Two-A-Days. Two-A-Days was a show on the United States cable television channel MTV that chronicled the lives of teens at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of nearby Birmingham. It focused on the members of the school’s highly rated Hoover Buccaneers football team during the season, while they…
For the seismologist, see Thomas C. Hanks. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Thomas Jeffrey…
With the fall of Lord Voldemort, Dolores Umbridge was put on trial for her enthusiastic co-operation with his regime, and convicted of the torture, imprisonment and deaths of several people (some of the innocent Muggle-borns she sentenced to Azkaban did not survive their ordeal). – The forest is a terrifying…
The film is loosely based on real events that took place in the 1880s in Tombstone, Arizona, including the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride. It depicts several Western outlaws and lawmen, such as Wyatt Earp, William Brocius, Johnny RingoJohnny RingoJohn Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850…
The ensuing war was a stalemate, but British diplomats mediated a settlement in 1827, and in 1828 a treaty was ratified creating Uruguay as a separate state and a buffer between Brazil and Argentina; the nation’s strategic location also served British interests by guaranteeing that the Río de la Plata…
The ever-popular cheerleading anthem was a double platinum hit for artist Toni Basil (née Antonia Christina Basilotta), who topped the Billboard charts at #1 with this single in 1982. Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1953), better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, actress, choreographer,…
Imperialism impacted societies in countless negative ways. It led to slave trade which then led to social discrimination around the world. It also damaged the cultures and created disunity among the natives. Last but not least, imperialism stripped countries off their natural resources and left nothing for the natives. Was…
“Anthony, or Tony “T-Bone” Bellamy, who attended the 10th Annual Native American Music Awards and was inducted into the N.A.M.A. Hall of Fame with Redbone in 2008, was a Mexican-American Yaqui Indian who became the lead guitarist, pianist and vocalist for the Native American band,” said the N.A.M.A. press release.…
Released in 2009, the film was shot in Egypt at the Giza Pyramid complex and Luxor. The team spent three days shooting the scenes there. Supposedly, it was “highly secretive.” A crew of 150 Americans and “several dozen local Egyptians” allowed for a smooth set. ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’…
There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries. As The Transformers title…