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Keith Theodore Olbermann [2] (born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and liberal political commentator and writer. Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism . He was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and radio stations in the 1980s, winning the Best Sportscaster award from the California Associated Press three times. He co-hosted ESPN 's SportsCe...

Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show . The television program, later known simply as Donahue , was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. [1] The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio , in...

Fort Amsterdam (later Fort George , among other names) was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in what is now New York City . The fort and the island were the center of trade and the administrative headquarters for the Dutch rule of the colony of New Netherland and thereafter British rule of the Province of New York . The fort was...

Joan Shawlee ( née Fulton ; [2] March 5, 1926 [3] – March 22, 1987) was an American film and television actress. She is known for her recurring role as Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell in The Dick Van Dyke Show , a career-defining turn in Billy Wilder 's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) playing Sweet Sue, the abrasive martinet in charge of Marilyn Monroe 's all-girl jazz band, and as the flamboyant Madame Po...

New Netherland ( Dutch : Nieuw-Nederland ) was the 17th century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the northeastern coast of North America . The claimed territory was the land from the Delmarva Peninsula to southern Cape Cod . The settled areas are now part of the Mid-Atlantic states of New York , New Jersey , and Delaware , with small outposts in Connecticut and...

Juan Rodriguez [1] [2] [3] (Dutch: Jan Rodrigues , Portuguese : João Rodrigues ) was the first documented non-indigenous inhabitant to live on Manhattan Island . [4] As such, he is considered the first non-native resident of what would eventually become New York City . As he was born in the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo , the first colony of Spain , to a Portuguese sailor and a West African w...

Alyssa Jayne Milano  (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress, singer and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in  Who's the Boss?  (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini in  Melrose Place  (1997–1998),  Phoebe Halliwell  in  Charmed  (1998–2006), Billie Cunningham in  My Name Is Earl  (2007–2008), Savannah "Savi" Davis in  Mistresses  (2013–2014), Renata Murphy in  Wet Hot Americ...

The  Cèllere Codex  (officially,  Del Viaggio del Verrazzano Nobile Fiorentino al Servizio di Francesco I, Ri de Francia, fatto nel 1524 all'America Settentrionale , also   Morgan MS. MA. 776 ) [1]  is one of three surviving copies of a manuscript letter sent by  Giovanni da Verrazzano  (1481–1528) in 1524 to King  Francis I of France  describing the former's navigation of the  East Coast...

The  history of New York City  has been influenced by the prehistoric geological formation during the  last glacial period  of the territory that is today  New York City . The area was shortly inhabited by the  Lenape ; after initial European exploration in the 17th century, the Dutch established  New Amsterdam  in 1624. In 1664, the British conquered the area and renamed it "New York"PICTURE: By...

John Ventimiglia  ( /vɛntɪˈmiːljə/ , Italian:  [ventiˈmiʎʎa] ; born July 17, 1963) [1]  is an American actor. He portrayed  Artie Bucco  in the  HBO  television series  The Sopranos  and had a recurring role as  Dino Arbogast , an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the  NYPD , on the American  police procedural /drama series  Blue Bloods  on  CBS .PICTURE: By Greg2600 - John Ventimiglia, CC...

Julianna Margulies  ( /ˈmɑːrɡʊliːs/ ; born June 8, 1966) [1]  is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as  Carol Hathaway  in the  NBC  medical drama series  ER  (1994–2000; 2009), for which she received a  Primetime Emmy Award  and six  Screen Actors Guild Awards , in addition to four  Golden Globe Award  nominations....

The  New York Courier and Enquirer , properly called the  Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer , was a daily broadsheet  newspaper  published in  New York City  from June 1829 until June 1861, when it was merged into the  New York World . Throughout its existence it was edited by newspaper publisher  James Watson Webb . It was closely connected with the rise and fall of the United States  Whig Pa...

Freedom's Journal  was the first  African-American  owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. [1] [2]  Founded by Rev. John Wilk and other free Black men in New York City, it was published weekly starting with the March 16, 1827, issue. [3]   Freedom's Journal  was superseded in 1829 by  The Rights of All , published between 1829 and 1830 by  Samuel Cornish , the former...

Betty Joan Perske  (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), known professionally as  Lauren Bacall  ( /bəˈkɔːl/ ), was an American actress. She was named the  20th-greatest female star  of classic Hollywood cinema by the  American Film Institute  and was one of the last surviving major stars from the  Golden Age of Hollywood  cinema. [2]  She received an  Academy Honorary Award  in 2009 in recognit...

The New York Observer  was a weekly newspaper established in 1987. In 2016, it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper  Observer . [6]  The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment and publishing industries. PICTURE: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer

Jamie-Lynn Sigler  (born May 15, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as  Meadow Soprano  on the  HBO  television series  The Sopranos  from 1999 to 2007.PICTURE: By MgCupcake - MgCupcake, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3206579

Genaro [nb 1]  Anthony Sirico Jr.  ( /sɪˈriːkoʊ/   sih-REE-koh ; July 24, 1942 – July 8, 2022) [nb 2]  was an American actor. Often cast as a  mobster , he is known for portraying  Paulie Gualtieri  in  The Sopranos . Born in  Brooklyn  to an  Italian-American  family, Sirico had a tumultuous early life marked by multiple arrests and periods of  imprisonment  for crimes including  robbery ,  assau...

Michael Imperioli  (Italian:  [impeˈrjɔːli] ; born March 26, 1966) [1]  is an American actor. He is best known for his role as  Christopher Moltisanti  in the  HBO  crime drama series  The Sopranos  (1999–2007), which earned him the  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series  in 2004. In the early part of his career, Imperioli played the role of Spider in  Goodfellas...

The Indypendent  is a progressive newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is published monthly, distributed worldwide and is available for free throughout  New York City  and online. It currently prints 30,000 copies per issue, covering local, national and international news, food, cinema and culture. Reader donations comprise the bulk of  The Indypendent 's funding. PICTURE:...

The Epoch Times  is a  far-right [1]  international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with  Falun Gong , a  new religious movement . [9] [10] [11] [12]  The newspaper, based in New York City, is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates  New Tang Dynasty  (NTD) Television. [13]   The Epoch Times  has websites in 35 countries and is blocked in  mainland China . [14] The...

The  Columbia Daily Spectator  (known colloquially as  Spec ) is the student-run newspaper of  Columbia University . Founded in 1877, it is the second-oldest continuously operating college news daily in the nation after  The Harvard Crimson , and has been legally independent from the university since 1962. It is published at  120th Street  and  Claremont Avenue  in  New York City . During the acad...

Edith Falco  (born July 5, 1963) [1]  is an American actress. A prominent figure in American television, she is known for her roles on stage and screen and has received  numerous accolades  including four  Primetime Emmy Awards , two  Golden Globe Awards , and five  Screen Actors Guild Awards , as well as a nomination for a  Tony Award . She is the most nominated performer in the Screen Actors Gui...

Lorraine Bracco  (Italian:  [ˈbrakko] ; born October 2, 1954) is an American actress best known for her performance as psychiatrist  Jennifer Melfi  on the  HBO  crime drama series  The Sopranos  (1999–2007) and for her breakthrough role portraying  Karen Hill  in the  Martin Scorsese  film  Goodfellas  (1990). Bracco began her career modeling in  France  and appeared in Italian-language films in...

Talking Heads  were an American  rock  band formed in  New York City  in 1975. [2]  It consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist  David Byrne , drummer  Chris Frantz , bassist  Tina Weymouth , and guitarist and keyboardist  Jerry Harrison . Described as one of the most acclaimed groups of the 1980s, Talking Heads helped to pioneer  new wave  music by combining elements of  punk ,  art rock ,  funk...

King Harvest  was a 1970s French-American  rock  band which was formed initially in  Ithaca, New York , U.S., but broke up and reformed in  Paris  where they began recording their first songs. [1]  They are known for their 1972  hit  " Dancing in the Moonlight ". They took their name after the 1969 song " King Harvest (Has Surely Come) " by  The Band , one of their musical infl...