Milestones, Jan. 2, 1950 | TIME
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Born. To Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 37, socialite horseman, heir to paternal (railroad) and maternal (Bromo-Seltzer) millions, and second wife Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt, 31: their second child, first son. Name: Alfred Gwynne Jr. Weight: 8 Ibs. 12 oz.
Married. Henry J. Kaiser Jr., 32, assistant to his famed industrialist father; and onetime airlines hostess Barbara Preininger, 26; he for the second time, she for the first; in Inglewood, Calif.
Married. Cinemactor Gary (I Was a Male War Bride) Grant, 45, and Cinemactress Betsy (Every Girl Should Be Married) Drake, 26, who became his screen protégée two years ago; he for the third time (No.
General Electric’s latest big ad is a whimsical take on the company’s projects, as narrated by an awe-filled child: “My mom makes airplane engines that can talk,” she says as planes fly by on feathered wings. “My mom makes trains that are friends with trees,” she tells us as that train plows through an enchanted landscape. “My mom,” she proudly states, “works at GE.”
The pitch: GE makes great products that are good for your family and exciting for the world.
When Kimberly Foerster was helping her au pair fill out a profile on a dating website in 2009, she had an epiphany: finding the right movie or TV show was similar to finding a new love.
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Nicki Minaj, Amy Schumer, and Cardi B wade into the heated New York governor's race between Andrew C
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Two last-minute celebrity endorsements of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one for challenger Cynthia Nixon in New York's Democratic primary have garnered a fair amount of attention. Actress Amy Schumer on Wednesday endorsed Cuomo over progressive candidate Cynthia Nixon in the heated contest. She originally supported Nixon, who first came into the public eye as one of the stars of the hit HBO series "Sex and the City," but then said she changed her mind.
Oklahoma used to be a seismic afterthought, a place with so few earthquakes that in the 1990s it was one of three locations where the Soviets were allowed to monitor American nuclear testing. Today, however, Oklahoma is one of the most seismic places on the planet.
In 2015, the state had 907 earthquakes that were 3-magnitude or greater compared with just one in 2007. Scientists say the growth in seismicity is directly related to the oil and gas industry, specifically the use of disposal wells that reinject back into the earth salty wastewater that comes up naturally during drilling.
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When Daniel Drake cooks pancakes, breakfast looks too good to eat.
The Internet’s preeminent pancake artist, who is better known by his YouTube moniker “Doctor Dan the Pancake Man,” has brought the world pancake versions of The Game of Thrones, The Avengers, The Beatles, Doge and much more. In his latest endeavor, he tackles the entire Pixar oeuvre, which takes more than 75 pancakes to fully capture.
PLACING BLAME AT ANY COST
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The F-15 thundered down the runway, all grace and raw power, until it cartwheeled into the woods in a huge explosion. The lone U.S. Air Force pilot perished instantly in the crash at Germany’s Spangdahlem air base last year. Another victim, far from the fireball that day, was also consumed–in a different way. He suffered much longer.
This is a story about how the Air Force pushed the principle of accountability to a tragic extreme.
Almost exactly one year ago, on Feb. 11, 2021, Anna Sorokin—better known to the world as fake heiress “Anna Delvey”—was released from prison. She had served three years and three months of her four-to-12-year sentence.
Just hours after regaining freedom, Anna took to Twitter: Someone from Fortress Investment Group—I need $720m by the end of next week, DM me. Her bio on the platform read, I’m back. Wasting no time, Anna checked into the swanky NoMad hotel in midtown Manhattan and hired a film crew to follow her around.