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Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz is the businessman who made Starbucks a household name for coffee drinkers, then turned his attention to flirting with a run for the United States presidency. He grew up in New York…

Vertical Limit

Director: Martin Campbell Writers: Robert King and Terry Hayes Columbia Pictures; PG-13; 110 minutes Release: 12/00 Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton…

Mumford

Director/Writer:Lawrence KasdanTouchstone Pictures; 115 minutes; RRelease:9/99Cast:Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee Joining the list of movies named after small towns is Mumford, a locale…

H. Ross Perot Biography

H. Ross Perot(Henry Ross Perot)business executive, political figureBorn: 6/27/1930Birthplace: Texarkana, Tex. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy (1953) and serving his required tour…

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson was a casino tycoon and one of the world's richest men when he died in 2021. Sheldon Adelson was a self-made billionaire who grew up in a poor neighborhood of Boston, the son of…

Heartbreakers

Director:David MirkinWriters:Robert Dunn, Paul Guay, Stephen MazurMGM; PG-13; 120 minutesRelease:3/01Cast:Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman Max Conners (…

Gary Busey

Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his first lead role in 1978's The Buddy Holly Story, but modern audiences know him more for portraying wild-eyed villains in such films as Lethal Weapon (…

Jay-Z

Name at birth: Shawn CarterJay-Z is one of the great rap performers and moguls of the 21st century, known for his many hits, his street-hustler background, his self-created label Roc-A-Fella Records…

Berlusconi, Silvio

(Encyclopedia) Berlusconi, SilvioBerlusconi, Silviobĕrˌləskōˈnē [key], 1936–, Italian business executive and politician, premier (1994; 2001–6, 2008–11) of Italy, b. Milan. His first fortune was made…