Posts tagged: Romance
Abraham Lincoln's Bromance with Joshua Speed
February 19, 2017 | By The Conversation
Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln had a very close friendship, sharing their anxieties. Speed was able to calm Lincoln's depression.
Manolo Blahnik Does Not Believe in Love
March 23, 2014 | By Fritz Holznagel
The fashion designer talks about life, heavy breathing, and why he can't test out women's shoes himself any more.
Jeopardy! Flashback: 'Single… and Available'
February 24, 2014 | By Fritz Holznagel
What you learn when you tell a national television audience that you live alone in a studio apartment.
Calvin Coolidge Shaved Himself For Marriage
November 9, 2013 | By Fritz Holznagel
Our 30th president was shaving himself, wearing only underwear and a top hat, when his future wife first laid eyes on him.
Valentine's Day Special: Paperman
Disney's romantic animated black-and-white short is nominated for an Academy Award.
Valentine's Day Special: Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Nothing says Valentine's Day quite like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with romantic Spanish subtitles.
77 Years Later, Mr. Carol Channing is Dead
December 27, 2011 | By Fritz Holznagel
Harry Kullijian married Carol Channing nearly 70 years after they became childhood sweethearts. He passed away on Monday. Here's their story.
Happy Birthday, Anne Rice!
October 4, 2011 | By Paul Hehn
Author Anne Rice is 70 years old today. She's the one who gave us the vampire Lestat, introduced in her 1976 novel Interview with a Vampire. If you don't know that book, uh… it's like Twilight for grown-ups. Grown-ups who like to read pages and pages of flowery prose.