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Lenny Bruce

Name at birth: Leonard Alfred SchneiderAn American counterculture icon from the 1960s, Lenny Bruce's obscenity-laced social satire paved the way for modern stand-up comedians ranging from George…

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly won an Academy Award as best supporting actress for playing the wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001, with Russell Crowe as Nash). It was the pinnacle…

Julianne Moore

Name at birth: Julie SmithJulianne Moore is a leading lady of stage and screen and an Oscar winner for her performance in the 2014 weeper Still Alice. A fine-featured redhead, Moore studied at…

Christie Brinkley Biography

Christie Brinkley model, actressBorn: 2/2/1954Birthplace: Malibu, California American supermodel whose 20-year contract with Cover Girl (1976–96) was the longest-running contract in the…

NASA's 50th Anniversary

Celebrating NASA's birthday with fantastic slideshows featuring astronauts, spacecrafts, moons, planets, and more by Mark Hughes A wake up call came to the American people in 1957, when the…

Henry John Kaiser Biography

Henry John Kaiserentrepreneur, industrial contractorBorn: 5/9/1882Birthplace: Sprout Brook, N.Y. Kaiser seemed to have a knack for being at the right place at the right time, winning…

WNBA Annual Awards

Most Valuable PlayerLisa Leslie, LARookie of the YearJackie Stiles, PorMost ImprovedJaneth Arcain, HouDef. Player of the YearDebbie Black, MiaCoach of the YearDan Hughes, CleSportsmanship…

Chill Factor

Director: Hugh Johnson Warner Bros.; R; 102 minutes Release: 8/99 Cast: Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer The plot of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s most…