Biography

November 13, 2019

ted williams, american baseball player, mlb left fielder, boston red sox players, american league home run leader, rbi leader, 1949 american league mvp, mlb mvp, author, the science of hitting

November 1949 Moments in Time

News headlines and entertainment trivia from November 1949. Prince Rainier III's Coronation On November 19, 1949, Prince Rainier III was crowned as the 30th ruling Prince of Monaco. (Prince Rainier…

November 6, 2019

Biography,
Movies

jennifer jones 1953, american actress, 1950s films, classic movies, indiscretion of an american wife, terminal station, movies filmed in italy, classic movie stars

Remembering Jennifer Jones

Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Jones only made 27 movies, but her beauty and talent was bigger than her films. (Jennifer Jones 1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife) Nee Phylis…

October 26, 2019

leonard nimoy younger, poetry, american actor, 1960s television series, 1960s tv shows, 1960s sci fi series, classic television shows, star trek, spock, vulcan

Star Trek's Spock: Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek's much-loved Spock was much more than the pointy-eared Vulcan he played on the enduring sci-fi cult television series (and in movies). (Leonard Nimoy 1967 Photo: NBC Television) Born…

October 12, 2019

Biography,
Music

george kooymans 1974, 1970s rock bands, dutch rock groups, golden earring, rock guitarist, songwriter, radar love, the twilight zone

Golden Earring's Twilight Zone

The Dutch rock band that took Europe and America by storm in the 1970s with their hit songs Radar Love and The Twilight Zone, are still playing their music and…

September 26, 2019

Biography,
TV

mash cast, alan alda, captain hawkeye pierce, loretta swit, major margaret hot lips houlihan, larry linville, major frank burns, wayne rogers, trapper john, gary burghoff, walter radar oreilly, mclean stevenson, col henry blake, 1970s TV sitcoms, 1970s television series, korean war

Boomer TV Trivia: MASH

Q1: What was the name of the M*A*S*H series finale episode which aired in 1983? Q2: What do the letters in the series title M*A*S*H stand for? (Larry Linville, Loretta…

September 23, 2019

Biography

rosamunde pilcher, novelist, romance novels, family saga, cornwall author, the shell seekers, wwii novels, mills and boon, writer, jane fraser, a day like spring, the keepers house, sleeping tiger, under gemini, the carousel,

Remembering Rosamunde Pilcher

I was saddened to hear of the death of The Shell Seekers author, British novelist Rosamunde Pilcher (nee Scott) on February 6, 2019. Her family saga / romantic fiction novels…

September 21, 2019

clayton moore 1957, the lone ranger, jay silverheels, tonto, 1950s television series, 1950s western tv shows,

September 1949 Moments In Time

News headlines and entertainment trivia from September 1949. Graham Greene's The 3rd Man The Third Man film was released in the U.K. on September 2nd, 1949, and although not the most…

September 19, 2019

Biography,
Movies

joe pesci 1980, american character actor, movie star, raging bull, mob movies, casino, goodfellas, once upona time in america, home alone, lethal weapon, my cousin vinny

Movie Tough Guy Joe Pesci Returns

Joe Pesci has made a career out of playing movie tough guys in Martin Scorsese mob films like Casino and Goodfellas with pal Robert De Niro, or small-time crooks in…

September 13, 2019

anne rivers siddons, born january 9th, died september 11th, american author, novelist, typewriter

Remembering Author Anne Rivers Siddons

Southern blockbuster fiction author and best-selling novelist Anne Rivers Siddons (nee Sybil Anne Rivers) died on September 11, 2019 from lung cancer at the age of 83. (Photo: Patrick Fore…

August 25, 2019

paul robeson 1933, african american actors, black film stars, bass baritone singer, 1930s movies, the emperor jones

News headlines and entertainment trivia from August 1949. The NBA is Formed On August 3rd, 1949 the NBA was formed (National Basketball Association of America) when the BAA (Basketball Association of…