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1955 Academy Awards

The 1955 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1956 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.Best Motion PictureLove Is a Many Splendored…

Women's Suffrage: The First Victory (1869)

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Negro Suffrage as a Political NecessityPolitics After the WarThe First Victory (1869)In the midst of the baffling discouragement…

Top 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains

Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesFrom cheering on the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa to being terrorized by Dr. Hannibal Lecter, heroes and villains have always been a part of the movie experience. Most…

Celebrity Baby Names

The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children compiled by Erin Teare Martin Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Celebrity…

Women's History Month

Women Rulers of the World   Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature Pulitzer Prize Winners in…

National Film Registry

Each year since 1989, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry to ensure that each film will be preserved in its original form. The films, which must be at least…

Glossary of Poetry Terms

Iamb, enjambment, senryu, and more by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A-B | C-D | E-H | I-M | N-R | S-VAccent The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or…

1944 Academy Awards

The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureDouble Indemnity (Paramount)Gaslight (MGM)Going My Way (Paramount)…

Brewer's: Poke

A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…