Profession: Novelist and Playwright
Biography: While Genet started out as a small-time criminal and vagabond, he is best known for his later career as a writer and playwright. Of course, the two are inseparable and one of his best known works is an autobiographical novel: 'The Thief's Journal.'
His writing career began when he wrote his first novel in prison, 'Our Lady of the Flowers.' He took this to Jean Cocteau, to whom he introduced himself and who, impressed with Genet's writing, helped to have his novel published. Read More...
Profession: Assassin
Biography: John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer who is infamous for his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Booth's act marked the first time a sitting U.S. president was assassinated, and his deed significantly altered the course of Reconstruction and the aftermath of the Civil War.
Born into a prominent family of actors in Maryland, Booth was a well-known and charismatic stage performer, having starred in productions in various cities across the United States. Read More...
November 18, 2014 10:15 AM EST
It seems like just about everyone has an opinion about Kim Kardashian’s Internet-“breaking” nude photoshoot for Paper magazine. The reality star herself is no exception.
“I’m never one to preach, but I felt really positive and really good about myself,” she said on the Australian show The Project Tuesday. “I love the photos, I did it for me, I hope other people like them.” Read More...
