Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, a well-known mathematician today, was married to James Francis Goble. Before the feminist movement, he broke down barriers based on age, ethnicity, and gender with his extremely accurate and meticulous manual computations.
Not every person in this world receives acknowledgment for their contributions. Some after death, while others are permanently unidentified and unnamed. This also holds for real heroes and the encouraging people that surround them. Read More...
Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2. After a campy opening action sequence that must have been ordered up by a studio boob looking for something more “lite,” Chad Stahelski’s shoot-’em-up, hack-’em-up John Wick: Chapter 2 settles into one of the bleakest bloodbaths you’ll see outside an actual war movie. It’s both crazy-violent and funereal, too grim for guiltless kicks, but in its way, quite beautiful. The carnage is abstract, ritualized, like something out of Kabuki theater, where even the most senseless brutality has firm rules of order. Read More...
Highlights Philip Seymour Hoffman's relationship with Mimi O'Donnell was often kept private, but there were some struggles in their relationship revealed after his death. Hoffman expressed his love for O'Donnell in his journals, but also admitted to being in contact with another woman, causing tension in their relationship. O'Donnell has spoken about their relationship, describing a loving and supportive partnership, but also acknowledging Hoffman's addiction struggles and the challenges they faced together. Read More...