Search

Search results

Displaying 91 - 100

William Holden

(William Beedle, Jr.)actorBorn: 4/17/1918Birthplace: O'Fallon, Illinois Academy Award-winning film actor whose early virile appeal deepened into rich characterizations. His films include Sunset…

Carnival (Brazil)

Brazil’s most popular and festive holiday is Carnival. In fact, many people consider Carnival one of the world’s biggest celebrations. Each spring, on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, the…

Elephant Diets

The Question: How much food does an elephant typically eat in one day? The Answer: Most elephants in the wild will eat between 300 and 500 pounds of vegetation and drink 50 gallons of water…

Congreve, William

(Encyclopedia) Congreve, William, 1670–1729, English dramatist, b. near Leeds, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied law in the Middle Temple. After publishing a novel of intrigue,…

Geometry: Polyhedra

PolyhedraGeometryThe Next Dimension: Surfaces and SolidsPrismsPyramidsCylinders and ConesPolyhedraSpheresPlatonic Solids A polyhedron is a three-dimensional version of a polygon. Recall that a…

Jerry Lee Lewis

rock musicianBorn: 9/29/1935Birthplace: Ferriday, Louisiana Rock musician, often presented as the dark, wild side of Elvis Presley, known for his flamboyant, slamming piano playing and…

Mickey Rourke

(Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.)actorBorn: 9/16/1956Birthplace: Schenectady, New York The poor Miami neighborhood where Rourke was raised helped craft his tough looks and demeanor. His intensity was…

Jonathan Demme

director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 2/22/1944Birthplace: Baldwin, New York Having entered into feature-film making in the early 1970s, he is noted for the fast-paced, edgy style of some of his…

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

(Jonathan Weiss)actorBorn: 9/08/1981Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Before winning a role on the television series Home Improvement (1991–1998), Thomas worked as a model and appeared in The…

Herbert Muschamp Biography

writerDied: Oct. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: architecture critic for the New York Times Well-known architecture critic and writer for the New…