America has its first openly-gay male athlete who is actively playing a major professional sport. If that description doesn’t include too many qualifiers for you, then read on to learn about Jason Collins.
The country music legend nicknamed “The Possum” has gone to the Great Beyond.
Randy Newman was just inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We’ve updated our photo files.
So, a Subway shop in Manhattan has a statue of Jarvis Jones made of smoked chicken.
Folk singer Richie Havens has died. He’s fondly remembered for his performance at Woodstock.
We all have to go sometime, but some have better epitaphs than other.
Because you can never have enough photos of the Queen.
Pat Summerall has died, at the age of 82. I don’t even watch sports on TV, but I still recognize Pat Summerall as one of the greats when it comes to TV broadcasters.
Yup, we were down there.
For one thing, she’s at least an inch taller than she was in Little Miss Sunshine.
Comedian Jonathan Winters died this week at the age of 87. Read the Who2 biography of Jonathan Winters and watch some video clips.
He was looking good as the ‘Big Three’ led off the 2013 Masters golf tournament.
Who2 has a new biography of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Read about his life, his work and his relationships with Roald Amundsen — and with Robert Scott Falcon’s wife!
John Bailey Owen imagines a strange new wing of the Smithsonian.
It’s still only April, but things are looking up.
Annette Funicello, who made her fame on The Mickey Mouse Club television show in the 1950s, has died at the age of 70.
The “Iron Lady” — the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom — has died after a stroke.
Dig into the story of the making of that godawful Super Mario Bros. movie from 1993. We even have Roger Ebert reviewing it on his TV show.
He seemed to know what he was doing right from the start.
Holy cow. The dean of American movie reviewers has suddenly lost his fight with cancer.
For the second time in four years, Jay Leno says he is leaving The Tonight Show for a younger replacement. Does he mean it this time?
She was Jim Henson’s partner in puppetry right from the start.
At London’s Orbital Comics there’s an art show running called Image Duplicator. See how artists rib pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein.
Remembering the Texas governor who was sitting right in front of the president when it all went down.
Seen in the lobby of a small Ohio hotel: a glimpse of John F. Kennedy’s run for president.