Billionaire David Rubenstein discusses why he bought the Magna Carta at Sotheby's on December 19, 2007, in order to keep the document in the United States after he heard rumors of a potential foreign buyer. Continue reading
Tom Laughlin, well-known for starring in and directing the Billy Jack movies, quit the Academy due to the fact that Woody Allen won Best Director over George Lucas: "It was a travesty." Continue reading
George Lucas discusses the original concept for the story of Star Wars and explains how the different characters have evolved from how he first envisioned them. Continue reading
Doctors and nurses in Bahrain, during the Arab Spring, tell stories of how they were tortured, imprisoned, and jailed for treating injured demonstrators. Continue reading
Charlie Beckett, Director of the London School of Economics, discusses how social media helped the Arab Spring grow and why citizen journalism fueled the revolution. Continue reading
Libyan writer Hisham Matar discusses his country's revolution that followed the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi. Continue reading
The family of Mohamed Bouazizi recalls what happened on December 17, 2010, the day he set himself on fire as protest against the harassment he received as a street vendor. Continue reading
Orville Wright's diary entry from December 17, 1903 on he and his brother's first substantial breakthrough with the "Flyer." Continue reading
Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Trudy Chacon in James Cameron’s movie Avatar, discusses working with Cameron, fiction that is based in scientific fact, the motion capture process and her character's relationship in the film. Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens admits to Anderson Cooper that he has a very realistic and rational attitude towards the possibility of him beating esophageal cancer. Continue reading