Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Before everyone had a cell phone and the capacity to record video on the fly, a police beat down was, by sheer chance, caught on tape in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. Public fury about racism and police brutality erupted when a portion of the video showing several LAPD officers Tasering, kicking,...
Elvis Aaron Presley is a cultural icon identified as the biggestAmerican solo artist of the 20th century. Elvis is referenced as the"King of Rock and Roll" or "the King" for his contributions to rockmusic by blurring the edges of country, gospel, ballads, and rhythm &blues with up-tempo beats....
Michael Jackson's first track from his upcoming album "Breaking News" was released Monday, November 8, 2010 by Sony Records. The late King of Pop's first posthumous album, entitled Michael, is set for release in its entirety on December 14, 2010. "Breaking News" was dubbed in 2007 while Michael...
Roquefort is a kind of cheese. It is called “The King Of Cheeses, the Cheese of Kings”; of course, there are others who simply call it “that moldy, stinky cheese.” Both schools of thought are correct. Roquefort (named after a French village found in Aveyron) is a blue cheese, the “blue” referring...
Longtime comedienne and WeTV star of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best's Joan Rivers declared during a recent interview that Jennifer Aniston bores her. The seventy seven year old Rivers declared to US Weekly: "I would like to take Jennifer Aniston and put her hair over her f**king face. I am so...
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, philanthropist, and one of the world's most powerful women, sat down with Barbara Walters for an exclusive ABC interview. A portion of the interview was shown on today's Good Morning America and featured a tear filled discussion with Walters and the reigning daytime...
Retirement is something we all can look forward to. Personally I believe some of the best places to retire in popular circles just don't appeal to me. Arizona, Florida, all the high cost of living places that are warm here in the United States. I'm an international traveler and a firm believer in...
Dark Fantasy is a nebulous psuedo-genre of the fantastic. It can cover urban fantasy with rough edges, Lovecraftian horror, epic fantasy with violence and dirt still intact — but it's all these things and more. It's any story of the fantastic where things aren't Tolkien-levels of happy. Were people...
The Christmas season brings out the best and worst of all of those whocelebrate the holiday. The day after Thanksgiving often marks the beginning of the hustle and bustle of holiday preparation, as the days grow shorter and shopping lists seem endless. It seems there's a holiday tune perfect...
