(Encyclopedia) Javanese music, one of the richest and most distinctive of Asian musical cultures. It was and is of enormous importance in religious, political, and entertainment functions. It…
(Lee Yuen Kam)martial-arts actorBorn: 11/27/1940Birthplace: San Francisco American star of Hong Kong martial-arts films who was a martial-arts instructor to celebrities before beginning his own…
directorBorn: 6/25/1924Birthplace: Philadelphia Died: 4/09/2011Sidney Lumet is an Academy Award-winning film and television director known for his rough, often low-budget films. His credits include…
actor, comedianBorn: 8/1/1933Died: 5/4/2009Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Portly comedic actor who appeared in a number of Mel Brooks' movies, including Blazing Saddles (1974), Silent Movie (1976…
(Ng Yu-Sum [Cantonese]; Wu Yu-Sen [Mandarin])directorBorn: 5/01/1946Birthplace: Guangzhou, Canton, China Woo got his start in show business at Hong Kong's Cathay Studios, where he worked as a…
director, writerBorn: 10/23/1954Birthplace: Pingtung, Taiwan Ang Lee first gained fame for his second feature film The Wedding Banquet (1993), which was described as “a cross-cultural, gay Green…
TV news reporterBorn: 8/20/1946Birthplace: Washington, D.C. A University of Maryland graduate, Chung started at WTTG-TV in Washington, DC, in 1969, where she was a copy person, news writer, and…
novelist, poet, and performance artistBorn: 1949Birthplace: Manila, Philippines A novelist, poet, and performance artist, Hagedorn emigrated from the Philippines when she was 14 years old. She was…
actress, comedianBorn: 12/5/1968Birthplace: San Francisco Cho, the daughter of Korean immigrants, grew up in San Francisco's Haight district in the 1970s. Needless to say, her childhood was…
