Venezuelan Shortage of Milk Forces Closure of Famous Ice Cream Parlor
The famous Coromoto ice cream parlor made the news when it had to close its doors due a shortage of milk in Venezuela. Coromoto is located in Merida and is...
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AFI Top 100 Films Facts and Trivia
Recently, they had a Final Jeopardy question and the category title was “The AFI’s 100 Greatest Films” when a much better title would have been just “1940s Film Favorites”. (If...
AFI Top 100 Films by Year
This is the AFI Top 100 Films by year, not rank, based upon the AFI’s 2007 update which eliminated a number of films from the original 1998 list. Years with...
President Obama on Sony and Sony on Obama
Here is President Obama’s speaking about why he thinks that Sony made a mistake in cancelling the release of “The Interview” Obama said that he wishes Sony had spoken to...
President Obama on Cuba Policy Changes
President Barack Obama sat down with ABC’s “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir to answer his questions about the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba after a good half-century....
Boxing Nicknames: Kid Chocolate was No Bon Bon
The history of boxing boasts a colorful assortment of powerful and menacing nicknames, but some monikers are laughably inappropriate and highly inaccurate. Others are downright silly. You might even wonder...
2014 Miss World Winner: Miss South Africa
The 64th Miss World pageant was held on Sunday, December 14th at the ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Centre. After the field of beauties was narrowed down to these 5...
Bela Lugosi and Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek often imitates Bela Lugosi’s Dracula on Jeopardy. He even used a Lugosi voice to say both Frankenstein and Dracula on the December 8th show, when they came up...
Police Brutality: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Position vs. Ice-T Tweets
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and spoke with George Stephanopoulos about what he thinks needs to happen to change the way police deal...
Queen Fabiola of Belgium Dies at 86
Belgian’s former Queen Fabiola passed away at age 86 on Friday, December 5, 2014. She was the wife of King Badouin who was Belgium’s king from 1951 until his death...
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