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Michael Dadich from Aftermath was an American author born in 1969. He was best known for his books, The Silver Sphere and The Cistern Mission: a short story, both of which relatively brought him into the limelight. Dadich was 51 years old when he died of a brain aneurysm on June 23, 2020. The producers of the horror film Aftermath dedicated the movie to Dadich, and the gesture drew attention...

Blacklist’s Tobias Core (18 January 1973 - 9 March 2021) was an American production assistant and a crew member on the set of the TV series, The Blacklist. He is different from Clark Middleton (13 April 1957 - 4 October 2020), a 63-year-old American actor who featured in The Blacklist. Clark Middleton passed away in 2020, while Core passed away in 2021. Both of them received tributes during the closing...

Kelly McGillis is still alive and continues to feature in movies and TV series, but her career did not reach the expected heights. She rose to fame in the 80s, portraying unforgettable roles such as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in 1986’s Top Gun alongside Tom Cruise. She went on to appear in a variety of films over the years, including Witness in 1985, The Accused in 1988, and The Babe in...

Tom Cruise was 24 years old in Top Gun 1 and 60 years old in Top Gun 2. This makes for a 36-year age difference, but despite this significant gap, he was the lead star of Top Gun 2, and he proved that he still had the goods. Top Gun 2, better known as Top Gun: Maverick, was both a critical and commercial success. The National Board of Review named...

Kelly McGillis was 29 years old when she featured in Top Gun in 1986. She is presently years old, although she did not feature in Top Gun 2. The actress has added on some pounds. She also has the weathered looks associated with aging and maintains her hair in a functional bob. Kelly McGillis is at peace with how she looks and describes it as age appropriate. Hollywood...

Just in case you have been wondering “why don't people like me?” this article will help you figure out if it is your fault and what you can do about it, or if it is actually other people’s fault that they are too blind to see how much of an awesome human you are. Everyone loves to feel loved or at least liked by the majority of people they...

There are multiple channels through which one can make money from writing, but writing for a living might not make you as wealthy as you desire unless you have what it takes to sell millions of copies of your work across the globe. There are many such writers who are multi-millionaires and a few billionaires. Authors typically make money based on the number of books they sell but the...

In the world of creative arts, Margaret Atwood is one person who has done almost everything from writing novels to poetry, activism, acting, and much more. However, she is famous as a writer more than anything else. In a writing career that has spanned more than five decades, she has had close to a hundred works that cover poetry, novels, non-fiction, ebooks, drawings, graphic novels, and much more. More...

With the publishing of The Patron Saint of Liars in 1992, Ann Patchett launched herself as a professional writer. More than two decades later, the American author has grown into one of the biggest names in the world of storytelling and writing in general with seven novels to her name and six non-fiction. Ann Patchett Biography It was on December 2, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, the United States that Ann...

The world of writing, specifically the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction, will forever be grateful to Ray Bradbury, one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers, who according to The New York Times was the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream. The author and screenwriter, who in 2007 received a Pulitzer Citation, is best known for writing...

Following the likes of former United States President Barack Obama and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian President Vladimir Putin is another example of a leader who practically came from nothing to become one of the most powerful people in the world. The former KGB agent went from being a Russian intelligence officer to entering politics, rising from small city political positions to getting appointed as a Prime Minister...

In the crossroads of sports and novel writing, there is no other person who has been able to have as huge an impact as Frank Deford, the longtime Sports Illustrated magazine writer. In his over five-decades-long career, the six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and two-time Magazine Writer of the Year, wrote 18 books, nine of which were novels. His outstanding achievements and contributions to the journalism world further...

In the 1960s and 1970s, an era when heavyweight boxing was the most competitive it had ever been in a long time thanks to the presence and ability of boxers like Jimmy Elis, Buster Mathis, and Jerry Quarry, Joe Frazier was one of the frontrunners of the division. The boxer, who was known for his strength, durability, punching power, and relentless fighting pressure, achieved an undisputed heavyweight champion status,...

With the release of her first novel White Teeth in 2000, Zadie Smith immediately made the world fall in love with the novelist, essayist, and short story writer that she is. Close to two decades, five more novels, and many short stories later, the English writer still maintains her place as the beloved writer of many. Smith has become a bestselling author with many awards to her name, but...

Joshua Hammer is an American journalist whose career has seen him spend many years in Berlin, Germany as a correspondent for various media outfits. In addition, he is also a published author with several books to his name. In a career that has spanned more than two decades, Hammer has worked for and contributed to Newsweek Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, and other highly regarded media outfits....

After first harboring the hopes of attending law school and making something out of her law degree, Susan Orlean abandoned that career path to do something she said she always wanted to do. The Ohio native had longed to become a writer of long stories about interesting things rather than news stories about short-lived events, and as things would pan out, she has been able to go ahead and...

Christopher Hitchens was a prolific writer who authored many books on a lot of things including philosophy and religion. He was also a media personality, an orator, and critic whose work in the area of literature, religion, and social critiquing gained fame for him in different parts of the world. With both English and American citizenship, he had already had more than 30 books which he had written, co-authored, or...

To some people, Tom Bissell is just another geek who has a natural way with words and is able to earn a living as a journalist and writer. This is because the 2010 Guggenheim Fellow has extensively written about the importance of video games in newspapers like The New Yorker, and also contributed to the scripts of such games like Gears of War: Judgment (2013), Battlefield Hardline (2015), Uncharted...

Barbara Ehrenreich is a veteran American journalist and political activist who built a reputation as a muckraker; someone who attacked established institutions and leaders. The self-described myth buster is also a celebrated columnist, essayist, and author whose work has appeared in various publications across the country. She is, however, best known for writing non-fiction stories like Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) and Bait and...

In its history, America has some of the most famous poets and writers around the world. Some of these have not only impacted on the art as it is, but they have also changed it and given it an entirely new form with styles and approaches that have never been seen before their time. With each passing generation in American history,  we are graced by writers and poets who have...

Known for her highly opinionated and comical reviews that differed greatly from those of her peers, American film critic Pauline Kael was certainly ahead of her time as she was one of the most influential film critics of her era. Her distinctive writing style and influence can greatly be seen today in the work of film critics like David Edelstein of New York Magazine, Elvis Mitchell, A. O. Scott...

It seems farfetched to comprehend but some of the best journalists in the world today do not have degrees in the field. That is exactly the case of American journalist David Leonhardt, who is best known as a columnist for The New York Times. The Yale University graduate has held several ranking positions in the organization and has been recognized on multiple occasions by his peers for his outstanding...

After having made the rounds as a reporter for various newspaper outlets across the United States, and then as a writer for the renowned sports magazine, Sports Illustrated, award-winning writer Thomas Lake has been able to find a home at CNN Digital, where he has been able to continue to show the excellent writing ability that earned him praise and recognition from his peers. Read on to find out...

Named by The Times in 2008 as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, Martin Amis is a novelist best known for writing Money (1984), London Fields (1989), and Yellow Dog (2003). The James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipient, who has twice been listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction, has also dabbled into screenwriting, with notable works like Saturn 3 (1980) and London Fields (2018) to...

When Steve Jobs died in 2011, the world seemed to stop moving for a while. This was because almost everyone felt connected to him in a way or two, from those making use of MacBook to iPhone, iPad, and many other things he contributed in inventing. Described as one of the greatest inventors to have ever lived, Jobs, in his 56 years changed a lot about technology, so much...