A Brief History On July 22, 2014, Franka Potente celebrated her 40th birthday. This German actress, probably unknown to most American movie viewers, has appeared in a few relatively significant English-speaking roles. Digging Deeper The following article will also name other relative unknowns as well as great movie stars in a concise reference list. The glue that binds them together is the fact that they were all born German-speaking in either Germany, Austria or Switzerland and later starred in English or American movies. For the purposes of this article, neither American actresses born to German parents, such as Kirsten Dunst…
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A Brief History On July 19th, 1966, Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow wed. As many had predicted, they ended up having a short and unhappy marriage. Their relationship with each other as divorcés, however, was exceptionally amicable, as brought to light 45 years later. On the basis of three different examples, this article will look at couples who experienced, or in one case, are still experiencing, an amicable post-divorce period. Digging Deeper Amicable is derived from French and basically means “friendly” or “agreeable”. The term amicable divorce is usually one given to divorcing couples who manage to avoid a type…
A Brief History Today, on July 13th, 2014, the 20th FIFA World Cup soccer championship game will be taking place between Germany and Argentina. Digging Deeper This international tournament for soccer, known as football to most of the world, takes place once every four years and is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) who also chooses the host. The current host is Brazil. Although soccer is relatively unpopular in the United States, in Europe and South America the World Cup is the equivalent of American football’s Super Bowl, baseball’s World Series and basketball’s NBA Championship finals combined.…
A Brief History On June 30, 1994, Tonya Harding was banned for life from participating in figure skating events. She is currently competing on season twenty-six of Dancing with the Stars, titled Dancing with the Stars: Athletes. The season premiered on April 30, 2018 on the ABC network. The four-week season, the shortest ever, features a cast of current and former athletes. Digging Deeper Shortly before the 1994 national figure skating championships which were being held in Detroit, Nancy Kerrigan was hit in the knee in what would become known as the “whack heard round the world”. The attack was…
A Brief History What follows is a short story written in 2012 by JC-the-Hyena for the Creepypasta Wiki. This content is available per the Creative Commons License. The story has become an internet legend and has been adapted into a short film (2014). This story has had a mixed reception. On one hand, TatsTopVideos ranks it among the “Top 22 Gaming Creepypastas”. On the other hand, HoodoHoodlumsRevenge ranked it among the “Top 10 OVERRATED Creepypastas”. Read the story below and decide for yourself whether or not the story is overrated. Please let us know your opinion of the story in the comments below! Digging…