Rodney Dickens grew up in tough Washington neighborhoods where danger lurks on most every corner, but he avoided it.
Then he went to Dulles International Airport with a teacher from Ketcham Elementary School, boarded American Airlines Flight 77 to California and became part of the deadliest tragedy in U.S. history.
Rodney was an 11-year-old sixth-grader who had always made the honor roll, as have his two sisters -- one a year older, one a year younger. Read More...
After the war, Garfield starred in a series of successful films such as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) with Lana Turner, Humoresque (1946) with Joan Crawford, and the Oscar-winning Best Picture Gentleman's Agreement (1947). In Gentleman's Agreement, Garfield took a featured, but supporting, part because he believed deeply in the film's exposé of antisemitism in America. In 1948, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in Body and Soul (1947). Read More...
Kanye West, 46, shared an intimate moment with his wife, Bianca Censori, on social media. The rapper took to Instagram to post a photo of the beauty wearing a black latex over-the-head mask, tiny beige swimsuit that only consisted of strings in the back, and black boots as she mixed something in a bowl in a kitchen. He revealed she was preparing “Cream of Wheat” in the caption, and a box of the warm instant porridge could be seen sitting on the countertop in front of her. Read More...