A New Orleans Jazz History, 1895-1927. Even before jazz, for most New Orleanians, music was not a luxury as it often is elsewhereâit was a necessity. Throughout the nineteenth century, diverse ethnic and racial groups â French, Spanish, and African, Italian, German, and Irish â found common cause in their love of music.
Edward Herrmann. Edward Herrmann -- perhaps best known for playing Richard Gilmore on  Gilmore Girls  -- died this morning in a hospital in New York. He was 71. Herrmann's family tells TMZ he had been battling brain cancer and had been in ICU for the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Before he was played by Al Pacino, before he was played by Sir Ian McKellen, before he was played by Sir Laurence Olivier, and even before he became one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays, Richard III was King. Famous actors playing Richard III: Al Pacino in Looking for Richard (1996).A horse!A horse! My kingdom for a horse! he most probably did not say, but Richard, Duke of York, whose remains have been found under a car park in Leicester, was definitely King of England, from October 1452 to August 1485.Famous actors playing Richard III: Sir Laurence Olivier in Richard III (1955). horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! he most probably did not say, but Richard, Duke of York, whose remains have been found under a car park in Leicester, was definitely King of England, from October 1452 to August 1485. Famous actors playing Richard III: Sir Laurence Olivier in Richard III (1955).