This real-life Titanic passenger’s heart did go on — in a century-old love letter. James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” famously revolved around the romance between Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet’s Rose DeWitt Bukater — two fictional characters created by Cameron himself. But now, a never-before-seen letter has revealed that there actually was a … Read more
It was the old man and the sea of clones. In celebration of renowned author Ernest Hemmingway’s 125 birthday on Sunday, a bar in Key West Florida hosted its annual lookalike competition of the penman. The contest at the local watering hole Sloppy Joe’s Bar, one of the celebrated writer’s favorite hangouts, celebrates what Hemmingway … Read more
A Wisconsin man took home first prize in Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest — 11 years after he first entered the event celebrating the famous writer’s life. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, was crowned “Papa” himself after strutting his white beard and portly stomach across the stage of Sloppy … Read more