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Márta Sebestyén

The Best of Márta SebestyénHannibal Sebestyén may have become “The Voice of The English Patient” because of the number she sang behind the opening credits of the film (the song is included on…

Which Graham Invented the Crackers?

The Question: How did the graham cracker get its name? The Answer: Graham crackers and graham flour are both named after a failed minister…

Anya Taylor-Joy

The spotlight fell on young actress Anya Taylor-Joy in 2020, when she carried the television series The Queen’s Gambit as Beth Harmon, a chess playing orphan. First scouted as a model in New York,…

Kirsty Hume Biography

Kirsty HumemodelBorn: 9/4/1976Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland Considered one of the new breed of supermodels, the 5'11" Hume signed with a Glasgow modeling agency at the age of 16. She since has become…

R.E.M.

Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1980, R.E.M. was one of the most influential rock bands of the '80s and early '90s, credited with helping to bring independent "alternative" bands into the mainstream of…

A. E. Housman: The Isle of Portland

The Isle of PortlandThe star-filled seas are smooth to-night From France to England strown; Black towers above the Portland light The felon-quarried stone.On yonder island, not to rise,…

Janette Carter 2006 Deaths

Janette CarterAge: 82 singer and autoharp player who was the last surviving member of the Carter Family, an influential group that sang traditional folk music of the southern Appalachian…

Karle Wilson Baker: Good Company

Good CompanyKarle Wilson BakerTo-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees, The seven sister-poplars who go softly in a line; And I think my heart is whiter for its parley with a…

Beck Midnite Vultures

Midnite Vultures DGC With horns blaring over funky rhythms that recall early Prince or even George Clinton, Beck's latest incarnation as a soul brother is one of his most bizarre. The kingbee of…

Allen Say

Allen Say is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen books for children, including the Caldecott Medal winner Grandfather's Journey (1993) and the Caldecott Honor winner The Boy of the Three-…