In the basement of a Baltimore vault the size of a soccer field, 1 billion dollar coins are just sitting there. Thanks, Congress.
NPR’s Planet Money reporters recently investigated the $1 presidential coin program, which was a Congressional effort to get more $1 coins into circulation while also trying to be educational.
The problem is that nobody really wants them. Well, not nobody. Sixty percent of the coins make it into circulation. Read More...
SAG Awards: The Ensemble
“There is a palpable emotional power that comes from the collective harmony — and the contrasts — within a good ensemble,” says London-based casting director Jina Jay, who has tackled some of 2011’s most impressive ensemble efforts, including two Steven Spielberg films (“War Horse,” “The Adventures of Tintin”) as well as “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “Hanna,” “Coriolanus” and Ireland’s most financially successful indie film to date, “The Guard. Read More...
Full Name: Phylis Lee Isley
Profession: Actress
Nationality: Biography: The Song of Bernadette (1943), Since You Went Away (1944) and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).
Born: March 2, 1919
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Sign: Pisces
Died: December 17, 2009 (aged 90)
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Acting Career 1944-03-02 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win Personal Life 1949-07-13 Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones (30) weds " Read More...
