Just after 10 p.m. on May 21, 1927, a small silver-nosed airplane circled the Eiffel Tower, then headed northeast over Paris. In the cockpit, the weary young pilot swept his flashlight over the instrument panel to check that the readings were normal. Then he fastened his seat belt and descended toward Le Bourget Aerodrome, where, […] Read more

Charlie Chaplin is the comic artist of our time. He pioneered the development of film comedy from anarchy to art in just a few short years, and created a screen character whose worldwide impact has never been equaled. Unlike most of his colleagues in the film world, he knew he special. He received international acclaim […] Read more

Throughout his career, the consummate Actor Christopher Plummer has been a reluctant film star, eschewing the blockbuster movie for roles in such films as 1978’s International Velvet and 1994’s thriller Delores Claiborne […] Read more

The whole world held its breath when Christopher Reeve struggled for life on Memorial Day, 1995. On the third jump of a riding competition, Reeve was thrown headfirst from his horse in an accident that broke his neck and left him unable to move or breathe. In the years following the accident, Reeve raised much […] Read more

The notes you are hearing…changed the way we listen to music…not only classical…but contemporary as well. Claude Debussy, he heard things differently. He wasn’t very fond of rules and had no respect for the musical status quo. His influences still linger in the jazz music of today […] Read more

The band Coldplay, formed in January of 1998. Their self-financed demo sessions produced the release of their first EP that May. One of the tracks called “Bigger Stronger’, earned the band excellent notices in the UK press. However, they didn’t get signed by a major label until late 1999. [After some touring with new band […] Read more

Could there have been a female vampire? Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, known as the Blood Countess, was accused of killing a number of young girls and bathing in their blood. She was convicted and confined to her castle until her death in 1614 […] Read more

Courtney Love. The girl with the most cake. The girl with the loudest mouth and the fiercest guitar. The girl of many talents – not least among them the power to shock. Not since Madonna declared that she was like a virgin has someone in the public spotlight so consistently challenged the notion of what […] Read more

He is known in his homeland by many poetic titles–the Ocean of Wisdom, Holder of the White Lotus, and Protector of the Land of Snows. Millions of followers around the globe worship him as Tibet’s Living Buddha and its Wish-Fulfilling Gem, the reincarnation of Bodhisattva Chenrezig, the Lord of Compassion. Here in the West, we […] Read more