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Ben Kingsley

(Krishna Banji)actorBorn: 12/31/1943Birthplace: Yorkshire, England Academy Award-winning polished stage and movie actor whose films include Gandhi (1982), Betrayal (1983), Turtle Diary (1985),…

Joe Mantegna

actorBorn: 11/13/1947Birthplace: Chicago A long-time collaborator with playwright/director David Mamet, Mantegna won accalim for his role in the Broadway production of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross (…

Laura Linney

actressBorn: 2/5/1964Birthplace: New York City Linney's acting career began on the stage. In fact, she was involved in theater almost since birth, working alongside her playwright father, Romulus.…

Entertainment Bios — E

Steve EarleClint EastwoodRoger EbertBuddy EbsenNelson EddyLeon EdelKenneth “Babyface” EdmondsW. D. EdmondsAnthony EdwardsNicole EggertAtom EgoyanBarbara EhrenreichCarmen ElectraErika EleniakJenna…

Wilkinson, Sir Geoffrey

(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, Sir Geoffrey, 1921–, English inorganic chemist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ernst Otto Fischer for their independent research on the organometallic…

Breuer, Lee

(Encyclopedia) Breuer, Lee,1937-2021, American theater director, b. Philadelphia, PA, as Esser Leopold Breuer. Theatrical director and cofounder of experimental theater troupe, the Mabou Mines,…

Joan Allen

actressBorn: 8/20/1956Birthplace: Rochelle, Illinois Film and stage actress whose film credits include Face/Off (1997), The Ice Storm (1997), The Crucible (1996), Nixon (1995), and Searching for…

2006 Olympics: Biathlon, Men's

10–km Sprint     Time1Sven Fischer, GER 26:11.62Halvard Hanevold, NOR 26:19.83Frode Andresen, NOR 26:31.3 12.5–km Pursuit    Time1Vincent Defrasne, FRA 35:20.22Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR +2.…

water gas

(Encyclopedia) water gas, colorless poisonous gas that burns with an intensely hot, bluish (nearly colorless) flame. The gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with very small amounts of…

William H. Macy

actorBorn: 3/13/1950Birthplace: Miami, Florida Macy's acting career began somewhat inauspiciously doing voice-overs for commercials. He had trained under David Mamet at Goddard College in Vermont…