Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeorge Chronas, a Greek author, in his interview (Greek TV Channel ET1, Studio 4 show) reminded me that Beatles said that they were more famous than Jesus. In fact, it was John Lennon who said that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” When did he say so? In his Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSo far I used Ngram to evaluate the fame of 72 actresses and actors. Their fame levels ranged from 0.8 famons, for George Macready, to 60 famons for Bob Dylan (figure 1). Most actresses/actors have fame levels between 0 and 10 famons and between 10 and 20 famons. Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesSearching for actresses and actors more famous than Monroe and Wayne In this post I present the results of the Ngram analysis for six classic Hollywood icons that have been listed in the AFI greatest actors and actresses: Marx Brothers Buster Keaton Sidney Poitier Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Jean Harlow. Read more