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Some scientists choose to use their own bodies in their scientific experiments. Learn about 10 self-experimenting scientists.

It figures. I just bought the newly released Blu-ray by Cinema Cult. Like the forthcoming Paramount Blu-ray it has the three mini docs, which are 15 years...

Stacker honors legendary actress Bette Davis with a list of 25 incredible facts from her life that you may not know.

Screenshot: Singin’ In The Rain Singin’ In The Rain defies an auteurist reading. As the film’s star, co-director, and co-choreographer, Gene Kelly would seem like a likely candidate for authorship, but the fact that Kelly shares the last two roles with Stanley Donen reveals the film’s collaborative nature. Similarly, songwriter-turned-producer Arthur Freed could rightly be singled out for his part in its creation, since he came up with its concept of a film that would showc...

Lima man rejects plea deal; heading to trial in gun case By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com David Henry, 37, of Lima, on Monday rejected a deal from prosecutors and is heading to a June trial on charges of felonious assault, a second-degree felony that includes a three-year specification for the use of a firearm, and having a weapon under disability, a third-degree felony. J Swygart | The Lima News LIMA — A Lima man charged with felonious assault for allegedly pointing a handgun at severa...

Inside the Dramatic True Story Behind Mank and the Battle for the Soul of Citizen Kane E! 1 hr ago Much like Clocking in at 131 minutes, David Finchers black and white homage to old Hollywood focuses on the 60 days given to the brilliant, often besotted and infamously prickly scribe Herman J. Mankiewicz to churn out the script for Orson Welles feature directorial debut. Those scenes of genius at war with itself are interspersed with behind-the-scenes studio politicking, actual politicking...

You will have spied Italian actor Sophia Loren in British Vogue’s April issue as part of the Hollywood Portfolio, which features 27 of the world’s biggest stars. Photographed looking as glamorous as she has always been, the 86-year-old silver-screen legend has long been a fan of a glamorous look and her attitude to beauty is refreshing. She once said: “Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” It only goes to show that Loren...

John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images Woody Guthries "This Land Is Your Land" is considered an "alternative national anthem" — but Native Americans will just as soon point out that the core of the song is a colonialist message. John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images Woody Guthries "This Land Is Your Land" has long been offered as an "alternative national an...

Legendary actress and comedian Cloris Leachman dead at 94 INSIDER 1/28/2021 ltorres@businessinsider.com (Libby Torres) © Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Variety Cloris Leachman won an Oscar in the 1970s for her role in "The Last Picture Show." Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Variety Legendary actress and comedian Cloris Leachman is dead at 94. The actress reportedly died of natural causes on Tuesday in Encinitas, California.  Leachman was known for her roles in "Young Franke...

NY’s changing Covid rules: Some pool halls reopen. Ax throwing now closed. What? Updated Feb 01, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Bad Axe Throwing is a Canadian chain of bars whose New York locations were allowed to reopen this summer under Covid-19 restrictions but are now closed.Courtesy of Bad Axe Throwing Facebook Share Back in August, New York’s evolving Covid-19 rules prohibited pool at bars, restaurants and entertainment venues, including dedicated billiards halls. But ax-throwing bars we...