Wayne Gretzky, aka 'The Great One' discusses hockey and how he doesn't feel like the greatest player ever to play hockey, despite popular opinion. Continue reading
Actor Zach Braff recalls appearing in a one-minute scene with Woody Allen, Diane Keaton and Angelica Huston in the 1993 film, “Manhattan Murder Mystery” directed by Allen. Continue reading
Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban because of her efforts to promote education for females. Continue reading
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series, talks about how he prepares, both physical and mentally, to play the character of the brilliant detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Continue reading
Henry Cookson and his rowdy crew finally reached the bust of Lenin, which marks the Antarctic Pole of Inaccessability, and decide to do some ironing while they're there. Continue reading
Alice Herz-Sommer discusses the impact of music on her life and how it helped sustain her through the Holocaust. Continue reading
Director Arthur Penn talks about his experience as a student and later as a director during the Un-American Activities Committee's reign in the McCarthy Era. Continue reading
Share on Facebook Tweet In 1942, following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, the U.S. government began to place over 110,000 Japanese-Americans in "War Relocation Camps"–due to public concerns over the loyalty of these citizens. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 … Continue reading
Elizabeth Taylor is interviewed after she debuted on stage in 1981 in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, sharing the most common question she has been asked about this performance. Continue reading
This letter, written in 1559, is Queen Elizabeth I's response to a complaint by five Catholic bishops, who did not approve of her choice to uphold the reformed Church of England as the official religion of the land. Continue reading