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Ever since breaking out as a child actor in the 2005 remake of
The Amityville Horror, Chloë Grace Moretz has become one of young Hollywoodâs brightest stars with star-marking performances in the
500 Days of Summer, and more recently in the 2018 reimagining of the Italian horror classic
Suspiria. Combine those roles with the various voice-acting gigs Moretz has undertaken over the years and you have yourself the perfect recipe for prolonged success in show business. And on the eve of the release of the
Tom and Jerry live-action/computer-animated comedy, nowâs the perfect time to see where Moretz will be taking audiences the next couple of years.
The Real Reason For Bonnie And Clyde s Crime Rampage
By Allen McDuffee/Jan. 27, 2021 10:42 am EDT/Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 10:44 am EDT
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were perhaps the most romanticized pair of famous criminals in American history. By most accounts, the two met in January 1930 at a mutual friend s home in Dallas, Texas, when Parker was 19 and Barrow was 20. The two were smitten immediately and would spend the next four years together. Of which, the last two years were consumed with bouncing from one town to the next, committing robberies, and becoming media darlings in the process.
But the glamorous portrayal of Bonnie and Clyde acting as happy and young Robin Hood-types in newspapers and on radio across the country didn t capture the reality of the two. Although they did rob banks for a decent payout on occasion (about $25,000 in 2020 dollars), most of the time they knocked over mom-and-pop shops for $5 or $10. And sometimes their ineptitude for profitable crime
The Truth About Wild West Gunfights Shutterstock
By Joseph A. Williams/Jan. 22, 2021 11:53 am EDT
Shootouts in the Wild West are, in the popular imagination, full of stereotypes. Many movie-goers have seen Clint Eastwood as a lone drifter coming to mete out justice through the barrel of a gun or an all star team of gunslingers defending a village ravaged by bandits. The Wild West, and in particular its shootouts, are engraved into popular culture.
But are these shootouts true?
The violence of Wild West shootouts has many surprising historic kernels of truth. Where it differs is that these affairs of quick death were even more violent than imagined, and there was often little distinction between good guys and bad guys. Many of these gunfights involved brutal individuals who sometimes worked on the side of the law and sometimes did not. In most cases, drunkenness and gambling were involved. In some cases, the historical events reveal outstanding bravery, which see
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Virtual History Book Club
The History Book Club meets monthly to discuss compelling fiction and non-fiction books related to historical figures, events or eras. We meet on the first Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. We are currently meeting on Zoom. Please join us!
March 4th– “Valley Forge” by John Drury
April 1st– Since April is National Autism Awareness Month we will be reading a biography of an any person on the Autism Spectrum (each person picks their own book)
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