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Reggie Watts

Name at birth: Reginald Lucien Frank Roger WattsReggie Watts is a beat-boxing improvisational comedian best-known for his appearances on the talk shows of Jimmy Fallon and Conan O'Brien and for…

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg is the writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live whose videos "Lazy Sunday" and "D--- in a Box" made him an Internet celebrity and budding movie star. Samberg grew up in California,…

Morris, Mark

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Mark 1956–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Seattle, Wash. After training in Balkan folk dance, flamenco, and ballet, he went on to dance for Eliot Feld, Laura Dean, and…

Spears, Britney Jean

(Encyclopedia) Spears, Britney Jean, 1981- , b. McComb, Ms. Spears studied singing and dance as a young child in her hometown and enrolled in New…

Cotswold Hills

(Encyclopedia) Cotswold HillsCotswold Hillskŏtˈswōld [key], range, mainly in Gloucestershire, W England, extending c.50 mi (80 km) NE from Bath; Cleeve Cloud (c.1,080 ft/330 m) is the highest point.…

Hiero I

(Encyclopedia) Hiero IHiero Ihīˈərō [key], 5th cent. b.c., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (478–467 b.c.). He succeeded his brother Gelon. A noted patron of literature, Hiero had Simonides,…

Béliveau, Jean Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Béliveau, Jean Arthur, 1931–2014, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Trois-Rivières, Québec. He joined the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League in 1953, playing for 18 seasons…

Philip, Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia) Philip or Philip the Arabian (Marcus Julius Philippus), 204?–249, Roman emperor (244–49). He served under Gordian III against the Persians, instigated the assassination of the emperor…

Saint Moritz

(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…