Writer Gilbert Seldes (top left) ticked off some of the many changes to his city while he was away for the winter, including (clockwise, from top right), the murder of racketeer Arnold Rothstein; the planned demolition of the Waldorf Astoria to make room for the Empire State Building (...
funny how it took nearly four decades to add seat belts to cars…those tires wouldn’t help much in a head-on collision, especially with your kid standing on the from seat… …now let’s cool off with crisp Canadian Ale, thanks to Carling’s entry into the American market… …Carling...
What Mike Nichols did four years earlier for Simon & Garfunkel, Hal Ashby did for Cat Stevens in 'Harold and Maude.' A bleakly funny movie about a death-obsessed 18-year-old and the elderly lady who teaches him how to enjoy life, 'Harold and Maude' had its spirit reflected in Stevens'...
. He was very funny in a supporting role in30 Rock . Here he plays the lead. Turns out his brand of funny isn’t good for the lead. He’s too kooky. Too nuts. When your part requires you to be the most ridiculous character in any given scene, it’s hard to find the pathos ne...
Some were funny. Some were rude. Some were just to get a rise out of people. I have left all comments anonymous; however, you deserve to see some of the most ridiculous ones: "Maybe it's like a frog that "freezes" and then thaws out. I wouldn't get too close in the coming days...
Attendance often reached 1,600—and they were all there to watch the blond-haired shooting whiz with a funny smile named Larry Joe Bird." Ben Roethlisberger Al Pereira // Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl Champion and longtime Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was born in Lima...
Since we’ve been watching the first three seasons of Boardwalk Empire, my dad had to show me the name of “Arnold Rothstein” when he got to the part about Art Rooney’s luck as a gambler on the horse racing track. Let’s just say that before he managed to read the guy’s name,...
Sept. 29, 1934 cover byArnold Hall. …and we go straight to ads, beginning with this alarming image that greeted readers on the inside cover…why would this prompt anyone to purchase a can of onion soup?… …the Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of Rockefeller Center opened in 1934, and ...
(Rogers) leads to blackmail and murder; at right, five-year-old future child starShirley TemplewithSpencer TracyinNow I'll Tell, which was loosely based on the autobiography ofCarolyn Green Rothstein,wife of New York gamblerArnold Rothstein. Temple's role was a minor one, however her ...
Another well-known figure of the 1930s wasBernarr Macfadden(1868–1955), an early proponent of physical culture who would prefigure such notables asCharles Atlas, Jack LaLanne, andArnold Schwarzenegger.But none of them were quite like McFadden, who also created a pulp publishing empire (among ...