The earliest graves were pits cut into the bedrock and covered in stones—but soon they developed into more elaborate structures made from mud brick and stone, featuring rooms designed so that people...

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As the world becomes more connected, language diversity is plummeting at an unprecedented rate. Forty percent of the world’s 7000 languages at risk of disappearing,  according to estimates by the...
MAN OF LA MANCHA (I,Don Quixote) CERVANTES  May I set the stage? I shall impersonate a man.  Come, enter into my imagination and see him!  His name... Alonso Quijana... a country squire,  no longer...
During the iPod's development process did you get a sense of how big it would become? The way you can tell that you're onto something interesting is if everybody who knows about the project wants one...
Cowan: "The Wolf of Wall Street" really was a passion project for you, wasn't it? DiCaprio: Yeah. Cowan: Ever since you found the book. 50 PHOTOS Leonardo DiCaprio DiCaprio: Probably about...
It's been a long journey. Now that it's over, what are you feeling? Well, it's very mixed feelings. I know there won't be The Lord of the Rings anymore for us, which is sad. But it's also okay,...
Why the so-strict diet rules? Beyoncé has recently finished back-to-back filming, which involved gaining 20lb for the role of '50s soul and blues legend Etta James in Cadillac Records, and...

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Was it daunting to take on such a famous--or some might say infamous--character?  Not so much before, but as I started the job everyone was saying, "Phaw! Gollum! What a great character!" ...
CJAD: That's just a little bit of "Desperado" from the album "Sax By The Fire" and on the line with us right now is the man who put this all together, John Tesh. Hi John. JOHN: Hi,...
RINGO: "We go to Australia, and we go to Israel and South Africa next year. And we also have a holiday. In fact, THIS was a holiday until we got booked for America." Q: "Paul, What do...