1. Roald Dahl – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was based on his childhood exposure to chocolate companies such as Cadbury and Rowntree. As a schoolboy he watched them having contests and enforcing strict security measures to insure their chocolate making secrets were not stolen by competitors.
2. C.S. Lewis [...]
Violent Femmes, “Kiss Off”: On the punk-minded Milwaukee folkies’ 1983 self-titled debut, front man Gordon Gano grows this sea monkey of resentment into a middle finger directed at the whole wide world: “One, one, one ’cause you left me/ Two, two, two for my family…” Add it up.
Steven Fromholz, “I Gave Her a Ring, She [...]
#1 Oprah Winfrey
2009 Rank: 2
News that this coming season of The Oprah Winfrey Show will be her last helped the self-made billionaire garner more media attention than any other member of the Celebrity 100. Her Harpo production company, which spawned the careers of Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray and Dr. Oz, will introduce interior designer Nate [...]
25. ‘A History of Violence’ (2005)
Early in the film, when Edie (Maria Bello) dons a cheerleader outfit and engages her husband Tom (Viggo Mortensen) in a 69ing session (the first in a non-porn American film), the act is sweet and tender. The same can’t be said for a second, much more violent session on the [...]