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Safe Harbor

WBMonday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Gregory Harrison, Rue McClanahan, Christopher Khaymen Lee, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Lelliott, Orlando Brown, and Jamie Williams Florida sheriff John Loring…

Drea de Matteo

Name at birth: Andrea Donna de MatteoOn the hit TV series The Sopranos, Drea de Matteo played Adriana, the loyal girlfriend/fianceé of mobster Christopher Moltisanti (actor Michael Imperioli). Born…

Doctor Who

Doctor Who began as a children's television show in the United Kingdom in 1963. Doctor Who and his companions traveled throughout the cosmos and time, battling bad guys like the Daleks, the Cybermen…

Parker Posey

Sexy unpredictability, plus a touch of the Southern belle, made Parker Posey a favorite with hipsters and independent film fans in the 1990s. (Elle magazine called her a "Gen-X Audrey Hepburn,"…

Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim (the alter ego of musician Norman Cook) is a popular hip-hop/techno DJ and producer. As Norman Cook he played bass for the pop group The Housemartins and performed with the dub supergroup…

Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León was a mariner and explorer of the 16th century who conquered Puerto Rico and claimed Florida in the name of Spain. Although little is known about his early career, Ponce de León…

Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer is the comic actor who plays opposite Charlie Sheen in the television series Two and a Half Men. Cryer made his film debut as a love-struck teen in the 1984 comedy No Small Affair (…

1964 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersJohn Keats: The Making of a Poet, Aileen WardFictionThe Centaur, John UpdikeHistory and BiographyThe Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William H.…

Peter Allen

Name at birth: Peter Allen WoolnoughPeter Allen was a songwriter and exuberant cabaret-style performer who had his greatest fame in the 1970s and 1980s. He was "discovered" in 1964 by Judy Garland,…

Chris Dodd

Name at birth: Christopher DoddDemocrat Chris Dodd was a United States senator from Connecticut for 30 years, from 1981 until 2011. The son of Thomas J. Dodd, a U.S. senator throughout the 1960s,…