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!.
The bustle of the newsroom is a mere backdrop for self-involved characters to give talky speeches and taunt each other. Aaron Sorkinâs Cable Crackup: Why His HBO Series Is a Snooze Howard Kurtz June 21, 2012. There is much purposeful hustle and bustle but tasks go uncompleted; confusion reigns.