In place of Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the U.S. Supreme Court on July 1, 1991. Thomas had been appointed by President Bush to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 1990 … Read more
Canadian professional ice hockey center Nazem Samir Kadri, born on October 6, 1990, plays for the National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche (NHL). In the seventh round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected him. He competed for the Kitchener Rangers and London Knights during his junior hockey career in the Ontario … Read more
Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is a professional wrestler, executive, and media mogul in the United States. Until 2022, he was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE, the world’s largest professional wrestling organization. Alpha Entertainment is his company, which he founded and owns. McMahon was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina, … Read more
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988) is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter who goes by the stage name Lizzo. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, then moved to Houston, Texas, where she began performing before relocating to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her hip hop music recording career. Lizzo released two studio albums … Read more
Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an actor from the United States. Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), The Rookie (1990), The Three Musketeers (1993), and The Arrival (1994) are among his film credits (1996). Sheen won a Golden Globe Award for Best … Read more
John Boyne is an Irish novelist who was born on April 30, 1971. He has written eleven adult novels and six books for younger children. His books have been translated into over 50 languages. His work The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, published in 2006, was made into a film of the same name and … Read more
Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977) is a retired professional basketball player from the United States. He was a member of the Boston Celtics for 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was most recently a basketball analyst on ESPN’s The Jump and NBA Countdown. Pierce was a McDonald’s All-American in high … Read more
Sage Marie Steele (born November 28, 1972) is an American sportscaster and co-host of ESPN’s SportsCenter at 12 p.m. (ET). She also presents SportsCenter on the Road, which broadcasts athletic events including the Super Bowl and the Masters. Steele presented NBA Countdown for four seasons on ESPN and ABC, concluding in 2017. Steele was a … Read more
Jason Lei Howden is a visual effects artist and film director from New Zealand. After the Director’s Twitter Harassment Campaign, the Distributor of ‘guns Akimbo’ Will Releases the Film Despite a Twitter scandal in which “Guns Akimbo” director Jason Lei Howden allegedly targeted black film critics for cyber-bullying, Saban Films has announced that the action … Read more
From a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie. The film stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val … Read more