(Arthur Stanley Jefferson)comic actorBorn: 6/16/1890Birthplace: Ulverston, England After working in British music halls, American vaudeville, and silent film, Laurel teamed up with Oliver Hardy in…
actor, directorBorn: 3/21/1958Birthplace: London, England Oldman is known for his mastery of accents and psychotic roles like Sid Vicious (Sid and Nancy, 1986) and assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (…
Germany (Group F) FIFA World Ranking: 2 Players to Watch: Juergen Klinsmann (F), Oliver Bierhoff (F), Juergen Kohler (D) Prospects: Germany showed that they are the class of European soccer with…
(Encyclopedia) Sprat, Thomas, 1635–1713, English author, bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster. His poem on the death of Oliver Cromwell was published in Dryden's Miscellany (1659). Sprat is…
(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…
actorBorn: 10/26/1942Birthplace: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England After several small and forgettable roles in British films and television series, Hoskins's first starring role came opposite…
(John Towner Williams)composer, conductorBorn: 2/8/1932Birthplace: Queens, New York Famed movie score and TV theme composer, Williams has worked with Hollywood's most famous directors and producers…
(Encyclopedia) Beiderbecke, Bix (Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke)Beiderbecke, Bixbīˈdərbĕk [key], 1903–31, American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer, b. Davenport, Iowa. Mainly self-taught, he was…
(Encyclopedia) coneflower, name for several American wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The purple coneflowers (genus Echinacea), found E of the Rockies, have purple to pinkish…
(Encyclopedia) Walton-le-Dale, city (1985 est. pop. 29,100), Lancashire, N England. There are engineering works and textile and paper industries. An 11th-century church was rebuilt in 1748. Oliver…
