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"Great Man" Theory? History Is Driven by the Little Guy

Viggo Mortensen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Viggo Mortensen

When looked at from below, rather than from the "great man" perspective, history shows that whenever change has happened, it has been through protest, dissent, and defiance from ordinary people who are struggling.

Zoe Pound Gang: Learn More About Haitian Group Featured On History Channel

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

The Zoe Pound Gang, a Miami hip hop gang with links to Haiti, is gaining plenty of attention today due to a special documentary on the group that aire...

VH1, History Channel Join Forces For Woodstock 40th Anniversary Documentary

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

VH1 and History have joined forces to bring the Barbara Kopple doc "Woodstock: Now and Then" to television, with airings on both channels scheduled wi...

5 Tips For Not Losing Your Mind In These Difficult Times

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Lara Honos-Webb

A quick way to reduce stress is to think of one of the most positive memories you can recall. The mood boost may be just what it takes to spur you to take needed action.

Micheal Young History Reinvents Gangsta Rap

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Timothy Cooper

The creation of Michael Young History goes back to Lupe's first album, Food and Liquor.

Kim Cattrall: From Sexy To Period Parent In Kipling Flick

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

NEW YORK — Kim Cattrall found many reasons to seize the role of Carrie Kipling, wife of British literary superstar Rudyard Kipling, in the film ...

Zooey Deschanel Goes From Acting To Singing On New Record

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

On screen the actress Zooey Deschanel is often cast as the quirky naĆÆf or the ironic wit, the kind of character too flustered or too eye-rollingly im...

Life Gets Tougher For Runaways

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

CHICAGO — The young caller's voice is high-pitched and trembling. Her mother's been drinking, she says. They got into a fistfight, so the girl ...

The Healing Powers Of Hairless Dogs

abcnews.com | Lauren Cahoon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Nancy Gordon's fibromyalgia pain had haunted her for years, forcing her to quit her job and sending her into depression. She's found salvation, howeve...

26-Year-Old Secret Could Free Inmate

AP | SHARON COHEN | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

CHICAGO — For nearly 26 years, the affidavit was sealed in an envelope and stored in a locked box, tucked away with the lawyer's passport and wi...

Trailer: History Made Everyday. Real People. Real Stories.

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Watch a trailer for the History Channel. ...

Harvey Weinstein Remembers Teacher And Friend Anthony Minghella

The Times | Harvey Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

The memories are so vivid; snatches of conversations like pieces of movies - instructive, adventurous and always humorous. "Opera? Me? Never happen,"...

What Celebrities Earned In 2007: From $5M To $260 M

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

This Sunday's Parade is their annual feature on what people earn. In addition to regular jobs, they round up some celebrity pay packages for ogling. F...

The Family Meal: Why Moments Speak Louder Than Numbers

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Peggy Drexler

It's amazing to me how quickly the arguments about what is - and is not - an effective family defaults to big numbers when in reality, the effectivene...

South African Circus Works To End Segregation

ODE Magazine | Fred De Vries | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

A circus? Twelve-year-old Andiswa Nkebendu, raised by her mother in the notorious Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, had never heard o...

How You Can Wear Oprah's Clothes

New York Times | Susan Saluny | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Oprah's Closet is the most intriguing corner of what is otherwise a large souvenir shop newly opened to promote Oprah-inspired accessories and housew...

"Last Lecture" Professor Passes Six Month Mark

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

What would you say if you knew you were going to die and had a chance to sum up everything that was most important to you? That's the hypothetical qu...

George Clooney Meets With Prime Minister Brown About Darfur

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

LONDON — George Clooney took a break from promoting his latest film Tuesday to meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as he continued pr...

Carly Smithson: From Record Deal To Waitress To "American Idol"

AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Carly Smithson may have snagged a big-time record deal as a teen, but her co-workers at an Irish pub in San Diego didn't even know the raven-haired, t...

Angelina Goes To Washington: Honors Mariane Pearl, Pushes Education In Iraq, Goes To A Museum

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Pregnant mother-of-four Angelina Jolie, a UN ambassador, is busy in Washington DC. Last night she honored Mariane Pearl. People reports: Angelina Joli...

Seniors Who Rock: Video

NBC News | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Check out this segment The Today Show did on the senior stars of a new rock documentary Young At Heart. More about Young At Heart here. More about...

Colin Farrell Visits Srebrenica For Role: I Felt Sick

Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Irish actor Colin Farrell toured Bosnia this weekend to get a feel of how it was to be a reporter during the 1992-95 war, in preparation for a new fi...

Paralyzed Vet Turns Pain Into Protest Music

USA Today | Edna Gundersen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Bent on retribution, Tomas Young joined the U.S. Army two days after 9/11. When he learned he was being shipped to Iraq instead of Afghanistan, he say...

Man Buys Dinner For His Mugger

Gimundo.com | Kathy Hawkins | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

When Julio Diaz stepped off the New York City subway platform after work one night, he was simply planning to walk over to his favorite local diner fo...

Jack McBrayer On Kenneth The Page, Alec Baldwin And Mariah

New York Times | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

WHEN Jack McBrayer began pursuing an acting career, the first quality that agents and casting directors noticed was not his quick wit, his excitable n...