By Cassie Lee     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Pope Leo XIV[a] (born Robert Francis Prevost;[b] September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected pope in the 2025 conclave on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis.[2] Born in Chicago, Prevost became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine as […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Donovan Jerome Leitch (born August 16, 1967) is an English-born American actor and singer. He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, was a founding member […]

By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Chester Earl Lemon (February 12, 1955 – May 8, 2025) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball, beginning with the Chicago White Sox in 1975, where he played for six years. He was then traded to […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Lacey Dent (May 9, 1939 – May 2, 2025) was an American professional golfer. Dent, who was nicknamed “Big Boy” because of his size and long drives, played professionally for more than 40 years on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. During […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Robin Victory in Europe Strasser (born May 7, 1945) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Strasser’s middle name is a tribute to her being born the day Germany […]

By Cassie Lee   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roma Downey OBE (born 6 May 1960) is an actress, producer, and author from Northern Ireland. She gained recognition for her role as Monica the angel, in the CBS television series Touched by an Angel, which ran for nine seasons. Downey portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in […]

By Cassie Lee     Cinco de Mayo On the fifth of May, we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the commemoration of Mexico’s victory over the French at the Battle of the Puebla in 1862. France’s Napoleon III wanted to establish a French empire in Mexico. On May […]

By Cassie Lee   Jackie Jackson, the founding member of “The Jacksons”, is 74 today. FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Sigmund Esco “Jackie” Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Jackson 5, for which he was inducted into […]

By Cassie Lee       Kentucky Derby America’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby, has been held continuously since 1875 at Louisville, Kentucky, and has become one of the country’s largest civic celebrations (and betting opportunity). Not bad when you consider that the […]

By Bianca Sierra     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Jill Sobule (/ˈsoʊbjuːl/ SOH-bee-ull; January 16, 1959 – May 1, 2025) was an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl“, and “Supermodel” from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ruth Ann Buzzi (/ˈbʌzi/ BUZZY; July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025) was an American actress and comedienne. She appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In from 1968 […]

By Cassie Lee     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Louis Andrew Grammatico (born May 2, 1950), known professionally as Lou Gramm, is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner from 1976 to 1990 and again from 1992 to […]

By Cassie Lee   Month of May May is named for the Roman goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of plants. May Day Ancient spring rites that related human fertility to crop fertility gave birth to most modern May Day festivities. May 1 is the traditional […]

By Cordillia Marvine   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Perry Firestone King (born April 30, 1948) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on television and in films. King received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the television film The Hasty Heart (1983), which is a […]

By Cordillia Marvine   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville […]

By Cordillia Marvine FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Douglas Muir Leno (/ˈlɛnoʊ/ LEN-oh; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC‘s The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2009 when Conan O’Brien took over as host. Beginning in September […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Clement Anthony Burke (/bərk/, BUR-k; né Bozewski; November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025) was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie […]

By Cordillia Marvine   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Peter Moseley (born 27 April 1987) is an English actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010) trilogy, which won him a Kids’ Choice Award, in addition to nominations for a Saturn Award and a Young Artist […]

By Cordillia Marvine   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS   Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, singer, and writer. Burnett played dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, seven Primetime […]