A Brief History On June 24, 1916, Canadian born Gladys Louise Smith, age 24, became the first Hollywood actor or actress to sign a contract worth at least $1 million when she signed with Adolph Zukor, founder of what would become Paramount Pictures. Digging Deeper Better known as Mary Pickford, the actress was by 1916 the most popular actress in the world of film, only barely surpassed by Charlie Chaplin as most popular overall. (Chaplin got a million dollar contract in 1918 and is sometimes erroneously listed as the first actor to get such a contract.) Pickford’s contract included $10,000…
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A Brief History On this day, June 21, 2017, two films featuring titular supernatural females are battling for box office supremacy at the global box office. As of today, Wonder Woman has grossed an impressive $573.5 million worldwide, while The Mummy has grossed $294 million. Both films, while their main plot-lines and characters are obviously fictional, nevertheless also include historical settings and personages…well, sort of. Read on for the movies’ historical (in)accuracy! Digging Deeper First, The Mummy opens in 1127 A.D. with a group of English crusader knights capturing a large ruby from ancient Egypt and later burying it within the tomb of one of their number…
A Brief History On March 15, 2016, EA Sports UFC 2 was released in North America. Below is the complete roster for the hit video game EA Sports UFC 2 as the roster originally appeared on Wikipedia prior to its removal by electronic book burners. It is reproduced here per the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License. Digging Deeper Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum Cain Velasquez Junior dos Santos Stipe Miocic Mike Tyson[LHW] DLC Bas Rutten[LHW] DLC Alistair Overeem Andrei Arlovski Travis Browne Ben Rothwell Josh Barnett Mark Hunt Roy Nelson Mirko Cro Cop Mark Coleman Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Antonio Silva Derrick Lewis Frank Mir Stefan Struve…
A Brief History On June 8, 2017, we sit on the eve of the premier of the 2017 blockbuster monster movie, The Mummy. Lucky for us, we got to see an early screening of the movie on June 6, 2017, and in RealD 3D no less! Digging Deeper The screening audience filled the theater, and the film elicited an enthusiastic vocal reaction from the crowd throughout. Gasps, oohs, ahhs, peals of laughter and exclaimed comments were sprinkled liberally throughout the presentation, the type of experience that makes seeing a movie in a crowded theater so much more exciting than watching…
A Brief History On June 4, 2017, American singer and philanthropist Ariana Grande is performing in a concert with fellow celebrities to raise funds to help victims of the recent Islamist suicide bombing that occurred after her concert held in Manchester, England on May 22, 2017. Digging Deeper Twenty-three people (including the perpetrator) died in the disgusting attack and another 119 suffered non-fatal injuries. The concert to help those victims comes just one day after yet another Islamist terror attack occurred in England. Last night, June 3, 2017, in London, England, three Islamic extremists used a van and knives to…