What Was the Inspiration for Rosemary’s Baby? Unlike some other famous horror novels inspired by real-life incidents, like Robert Bloch’s “Psycho” and William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist,” Ira Levin’s novel was a work of pure fiction. What was Rosemary’s baby based on? It is based on the 1967 novel of…
Its diagonal route linked hundreds of predominantly rural communities in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas to Chicago, thus enabling farmers to transport grain and produce for redistribution. Why did Route 66 became America’s most famous road? Route 66 reduced the distance between Chicago and Los Angeles by more than 200 miles,…
While Spector’s character is fictitious, his crime spree has echoes of real-life US serial killer Dennis Rader, who murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991 in the state of Kansas. All but one of his victims died through suffocation or strangulation. Is Reckoning based on a true story? “The Reckoning”…
Hayes was a respectable, dignified, and decent egalitarian. He had a sensitive nature, a judicious temperament, and a pragmatic attitude. He was a patient reformer who attempted what was possible. As the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts…
Saawariya was the debut film for both Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor. The movie failed to live up to the expectation despite being a Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial venture and was declared a flop. Saawariya was the debut film for both Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor. The movie failed to live up…
Clare, a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns founded by St. Clare of Assisi in 1212. The Poor ClaresPoor ClaresPoor Clare, also called Clarissine or Clarisse, any member of the Franciscan Order of St. Clare, a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns founded by St. Clare of Assisi in 1212.…
Gellar and Hannigan have displayed their friendship on social media. The Ring actress even attended a December 2020 birthday party for her former costar’s daughter, Keeva. Are Alyson Hannigan and Sarah still friends? It may also come as a shock to some that Gellar and her TV bestie, Alyson Hannigan,…
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald had the good fortune—and the misfortune—to be a writer who summed up an era. The son of an alcoholic failure from Maryland and an adoring, intensely ambitious mother, he grew up acutely conscious of wealth and privilege—and of his family’s exclusion from the social…
In fact, even before they were destroyed the Twin Towers were not quite enough height to be eligible for the title of world’s tallest building. They were only about 20 feet taller than Chicago’s Sears Tower which is currently the highest building in the world. Was the Sears Tower taller…
’This Is 40’: Why Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen Don’t Appear in the ’Knocked Up’ Sequel (Video) Writer and director Judd Apatow tells THR how he decided which characters to bring back and why the first film’s two leads were not among them. Is Knocked Up and This is 40 connected?…