To all of us Potter heads, Williams is best known for composing the music of the first three Harry Potter movies. Williams stepped back from composing the remaining Harry Potter films but was asked to return to compose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. In ‘Hedwig’s Theme’, the…
She had two younger sisters – Virginia and Frances. Their parents, Frank and Ethel Gumm, owned a local theater. Frank was gay and the couple had an unhappy marriage. In 1926 they were forced to move to Lancaster, California after Frank was accused of hitting on several boys. Liza Minnelli…
US Weekly has reported that Norman Reedus and Emily Kinney, the actor and actress who play Daryl and Beth on the show, are dating. According to sources, the two developed a connection early on in the series, but only recently have started to see each other seriously. Glenn may not…
During the battle, Anakin, who had been known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, was redeemed by Luke and brought balance to the Force. However, the redemption cost Anakin his life, having been mortally wounded by the Emperor, Darth Sidious, while killing his former Master. After his death, Anakin became…
Devotees could not bear that Sita – the consort of Rama and the chief goddess of Rama-centric sects – was kidnapped by the demon Ravana and had to suffer his imprisonment and was defiled by his touch. Ravana comes disguised as an ascetic and kidnaps her. He imprisons her in…
He had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Ledger attended Mary’s Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill, and later Guildford Grammar School, where he had his first acting experiences, starring in a school production as Peter Pan at age ten. NEW YORK – Jack Nicholson said Tuesday that he “warned” fellow…
Once the Autobots defeated Megatron and took over the Nemesis, Knock Out claimed he was joining the winning team as they were restoring Cybertron. He was knocked out by Miko in the Apex Armor and taken as a prisoner to the planet. Knock Out is a Decepticon and later Autobot…
Despite believing Henry VIII composed “Greensleeves,” which is a traditional English folksong for Anne Boleyn’s love, we believe he wrote ‘Greensleeves’ for his future wife, Diana, too. Queen Victoria was associated with it historically. Alas, though Henry VIII was a gifted musician, it is unlikely that the king (who died…
The ancient historian Plutarch claimed these “ill-born” Spartan babies were tossed into a chasm at the foot of Mount Taygetus, but most historians now dismiss this as a myth. If a Spartan baby was judged to be unfit for its future duty as a soldier, it was most likely abandoned…
Although throughout Greek and Roman history it was acknowledged that some men were poor, only in the late Roman Republic and the imperial period did poverty begin to be seen as a social and political problem which required some sort of consistent and systematic treatment, and even then the poor…