On this day in 2009, Frank McCourt, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, runaway best-seller “Angela’s Ashes,” a 1996 memoir about his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan from metastatic melanoma. McCourt wrote “Angela’s Ashes,” his first book, when he was in his mid-60s, after […]
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“King Of Pop” Michael Jackson Dies At Age 50
On this day in 2009, Michael Jackson, one of the most commercially successful entertainers in history, dies at the age of 50 at his home in Los Angeles, California, after suffering from cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of drugs given to him by his personal doctor. Michael Joseph […]
Continue ReadingGM Announces Plans To Phase Out Pontiac
On this day in 2009, the struggling American auto giant General Motors (GM) says it plans to discontinue production of its more than 80-year-old Pontiac brand. Pontiac’s origins date back to the Oakland Motor Car, which was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy, a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer. […]
Continue ReadingChrysler And Autoworkers’ Union Agree To A Deal
On this day in 2009, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reach a tentative deal that meets government requirements for the struggling auto manufacturer to receive more federal funding. As part of the deal, the UAW agreed to let Chrysler reduce the amount of money it would pay […]
Continue ReadingFifty-Year-Old Mark Martin Wins NASCAR Race
On this day in 2009, driver Mark Martin wins the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Arizona, and becomes the first 50-year-old to claim victory at a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Sprint Cup race since Morgan Shepherd did so at a […]
Continue ReadingBaseball All-Star Killed In Truck Accident
On this day in 2009, former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Mark “The Bird” Fidrych is found dead at the age of 54 following an accident at his Massachusetts farm involving a Mack truck he was working on. Fidrych, the 1976 American League Rookie of the Year, suffocated when his […]
Continue ReadingRonin (1998)
Starring : Robert De Niro … Sam Jean Reno … Vincent Natascha McElhone … Deirdre Stellan Skarsgård … Gregor Sean Bean … Spence Skipp Sudduth … Larry Michael Lonsdale … Jean-Pierre Jan Triska … Dapper Gent Jonathan Pryce … Seamus O’Rourke Ron Perkins … Man with the Newspaper Féodor […]
Continue ReadingJudge Dredd (1995)
Starring : Sylvester Stallone … Judge Dredd Armand Assante … Rico Rob Schneider … Fergie Jürgen Prochnow … Judge Griffin (as Jurgen Prochnow) Max von Sydow … Judge Fargo Diane Lane … Judge Hershey Joanna Miles … McGruder Joan Chen … Ilsa Balthazar Getty … Olmeyer Maurice Roëves … […]
Continue ReadingResident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Starring : Milla Jovovich … Alice Oded Fehr … Carlos Olivera Ali Larter … Claire Iain Glen … Dr. Isaacs Ashanti … Betty Christopher Egan … Mikey Spencer Locke … K-Mart Matthew Marsden … Slater Linden Ashby … Chase Jason O’Mara … Albert Wesker Mike Epps … L.J. Joe […]
Continue ReadingResident Evil (2002)
Starring : Milla Jovovich … Alice Michelle Rodriguez … Rain Ocampo Eric Mabius … Matt Addison James Purefoy … Spence Parks Martin Crewes … Chad Kaplan Colin Salmon … One Ryan McCluskey … Mr. Grey Oscar Pearce … Mr. Red Indra Ové … Ms. Black Anna Bolt … Dr. […]
Continue ReadingMiami Vice (2006)
Starring : Colin Farrell … Sonny Crockett Jamie Foxx … Ricardo Tubbs Li Gong … Isabella (as Gong Li) Naomie Harris … Trudy Joplin Ciarán Hinds … FBI Agent Fujima Justin Theroux … Zito Barry Shabaka Henley … Castillo Luis Tosar … Montoya John Ortiz … Jose Yero Elizabeth […]
Continue ReadingFlash of Genius (2008)
Starring : Lauren Graham … Phyllis KearnsDermot Mulroney … Gil PrivickGreg Kinnear … Bob KearnsAlan Alda … Gregory LawsonJake Abel … Dennis KearnsMitch Pileggi … Ford ExecBill Smitrovich … Judge Michael FranksDaniel Roebuck … Frank SertinAaron Abrams … Ian MiellorTim Kelleher … Charlie DefaoTatiana Maslany … Older Kathy KearnsSergio Di […]
Continue ReadingGladiator (2000)
Starring : Russell Crowe … Maximus Joaquin Phoenix … Commodus Connie Nielsen … Lucilla Oliver Reed … Proximo Richard Harris … Marcus Aurelius Derek Jacobi … Gracchus Djimon Hounsou … Juba David Schofield … Falco John Shrapnel … Gaius Tomas Arana … Quintus Ralf Moeller … Hagen Spencer Treat […]
Continue ReadingHonda Wins World Green Car Award
On this day in 2009, the Honda FCX Clarity, a four-door sedan billed as the planet’s first hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle intended for mass production, wins the World Green Car award at the New York Auto Show. The first FCX Clarity cars came off the assembly line at a Honda plant […]
Continue ReadingRedbelt (2008)
Starring : Max Martini … Joe CollinsMatt Cable … Academy FighterChiwetel Ejiofor … Mike TerryAlice Braga … Sondra TerryJose Pablo Cantillo … SnowflakeEmily Mortimer … Laura BlackCathy Cahlin Ryan … Gini CollinsLuciana Souza … Singer in BarCyril Takayama … The Magician (as Cyril Takata)Scott Barry … Billy the BartenderRicky Jay […]
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