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The Mel Brooks Six
Grauman’s Chinese Theater boasts more than 200 Hollywood celebrity handprints, footprints and autographs in the cement that fronts it. Befittingly, to commemorate the 40th anniversary…
The Sweet Smell of Success
“But Sidney, you make a living. Where do you want to get?” “Way up high, Sam, where it’s always balmy… From now on, the best…
The Squeeze is On
Record squeezes assume many forms. Guinness World Records lists the largest glass of freshly squeezed orange juice at 1,525 liters (a little more than 335…
Mission: Impossible
“Our lives are the sum of our choices.” Tagline from Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Your mission, should you choose to accept it,…
Admissions Only
Horseracing was the first chart for which admission was charged in the United States. Hempstead Plains in present-day Jamaica, Queens, New York was the first…
Travel at a Crossroads
Last Saturday, with thundering booms, the Sheraton Crossroads in Mahwah, New Jersey was imploded in a spectacle of demolition precision. The 250-foot-tall, 25-story hotel opened…
Brief Encounter > Lawrence of Arabia
“I didn’t think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.” British film director David Lean is best remembered for his Best Picture winning,…
The Waiting
“Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.” Marcel Marceau Songs that come together piece by…
50 Shades of Beige
Passé likely comes to mind at the mention of “beige.” Though it peaked in the 1990s and 2000s, this classic color remains an interior design…
Dinosaurs Ain’t Renewables
Who hasn’t pumped gas thinking refined Velociraptor is pouring directly into their tank? As strongly as the myth has held, oil is not made from…
Macro Clamors for Meatloaf Comfort
Growing up in the 1950s, Baby Boomers were painfully aware of the main entrée -- meatloaf. Coming of age in this era was synonymous with…
Waiting for the Paint to Splatter
On July 19, 1937, the Entartete Kunst (“Degenerate Art”) exhibition opened in Munich. Featuring paintings and sculptures confiscated by the Nazis from German museums, the…
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