The Big Big Birthdays of 2012
Which creepy Roman celebrates his 2000th birthday this year? Which author turns 200? Which action star hits 50? Answers after the jump.
Biographies
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt ask the musical question with guitar and ukelele.
Peter Travers Goes All ‘Jingle Bells’ About Ryan Gosling
The Rolling Stone critic says Drive (yes, Drive) is the best movie of the year. And he loves Gosling like McAdams loves cupcakes.
Mary Tyler Moore Slideshow
In honor of her 75th birthday today, Styleist magazine has a slideshow of television star Mary Tyler Moore.
Dick Nixon Still Getting Kicked Around
A new book about President Richard Nixon claims he was wife-beating drunk who dabbled in Mafia man-love. But was he a good conservative?
Kim Jong-il’s Funeral Was Like Beatlemania in Reverse
Kim Jong-il had his state funeral today, complete with screams, retching, and his body perched on a Lincoln Continental. Here’s the video.
Tarzan’s Cheetah Dies or Maybe Not
Cheetah, the chimpanzee co-star of 1930s Tarzan movies, has died at the age of 80. Or maybe he was 82. And maybe he wasn’t really the same chimp from the movies. Still, he’s dead.
The Super-Sweet Rides of Colonel Sanders
What did Colonel Sanders have in common with Bruce Springsteen? That ever-lovin’ pink Cadillac.
Happy 50th Deathday to Edith Wilson, Our First Female President
First Lady Edith Wilson ran the country for more than a year, to hear some people tell it. And she died 50 years ago today.
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.