Col. Ed Shames (June 13, 1922 – December 3, 2021) was a veteran of the famed Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. The division, best known for its portrayal in the miniseries "Band of Brothers," saw action from the D-Day invasion to victory i

For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it wa...

2013 was a significant year with respect to the amount of individuals, celebrities, athletes, politicians, television and movie stars, musicians and so forth. It was a remarkable year for the LGBT community as the US Supreme Court paved the way for marriage equality in the United States. Although s...

"Before Fame" presents a unique look at celebrities and people who have made a difference in the world of music, sports, art and films as well as in the political and spiritual world before they became famous. From Churchill to Pope Francis, from Tiger Woods and Muhammad Ali to Presidents Barak Obam...

On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, emotional WWII veterans look back at the largest seaborne invasion in history. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft were sent to storm the heavily German-fortified French coastline of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The coordinated operation left a lasting global imp...

A deliciously scandalous portrait of Scotty Bowers, who after decades of discretion wrote a best-selling memoir detailing his secret life during Hollywood’s Golden Age as a legendary escort and sexual procurer to closeted gay celebrities. Scotty Bowers, Who Arranged Sex for Closeted Gay Hollywood S

Produced by Winterland Pictures.Directed / Edited & Camera by Jason BroxCinematography / Lighting & Camera by Bill FelkerSound Engineered by Todd FitzgeraldP...

Late 1800s: The etymology of the phrase "drag queen" is debatable, but many scholars believe that the phrase was coined in the 1800s as a reference to the hoop skirt. As seen in this photo, hoop skirts would "drag" along the ground. The term "queen" was used as a derogatory slur towards homosexuals...

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George Edward Hurrell (June 1, 1904 – May 17, 1992) was a photographer who contributed to the image of glamour presented by Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. Hurrell originally studied as a painter with no particular interest in photography. He first began to use photogr

During World War II, untold numbers of artworks and pieces of cultural property were stolen by Nazi forces. After the war, an estimated one million artworks and 2.5 million books were recovered. Many more were destroyed. This exhibition chronicles the layered stories of the objects that survived, ex...