Rian Johnson wrote and directed 2019's Knives Out and was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay. A film school student from USC, Johnson's first feature, Brick, earned critical raves in 2005,…
Harold Robbins was a best-selling author whose novels about sex, money and power were scorned by critics and loved by readers. After an aborted attempt in the grocery business, Robbins got work as a…
Curtis Hanson wrote screenplays for a living during the 1970s, including 1978's Silent Partner. In the '80s he directed the moderately successful thrillers The Bedroom Window (1987) and Bad…
Dr. Who began as a children's television show in the United Kingdom in 1963. Doctor Who and his companions traveled throughout the cosmos and time, battling bad guys like the Daleks, the Cybermen or…
One of the greatest engineering achievements in history marks its 100th anniversary by John Gettings Canal Facts Opened on 8/15/14 Cost $336,650,000 36 to 38 ships pass…
WHY ARE SOME PLACES SACRED? WHO WORSHIPS ANCESTORS? WHAT IS A FETISH FOR? RITUALSFIND OUT MORELocal religions are unique to tribal or cultural groups living apart from modern societies. They are…
actorBorn: 1/9/1925Birthplace: Somerville, New Jersey With the ideal looks for a villain, Van Cleef found himself typecast as the heavy in crime stories, westerns, and action films. He played in a…
(William Stacey Burr)actorBorn: 5/21/1917Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer in Hitchcock's…
The creation of comedian Mike Myers, Austin Powers is the goofy hero of the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The Austin Powers character is a silly satire of superspy James…
William Hung became famous by performing badly in a televised audition for the talent show American Idol. Hung's tone-deaf performance of the Ricky Martin tune "She Bangs" was greeted with sneers by…
