The first official observation of President’s Day dates back to 1880 and originally commemorated George Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22. Festivities included receptions held by prominent figures and Birthnight Balls, a banquet and dance event that is still held at Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia, today. Abraham Lincoln was a fellow February baby (Feb. 12, […]
Len Lesser, a veteran character actor perhaps best known to modern audiences as Seinfeld’s Uncle Leo, has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 88. Lesser’s long career in television began in 1949 with a role in Studio One In Hollywood. In the early days, he often found work playing thugs and hoodlums in shows […]
Phoenix police say they removed a gun from the home of actor Frankie Muniz after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. A police report says Elycia Turnbow claims Muniz pulled out a gun and held it against his head last Friday night after the two were arguing about prior relationships. Turnbow told police that she […]
CBS Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson is feeling fine today following a worrisome episode during last night’s Grammy telecast. While doing a live report from the red carpet she slurred her speech. And seemed to some viewers as if she were having a stroke. Branson was cleared by paramedics. Who examined her following the broadcast […]
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards took place live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles last, February 13, 2011 and broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The award for Best Musical Show album was revealed during the pre-ceremony live stream here and the winner is… the AMERICAN IDIOT Original Cast Recording! Established in 1957, The […]
Even though the nominees were all announced late last year, this Sunday night will see all nominated artists go head to head in a bid to secure the music industry’s most prestigious award. Eminem, who is a leading nominee tonight would be expected to secure at least some of the gongs in the major categories. […]
On ’20/20′ Friday night, ABC brought you the dramatic story of the Kim family. They are the Bay Area parents who got lost in a blizzard in Oregon with their two young children after taking a wrong turn. Even with the tragic death of James Kim, the family expressed gratitude for the efforts of search […]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family have arrived in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, Al Arabiya television and the Associated Press reported today, without saying where they got the information. Mubarak left Cairo from a military airbase in the suburbs and was accompanied by Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Enan […]
The eyes of the golfing world will be on Tiger Woods from today as he tees up for this week’s Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club. The former world number one has never finished outside the top five in five starts in Dubai. But, after finishing just 44th at Torrey Pines two weeks […]
J. Paul Getty III, the troubled grandson of one of the world’s richest men who lost an ear in a grisly kidnapping as a teenager and suffered a devastating stroke as a young man, has died. He was 54. His son, actor Balthazar Getty, confirmed that his father had died last Saturday at his Buckinghamshire […]