Food rationing reigned in Israel's early years, but then came the big news of October 1950: It wouldn't be imposed on the 11 hotels in the two-year-old country if guests paid in foreign currency. The ...
05.23.2023 Haaretz.com and 1 sitesSydney, Australia When passenger planes were used as missiles to collapse the twin towers of the World Trade Center in September, 2001, Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan m...
05.26.2023 Sightmagazine.com.auFilm programmer Steve Carley said: ”We’ve the cream of new British cinema with Pretty Red Dress, set against a South London backdrop and humming with the energy of Tina Turner hits; Wait for Me, a con...
05.23.2023 Whitbygazette.co.ukThis story actually begins long before my grandfather became “Chauffeur to the Stars”. In September, 1924 Frank Senior and Ethel Lucas welcomed the birth of their son, Frank Lucas Junior. Frank Lucas ...
05.22.2023 Lythamstannesexpress.co.ukTRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — It started as a morale program to boost the spirits of troops heading to Korea and the wounded coming back from that war. Within a year, it turned Travis Air Force Base into a movie set for the motion picture “Starlift, ” with the likes of Doris Day and Gordon McCrea headlining it. Actress Ruth Roman was the first star to arrive in September 1950 to visit the wounded at the base’s hospital and perform at the Passenger Terminal Building for departing soldiers, sailors and ...
05.28.2023 Dailyrepublic.comPhotograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1937, public domain May 22, 1907 – Laurence Olivier : “ What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? “ In early 1990, I had a role in a film wi...
05.22.2023 Worldofwonder.netA rainbow banner slung over his right shoulder proudly proclaimed the spry octogenarian a “Grand Marshal 2013” of the New York City LGBT Pride March, joining another vibrant octogenarian, Edith “Edie”...
05.25.2023 Washingtonblade.com