Arthur Godfrey and His Friends was variety show hosted by Arthur
Godfrey (above). The hour-long series aired on CBS-TV from January
1949, to June 1957, then again as a half-hour show from September
1958, to April 28, 1959.
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends was variety show hosted by Arthur
Godfrey (above). The hour-long series aired on CBS-TV from January
1949, to June 1957, then again as a half-hour show from September
1958, to April 28, 1959.
Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was an ethnic German
industrialist credited with saving the lives of almost 1,200 Jews during the
Holocaust of  World War ll by Nazi Germany. Oskar employed them in his
enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in what is now
Poland and the Czech Republic. He is the subject of the novel Schindler’s Ark
(1982)Â by Australian author Thomas Keneally , and the 1993 Steven Spielberg
film Schindler’s List.
Oskar Schindler (center) with some of his Jewish workers at the Krakow
enamel factory around 1943
Liam Neeson (top) and Ralph Fiennes star in the Steven Spielberg film
The actress, singer-dancer Ann-Margret became famous for her starring
roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963),Viva Las Vegas (1964), and The Cincinnati
Kid (1965). Her later career includes character roles in Grumpy Old Men
(1993), and Any Given Sunday (1999). She has won five Golden Globe
Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. On August 21, 2010,
she won her first Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the NBC program
Law & Order: SVU.
Starting in 1987, stand-up comedian Jay Leno became a regular substitute
host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and replaced Johnny as host
when he left the show in 1992. Leno owns about 100 cars and has a regular
column in Popular Mechanics and writes occasional articles for The Sunday
Times, reviewing high-end sports cars and giving humorous takes on matters
concerning automobiles.