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Born in Kansas (1935), Dennis Hopper started acting in the 50's. He did admire James Dean and adopted the Actor's Studion methods, which made him considered a rebel to Hollywood's system (Henry Hathaway fired him off, and he got blacklisted for almost...
Can you identify these women ? Well... I'm sure you know at least one or two of them ;-) To start with, since the Cannes festival is on at the moment... watch the woman on the first video. She used to go to Cannes and is a worldwide known French actress...
On March 20, the Eyjafjallajokull (pheeew ;o) volcano bursts for the first time in 190 years 2 days later, lava continues to spew out and spill into nearby canyons April 14 : the Icelandic Civil Protection Department orders evacuations of towns and farms...
French people use the word "puzzle" as an equivalent to 'jigsaw puzzle' :o) Indeed, the French use the anglicism 'puzzle' to name what you see below : most of you know only this meaning... (1) ... thus, you started asking yourselves questions about the...
... the poem by John Keats, nowadays considered one of the major romantic poets. The sonnet << "Bright Star" was adapted for Fanny Brawne, whom the poet was engaged to in the last years of his life. Jane Campion based her biopic on John Keats' ultimate...
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan refuses possible failure... ... by world leaders to reach a global agreement on fighting climate change at UN talks in Copenhagen in December . Last Thursday, Annan was at Descartes University in Paris to promote...
"Mary & Max" was released in January, 2009 in the U.S.A. (today, it's being released in France ) Mary Dinkle is a chubby eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne. Max Horovitz is an obese Jewish man 44 years old who lives in New York. The...
Watch the NY City guided tour video (Friday 17) ... and answer this quiz ! New York City 1) Central Park is in the middle of... Chinatown Manhattan Little Italy Battery Park Take this quiz By the way, if you observe the blog main page... you should be...
New York is often referred to as New York City ( NYC)... ... or the City of New York, <<< to distinguish it from the state of New York. It is also nicknamed 'Big Apple'. The city is the centre of the New York metropolitan area (one of the most populous...
Hampton Court Palace was started building in 1514 for Cardinal Wolsey I told you about this palace on your latest English lesson... that's why I'd really like you to see what Hampton Court looks like :o) In the beginning, Cardinal Wolsey was one of Henry...
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting television service. This non-profit service gathers 354 TV stations in the U.S.A. : they are its collective owners. PBS east coast headquarters are in Alexandria (Virginia). "American...
Most often, "Cable News Network" is referred to by its initialism : CNN CNN This major American cable news network was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. CNN was the first network to offer a twenty-four seven television news coverage, and the first all-news...
What happened on September 10 ? In 1939 . . . Canada declared war on Germany, entering WWII -the first and only time Canada has declared war on another country on its own. < < < Click on Canada to learn more about it In 1963. . . Twenty black students...
"This is no picnic for me either, buster !" < < < his mother sometimes told him during extra lessons at... 04:00 a.m. ! S ix-year-old Barack's mother left Hawaïï to work in Jakarta (Indonesia). She couldn't afford to send him to school, because it was...
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. You can view ⇓ the most recurring Google news in... ... Argentina / Australia / Austria / Brasil / Canada / France / Germany / India...
Forestle is a search engine on the Internet , as Exalead, AllTheWeb, or Google Maybe you are wondering... "What's the difference ?!" Well, each time you use FORESTLE < < < to search for information, "you save 0.1 m² of rainforest for free. So far already...
"It's the most wonderful time of the year"... and it's today ! ... though some fathers seem to enjoy it much more than their kids ! Except when otherwise mentioned any part of this blog is licensed under the / Sauf mention contraire partie ou totalité...
Still 10 minutes to go... and it will be "Blog Day" ! Tomorrow (at midnight ;-) will be the 5th Blog Day < < < BlogDay was created as a day when bloggers should be getting to know other bloggers, from other countries and areas of interest. Thus, on that...
Listen to IRREGULAR VERBS forms <<< with these flash cards Click their French translation first, make sure you know their infinitive, preterite & past participle forms. Then, check their spelling and finally listen to them. These flash cards were created...
Symphony in slang" was created by Tex Avery in 1951. This 6'43" cartoon includes a great deal of idioms : you will surely recognize some of them ! At the beginning of the cartoon, a man has just arrived at Heavens' Gates. He speaks a weird language that...
Four days ago, a "thinking ship" launching an S.O.S. showed you pronunciation is really essential to understand each another :o) Now... a little training : the BBC learningenglish site proposes many exercises & quizzes to help you learn & practise pronunciation....
The year is... 1920 : Tennessee guarantees women the right to vote : t he 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified by the state. On August 18, 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. Its two sections read : "The right of citizens...
Bonfire Night All over the United Kingdom, Bonfire Night celebrates the anniversary of the Gunpowder plot and therefore reminds the story of Guy Fawkes... it's tomorrow, November 5th ! But let me tell you about the graphic novel created by Alan Moore...
Halloween infographics The first infographic below tells us the different names of Hallowe'en... but it also explains how come today we carve pumpkins... and not turnips ! Click on it, and you'll also discover other interesting facts about All Hallows...
R.E.M. "Final straw" "The last straw... that broke the camel's back" means enough is enough, and you can't bear any more weight. Can you find the French equivalent phrase ? Lyrics As I raise my head to broadcast my objection As your latest triumph draws...
