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Biographies
It’s a Yuletide Stent for Prince Philip
The Prince was airlifted to Papworth Hospital after having chest pains at the Royal estate at Sandringham. Then came a visit from Stenta Claus.
The Biggest Christmas Day Movies
Many people like to go to the movies on Christmas Day. It doesn’t even matter if it’s a good movie. Here are the 10 highest-grossing movies that opened on December 25th.
Eight Lines Uttered by Meryl Streep in a Plummy British Accent in the New Margaret Thatcher Movie
Any time you’ve got Meryl Streep doing an accent, you’ve got an Oscar-winner on your hands. Here are the best lines from her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the new movie The Iron Lady.
“Twelve Charged With Hate Crimes in Amish Beard Cutting”
We have a new favorite headline of the day, and possibly of the month and year.
Who is Kim Jong-un?
Kim Jong-un is Swiss-educated, a four-star general, and apparently the next ruler of North Korea. All this and he’s still under 30. (Maybe). What else do we know about Kim Jong-il’s favorite son?
Charlotte Brontë’s Expensive Little Book
A miniature book by Charlotte Brontë sold at auction this week for a sum that will make you think twice about throwing out your kid’s artwork.
Did Christopher Hitchens Really Call Mother Teresa a “Thieving, Fanatical Albanian Dwarf”?
Well, yes, he did. He also called her “a fraud” and “a wizened, shriveled old lady.” We trace thse amazing quotes back to their source.
Christopher Hitchens: Obituary First Lines
Troublemaker, charmer, provocateur, polemicist… that’s what the obituaries are calling Christopher Hitchens. He died yesterday in a Houston hospital at age 62.
Fats Waller Is Clearly Planning to Misbehave
He may have written the song Ain’t Misbehavin’, but Fats Waller is obviously planning mischief in this photo from 1938. God bless the collections of the Library of Congress.