In 1920, a woman was fished out of a lake claiming to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. Did the princess really escape death or was it the ramblings of a madwoman? Getty ImagesPhoto of the Romanov family with Grand Duchess Anastasia seated far right.
The reign of the Romanov family ended in diametric contract to the pastel world of palaces and finery it had spent 300 years ruling. During the Russian Revolution, the imperial family’s house arrest in Siberia ended when a firing squad shot the Tsar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duke Alexei, and Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia to death on July 17, 1918. Read More...
A heartbreaking image of a starving Sudanese child trying to reach a feeding center as a vulture watches, "The Vulture And The Little Girl" is one of the most controversial pictures in the history of photojournalism.Kevin Carter/Wikimedia Commons “The Vulture and the Little Girl,” a 1993 photograph by Kevin Carter, actually depicts a boy named Kong Nyong.
In 1993, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter visited Sudan in the midst of a deadly famine. Read More...
Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke star in Netflix apocalyptic thriller 'Leave the World Behind' Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke star in Netflix's new apocalyptic thriller "Leave the World Behind."
CHICAGO - Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke star in Netflix's new apocalyptic thriller "Leave the World Behind."
But long before the two co-starred in this new movie together, their careers kicked into high gear around the same time. Read More...
