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Ross Lynch

Name at birth: Ross Shor LynchActor and Ross Lynch is one star of the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, a comedy about a boy singer and a girl songwriter who form an unlikely partnership in…

Rudolf Diesel Biography

Rudolf DieselBorn: 1858Birthplace: Paris, France Internal combustion engine—Diesel is best known for his invention of the pressure-ignited heat engine that bears his name. The Diesel engine was able…

Jeane Dixon 1997 Deaths

Jeane Dixon seer Dixon became famous for predicting an infamous event. In a 1956 interview, she said a Democratic President, elected in 1960, would die in office. After President Kennedy's…

Stuart Jewell Biography

Stuart Jewell cinematographer Jewell was an obsessive nature photographer who would sit on the ground for hours on end to catch on film a tiny sprout as it popped from the soil. He is best…

A Bug's Life<span class="date" >(1998)</span>

Walt Disney; $26.99Feature; GDirectors:John Lasseter and Andrew StantonVoices of:Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey and Phyllis Diller The year's most expressive thespian belongs…

Jim Henson

Jim Henson created the lovable Muppets, a troupe of fuzzy, goggle-eyed puppets who starred in TV shows and films beginning in the 1950s. Jim Henson's puppets began appearing on local television in…

Top 10 DVD Sales of 2009

Find the top 10 DVD sales of 2009, including the movie title and distributor. Twilight was the best-selling DVD in 2009.Twilight (Universal Home Entertainment) Transformers: Revenge of the…

Dylan and Cole Sprouse

Identical twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse were the stars of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Born in Italy to American parents, they moved to southern California as infants…

Gordon Cooper

Name at birth: Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, the first Americans chosen for space flight duty by the National Aeronautics and Space…

James Dickey Biography

James Dickey poet, novelist, critic, lecturer Though considered one of the country's most respected poets, Dickey is best remembered for his novel Deliverance, the tale of a traumatic canoe…