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Mickey Rooney

actorBorn: 9/23/1920Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Academy Award-winning film, television and stage actor who gained fame as a child actor and continued acting throughout his adult life. His films…

Spencer Tracy

actorBorn: 4/5/1900Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Academy Award-winning actor who often played opposite his lover, Katharine Hepburn. His films include Boys Town (1938), Woman of the Year (1942…

Movies: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

More Questions Jump to a category: Animals Arts & Entertainment Astronomy Awards Calendar Civics Countries Food & Drink Geography Health & Humanity Inventors & Inventions…

Childhood Diseases: Measly Measles

Measly MeaslesChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…

Blake Lewis Biography

singerBorn: July 21, 1981Birthplace: Redmond, WashingtonBest Known as: Singer and beatboxer on American Idol, season 6 (2007) When Blake Lewis was in junior high, he toured…

The Old Man and the Sea

Distributor:Direct Cinema Limited Presents a stunning fine art adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel, The Old Man and the Sea, by world-renowned Russian animator Alexander Petrov who uses…

Huntz Hall

(Henry Hall)actorBorn: 8/15/1919Birthplace: New York prolific actor who appeared in 120 films and a number of stage productions. From the 1930s to the 1950s he starred in 87 movies about the…

Katie Holmes

actressBorn: 12/18/1978Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio Having launched her career with a role in the critically acclaimed film The Ice Storm (1997), she quickly leveraged this success to win a part in the…

DK Human Body: Growth

HOW DOES A BABY GROW? WHAT HAPPENS AS CHILDREN GROW? HOW DO GIRLS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? HOW DO BOYS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GROW OLD? BRAIN AND SKULL DEVELOPMENTFIND OUT MOREIt…

Peter Jackson

directorBorn: Oct. 31, 1961Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand Jackson undertook one of the most daunting tasks in Hollywood history—not just bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved The Lord of the Rings…