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EmmyLegends.org/Buena Vista Pictures Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times. Stempel’s story was told in the Robert Redford…

Eighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat in their combined history. Churchill and Lord Halifax are pictured aboveEighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat…

Marge Redmond, a stage and screen actress best remembered for her role as Sister Jacqueline on the 1960s sitcom “The Flying Nun,” died in February at age 95. Her death was not made public until May, when it was announced as part of a larger in memoriam layout in the…

Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival Larry Kramer, a legendary playwright, author, screenwriter and activist in the 1980s who helped shift government policy during the AIDS crisis and also penned the acclaimed play “The Normal Heart,” has died of pneumonia, his husband told The New York Times.…

A Holocaust survivor who once attempted a solo mission to kill Germany’s Nazi wartime leader Adolf Hitler by derailing his train has died in London. Henry Wermuth was 97 when he passed away from organ failure on May 19, the Times of London reported in an obituary. He had recently…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country's military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory against the Nazis in World War II will be held on June 24.Putin postponed the Victory Day parade last month from its traditional date of May 9, in light of…

The German government has said it will keep social distancing restrictions in place until June 29. European countries are easing lockdown measures as they gear up for the summer holidays. Follow DW for the latest. Germany is extending its social distancing rules aimed at curbing the spread of the novel…

Russian film promotion body Roskino has unveiled the program for its digital Key Buyers Event, a virtual content market that will present over 300 projects from more than 120 leading Russian companies to international buyers. Presented with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Moscow city government, the…

Skip to comments. Catholic Military Chaplains: America’s Forgotten Heroes Tradition, Family and Property ^ | July 14, 2011 | Major James Harvey III Posted on 05/25/2020 8:15:05 PM PDT by ebb tide “War is Hell” General William Tecumseh Sherman once noted. Indeed there is nothing to celebrate about warfare; however…

Jimmy Cobb, legendary jazz drummer and member of Miles Davis’ First Great Sextet, died Sunday at his Manhattan home of lung cancer, NPR reported. He was 91. Cobb, who was with Davis’ group for almost three decades, was best known for his work on Davis’ landmark 1959 album “Kind of…