Marsha Mason began her acting career in the 1960s, appearing in various theater productions before making her film debut in 1965 In the somewhat forgettable “Hot Rod Hullabaloo.” Other, more
Every August 20th is National Radio Day, commemorating the contributions the radio industry has made for more than a century. Today we are revisiting my 2013 interview with a disc
By the age of 10 precocious actor Anthony Rapp had already made his Broadway debut. That was in 1981, and over the next 15 years Rapp built an impressive acting
Back in 1951, a 31-year-old cartoonist who was working for Walt Disney started his own comic strip. He named his main character after his own son, Dennis, a rambunctious 5-year-old.
What did you have for lunch yesterday? Where did you celebrate your birthday in 1981? What was your fourth grade teacher’s name? Chances are there’s at least one of these
Stan Freberg had so many hyphens after his name it’s kind of hard to sort out everything he was. He was a writer. He was a comedian. He was a
There was a battalion of soldiers in World War II that had to fight for its chance to fight. It was the all-black 761st Tank Battalion of the US Army.
Today, August 6, is the 80th anniversary of the day the United States became the first – and so far, only – nation to use a nuclear weapon in war.
In her decades-long career as an actress, an entertainer, a writer, and an activist, Marlo Thomas Has been all about empowering – starting with empowering girls and young women when
Back in the mid ’90s a bartender in Minnesota, with a degree in economics and business, came up with an idea for a political thriller. That idea turned into Vince
