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Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold

The Price of Beauty There are a lot of reasons for the incredible price tags on artwork. The commissioning and purchasing of artwork has been a major status symbol for the wealthy for all of…

Best-Selling Children's Books, 2004

Source: Publishers Weekly. The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11), Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett Helquist santaKid, James Patterson; illustrated by Michael Garland Mister…

Facts and Figures About Twisters

Facts and Figures About Twisters Although tornadoes can happen at any time of year, they are especially common during the spring and early summer. May and June are the peak months in terms of…

Classical Mythology: Love and Death

Love and DeathClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The Final Four…

AFI Top 10 Films of 2005

The American Film Institute selected the 10 films that “best advanced the art of the moving image; enhanced the rich cultural heritage of America's art form; inspired audiences and artists alike;…

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Director/Writer:George LucasTwentieth Century Fox; PG; 131 minutesRelease:5/99Cast:Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Pernilla August, Terence Stamp, Samuel L. Jackson…

Movies and Film: Eastern European Film History

Eastern European Film HistoryMovies and FilmEastern European Film HistoryVolga Displays: A Brief History of Russian FilmmakingOther Eastern European Cinemas: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, PolandAvant-…

What Is a City-State?

You've seen the word a thousand times, but what does it actually mean? City-states are small, independent areas that have full sovereignty over their domestic and international policies. Unlike in…

Top 50 All-Time Box Office Hits

Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesMovies have come a long way since they were first invented in 1878 by Eadward Muybridge. Back then, his two-second long film, which featured consecutive shots sewn…