Harper We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Returning to movie screens after his service in World War II, actor Jimmy Stewart was nervous about appearing in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” – a film now acknowledged as one of his very best. In his biography of the…
In the hills of the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois, people flock to “Snake Road” to watch the slithering animals make their fall migration. Noel Brennan has the story. Source link
“I want my pictures to hurt you, I don’t want you having any free rides, I’m there to upset you and I’m there to make you feel uncomfortable the way I feel when I go to bed at night, otherwise there’s no point in me going in the first place.” That is what legendary British…
Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. The two lawsuits are the first to be filed after the recent passage of laws by California and Congress, which strengthen…
Legendary fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is known for his glamorous designs, dressing stars such as Cher, Tina Turner and Madonna for everything from red carpets to concerts. Recently, Taylor Swift wore one of Mackie’s creations in several of her photos for her album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” “It was kind of a…
Beijing — On the outskirts of the Chinese port city of Ningbo, surrounded by lush green hills topped with giant wind turbines to harness the power of the gales off the East China Sea, is a factory where bosses believe they’re making the cars of the future. It’s where the Geely Auto Group, one of China’s…
Washington — The House censured Rep. Chuck Edwards on Tuesday after a House Ethics Committee investigation found the North Carolina Republican engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two young women who worked for him. The House approved Edwards’ punishment — standing in the chamber as the resolution condemning his conduct was read aloud…
Perhaps only Dolly Parton could dress like a flag – and still be taken seriously by a ship full of sailors. Only Dolly. Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1992. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Tributes poured in from everywhere this past week for the singer-songwriter, hailed as the queen of country music, who died Tuesday at the age…
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported. The reports said Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. A family member of Mladic, who spoke on…
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died, her son Bill Kassebaum told CBS News on Saturday. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday, he said. Bill Kassebaum told CBS News that his mother was “an independent voice…
