Five Celebrities Who Died Onstage
It seems that celebrity deaths are always followed closely by the public. No one ever wants to see one of their favorite actors, singers, or athletes pass away, but it is a fact of life. It is worse when it is through drug abuse or alcohol. However, it always seems that these cases make the news. Fortunately, none of these people passed on from self-abuse, but they are remembered, nonetheless. The following is a list of celebrities who died onstage! Do you know of any others?
Categories: Entertainment Tags: Australia Zoo, brandon Lee, bruce lee, Crikey, Darrell Abbott, Dimebag Darrell, heart attack, john ritter, Pantera, steve irwin, the crocodile hunter, The Crow, tiny tim, titanic, Wallace Hartley
Unique Cargo Lost On The Titanic
When the Titanic sunk a hundred years ago, many great treasures sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic with the doomed ship. We've all seen the Renault 35hp automobile being loaded onto the Titanic. Since the 1994 movie, it's probably more famous since Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had sex in the back seat. There were a lot more fascinating items that were lost that night, though, none of them were a huge blue diamond or a couple of Picasso paintings. These five unique items of cargo lost on the Titanic!
Categories: History Tags: Brittanica, Cargo Lost On The Titanic, icebergs, John Jacob Astor, Olympia, sinking ships, The Californian, the Carpathia, titanic, white star line
5 Titanic Movies You Probably Didn’t See
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. This maritime disaster is the most widely told tale of a ship sinking. It occurred on April 15, 1912 and took the lives of over 1500 people. Among the dead were some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. The news at the time blamed class warfare and lack of preparation for the amount of lives lost. Even though more than half the people could have been placed on the lifeboats, only a little over 700 actually got a seat on them. In the aftermath, stories have been written and many movies have been made about the disaster. Probably the most famous of these films is James Cameron's Titanic (1997). Titanic has been highlighted in more than one film, though. Here are five of those Titanic movies that you might not have seen. Read more...
Five Movies That Should Have Won An Oscar, But Didn’t
Last night, we were sitting around talking about great movies and someone brought up that some really good films never won an Oscar. Some of the ones on the list were really astonishing, because you would think that these would have been a shoe in for the Oscar award. Some of their problems were just bad timing with another iconic film. Others...well...who knows what the Academy was thinking? Not only are these films all-time classics, but you'd never believe they lost. Please note: Avatar and Twilight are NOT on this list - nor should they be.
Categories: Entertainment Tags: academy awards, Ben-Hur, Citizen Kane, forrest gump, Frank Capra, frank l. baum, george lucas, Gone With The Wind, It's A Wonderful Life, james stewart, john ford, lord of the rings, Morgan Freeman, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Orson Welles, oscar awards, pulp fiction, Shawshank Redemption, star wars, stephen king, The Best Years of our Lives, Tim Robbins, titanic, Wizard of Oz
Where On Google Earth Can I Find These Disasters?
Disasters have always carried a strange interest for people. Just like driving past a car accident that we are forced to look at, these disasters hold a similar, sick compulsion within us. This is where Google Earth comes in. (google.earth.com) The program allows you to find areas of interest all over the world via satellite. If you haven't downloaded this program, yet, you should do so immediately. It's free to use and the possibilities are endless. Read more...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About The Titanic
Oh no! Not more Titanic news! With the newly discovered images coming at any time now on the Titanic, it is time to do a trivia list on the famous ship. When the 1997 James Cameron movie came out, there were trivia bits going around everywhere and every person you met had all the facts on this ship wreck, but here are five new ones that might have gone unnoticed. Read more...
Categories: History Tags: Brittanica, icebergs, John Jacob Astor, Olympia, sinking ships, The Californian, the Carpathia, titanic, unsinkable molly brown, violet jessup, white star line
