musicianBorn: Oct. 4, 1927Birthplace: New York City A pianist during the bebop era, he played and recorded with many jazz greats, including Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, and Miles…
directorBorn: 8/16/1954Birthplace: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada If he does nothing else, Cameron will always be remembered as the Oscar-winning director of Titanic (1997), the top-grossing film of…
composer, musician, director, actorBorn: 5/14/1952Birthplace: Dumbarton, Scotland A video and performance artist and the leader of the influential '80s rock group the Talking Heads, he turned to…
The 85th Academy Award Best Actress Nominees Check out the bios on the nominees, from nine year-old Quvenzhane Wallis to eighty-five year-old Emmanuelle Riva.
The 85th Academy Award Best Picture Nominees Below are the nominees for best film. This year nine films were nominated instead of ten, which had been the number in recent years.
Oscar Boetticher Jr.film directorBorn: 7/29/1916Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois director who helmed several low-budget but highly regarded Westerns in the 1950s and '60s. Randolph Scott starred in…
actressBorn: 2/22/1950Birthplace: Birmingham, England Walters left nursing to pursue an acting career. She got her start singing, dancing, and acting in several British stage productions. She won a…
actorBorn: 4/18/1956Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi Older brother of actress Julia Roberts, Eric Roberts appeared on the stage as a child and starred in the 1989 Broadway production of Burn This.…
actor, directorBorn: 1/18/1955Birthplace: Los Angeles Academy Award-winning actor and director who often plays stoic but vulnerable heroes. His films include Bull Durham (1988), JFK (1991), Dances…
directorBorn: 2/16/1926Birthplace: London, England Academy Award-winning film and television director whose Midnight Cowboy (1970) is the only X-rated film to win a best-picture Oscar. His other…
