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Vincent D'Onofrio

actorBorn: 6/30/1959Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Talented, far-ranging actor whose cinematic roles have included the combustible new recruit in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987), a young…

Radiohead

musicians Once named On A Friday, the members of Radiohead used to only play together during school vacations. After graduating from college they reunited and renamed the band after a Talking Heads…

Reiner, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020, American comedian, television producer, actor, and film director, b. Bronx, N.Y. The son of a watchmaker,…

Gregg Araki

director, screenwriterBirthplace: New York City Independent filmmaker Araki has established himself as one of the leading voices of gay cinema. Despite the subversive nature of his films, he has…

Art Carney

actorBorn: 11/4/1918Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, New York Carney is best-known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on the various incarnations of The Honeymooners (…

Tim Burton

directorBorn: 8/25/1958Birthplace: Burbank, California Director known for his offbeat, imaginative and often darkly comic films, such as Beetlejuice(1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994…

Johnny Depp

(John Christopher Depp III) actorBorn: 6/9/1963Birthplace: Owensboro, Kentucky Intelligent actor who quickly progressed from stereotypical roles on television and in minor movies to offbeat and…

Members of Congress: Hawaii, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Hawaii Member Name Birth-Death ABERCROMBIE, Neil 1938-  AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina 1924-  BALDWIN, Henry Alexander 1871-1946…

ballad

(Encyclopedia) ballad, in literature and music, short, narrative poem or song usually relating a single, dramatic event. Two forms of the ballad are often distinguished—the folk ballad, dating from…