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September 2021 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

March 2001 Disasters

March 4, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal: Bridge over the Douro River collapsed, plunging a bus and 2 cars into the water. At least 70 people were presumed dead. March 5, Mina, Saudi Arabia: Thirty-five…

April 2005 Disasters

April, Uige, Angola the deadliest outbreak of Marburg, a hemorrhagic fever similar to the deadly Ebola virus, killed more than 280 people since December. Marburg is spread by bodily fluids…

Patricia Neal Biography

actressBorn: 1/20/1926Birthplace: Packard, Ky.Died: 8/8/2010 (Edgartown, Mass.) Born Patsy Louise Neal, the actress made her stage debut at age 15, won a Tony…

The Forsaken

Director/Writer: J. S. Cardone Screen Gems; R; 90 minutes Release: 5/01 Cast: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko In the American popular imagination, between the East and…

Marilyn Monroe

Name at birth: Norma Jeane MortensonMarilyn Monroe's sex appeal, talent and untimely death combined to make her one of Hollywood's most recognizable icons and, for a time, the world's most famous…

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock won the Academy Award as best actress for her 2009 film The Blind Side. Sandra Bullock had been a Hollywood favorite since starring as Keanu Reeves's plucky love interest in the 1994…

Joan Osborne Biography

Joan OsborneBorn: 7/8/1962Birthplace: Anchorage, KY Pop singer/songwriter Joan Osborne's 1995 Grammy-winning megahit “One of Us” (penned by band member Eric Bazilian) exploded onto the…

André Braugher Biography

André Braugher actorBorn: 7/1/1962Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning actor who played tough cop Frank Pembleton on the critically acclaimed series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–98).…

Eureka (Film)

Director:Shinji AoyamaShooting Gallery; NR; 217 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho, Masaru Miyazaki There is a movement in contemporary Japanese music where the musicians work…