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Umberto Eco
Before he was a best-selling novelist, Umberto Eco's reputation rested on his academic writings on language and semiotics (the study of symbols). An Italian critic, philosopher and historian…Tatjana Patitz
Sleek and sharp-featured, Tatjana Patitz was most famous in the 1990s, when she was known for her Calvin Klein ads and her cover photos for Vogue, Elle and other magazines. Born in Germany and…George Lazenby
Now the "forgotten Bond," George Lazenby was the first actor to follow Sean Connery in the iconic film role of superspy James Bond. George Lazenby was a model with just a few TV commercials under his…Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming is the author who created the fictional and enduring superspy James Bond. Bond is the suave, lady-killing British agent (code name "007") who travels the globe, battles super-villains…Michael Crichton
A specialist in science-related thrillers, Michael Crichton wrote some of the most popular mass-market novels of the 1980s and 1990s, including Jurassic Park. He attended Harvard and trained as a…Tim Curry
Early in his screen career, Tim Curry played Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Because of that movie's staying power, Curry continues to be best known for the role…Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger won an Oscar for playing a mysterious Hollywood blonde in the 1997 drama L. A. Confidential (opposite Russell Crowe). Until then, Basinger had been known more as a beauty than as a…Busta Rhymes
Name at birth: Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.Busta Rhymes started his music career in the 1990s with the rap group Leaders of the New School. He released a solo album in 1996, The Coming, featuring the…Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken starred as Nick, the on-the-edge Russian roulette player in The Deer Hunter (1978), a role that earned him an Oscar as best supporting actor and established him as a specialist in…Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner is an actor and director known for playing upright heroes in big-budget epics. He was a hit as heroic G-man Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987, with Sean Connery) and followed that…Trending
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