Abigail Breslin to Play Helen Keller in ‘The Miracle Worker’
Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin will play Helen Keller in a Broadway revival of the play The Miracle Worker. The play opens March 3rd at the Circle in the Square.
Biographies
Al Capone Died Today in 1947
Today’s the anniversary of the death of famous Chicago gangster Al Capone — “Scarface.”Al Capone, one of the F.B.I.’s most-wanted criminals in the 1920s and ’30s, was eventually caught and convicted in 1931 of tax evasion.He was released from prison in 1939, after serving about seven and a half years of an eleven-year sentence. By the time he was released from prison Capone was in bad health. His brain was turning to mush as a result of syphilis.
Andy Dick in the News
From the What’s With That Guy? File: A photographic review from BuzzFeed to remind us of the many incidents involving obnoxious behavior by one-time comedian Andy Dick.
Robert Burns: Here’s a Bottle and an Honest Friend!
Robert Burns, beloved poet of Scotland, turns 251 today. As a Burns birthday salute, here’s the poem “A Bottle and Friend,” published when Burns was 28. The theme is one of his favorites: the simple pleasures of life. A Bottle and FriendThere’s nane that’s blest of human kind,But the cheerful and the gay, man,Fal, la, la, &c.Here’s a bottle and an honest friend!What wad ye wish for mair, man?Wha kens, before his life may end,
Angelina and Brad PHOTOS Over Time
Call them Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, or call them (shudder) Brangelina: the actors have been an item (though they’ve never married) since they met on the set of the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Here are photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt over the years.
Why ‘La Bande de Rats’ Were in Las Vegas
Our recent review of Une Histoire Américain by Georges Ayache included this shot of the book’s cover:
Happy 100th Birthday Django Reinhardt, You Old Gypsy You
Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt was born 100 years ago today — on 23 January 1910.Reinhardt grew up in a Gypsy caravan, which is where he learned to play the guitar with with that Romany swing. His background made him a rather odd duck on the Paris jazz scene for sure.
Frank Sinatra and ‘La Bande de Rats’
Book review: Une Histoire AméricaineBy Georges Ayache256 pages for 20 euros [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1737:]]
Roger Ebert Not a Huge Fan of ‘Extraordinary Measures’
The trailers for Harrison Ford’s new movie Extraordinary Measures have been baffling. Are they cops, doctors, journalists, er whut? And why is everyone shouting?Thanks to Roger Ebert’s review, I now see that it’s a desperately-seeking-a-cure movie — as Ebert puts it, “Lorenzo’s Oil with a different disease.”
What’s the Difference Between Tiger Woods and Hugh Grant?
Tiger’s sex addiction is ruining his golf life.Grant’s golf addiction is ruining his sex life.