Great Fun for Book Lovers
Do you like looking at book collections? At creative gifs of old photos and miniature oddities?
Biographies
No Robert Redford Oscar Nomination? C’mon!
Christian Bale’s fat gut and Leonardi DiCaprio’s power suits over the quiet dignity of Robert Redford? You’ve got to be kidding us, Academy.
Macklemore on the City Bus
Before he performs it at the Grammy Awards on January 26th, watch Macklemore sing “Can’t Hold Us” on a New York City bus.
Marilyn Monroe and Her DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe was an up-and-coming movie star when she married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio on 14 January, sixty years ago. It didn’t work out.
Ariel Sharon is Dead at 85
In a coma for the past eight years, the former prime minister of Israel finally succumbs to heart disease.
LBJ’s War on Poverty: It Worked!
Was the “war on poverty” a failure? Not hardly.
‘Not Quite All Spoonfuls of Sugar’
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson share their insights into the tetchy Walt Disney-P.L. Travers relationship.
A Holiday Grab Bag from Who2
As we break for Christmas and the New Year, a selection of holiday classics past.
The Olympic Torch Procession is Not Going So Hot
The holy flame has gone out a few dozen times, caught three people on fire, and had to be relit with a disposable cigarette lighter.
Peter O’Toole is Dead
The Lawrence of Arabia star ‘had been ill for some time.’