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The Backstory: Jurassic Park: Revisionism or Just a Great Story?
What Did Steven Spielberg Get Right and What Did He Get Wrong About Real Life Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park? An Eminent Paleontologist Breaks It Down. W…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Home Alone: The Classic That Almost Didn’t Get Made
Home Alone, on a budget of just $18 million dollars, was the highest grossing film of 1990 in the U.S. It has become a holiday classic. But it almost…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Making a Statement With “A Christmas Carol”
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . . inspired by political outrage? That’s the story and it makes sense when you hear what he went through and what…
6 months ago
The Backstory: When Christmas Was About Drinking, Dancing, and Sex
We know all about the Christmas traditions we’ve grown up with, but where did they originate? We celebrate with Christmas trees, cards, lights, visit…
6 months ago
The Backstory: The Worst Winters on Record
It’s the winter solstice this weekend. We have a few months of frosty weather to deal with. But it’s amazing to consider how folks dealt with mountai…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Backstory: The Great Beanie Baby Bubble Bust
It’s the holiday season, a time that brings out our desire to please those we love, particularly the kids in our lives. There’s a red hot toy every y…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Backstory: Inventions That Killed Their Inventors
Every invention begins with a spark—a moment when imagination lights up with the thought of . . possibility. Problem is . . the line between that spa…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: Gothic Horror: Giving Birth to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A combination of fever dreams and cocaine led to one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Robert Louis Stevenson was dying of tuberculosis whe…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: Olympic Athlete to Drug Lord
What Happens When Your Star Doesn’t Burn as Bright as Your Passion? Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding faced that question . . and is now on the FBI’s …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Netflix and the Fall of Blockbuster
50 years ago, Friday nights were all about going to the movie theater. Starting in the 1980s, the weekend plan involved heading to Blockbuster to pic…
6 months, 3 weeks ago