Compelling People — Interesting Lives
Thursday
October 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Actors
Colin Hanks is known for television roles including Officer Gus Grimly in Fargo, Alex Whitman in Roswell, Henry Jones in Band of Brothers and Travis Marshall in Dexter, as well as for starring in the 2002 film Orange County.
Tuesday
September 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
Born January 20, 1930, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., became an astronaut in 1963 and was chosen as a member of the three-person Apollo 11 crew that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, fulfilling the mandate of President John F. Kennedy to send Americans to the moon before the end of the decade. Aldrin was the second American to set foot on the lunar surface, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He also established a new record for extravehicular activity, spending five and a half hours outside the spacecraft after he and command pilot James Lovell were launched into space in Gemini 12. In addition, Aldrin lectures throughout the world on his unique perspective of America’s future in space.
Tuesday
September 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Musicians
While still a teenager, Tanya Tucker became a country music icon since first recording Alex Harvey’s classic “Delta Dawn." Since her 1972 debut, Tucker has enjoyed an incredible career that garnered her four Platinum albums, eight Gold albums, several County Music Association award nominations and hit songs such as 1973’s “What’s Your Mama’s Name?” and “Blood Red and Goin’ Down,” 1975’s “Lizzie and the Rainman,” and 1988’s “Strong Enough to Bend.”
Read more on Tanya Tucker Interview: Musings Along the Comeback Trail…
Tuesday
September 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Actors
Dee Wallace is perhaps best known through her appearances in the horror films The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Howling (1981) and Cujo (1983), but her most widely seen role is as Elliott’s mother, Mary, in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Other films include The Stepford Wives, 10, Critters, Alligator II: The Mutation, Invisible Mom, The Frighteners, The House of the Devil, Halloween, Extraordinary Measures, The Lords of Salem, Hansel & Gretel and Love and Mercy.
