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.
HBO Receives 126 Emmy Nominations; Jeff Daniels Recognized for The Newsroom. This is the third consecutive year that Daniels has been tapped for his role as Will McAvoy. He previously won in 2013.
Thesp starred in 'Airplane,' 'Naked Gun'. Deadpan comic actor Leslie Nielsen, who started in dramas before finding his fame as a hapless doctor in âAirplane!â and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in the âNaked Gunâ comedies, died Sunday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84. His agent John S. Kelly said he was being treated for pneumonia.