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Bobby Darin

(Walden Robert Cassotto)singerBorn: 5/14/1936Birthplace: Singer who began as a teen idol with the rock 'n' roll hit “Splish Splash” (1958). Darin earned popularity with older audiences with the…

Forrest, Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Forrest, Edwin, 1806–72, American actor, b. Philadelphia. He was the first national idol of the American theater. He appeared at 14 as Young Norval in John Home's Douglas and gained…

Valentino, Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Valentino, RudolphValentino, Rudolphvăləntēˈnō [key], 1895–1926, American film actor, b. Italy as Rodolfo Guglielmi. He emigrated to the United States in 1913 and, after a brief career…

Matt Dillon

actorBorn: 2/18/1964Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Talented actor who was able to break the mold of teen idol and develop a career as a serious actor. Early in his career, Dillon was the object…

Jason Priestley

actorBorn: 8/ 28/1969Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Entertaining audiences comes naturally to Jason Priestley. After all, his mother was a ballerina and a former actress and his…

Hedda Hopper

(Elda Furry)actress, gossip columnistBorn: 6/2/1890Birthplace: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania She began her career as a chorus girl on Broadway, where she met and married DeWolf Hopper, a stage…

Top TV Programs, 2009

Find out which network television shows ranked in the top ten for 2009.RankProgramsNetwork% of Homes in U.S. (Rating) 1.American Idol—WednesdayFox14.4 2.American Idol—TuesdayFox13.8 3.Dancing with…

Steinbrenner, George Michael, 3d

(Encyclopedia) Steinbrenner, George Michael, 3d, 1930–2010, American businessman, principal owner of the New York Yankees (1973–2010), b. Rocky River, Ohio, grad. Williams College (B.A., 1952). A…

Pat Garrett

(Patrick Floyd Garrett)lawmanBorn: 6/5/1850Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama Western law man famous for killing Billy “The Kid”, Pat Garrett left his family's plantation in Louisiana in 1869 to…

LeAnn Rimes

country singerBorn: 8/28/1982Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi At age 8, Rimes was a two-week champion on Star Search (1990) and began her phenomenal rise to fame in her early teens. She opened for…