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...
In the theatre there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time- in the cinema, only one,” as quoted by Orson Welles, the prolific director of the most studied film of all time, Citizen Kane. Within the last century cinema has grown from pioneering silent films into orchestrated musicals, “spaghetti...
A record number of people turned up at the New York State Fair 2010 with almost 30000 more people in attendance than last year. The New York State Fair 2010 opened on Thursday, the 27th of August, to the cheers of the excited crowds who were looking forward to limitless fun. The New York State Fair...
Bruce "The Boss" Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Springsteen was born to Douglas Frederick Springsteen, a bus driver of Irish and Dutch ancestry, and Adele Ann Serilli, a legal secretary of Italian descent....
The FBI has arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year old Bridgeport, Connecticut resident in connection with the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square. Pakistani Faisal Shahzad was attempting to leave the country for Dubai after his car bomb attempt in New York failed. Although Pakistani,...
The world's richest man was announced by Forbes magazine this week. Carlos Slim Helu is a native of Mexico and also the world's weathiest billionare. Helu is worth an estimated $53.5 billion dollars and built his fortune in his native homeland. Helu purchased and privatized TelMax, the national...
The Pulitzer Prize 2010 winners were announced Monday, April 12, 2010. The acclaimed prize is a United States award intended to celebrate exceptional authors in newspaper journalism, literature, and musical composition. The award began when posthumously, in 1917, the acclaimed Hungarian American...
Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
Glenn Beck, American conservative radio and television host, author, entrepreneur, political commentator, and public figure, is an important figure in U.S. politics. Beck has captured wealth and fame, controversy and criticism, ridicule and support. Beck is a stalwart who defends American values...
Bobby Thomson, he man who hit "The Shot Heard 'Round The World" to win the 1951 NL pennant, died at the age of 86 "peacefully" at his Georgia home on Monday night, the New York Daily News reported.The famous baseball player played for five teams over 15 seasons, hit 264 career home runs and was a...
