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December 13, 2020

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This Was Nifty in December 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1950: Former child star Shirley Temple marries and retires at the age of 22; 4 students steal the Stone of Scone from Westminster…

November 22, 2020

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What Was New in November 1952?

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1952: John Steinbeck's East of Eden is the #1 best seller; classic movie premiere of The Turning Point; and the #1 hit song…

November 15, 2020

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This Was Nifty in November 1950

News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…

October 31, 2020

Biography,
Movies

Sean Connery - From Dr. No to Marnie

Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. From suave Bond to a silver-bearded fox, proud Scot Sean Connery portrayed a man's man and a ladies man on the…

October 25, 2020

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Stan Jones & the Legend of Ghost Riders in the Sky

By all accounts, one-time Forest Ranger, firefighter, rodeo cowboy, songwriter, singer, and actor Stan Jones was a born raconteur. He turned the rich fodder of his life into stories and…

October 9, 2020

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Mona Lisa and The Spendthrift

The Los Angels Belasco stock theatre company established singer-actress Thais Magrane as their new leading lady in 1909. (Thais Magrane 1920 Merchants of Venus, and in 1909 for the Belasco…

September 20, 2020

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Babe Ruth At Bat and In Movies

Babe Ruth's 21-year major league baseball career began in 1914 with the Boston Red Sox - the same year the 19-year-old future Baseball Hall of Famer married his 16-year-old first…

September 5, 2020

Biography,
Reading

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Howard Engel, The Writer Who Forgot How to Read

Remembering Canadian journalist, CBC producer, and crime fiction author Howard Engel, who brought his Jewish Detective Benny Cooperman, to life in 14 novels. (Howard Engel Photo: By Permission of Beverly…

September 1, 2020

Biography,
Music

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Barry Gibb & The Bee Gees Music is Stayin' Alive

Although sadly, Barry's younger brothers Robin, Maurice, and Andy Gibb, are all gone, the Bee Gees main singer-songwriter Barry Gibb is still active in music. (Barry Gibb 1968 This is…

August 9, 2020

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This Was Nifty in August 1950

News Headlines & Boomer Entertainment Trivia from August, 1950: Classic Movies Premiere - Sunset Boulevard; Nat King Cole's Mona Lisa is #1 Hit Song; Edith Sampson is First African-American Woman…