Abraham Lincoln’s Bromance with Joshua Speed
Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln had a very close friendship, sharing their anxieties. Speed was able to calm Lincoln’s depression.
Posts tagged: Romance
Manolo Blahnik Does Not Believe in Love
The fashion designer talks about life, heavy breathing, and why he can’t test out women’s shoes himself any more.
Jeopardy! Flashback: ‘Single… and Available’
What you learn when you tell a national television audience that you live alone in a studio apartment.
Calvin Coolidge Shaved Himself For Marriage
Our 30th president was shaving himself, wearing only underwear and a top hat, when his future wife first laid eyes on him.
Valentine’s Day Special: Paperman
Disney’s romantic animated black-and-white short is nominated for an Academy Award.
Valentine’s Day Special: Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Nothing says Valentine’s Day quite like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with romantic Spanish subtitles.
77 Years Later, Mr. Carol Channing is Dead
Harry Kullijian married Carol Channing nearly 70 years after they became childhood sweethearts. He passed away on Monday. Here’s their story.
Happy Birthday, Anne Rice!
Author Anne Rice is 70 years old today. She’s the one who gave us the vampire Lestat, introduced in her 1976 novel Interview with a Vampire. If you don’t know that book, uh… it’s like Twilight for grown-ups. Grown-ups who like to read pages and pages of flowery prose.