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- Marilyn Monroe
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] When Norma Jeane Baker was a little girl her guardian Grace was obsessed with Hollywood and starlets. She repeatedly told Norma that one day she would grow up to be a movie star just like...
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] "The Nightmare Before Christmas" just might be the best family film every created, it follows the exploits of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town. He is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween and one day in the woods he stumbles upon a...
- Merry Christmas to One and All!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] As the story goes, Jolly ol' Saint Nicholas was a real guy from Myra in the country of...
- The Brady Bunch
[Arts-and-Entertainment] The idea for the show was brewed up when creator/producer Sherwood Schwartz found that 20% to 30% of all families had at least...
- James Bond
[Arts-and-Entertainment] James Bond, the world famous super spy. Complete with the gadgets, cars, style and women. Everyone woman wants him. Every man wants to be him. Perhaps the best-known movie hero, more than half the world knows of James Bond. Couple that with the longest running movies series of all time and you have...
- The Beatles
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Are the Beatles still relevant these days? After decades of varying music, does the fab four still wield influence and power? True modern music has taken many forms that didn’t readily exist when the Beatles were in their prime, but...
- AC/DC
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Many can argue that Australian rock band, AC/DC is one of the world's greatest. Their raw, simple and spacious sound is deemed as a backlash to the lumbering stadium rock of the 1970's. It was this down and dirty ethic that...
- Bettie Page - The World's First Supermodel
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Naughty. Nice. Daring. Shy. Exotic. Simple. Bettie Page could inhabit the full spectrum making her a goddess among women. Now the raven hair beauty is doing it again by ring leading a...
- Inuyasha - Son of a Demon Dog
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Here’s the lowdown, “Inuyasha” is the story of a 15 year old schoolgirl named Kagome Higurashi who lives at a Japanese shrine. She just happens to be...
- Linkin Park
[Travel-and-Leisure] Linkin Park takes hard rock and hip-hop vocals, blazing guitars and drums and vaporizing spins blenderizing them into a sound that is truly modern and unique. No wonder they are one of the most successful current bands.
- Dukes of Hazzard
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Five Generations of Dukes had lived on the farm where Uncle Jesse raised cousins – Bo, Luke and Daisy Duke. Bo and Luke were out propelling the family trade of running moonshine when they were snagged by...
- Trading Spaces
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Mix Two Days, Two Rooms, Two Sets Of Homeowners, Two Designers, One Over-Worked Carpenter, One Vivacious Host And One Thousand Dollars And You Have The Blockbuster Formula For One Of The Most Popular Shows On Television Today. Now In Its Fourth Season, Trading Spaces Has Taken Off Like Gangbusters. We Love It, Who Wouldn’t Want A Fresh New Look For A Tired Room In Their Home? We Get To Vicarious Redecorate Our Homes And Then Get To Watch The Delight Or Agony Of The Results. So Simple, A Perfect Tv Experience.
- Tootsie Roll - Hey, Tootsie!
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Tootsie Rolls are classic. Unchanged since the beginning, the little cylinder of chocolately chewy candy has stood the test of time since its debut over 100 years ago. A real piece of Americana.
- Adult Swim - You Must Be This High To Ride This Ride
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Adult Swim is a unique kind of Must-See TV found on the Cartoon Network. Catering a fast food sized gem of cartoon hilarity to a crowd that has become too jaded and aware for network fare. These viewers need something with juice and Adult Swim delivers on all accounts.
- Monty Python - Top 10 Comedy Films
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Someone once said something along the lines that, Monty Python is to 'funny' what chartered accountants are to 'boring'. Who are we to disagree?
- The Rolling Stones
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Having licked America, the Rolling Stones are now embarking on their massive European conquest that will extend through the summer of 2003. Like their Forty Licks US Tour, Rolling Stones Licks in Europe will present 3 completely different shows in 3 separate venues in several select cities across the Old World continent. From large stadiums to smaller arenas and intimate theatres, fans will have the opportunity to...
- M.C. Escher - Maurice Cornelius Escher
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Maurice Cornelius Escher, known to his friends and family as Mauk, was initially set to be an architect. He was to attend the Higher Technical School in Delft. But, his plans went asunder when he failed...
- Quick History of John Deere
[Business] In 1962, a University of Illinois archaeological team unearthed the exact location of the blacksmith shop where John Deere
developed the first successful...
- Metallica St Anger
[Arts-and-Entertainment] The band that put the Metal in Heavy Metal returns with one of their heaviest albums yet. It is a return to the early days of Metallica, resembling their first album, Kill 'Em All. Unlike their albums of the past decade...
- There's Something About Albert Einstein
[Reference-and-Education:Science] There's Something About Albert Einstein
Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the brother writing-directing duo responsible for the comedy hits, "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber" are fans of the mad genius just like everybody else. To dazzle the crowds, Bobby Farrelly has taught his three-year-old son a few tricks to flaunt his own future genius. He's taught him...
- James Dean - James Byron Dean
[Arts-and-Entertainment] "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
JAMES BYRON DEAN
James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies were writing, painting, bullfighting (when did that happen?), photography, sculpting, car racing, horse racing and playing the bongos. His favorite drink was...
- Hart and Huntington
[Arts-and-Entertainment] CASINO ROYALE
The Palms Casino, made famous by MTV's Real World, is now home to the Hart & Harrington Tattoo Company. The shop opened on February 25th with performances by Good Charlotte and Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys. The event was earmarked by a fashion show featuring designs from Jaime Pressly. This is the first time a Las Vegas casino has...
- Halloween Came From Where?
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Of all the mainstay holidays that populate our year, Halloween is one of the oldest, dating back thousands of years. Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Easter and even Christmas are youngsters by comparison.
Follow me and I'll take you on a trail that follows it through the ages to the costume and candy nighttime promenade we celebrate today.
- Good Charlotte
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] WALDORFWORLDWIDE
The twin brothers that make up the core of Good Charlotte were born on March 11, 1979 in the "middle-of-nowhere-suburbs", Waldorf, Maryland. The brothers, Joel and Benji Madden were turned on to music by their older brother, Josh. Their influences started with bands like Rancid, Minor Threat, the Cure and the Smiths. Benji started learning to play the guitar at 16 while Joel developed...
- Bob Dylan
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse
Recently a Japanese writer named Junichi Saga was astonished and flattered to learn that passages from one of his books apparently found their way into a few of Bob Dylan's lyrics.
In Bob Dylan's 2001 song, "Floater", he croons...
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