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...
Serena Williams now famous outburst video has landed her as the subject of an investigation. According to Yahoo! Sports, Williams will be asked to explain her actions and comments toward a female line judge at the end of her semifinal defeat to Kim Clijsters on Saturday night. A source revealed...
Rule of thumb” is an idiomatic expression for a guide that allows very quick calculations or gives short and simple rules for behavior. It is by no means a precise or hard-and-fast rule, but it does provide a general idea. For example, “as a rule of thumb, don’t wear black to a wedding.” One...
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States and considered the last Founding Father of America from the Virginia Dynasty and Republican generation. Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe, a planter and carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones, an...
Beatrix Potter most popular book and her first story is The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902). Born on the 28th of July 1866, in Kensington, London, she died on the 22nd of December 1943. Her books continue to be classic children’s favorites and have provided inspiration for a musical and a ballet. There...
Kate Middleton is breaking tradition by following it! The seven months pregnant Duchess of Cambridge is going to be the first UK Royal to participate in a baby shower hosted by her younger sister, Pippa. Many reports are suggesting the "lavish affair" will be held at Middleton's family estate in...
Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson has been snubbed from the guestlist of the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. The Dutchess of York's spokesman reported to the Daily Telegraph that Ferguson "will not be attending the wedding. She never expected to be invited or to attend. She will...
A recent study conducted by Paul Williams of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Paul Thompson of Hartford Hospital found that walking, not running, is better for your heart and yields higher boosts to your health. Though both forms of exercise reduce blood pressure and cholesterol as well...
There is nothing that seems more unnatural than a parent killing their own child. While, sadly, this occurrence is far from uncommon, the emotive reaction we have to the death of a child has led to the imprisonment and even execution of parents who had nothing to do with their child’s death. In...
Secret millionaire Grace Groner passed away and left behind $7 million dollars to Lake Forest College. Grace Groner lived through the Great Depression and purchased $180 dollar stock purchase in 1935 which grew into a $7 million dollar investment. Groner lived exceptionally frugally, purchased...
