Earl Bascom was born on 19 June 1906 in Vernal, Utah, as Earl Wesley Bascom. He was an American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor who portrayed his own experiences cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West. He was also an actor,...
Stuart Edge was just 16 years old when he added acting to his list of life goals. He even made an entry about it in his journal. He told Deseret News, “I wrote that at a time where it did not seem like acting was ever a possibility. I did not grow up in a home with...
Peggy Fletcher Stack is an American journalist, editor, and author. She was born in New Jersey as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 July 1951. She is a great-granddaughter of Heber J. Grant, the seventh president of the Church, and a...
Utah author Brandon Sanderson was “really intrigued by the idea of a world where the Dark Lord had won.” In an email interview, he said, “What if Frodo (from Lord of the Rings) had gotten to the end of the long journey through Mordor and the Dark Lord said, ‘Hey,...
T.C. Christensen, the recipient of more than 270 awards at the national and international level, is currently producing a new film, which is due to be released in mid-spring 2019. The movie is entitled The Fighting Preacher. Christensen loves to write movies for and...
Ruth V. Watkins, the first woman president of the University of Utah since it was founded in 1850, was inaugurated the 16th leader of the institution on Friday, 21 September 2018. The ceremony took place at Kingsbury Hall on the University campus in Salt Lake City,...