Census records of Jack the Ripper victims cast light on lives of women who fell prey to killer
LONDON (AP) ? The world is endlessly fascinated with Jack the Ripper ? but what about his victims?
On Tuesday an online genealogy company published census information that casts light on the lives of the women murdered by the Victorian serial killer.
Tributes to TV chef Keith Floyd
The biggest names in TV cooking have paid tribute to the pioneer of the modern show, Keith Floyd, who has died after a heart attack at the age of 65.
Jamie Oliver said Floyd had been "not just one of the best, he was the best television chef", and
Records put spotlight on Jack the Ripper victims
...where they could earn some kind of living as a prostitute." Newspaper accounts at the time, which helped the Ripper's fame spread, touched on the women's fall from respectability. The Star newspaper's report on Sept. 27, 1888, on the death of Chapman, struck...
Tributes to film heart-throb Swayze
...stunts, so it was not surprising to me that the war he waged on his cancer was so courageous and dignified." Swayze shot to fame in 1987 with his performance as dance instructor Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing, a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort...
Showbiz Kids Bring Talent to Toronto
Call it Toronto: Next Gen.
This year's crop of Toronto films feature a high number of features
directed by the progenies of famous directors and other high
profile parents.
Some, like Jason Reitman, whose "Up in the Air" is one its way to
being one of
Houston 'forgot' she was a singer during addiction
...said: "I think somewhere inside, something happens to a man when a woman has that much control or has that much fame. "Emotionally he was abusive. Physically, no way. I was raised with two brothers and I would fight you back with anything I could find.? She...
Patrick Swayze's Finest Films
The Outsiders (1983)
To many the first of the so-called 'Brat Pack' movies, Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of S.E. Hinton's cult novel launched the film careers of several young American stars, including Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and
Dan Brown gives fans a new book after 6-year wait
The mind of Dan Brown may be a cluster of codes but, in person, he appears no more mysterious than your average tennis partner. He is that smiling, sandy-haired man with the dimpled chin you know from the jacket flap of "The Da Vinci Code," the sporty
Fans Mourn Swayze on Walk of Fame
Patrick Swayze died Monday at the age of 57.
Fans gather at Patrick Swayze's star on the Walk of Fame.
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Tributes to TV chef Keith Floyd
The biggest names in TV cooking have paid tribute to the pioneer of the modern show, Keith Floyd, who has died after a heart attack at the age of 65.
Jamie Oliver said Floyd had been "not just one of the best, he was the best television chef", and
