All About Eve

All About Eve is a 1950 drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.


1967 US re-release film poster

The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, a willingly helpful young fan who insinuates herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. Gary Merrill, George Sanders, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter also appear, and the film provided one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest important roles.

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Praised by critics at the time of its release, All About Eve was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, the largest number of Academy Award nominations for any film, and won six, including Best Picture. Widely regarded as a classic in cinema history, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990, and appeared on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century.

USS New York Set for Christening

The USS New York is now stationed in Avondale, La., where the christening ceremony is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Central time, according to Northrop Grumman, the ship's manufacturer.


USS NewYork story

USS New York (LPD-21), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New York. The ship is designed to deliver a fully-equipped battalion of 700 Marines.

Shortly after 11 September 2001, Governor of New York George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy Gordon England requesting that the Navy bestow the name USS New York on a surface warship involved in the War on Terror in honor of September 11's victims. In his letter, the Governor said he understood state names are currently reserved for submarines, but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship. The request was approved 28 August 2002.

Oddly enough, a previous holder of the name, USS New York (BB-34), had its keel laid on September 11, 1911, exactly 90 years to the day before the WTC was attacked.

Roger Von Bergendorff: Las Vegas Ricin Man

The man hospitalized in Las Vegas after possible exposure to the deadly toxin ricin is Roger Von Bergendorff, according to a man who says he is Von Bergendorff’s cousin.
Thomas Tholen tells The Associated Press his cousin is -- quote -- “holding his own” at a hospital in intensive care.


RICIN found in Las Vegas Motel

Tholen says he’s not ready to talk about Von Bergendorff or the discovery Thursday of several vials of ricin at his cousin’s extended-stay motel room.

Tholen is from Riverton, Utah, near Salt Lake City. He arrived in Las Vegas after Von Bergendorff was hospitalized Feb. 14 in critical condition.

Police are trying to piece together how the rare deadly poison with no antidote ended up at the motel several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip.

Adding to the mystery, police say firearms and an “anarchist type textbook” were found in the same room where the ricin was discovered.