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Polly Want a Hooker? (Jackson anecdote) The White House has seen its share of memorable pets. Nixon's dog inspired his f...
Nightmare Scenario (Jackson anecdote) General J. E. B. Stuart arrived at Stonewall Jackson's camp late one night and, ...
Young Samuel L. Jackson: Playing War (Jackson anecdote) Even as a kid, Samuel L. Jackson took acting very seriously - maybe a bit too se...
Shelley Jackson's Skin (Jackson anecdote) In 2003, American author Shelley Jackson began "publishing" a short story entitl...
Just Do It? (Lee anecdote) "The value system of black youth is very distorted," Spike Lee declared one day ...
Affirmative Action (Jackson anecdote) In 2001, it came to light that Jesse Jackson had been having an extramarital aff...
Golden Parachute? (Jackson anecdote) In 2001, it came to light that Jesse Jackson had been having an extramarital aff...
Bones (Kelley anecdote) One day DeForest Kelley, famed for his role as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy on "Sta...
Webbed Wonder (Jackson anecdote) One day in May 2003, Michael Jackson donned a Spiderman mask and burst into the ...
Jackson's Duel (Jackson anecdote) Shortly after his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards in 1791, Andrew Jackson wa...
Jackson's Bridge (Jackson anecdote) One day during the Civil War, General Stonewall Jackson's Confederate troops fou...
Jacko's Nose (Jackson anecdote) One evening on "The Tonight Show" Jay Leno announced that Michael Jackson had ha...
Bored Stiff? (Jackson anecdote) On paper at least, the Microsoft trial (for antitrust violations) had all the ma...
Sports Psychology (Jackson anecdote) Phil Jackson was famed for his application of various spiritual practices to the...
Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson anecdote) Despite the vast amount of work involved, director Peter Jackson greatly enjoyed...
Michael Jackson: Artist of the Millennium (Jackson anecdote) At one point during the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (broadcast live from New Yor...
American Dream (Jackson anecdote) "Where else but in America," Red Buttons once mused, "can a poor black man like ...
Number One? (Pollock anecdote) Peggy Guggenheim dedicated herself to Jackson Pollock (who she later called her ...
Shaft? (Jackson anecdote) Samuel L. Jackson was once asked whether his varied roles had a common thread. "...
Curious Habit (Jackson anecdote) In November 2000, Michael Jackson confessed to having kicked a curious habit in ...
Quiche (Jackson anecdote) One evening in 1977, Michael Jackson met a reporter for lunch at an exclusive Fr...
Wacko Jacko (Jackson anecdote) Michael Jackson often entertained young friends at his Neverland Ranch. He spent...
Bizarre (Jackson anecdote) Michael Jackson once complained about the publication of a bogus tabloid story c...
Horatio's Drive (Jackson anecdote) In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jack...
Scary Thought (Jackson anecdote) "Michael Jackson is going to quit touring and concentrate on acting," 'Tonight S...
Reggie Jackson: What an Ass! (Jackson anecdote) One day in October 1978, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the New York Yankees in t...
Bad Review (Jackson anecdote) Prince was no great fan of Michael Jackson's later work. "Michael Jackson's albu...
Peter Jackson: Messy Eater (Jackson anecdote) Director Peter Jackson, famed for his mop of shaggy hair (which he cut himself) ...
Samuel L. Jackson: High School Election (Jackson anecdote) Samuel L. Jackson once ran for president of his class in high school. It was a r...
Michael Jackson: Fingerprints (Jackson anecdote) "The police have found Michael's fingerprints and the 13-year old boy's fingerpr...
Mace Windup? (Jackson anecdote) Shortly after joining the cast of The Phantom Menace, Samuel L. Jackson w...
Canned (Jackson anecdote) Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd often taunted players before key ga...
Professional Abandon (Snead anecdote) Sam Snead was a no-nonsense professional. "I won a lot of tournaments because I ...
Old Hickory (Jackson anecdote) While preparing to attack New Orleans, the British admiral Sir Alexander Cochran...
Neverland Kitsch (Jackson anecdote) During the construction of his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson had a secret gal...
Feeling Romantic? (Jackson anecdote) Before making love to his wife Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson often engaged in a w...
Diplomatic Reception (Jackson anecdote) Michael Jackson once received a letter from President Ronald Reagan commending h...
Wacko Jacko (Jackson anecdote) "OK, Michael Jackson is starting to get weird," Mojo Radio reported one day in 2...
Big Surprise (Jackson anecdote) As a teen heartthrob, "Dawson's Creek" star Joshua Jackson received more than hi...
Countrymen (Jackson anecdote) President Andrew Jackson was once approached by the attractive niece of a certai...
Channeling Timmy (Jackson anecdote) Phil Jackson was famed for his application of meditation and other spiritual pra...
Hurrah for Stonewall (Jackson anecdote) "Jackson had strictly forbidden his men to ride into the fields alongside the ro...
50 Cent Attitude (Jackson anecdote) After the MTV Movie Awards in New York in June 2003, rapper 50 Cent, whose first...
Family Circle? (Jackson anecdote) During the production of The Lord Of The Rings Peter Jackson, the film's ...
Abusive Father (Jackson anecdote) Joe Jackson was the paradigmatic abusive father. When he wasn't waking Michael u...
Janet Jackson: Size Queen (Jackson anecdote) Size, Janet Jackson once declared, really does matter. "I'm a size queen - hones...
Death of General Stonewall Jackson (Jackson anecdote) "If it weren't for Major John Barry, you might be whistling Dixie instead of sal...
Lost Weekend (Jackson anecdote) For years, Roger Strauss's well-staffed home was an extension of the Farrar, Str...
Bad Taste (Jackson anecdote) While Peter Jackson was making Bad Taste (his first film) in 1987, the fa...
Up in Arms (Jackson anecdote) During a visit to Berlin in November 2002, Michael Jackson stepped onto his four...
Baseless Allegation? (Jackson anecdote) Following their loss in the 1919 World Series, eight Chicago White Sox players w...
Mr. October (Jackson anecdote) Famed slugger Reggie Jackson once explained that he enjoyed playing in the post-...
Abandoned Course? (Snead anecdote) One day in 1946, golfer Sam Snead traveled by train to a golf course in Scotland...
Pardon? (Jackson anecdote) In 1830 President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon to a man (George Wilson) who ha...
Michael Jackson, Pedophile? (Jackson anecdote) In February 2003, Martin Bashir's Living with Michael Jackson aired in th...
Jungle Fever (Jackson anecdote) For many years, Samuel L. Jackson refused to listen to his wife's warnings that ...
Stubborn Jackson (Jackson anecdote) In 1828, opponents of Andrew Jackson's presidential ambitions called him a jacka...
Bummer (Jackson anecdote) Michael Jackson "used to keep his weight down with loads of self-administered en...
Michael Jackson: Hollywood Hate List (Jackson anecdote) According to Vanity Fair magazine, Michael Jackson visited Switzerland in...
Oscar Polish (Jackson anecdote) Glenda Jackson won Oscars for her roles in Women in Love (in 1969) and ...
Andrew Jackson: Lucky (Jackson anecdote) While attending a funeral service in the Capitol Rotunda one day, President Andr...
50 Cent (Jackson anecdote) In May 2000, famed rapper 50 Cent was shot nine times (in the face, hand and leg...
Purple Lightsaber (Jackson anecdote) Samuel L. Jackson landed the role of Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels...
Sam Snead & the US Open (Snead anecdote) Incredibly Sam Snead, the winner of more PGA events than anyone in history, neve...
50 Cent Justice (Jackson anecdote) While driving with some friends near Miami Beach one day in February 2004, a Flo...
Michael Jackson: Introducing the Jacksons (Jackson anecdote) In 1976, Janet, Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Randy, Rebbie, LaToya and Michael Jackson ...
Michael Jackson: Bad Tour (Jackson anecdote) In 1987, during his Bad tour, Michael Jackson demanded the simultaneous availabi...
Janet Jackson: Disney Tattoo (Jackson anecdote) Among Janet Jackson's half dozen tattoos? Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse - ...
50 Cent: Minor Condition (Jackson anecdote) After a gig in London in 2004, 50 Cent's bodyguards handed out cards to teenage ...
Samuel L. Jackson: Amateur Golfer (Jackson anecdote) "To be frank, I am as passionate about golf as I am about acting," Samuel L. Jac...
Samuel L. Jackson: All-Star Shopper (Jackson anecdote) Samuel L. Jackson once confessed to owning nearly 300 pairs of sneakers. He also...
Garbage Picker (Browne anecdote) One day in the late 1960s, David Crosby urged a young singer to send a demo tape...
Persuasion (Jackson anecdote) In 1798, notorious rogue Russell Bean created a disturbance outside the courthou...
Stonewall Jackson (Jackson anecdote) So impressed was General Ewell by the gallantry of a certain Federal cavalry off...
Glenda Jackson: Sex Life (Jackson anecdote) "The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry," Glenda Jackson o...
Hairy Situation? (Jackson anecdote) One day a captured enemy sergeant was brought before Stonewall Jackson for quest...
Reggie's Generosity (Jackson anecdote) Reggie Jackson was noted both for his generosity and his vanity. "He'd give you ...
Vatican Visit (Snead anecdote) While passing through Rome in 1961, legendary golfer Sam Snead stopped in at the...
Samuel L. Jackson: Sore Loser (Jackson anecdote) Samuel L. Jackson earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as a hitman in...
Bo Jackson: Crack Response (Jackson anecdote) During a game one day Bo Jackson struck out with two men on base. "I was so angr...
Reggie Jackson's IQ (Jackson anecdote) Mickey Rivers was amazed one day to learn that Reggie Jackson claimed to have an...
Civil War Sabbath (Jackson anecdote) Stonewall Jackson once blamed a failed attempt to destroy the canal leading to W...
Elevation (Jackson anecdote) During the battle of New Orleans in January, 1815, as his artillery hammered the...
Fading Light (Jackson anecdote) During the American Civil War General Stonewall Jackson, in a brilliant military...
Threepenny Actor (Jackson anecdote) After high school, Samuel L. Jackson went to Morehouse College with the intentio...
Mental Problem (Jackson anecdote) In a memorable interview with the BBC's Martin Bashir in February 2003, Michael ...
Do the Right Thing? (Lee anecdote) Spike Lee was not pleased when Do the Right Thing failed to win the grand...
Smelly (Jackson anecdote) While working on his solo album Off the Wall, Michael Jackson stopped bat...
Mental Handicap? (Jackson anecdote) At one point Michael Jackson was visiting Disneyland as often as four times a da...
Crappy Advice? (Jackson anecdote) One year, while suffering from severe depression, Janet Jackson discovered a new...
Surgeon to the Stars (Jackson anecdote) "In Hollywood, California, Dr. Steven Hoefflin, plastic surgeon to the stars, we...
Teri Horton's Abstract Painting (Pollock anecdote) While shopping for a painting for a friend at a local thrift shop one day in 199...
Action Jackson: Dead Meat (Jackson anecdote) "[In 1961] the Chicago mob suspected that William 'Action' Jackson was snitching...
Samuel L. Jackson: Rules Of Engagement (Jackson anecdote) In William Friedkin's Rules Of Engagement (2000), Samuel L. Jackson playe...
Janet Jackson: In Disguise (Jackson anecdote) One day Janet Jackson visited Venice Beach wearing a disguise. "I took my dogs w...
Reggie Jackson: Mr. October (Jackson anecdote) In Game 6 of the 1977 World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles ...
Keith Jackson: Live from Fort Worth (Jackson anecdote) Hall of Fame football broadcaster Keith Jackson was once asked whether he had ev...
Victoria Jackson: SNL Audition (Jackson anecdote) Victoria Jackson once recalled her audition for "Saturday Night Live": ...
The Wiz (Jackson anecdote) Following his appearance as the Scarecrow in The Wiz (Sidney Lumet's Afri...
Black Day (Jackson anecdote) Andrew Jackson was taken prisoner during the American Revolution. His offence? H...
Snead's Swing (Snead anecdote) Sam Snead's unusual croquet-style putting technique once led the game's conserva...
Fore! Eyes (Snead anecdote) The US Masters in April 2002 did not start off as Sam Snead had hoped. His openi...
Snead (Snead anecdote) "Commentators vied with each other to do justice to Snead's action. It was 'like...
Sam Snead (Snead anecdote) In 1937, Sam Snead won his first PGA Tour event in Oakland, California, and was ...
Bullet (Jackson anecdote) In 1813, Thomas Hart Benton and Andrew Jackson were involved in a scuffle which ...
Action Jackson? (Jackson anecdote) In 1995, Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson began receiving complaints that Michae...
Jacko Conspiracy (Jackson anecdote) In July 2002, Michael Jackson accused the music industry of conspiring to bring ...
Stonewall (Jackson anecdote) During the first battle of Bull Run in 1861, the ferocity of the Union onslaught...
LaToya! (Jackson anecdote) Although the name "LaToya" and a French maid outfit would have fit the bill very...
Malcolm S? (Lee anecdote) A reporter with the New York Post once called Spike Lee to confirm rumors...
Samuel L. Jackson & Spike Lee (Jackson anecdote) Following the release of Jackie Brown in 2000, Quentin Tarantino was crit...
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