actorBorn: 10/22/1938Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut Emmy Award-winning television and film actor known for his roles as eccentric, spaced-out characters. He played former flower child “Reverend…
actor, directorBorn: 9/25/1952Birthplace: New York City Classically handsome film, stage and television actor who became a movie icon as the title character of Superman (1978). Reeve avoided…
Born: 1819Birthplace: Danville, Pa. Typewriting machine—Publisher and politician Sholes invented the first practical typewriting machine (the name was coined by the Scientific American journal).…
figure skaterDied: January 9, 2008 (North Hills, California) Best Known as: former United States figure skating champion A two-time United States figure skating…
Here are the results for the 2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards, given out January 2, 2010. Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeremy Renner…
(Encyclopedia) Diabelli, AntonioDiabelli, Antonioäntôˈnyō dēäbĕlˈlē [key], 1781–1858, Austrian music publisher. He published works by Beethoven and Schubert and composed the waltz theme of Beethoven'…
(Encyclopedia) Straus, OscarStraus, Oscarôsˈkär shtrous [key], 1870–1954, Austrian composer; studied in Vienna and with Max Bruch in Berlin. After a brief career as conductor he turned entirely to…
writerBorn: 5/6/1942Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina Chilean writer and left-wing intellectual who established himself as a novelist, poet, playwright and critic. His family moved to New York…
2009 Academy Awards | Oscar winners and nominees The 2009 Academy Awards were presented on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners…
