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The Rise and Fall of Roller Coasters

From the Russian countryside to Disneyland by Marcus McGraw and Catherine McNiff Editor's Picks AlpengeistBusch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA Alpengeist is one of the world's fastest…

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse debuted in the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie and went on to become the familiar global symbol of Walt Disney studios. A cheerful rodent in white gloves and red shorts, Mickey…

Jay Bakker

Name at birth: Jamie Charles BakkerJay Bakker grew up with a theme park for a playground, watched his parents' evangelistic empire self-destruct, turned to drink and drugs as a teen, sobered up in…

Doug Henning

Doug Henning was a Canadian magician who rekindled audience interest in magic acts with his success on Broadway and TV in the 1970s. Henning began performing magic when he was a teenager, and kept on…

Tammy Faye Bakker

Name at birth: Tamara Faye La Valley Tammy Faye Bakker rose from poverty to television glamour as part of 20th-century America's most famous husband-wife team of Christian evangelists. In 1961, at…

Jim Bakker

Name at birth: James Orsen BakkerJim Bakker's entanglement in money and sex scandals cost him a lucrative television show, a huge Christian theme park and a 30-year marriage to his ministry partner…

Dolly Parton Biography

Dolly Parton country singer, actress, songwriterBorn: 1/19/1946Birthplace: Sevierville, Tennessee Songs like “Here You Come Again” and “Two Doors Down” have made Parton one of the most famous country…

Black Knight

Director:Gil JungerWriters:Darryl Quarles, Peter Gaulke, and Gerry Swallow20th Century Fox; PG-13; 97 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson Black Knight…

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is one of the most popular and enduring country singers of the last 50 years, known especially for her outsized talent, hair and bosom. Dolly Parton began writing and performing songs…