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Michio Ito Biography

Michio Itodancer, choreographerBorn: 4/13/1892Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Ito studied traditional dance in Japan before moving to Paris in 1911. At the beginning of the World War, he moved to…

Chet Baker

Name at birth: Chesney Henry Baker, Jr.Chet Baker was a jazz trumpeter and singer who reached stardom in the 1950s as the face of West Coast "cool jazz," only to undermine his career in the 1960s and…

The Armenian Genocide of 1915

100 years later, some still refuse to acknowledge a genocide occurred in Armenia Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia   Related Links Armenia Profile Turkey…

Charles Luciano Biography

Charles Luciano(“Lucky” Luciano, born Salvatore Lucania)mobsterBorn: 11/11/1897Birthplace: Lecara Friddi, Sicily, Italy One of the most powerful mafia bosses of the 20th century, Luciano…

Birthday Girl

Director:Jez ButterworthWriters:Tom and Jez ButterworthMiramax Films; R; 93 minutesRelease:2/02Cast:Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassell After the shining achievements of Moulin Rouge…

Miep Gies Biography

preserved Anne Frank's diaryBorn: Feb. 15, 1909Died: Jan. 11, 2010 (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) Best Known as: woman who hid Anne Frank and her family Miep…

Last Resort

Director/Writer:Pawel PawlikowskiShooting Gallery; NR; 75 minutesRelease:2/01Cast:Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov Last year an estimated half-million illegal immigrants…