Bookworm33

I'm not officially in the wedding industry, but I was asked to photograph my friend's sister's wedding. The bride and groom had previously eloped, but only told a couple people; so this ceremony was essentially a fake wedding to hide the fact they were already married, and make their… Read More

In cop/detective shows, the killer is never the first person arrested. The same thing always happens: the killer is one of the first people interviewed, but seems completely innocent. Then a "likely" suspect is identified, located, and arrested, only to produce an iron-clad alibi.… Read More

John Hughes did have the cast improvise a large part of that scene, but he also told them ahead of time why their characters were in detention. He had already plotted out the reasons they were there, but let them improv exactly how they revealed all that to each other.

We don't know Shakespeare's exact birthDATE, but we know his birthplace. His father moved to Stratford in 1551, 13 years before Shakespeare was born, and was a prominent businessman and public official. Shakespeare's mother was of the local gentry. A Stratford church has a record… Read More

The MMR vaccine is no longer effective after several years. My cousin was vaccinated as a child, but got mumps as an adult. Since she works in a school, she had to be quarantined in case any of her students were not vaccinated. Many adults probably should get boosters, but are not… Read More

On September 23, 1955, Alec Guinness went out to dinner with a friend. They were turned away from the Villa Capri in Hollywood because the restaurant was completely full. As they began to walk away, Guinness heard someone calling his name. James Dean ran up to them, introduced himself,… Read More

Filming for Gone With The Wind was paused only weeks into the production because of problems with the script. Ben Hecht was hired to rewrite the script and was told it had to be done in only a few days. Because Hecht had never read the book, producer David O. Selznick and director… Read More

He gave her the button soaked in chemicals before the party, so that the chemicals would rub off onto her fingers, and then onto the keyboard outside the Archives. That let him use a blacklight to see her fingerprints on the keys, showing him what her password was. He used the champagne… Read More