The Nellie Taft Sesquicentennial
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Biographies
Bradley Cooper Rattling On in French
Here’s actor Bradley Cooper being interviewed on French television about his new movies, The Hangover Part II and Limitless:
Marilyn Monroe and Andy Griffith are Birthday Twins
Grab some chips, then call your neighbors and tell them that American icons Andy Griffith and Marilyn Monroe were both born on the very same day: June 1 of 1926. They presented two …..
Arlene Francis, Accidental Killer
“Actor and game show panelist Arlene Francis took the blame for one of the stranger accidental deaths on record,
when an exercise dumbbell fell from her eighth-story Manhattan apartment
and killed a man who had just emerged from the popular Le Pavilli
Novak Djokovic Biography: New!
Our biography of Novak Djokovic is now live. He’s the Serbian tennis star who’s spent so much time trampling Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal underfoot this year. In fact, Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost in 2011: he’s won an astonishing 40 straight matches (and 42 if you count the end of
Gil Scott-Heron: The Funeral Will Not Be Televised
“The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner,Because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.”Gil Scott-Heron has died at age 62. The news came out today via a tweet from his publisher, Jamie Byng. No cause of death was announced.
Happy 100th Birthday to the ‘Happy Warrior’
Hubert H. Humphrey was born 100 years ago today.
Ashton Kutcher, Investing Guru
Dude was an early investor in Skype and Foursquare.
Sally Ride: A Biography in Photos for Her 60th Birthday
Dr. Sally Ride turns 60 today, and you have to love this amazing photo of her on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger 28 years ago. The year is 1983, and she has just become the first American woman in space.
The Pope, The Queen, and Nelson Mandela Walk Into a Bar…
“I have known few greater honours than the opportunity to address the Mother of Parliaments at Westminster Hall. I am told the last three speakers here have been the Pope, Her Majesty the Queen, and Nelson Mandela, which is either a very high bar or the beginning of a very funny joke.”President Barack Obama, opening his speech to Parliament today with a little joke. Heh!