Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice!
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive and producer who inspired Coen brothers “Hail, Caesar!”
Marilyn Monroe, passionate supporter of civil rights, helped Ella Fitzgerald break a racial barrier with a phone call
The Fallen Astronaut memorial on the Moon – the first sculpture beyond our planet
Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity
The truth about that Indian maharaja who used Rolls-Royces for garbage collection
Pattie Boyd was the real-life “Layla,” who married George Harrison and became the romantic obsession of his close friend, Eric Clapton
Florence Foster Jenkins: The world’s worst opera singer who sold out Carnegie Hall weeks in advance
In 1620s Rome, the best parties by far were thrown at the Villa Borghese
Leeds Castle was the beautiful residence for the queens of England for three centuries, until boy king Edward VI gave it away
