Truman Capote’s Party To Remember
Entertainment | January 20, 2022
Truman Capote at his Black-and-White Ball at the Plaza Hotel New York, with Katherine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post. (Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images) Truman Capote...
The Evolution Of Fashion Shoulder Pads
Fads | January 18, 2022
Perhaps more than any decade the 1980s defined strange fads, headlined by the Koosh ball, Cabbage Patch Kids, and of course, shoulder pads. While the origins of the scapular rai...
Peggy Fleming: Skating Her Way Into History
Icons | January 16, 2022
American figure skater Peggy Fleming performs a routine at the Olympics in Grenoble, France, February 11, 1968. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) During the 1968 Wi...
How Van Halen Changed Michael Jackson's Beat It And Music History
Music | January 14, 2022
“Beat It,” improbably, blended the genius of Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson to ignite the King of Pop’s most iconic album. Prior to Thriller’s 19...
Charles Kuralt Shared Stories of Backroads America
Icons | January 12, 2022
Television broadcaster Charles Kuralt poses for a photograph with his film crew while traveling in the Pacific Northwest. (© Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)...
The High Flying & Questionable History Of Jean-Claude Van Damme's Bloodsport
Entertainment | January 10, 2022
“Bloodsport”, the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme classic, set the bar for action movies that simultaneously combine cheesy acting with amazing ...
Rumors Of McCartney’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
Music | January 8, 2022
28th January 1980: English songwriter and pop star Paul McCartney on his farm near Rye, Sussex. (Photo by David Harris/Keystone/Getty Images) On October 12, 1969,...
The Life And Death Of The Canadian Tuxedo
Fads | January 6, 2022
Perhaps no outfit has ever run the cyclical gambit of fashion more than the all denim, cowboy classic known as the Canadian Tuxedo. Denim began life as the working man’s or w...
The Brief Rise And Fall Of Dogpatch USA
Entertainment | January 4, 2022
Starting on August 13, 1934, newspapers across America and Canada began publishing Li’l Abner written and drawn by Al Capp. The comic strip, which ran until November 13, 1977, ...
Marianne Faithfull: Singer, Actress, Writer, And Survivor
Icons | January 2, 2022
Marianne Faithfull seems to have escaped calamity many times throughout her life. She struggled with addiction and anorexia, fought breast cancer, hepatitis C...
The Behind The Scene Stories That Made "When Harry Met Sally" Unforgettable
Entertainment | December 31, 2021
The 1989 classic, “When Harry Met Sally'', easily earns a spot on the rom-com Mount Rushmore, thanks to the collective genius of Nora Ephron...
Crazy Facts About The Holiday Classic Home Alone
Entertainment | December 29, 2021
When it comes to childhood fantasies and Christmas movies, few can match the mischievous nostalgia of “Home Alone”. Released on November 16, 1990, the John Hughes clas...
