(Encyclopedia) edge cities, term designating commercial complexes that have grown up on the margins of large American cities, a development that dates mainly from the 1970s. The term was coined by…
actorBorn: 6/22/1958Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan TV and film actor known for his work with director Sam Raimi. Campbell's credits include Congo (1995), Tornado (1996) and an uncredited role in…
former child actorDied: January 15, 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: former child actor who played a witness to a mob lawyer's suicide in "The Client…
(Samuel Joel Mostel)actorBorn: 2/28/1915Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York After working as a standup comic, Mostel launched a remarkable career in theater and film. In the 1950s he was blacklisted as…
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2014. See a partial list of the winners below. If you want to view a complete list…
LEFTWICH, Jabez, a Representative from Virginia; born in Bedford County near Liberty (now Bedford), Va., September 22, 1765; attended the rural schools; member of the State house of delegates…
HOSMER, Titus, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in what is now West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., in 1736; was graduated from Yale College in 1757; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…
film director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film, starring Bruce Willis and…
(Encyclopedia) DeLillo, DonDeLillo, Dondəlĭlˈō [key], 1936–, American novelist, b. New York City, grad. Fordham (1958). DeLillo is an accomplished prose stylist with a dark vision and mordant wit. In…
