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Protest songs define great causes in history - the song becomes the movement and the movement is the song.
.... and these songs are simply some of the greatest ever penned and delivered.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Top 10 Civil Rights Protest Songs
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Protest songs define great causes in history - the song becomes the movement and the movement is the song.
.... and these songs are simply some of the greatest ever penned and delivered.
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Protest songs define great causes in history - the song becomes the movement and the movement is the song.
.... and these songs are simply some of the greatest ever penned and delivered.
Secret Life of Lucky
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Lucky's doggie parents wondered what she got up to when she disappeared on her jaunts so the installation of a camera on her collar revealed her ingenuity on her travels.
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| doggie's are thinking people too! |
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Lucky's doggie parents wondered what she got up to when she disappeared on her jaunts so the installation of a camera on her collar revealed her ingenuity on her travels.
A Tudor Feast at Christmas
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Arcaeologists recreate Christmas 400 years ago.
Twelve days of Christmas 25 December to 6 January were celebrated by all that followed the fasting on Christmas eve - a wonderous feast and frivolity ensued.
Work resumed on the first Monday after the 12th night.
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Arcaeologists recreate Christmas 400 years ago.
Twelve days of Christmas 25 December to 6 January were celebrated by all that followed the fasting on Christmas eve - a wonderous feast and frivolity ensued.
Work resumed on the first Monday after the 12th night.
Six Wives of Henry VIII
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A documentary on Henry VIII and his six wives - queen, lover, mother, outcast, victim and survivor.
A documentary on Henry VIII and his six wives - queen, lover, mother, outcast, victim and survivor.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Atomic Cafe
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Humorous documentary on mid-century America rife with anxiety, apprehension and paranoia narrated with vintage clips and music reminiscent of military training films to pop songs. Focused on propoganda and false optimism of the 1950s.
Satire shines throughout including images of Hiroshima against cheerful suburban duck-and-cover themes.
Entertaining and witty.
Documentary at the link.
Humorous documentary on mid-century America rife with anxiety, apprehension and paranoia narrated with vintage clips and music reminiscent of military training films to pop songs. Focused on propoganda and false optimism of the 1950s.
Satire shines throughout including images of Hiroshima against cheerful suburban duck-and-cover themes.
Entertaining and witty.
Documentary at the link.
Executions Contested Through Time
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Before this year's Troy Davis travesty: A history of contested death penalty cases.
Before this year's Troy Davis travesty: A history of contested death penalty cases.
- Ferdinanda Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1927)
- 8 teenaged Scottsboro boys: Race in Alabama (1931)
- Bruno Hauptman: the Lindbergh baby (1932)
- Caryl Chessman: Death Penalty without Murder (1960)
- Carlos De Luna: the Wrong Man? (1989)
- Cameron Todd Willingham: Innocent of Arson? (2004)
- Teresa Lewis: A Woman on Death Row (2010)
- Humberto Leal: An International Incident (2011)
- Duane Buck: Racial Bias (2011)
New York's Rich History
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A seven part series on 400 years of New York's rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life.
The series begins with the arrival of the Dutch in 1609, impact of the English, the horrors of colonial slavery and its crucial role in the American Revolution through to its emergence as the most powerful metropolis on earth after the Great Depression and the second World War.
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A seven part series on 400 years of New York's rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life.
The series begins with the arrival of the Dutch in 1609, impact of the English, the horrors of colonial slavery and its crucial role in the American Revolution through to its emergence as the most powerful metropolis on earth after the Great Depression and the second World War.
Topdocumentaryfilms.com You Can Watch Online!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Last Polish Pilot
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Last of the valiant era ...
Brigadier General Tadeusz Sawicz received Poland's highest honour and Britain's Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down three German aircraft.
He is believed to be the last pilot of the Polish air forces - he fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain and served in the RAF until 1947.
His death marks the passage of another brave soul of a great generation.
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Last of the valiant era ...
Brigadier General Tadeusz Sawicz received Poland's highest honour and Britain's Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down three German aircraft.
He is believed to be the last pilot of the Polish air forces - he fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain and served in the RAF until 1947.
His death marks the passage of another brave soul of a great generation.
Sham Paris
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At the end of the first world war a replica of Paris was built to fool German bombers. On the 93rd anniversary of the Armistice, archives have revealed a plan with sham streets lined with electric lights, replica buildings, even the Gare du Nord train station, the Arc de Triomphe and Opera and industrial suburbs Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers were all built as doubles.
As the conflict neared its end the Difense Contre Avions responsible for defence against air attacks began building the replica.
Private firms were contracted to create the second 'City of Light' - wooden replicas were finished with incredible detail including translucent paint to create the effect of dirty glass roofs of factories.
Alas the replica was not complete by the last raid in September of 1918 and therefore was never tested although the city did escape both wars largely unscathed.
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| under camouflage - America's solution to fooling bombers |
At the end of the first world war a replica of Paris was built to fool German bombers. On the 93rd anniversary of the Armistice, archives have revealed a plan with sham streets lined with electric lights, replica buildings, even the Gare du Nord train station, the Arc de Triomphe and Opera and industrial suburbs Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers were all built as doubles.
As the conflict neared its end the Difense Contre Avions responsible for defence against air attacks began building the replica.
Private firms were contracted to create the second 'City of Light' - wooden replicas were finished with incredible detail including translucent paint to create the effect of dirty glass roofs of factories.
Alas the replica was not complete by the last raid in September of 1918 and therefore was never tested although the city did escape both wars largely unscathed.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
J. Edgar
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Critics declare Leonardo DiCaprio lays bare the humanity of J. Edgar Hoover in the new film J. Edgar hailed as a smart script that takes a dynamic approach to history and toggles between Hoover's early and later years.
Film review at the link.
Hoover's alleged gay affair ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063491/Did-J-Edgar-Hoover-gay-lover-New-film-suggests-ruthless-FBI-bosses-secret-explosive-all.html
Critics declare Leonardo DiCaprio lays bare the humanity of J. Edgar Hoover in the new film J. Edgar hailed as a smart script that takes a dynamic approach to history and toggles between Hoover's early and later years.
Film review at the link.
Hoover's alleged gay affair ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063491/Did-J-Edgar-Hoover-gay-lover-New-film-suggests-ruthless-FBI-bosses-secret-explosive-all.html
Rooney
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Andy Rooney entered television soon after the second world war writing entertainment material. His segment on 60 Minutes made him famous - he was better known for the things he didn't like.
Born Andrew Aitken Rooney in 1919 in Albany, he was a copy boy at the Knickerbocker News before entering College University where he played left guard on the football team. He was drafted into the army three months before the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. He distinguished himself as sergeant and earned a Bronze Star for reporting underfire at the Battle at Normandy!
He returned to writing after the war and the rest is history ... farewell to a beloved curmudgeon.
Andy Rooney entered television soon after the second world war writing entertainment material. His segment on 60 Minutes made him famous - he was better known for the things he didn't like.
Born Andrew Aitken Rooney in 1919 in Albany, he was a copy boy at the Knickerbocker News before entering College University where he played left guard on the football team. He was drafted into the army three months before the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. He distinguished himself as sergeant and earned a Bronze Star for reporting underfire at the Battle at Normandy!
He returned to writing after the war and the rest is history ... farewell to a beloved curmudgeon.
No Devil in the Details
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The most famous of frescoes painted by Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone was recently uncovered by art restorers and revealed what was thought to have been a 15th century concept of obscuring figures in the clouds.
Although di Bondone's frescoe is dated in the 13th century he hid the face of the devil in a cloud or some restorers have suggested, the artist painted someone known to him as the devil and obscured their face in the painting.
The most famous of frescoes painted by Renaissance painter Giotto di Bondone was recently uncovered by art restorers and revealed what was thought to have been a 15th century concept of obscuring figures in the clouds.
Although di Bondone's frescoe is dated in the 13th century he hid the face of the devil in a cloud or some restorers have suggested, the artist painted someone known to him as the devil and obscured their face in the painting.
Bill Murray is FDR
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In Hyde Park on Hudson Bill Murray plays Franklin Delano Roosevelt - the film recalls the visit of Britain's King and Queen to Roosevelt's vacation home in 1939 on the eve of Britain's war with the Nazis.
The film also explores an alledged affair with his cousin and confidant Daisey Suckley played by Laura Linney.
Sounds like big fun.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2059023/Bill-Murray-portrays-Franklin-D-Roosevelt-Hyde-Park-Hudson.html
In Hyde Park on Hudson Bill Murray plays Franklin Delano Roosevelt - the film recalls the visit of Britain's King and Queen to Roosevelt's vacation home in 1939 on the eve of Britain's war with the Nazis.
The film also explores an alledged affair with his cousin and confidant Daisey Suckley played by Laura Linney.
Sounds like big fun.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2059023/Bill-Murray-portrays-Franklin-D-Roosevelt-Hyde-Park-Hudson.html
Hollywood Writer Passes
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Hal Kanter wrote for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the 1952 movie "Road to Bali" and in 1957 directed Elvis Pressley in "Loving You."
He created the landmark 1968 ABC TV series "Julia" that starred Diahann Carol and featured a black actress as a professional working woman.
He wrote for the Oscars for decades, winning Emmys in 1991 and 1992 with other show writers.
Cool huh? .... RIP
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Hal Kanter wrote for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the 1952 movie "Road to Bali" and in 1957 directed Elvis Pressley in "Loving You."
He created the landmark 1968 ABC TV series "Julia" that starred Diahann Carol and featured a black actress as a professional working woman.
He wrote for the Oscars for decades, winning Emmys in 1991 and 1992 with other show writers.
Cool huh? .... RIP
'Smokin' Joe Frazier
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RIP to history maker Joe Frazier
... who famously won the 1971 bout with Mohammed Ali in the 15th round! and it earned both men their spot in sporting history forever for that bout and so much more.
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RIP to history maker Joe Frazier
... who famously won the 1971 bout with Mohammed Ali in the 15th round! and it earned both men their spot in sporting history forever for that bout and so much more.
A grudge matched by hate
11-22-63
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Another Stephen King blockbuster hurtles towards bookshelves and kindles everywhere and is a thriller and historical fiction.
King crafts alternative history by positing that JFK survived that infamous day of his assassination on 11-22-63.
The plot makes Lee Harvey Oswald a lone conspirator ... King muses - "that one man can change the course of history .... and everything becomes meaningless and people don't like that."
No grand conspiracy just one lucky man who keened for fame and power and nursed an evil portent.
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| State funeral |
Another Stephen King blockbuster hurtles towards bookshelves and kindles everywhere and is a thriller and historical fiction.
King crafts alternative history by positing that JFK survived that infamous day of his assassination on 11-22-63.
The plot makes Lee Harvey Oswald a lone conspirator ... King muses - "that one man can change the course of history .... and everything becomes meaningless and people don't like that."
No grand conspiracy just one lucky man who keened for fame and power and nursed an evil portent.
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| what if JFK had survived? |
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Blackbeard's Canon Raised
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A 2000 pound canon has been raised from the wreck of pirate Captain Blackbeard's ship.
His was the infamous Queen Anne's Revenge commandered during the 18th century - the vessel was a French slave ship he captured in 1717 and renamed.
Monikered for his long black beard his real name is surmised to be Edward Thatch or Teach. Although his career spanned only two years he was the most feared pirate in the world once holding the entire city of Charleston, South Carolina hostage, he was later pardoned by the Governor.
In 1718 his ship ran aground on a sand bar near the town of Beaufort, North Carolina and likely sat out until collapsing and disintegrating.
History suggests he died five months later, killed by volunteers of the Royal Navy.
A 2000 pound canon has been raised from the wreck of pirate Captain Blackbeard's ship.
His was the infamous Queen Anne's Revenge commandered during the 18th century - the vessel was a French slave ship he captured in 1717 and renamed.
In 1718 his ship ran aground on a sand bar near the town of Beaufort, North Carolina and likely sat out until collapsing and disintegrating.
History suggests he died five months later, killed by volunteers of the Royal Navy.
WW1 Poppy
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Oldest Remembrance Day poppy is 95 years old.
Oldest Remembrance Day poppy is 95 years old.
Nazi Star Trek
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Nazi Star Trek episode shown for first time in Germany after 43 years - viewers had to be aged sixteen and older.
The swastika is shown prominently throughout during a plot in which citizens of planet Ekon behave like Nazis. Spock and Kirk steal uniforms and infiltrate "the most efficient society ever created."
Nazi Star Trek episode shown for first time in Germany after 43 years - viewers had to be aged sixteen and older.
The swastika is shown prominently throughout during a plot in which citizens of planet Ekon behave like Nazis. Spock and Kirk steal uniforms and infiltrate "the most efficient society ever created."
Merriment and Misery Down South in the Great Depression
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Peter Sekaer was a sign painter but his photos of daily life during the depression are hailed as both timely and the finest produced.
An exhibit of his photographs from the 1930s and 1940s titled Signs of Life: Photos of Peter Sekaer is an up close face of depression era southerners.
Peter Sekaer was a sign painter but his photos of daily life during the depression are hailed as both timely and the finest produced.
An exhibit of his photographs from the 1930s and 1940s titled Signs of Life: Photos of Peter Sekaer is an up close face of depression era southerners.
Historic Greek Resentment
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Greek resentment at memories of the cruel Hitlerian military occupation from 1941-1944 is alive and on the rise.
Thousands starved while their entire Jewish population was deported and exterminated. Entire villages were massacred while the already poverty stricken country was robbed of all its assets in gold, cotton, tobacco, olive oil and food.
The war generation have transferred their resentment to Greek youth. They insist Germany compensate for their crimes against Greece and its wholesale loss in the war.
Slaughter at Distomo and atrocities of war:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056400/Greece-debt-crisis-Greeks-believe-Germans-owe-60bn.html
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| Bormann, Hitler, Himmler |
Greek resentment at memories of the cruel Hitlerian military occupation from 1941-1944 is alive and on the rise.
Thousands starved while their entire Jewish population was deported and exterminated. Entire villages were massacred while the already poverty stricken country was robbed of all its assets in gold, cotton, tobacco, olive oil and food.
The war generation have transferred their resentment to Greek youth. They insist Germany compensate for their crimes against Greece and its wholesale loss in the war.
Slaughter at Distomo and atrocities of war:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056400/Greece-debt-crisis-Greeks-believe-Germans-owe-60bn.html
Billionaire Holds Fast to $25M Art
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Nazi art day.
The famous 1918 painting by Italian Amedeo Modigliani was stolen at a 1944 auction by the Nazis.
A sensational law suit is in swing as billionaire Helly Nahmad intends to auction the piece through Sotheby's.
Phillippe Maestracchi claims the painting was stolen from his grandfather Oscar Stettiner a prominent Jewish gallery owner in Paris who fled with his family months before France was occupied.
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| failed artist who coveted priceless art - helmed greatest looting raid in history |
Nazi art day.
The famous 1918 painting by Italian Amedeo Modigliani was stolen at a 1944 auction by the Nazis.
A sensational law suit is in swing as billionaire Helly Nahmad intends to auction the piece through Sotheby's.
Phillippe Maestracchi claims the painting was stolen from his grandfather Oscar Stettiner a prominent Jewish gallery owner in Paris who fled with his family months before France was occupied.
Pencil Etched Evil
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British artist Helen McKie was a well known travel and commercial artist, her popular military paintings gained her public appeal during the first world war - one of her paintings was presented to Churchill in WWII.
She inexplicably gained access to Brown House by permission of Hitler's aide-de-camp Bruelenen and made her chillingly alive sketches shortly before Hitler seized power and the world made its devastating turn in German and human history. She was the only female artist admitted to sketch there.
The Brown House was the Nazi headquarters after January 1st 1931 where the offices of Hitler, Himmler, Goring and Hess lay and where a blood spattered Nazi flag "the blood flag" - their sacred relic - a swastika blooded when Munich police fired on Nazi members in 1923 proudly stood.
The pencil sketches will be auctioned.
British artist Helen McKie was a well known travel and commercial artist, her popular military paintings gained her public appeal during the first world war - one of her paintings was presented to Churchill in WWII.
She inexplicably gained access to Brown House by permission of Hitler's aide-de-camp Bruelenen and made her chillingly alive sketches shortly before Hitler seized power and the world made its devastating turn in German and human history. She was the only female artist admitted to sketch there.
The Brown House was the Nazi headquarters after January 1st 1931 where the offices of Hitler, Himmler, Goring and Hess lay and where a blood spattered Nazi flag "the blood flag" - their sacred relic - a swastika blooded when Munich police fired on Nazi members in 1923 proudly stood.
The pencil sketches will be auctioned.
1915 Painting Returned to Holocaust Heir
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The Gustav Klimt painting will be returned to the grandson of Amalie Redlich who was deported to Poland in October 1941 and later killed by the Nazis.
An arbitration court ruled the art work was improperly seized when the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938.
Painting's sad and sordid story at the link.
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| President Eisenhower inspects recovered art stolen by Nazis |
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The Gustav Klimt painting will be returned to the grandson of Amalie Redlich who was deported to Poland in October 1941 and later killed by the Nazis.
An arbitration court ruled the art work was improperly seized when the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938.
Painting's sad and sordid story at the link.
Art Stolen by Nazis Returned to Heirs
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Italian Romano painting was among 155 works of art auctioned by the French Vichy government in 1941 to settle debts but the Jewish di Giuseppe family who fled Nazi occupation say sale was illegal.
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| 400 year old Baroque painting |
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Italian Romano painting was among 155 works of art auctioned by the French Vichy government in 1941 to settle debts but the Jewish di Giuseppe family who fled Nazi occupation say sale was illegal.
There was once a Prince William
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There was once a Prince William of whom today's Prince William is named - tall, dashing, curious, modest, single-minded who died shockingly in a plane crash as did JFK Jr. and left hearts so solidly broken at his passing - now a precious memory.
Son of the Duke of Gloucester younger brother of Queen Elizabeth II's father, King George VI, and favoured cousin of Prince Charles who named his first son Wliiam after his beloved relative.
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| Prince William and father Duke Gloucester |
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There was once a Prince William of whom today's Prince William is named - tall, dashing, curious, modest, single-minded who died shockingly in a plane crash as did JFK Jr. and left hearts so solidly broken at his passing - now a precious memory.
James Bond Trivia
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Surely we all agree the Bond franchise is no longer the larger-than-life experience as it was in the days of Sean Connery and Roger Moore's Bond-nanza.
Trivia at the link.
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| Fleming's Bond Inspiration |
Surely we all agree the Bond franchise is no longer the larger-than-life experience as it was in the days of Sean Connery and Roger Moore's Bond-nanza.
Trivia at the link.
Princess Diana's honeymoon
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New photographs of hopeful Princess Diana on her honeymoon with Charles her less-than-willing prince charming.
New photographs of hopeful Princess Diana on her honeymoon with Charles her less-than-willing prince charming.
Friday, November 4, 2011
McQueen & MacGraw
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Steve McQueen was an honest to goodness bad boy scarred by a loveless, homeless childhood. His adult life ilived in a narcotic haze and obsessive adultery suffered by two ex-wives scared away after years of devotion by his violent insecurities. An explosive temper and endless lovers characterized the life of the enduing Hollywood star Steve McQueen.
A new biography by Marc Eliot is around the corner and looks like a scintillating read ... excerpt at the link.
Steve McQueen was an honest to goodness bad boy scarred by a loveless, homeless childhood. His adult life ilived in a narcotic haze and obsessive adultery suffered by two ex-wives scared away after years of devotion by his violent insecurities. An explosive temper and endless lovers characterized the life of the enduing Hollywood star Steve McQueen.
A new biography by Marc Eliot is around the corner and looks like a scintillating read ... excerpt at the link.
Most Notorious Pirates
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Glamourized today, Pirates were fearsome marauders of the sea. Many began as privateers hired by governments to helm war ships or commercial trips.
There were lady Buccaneers ... Anne Bonny child of the plantation and Ching Shih female captain from a Cantonese brothel.
Black Bart Robers, British sea robber Blackbeard, Scottish Captain Kidd, blood thirsty Black Sam Bellamy, the captain Henry Morgan, Jolly Roger pioneer Jack Calico Rackham, Sir Francis Drake the noble outlaw and Turkish corsairs red beard Barbarossa brothers Aruj and Hizir.
Villains of the sea.
Glamourized today, Pirates were fearsome marauders of the sea. Many began as privateers hired by governments to helm war ships or commercial trips.
Black Bart Robers, British sea robber Blackbeard, Scottish Captain Kidd, blood thirsty Black Sam Bellamy, the captain Henry Morgan, Jolly Roger pioneer Jack Calico Rackham, Sir Francis Drake the noble outlaw and Turkish corsairs red beard Barbarossa brothers Aruj and Hizir.
Villains of the sea.
Never Seen Monroe
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More photographs of an icon whose memory lives on in shrouded mystery forever a tragic beauty.
More photographs of an icon whose memory lives on in shrouded mystery forever a tragic beauty.
Nazi Hockey
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More revelations of the Reich ... the moment the German hockey team saluted their Fuhrer at a hockey game against England.
More revelations of the Reich ... the moment the German hockey team saluted their Fuhrer at a hockey game against England.
Iconic Meerkats
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Meerkats are very important people with own reality tv programs and celebrity status ... must have been a lucky break! Now we have iconic meerkats at the link ...
Meerkats are very important people with own reality tv programs and celebrity status ... must have been a lucky break! Now we have iconic meerkats at the link ...
1927 Train Car
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Mob Killed Elvis
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The mob did it!
Of course they did! An old paramour weighs in on the circumstances of The King's demise.
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The mob did it!
Of course they did! An old paramour weighs in on the circumstances of The King's demise.
Invasion of Poland
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A world at war /...
September 1st 1939 Germany Invaded Poland within days France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. Poland surrendered early in October ... 63,000 soldiers and countless civilians already dead.
A world at war /...
September 1st 1939 Germany Invaded Poland within days France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. Poland surrendered early in October ... 63,000 soldiers and countless civilians already dead.
Big Apple 1940s
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more New York City photo fun.
more New York City photo fun.
111 Year Old Pudding
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Of all the oddities ... a 111 year old Christmas Pudding.
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Of all the oddities ... a 111 year old Christmas Pudding.
Hepburn Dress
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Style icon Audrey Hepburn's lucky Oscar dress will auction.
Style icon Audrey Hepburn's lucky Oscar dress will auction.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Queen Victoria's Bloomies!
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Queen Victoria's silk bloomers and a portrait posed with her servant John Brown oooo lala have sold at auction!
Also sold - a four poster bed in which Elizabeth Taylor slept on a stay at Old Battersea House.
Queen Victoria's silk bloomers and a portrait posed with her servant John Brown oooo lala have sold at auction!
Also sold - a four poster bed in which Elizabeth Taylor slept on a stay at Old Battersea House.
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