George Lucas is rarely a man of small ideas. In 1992, Lucas decided to transfer the character of Indiana Jones, popularized in three mega-successful films, on to the small screen. Conceived as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,...
Read MoreBen Stiller’s quick to DVD version of The Heartbreak Kid is a prime example of why Hollywood sometimes needs to think twice about doing a remake. The Heartbreak Kid was originally done by Elaine May back in 1972 in a...
Read MoreAs a card carrying member of Red Sox Nation, I suffered many years before that magical season in 2004, when my beloved team finally won a championship after eighty-six years of disappointments. Even though I’ll never forget that...
Read MoreThough Judy Garland died a few years before I was born, I have been a fan of hers most of my life. I watched The Wizard of Oz just to hear her sing “Over the Rainbow.” Garland’s 1954 version of A Star is Born remains one of my...
Read MoreSonic Underground, which debuted in 1999 was the third cartoon series based on Sega’s popular video game character, Sonic the Hedgehog. Underground finds Sonic as one of three siblings–also including Manic and...
Read MoreJars of Clay was formed back in 1993 at Illinois’ Greenville College by singer/songwriter Dan Haseltine and keyboardist Charlie Lowell; they were joined by fellow music major Stephen Mason on guitar and Matt Bronleewee...
Read MorePatty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York to an Irish American father, John P. Duke, and an Irish-German mother, Frances McMahon. Her father was an alcoholic, and her mother suffered from clinical...
Read MoreChip Davis, better known as Mannheim Steamroller, once wrote advertising jingles with Bill Fries and helped him create the popular C.W. McCall character, the man behind the 1976 hit “Convoy.” Shortly after that, Davis started...
Read MoreBorn Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, she started singing gospel as a very young girl at the New Hope Methodist Church in East Orange. Dionne sang her first solo at six years old....
Read MoreBorn Rosita Dolores Alverio, in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931, actress Rita Moreno was the first performer to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and a Grammy. Moreno and her mother moved to New York City in 1937. Rita got her...
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