[caption id=“attachment_8756” align=“alignright” width=“337”]Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman in Stand by Me (1986)[/caption] Many of us remember with fondness the movie with the same title as that fantastic piece of music, Stand by Me (released in April, 1961). The film premiered in 1986, and kind of gave that song to a whole new generation of music lovers! The movie is a coming of age story for four teenage boys, played by Wil Wheaton (as Gordie), River Phoenix (Chris), Jerry O’Connell (Vern) and Corey Feldman (Teddy). Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_9268” align=“alignright” width=“266”]Michael Landon in 1974[/caption] Little House on the Prairie. Who hasn’t seen this American western drama television series or at least heard about it? About The Ingalls Family living in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, based on the best-selling series of Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Anyway, true to the idea with Journeys of Life, celebrating people in the entertainment industry and anywhere else, here is the cast for the series, in chronological order like always: Continue reading

two among the most popular and likable individuals in the entertainment business in the last century - Marilyn Monroe and **Andy Griffith - **were born on the very same day, on June 1st, 1926? She in Los Angeles, California, he in Mount Airy, North Carolina. We all know of her tragic death - however that took place - in Los Angeles in 1962. She had turned 36 that summer. Griffith died 50 summers later at the age of 86, in Manteo, North Carolina. Continue reading

How many of you are following ABC’s prized television series How to Get Away with Murder? And how many of you have been left with the feeling of wanting for more the second you realize the episode you’re just been watching is ending, what with all those pretty awesome cliffhangers? It’s that good, and continues to hold us under its spell. So here is something for us fans, à la Journeys of Life: the cast of How to Get Away with Murder! Continue reading

This article is about sets of brothers who rose to fame. As actors, directors, authors, musicians, politicians, what have you. It is intriguing to look for resemblances between members of the same family - their mannerisms, voices, gaits, and of course their looks. And between members of the same gender, it can be even more intriguing. So let’s go through some well-known sets of brothers here, from the year 1441 onward! Continue reading

It is Halloween today folks so this topic is hot! Some of us are fans, some of us would never choose to read a book of this genre or to watch a movie based on one. We talk about horror - which actually is a pretty wide genre. The more graphic it gets, the less likely it may be that one likes it, especially the really graphic ones. The more psychological it gets, the closer it gets to thrillers. Continue reading

Welcome to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. Let’s start with something fun! Some Disney characters, and more precisely, the three nephews of Donald Duck. How do you say Huey, Dewey and Louie in some other languages? Would you expect them to be like in English, or just something that would sound just as fun? Let’s see! Let’s take first the country of origin, the United States. Continue reading

If you’d like to start with a new TV-series that you haven’t seen yet, Tyrant is definitely something worth recommending. The first episode aired in the United States back in 2014, but it doesn’t get antiquated. Not with the way things keep going in the Middle East. The premise of this series is that Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed, a married pediatrician living in the United States, with son and daughter, is also the son of a Middle-Eastern tyrant. Continue reading

A career as a stand-up comedian must be pretty hard. Having to find good material for a live audience, and to do that on a constant basis. Yet there are hundreds of people doing that for living, at least part of their professional lives. The list below shows some of them. If there is a name missing that you would like to have added, please leave a comment. Having said that, the list is being updated from time to time. Continue reading

Survivor is one of the favorite shows of many of us, and definitely of this blogger. As you may know, there are several Survivor series around the world; this article deals solely with the American version. And this one has long been coming: a list of all the Survivor Winners. But since probably not all of you have seen all the seasons, it is time to give a definite S P O I L E R A L E R T ! Continue reading

If you ever dreamed of spending your golden years somewhere warm together with your best friends, then this is the sitcom to watch: The Golden Girls created by Susan Harris. Set in the sunshine state of Florida, this show is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon! Here of course we go through the cast that I’m fairly sure many of you remember. And although with the passing of Betty White in New Year’s Eve 2021 all of them have now passed away, luckily for us they can forever entertain us on the screen. Continue reading