought
it was a joke at first.
Nobody took her
very seriously, but...
I knew what to do.
Every day, I would
take pictures of Angelyne.
- Lower.
- I must've taken thousands
over the years.
- There you go.
- Like this?
- Mm-hmm.
Cory took photos, sure,
but not the ones
everybody know.
- You're a wild animal.
- Back up.
- Okay, sorry.
- Back up.
He never really had
a photographer's eye.
- She'd always choose
the shitty overexposed shots
so you didn't see
any of the flaws on her face.
- Maybe he'd get one decent
shot out of a thousand.
- You're a movie star.
- Not the best track record,
if you ask me.
- And I was right,
people were curious.
♪ Yeah ♪
Love is strange, man.
You know, you guys
will see it too.
Good stuff is coming.
I promise you.
Like, real,
like...
supernatural success.
We are, like,
this close to, like, fucking
getting on
that rocket ship, man.
- You realize you're starting
to sound like Angelyne, right?
- No, Angelyne,
she's starting
to sound like me.
- Is that what
you tell yourself?
- Hey, come on.
Hurry up.
We don't want
to be here all night.
- We're working
our asses off, man.
Where is she right now?
- Ooh.
Man, she is super clean.
- Hey, put up your posters.
Keep the beat. Believe.
That's your job.
Okay.
- I think Bud was a little bit
jealous of me and Angie
'cause of this powerful thing
that we had going on
outside of the band, you know?
- We have
to take them all down.
Wait, what?
- Yeah, no.
- The printing
is awful and cheap.
My thighs look massive.
This is not what I look like,
is it?
- I'd say it's pretty generous.
- You don't know
what you're saying.
Take them down.
- What do you do for the band?
I mean, I'm so curious.
I mean, we've been
out here all night.
Cory pays for the posters.
What do you do?
- I am the reason
that people show up.
You are replaceable.
- Right.
Okay.
You take them down.
I'm gonna take a bubble bath.
- Hey, Bud, come on, man.
- Well?
- Yeah, no, I'm--
Yup.
- I get what I want.
That doesn't make me a brat.
That makes me in control.
- She had to go.
We couldn't take it anymore.
I think Cory was relieved.
- I was pissed.
But the guys had a point, so...
I knew what had to be done.
- ♪ Smell like a rose,
taste like a tangerine ♪
- Hey, how about we go out
for some tacos tonight?
- You know I don't eat
on Tuesdays.
- Well, can I at least
take you out somewhere?
- ♪ Take it to the limit ♪
- There's just some stuff
I really want
to talk to you about.
- ♪ Far so I provoked you ♪
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo, ba-ba ♪
♪ And then I shut the door ♪
That is good. I love that.
- Hey, I should get off
around 3:00.
How about we go out
for a test drive?
Maybe up to Malibu?
- Marilyn didn't rest
until she was famous.
We need to stay focused.
- Jesus Christ, Angelyne,
just listen to me.
So the guys and I
have been talking,
and we think
it might be time--ugh.
This is really hard
for me, you know?
There he is.
Steve.
- What?
- This is Cory.
Cory, this is--
- Steve Hughes.
I book the Whisky.
- So I was at El Coyote
yesterday with Freddy,
and who does the universe
put at the table next to me?
So we got to talking,
and not only does Steve handle
the bookings for the Whisky.
He also happens
to need his car fixed.
It was all part
of the grand plan.
Find a band.
Play the Whisky.
- Well, obviously we couldn't
kick her out anymore.
I mean, you say what you will.
Maybe she was
the devil in disguise.
But that devil made it happen.
♪ ♪
- ♪ You know
I'm getting off on you ♪
♪ You know I get off on you ♪
♪ You know
I'm getting off on you ♪
♪ You know I get off on you ♪
♪ Off on you, off on you ♪
♪ Off on you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ Kiss me, LA ♪
- ♪ K-k-k-kiss me, LA ♪
♪ ♪
- Crazy, you guys
were so awesome.
Yeah!
- Whoo!
- Incredible!
- Whoo!
- Oh, my God.
We fucking played that.
Told you!
- I know! I know!
- Told you!
- I know!
I know. I know.
Going in there too?
- No, that's not really
my thing.
You?
- The crowd is my drug.
Their love is like--
It's like a natural high.
- You were
really great tonight.
- Was I?
- Mm.
- That is so sweet of you.
You, you were the glue
who held us all together.
I don't think anyone's
ever said that
about a keyboard player before.
- Freddy...
you are a good,
spirited person.
Your body contains
a benevolent, calm energy,
and that'll leave you open to
new and magical possibilities.
You'll see.
Oh, Freddy.
- All the greats
play the Whisky.
I mean, when I first
moved to LA,
every night of the week,
I ended up seeing a show there.
So to finally
get to play there,
I mean, I felt like
I had made it, you know?
Till about a week later.
♪ ♪
Hey, have you seen this shit?
- Language.
- Uh,
"The once-promising
Los Angeles punk scene
"suffered a potentially fatal
attack Thursday night
"at the Whisky
by a little-known
"and best-forgotten band
called Baby Blue."
- "The blonde Barbie
ootsy-pooing her way
"through songs
couldn't decide if she wanted
"to sing or to strip.
I wanted to scream."
Look, if I didn't like you,
I didn't like you.
We should cut this out
and frame it.
- What are you--
are you fucking crazy?
- This is our first review.
- We're a joke.
- We are being written about.
That is a huge deal.
- What?
There's nothing good
about this.
- There is good in everything.
It's all about
what you choose to see.
- That's not how life works.
You don't get
a bunch of chances.
I mean, this was,
like, our only shot.
- You need to get into
a "so what" mentality.
I am in a place
that is...
filled with light.
I feel good.
- You're fucking delusional.
I have worked so fucking hard,
and this bitch comes around
and just fucks everything up!
- I think if you need
to get into--
- I, I, I!
It's all about you
all of the time.
You've made this whole thing
about you.
- That's because
it is about me.
- You are a fucking black hole
that sucks the life out
of everything that you touch.
Fuck!
- I feel good.
A lion never loses sleep
over the opinions of a sheep.
If a reporter says
something bad about me,
I just...
keep rising up higher.
- Whenever I tried to run
away--
and I was right at the edge--
I'd always get pulled back
into that vortex, man.
I mean, I believe it was
my karmic responsibility
to take care of her.
I was meant to be with her.
Hey, Ang?
It's me. Open up.
- I'm not home.
- Come on, I messed up.
I'm sorry.
- Sorry?
I don't believe in sorry.
Sorry doesn't mean anything.
- Okay, well, how about
I show you, then?
- Does this mean something?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
The color is all wrong,
but oh, my God, Cory.
Just don't use it
to get away from me, okay?
Yeah, I just want you
to be happy, Angie.
I am.
Ooh.
Oh, wow.
- Beautiful, Angelyne...
- ♪ You, you, you, you ♪
- Will you be my Mrs. Hunt?
- ♪ You, who forgot
to phone last Tuesday ♪
- Of course.
♪ ♪
- You will?
- Oh, no, I meant of course
that's what this is.
♪ ♪
I don't believe in marriage.
- ♪ You, you, you, you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You, who's got hunger
and lots of sentiment ♪
♪ You, you, you, you ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ You ♪
- Of course I kept the car.
But marriage?
Mm.
Total suffocation.
Why would I ever get married,
hmm?
I'm sufficient enough
to myself.
You want to take it
for a spin with me?
Come on, Daddy.
- Man, people always
pass judgment on other people.
That's just the shit world
that we live in.
- Ready?
- But to anyone who judges me
for getting in that car...
You've never been in love.
Hey, what can I say?
I taught her the NY hustle,
and she learned it well.
You know,
I felt like I had to...
help her survive
this predatorial world
that we live in, man.
And Hollywood,
that is a world of predators.
They will eat you alive, man.
♪ ♪
- Where is he?
We were supposed
to take photos.
- I thought we were
supposed to practice.
- And then take photos.
- I don't know.
Maybe...
you've been
pushing him too hard.
- Excuse me?
- We all need a break
every once in a while.
- I don't need a break.
Maybe you should take a break.
- Sorry, Ang, he's my ride.
- Be my guest.
I can do it.
Um...
I just got this the other day,
and I've been...
meaning to try it...
If that's okay with you.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, that's nice. Okay.
- There can only be
one top dog,
and I started to realize
that Angelyne and I
couldn't both be it.
You know, I didn't want
to compete with her,
but I had to remember why
I came out to LA
in the first place:
to play and make music.
I had to think of myself first.
♪ You turn me on ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Ow, you drive me crazy ♪
I'm just gonna play it again.
Not as a producer...
as a fan.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, buddy.
- All right.
- Let's crank it up, fellas.
- Whoo.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Wild thing ♪
My "Wild Thing" cover
was the exact fresh take
that people
were looking for, man.
I mean, KROQ, they put it
in their rotation immediately.
It was a certified hit.
I mean, you know, honestly,
I thought Angie
would be happy for me,
you know,
because that's
how relationships
are supposed to go.
You're supposed to...
support each other.
♪ But I want to know
for sure ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, come on
and hold me tight ♪
- What are we doing?
I told Freddy to meet
at El Coyote.
- I have a surprise.
Close your eyes.
Promise you won't be mad.
- No, of course
I'm not gonna promise that.
- I know I've been MIA
the past few weeks,
but it's been
for a really good cause.
Come on.
Come on.
Right over here.
Turn around.
All right, you ready?
♪ ♪
Traitor.
Famous together,
that was the deal.
- It still is.
I'm just going first.
Now I can help you.
Hey, nobody says that you can't
get a billboard, too, someday.
- What are you doing?
- You betrayed me.
- Oh, no, no, don't, don't.
Oh, fuck!
Oh, you are fucking crazy.
Damn it!
I'm done!
I can't take it anymore!
- We're done,
you fucking jealous lunatic!
♪ ♪
Sorry, I can't go on.
A billboard for a cover song?
Is this the story
you've been telling yourself?
It's delusional.
You were never
on a billboard...
♪ ♪
Or in a Chevelle.
And when I broke up with you,
it did not happen
on this street.
Let's go.
- Do we have to?
- Come on.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
You know what you did
and where I found you.
Go.
♪ ♪
Action.
How long has it been going on?
- What do you mean?
- How long?
- Look, baby,
she's just a friend.
Look, I don't even know her.
- Wait a minute.
No, no, no, not my guitar!
No, please!
No, come on!
Stop! Stop! I'm sorry!
Fuck!
Please stop!
You betrayed me.
- I just--I made a mistake.
I'm sorry.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you, Angie.
- I don't need you
to take care of me.
This is my story.
Don't you dare
try to make it about you.
- No, no.
♪ ♪
- Cory can say whatever
he wants about his success
but not the billboards.
Those are mine.
They've always been mine.
- You either grow together,
or you grow apart,
and she was growing apart.
I mean, it was all about her,
and that's good.
That's fine.
Hey, I wrote about it all
in my novel.
The audiobook
should be out soon.
You know, people have been
comparing it to a...
Shakespearean tragic comedy.
This tale...
tells the story of two souls
thrown together by fate,
mixed to a frappe
in the blender of life.
Those were crazy days, man.
But they were probably
the best years of my life.
- I loved him.
I did.
But he loved me more.
I'm too much for some people.
I'm like uncut heroin.
And it put him
in an institution.
- I checked myself into rehab
to get away from her.
You know, I had all these empty
vials of coke in my pocket,
and they wouldn't commit me
unless I was an addict,
so I said, "Here,"
and I took the vials out.
♪ ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
- ♪ Emergency ♪
- ♪ 9-9-9, emergency ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Can't think straight,
can't decide ♪
♪ ♪
- You look...different...
good.
- I feel good.
- ♪ You better look out,
'cause it's come for you ♪
- I just...
did what I felt I was inside,
the piece of artwork
that I am.
I am fully realized,
and everybody should do that.
- I came to tell you
I forgive you.
I don't want
the negative energy
between us to hold me back...
Or you.
- Yeah, me too.
So how much longer
are you gonna be in here?
- Just another week,
two, tops.
- And then what?
- I think I'm done with LA.
- Not everybody
is equipped for it.
- No, no, I got a call from
an old friend from New York,
and he wants me
to join his band.
So we're doing a whole...
East Coast tour.
- Oh, okay.
Well, that's...
Exciting.
I'm happy for you.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- What about you?
- Well, by the time
you're out of here,
my image will be
all over Los Angeles,
and everyone will know my name.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
You'll see.
♪ ♪
- So that was the end of us.
♪ ♪
- ♪ You must leave now ♪
♪ Take what you need ♪
- We both kept playing music,
just not together.
It's for the best.
- ♪ But whatever it is
you think ♪
- I didn't really care for
the music she played after us.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yonder stands
your orphan ♪
♪ With his gun ♪
♪ ♪
Come on, Angie, come on.
Turn around.
- ♪ In the sun ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Look out,
the saints are comin' ♪
- Angelyne, she was never
really about the music.
It was always
just a vehicle for her,
a pit stop on her way
to bigger things.
♪ ♪
- ♪ The highway
is for gamblers ♪
♪ You better use your sense ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take whatever
you've gathered up ♪
♪ From coincidence ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The empty-handed painter ♪
♪ From your streets ♪
- Ooh, that's better.
- ♪ Is drawing
crazy patterns ♪
♪ On your sheets ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Is falling upon you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And it's all over now,
baby blue ♪
- That's it?
- That was the earliest
I was able to go back.
Yeah, it's like
she didn't exist before then.
- It doesn't matter.
She's not returning my calls.
- And how many times
have you tried?
- Just once or twice.
- He called me 82 times.
82, and then I figured,
why not?
My fans had been begging
for a new billboard for years,
and so I'd started
an Indiegogo campaign
to pay for one, so...
I had Rick call him back.
- Jeff Glaser.
Hello? Hello?
- Hello, this is Rick Krause,
and I work for Angelyne.
Please take me off
of speakerphone.
- You're not on--
yeah, sure, no problem.
Thank you so much for calling.
It's great to finally talk to
someone on the Angelyne team.
When could I meet her?
- She'll meet you now.
- Now?
- Remember that she can shut
down the interview at any time.
She is in charge.
Angelyne...
is always in charge.
- ♪ You're not
looking forward ♪
♪ And you are not
looking back ♪
♪ You've lost the warranty ♪
♪ You'll never get
your money back ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I am pretty smart ♪
♪ I don't do
what they want me to ♪
♪ I don't, and nor do you ♪
♪ That's what
the general public do ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It makes you feel good ♪
♪ You've answered
all the questions right ♪
♪ He's won a holiday ♪
♪ That'll help you sleep
tonight ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ We're not looking forward ♪
♪ And we are not
looking back ♪
♪ You've lost the warranty ♪
♪ You'll never get
your money back ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I am pretty smart ♪
♪ I don't do
what they want me to ♪
♪ I don't, and nor do you ♪
♪ That's what
the general public do ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ Getting nowhere fast ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My baby's buying me
another life ♪
♪ ♪