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2009 Winter Extreme Games

(Aspen, Colo., Jan. 22–25, 2009) These are the winners of the men's and women's Winter Extreme Games at Aspen, Colorado in 2009. Snowboard: Nate Holland (men's X),…

Frank, Leonhard

(Encyclopedia) Frank, LeonhardFrank, Leonhardlāˈônhärt frängk [key], 1882–1961, German expressionist writer. He gained acclaim with his first novel, The Robber Band (1914, tr. 1928), and it was…

Moses, Grandma

(Encyclopedia) Moses, Grandma (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), 1860–1961, American painter, b. Washington co., N.Y., self-taught. She lived the arduous life of a farm wife, first in the Shenandoah Valley…

Kerr, Judith

(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Judith (Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr), 1923–2019, English children's book author and illustrator, b. Berlin. Her first and most well-known book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea (…

Jodie Foster

(Alicia Christian Foster)actress, director, producerBorn: 11/19/1962Birthplace: Los Angeles Academy Award-winning actress, director and producer whose career in show business began when she…

Beverly Sills

(Belle Silverman)operatic sopranoBorn: 5/25/1929Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Animated coloratura widely regarded as America's greatest soprano. She has appeared as the heroine in more than 50…

Women Saints and Sinners

  Mata Hari Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…

Chow Yun-Fat

actorBorn: 5/18/1955Birthplace: Hong Kong, Lamma Island, China Actor best known to American audiences for his role in The Replacement Killers. John Woo's 1996 gangster movie A Better Tomorrow made…

Fashion Designers

People in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryAdrian, Gilbert, fashion designer Armani, Giorgio, fashion designer Ashley, Laura, fashion designer and manufacturer Balenciaga, Cristóbal…

Gumilev, Nikolai Stepanovich

(Encyclopedia) Gumilev, Nikolai StepanovichGumilev, Nikolai Stepanovichnyĭkəlīˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch g&oomacr;mēlyôfˈ [key], 1886–1921, Russian poet. With his wife, the poet Anna Akhmatova, and…