
Lou Pearlman
Actor · 1954 – 2016 · Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Louis Jay "Lou" Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, including the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. In 2008, Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history; he died in federal custody.
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TV6.3NewsDocumentary20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity. The hour-long program has been a staple on Friday evenings for much of the time since it moved to that timeslot from Thursdays in September 1987, though special editions of the program occasionally air on other nights.
20/20
1978 · 37 votes
TVCrimeDocumentaryExpert analysis and dramatic storytelling of recent crime stories.
Forensic Justice
2016
TV8.7DocumentaryNSYNC's Joey Fatone exposes the secret machinery behind manufactured superstardom — and its devastating human cost. Candid interviews with artists from Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, and others reveal the darker realities of power struggles and exploitation.
Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event
2026 · 3 votes
TV7.3RealityMaking the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each iteration focusing on a specific music act. It spawned musical acts O-Town, Da Band, Danity Kane, Day26, and Donnie Klang. Except for the first iteration of the series featuring O-Town, all seasons of Making the Band have been overseen by Diddy, acting as the man of the house who makes the final decision on who will be in the band.
Making the Band
2000 · 3 votes
TV6.5DocumentaryCrimeBackstreet Boys. NSYNC. Lou Pearlman created the biggest boy bands of the '90s — and one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
2024 · 41 votes
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Movie7.5DocumentaryMusicHighlights boy bands and their rise — and fall — to fame, from The Beatles to Jackson 5 to the Jonas Brothers and One Direction, as well as the K-pop group Seventeen.
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024 · 13 votes
Movie6.2DocumentaryThe life and crimes of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman. The film tracks his life from discovering NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, to his perpetration of one of the largest ponzi schemes in US history.
The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story
2019 · 21 votes
Movie5.7ActionComedyA powerful businessman blackmails a fitness instructor in order to gain inside information on the stock market.
Longshot
2001 · 5 votes
Movie3.6ComedyAn off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992 · 11 votes