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Joaquin Guzman Biography: Meet the Drug Kingpin Who’s as Powerful as John Boehner
Meet the drug lord who’s #67 on the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful people, right next to the Speaker of the House.
Inside the Brain of a Jeopardy! Contestant
A chat between three veteran Jeopardy! players about what you think while you’re on the game.
Harry Styles Biography: New!
He’s one-fifth of the boy band One Direction, and Harry Styles is in our files.
Bill Watterson Returns Briefly (So To Speak)
The brilliant and reclusive creator of Calvin and Hobbes has done the poster for a new documentary.
Jeopardy! Flashback: ‘Single… and Available’
What you learn when you tell a national television audience that you live alone in a studio apartment.
Maria von Trapp Has Died, But Not *That* Maria von Trapp
She was one of the daughters of Captain von Trapp, not his second wife.
Weekend Music Break: Pomplamoose Does Pharrell Williams
The video-happy band dropped a great one this week.
Facts About the Presidents
Presidents Day is the day we honor our former chief executives by closing banks, pruning roses and selling towels. Find out more with the Who2 grab bag of presidential biographies and facts.
Barkhad Abdi Biography: New!
The first-time actor stunned the film world with his Oscar nomination for Captain Phillips.
So Long to Shirley Temple, the Original LOL Cat
She was THE feel-good distraction of her day, even if that day was 80 years ago.
Olympic Luger Crashes and Then Un-Crashes in One Impressive Sequence
Being an Olympian means wiping out at 70 MPH and then just casually flopping back onto your sled.
Bruce Dern Biography: New!
Bruce Dern has just earned his second Oscar nomination, 35 years after his first.
Russell Wilson Biography: New!
The kid who was “too short” for the NFL is now the winning quarterback of Super Bowl 48.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is Dead at Age 46
The Oscar-winning actor has died in Greenwich Village, possibly of a drug overdose.
Punxsutawney Phil to Earth: Drop Dead
Punxsutawney Phil decides to sock it to the decent citizens of the world with six more weeks of ice-cold misery.
Weekend Music Break: The Civil Wars Do Michael Jackson
They may be a broke-up band, but they’re still winning Grammys. Here’s a song from happier times.
Pete Seeger Is Dead at 94. Did You Sing His Songs at Church Camp?
Pete Seeger packed plenty into 94 years, from riding the rails to folk stardom to cleaning up the Hudson River.
An Oral History of ‘Swingers’
On the 18th anniversary of the cult favorite, the stars tell the tale.
Mikaela Shiffrin Biography: New!
Born in 1995, Mikaela Shiffrin is now the reigning world champion in slalom skiing. And what have you been doing with yourself for the last 18 years?