Christopher Plummer: 8 Decades Of Acting
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer died on February 5, 2021 after a fall, at the age of 91. His legacy of work in an acting career that spanned 8 decades…
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100 Years Ago: 1921 At A Glance
Innovations in fashion, lifestyle, science, and medicine improved lives and delighted people back in 1921. Leisure hours were brightened with entertainment by animals and people who would become household names…
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Remembering Cloris Leachman
Oscar and Emmy-winning actress and great-grandmother Cloris Leachman died of natural causes on January 27, 2021 at the age of 94. She was often cast as an motherly figure on…
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Pacific Palisades Cowboy Actor Pat Conway
At 6' 2", Tombstone Territory series star Pat Conway's dark good looks and piercing gaze are among the reasons for the enduring popularity of that 1950s western TV series. (Pacific…
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Folks, Facts & Fun From January 1931
News Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from January, 1931: "Happy New Year 1931" with actress Anita Page; Oscar-winning classic western movie Cimarron premieres; French singer-actress Lily Pons Metropolitan Opera debut. Classic…
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Fascinating Facts From January 1940
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from January, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda; Brother Rat and a Baby movie stars Jane Wyman and Ronald…
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Dancing & More at the Waldorf-Astoria
Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the magnificent Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was torn down in 1929 to make way for the Empire State Building. A…
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Done in January 1951
Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1951: Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz is #1, Classic film-noir Storm Warning premieres, and the previously thought extinct Cahow is discovered. Patti Page has the #1…
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Fascinating Facts from December 1940
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1940: Classic movie premiere - The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant & James Stewart; Artie Shaw's Frenesi is the #1 hit…
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What Was New in December 1952?
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from December, 1952: Classic film premiere of The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, & Dick Powell; Hank…
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