Posted on : 10-May-2010 | By : dre elmore | In : daily headlines
Lena Horne dies at 92; dynamic singer and activist broke barriers in Hollywood
Lena Horne, 92, an electrifying performer who shattered racial boundaries by changing the way Hollywood presented black women and who enjoyed a six-decade singing career on stage, television and in films, died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. (washingtonpost)
Largest scientific instrument ever built to prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity
Three spacecraft flying three million miles apart are to fire laser beams at each other across the emptiness of space in a bid to finally prove whether a theory proposed by Albert Einstein is correct. (telegraph)
The Twilight Effect: Why Do So Many Parents Choose The Same Baby Names?
People are naming their children after vampires. The Social Security Administration has released its list of 2009′s most popular baby names, and the leading choices were Isabella and Jacob. Both names just happen to belong to main characters in the Twilight book series. (time)
World Cup welcome: A billion condoms and 40,000 sex workers
Soccer fans to storm South Africa, hoping for scores, in more ways than one. (globalpost)
Did you know that you used to be able to rent Bambi vs. Godzilla at Blockbuster on VHS?
I did not know that! I saw it for the first time at The Vogue in Louisville as part of an animation festival. When I was 12.