Chinook - The Canadian Encyclopedia Science & Medicine Chinook In Canada, the chinook belt lies almost exclusively within southern and central Alberta. The wind occurs in every season, but it is more distinctive and numerous in the winter, when the unseasonable warming it brings differentiates it from the normal cold winter weather. Chinook    Chinook, warm, dry, gusty, westerly WIND that blows down the Rocky Mountains into the mountains' eastern slopes and the western prairies. The chinook, a native word meaning "snow eater," belongs to a family of winds experienced in many parts of the world where long mountain chains lie more or less at right angles to the prevailing wind. Examples include the foehn in Europe, the zonda in Argentina and the berg in South Africa. In Canada, the chinook belt lies almost exclusively within southern and central Alberta. The wind occurs in every season, but it is more distinctive and numerous in the winter, when the unseasonable warming it brings differentiates it from the normal cold winter weather. In southwestern Alberta, one in 3 winter days is a chinook day; its frequency drops to one in 5 in the northeast. The maximum daily temperature anomaly associated with the wind ranges from +13°C in the northwest to +25°C in the southeast. The temperature rise at the onset of the event is abrupt and steep; an increase of 27°C in 2 minutes has been observed. The warmth of the chinook is derived primarily from 2 nonmutually exclusive sources. Firstly, the replacement of arctic air (the mean temperature at Calgary's elevation is -24°C) by maritime air (-2°C) improves surface temperatures. Secondly, if the downslope flow occurs following a loss of moisture through precipitation on the windward side of the mountain, the heat used to change the water into vapour (latent heat) is returned to the air parcel and warms it. The downslope flow leeward of the mountain warms the wind further, reducing its relative humidity sometimes down to 25% or less. Wind speed ranges from 16 km/h to 60 km/h, gusting to 100 km/h. The chinook melts snow, dries soil, desiccates vegetation and is a factor in soil erosion. Most people appreciate the chinook because it is a pleasant break from the frigid winter temperatures characteristic of the region. However, a significant minority complain of discomforts ranging from headaches and earaches to depression and attempted suicide. recommended


In which country was Michael J. Fox born?

The Biography of Michael J. Fox: On a Quest to Cure Parkinson's Disease | Parkinson's Disease MICHAEL'S STORY Childhood Michael J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox in 1961 to parents William and Phyllis in Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. (He later adopted the "J" as an homage to legendary character actor Michael J. Pollard.) Fox, a self-described "Army brat," moved several times during his childhood along with his parents, brother, and three sisters. The Foxes finally planted roots in Burnaby, British Columbia (a suburb of Vancouver), when William Fox retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in 1971. Career Like most Canadian kids, Fox loved hockey and dreamed of a career in the National Hockey League. In his teens, his interests expanded. He began experimenting with creative writing and art and played guitar in a succession of rock-and-roll garage bands before ultimately realizing his affinity for acting. Fox debuted as a professional actor at 15, co-starring in the sitcom Leo and Me on Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) with future Tony Award-winner Brent Carver. Over the next three years, he juggled local theater and TV work, and landed a few roles in American TV movies shooting in Canada. When he was 18, Fox moved to Los Angeles. He had a series of bit parts, including one in CBS' short-lived (yet critically acclaimed) Alex Haley/Norman Lear series "Palmerstown USA" before winning the role of lovable conservative Alex P. Keaton on NBC's enormously popular "Family Ties" (1982-89). During Fox's seven years on "Ties," he earned three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe, making him one of the country's most prominent young actors. "Spin City" reunited Fox with Family Ties creator/executive producer Gary David Goldberg. Together with Bill Lawrence, Goldberg created the series expressly for Fox, establishing it as a joint venture of Dreamworks SKG, Goldberg's UBU Productions, and Lottery Hill Entertainment (run by Fox and partner Nelle Fortenberry, now a member of the Board of Directors of The Michael J. Fox Foundation). Goldberg served as co-executive producer with Fox for Spin City's first and second seasons, and Lawrence stepped in during the third. For the fourth seasons, Rosenthal and Cadiff shared duties with Fox. In other television work, Fox starred in Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water" in 1994. He directed Teri Garr and Bruno Kirby in an episode of "Tales From the Crypt" and later directed an installment of the series "Brooklyn Bridge." Fox also had time during his busy TV work to become an international film star, appearing in over a dozen features showcasing his keen ability to shift between comedy and drama. These include the Back to the Future trilogy, The Hard Way , Doc Hollywood , The Secret of My Success , Bright Lights , Big City , Light of Day , Teen Wolf , Casualties of War , Life With Mikey , For Love or Money , The American President , Greedy , The Frighteners , and Mars Attacks! Fox married his "Family Ties" co-star, actress Tracy Pollan, in 1988. Together they have four children. Inspired to find projects that his kids would enjoy, Fox has lent his voice to a variety of hit children's films since the early 1990s. He began as Chance the dog in Disney's Homeward Bound movies. In December 1999, he provided the voice of Stuart Little for the Sony feature of the same name, and in the summer of 2001 Fox's voice was heard as that of the lead in Atlantis The Lost Empire , his first animated feature for The Walt Disney Co. Living and working with Parkinson's disease Though he would not share the news with the public for another seven years, Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. Upon disclosing his condition in 1998, he committed himself to the campaign for increased Parkinson's research. Fox announced his retirement from "Spin City" in January 2000, effective upon the completion of his fourth season and 100th episode. Expressing pride in the show, its talented cast, writers, and creative team, he explained that new priorities made this the right time to step away


To the nearest million, how mjch did Heavan's Gate lose for United Artists?

Was “Heaven’s Gate” the Worst Movie Ever Filmed in a National Park? | National Parks Traveler Was “Heaven’s Gate” the Worst Movie Ever Filmed in a National Park? By Bob Janiskee on September 1st, 2009 Heaven's Gate set in Glacier National Park. Jim Burnett photo. The 1980 movie Heaven’s Gate, a mega-flop filmed in Glacier National Park , was so wretched that it destroyed the director’s reputation, helped extinct United Artists, and sent Hollywood westerns to the doghouse. As the saying goes, it seemed like a pretty good idea at the time. Back in 1978, director Michael Cimino talked United Artists studio into producing a major western film based on the Johnson County War, a late frontier era (1892) range war in which struggling immigrant ranchers fought an uphill battle against powerful cattle barons and their hired killers in Wyoming’s Powder River Country. It was David vs. Goliath with rustling, lynching, a sheriff’s posse, the Sixth U.S. Cavalry Regiment, and scenic grandeur thrown in for good measure. Cimino would direct this big-budget epic, and boy, did he ever look like a sure thing. Everything was breaking right for him. His 1978 movie The Deer Hunter, now a classic, would walk away with the 1979 Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. He was a man with the Midas Touch. With a big story, a big director, and a big budget, it wasn’t hard to sign up actors who could carry the weight. The leading roles went to Kris Kristofferson, Isabelle Huppert, and Christopher Walken. The large supporting cast included such notables as Jeff Bridges, Joseph Cotten, Sam Waterston, John Hurt, Mickey Rourke, and Willem Dafoe. Shooting got underway in April 1979 at Glacier National Park, a location that Cimino chose for scenic values, and despite terrible logistical problems (such as the lack of nearby housing for the cast and film crew). Things did not go well from the very outset. Early misgivings gave way to growing despair as the production assumed the tell-tale appearance of a slow-motion train wreck. “Slow” is the key concept. The production fell seriously behind schedule almost immediately and never achieved a comfortable stride. Cimino’s overbearing style angered and frustrated the cast members, yielding an atmosphere in which finely-tuned teamwork became impossible. The filming was much more than routinely difficult, and production costs skyrocketed to around $200,000 a day. This led United Artists bigwigs to rue the fact that they had given Cimino what amounted to a blank check. When the last of the film was finally in the can, a production that was originally budgeted for $11.6 million cost nearly $30 million to shoot and racked up another $10 million or so in other expenses. The final production cost amounted to over $120 million in today’s money. Cimino seemed to lose his sense of “enough” while making this film. He shot an astonishing 220 hours of film to create a movie he first whittled to a hideously long 5 ½ hours and then to a studio-ordered 3 hours and 39 minutes. United Artists released Heaven’s Gate in November 1980, but the studio might as well not have bothered. Getting theater audiences to sit through a very long film is one thing, but getting them to fork over their hard-earned money to sit through a very long and very bad film is quite another. Well before the long-overdue film premiered, word had gotten around that it was a stinker. Film critics savaged it, and the only buzz the movie ever got was bad. The box office in the U.S. was less than $3.5 million, making Heaven’s Gate one of the worst flops in moviemaking history. The aftermath was not pretty. Michael Cimino’s reputation was ruined; Heaven’s Gate even earned the poor guy a Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) for Worst Director (1982). United Artists, though not financially ruined, ended up being sold off and obliterated for reasons that included being responsible for the Heaven’s Gate fiasco. The western movie genre, which Hollywood had been resurrecting in the 1970s, was dealt a blow from which it has not yet fully recovered. Studios, appalled


From which show does Love Changes Everything come from?

Love Changes Everything Lyrics - Aspects of Love musical Love Changes Everything lyrics Can make the summer fly, Or a night Will turn your world around, And that world Why did I go back to see her...? WOMAN (GIULIETTA) Alex, it's all in the past... ALEX Into the world we go, Planning futures, Waitress Follow us on   Musical: Aspects of Love. Song: Love Changes Everything. Broadway musical soundtrack lyrics. Song lyrics from theatre show/film are property & copyright of their owners, provided for educational purposes ©2017 AllMusicals.com


Under which name did Leonard Slye ride across the silver screen?

Leonard Slye Leonard Slye - Dick Weston - Roy Rogers (Dick Weston photo from the Karl E. Farr Collection)       One of Roy's favorite songs was Bob Nolan's Sky Ball Paint, the humorous story of a bucking horse. Roy often sang it at rodeo appearances but here he sings in on the evening of September 24, 1976, at the KLAC-sponsored tribute paid to The Sons of the Pioneers at the Hollywood Palladium. The  song behind the page is here courtesy of John Fullerton.     The films in which Roy appeared with the Sons of the Pioneers are listed in the Filmography section, complete with photographs from each movie.     Photos and posters are from The Calin Coburn Collection , The Karl E. Farr Collection , Ed Phillips , Michelle Sundin , Kathy Kirchner, Les Adams, Fred Sopher and Elizabeth Drake McDonald.      See also the huge Bruce Hickey Collection of posters, lobby cards, production and publicity stills from the Republic films.     The story of Roy Rogers has been told and retold countless times. For a fuller insight into Roy's life, see the Books and the Bibliography sections for lists of titles. Roy and Dale wrote full biographies twice, Dale wrote several books based on their lives and both Roy's son and daughter wrote the story from their perspective. The following is an outline based on Robert W. Phillips' book, "Roy Rogers", McFarland, 1995, and covers only the years in which Bob Nolan was associated with Roy professionally.                     On November 5, 1911, in a Cincinnati tenement, was born an ordinary boy named Leonard Franklin Slye who grew up to become that extraordinary American icon, Roy Rogers. Today, nearly one hundred years later, Roy's friendly smile still flashes from the old movie channels on TV and he has countless faithful fans all over the world. (To keep it simple, on this page we will refer to Len as "Roy".)         His father, Andrew, was a factory worker and his mother had been crippled by polio. The family was poor in money but rich in affection, laughter and music. The year after Roy was born, the little family moved from Cincinnati into a houseboat where they lived for almost seven years. From the houseboat they moved to a small acreage. Andy could not support his family on the little acreage and was forced to return to factory work in Portsmouth, leaving his wife and the small children to run the farm. Because Roy was the only boy, most of the heavier chores fell on him and he learned quickly how to stretch a penny and to use what was at hand. Because he was needed on the farm, his school attendance suffered. Andy managed to buy his son a black mare named Babe and the youngster did his best to imitate his favorite movie cowboy, Hoot Gibson.         On his twelfth birthday, Roy was given his first rifle, a .22 Winchester, and he was soon adding rabbits to the family fare. About this time, he began playing his parents' guitar for local dances and discovered that he loved to make people happy with his singing and square dance calling. He was a natural entertainer.         In 1928, Roy bought his first guitar in a Cincinnati pawn shop for twenty dollars. He also left school that year and joined his father working in the shoe factory, a job that irked them both. Two years later, the family drove to California for a four-month visit to Roy's older sister and husband. Andy and 19-year-old Roy picked up temporary jobs as truck drivers with no difficulty while they were in California. After Andy and family returned to Ohio, Roy went back to California almost immediately, convinced that his future was on the West Coast.         By 1931 the Depression had settled in and jobs were scarce, even in California. Roy's family sold the Ohio farm and moved out to California, too, along with thousands of other migrant families. None of the jobs Roy picked up lasted long and he finally traveled down to Los Angeles to try to make a living at what he loved most - music. Starting with his cousin, Stanley Slye (whose stage name was Russ Scott), he played every venue op


The Deer Hunter (1978) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Robert De Niro Writes Meryl Streep a Letter in Support of Her Golden Globes Speech 11 January 2017 12:06 PM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 31 titles created 30 Nov 2011 a list of 35 titles created 12 Jun 2013 a list of 25 titles created 30 Nov 2014 a list of 23 titles created 10 Jan 2016 a list of 29 titles created 3 months ago Title: The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     5     Oscars. Another    17 wins & 26 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Martin Scorsese Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Director: Clint Eastwood A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: Martin Scorsese A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. Director: David Lean A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hands of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl> Best Picture 1978 See more  » Genres: 23 February 1979 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: The Man Who Came to Play See more  » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Kn


What color is Laa Laa of the Teletulbbies?

10 Colorful Facts About 'Teletubbies' | Mental Floss 10 Colorful Facts About 'Teletubbies' YouTube Like us on Facebook It was the show that every baby loved and every parent found annoying, but somehow the Teletubbies took over the world in the late 1990s, much like the way The Beatles did in the 1960s. Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po—the four colorful characters with televisions in their stomachs—demanded hugs, loved to repeat themselves, and became icons of educational television, though many still question just what was to be learned from their antics. Fifteen years after the final episode aired, we're looking behind the scenes of the weird show that somehow just worked. 1. THEY WERE RACIALLY DIVERSE, INSIDE AND OUT. When the Teletubbies sat down with Today to reveal their true identities, fans learned that the actors inside the costumes were as diverse as the characters themselves, and each one added a bit of his or her own culture to the character they portrayed. John Simmit blended reggae into Dipsy’s babytalk, while Pui Fan Lee incorporated Cantonese into Po’s gibberish. In a short film called “ Understanding Teletubbies ,” Tina Wagner from Ragdoll Productions and educational consultant Faith Rogow revealed that body color and height are not the only differences between the four characters. “They also have different skin tones in their faces,” Rogow said. “All of that is very purposeful.” 2. THEY LOOK LIKE ALIENS BUT WERE INSPIRED BY ASTRONAUTS. Teletubbies co-creator Andrew Davenport told The Guardian that when writing the show, he was inspired by the moon landings and the physical appearance of the astronauts. “It struck me as funny that, at this pinnacle of human achievement, the figures that emerged in bulky spacesuits from landing capsules are like toddlers, with oversized heads and foreshortened legs,” he said, “and they respond to the excitement of their new world by bouncing about. So I devised characters based on spacemen, with limited language just like the emergent speech of young children.” 3. THEY’RE A LOT TALLER THAN THEY LOOK. Because the Teletubbies only appear on the show in their fake world, there is nothing to compare them to besides each other. Wagner revealed in the short film that in costume, Tinky-Winky is almost nine feet tall. 4. THE RABBITS IN TELETUBBYLAND WERE ALSO MASSIVE. Teletubbies co-creator Anne Wood revealed in an interview with The Guardian that those cute and fluffy rabbits that appear in the show are not your average pet bunnies. “They needed to be big to fit in with the scale,” Wood said. There was also a problem with their health. “The only suitable ones we could find had been bred on the continent to be eaten,” Wood revealed. “We gave them perfect conditions, running free over the Teletubby grasslands, but their breeding had given them enlarged hearts, and almost weekly the animal trainer would greet me in distress and tell me another had died.” 5. IT WAS THE BBC’S BIGGEST BRAND. According to the BBC'S annual report for 1998/1999, Teletubbies was its leading brand with over $46 million in revenue. At the time, they were seen by children in 120 countries and territories and aired in 20 languages. 6. THEY SUED WAL-MART. Because the Teletubbies brand was so big, it had to be protected. In 1999, they sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for selling blatant knockoffs called Bubbly Chubbies. “It's not flattery. It's just illegal," Kenn Viselman, the chief executive of the company that marketed the Teletubbies in the United States, told the Los Angeles Times . A spokesperson said that Wal-Mart would “never knowingly infringe on copyright or trademark law,” but the company later agreed to stop selling the toys and destroyed the rest of the inventory. 7. SOME PEDIATRICIANS PROTESTED. In 1999, the German Association of Pediatricians argued that Teletubbies was bad for children because it (and other shows like it) caused “uncontrollable television consumption in later years.” The doctors also questioned the educational value of the show. 8. TAYLOR SWIFT WAS A FAN. A photo posted by Taylor Sw


Who was the most recent Democrat before Clinton to be reelected for a second term as US President?

American History: Bill Clinton’s Second Term American History: Bill Clinton’s Second Term Last Updated: March 01, 2012 A poster advertises a book about President Clinton at a Beijing bookstore in May 1998, shortly before he visited China. The poster declares his troubles as the "number one sex scandal in the world." Share STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look back at Bill Clinton's second term as president. BILL CLINTON: “For four years now, to realize our vision, we have pursued a simple but profound strategy – opportunity for all, responsibility from all, a strong united American community.” Americans elected Clinton as their forty-second president in nineteen-ninety-two and re-elected him four years later. (MUSIC) President Clinton speaks to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 1997 In the summer of nineteen ninety-six, President Clinton's first term was coming to an end. He had established a mixed record of successes and failures in his dealings with Congress. He had greater difficulty in those dealings after opposition Republicans won control of Congress in nineteen ninety-four. All presidents face political battles. But in President Clinton's case there was more to it. He and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, were being investigated over their personal financial dealings in Arkansas during the nineteen eighties. There were also accusations of womanizing from his years as governor of that state. But in the summer of ninety-six President Clinton's public approval ratings stayed above fifty percent and went as high as sixty percent. The economy had improved during his first term. Americans were getting jobs and spending more money. More people, and not just the wealthy, were investing in the stock market. In August of nineteen ninety-six the Democratic Party met in Chicago and nominated President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore for a second term. BILL CLINTON: “My fellow Democrats and my fellow Americans, thank you for your nomination. I don’t know if I can find a fancy way to say this, but I accept.” (MUSIC) The Republican Party held its nominating convention that summer in San Diego, California. The party chose former Kansas senator Bob Dole as its presidential candidate. He had resigned from the United States Senate to seek the nomination. He chose former congressman and cabinet secretary Jack Kemp of New York as his vice presidential running mate. Dole was a World War Two hero who suffered a permanent injury to his right arm. He later served four terms in the House of Representatives. He was elected to the Senate in nineteen sixty-eight and re-elected four times. Another candidate in the presidential race was businessman Ross Perot. He won the nomination of the Reform Party which he started a year earlier. He had also run for president in nineteen ninety-two, and received nineteen percent of the popular vote. During the ninety-six campaign, President Clinton pointed to the stronger economy. He also campaigned on his legislative record, including new gun-control measures and a higher minimum wage for the lowest paid workers. Bob Dole, in his campaign, accused President Clinton of spending too much. Clinton's answer was that he had stopped Congress from cutting too much from programs like health insurance for retirees. Bill Clinton and Al Gore easily won the election, defeating Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. Ross Perot received just eight percent of the popular vote this time. Clinton became the first Democrat to win a second term since Franklin Roosevelt in nineteen thirty-six. (MUSIC) William Jefferson Clinton began his second term as president of the United States on January twentieth, nineteen ninety-seven. His inaugural speech would be the last by an American president in the twentieth century. BILL CLINTON: “Let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new mille


For what did Georgie O'Keefe become famous?

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A-Ha sang the title song for which Bond film?

Sam Smith sings theme song for James Bond film 'Spectre' - CNN.com 1 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers English singer Matt Monro is best known for his hearty rendition of the theme tune for 1963's "From Russia with Love." (The first James Bond movie, "Dr. No," had an instrumental title song.) Hide Caption 2 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Shirley Bassey, perhaps the most iconic Bond theme-song singer, sang the title theme to 1964's Goldfinger." Bassey brought her strong, distinctive voice back to the series in title tunes for 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever" and 1979's "Moonraker." Hide Caption 3 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Welsh singer Tom Jones, best known for hits like "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady," sang the title tune for 1965's "Thunderball." Hide Caption 4 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers These boots were made for walking, but she was made for singing: Nancy Sinatra performed the theme to "You Only Live Twice" in 1967. Hide Caption 5 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Jazz great Louis Armstrong sang "We Have All the Time in the World," the secondary musical theme from the 1969 Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." The song became a hit in the UK 25 years later when it was featured in a Guinness beer commercial. Hide Caption 6 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Paul and then-wife Linda McCartney and their pop group Wings performed the title number from 1973's "Live and Let Die," the first of the Bond movies to star Roger Moore as Agent 007. The song is still a staple of Paul McCartney's live concerts. Hide Caption 7 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Scottish pop singer Lulu sang the title song for 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun." Hide Caption 8 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Carly Simon scored a major radio hit with "Nobody Does it Better," the theme from the 1977 Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me." Hide Caption 9 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After the band Blondie recorded another version that was rejected, Scottish pop star Sheena Easton was tapped to sing "For Your Eyes Only" for the 1981 Bond movie of the same name. The song reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Rita Coolidge sang "All Time High," the theme from 1983's "Octopussy." Hide Caption 11 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers American singer Lani Hall, wife of bandleader Herb Alpert, sang the title song to 1983's "Never Say Never Again," which brought Sean Connery back for his final Bond role. The film was made by a different production company from the other James Bond movies, so some fans don't consider it part of the official series. Hide Caption 12 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Singer Simon Le Bon and British pop group Duran Duran did the title song for 1985's "A View to a Kill." Hide Caption 13 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Norwegian pop band A-Ha recorded the title song for 1987's "The Living Daylights," the first of two films starring Timothy Dalton as Bond. It was the last theme written by longtime Bond composer John Barry. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Soul legend Gladys Knight sang the theme to "License to Kill" in 1989. Hide Caption 15 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After a six-year hiatus, the Bond series rebooted with 1995's "GoldenEye" and Pierce Brosnan in the lead role. Tina Turner sang the theme song, which was written by U2's Bono and the Edge. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Sheryl Crow performed the title song to 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies." Hide Caption 17 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Garbage, led by Shirley Manson, did the title track to 1999's "The World is Not Enough." Hide Caption 18 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Pop icon Madonna finally did her first and only Bond theme song in 2002 for "Die Another Day." Hide Caption 19 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers One of the few men to sing a Bond theme, rocker Chris Cornell performed


Cancer Ward | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Macmillan Powells The Russian Nobelist's semiautobiographical novel set in a Soviet cancer ward shortly after Stalin's death One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the cancerous Soviet police state. Cancer Ward, which has been compared to the masterpiece of another Nobel Prize winner, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. While the experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely reflect the author's own—Solzhenitsyn became a patient in a cancer ward in the mid-1950s, on his release from a labor camp, and later recovered—the patients, as a group, represent a remarkable cross section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes, both under normal circumstances and then reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. A seminal work from one of the most powerful voices in twentieth century literature, Cancer Ward offers an extraordinary portrait of life in the Soviet Union. CONNECT WITH


Which summer month is the title of an album by Eric Clapton?

Eric Clapton | uDiscover uDiscoverMusic Eric Clapton In the mid 60s graffiti began appearing around London proclaiming: ‘Clapton is God’. A staggering rise to fame, given that his grandparents only bought him his first guitar in 1959. Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry is a complex one – from his early days as a guitar god, to a songwriter of great sensitivity, as well as an interpreter of everything from blues and jazz to rock and country music. His music has run the emotional gambit and on many occasions his art has reflected his life. “He's been a tremendous friend to me, I love the man; he's a great man. There’s Eric Clapton, then you talk about the rest of the guys.” –  B.B. King Eric Clapton was one of the earliest British musicians to become a disciple of the Blues. Young Clapton’s interest was sparked after hearing a Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee record on a children’s radio programme. After playing with the Yardbirds, he got his big break when he joined  John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers . In 1966 they recorded the brilliant Bluesbreakers, which proved to be a breakthrough for both men. Next Clapton formed Cream with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. On Cream’s debut, Fresh Cream, they covered Spoonful, written by Willie Dixon and made famous by  Howlin’ Wolf , it features some typical early Clapton guitar work. There are also covers of Robert Johnson,  Muddy Waters  and Skip James. Cream and Clapton had nailed their colours to the blues mast.  The band’s follow-up, Disraeli Gears, is less of a blues album, yet they are never far away – witness 'Strange Brew', the album’s opening cut that has Clapton playing in the style of Albert King. Wheels of Fire is half studio and half live; it’s very much a return to the blues, with the opening number of the live album being Robert Johnson’s 'Crossroads' – for many it is the definitive version of this classic, for others it was their introduction to the Blues. After Cream, Clapton formed the short lived Blind Faith in 1969, with Stevie Winwood from Traffic, Ric Grech from Family and Ginger Baker. Clapton then sought relative anonymity by joining Delaney and Bonnie & Friends, along with his friend George Harrison, on whose song, 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', he had so memorably soloed. After this experience, Clapton was inspired to form Derek & The Dominoes, recording Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – it is another of those landmark rock albums.< He then embarked on a solo career, which actually started with the eponymous album released in August 1970 but was resurected with his Rainbow Concert in 1973 and was then quickly followed by  461 Ocean Boulevard  the following year, There's One in Every Crowd and the live album E.C. Was Here in 1975 and then  Slowhand  in 1977. Eric Clapton is a rock icon, a guitar god, yet he has never lost his passion for the music that inspired him as a teenager. It was music from the mystical land of America that was played by men who he would later get to know, but back in the early 1960s they just seemed liked mystical gods. “The first blues I ever heard was on that programme. It was a song by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, with Sonny Terry howling and playing the harmonica. It blew me away. I was ten or eleven.”  – Eric Clapton Eric’s first band was the Roosters, along with Tom McGuinness, who later played with Manfred Mann. Both of them briefly joined Casey Jones and The Engineers before Eric then joined The Yardbirds in October 1963. The Yardbirds followed the  Rolling Stones  as the resident band at the Crawdaddy Club, during which time Eric acquired the nickname ‘Slowhand’. To begin with Clapton was very happy, with a reasonably paying gig, in a band that mostly played the Blues.  After touring and recording with Sonny Boy Williamson, the band drifted towards more chart orientated pop and Clapton became disillusioned and left (to be replaced by Jeff Beck, after Jimmy Page - who Clapton recommended, turned them down). After a spell working on a building site,  John Mayall   offe


In the Simpsons, which Hollywood superstar provided Maggie's first word?

Maggie Simpson | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Personality Despite being the only member of the Simpson Family who can't speak, Maggie is in no way one-dimensional and has many different layers of personality. She appears to be somewhat detached from the rest of the Simpson Family and is described as "the forgotten Simpson" by Homer . When she, Bart and Lisa were shipped to a foster home (the Flanders) Maggie was the quickest to adapt and almost joined them until she noticed Marge . Perhaps Maggie's most strained relationship was with her father, Homer but due to his incredible laziness he neglected Maggie and when they do try to bond, Maggie sees her father as a kind of monster and actually tries to run away, she also developed a father-daughter relationship with Moe the bartender but the two still love each other and Maggie has more than once saved Homer's life. Not to mention she said her first word, "Daddy" after Homer tucked her in and kissed her goodnight meaning it's clear that she loves him as much as he does her. Maggie's strongest relationship was with Marge after being transported to a foster family. Maggie almost joined the Flanders until she saw Marge once again "and became a Simpson again." At the beginning Maggie seemed to rely on Marge and the likewise but eventually she became fiercely independent as she was able to plan a Great Escape-style breakout from a daycare center to get her pacifier back, she was able to save her father from drowning and rescue Homer from a mad tow truck driver. Despite being a baby, Maggie is likely to be the most mature member of the Simpson family . However, she keeps her intelligence a secret in order to be babied. This is first revealed when Marge gives her a new pacifier, and when Marge isn't looking she smokes it like a cigarette. Even for a child her age, showed extremely violent mannerisms and a surprising amount of physical strength. She was able to lift up a mallet and bludgeon her father with it and accidentally shot Mr. Burns after he blocked out the sun. Maggie showed to be incredibly strong, able to drag a fully-grown man back to the shore and able lift up a shotgun. Biography When Marge became pregnant with Lisa, she and Homer bought their first home. Seven years later, Homer felt financially secure enough to quit his job at the power plant and take his dream job at Barney's Bowlarama . Soon after, Marge became pregnant with Maggie, and unable to support his new family member, Homer reapplied for his job at the power plant. Homer fell into a deep depression as a result, but when he held Maggie for the first time after she was born he loved her at first sight. He keeps all of Maggie's baby photos in his office to cheer him up at his work place. Like average toddlers, Maggie is impressionable and easily influenced by what she sees around her. She once hit Homer on the head with a mallet, (Born 2010) shot a suction dart at his picture and brandished a pencil in imitation of Itchy and Scratchy . Despite her age, Maggie is a formidable sniper [10] and she shot the firearms off a group of mobsters in rapid succession with a rifle. [11] She was behind the attempted murder of Mr. Burns [12] and she fought Gerald during the St. Patrick’s Day riot, participating the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [13] When the family's house was being raided by an angry mob, she was able to smash her baby bottle and use it as a makeshift weapon, and she knocked out Russ Cargill , the head of the EPA with a rock when he was about to shoot Homer with a shotgun. [14] Maggie is often frightened of her father's attempts to bond with her, even though she does love him. Instead, Maggie shows a much stronger devotion to her mother instead, possibly because Marge is always at home with her while Homer is mostly at work or at Moe's . She is keenly aware of her surroundings, and can usually be seen imitating the flow of action around her. Like Bart , Lisa and Homer , she is not fond of spending time with her aunts Patty and Selma . It is also known that she dislikes Baby


Which writer came up with Catch 22 in the 60s?

Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition: Joseph Heller, Christopher Buckley: 9781451626650: Amazon.com: Books By David B. on June 25, 2015 Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase While Catch-22 can put people off due to being hard to follow or absurd, once you get accustomed to the writing style you come to love this book and really get caught up in the characters. Heller manages to discuss many of the darker aspects of war through Yossarian's experiences, but he is able to do so using irony and humor to make points more effectively than would be possible through a book that was entirely dark and bleak. Rare is a book such as this that can make you think so much about real issues while keeping you not just entertained but thoroughly enjoying the story and even laughing at the humorous and frequently absurd turns in events throughout the tale. By vijaynara on April 8, 2015 Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase It's a hard read but well worth it. The book's background is about second world war and how the rationale behind lots of decisions could be self interest of individuals, stupidity and profiteering. I think the same thing applies to pretty much any realm of life -- a lot of corporate decision making definitely falls into this.. Even in individual homes, head of households can frequently make wrong decisions for him/herself or on behalf of family members, more due to lack of knowledge and empathy... The book ends with the message that each individual is responsible for his own life and can't just blindly let someone else make decisions for them or let things just happen.. Take charge of your own life.. By George J Caspar on October 11, 2016 Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase This book is too clever by half. I imagine when it was first written the clever, sarcastic style seemed novel. To me, however, it became tiring. I got the joke or point of the book that the military bureaucracy and bureaucracies in general become absurd environments in which to operate. However, this joke and point could have been more effectively demonstrated in 100 pages rather than 500. The fact that the story never built up to a any sort of payoff convinces me that this would have been much more satisfying as a short story. In summary the book was well written, clever and even funny at points but far too long to justify spending the time to read it in my opinion. By Laszlo Hopp on January 11, 2014 Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase It is a bizarre story staged in a small island of WWII Italy. We meet Yossarian, the veteran bombardier protagonist in a hospital where his imaginary liver pain causes an uncrackable puzzle to a bunch of incompetent army physicians. We also learn that, along with other officers, Yossarian is charged to censor the letters of the enlisted soldiers' to their loved ones. Yossarian first shows his rebellious nature by censoring the letters with the utmost irresponsibility. This act of his left me puzzled through the whole story - what was I missing? - To hide his mischief, he usually signs his reviews with the assumed name of Irwin Washington--except for one letter that he signs as his good friend, Chaplain Tappman. Toward the end of the book, the poor chaplain with his gentle soul gets into a whole lot of trouble because of this faked signature. From these humble beginnings, the plot takes on as the literary equivalent of "Family Guy;" an irreverent US animated sitcom series. The main conflict builds between Yossarian and his bombardment squadron leader, Col. Cathcart, because of increasing numbers of required missions. Although the colonel has the choice of requesting fresh crews, he wants to distinguish himself by the highest number of missions per crew in the entire Air Corps. It quickly becomes evident that Col. Cathcart doesn't have much more to impress his superiors with. Most chapters are methodically built around various characters who interact with Yossarian. Although this structure gives a sense of monotony and choppiness to the chapters, Heller manages to hold the story coherent with the help of the vibrant Yossaria


Bourgas international airport is in which country?

Bourgas (Burgas) International (Sarafovo) Airport, Bulgaria (BOJ) - Guide & Flights Bourgas (Burgas) International Airport, otherwise known as Sarafovo Airport, is located 6Km North of Bourgas on the Black Sea coast, eastern Bulgaria. Bourgas airport has separate arrivals and departures terminal buildings, located within 50m of each other. A new passenger terminal (Terminal 2) was opened in late 2013 when Terminal 1 closed. The airport has immediate access to the E87 coastal road to Burgas and the Black Sea resorts of Slunchev Bryag, Nessebur, Elenite and Dyuni are nearby. A bus service runs between the airport and Bourgas approximately every half hour during the day. A free shuttle bus runs between Bourgas and Varna airports upto 4 times per day. Facilities include 3 cafes/bars, a duty free shop, VIP lounge, money exchange, and FREE WiFi internet access. Approximately 2.4 million passengers passed through Bourgas airport in 2015, a decrease of 7% compared to the previous year. Flights to Bourgas (Burgas) International Sarafovo Airport from UK or Ireland airports


Who did Pope John Paul II succeed as Pope?

The Secret of Pope John Paul II’s Success | None | Catholic Family News The Secret of Pope John Paul II’s Success 26/04/14 08:38 The Secret of Pope John Paul II’s Success by John Vennari   Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen said in 1974, “We live in a sensate age. We are no longer governed by Faith, we are no longer governed by reason. We are governed by feelings.” The outpouring of naked emotion at the death of Pope John Paul II proves these words true. It is expected that Catholics worldwide would grieve and pray for the departed Pontiff, as it is a fitting expression of filial piety. But the effusion over John Paul II was a good bit more. Cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laity vied with each other to canonize him as “John Paul the Great”. Politicians and non-Catholic religious leaders praised him for his humanity and for his outreach to other religions. He was praised for his leadership, praised for his popularity with youth, praised for his travels, his poetry, his writings. He was praised for his trail-blazing style, his being a man of the people. his “theology of the body”, his media savvy, his evangelizing, his charisma, his humor. The pop-star Bono lauded John Paul as the “funky Pontiff”, calling him “the best front-man the Church ever had.” Yet nowhere in this tsunami of sentiment did I see anyone praise him for achieving the primary purpose of the papacy: unswervingly fidelity to the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church as taught and practiced throughout the centuries. Nowhere did I see him praised for preserving the purity of doctrine and the maintenance of discipline in the Church worldwide. Pope John Paul II was not praised for this because he did not achieve it. And for a Pope to fail in this area is to fail mightily. True, Pope John Paul II held the line on the Church’s teaching against women priests, married priests, and spoke consistently against divorce, abortion and euthanasia. He is hated by liberals for maintaining these teachings, and this is to his credit. But for the most part, amidst the seemingly endless adulation over Pope John Paul II after his death, no one seemed to judge his papacy by the only measuring rod that counts: the infallible and immutable Catholic Faith of all time. All was sentiment, all was emotion, all was feelings. There are many reasons why Pope John Paul II was so loved by the modern world. The core reason, in my opinion, is because of a central aspect of his New Evangelization — a new approach that cut him loose from the one hard truth that made all pre-Vatican II popes unpopular. Unburdened by this fundamental truth, he could easily mix with men of all religions, and of no religion, with little fear of invoking their displeasure. The New Approach On the day of Pope John Paul II’s death, I received a phone call from a young lady in New Zealand, a friend of the family. She presently works in a situation where she interacts with Muslims and Hindus. When she tells these non-Catholics, with gentleness and charity, they must convert to the one true Catholic Church to save their souls, the Muslims and Hindus laugh at her. “Your Pope doesn’t believe that”, they cackle, referring to John Paul II, “Your Pope doesn’t teach that. Your Pope’s interfaith actions don’t convey that. Your Pope prays with the Dalai Lama and with Hindus. Your Pope visits mosques and kisses the Koran. You are out-of-step with your own Pope. Why should we listen to you?” Two Catholic young men of my acquaintance, debating with a Protestant Minister, were likewise laughed to scorn when they in-formed the Protestant he must become Catholic to be saved. “What?”, said the Protestant, “You obviously don’t read the writings of your own Pope. He prays with Protestants. He praises Martin Luther as a man of ‘deep religiousness’. He calls Protestants ‘disciples of Christ’. He never says it is necessary to become Catholic for salvation.” Brother Roger of the ecumenical Taize Community, a place that was dear to Pope John Paul’s heart, said that during the Papal visit to Taize on October 5, 1986, John Paul II


"Who described his paintings as ""hand-painted dream photographs?"""

MoMA | Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 See this work in MoMA’s Online Collection Salvador Dalí frequently described his paintings as “hand painted dream photographs.” He based this seaside landscape on the cliffs in his home region of Catalonia, Spain. The ants and melting clocks are recognizable images that Dalí placed in an unfamiliar context or rendered in an unfamiliar way. The large central creature comprised of a deformed nose and eye was drawn from Dalí’s imagination, although it has frequently been interpreted as a self-portrait . Its long eyelashes seem insect-like; what may or may not be a tongue oozes from its nose like a fat snail from its shell. Time is the theme here, from the melting watches to the decay implied by the swarming ants. Mastering what he called “the usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling,” Dalí painted this work with “the most imperialist fury of precision,” but only, he said, “to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality.” There is, however, a nod to the real: the distant golden cliffs are those on the coast of Catalonia, Dalí’s home. A work of art made from paint applied to canvas, wood, paper, or another support (noun). Glossary What’s Freud Got to Do with It? Salvador Dalí was very interested in Sigmund Freud’s writings on psychology. An Austrian psychologist writing in the late-19th and early-20th century, Freud revolutionized the way people think about the mind with his theory of the subconscious. The subconscious is the part of the psyche that thinks and feels without the person being aware of those thoughts and feelings. According to Freud, dreams are coded messages from the subconscious, and Surrealist artists like Dalí were interested in what could be revealed by their dreams. Madness to His Method? Dalí self-induced hallucinations in order to access his subconscious while creating art, a process he called the paranoiac-critical method . On the results of this process, he wrote, “I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images I see appear upon my canvas. I register without choice and with all possible exactitude the dictates of my subconscious, my dreams….” Although he claimed to be surprised by the images, Dalí rendered them with meticulous precision, creating the illusion that these places could exist in the real world. Dalí, in his typically ironic way, once proclaimed, “The only difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad.”


What was the full first name of the President who gave his name to Teddy Bears?

Teddy bear history Your Site for Teddy Bear and Stuffed Animal Information and Fun ... Fun And Games Teddy Bear History Teddy  Bears got their name from Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United  States. In 1902, the president went bear hunting in Mississippi without success,  so members of his party caught a bear cub, tied it to a tree, and offered it to  the president as an easy trophy. The president refused. The event was drawn by a  cartoonist for the Washington Post the next day. The cartoon emphasized the  helplessness of the bear and conveyed the message that Roosevelt would not make  decisions for the wrong reasons. Roosevelt's popularity soared as a result of  his actions and the cartoon. Morris and Rose Michtom made a stuffed bear in  honor of the president's actions. Teddy  Bears name is based on one of two stories. One story is that the president gave  the Michtom's permission to christen the new stuffed toy bear "Teddy Bear". The  other story is that at President Roosevelt's daughter's wedding, bears decorated  the tables. When a guest asked what breed of bear they were, a guest said, "Why,  they're Teddy Bears, of course". By 1908,  over 20 companies were making stuffed teddy bears in the United States alone and  teddy bears were on their way to a love affair with all of us that continues  today.


Donald Woods escaped from where in 1979, later the subject of the film Cry Freedom?

George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa, Jonas Gwangwa - Cry Freedom: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Amazon.com Music By Judy K. Polhemus on July 29, 2008 Format: DVD When I was a high school English teacher and read and discussed "Cry, the Beloved Country" with my seniors, I always showed "Cry Freedom" in conjunction. Students were mesmerized. While the novel was set in South Africa with apartheid partly responsible for the crime that takes place, apartheid is as much a major character as Stephen Biko or Donald Woods in the movie. In case you are confused, "Cry, the Beloved Country" is the lyrical novel by Alan Paton, published in 1948 and set in South Africa, Paton's homeland. Three racial groups, lived together, not in harmony, there: the Dutch, who later called themselves Afrikaaners, who settled there three hundred years earlier and believed they sere sent by God to take control; the English who settled everywhere; and the native groups, of which Bantu was one. This novel is a moving testament to the forgiving nature of men and how two men from totally different worlds can come together in grace and acceptance. In "Cry Freedom," the film based on the nonfiction book by the same name, is a story of Stephen Biko, a black South African political activist who understood the inherent dangers in being an activist but lived by the creed that a man has to do what a man has to do. He is befriended in respect and admiration by a white American journalist, Donald Woods. Their two stories are equally important because of the consequences of their actions. Denzel Washinton performs the role of Biko as if he was Biko--I was that convinced. His South African accent is perfect. I personally believe this is the best acting role of his distinguished career. Kevin Kline is also excellent and performs one of my favorite roles he has ever played. Biko brashly challenges the Afrikanner government and is banned from ever speaking again. Read more ›


Which Austrian wrote The Psychopathology of Everyday Life?

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life | IndieBound A Community of Independent Local Bookstores The Psychopathology of Everyday Life The Psychopathology of Everyday Life W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393006117, 432pp. Publication Date: September 17, 1990 List Price: $19.95* * Individual store prices may vary. Buy at Local Store Enter your zip code below to purchase from an indie close to you. or Buy Here Description It is filled with anecdotes, many of them quite amusing, and virtually bereft of technical terminology. And Freud put himself on the line: numerous acts of willful forgetting or "inexplicable" mistakes are recounted from his personal experience. none of such actions can be called truly accidental, or uncaused: that is the real lesson of the Psychopathology.


"Who said, ""Some women get excited about nothing-- and then they marry him?"

The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him... - Quote Conversation A bit about Cher ... Cher, born Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere on May 20, 1946, is an American pop/rock singer, songwriter, actress, director, author and all-around entertainer. Through her achievements in music, television and film, she has won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy and 3 Golden Globe Awards, among others. She first rose to prominence in the mid 1960s as one half of the pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher. She also established herself as a solo artist, releasing 26 albums, numerous compilations and achieving 22 Top 40 hits, (including 12 Top 10 and 4 #1 hits) over her career. She became a successful television star in the 1970s and a serious film actress in the 1980s. In 1988, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck. In a career that has now surpassed 40 years, Cher has emerged a pop-culture icon and one of the most enduring and respected entertainers of her time. These people bookmarked this quote:


Who is the famous mother of Elijah Blue?

Cher's son Elijah Blue reveals rift with mother in explosive new interview | Daily Mail Online Cher's son Elijah Blue reveals rift with famous mother after he eloped to marry girl and his recovery from heroin addiction in explosive new interview Cher has so far not congratulated them on their engagement or marriage The singer did not invite them to the family Christmas He nearly died after contracting Lyme disease but his mother questioned whether it was ‘imaginary’ Cher ‘haunted’ by Elijah’s troubled childhood and it’s a ‘real regret’ for her He’s a recovering heroin addict and has been to rehab ‘several times’


What was the occupation of Roger Moore's father?

Roger Moore Roger Moore Executive summary: James Bond after Sean Connery Military service: Military Intelligence (required National Service, 2nd Lt.) Roger Moore grew up in London, and lived through the blitz during WWII. As a young man, he worked as a model and, briefly, as a draftsman, before being accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his film debut with a tiny role as a soldier in two 1945 films, Caesar and Cleopatra with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh and Perfect Strangers with Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr . But Moore was mostly seen as a TV actor, after starring as Ivanhoe in a 1958-59 series, and The Alaskans the following season. When James Garner refused to play Bret on Maverick in 1961, Moore was brought in to star as his cousin Beauregarde. Moore and Tony Curtis were The Persuaders in the early 1970s. Moore is best remembered on the small screen as Simon Templar, the lead spy in The Saint, which prefigured his role as James Bond. Moore made dozens of movies, but none were particularly memorable until Sean Connery refused to reprise his role as James Bond, and Moore became 007 in Live and Let Die (1973). Moore was three years older than Connery, and in Moore's final Bond film, A View To A Kill in 1985, he was 58, making him the oldest actor to play Bond. Moore's Bond was seen as somewhat silly, with wisecracks always at the ready, many of which were improvised by Moore. Father: George Moore (London policeman) Mother: Lillian Pope (housewife) Wife: Doorn Van Steyn (ice skater, m. 9-Dec-1946, div. 1953) Wife: Dorothy Squires (singer, m. 6-Jul-1953, div. 1968, d. 1995 cancer) Wife: Luisa Mattioli (actress, m. 11-Apr-1969, div. 1996, one daughter, two sons) Son: Geoffrey Robert Moore (restaurateur, b. 28-Jul-1966) Daughter: Deborah Moore (actress, b. 27-Oct-1963) Son: Christian Moore (b. 1973) Wife: Kristina Tholstrup ("Kiki", Danish stewardess, dated 1996-2002, m. 10-Mar-2002)     Golden Globe 1980 for World Film Favorite, Male


Picasso moved to Paris in 1901 but where was he born?

The Life of Picasso at Picasso.com Links Life Pablo Ruiz Picasso (b. 1881, d. 1973)  is probably the most important figure in 20th Century art. Time  magazine art critic Robert Hughes once said that "To say that  Pablo Picasso dominated Western art in the 20th century is, by now,  the merest commonplace. Before his 50th birthday, the little Spaniard  from Malaga had become the very prototype of the modern artist as  public figure. No painter before him had had a mass audience in his  own lifetime." He was born October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain and by the time he died  in France in April of 1973, had created a staggering 22.000 works  of art in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, ceramics, mosaics,  stage design and graphic arts. As critic Hughes notes, "There  was scarcely a 20th century movement that he didn't inspire, contribute  to or--in the case of Cubism ,  which, in one of art history's great collaborations, he co-invented  with Georges Braque--beget." Quite simply, as well as being a  force of culture, Picasso was also a force of nature. Early Life and Work A precocious draftsman, Picasso was admitted to the advanced classes  at the Royal Academy of Art in Barcelona at 15. After 1900 he spent  much time in Paris, remaining there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved  to the South of France. His power is revealed in his very early works,  some of which were influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec (such as Old Woman, 1901; Philadelphia Mus. of Art). Picasso's artistic production is usually described in terms of  a series of overlapping periods. In his "Blue Period" 1901-4  he depicted the world of the poor. Predominantly in tones of blue,  these melancholy paintings (such as The  Old Guitarist, 1903; Art Inst. of Chicago) are among the most  popular art works of the century. Canvases from Picasso's "Rose  Period" 1905-06 are characterized by a lighter palette  and greater lyricism, with subject matter often drawn from circus  life. Picasso's Parisian studio attracted the major figures of  the avant-garde at this time, including Matisse , Braque , Apollinaire ,  and Gertrude  Stein. He had already produced numerous engravings of great power  and began his work in sculpture during these years.       Cubism In 1907 Picasso painted Les  Demoiselles d'Avignon (Mus. of Modern Art, New York City),  a radical departure from the artistic ideas of the preceding ages  and now considered the most significant work in the development toward  cubism and modern abstraction (see modern art). The influence of Cézanne and of African sculpture is apparent in its fragmented forms and unprecedented  distortions. The painting heralded the first phase of cubism, called  analytic cubism. This severe, intellectual style was conceived and  developed by Picasso, Braque, and Gris c.1909-12. Picasso's  Female Nude (1910-11; Philadelphia Mus. of Art) is a representative  painting and his Woman's Head (1909; Mus. of Modern Art, New  York City) a representative sculpture of this style.     In the synthetic phase of cubism (after 1912) his forms became larger  and more representational, and flat, bright decorative patterns replaced  the earlier, more austere compositions. The  Three Musicians (1921; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City) exemplifies  this style. Picasso's cubist works established firmly that the  work of art may exist as a significant object beyond any attempt to  represent reality. During both periods of cubism experiments by Picasso  and others resulted in several new techniques, including collage and  papier collé.       Other Stylistic Innovations Picasso's enormous energy and fecundity was manifested by another  development. In the 1920s he drew heavily on classical themes and  produced magnificent monumental nudes and monsters that were reminiscent  of antiquity and rendered with a certain anguished irony. These works  appeared simultaneously with synthetic cubist paintings. Picasso was  for a time saluted as a forerunner of Surrealism ,  but his intellectual approach was basically


Which US President went to the same London university as Mick Jagger?

London Universities With Celebrity Students | Spotahome Blog London Universities With Celebrity Students April 29, 2016 Did you share your university with a celebrity? It is highly likely that a celebrity has walked the halls of your university. You may have even used the same desk as your idol. Find out if a celebrity attended YOUR university! London is home to some of the best universities in the world. It is therefore no surprise that several celebrities once chose this location as their place of study.  Spotahome has selected our favourite celebrities who went to a university in London… …Mick Jagger 1943 – Present Celebrity Musician & LSE Student Mick Jagger, otherwise known as the front-man of the Rolling Stones, studied Business at London School of Economics during the 1960s. Somewhat predictably, he dropped out in 1963 to pursue one of the most successful music careers in the history of Rock’n’Roll! …David Attenborough 1926 – Present Nature Documentarist & LSE Student Sir David Attenborough is the nation’s favourite documentary-making celebrity. His soothing voice and exquisitely-captured nature footage has attracted a large following of fans throughout the world.  Attenborough reportedly studied Anthropology at the London School of Economics in 1964, but packed it in for a post as the Director of BBC2. …John F Kennedy   1917 – 1963 Former US President  & LSE Student This may be news for some, but John F Kennedy attended the London School of Economics in 1935. Before returning to the USA, America’s former President apparently attended LSE  to pursue a General course and is arguably one of the university’s most surprising celebrities. …Mahatma Gandhi 1869 – 1948 Leader of Indian Independence & UCL Student Unbeknownst to many, Mahatma Gandhi supposedly studied Law at University College London  before returning to India where he enabled his country to achieve independence. Gandhi is remembered as an activist whose policy of nonviolence influenced many leaders of the civil rights movement. …Vivienne Westwood 1941 – Present Fashion Designer & Student at Middlesex, Westminster & Goldsmith Universities Often praised for merging politics with punk and new wave fashion, Vivienne Westwood is renowned for being one of the most influential celebrity fashion designers of all time. Before launching her fruitful career, Westwood studied at Middlesex University , The University of Westminster and Goldsmiths University . …Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013 Anti-Apartheid Activist & University of London Student He is not a celebrity in the traditional sense, but Nelson Mandela’s name is among those who studied at the University of London. His path at this institution was certainly unconventional as he studied Law as a distance student during his 27-years of imprisonment. …Gael Garcia Bernal 1978 – Present Actor, Director & Central School of Speech and Drama Graduate Have you seen The Motorcycle Diaries? If so, you may be aware of Gael Garcia Bernal. The Mexican actor/film director graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London – he was the first Mexican to ever attend this institution. …Sir Elton John 1947 – Present Musician & Former Royal Academy of Music Student Before becoming a celebrity musician in the late 1960s, Elton John honed his musical technique at the Royal Academy of Music.  The singer values the inspirational training he received at this institution during his teenage years. …Kit Harington 1986 – Present Actor & Central School of Speech and Drama Student Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably familiar with this Game of Thrones celebrity. Kit Harington is the British heartthrob who made Jon Snow a household name. Before landing a role on the 2nd highest IMDB rated TV series after Breaking Bad, Kit Harington attended the Central School of Speech and Drama  in London. …Virginia Woolf 1882 – 1941 Author & Kings College London Graduate Virginia Woolf was a prominent english modernist writer who is highly respected in literary circles. Woolf attended  Kings College London  between 1897 and 1902 an


Who published the General Theory of Relativity in 1915?

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is published | World History Project 1915 Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is published On the recommendation of Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita, Einstein began exploring the usefulness of general covariance (essentially the use of tensors) for his gravitational theory. For a while Einstein thought that there were problems with the approach, but he later returned to it and, by late 1915, had published his general theory of relativity in the form in which it is used today.[48] This theory explains gravitation as distortion of the structure of spacetime by matter, affecting the inertial motion of other matter. During World War I, the work of Central Powers scientists was available only to Central Powers academics, for national security reasons. Some of Einstein’s work did reach the United Kingdom and the United States through the efforts of the Austrian Paul Ehrenfest and physicists in the Netherlands, especially 1902 Nobel Prize-winner Hendrik Lorentz and Willem de Sitter of Leiden University. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Kevin Rogers Eleven years after On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, Einstein published his second groundbreaking work on General Relativity, which continues and expands the original theory. A preeminent feature of General Relativity is its view of gravitation. Einstein held that the forces of acceleration and gravity are equivalent. Again, the single premise that General Relativity is based on is surprisingly simple. It states that all physical laws can be formulated so as to be valid for any observer, regardless of the observer's motion. Consequently, due to the equivalence of acceleration and gravitation, in an accelerated reference frame, observations are equivalent to those in a uniform gravitational field. This led Einstein to redefine the concept of space itself. In contrast to the Euclidean space in which Newton’s laws apply, he proposed that space itself might be curved. The curvature of space, or better spacetime, is due to massive objects in it, such as the sun, which warp space around their gravitational centre. In such a space, the motion of objects can be described in terms of geometry rather than in terms of external forces. For example, a planet orbiting the Sun can be thought of as moving along a "straight" trajectory in a curved space that is bent around the Sun. On the following pages we will examine spacetime and other fascinating aspects of Relativity in some detail and see how Relativity leads us to new insights about the structure and the creation of the universe. Source: The Big View Added by: Kevin Rogers In 1907, Einstein said that when he "was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: 'If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight.' I was startled. This simple thought ... impelled me toward a theory of gravitation. ..." This was the fundamental principle for his General Theory of Relativity, which was published in 1916. Its foundation is that the laws of nature in an accelerating frame are equivalent to the laws of a gravitational field. This is known as the Equivalence Principle. In 1915, Einstein proposed a new theory of gravity, which is now called the General Theory of Relativity: In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton had proposed a theory of gravity called Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation. Newton's Law had worked very well, but there were slight discrepancies between what was observed and what was mathematically predicted. An example is that Newton's theory cannot explain Mercury's peculiar rosette-shaped elliptical orbit. However, Einstein's General Relativity can. General Relativity describes gravity as a warping of space itself, not as a force. Einstein pictured space as a three-dimensional version of a thin rubber sheet. If you put a heavy object on the sheet, it makes a dent, and therefore an object's path would be affected by that dent. So, planets orbit the sun because the space around the sun is curved in the 2-D equivalent of a funnel o


In 1968 the Oscars were postponed for 48 hours because of whose death?

Sidney Poitier Shop by Color!   “It has been a long journey to this moment,” Sidney Poitier said   on the night of April 14, 1964 when clasping the Oscar he had   just won as best actor for Lilies of the Field, the first   time that an African-American had been honored for a starring   role. Thirty-eight years later, he returned to the podium to   accept an honorary Oscar in recognition “of his Remarkable   Accomplishments as an Artist and as a Human Being.” The color   line would be crossed more dramatically than ever that year when Denzel Washington became the first   African-American since Poitier to be named best actor, and Halle Barry made history as the   first black female to win in the leading actress category. In   his speech, Poitier explained how he “arrived in Hollywood at   the age of twenty-two in a time different than today’s, a time   in which the odds against my standing here tonight fifty-three   years later would not have fallen in my favor. Back then, no   route had been established for where I was hoping to go, no   pathway left in evidence for me to trace, no custom for me to   follow.”   It was Poitier who established the route that Washington and   Barry followed to success, and yet it was never his ambition to   be an actor. As he told CNN’s Larry King in 2008, “I became an   actor to prove a point.”             It was on February 20, 1927 while his Bahamian parents were   visiting Miami, Florida that Sidney Poitier was born. Less than   three pounds at birth, he was not expected to survive and his   father had a coffin prepared for his burial. A soothsayer told   his mother that he would not only survive, but one day "walk   with kings.” He lived and grew up with six siblings on Cat   Island where his family owned a tomato farm.   “It was magical,” he told NPR in 2009. “There was no   transportation unless you had a donkey or a horse. No   automobiles, no electric lights, no running water.” There weren’t any mirrors either, and the   first time he saw the face that was destined for fame was in the   reflection on the water.   “The water was never quite still, so that I would look and what   I would see is a distorted face. Every time I moved, it would   move, and that’s how I got to be introduced to my shadow. And my   shadow and I became very good friends. We would race down the   beach against each other, and the winner was always determined   by the position of the sun. I remember dancing. I did all kinds   of things with my shadow.” Laughing at the memory, he said, “I’m   glad psychiatry wasn’t around then.   They probably would have put me away.”   Still, it wasn’t the Garden of   Eden. “My mother dressed me in flour sacks because she couldn’t afford clothing,” he told   writer Aljean Harmetz. His father “had no power, no influence except   with his children. I saw the humiliation of a well-intended,   hard-working honest man categorized as a surplus entity.”   When he was 10, the family moved to Nassau and it was there that   his imagination was touched by the magic of movies. With some   companions, he attended a Western and had “the biggest shock I   would ever have.” He was “absolutely fascinated,” and   went back to the theater after his friends had gone home to wait   at the exit where, he believed, all the people and animals he   had seen on screen would come out.   Opportunities for work were scarce in Nassau, and after a friend   had been sent to reform school for stealing a bicycle, Poitier’s   father was concerned that a similar fate might befall his son.   At the age of 15, he was sent to Florida where his older   brother, Cyril, had settled down with a wife and children.    It was in the Sunshine State that Poitier first experienced   racism. On Cat Island, he recalled to Oprah Winfrey, “There were   two whites on our island. One was a doctor, another a   shopkeeper’s daughter. And it never dawned on me that they were


Who replaced Mary Robinson as president of Ireland in 1997?

Ireland, Republic of: History Ireland, Republic of History After the establishment by treaty with Great Britain of the Irish Free State (Jan., 1922), civil war broke out between supporters of the treaty and opponents, who refused to accept the partition of Ireland and the retention of any ties with Britain. The antitreaty forces, embodied in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and led by Eamon De Valera , were defeated, although the IRA continued as a secret terrorist organization. William Cosgrave became the first prime minister. De Valera and his followers, the Fianna Fáil party, agreed to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown and entered the Dáil in 1927. In 1932, De Valera became prime minister, and under his administration a new constitution was promulgated (1937), establishing the sovereign nation of Ireland, or Eire, within the Commonwealth of Nations. De Valera's policies aimed at the political and economic independence and union of all of Ireland. The loyalty oath to the crown was abolished, and certain economic provisions of the 1921 treaty with England were repudiated, leading to an "economic war" (1932–38) with Britain. During World War II, Eire remained neutral and vigorously protested Allied military activity in Northern Ireland. The British were denied the use of Irish ports, and German and Japanese agents were allowed to operate in the country. Some 60,000 Irish citizens, however, volunteered to serve with the British armed forces, including some 7,000 who deserted from the Irish army. The people of Eire suffered relatively little hardship during the war and even profited from increased food exports. The postwar period brought a sharp rise in the cost of living and a decline in population, due in great part to steady emigration to Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and other countries. In 1948, Prime Minister Costello demanded total independence from Great Britain and reunification with the six counties of Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed on Apr. 18, 1949. The country withdrew from the Commonwealth and formally claimed jurisdiction over the Ulster counties. It was admitted to the United Nations in 1955. Nothing came of the claim to Ulster, and during the 1950s and 60s the republic and Northern Ireland improved their economic relations. The later decade also saw an all-time low in Irish population, 2.82 million in 1961. In the late 1960s the problem of Northern Ireland flared up again in bitter fighting between the Protestant majority and Catholic minority there, aggravated by the actions of the IRA, which was headquartered in the republic. In 1973, Erskine H. Childers succeeded De Valera as president of Ireland, and Liam Cosgrave , at the head of a Fine Gael–Labor coalition, replaced Jack Lynch , of Fianna Fáil, as prime minister. In the same year the republic joined the European Community (now the European Union ). Childers died in 1974 and was succeeded by Cearbhal O. Dalaigh. Lynch led Fianna Fáil back into office in 1977; in 1979 fellow party member Charles Haughey replaced Lynch as prime minister. In 1981 a Fine Gael–Labor coalition headed by Garret FitzGerald defeated Fianna Fáil on an economic platform. Although ousted in 1982, the coalition was governing again six months later. Beginning in the late 1970s the republic's political situation was more fluid than it had been; there were several general elections and a variety of party schisms. In 1987, Haughey again became prime minister. As unemployment soared, especially among young people, outmigration increased, reaching a peak of 44,000 in 1989. During the 1990s, the economy grew significantly, buoyed by EU subsidies and new foreign investment. By the end of the decade, unemployment was below the EU average, although pockets of poverty persisted. In late 1994, after the IRA and Protestant militias agreed to a cease-fire, efforts were begun to negotiate a settlement of the the Northern Ireland issue. Despite some setbacks, agreements were reached in Apr., 1998, and approved by voters in both the Irish Republic and Nort


What breed of dog was Barry Manilow's Bagel?

The Beagle-Bagels Barry Manilow Fan Club THANKS to ALL of our club members for being a part of the magic and fun! Mani-love, The Beagle-Bagels "They're 'Copabananas' for Barry 'Even Now,' after 31 years, Sterling Heights-based Manilow fan club still strong" by Debra Kaszubski, Contributing Writer Is there something about Barry Manilow that you want to know?  Wondering if there really was a Mandy? Who shot who at the Copacabana? Forget about the Internet or even Manilow's official fan club. The source for everything Manilow lives in Macomb County and her name is Rosie Cowan. Cowan, of Sterling Heights, is vice president of the Beagle-Bagels, the oldest Manilow fan club. The club, which will celebrate its 31st anniversary March 7, 2008, was named after Manilow's pet beagle, named Bagel. Cowan has created and stores the fan club's 29 large scrapbooks filed with song lyrics, poems, newspaper clippings and a lot of Manilow photos. She has even used the phrase "Mani-hi" to greet people. Still, Cowan doesn't like to be called a "Fanilow." "I'd rather we be called his friends," Cowan said. Judging from Cowan's many encounters with Manilow himself, it's safe to assume they really may be friends. Cowan, along with Stephie-Hill-Ross, the club's president, and Regina Moore, co-vice president, have met Manilow many times while following him on tour or during his local stops in the Detroit area. They used to decorate Manilow's dressing room using different themes, and one time, they placed notes on Manilow's toilet seat, in his shower and all throughout his backstage dressing room requesting that he call Hill-Ross on stage for a duet. Their scheme worked and Hill-Ross sang "I Can't Smile Without You" with her idol, whom she has loved since she was a child living in Detroit. Cowan, a writer of poetry and short stories, has sent Manilow her work for several years. When she first met Manilow, she was thrilled to learn he had read her writings. "You must be the famous Rosie," Cowan recalled Manilow saying when the two first met. Hill-Ross is a gifted graphic artist who has perfected Manilow's significant profile. Manilow himself has recognized the Beagle-Bagels on many occasions; he has sent the ladies flowers several times, and he even sent a bouquet of 50 roses to mark the club's fifth anniversary. Cowan, Hill-Ross and Moore could go on for hours sharing stories of their encounters with Manilow, their views on whether or not he has had plastic surgery and even his most recent career resurgence. Cowan was especially thrilled to see Barry perform on "Dancing with the Stars." While the ladies wish for a new CD (Cowan speculates an original might be on the horizon), they continue to attend Manilow's performances and were very excited about his Dec. 15 stop at The Palace. Although they were not able to decorate his backstage dressing room, as they had done years before, they were still very excited to see his show--his first in Detroit since 2004. "Anytime Barry comes, we will be there, even if we are sitting in the nosebleed section!" Hill-Ross said, "Barry is our man and we will always be there to support him." The club has certainly done a lot to support Manilow. Besides collecting a massive amount of memorabilia, producing a paper, and then an electronic newsletter called "Beezer Speaks" (Beezer refers to Manilow's nose), and helping to organize Manilow conventions, the ladies do plenty of charity work in Manilow's name. According to their website, they have sponsored 50 charity events and raised more than $150,000 to help those in need. They've assisted 20 charities, from the American Cancer Society to UNICEF. In 2007, they decided to raise funds for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Despite all the charity work and stacks of memorabilia, Manilow and his music are still the bread and butter of the fan club, and the 60-something superstar will always hold a place in their hearts. "Barry just turns me inside out and leaves me gasping for more," Cowan said. "He is a fantastic person, a true gentleman and a great phil


How old was Douglas Fairbanks when he married 23-year-old Joan Crawford?

LA Times, 1929: Young Doug Weds Joan YOUNG DOUG WEDS JOAN Film Pair Marry in New York Mother of Fairbanks Jr., at Church as Son Espouses Miss Crawford; Father Telegraphs Approval;       Plans for Ceremony Secret to Last     NEW YORK June 3. (Exclusive) --  Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. and Joan Crawford, motion-picture  players, were married today in St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Church by Rev. Edward F. Leonard. Fairbanks� mother, Beth Sully, the first wife of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was present at the ceremony. The wedding was the culmination of an engagement for the last two years, during which time there were many rumors linking the two is marriage, but which were subsequently denied. TOLD HIS FATHER Even when applying for the license today Fairbanks had asserted that they would not be married until some time in the fall. Fairbanks said he had told his father of his intentions before he left Hollywood and that the latter had given his blessing and followed it with a telegram of congratulation today. An hour after the ceremony the couple was back at the Algonquin Hotel. Miss Crawford was at a writing desk penning a letter to her mother, which, she said, started with "Dear Mother, it is but an hour since�� Fairbanks fidgeted in his chair and explained how his affair had been a "romantic and sweet one." "I suppose I�m expected to say that I�m the happiest and proudest, and so forth," he said. �But it's true." "As for me," interrupted his wife, �I love you so." JOAN SHOWS RING "Marriage is a wonderful thing," soliloquized young Fairbanks, �but it certainly scares you.� Mrs. Fairbanks turned nonchalantly to her writing again. She ate huge red cherries out of a glass pitcher. Suddenly she ran to the lamp and held her hand so that the light was reflected from the large diamond ring she wore. "Isn't it gorgeous?" she demanded. "We bought it today." WILL HONEYMOON ABROAD Mr. Fairbanks went on to tell about his wedding. How he had watched some one crying in a mirror. How his knees shook. How his gaze had been fixed on a blotter on the floor. The couple arrived in New York Thursday and plan to leave for California next Tuesday. They will take up their separate motion-picture careers in different studios. Mrs. Fairbanks will keep her name of Joan Crawford on the screen. She has three more pictures to make thus year and Mr. Fairbanks has four. After these are finished, it was explained, they intend to come east and then sail for Europe on a honeymoon. WEDDING RUMOR DENIED OFTEN IN HOLLYWOOD When Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. left Hollywood several days ago for a vacation trip to the East, they declared they were not to be married until August 23. While their marriage was not unexpected in Hollywood, the news of the ceremony came as somewhat of a surprise. The romance has been watched with interest for many months in Hollywood and it was not long ago that they admitted their engagement after consistent rumors they had been married in Mexico more than a year ago. These reports they consistently denied. Joan's mother said last night In Hollywood that the marriage was a surprise to her as she had been helping her daughter prepare her trousseau and was making plans for the wedding here. "I received a wire from Joan," she said, "telling of her marriage and it certainly was news to me. When they left here they did not intend being married. I am only sorry that I wasn't there to witness the ceremony. But I am happy for them. He is such a nice boy."     August       25, 1929 Joan Crawford stretched and squirmed until the little yellow white       spot on her shoulder that just wouldn't take on the "high yaller" compliments of old man Sol was revealed. She was lolling on the sand,       half in, half out of the shade supplied by a giant umbrella. A crimson       bathing suit revealed a tan that challenged the best efforts of all       the cocoa butters and olive oils on the market. But outside of letting her hair grow, furnishing her new home, and


"Who said, ""The only placed a man wants depth in a woman is in her decolletage?"""

Quotes: Women Say About Men by Brownielocks. Brownielocks and The 3 Bears present Quotes about men by famous women through the ages.   "Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible." Margaret Mead   "If  you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." Margaret Thatcher "Behind every great man there is a surprised woman." Maryon Pearson "If a man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform." Mary Wilson Little "As long as you know most men are like children, you know everything." CoCo Chanel "A man's home may seem to be his castle from the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery." Clare Booth Luce "I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery.  I insist on believing that some men are my equals." Brigid Brophy "Probably the only place a man can feel really secure is a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release." Germaine Greer "I like men to behave like men -- strong and childish." Francoise Sagan "I only like two kinds of men:  Domestic and Imported." Mae West   "One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty." Jane Austin "If you talk about yourself, he'll think you're boring. If you talk about others, he'll think you're a gossip. If you talk about him, he'll think you're a brilliant conversationalist." Linda Sunshine   "The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him that he is in a woman ---any woman--- with beautiful legs." Marlene Dietrich "Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them." Marilyn Monroe "The only place men want depth in a woman is in her decolletage." Zsa Zsa Gabor "Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands." Jayne Mansfield "Men are beasts, and even beasts don't behave as they do." Brigitte Bardot "A gentleman is a patient wolf." Henriett Tiarks "Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you." Mae West "Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves." Marlene Dietrich   "Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?" Rita Rudner "No nice men are good at getting taxis." Katharine Whitehorn   "I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband: I have a dog that growls every morning; A parrot that swears all afternoon, and A cat that comes home late at night." Marie Corelli "I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget." Adela Rogers St. John   "It is ridiculous to think that you can spend your entire life with just one person.  Three is about the right number. Yes, I imagine three husbands would do it?" Clare Boothe Luce   "Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house." Jean Kerr   "The trouble with some women is that they get all excited over nothing -- and then marry him." Cher "A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished." Zsa Zsa Gabor "If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice. Husbands, due to an unknown quirk of the universe, never hear you the first time." Estelle Getty "Before marriage a man will lay awake all night thinking about something you said;  after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it." Helen Rowland "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have.  The older she gets, the more interested he is in her." Agatha Christie "There is so little difference between husbands, you might as well keep the first." Adela Rogers St. John "Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended." ZsaZsa Gabor "A man in the house is worth two in the street." Mae West   "I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career." Gloria Steinem   "In passing, also, I would just like to say that the first time Adam had a chance  he laid the blame o