Below are the nominees in the directing category. This is both Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen's seventh nomination for directing. Scorsese won in 2006 for The Departed. Allen won…
actor, directorBorn: 7/1/1952Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The grandson of a Canadian Mountie, he veered away from his study of criminology in college to pursue his interest in acting. He…
(Carlos Irwin Esteves)actorBorn: 9/3/1965Birthplace: New York, New York Though he has worked with big name directors and actors, Sheen has had difficulty building a cohesive career. Having worked…
singer, actorBorn: 9/16/1969Birthplace: New York City Dubbed the “reigning king of salsa” by the New York Times, salsa aficionados consider Marc Anthony more authentic than fellow Latin recording…
KIRK, Andrew Jackson, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Warfield, Martin County, Ky., on March 19, 1866; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of…
(Encyclopedia) Constance, Council of, 1414–18, council of the Roman Catholic Church, some of its sessions being reckoned as the 16th ecumenical council. It was summoned to end the Great Schism (see…
(Encyclopedia) RéRérā [key], island (1991 pop. 13,973), 33 sq mi (85 sq km), Charente-Maritime dept., off La Rochelle, W France, in the Bay of Biscay. The island is largely agricultural; it has…
(Encyclopedia) Inman, Henry, 1801–46, American portrait, genre, and landscape painter, b. Yorkville, N.Y., studied with John Wesley Jarvis. He was a founder and first vice president of the National…
