Here today, we have collected ten of Andersen’s many peculiar, and sometimes downright disturbing, fairy tales, all of which are far more obscure than his more well-known works, which include such beloved childhood classics as “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “The Emperor’s…
As disappointing as this may be for many fans of the After franchise – the actors who play Hardin and Tessa are not a real-life couple. Despite their very steamy chemistry on-screen, Josephine has previously shut down the dating rumours, telling Cosmopolitan in 2019 that ’fans will ship anything’. –…
The show’s co-creator Ryan Murphy, a personal friend of Paltrow’s, had written the sexy character into the script as a means for the actress to show her singing and dancing abilities – she did, after all, have a film coming out called Country Strong (where she played a country singer).…
[8] Ekroth 2008:87: “Ancient Greek animal sacrifice focused, to a large extent, on the distinctions between gods and men. These differences were highlighted not only by how the animal was divided but also by the selection of which parts were burnt to create smoke and which parts were cooked to…
In ancient Greece and Rome, laurel wreaths were worn around the head as signs of victory in pursuits of sports, music and poetry, the realms of the god Apollo. It could also signify victory in battle, but it wasn’t traditionally a daily accessory for Roman leaders. Apollo, the patron of…
One of Kafka’s best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. “monstrous vermin”) and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition. There is no reason given for Gregor Samsa’s transformation. The…
President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. Peck died in his sleep from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87. Always politically progressive, he was active in such causes as anti-war protests, workers’ rights and civil rights. In 2003,…
On January 10, 2015, Grojband began airing on Boomerang for their rebrand, but later on July 12, the show is no longer on the channel. 12-year-old Corey Riffin starts a garage band with his three best friends and quickly realizes that their band sucks – like a lot. Sure, they…
Grover is trapped in a bridal boutique, mistaken for a female Cyclops and is taken to Polyphemus’s lair in the Sea of Monsters, where he creates the empathy link between him and Percy. Grover Underwood. Grover Underwood is a fictional character in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.…
Liu Bei fled to northern China and found refuge under Cao Cao’s rival Yuan Shao, while Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao’s forces and brought back to Xu. Cao Cao treated Guan Yu respectfully and asked Emperor Xian to appoint Guan Yu as a Lieutenant-General ( 偏將軍 ). While…