DAILY FUEL: Spike Lee – “40 Acres and a Mule”
Filmmaker SPIKE LEE was born in Atlanta on this day in 1957 and moved with his family to Brooklyn as a child. After attending Morehouse…
DAILY FUEL: Philip Roth – The Bard of Newark and Beyond
Novelist and short story writer PHILIP ROTH was born in Newark in 1933, and attended public schools before attending Rutgers and Bucknell (BA) and the…
DAILY FUEL: Sutton Foster – Broadway Comet
2 Revisions American actress and singer SUTTON FOSTER was born on this date in 1975 in Statesboro, Georgia, and grew up in Troy, Michigan, leaving…
DAILY FUEL: Nat King Cole – Immortal Stylings
Pianist and singer NAT KING COLE was born in Montgomery, Alabama on this day in 1919 and moved with his family to Chicago when he…
DAILY FUEL: Bernardo Bertolucci Takes Italian Cinema Global
Born in Parma on this date in 1941, Italian film director BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI grew up in an artistic household and began writing at 15. In…
DAILY FUEL: Ry Cooder – Sessions Across an Era
American musician and composer RY COODER was born on this day in 1947, and began playing guitar at age three, attending public schools and, briefly,…
DAILY FUEL: Diane Arbus’ Revelatory Lens
Born to a wealthy family in New York City on this date in 1923, photographer DIANE ARBUS married her childhood sweetheart (photographer and actor Allen…
DAILY FUEL: William J. Glackens – Ashcan Original
Illustrator and realist painter WILLIAM J. GLACKENS was born in Philadelphia on this day in 1870, and “showed a great interest and aptitude for drawing…
DAILY FUEL: Edward Albee – Passionate Theatermaker
Playwright EDWARD ALBEE was born in Washington, D.C. on this date in 1928 and grew up in Larchmont, New York, attending private schools before settling…
DAILY FUEL: Wanda Gág – Children’s Wonder-Worker
American artist and illustrator WANDA GÁG was born in New Ulm, Minnesota on this date in 1893 and had published her first illustrated children’s book,…