producerBorn: 5/10/1902Birthplace: Pittsburgh Hollywood producer and magnate who was the driving force behind Gone With the Wind (1939). After working for Paramount, RKO, and MGM, he formed…
director, screenwriter, composer, actorBorn: 1948Birthplace: Carlisle, England A former musician with a band and actor in an experimental theater, he wrote, directed, and composed the scores for…
actorBorn: 8/31/1949Birthplace: Philadelphia Handsome albeit sometimes wooden leading man who often portrays unstable or otherwise undesirable characters, with headline-grabbing roles in Looking…
A look at the aristocratic pecking order by David Johnson Emperor Comes from the Latin, "imperator," which was originally a military title. Soldiers would salute the leader of a victorious…
Record of the Year“Another Day in Paradise,” Phil CollinsAlbum of the YearBack on the Block, Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Bros.)Song of the Year“From a Distance,” Julie Gold, songwriterBest New…
(Virginia Wynette Pugh)country singerBorn: 5/5/1942Birthplace: Red Bay, Alabama Country and western singer who gained national recognition with the release of “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968) and “Stand By…
(Aspen, Colo., Jan. 22–25, 2009) These are the winners of the men's and women's Winter Extreme Games at Aspen, Colorado in 2009. Snowboard: Nate Holland (men's X),…
(Encyclopedia) Dresser, Christopher, 1834–1904, British designer, pioneer of modern industrial design, b. Scotland, He moved (1847) to London, where he studied (1847–54) at the Government School of…
(Encyclopedia) Mosley, Walter, 1952–, African-American author, b. Los Angeles. He was a computer programmer until his first novel, the best-selling mystery Devil in a Blue Dress (1990; film, 1995),…
