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Shannen Says is an eight-episode American reality television series broadcast on WE TV in 2012. The show focuses on the preparations for the wedding of actress Shannen Doherty (pictured) and photographer Kurt Iswarienko, with help from celebrity-wedding planner David Tutera. Filmed in Malibu, California, in 2011, Shannen Says was developed by Doherty and Iswarienko as a way to document the stress a couple experiences while planning their wedding. It was produced by RelativityReal and Doherty's production company No Apologies Productions. To prepare for filming, Doherty watched reality shows by Tori Spelling and Kim Kardashian. The series was released on the iTunes Store and Amazon Video, but it was not made available on DVD or Blu-ray. The show had low viewership and ranked below most other programs when it premiered, but it had some popularity among women between the ages of 25 and 54. Shannen Says and Doherty received mixed reviews. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that Sarah Pike Conger (pictured) helped defend the international legations during the Boxer Rebellion by making sandbags and carrying supplies?
- ... that Regine Velasquez had to audition for composer Michel Legrand before collaborating in the concert Songbird Sings Legrand?
- ... that Joseph-Alfred Archambeault threatened to excommunicate a writer who criticised the Catholic Church's opposition to the theory of evolution?
- ... that New Galloway Town Hall's clock mechanism was replaced in 1872 because the original was "utterly worthless as a time keeper"?
- ... that political philosophy professor Werner J. Dannhauser was the basis for a character in a Saul Bellow novel?
- ... that shareholders who object to some transactions can use appraisal rights to make the company buy their shares?
- ... that Kanye West recorded "Everything We Need" as a new version of his leaked track "The Storm"?
- ... that Roman slave miners would rather die than work in the horrible working conditions of the mines?
In the news
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- The Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, England.
- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Luzon in the Philippines, killing 10 people and injuring at least 394 others.
- In cycling, Jonas Vingegaard (pictured) wins the Tour de France.
- The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
On this day
August 1: Lughnasadh and Imbolc in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Buwan ng Wika begins in the Philippines
- 527 – Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.
- 1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.
- 1984 – Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.
- Maria Mitchell (b. 1818)
- Herman Melville (b. 1819)
- Kurmanbek Bakiyev (b. 1949)
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On 3 September 1939, at the start of the Second World War, the United Kingdom had 2 armoured, 24 infantry, and 7 anti-aircraft divisions. A division was a self-contained formation that possessed all the required forces for combat, which was supplemented by its own artillery, engineers, communications and supply units. In September, the British Army stated that 55 divisions (a mix of armoured, infantry and cavalry) would be raised to combat Germany. The UK would provide 32 of these formations and the remainder would be raised by the Dominions and India. In 1941, this goal was adjusted to 57 divisions, with the UK to provide 36. By the end of 1941, the UK had met its quota. During the war, 85 divisional formations were raised but did not all exist simultaneously and not all of them were combat formations. The 85 divisional formations included 2 airborne, 12 anti-aircraft, 11 armoured, 1 cavalry, 10 coastal defence (known as County Divisions) and 49 infantry divisions. At the end of the war, in 1945, the British Army had 24 divisions. (Full list...)
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The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. The painted buttonquail is native to Australia. Its range extends from Queensland southwards to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. A separate population is present in the southwestern part of Western Australia. The subspecies T. v. scintillans is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of islands off the west coast of Australia. This painted buttonquail was photographed in the Castlereagh Nature Reserve near Sydney, New South Wales. Photograph credit: John Harrison
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