Alice Parker was a woman from Salem who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Parker was married to a fisherman named John Parker at the time of the Salem Witch Trials. On December 29, 1947, Alice was featured on the cover of Newsweek alongside other singers. The…
AX: You played Angela’s pregnancy without being actually pregnant, and then Emily Deschanel was pregnant in real life, which was written into the show. Seeing her play Brennan as pregnant, did that make you reflect on when you had been playing pregnant Angela? CONLIN: Yes and no. In the first…
In 1983, Clarke decided to disband Yazoo. While Clarke went on to form The Assembly (another duo, this time with Eric Radcliffe) and then Erasure (a duo again, with Andy Bell), Moyet signed to CBS, and began her solo career. During this time, however, she recorded vocals for Tricky, Sylk-130,…
Musical theater legend Angela Lansbury is revered on Broadway for a series of iconic roles. In fact, Lansbury won four Tony Awards during a long and fruitful career on the Great White Way–for leading roles in Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, in which she originated the role of…
Question: Who is King Ahab in the Bible? What made him the worst and most evil ruler of Israel? Answer: King Ahab, according to the Bible, was the son of King Omri. He was one of Israel’s most powerful rulers. What made him the worst and most evil ruler of…
The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence starts as follows: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. “ We…
Many games in the Angry Birds franchise (including Angry Birds Classic and Angry Birds: Seasons) were originally taken off storefronts in 2019 due to the challenges of consistently having to update new versions of the games within the fast paced and continuous development of mobile technology. Angry Birds previously had…
The reported kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson caused a media frenzy and changed her life and career. After disappearing in May 1926, she reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had been held for ransom in a desert shack. Subsequent grand-jury inquiries precipitated continued public interest. What really happened…
American Gothic is an American mystery drama television series created by Corinne Brinkerhoff. CBS announced a 13-episode straight-to-series order on October 9, 2015. The show premiered on June 22, 2016. On October 17, 2016, CBS cancelled the series after one season. American Gothic is an American horror series created by…
A Philadelphia schoolteacher with Loyalist sympathies, Ann Bates was one of the most successful British spies of the war. Ann Bates. Ann Bates (c. 1748 – c. 1801) was a loyalist spy during the American Revolution. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bates was known for her awareness, her intelligence, and her…