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7 hours ago · 8th July 2024. in. Entertainment. Writer and journalist Victoria Mary Clarke has said children ‘wouldn’t have survived’ the fast-paced lifestyle she lived with Shane MacGowan. On a recent podcast, Ms Clarke revealed that she had never seen children as a part of her 40-year relationship with her husband, the late Pogues singer.
1 day ago · Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (⫽ ˈ b ɛ t i ⫽; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical ...
7 hours ago · George Raymond Richard Martin [1] (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), [2] also known by his initials G.R.R.M., [3] is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award ...
1 day ago · Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( US: ⫽ ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn ⫽ VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer [3] and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of ...
7 hours ago · The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentiethcentury operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a distinguished team of academics, critics and practitioners.
1 day ago · Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her —and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased ...
7 hours ago · Life Childhood: 1928–1945 Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, William Chomsky and Elsie Simonofsky, were Jewish immigrants. William had fled the Russian Empire in 1913 to escape conscription and worked in Baltimore sweatshops and Hebrew elementary schools before attending university. After moving to Philadelphia ...
