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QuotesEmily Blunt on accepting her Golden Globe without a speech

"The Globes night was a frenzy: I hadn't written anything. I

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AnecdotesGoodfella

Upon winning an Academy Award for his role as Tom DeVito in Martin Scorsese`s classic gangster film Goodfellas...

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AnecdotesAnecdote about Ralph Richardson, Brevity and Directing

Sidney Lumet: `Ralph Richardson, whom I saw give at least three great performances, in theater and film, used a...

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AnecdotesAnecdote about Death, Interviews and Verbal Bloopers

While interviewing guest James Taylor on April 28, 1997, Kathie Lee Gifford asked how his older brother, Alex, was doing.

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AnecdotesBoyScout?

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president," Dan Quayle, famous for his verbal bloopers,...

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AnecdotesEveready

Russian general Alexander Suvorov was once asked whether he ever removed his clothes at night. "No," he replied. "When I...

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AnecdotesGambler`s Fate

"During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall,...

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AnecdotesPJ Pugliese

Juan Peron, Argentina`s flawed if charismatic leader, was famed for his persecution of political dissidents. The great...

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AnecdotesAdvanced Chess

The famous chess champion Richard Reti was often asked how many moves he typically calculated in advance when making...

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AnecdotesGo East, Young Man?

In October 1863, after a successful lecture tour along the eastern seaboard, humor writer Artemus Ward headed West....

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