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...
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Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (12-23-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/23/2014), in the category “Word Origins” was: In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used...
How Billy Magnussen Got Rapunzel’s Prince Role
Actor Billy Magnussen told the New York Post that he got his role as Rapunzel’s prince in the upcoming musical “Into the Woods” through the efforts of actress, Meryl Streep....
RIP: Joe Cocker Succumbs to Lung Cancer at Age 70
Joe Cocker, known world-wide for his cover of The Beatles’ song “With A Little Help From My Friends” and Billy Preston’s “You Are So Beautiful”, has died at the age...
Final Jeopardy: American Authors (12-22-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/22/2014), in the category “American Authors” was: Celebrated in April, National Robotics Week honors this man who coined the word “robotics” in a 1941 story. New...
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...
Final Jeopardy: 12-15-14 to 12-19-14
Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of December 15th with links to the full recaps. Mon, Dec 15 – Correct answers: 1 The narrator mistakes...
Final Jeopardy: International Motoring (12-19-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/19/2014), in the category “International Motoring” was: One of the 3 European Union countries besides the United Kingdom that have not switched to driving on the...
Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Sculpture (12-18-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/18/2014), in the category “20th Century Sculpture” was: Its sculptor asked for prayer that this work would “endure until the wind and the rain alone shall...
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....
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