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!.
26. Being killed in a 1995 episode of Law & Order wasnât exactly the breakthrough role Chris Messinaâstar of The Mindy Project and The Newsroom âneeded. But it didnât prevent him from appearing on the show on two more occasions in the next eight years (in different roles, obviously).