Back in 1959, John Wayne made a patriotic return to Westerns in Rio Bravo. Following John Ford’s The Searchers, Duke had made an effort to move away from the genre, however, the films he made afterwards weren’t particularly well received. Heading back to the Wild West with director Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo would be a […]
Azeem Rafiq has said it’s “regrettable” former Yorkshire team-mates Matthew Hoggard and Tim Bresnan have withdrawn from the disciplinary process initiated after his allegations of racism and bullying. Ashes winners Hoggard and Bresnan were two of the individuals charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board last June in a disciplinary case examining allegations of […]
Summary In February 2020, human skeletal remains were found by a longshoreman at the Weyerhaeuser dock in Longview, Washington. Detectives with the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office searched the area and found a nearly complete skeleton buried in thick blackberry bushes. The skeleton was collected, and the scene […]
The Beatles were truly formed in 1962, after their manager, Brian Epstein, decided to fire the band’s first drummer Pete Best, before replacing him with Ringo Starr. After that, the Fab Four proceeded to take over the world with their music. But John Lennon felt as if two of the band members were not needed […]
The Beatles have plenty of hidden gems that were never released to the public. Some of the unreleased recordings include fragments of other songs that were edited out. While writing “The End,” John Lennon and Paul McCartney combined two Beatles songs to create a song that ended the band on a high note. ‘The End’ […]
Painting showing the surrender of British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga (Image: Getty) He might have been known for his erotic verse, which amused his aristocratic friends. Perhaps he could have been famed for his 30 years as a Member of Parliament. Or as a military spy, gambler, and socialite. But no. When you lose […]
Paul McCartney claims John Lennon was excited to tell him he was leaving The Beatles for good. It was not a good time for the songwriting partners. John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images How the bandmate’s songwriting partnership crumbled When Paul and John formed The Beatles, they also created a […]
During filming on Chisum, John introduced Duke to patriotic poetry, which greatly moved Wayne who was a very vocal and proud American. Having not served in World War II but stayed in Hollywood to make movies, Duke always felt the guilt of this on his shoulders and went out of his way to promote and […]
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