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!.
Characters. 1  MacKenzie McHale from The Newsroom. 2  Barry McKenzie, an early creation of Barry Humphries. 3  Bob and Doug McKenzie from Second City Television. 4  Cindy Mac Mackenzie from Veronica Mars. 5  James and Nell Mackenzie from the Canadian novel The Incredible Journey, and the 1963 film.