Hobbits and the twin towers: how The Lord of the Rings helped get us through 9/11

When tentative news began to leak, pre-Y2K, that Kiwi director Peter Jackson was making a live-action Lord of the Rings trilogy, legions of longtime LOTR fans (including me — at age 8, The Hobbit was the first novel I finished) were excited, but our enthusiasm was tempered. For one thing, the casting seemed hard to […]

Trump is ‘far graver threat’ to idea of America than 9/11 attackers, MSNBC host claims

On the seventeenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has called US President Donald Trump a “far graver threat to the idea of America” than the 9/11 attackers. Speaking during his program ‘Morning Joe’ on Tuesday, Scarborough boldly argued that Trump has the potential to do far more damage to the […]

‘AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY’: See newspaper headlines from around the world 24 hours after 9/11

New York Post Tuesday is the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The day after the attacks, newspapers around the world reacted by capturing the sadness, shock, and horror people felt. We compiled front pages from American and international newspapers to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001. The September […]

Photos show the moment President George W. Bush learned of the 9/11 attacks

The U.S. National Archives After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, heart-wrenching images surfaced and stirred the world. Photos released by the US National Archives in 2016 show exactly when President George W. Bush learned the US was under attack. See how Bush responded to what would be the defining moment of his presidency. President George […]

A major South African city is about to run out of water, and officials say it will be the worst disaster since 9/11

wolffpower/Shutterstock Cape Town, a coastal South African city of about 4 million people, is about to run out of fresh water. After three years of persistent drought, the government is warning that “Day Zero” — when it will be forced to turn off most faucets — will be May 11. That’s when reservoirs and water sources […]

‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ Sequel In Jeopardy Due To The Weinstein Company Issues

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was all set to make a sequel to his hit documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, and then The Weinstein Company came crashing down. TWC’s Harvey and Bob Weinstein had originally committed $ 6 million to Moore’s film Fahrenheit 11/9, but in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein and his ouster from the company, […]