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The '80s was a decade where big hair, big parties and the brat pack ruled Hollywood. Tom Cruise hadn't even heard of scientology, Julia Roberts still wore her hair curly and Meryl Streep rode the New York City subway. Take us back, please? Winona Ryder at the premiere of "Great Balls of Fire" in 1989. Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and Emilio Estevez at the premiere of "In The Custody of Strangers" in 1982. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks at their wedding in 1988. Cyndi Lauper performing in St. Paul, Minn., in 1984. New Kids on the Block in 1989. Julia Roberts and her mother in July 1989. Madonna at the 1985 Live Aid concert. Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray in 1985. Spike Lee and Flavor Flav in September 1988. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in 1989. Molly Ringwald, Michael Anthony Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson on Jan. 1, 1990. Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. at a Michael Dukakis Benefit Cocktail Party in 1988.

Michael Ansara, the actor who played the "Star Trek" Klingon commander Kang in the franchise's TV show, died on Wednesday, July 31. He was 91. The actor died in his home in Calabasas, Calif., after a longterm illness, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His former publicist confirmed the news on August 2. Born in Syria, Ansara came to the U.S. with his parents when he was two years old. He is known as one of the only seven "Star Trek" actors to play the same character on three different versions of the beloved series. His last appearance as Kang was in 1996. His major film roles include parts in the 1953 version of "Julius Caesar," 1961's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" in 1965. He also made many TV appearances on shows like "I Dream of Jeannie," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," and "The Outer Limits." His accomplishments earned him a star on the Hollywood W

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. Anatole France French novelist (1844 - 1924)

Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not  allowed to be buried together. In the Protestant part of this cemetery, J.W.C  van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg, is  buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden, is buried in the Catholic part.  They were married in 1842, the lady was 22 and the colonel was 33, but he was a  protestant and didn’t belong to the nobility. This caused quite a  commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years, the colonel died in  1880 and was buried in the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His  wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the  other side of the wall, which was the closest she could get to her husband. Two  clasped hands connect the graves across the wall. ( Link )

Vessel dates back to Achaemenid Empire in 4th or 5th century BC Had been owned by British family since 1950s until they decided to sell it Sale shocked auctioneers who expected bowl to go for £30,000-50,000 A 2,500-year-old glass bowl from the ancient Persian Empire has been sold for nearly £2,500 at auction. The extraordinary antique has survived upheavals including the wars of Alexander the Great, the arrival of Islam and a string of colonial conflicts. Amazingly, it has remained intact and apparently in near-mint condition ever since it was made in the 4th or 5th century BC. Sold: This ancient Persian bowl went up for auction in London this week and fetched nearly £500,000 The 8in-wide green bowl had been a treasured keepsake for a British family which acquired it in the 1950s. When they decided to sell the beautiful object, auctioneers Bonhams expected it to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000. But at the auction of antiquities in London yesterday, the bowl was sold to an unnam