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 | Culture Global culture, including music, art, film, music, the producers and the consumers, this is our entertainment section. | |
| | | | | |  Heath Ledger by The Ovi Team
January 22nd 2008. On this day, Hollywood mourns a talented young actor's life cut tragically short, after the body of 28-year-old Heath Ledger is found by his masseuse and housekeeper on the floor... | | | |  Don DeLillo's White Noise by The Ovi Team
January 21st 1985. On this day in 1985, Don DeLillo wins the American Book Award for his breakthrough novel, White Noise. | | | |  Jerry Lee Lewis in Grand Ole Opry by The Ovi Team
January 20th 1973. Years after he was known as "The Killer," a rock pioneer who released such rock standards as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless," Jerry Lee Lewis made a name for himself in a very different musical genre: country. | |
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| | |  The Master Builder by The Ovi Team
January 19th 1893; Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin. The play was first performed at the Lessing Theatre, Berlin, with Emanuel Reicher as Solness. | | | |  A.A. Milne by The Ovi Team
January 18th, on this day in 1882, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born. | | | |  Popeye by The Ovi Team
January 17th 1929; Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero notable for appearing in comic... | | | |  Benny Goodman in Carnegie Hall by The Ovi Team
January 16th 1938. Jazz has been called "America's classical music," a label that does more than just recognize its American origins. The label also makes the case that jazz is worthy of aesthetic... | | | |  Hill Street Blues begins by The Ovi Team
January 15th 1981; Hill Street Blues, television's landmark cops-and-robbers drama, debuts on NBC. When Hill Street Blues first appeared, the police show had pretty much been given up for dead. | | | |  Conrad returns to London by The Ovi Team
January 14th, on this day in 1894, Joseph Conrad returns to London to settle down after a long career at sea. There, he begins rewriting a story he had been working on during his travels, which becomes his first novel, Almayer's Folly. | | | |  Writers' strike by The Ovi Team
January 13th 2008. Fans of the red carpet extravaganza that is the annual Golden Globe Awards presentation were disappointed in 2008, when the lavish ceremony was cancelled due to the Writers Guild of America strike that began the previous fall. | | | | next | | |
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