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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Thursday, September 3At Least He's Used to the Makeup: Gene Simmons, aside from spitting up blood with KISS, also has had a minor TV acting career. Most notably, he played drug dealer Newton Blade on "Miami Vice" and a mob boss named Donald Mann on "Third Watch." He was also a seal monster on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and he's played himself on "Ugly Betty" and "Family Guy." More recently, he has starred in his own reality series, alongside his long-time love, Shannon Tweed, and his kids. It's A Mystery, M'Lord: P.D. James and Ruth Rendell became, respectively, Conservative and Labour life peers in the House of Lords, and as such, the two crime writers were able to watch each other across the aisle.
Also known as "the Pious," Charlemagne's successor was the first of 16 kings with what name, before the French monarchy was overthrown? A) Charles B) Francis C) Henry D) Louis Previous answer: "North by Northwest" ends with a scene across the presidential heads of Mount Rushmore. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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