His life forms the basis of a fictionalised biography by Roger Peyrefitte. In 1903 a scandal involving school pupils made him persona non grata in the salons of Paris, and dashed his marriage plans; after which he took up residence in Capri in self-imposed exile with his long-time lover...
Vote for your favorite fictional monkeys. Latest additions: The Monkey, Kala, Flunkey Recently, Guenter fell out of the top 25, replaced by King Kong Most divisive: The Evil Monkey Over 1.3K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 50+ Best Monkey Characters Of All Time...
A humanoid robot fictional character from the animated TV series, The Jetsons, Rosie the Maid first appeared in 1960 where she played the maid and housekeeper of the family. She was depicted wearing a frilly apron and was often seen with a vacuum cleaner. Voiced by Jean VanderPyl, she calls...
While many of these are impractical and even outright dangerous, there are a few fictional sports which are simply too alluring to let reside in the fantasy world alone. In the following lines, we list out 8 popular fictional sport games inspired from movies, books, etc., which everyone ...
The film is about two fictional Italian cabaret performers, nicknamed “Ginger” and “Fred” after the famous dancing duo. Ginger Rogers sued the producers of the film for various violations, alleging that the title of the film was likely to confuse moviegoers into believing that Rogers ...
Agnes Nalani Lum (born May 21, 1956) is an American gravure idol, singer, actress, and bikini model popular in Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that time, she was nicknamed "Lum-chan" in Japan, though now that nickname can be confused with that of the fictional character...
To write this blog, I rely on two types of books, general history books and photography books. Here are a few books in latter category that are really interesting: Things As They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955— the book reprints the pages of newspapers and magazines, so that ...
[单选题] Stan Lee, a famous American comic book writer, for about five months, but the fictional characters he co-created are still alive on screen.A.died B.has died C.has been dead D.was dead 免费查看参考答案及解析 题目: [阅读理解] 阅读短文,判断句子正(T)误(F)。A long time ago...
Harper Lee wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird," published in 1960. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is renowned for its warm and humorous yet stark examination of racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. Through the perspective of the young protagonist, ...
When Barbara was 12, in 1945, she went to the local, Detroit library librarian’s desk and asked for “Books about homosexuals, please.” After researching, she went home and told her mother she was a homosexual. “Because Mother and I were always open [with each other], I told her ...