A pacifist at heart and an inventor by nature, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. However, the invention that he thought would end all wars was seen by many others as an extremely deadly product.
'The Newsroom' Star Alison Pill Is Engaged. The Newsroom may have ended, but one of its stars has a brand new beginning. Alison Pill, who played Maggie Jordan on the HBO series, got engaged to her actor beau Joshua Leonard, 39, at Joshua Tree National Park. Pill, 29, posted their happy pic on Instagram yesterday saying, Let's do this 2015!.
email. There's a new face in the TODAY family! Sheinelle Jones has joined the TODAY team as the news anchor of the weekend program. Jones joins NBC News from FOX in Philadelphia, where she spent nine years serving as a co-host of its Emmy Award-winning show Good Day Philadelphia.. Jones is taking over for Jenna Wolfe, who will be moving to the weekdays as TODAY's first-ever lifestyle and fitness correspondent.