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Top Ten Most Influential Feminist Books

Some books that have been influential on feminism and the women's movement. The Second Sex original French edition by Simone de Beauvoir Related Links Women's History Month…

Movie Timeline

Here are key moments in the history and evolution of the cinema. 1889William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the…

Manmohan Singh, 2004 News

Indian economist, was sworn in as India's 13th prime minister in May, becoming the country's first Sikh premier. He accepted the post after the Indian National Congress prevailed over the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Administration

by Ambrose Bierce ADHERENTADMIRALADMINISTRATION -n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof…

Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham is a comedian whose first feature film was the well-received comedy Eighth Grade (starring Elsie Fisher). After a brief stay at New York's Tisch School of the Arts, Burnham pursued a…

Michael O’Donoghue

Michael O'Donoghue wrote for National Lampoon during the underground humor magazine's 1970s glory days. That led to a writing job on the premiere season of Saturday Night Live in 1975, where he…

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe was Oscar-nominated as best actress for her astonishing debut performance in the 2009 film Precious. Sidibe played Claireece "Precious" Jones, an obese Harlem teenager who is pregnant…

Ted Casablanca

Name at birth: Bruce BibbyTed Casablanca is the alter-ego of entertainment journalist Bruce Bibby. As Casablanca he writes the gossip column The Awful Truth, in which he dishes the dirt on the…

The Wonderful World of Disney

ABCSunday 7:00–9:00 p.m.Host: Michael Eisner The family-oriented series returns, with 35 theatrical and original, made-for-television movies set to debut in the 1997–1998 season. Highlights…

Baby Yoda

Baby Yoda is the hugely popular character from the Disney TV series The Mandalorian, which premiered in 2019. His fate is a driving force of the series as he is first captured, then rescued and…