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Eric Bogosian

actor, playwright, monologuist Born: 1953Birthplace: Woburn, Massachusetts As performance artist, he is known especially for his witty and satiric one-man shows chronicling modern culture. He…

Hugh Downs

TV personalityBorn: 2/14/1921Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Radio announcer who became a popular TV personality when he joined Jack Paar's The Tonight Show (1957–62). An erudite man who wowed audiences…

Top 10 DVD Sales, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Cars The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe…

Alan Hollinghurst Biography

writerBorn: 1954Best Known as: award-winning and controversial British author Birthplace: Gloucestershire, England Alan Hollinghurst won the Man Booker Prize…

King Nebuchadnezzar

The Question: I am searching for "King Nebedkenezer", but I'm uncertain of the spelling. When I search your site everything about kings appeared except what…

Brynn's Time Travel Essay

Brynn Proudly Signs the Declaration of Independence   Related Links American Revolution How to Write a Five…

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine,…

Many Moons

Earth's Moon is a small ball of gray rock revolving 239,000 miles around Earth. It is just one of many in the solar system. The Moon has no air and no water. It is about one-fourth as large as…

NFL Football Preview - AFC Central

AFC Central Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart will be scrambling to get his Steelers deeper into the playoffs this year. As they have for the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers and…

Slaves in the Family

Reckoning with Slavery Edward Ball received the National Book Award for Slaves in the Family, an exploration of the shared experience of masters and slaves in his family's plantation past.…