“The Old Man and the Pool”: After Ava Gardner went for a swim at his Havana house, Ernest Hemingway issued an unusual edict News
Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice News Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” originally titled “Mrs. Roosevelt” as a tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt, was reworked for “The Graduate” Glamour News
Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner’s gangster boyfriend, was jealous of her co-star, Sean Connery, and tried to do something about it Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Al Pacino, whose grandparents came from town of Corleone in Sicily, said, “I’m all Italian. You get your full dose with me.” News Vintage Hollywood
Frank Oz, the actor and director who voiced Jedi Master Yoda, Miss Piggy and Cookie Monster Glamour Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
Johnny Appleseed: His trees invigorated the early frontier but his life was not a fairy tale Strangeness Interiors Lifestyle News
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: These 19th century fur trade gatherings turned into wild wilderness parties News Strangeness
Paul Newman almost died in action and other iconic Hollywood stars who served during WW2 Battlefields News Vintage Hollywood
Bats act as pest control at the library of the Palace of Mafra in Portugal News Interiors Strangeness
Walter Freeman, who championed lobotomy in the U.S., toured with his “lobotomobile,” demonstrating the procedure News Strangeness