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GLAAD Media Awards winners
- MadonnaMadonna Louise Ciccone arrived in New York City in 1978 with thirty-five dollars in her pocket. It was the first time she had ever flown on a plane or ridden…
- Ian McKellenIan McKellen was nine years old when his main Christmas present arrived: a fold-away wood and bakelite Victorian theatre from Pollocks Toy Theatres, complete…
- Bill ClintonBill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on the 19th of August 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in an automobile…
- The New York TimesThe New York Times has been called "The Gray Lady" for as long as anyone can remember, a nickname that nods to the color of newsprint and to the paper's…
- The Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe hit the streets for the first time on the 4th of March, 1872, priced at four cents. Six Boston businessmen had pooled $150,000 to launch it…
- Variety (magazine)Variety was born from an act of defiance. In 1905, Sime Silverman lost his job at The Morning Telegraph for panning an act that had paid $50 for an…
- Mariah CareyMariah Carey walked into a music executive's party in December 1988 as an unknown backup singer and left without speaking to anyone important.
- NewsweekNewsweek hit newsstands for the first time on the 17th of February 1933, its debut cover featuring seven photographs from the week's news.
- The Denver PostThe Denver Post once had more than 600 journalists working under a single joint agreement with its crosstown rival. Today it runs with a fraction of that…
- USA TodayUSA Today hit newsstands on the 14th of September 1982, priced at 25 cents a copy, in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas.
- Billboard (magazine)Billboard magazine was born on the 1st of November, 1894, in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a trade sheet for the people who pasted advertisements onto walls.
- Roland EmmerichRoland Emmerich was born on the 10th of November 1955 in Stuttgart, West Germany. He grew up in the nearby town of Sindelfingen while his father Hans ran a…