Susan Mogul is better known these days as a video artist/alternative filmmaker who has spent a career finding ways to spin the specifics of her own background — never married, childless, Jewess in the age of feminism and assimilation — into works that function as both a kind of autobiography and as accessible, cathartic, comedic essay. Read More
Today we had the pleasure of speaking with the head of Fabulous Films USA, who filled us in on some of their upcoming DVD plans. Read More
Actor and magician Carl Ballantine died Nov. 3 in Hollywood of natural causes Nov. 3. Read More
On November first, 1955, the Famous Flames, featuring James Brown, recorded "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon, Ga. In 1963, the Rolling Stones single "I Wanna Be Your Man" was released in Britain. Read More
These are some of the notable events to have happened on this date throughout history. 1512 , Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public, telling the story of the Old Testament from Genesis to the Deluge. 1755 , An earthquake reduced two thirds of Lisbon, Portugal to rubble. Read More
In our Q&A of the imagination, discover the history of this theatrical nom de plume — a name seen in many a play's billing over the past 125 years. Read More
Celebrity Birthing News: Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (now Prinze) and husband Freddie Prinze Jr. are now the parents of a daughter, Charlotte Grace Prince. Read More
And now ladies and gentlemen, Mercury and Lincoln automobiles present The Ed Sullivan Show. The year was 1956 and sixty million Americans—those are Super Bowl numbers—tuned in to each of Elvis Presley's three appearances on Ed Sullivan . Read More
You are traveling through another dimension — where Rod Serling gets his face on a stamp to commemorate the golden age of television. Read More
One of America's most revered canines was among 20 television icons that came out of retirement recently to be honored on the U.S. Postal Service's "Early TV Memories" 44-cent commemorative first-class stamp sheet. Read More