British actors Anthony Kingsley Daniels and Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman were both born today in 1946. Daniels is famous for creating the memorable Star Wars ‘droid, C-3PO, and although Rickman is an accomplished thespian, his recent portrayal of Snape in the Harry Potter films earned him an entirely new generation of fans. One interesting note…
You couldn’t really make a live-action version of Beavis and Butthead… Could you? Well, we’re just happy one of the cartoons made by Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge was able to be developed into a live-action film. Office Space, which was released today in 1999, was based on an animated series Judge created for…
In the spirit of the impending most-watched award show in history, we remember that today in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced its very first Award winners. The Academy itself was founded two years previously and the ceremony itself took place in May of that year. Can you imagine knowing…
The stars collided, conspired or what have you on this date, for it can be no coincidence that it is both the birthday of hotel heiress Paris Hilton and the anniversary of the beginning of the end for pop-star Britney Spears. Yes, today in 1981, Paris was born. Who knew that little bundle of joy…
Today in 1967, Star Trek‘s James T. Kirk met with his future nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically enhanced soldier from the late 20th century. The episode in which this fateful meeting occurred was titled "Space Seed" and was written by Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber. Ricardo Montalbán played Khan in both the original…
Today in 2005, three disgruntled PayPal employees created and launched a website where users could view, upload and share video clips, naming the site, "YouTube." The site became so popular that a little less than a year later, Google acquired the website for a mere $1.65 billion in Google stock. Hot-Damn! Thanks to YouTube,…
Today in 1992, the Saturday Night Live spin-off film Wayne’s World premiered, making Valentine’s Day that much more… romantic? A-sphincter-says-what? The film starred starred Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, reprising their roles from the SNL sketches that spawned the film. If nothing else, Wayne’s World gave hope to basement dwellers everywhere who hoped to someday…
It seems only fitting that on the week the WGA strike comes to an end, it’s also the anniversary of another organization formed to protect the rights of artists. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was created today in 1914 in New York to help protect the copyrighted musical…
Today in 2004, Mattel announced that Barbie and Ken were breaking up. Mattel was reluctant to give further information on the details of this tragic break up, but only too soon was Barbara Millicent Roberts seen cavorting around town with Blaine. The two were caught playing Rebound® together, whilst Ken was at home tending to…
Today in 1938, the Brits did television a mitzvah when the BBC created the first sci-fi TV show, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play "R.U.R.", which coined the term "robot." For those of you who thought "The Matrix" was revolutionary, it was Capek who introduced androids that rebel against their human…
Okay, so she never played a heroine or a supervillain, but still, couldn’t you at least imagine that Joanne Woodward could have? Today in 1960, Woodward received the very first star on the Hollywood walk of fame, toting an Oscar for her performance in The Three Faces of Eve. She currently resides in Westport, Connecticut…
Today in 1996, the largest one-day online event (to that date) occurred, called "24 Hours in Cyberspace." The professional photographers, editors and programmers who participated in the event aimed to to create a "digital time capsule of online life," explained Rick Smolan, a photographer who headed the event. Participants photographed, edited and collected images of…
