Search results
13 hours ago · The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by its vocal harmonies, adolescent-oriented lyrics, and musical ingenuity, it is one of the most influential acts of the ...
1 hour ago · The punchlines suggest that in the hierarchy of Hollywood, screenwriters come last, after producers, directors, stars, and probably the caterer. But Robert Towne, who died this week at the age of 89, was something rare: a star screenwriter. “There are no novels or plays I’m itching to write and there never have been,” he wrote for Esquire ...
1 hour ago · U.K.'s Conservative Party suffered its worst-ever defeat. What went wrong? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times about the election in the UK, when the incumbent Conservative Party lost badly. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is ...
13 hours ago · Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made his first public appearance since he was shot on May 15 in an apparent assassination attempt. He spoke at an event at Devín Castle in the capital ...
13 hours ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
13 hours ago · Hartford, Connecticut. / 41.76250°N 72.67417°W / 41.76250; -72.67417. Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford ...
13 hours ago · Halle (Saale) (etwa vom Ende des 15. bis zum Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts Hall in Sachsen, [2] bis Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts offiziell Halle an der Saale, [3] [4] von 1965 bis 1995 Halle/Saale) ist eine kreisfreie Großstadt im Süden von Sachsen-Anhalt in Deutschland und mit 242.172 Einwohnern [5] (Stand 31. Dezember 2023) die viertgrößte ...
