Hall of Famers: Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew & Gil Hodges
Brooks Robinson played 2,896 games in the major leagues. He was never once tossed from a game by any umpire. Ernie Banks played 2,528 games. Same story. No ejections. Harmon…
The Beauty and Brains of Hedy Lamarr
With her dark, radiant, striking good looks, Hedy Lamarr was often described as the most beautiful woman in the world, or as the most beautiful woman to ever appear in…
The Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig won two Most Valuable Player Awards, one batting title, and one triple crown. His powerhouse Yankee teams won six World Series, and he appeared in seven All-Star games…
Peter Sellers at His Finest
In 1961 a French play called L' Idiot was adapted as a play for Broadway as A Shot in the Dark. It ran for 389 performances at the Booth Theatre…
Tony Gwynn’s Incredible Batting Average
Tony Gwynn retired with an incredible 338 batting average. He won eight batting titles and played in 15 All-Star games. Outside Petco Park in San Diego is a bronze statue…
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
Art Garfunkel tells of the time he asked his musical partner, Paul Simon, to write a song about the famous architect and designer, Frank Lloyd Wright. Somehow, Simon knew nothing…
Jane Russell in The Outlaw
When Howard Hughes owned RKO, he made Jane Russell a star in his production of The Outlaw (1943). He was obsessed with her, but also a little afraid of her.…
Lana Turner, the Girl Next Door
Lana Turner was one of M-G-M's great stars. She married seven times. She started out as "the girl next door" in movies, and was reported to have said, "I expected…
Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Jerry Garcia
Co-founder of the musical rock group Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, liked to improvise and once described his playing style as having "descended from barroom rock and roll, country guitar. Just…
Clark Gable in San Francisco
One of Clark Gable's big films was San Francisco. His co-star was Jeanette MacDonald, and she was the one who delivered the property to M-G-M, which happened to be a…
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