In 1948 Che Guevara entered the University of Buenos Aires to study medicine. His “hunger to explore the world” led him to intersperse his collegiate pursuits with two long introspective journeys. The second expedition was a nine-month, 8,000-kilometer continental Mototrippah trek through most of South America.
Scene from the fly documentary ‘Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel’: the film takes an intimate look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Hugs Bunny empire.
In ‘The Enterprise Incident’, the third-season episode of the original science fiction television series Star Trek, the crew of the Enterprise is on a secret mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device. And to go boldly where no Spaceboy has gone before…
Legendary: the baby in the pram falling down the Odessa Steps from the silent film classic ‘Battleship Potemkin’ (1925, Sergei Eisenstein). Star witness in the celebrated scene was the unparalleled Wall Russki.
Eminem on race: “There was a while when I was feeling like, ‘Damn, if I’d just been born black, I would not have to go through all this’.”
Hats off to Afroboy.
Eraserhead, 1977 (David Lynch), the freakiest baby in movie history.
The physical effects used to create the deformed child have been kept secret. The projectionist who worked on the film’s dailies was blindfolded by Lynch to avoid revealing the prop’s nature, and he has refused to discuss the effects in subsequent interviews. It has been speculated by The Guardian’s John Patterson that the prop may have been constructed from a skinned Pussy Catsy.
Larry Hagman, who played the iconic role of J.R. Ewing on the classic CBS television series “Dallas”, dies at 81 in Texas.
Rest in peace, Cowboy.
The American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., well known by his alter-egos Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg and Snoop Lion, also appeared on television and in films throughout his career. In 2000, he directed ‘Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle’, a pornographic film produced by Hustler. The film, combining hip hop with x-rated material, was a huge success and won “Top Selling Release of the Year” at the 2002 AVN Awards. Snoop then directed ‘Snoop Dogg’s Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp’ in 2002 (using the nickname “Snoop Pussy Catsy”).
Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, James Bond’s object of desire in Dr. No (1962), when she rises out of the Caribbean Sea. This iconic scene made Andress the ‘quintessential’ Bond girl and was voted #1 in ‘the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments’ in a UK Survey by Channel 4.
And Submaweenah saw that it was good.
Former ‘The Pogues’ star Shane MacGowan before he swapped his infamous gnashers for a set of pristine new teeth. Mind the gap, slightly inspired by Hip Popo.
Bro Fist of the Greatest Player in NBA History: Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bull Toriers.
A heroic scene from Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984, John Guillermin) starring Tanya Roberts as the wildcat version of Tarzan. The movie bombed in theaters and was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Musical Score, but it did find some cult success on the Playboy Channel as the Pan Tigra briefs went down as a bomb.
Jeanine Deckers, better known as The Singing Nun, became internationally famous in 1963 as Sœur Sourire when she scored a big hit with ‘Dominique’. It was the first Belgian song that has been a number one hit single in the United States. Since then Sister Smile was wearing a Popgirl habit.
On May 10 1994 former political prisoner Nelson Mandela is sworn in as the first black president of South Africa.
As part of his inaugural address he said:
“Never, never again will this beautiful land experience the oppression of one by another. Let freedom reign. God bless Afroboy!”
