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Winchell, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Winchell, Walter, 1897–1972, journalist and broadcaster, b. New York City as Walter Winchel. He performed in vaudeville, and adopted a marquee's misspelling of his surname. After…

Gossip

GossipIn order that we may start afresh and go to Meg's wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip about the Marches. And here let me premise that if any of the…

Brewer's: Gossip

A tattler; a sponsor at baptism, a corruption of gossib, which is Godsib, a kinsman in the Lord. (Sib, gesib, Anglo-Saxon, kinsman, whence Sibman, he is our sib, still used.) “Tis not a…

Mrs. Brown

Director: John Madden Writer: Jeremy Brock Director of Photography: Richard Greatrex Editor: Robin Sales Music: Stephen Warbeck Production Designer: Martin Childs…

Celebration

Director:Thomas VinterbergWriters:Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens RukovOctober Films; NR; 106 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen and Paprika SteenIn…

Celebrity

Director/Writer:Woody AllenMiramax; R; 113 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Hank Azaria, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo Dicaprio, Melanie Griffith, Winona Ryder and Charlize Theron Woody's a…

Map, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Map or Mapes, Walter, c.1140–c.1210, English author, b. Wales. A favorite of Henry II, he traveled with the king and became archdeacon of Oxford. The one work indubitably his, De nugis…

Davis, Rebecca Harding

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831–1910, American novelist, b. Washington, Pa.; mother of Richard Harding Davis. Her early nonfiction pieces, particularly those collected under the title…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Gossip

by EmilyDickinsonXXXISimplicityGossip Gossip The leaves, like women, interchange Sagacious confidence; Somewhat of nods, and somewhat of Portentous inference, The parties in both…

Celebrity Playlists

Here's a sampling of songs some celebrities have loaded on their iPods. President Bush “Centerfield,” John Fogerty “Brown-Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care,” Joni…