Newt Gingrich’s sharp rebuke of CNN moderator John King’s probing into his second wife’s claim that he asked for an “open marriage” to accommodate the woman who became his third wife abruptly derailed further discussion of the issue then and… Read More ›
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The Wright Brothers to the Kardashian Sisters: Celebrity Degrees of Separation
Wright Brothers – Orville Wright – Charles Lindbergh – Will Rogers – Eleanor Roosevelt – Dorothy Height – Barack Obama – Khloé Kardashian – Kardashian Sisters Andrews, Marx, Kennedy, Jonas, Mitford, Del Rubio, Smothers, Rockefeller, Dolly, Baldwin. From business to… Read More ›
Mao to Lady Gaga: Celebrity Degrees of Separation
Mao Tse-Tung – Josef Stalin – Winston Churchill – Eleanor Roosevelt – Gary Cooper – Pablo Picasso – Brigitte Bardot – Queen Elizabeth – Lady Gaga Continue reading →
Presidents, First Ladies, Kings & Queens
President Barack Obama’s European visit this week marks the second time he will meet with Queen Elizabeth of England. Although the British monarch’s constitutional power is not equal to that of the American president’s, they meet equally as heads of… Read More ›
Playing Presidents: Good History vs. Good Drama and the Actor JFK wanted to play Him, Part II
With so many events to bend into two hours, presidential biopics offer less chance to plumb the character of a President than do those films which focus on a specific conflict from their life. Critics faulted Amistad (1997) on both… Read More ›
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