Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice
Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” originally titled “Mrs. Roosevelt” as a tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt, was reworked for “The Graduate”
The traveling Sutherland Sisters: Seven women and 37 feet of hair between them
Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving
Steampunk triumphs in the Neverwas Haul, a Victorian house on wheels inspired by science fiction novels
Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner’s gangster boyfriend, was jealous of her co-star, Sean Connery, and tried to do something about it
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
Digital reconstruction reveals an 18th century Scottish woman condemned as a witch–and she has “quite a kind face”
Before the Cultural Revolution, many Iranian women followed fashion trends, wore makeup, and favored elaborate hair styles
When John Gotti ordered the murder of his boss, “Big Paul” Castellano, outside Sparks Steak House, it became “the hit of the century”
