Did ‘Buffy, the Vampire Slayer’ creator Joss Whedon fire Charisma Carpenter from ‘Angel’ for getting pregnant? Cordelia’s coma coincided with Carpenter’s real-life pregnancy. Her unceremonious departure from the show worried Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and Angel fans that Whedon fired her because of her pregnancy. Wesley would later refer to…
The greasers were not immune to the influence of Elvis. It was not only his music that affected them, it was his manhood. Elvis helped them realize that feeling more didn’t make them any less of a man, and that even the toughest men out there could still have heart.…
Confucianism was never a major influence on Chinese society and government. Confucianism was never a major influence on Chinese society and government. In ancient China, Confucius’ teachings had a great influence on Chinese intellectuals, government (Han Dynasty: Confucianism encouraged the government to give jobs to educated people rather than nobles),…
Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the first great English poets. He is the author of such works as The Parlement of Foules, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000…
The New Deal was responsible for some powerful and important accomplishments. It put people back to work. It saved capitalism. It restored faith in the American economic system, while at the same time it revived a sense of hope in the American people. They provided support for farmers, the unemployed,…
The Agricultural Revolution helped bring about the Industrial Revolution through innovations and inventions that altered how the farming process worked. These new processes in turn created a decline in both the intensity of the work and the number of agricultural laborers needed. Was the revolution in agriculture necessary for the…
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner were married — but not to each other. When Parton joined The Porter Wagoner Show, she was already married to her husband Carl Dean, who she met in 1964, soon after she moved to Nashville. Parton and Dean tied the knot in 1966 and have…
The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province of New Hampshire, as well as a few smaller short-lived colonies. What Type of Colony was the Massachusetts Bay? The Massachusetts Bay Colony was…
It drew its members from Farmers’ Alliances, the Grange, and the Knights of Labor. Originally, the Populists did not form a national organization, preferring to gain political influence within individual states. The Populist Party consisted primarily of farmers unhappy with the Democratic and Republican Parties. Farmers, working people and supporters…
Sally Bowles (/boʊlz/) is a fictional character created by English-American novelist Christopher Isherwood and based upon 19-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. The character debuted in Isherwood’s 1937 novella Sally Bowles published by Hogarth Press. The story was later republished in the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin.Sally Bowles (/boʊlz/) is a…