The Good Listener Recap: Boardwalk Empire
In the second episode of Season 5 of Boardwalk Empire (The Good Listener – 9/14/2014), we caught up with some more of the series’ main characters: Eli Thompson, Nelson Van...
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Unforgiven: 1992 Best Picture
“Unforgiven” only won 4 Oscars out of its nominations at the 65th Academy Awards, but two of them were Best Picture and Best Director (Clint Eastwood). Gene Hackman nabbed Best...
Silence of the Lambs: 1991 Best Picture
Although “Bugsy” had 10 nominations at the 64th Academy Awards, it was “Silence of the Lambs” that took home the most Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Actor...
Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton Hit in the Face by Pitch
There was a frightening reminder at the Miami Marlins—Milwaukee Brewers game in Milwaukee on September 11th of how baseball can be a dangerous game. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, the National League...
Dances with Wolves: 1990 Best Picture
The 63rd Academy Awards was one of those times that one picture scooped up far more Oscars than any other, and that one picture was “Dances with Wolves”, winning Best...
Francois Hollande Fights Back Against Trielweiler Memoir
French president François Hollande is fighting back against “Merci pour ce moment” (Thank You For the Moment), a memoir published by his ex-mistress, Valerie Trielweiler, in which the jilted journalist...
Driving Miss Daisy: 1989 Best Picture
“Driving Miss Daisy” picked up 4 Oscars out of its 9 nominations, most notably, Best Picture and Best Actress (Jessica Tandy). The other Best Picture nominees were: “Field of Dreams”,...
Alex Trebek Returns with his Mustache in Season 31 of Jeopardy
Get ready for a more dapper and debonair Alex Trebek when Season 31 of Jeopardy! begins on Monday, September 15, 2014 — that is, of course, if you think Trebek...
Rain Man: 1988 Best Picture
“Rain Man” won Best Picture, Best Director (Barry Levinson), Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and Best Original Screenplay at the 61st Academy Awards. The other contenders for Best Picture were “Mississippi...
Bob Suter, of 1980 Miracle On Ice Olympic Hockey Team, Dies at 57
Bob Suter, a defenseman on the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union team and went on to win the Gold Medal at those games,...
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