Brendan Fraser is a cherished actor whose resume consists of iconic films from the 1990s and early 2000s. After his heartbreaking retreat from the spotlight, he’s now on the verge of a cinematic comeback — and we’re all cheering him on. Many of us know Fraser from eccentric comedies like Blast From the Past, Encino Man, Airheads, The Mummy franchise, and Bedazzled. He’s mostly known for playing characters that are fish-out-of-water types immersed into a new world-experiencing situations through a fresh (often innocent) perspective. With such a familiar and nostalgic film history, it’s no ..read more

Photojournalist Marjory Collins snapped these two women at O’Reilly’s Bar on Third Avenue, New York City in 1942 while documenting a night out for the Office of War Information (many sailors there were enjoying a final night of leave). The sign reads, “Positively no gentlemen served in booths unless accompanied by a lady.  – The Management.” It’s possible the women are covering their faces to avoid being seen out in public at a bar –– or, perhaps, in the day before selfies and cellphones, they simply didn’t want their picture taken. Marjory didn’t identify them, but then she only capti ..read more

The 1920s were a difficult and unstable time for Germany. As well as having to come to terms with the Treaty of Versailles’ punishments, it was a time of invasion, economic decline, putsches (rebellions) but also a huge growth in cultural freedoms and political rights. Given the vast changes and improvements towards the end of the 1920s it is sometimes referred to as Germany’s Golden Age. These vintage photos were found by Juffrouw Jo that show life of a family in German in the 1920s. See more ..read more

Portraits of Ozzy Osbourne before a performance at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1986. The photos were taken by Paul Natkin. Poplar Creek Music Theater was a concert venue located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The amphitheatre opened in 1980 and closed in 1994. It hosted a variety of popular musical acts during its 15-season existence. It consisted of a covered pavilion and grass seating area, and had a capacity of 25,202 people: 7,202 reserved seats and 18,000 lawn seats. Attendance began to dwindle in the late 1980s, and Poplar Creek ..read more

The 1964 Alaska Earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake and the Good Friday Earthquake, was a megathrust quake that began at 5:36 P.M. AST on March 27, 1964. It had a moment magnitude of 9.2, making it the second largest earthquake on record. Lasting nearly three minutes, it was the most powerful recorded earthquake in U.S. and North American history. Ground fissures and failures caused major structural damage in several communities. Anchorage sustained great destruction or damage to many inadequately earthquake engineered houses, buildings, and infrastructure particularly in the ..read more

Red and white automobile lights on Park Avenue, New York at Christmas time in December, 1953. The rear and headlights at nighttime give the appearance of lights on a giant Christmas tree. A wonderful time! (Photos by Slim Aarons/Getty Images ..read more

Born 1913 in Santa Monica, California, American actress, dancer, and model Boots Mallory found employment with Fox Films and was cast in the film version of Dawn Powell’s play Walking Down Broadway. The film was finally released under the new title Hello, Sister! (1933) with little promotion and was not a success. Mallory was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932, but the extensive media publicity surrounding her WAMPAS recognition, was undermined by the poor reception given to Hello, Sister! when it was finally released. A tall blonde, Mallory was well regarded for her striking l ..read more

Lucy Liu was born on December 2, 1968, in Queens, New York. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Lucy Liu attended New York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School. She enrolled at New York University, but transferred after one year to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she studied Asian languages and culture and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1990. During her senior year, Liu auditioned for a supporting part in a school production of Alice in Wonderland; to her surprise, she won the lead role, that of the typically blond, blue-eyed Alice. With that, her acting career had o ..read more

Born 1914 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, French fashion designer Pierre Balmain was founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Fashion designs by Pierre Balmain in the 1950s After visiting the studio of Edward Molyneux in 1934, Balmain was offered a job, leaving his studies and working for the designer for the succeeding five years. He joined Lucien Lelong during World War II – where he met the young designer Christian Dior. Balmain was known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dressmaking as “the architecture of movement”. He died in 1982 at the a ..read more

“Screaming girls”—that was a recurring theme in newspaper reviews of Elvis’ stage shows in 1956 and 1957. At almost every stop, the girls screamed so loud that no one could hear Elvis sing. Even the musicians on stage had trouble hearing each other. Scotty Moore once said, “We were the first band directed by an ass.” He meant that because of all the screaming, he and the other musicians couldn’t hear Elvis sing, so they took their cues from watching Elvis move from behind. Elvis himself explained that at times in 1957 he had to cover his ears with his hands so that he could hear himself sing ..read more