TLBSPEDIA: JOHN F. KENNEDY

 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Both the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys were wealthy and prominent Irish Catholic Boston families. Kennedy’s paternal grandfather, P.J. Kennedy, was a wealthy banker and liquor trader, and his maternal grandfather, John E. Fitzgerald, nicknamed “Honey Fitz,” was a skilled politician who served as a congressman and as the mayor of Boston. Kennedy’s mother, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, was a Boston debutante, and his father, Joseph Kennedy Sr., was a successful banker who made a fortune on the stock market after World War I. Joe Kennedy Sr. went on to a government career as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as an ambassador to Great Britain.

MOVIES RELEASE DATES: JUNE 2017

Friday, June 2

TV PREMIERE DATES: JUNE 2017

Source: Netflix

– Thursday, June 1
Nashville (CMT, midseason premiere), The Amazing Race (CBS, season finale)

– Friday, June 2
Flaked (Netflix)

– Sunday, June 4
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC), I’m Dying Up Here (Showtime)

TOP 10 SONGS OF THE MONTH (MAY 2017)

Here you can see the top 10 songs from the month of May 2017, chosen by us.

TLBSPEDIA: JOHN WAYNE

Actor John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26 1907, in Winterset, Iowa. (Some sources also list him as Marion Michael Morrison and Marion Mitchell Morrison.) One of the most popular film actors of the 20th century, John Wayne remains a popular American icon to this day. He was already a sizable presence when he was born, weighing around 13 pounds.

The oldest of two children born to Clyde and Mary “Molly” Morrison, Wayne moved to Lancester, California, around the age of seven. The family moved again a few years later after Clyde failed in his attempt to become a farmer.

50 THINGS A GEEK SHOULD KNOW

Here you can see a cool infographic with things that every geek should know.

Source: StudyWeb

CURIOSITIES ABOUT ‘STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE’

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In May 25 1977, was released one classic movie of all time, ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’. The movie plot is: the Imperial Forces, under orders from cruel Darth Vader, hold Princess Leia hostage in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.

Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Director: George Lucas

To celebrate the 40th anniversary, here are some of the curiosities about this movie.

• George Lucas was so sure the film would flop that instead of attending the premiere, he went on vacation to Hawaii with his good friend Steven Spielberg, where they came up with the idea for ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ (1981).

CURIOSITIES ABOUT ‘BELLE DU JOUR’

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In May 24 1967, was released one classic french movie, ‘Belle du Jour’. The movie is about Severine, a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage.

Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli
Director: Luis Buñuel

To celebrate the 50th anniversary, here are some of the curiosities about this movie.

• According to Luis Buñuel scholar Julie Jones, Buñuel once said that he himself didn’t know what the end exactly means.

TLBSPEDIA: ROGER MOORE

Roger Moore was born in London, England, on October 14 1927, to a policeman father and a housewife mother. Moore did well in school, attending Hackford Road elementary and Battersea Grammar School, and he also was a notably good swimmer. Moore dropped out of school when he was 15 and went to work for Publicity Picture Productions, a London film company, where he became an animation apprentice.

Moore’s first foray into the film world would end badly though, when he was quickly fired. He would, however, rely on his good looks for some early acting work soon after, making his film debut in a bit part in ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ (1945). In his first big break, director Brian Desmond Hurst noticed Moore, liked what he saw and found him a spot at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, additionally paying his tuition.