“In my time, women usually had their life stories written for them. But I didn’t like the story I was given, so I wrote a new one.” That’s Nellie Bly, the pen name of Elizabeth Cochrane. The story she wrote—in a newspaper in 1887, and, figuratively, of her life—would change the course of journalism

Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon performs Elton John's 'We All Fall In Love Sometimes' for America and judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan during the American Idol 2019 Top 14 performances.

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The third season of MTV's popular reality TV series "The Real World" was filmed on location at the 900 block of Lombard street in San Francisco. It aired on MTV from February to June 1994. It is considered to be the best season of the series because it tackled socially relevant issues such as AIDS a...

This special edition of the series "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS", profiles James Adler, a well-known pianist and composer. A native of Chicago, Mr. Adler is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Fine Arts Department faculty at Saint Peter's College in Je...

British ambassador to Poland wears rainbow face mask for LGBTQ rights. One country which has some way to go in regards to LGBTQ equality is Poland. Although same-sex sexual activity is legal, and there’s an equal age of consent, same-sex marriage is not allowed and there is a lack of anti-discrimina

Britney Spears accepts GLAAD’s Vanguard Award at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on April 12. In her speech, Spears sent a message of acceptance saying: "To be accepted unconditionally and to be able to express yourself as an individual through art is such a blessing. Events like t

Margaret Heckler was President Reagan's secretary of health and human services from March 1983 to December 1985. Here she says AIDS was her number one priority, but that she had to balance her department's response against the Reagan administration's fiscal priorities. Heckler maintains that preexis...

Life’s gorgeous expanse was at the forefront of this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival, expressed through stunning dance and stories, all enhanced by the power of nature as it played out on the scenic backdrop of the waters of the Great South Bay. The longest-running charitable and cultural event in

At Broadway Backwards 2019, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) battled a case of pre-wedding jitters with the rapid-fire patter of Stephen Sondheim’s “Getting Married Today” from Company. Criss,