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AnnaSophia Robb Biography

actorBorn: December 8, 1993Birthplace: Denver, ColoradoBest Known as: Violet Beauregarde in 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory While AnnaSophia may have…

Harvey Weinstein

producerBorn: 1952Birthplace: Queens, New York With brother Bob, founded Miramax films in 1979, and their taste for intelligent, often demanding, cinema has brought the arthouse sensibility into…

Jane Russell

(Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell)actressBorn: 6/21/1921Birthplace: Bemidji, Minnesota Beautiful, dark-haired, big-boned actress with a direct personality, she is known as much for her lingerie…

Gould, George Jay

(Encyclopedia) Gould, George JayGould, George Jayg&oomacr;ld [key], 1864–1923, U.S. railroad owner, b. New York City; son of Jay Gould. He was associated with his father, inherited all the…

Manning, Peyton Williams

(Encyclopedia) Manning, Peyton Williams, 1976–, American football player, b. New Orleans. Part of a National Football League quarterback dynasty (his father, Archie, led the New Orleans Saints; his…

Gabrielle Anwar

actressBorn: 2/4/1971Birthplace: Laleham, England As the daughter of a film producer and an English actress, you might say that the beautiful lady had little choice but to become an actress. Her…

Charters, Samuel Barclay

(Encyclopedia) Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929–2015, American musical historian and author, b. Pittsburgh. In the 1950s he studied jazz and blues in New Orleans and traveled through the South, where…

Mazursky, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Mazursky, Paul (Irwin Lawrence Mazursky), 1939-2014, American film director, screenwriter, and actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn…

Elizabeth Dole: Stumping for Herself

CAMPAIGN 2000 | THE CANDIDATESElizabeth DoleBreaking down gender barriers by Beth Rowen Elizabeth Dole has been appointed by three presidents to high-level executive positions.This article…