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George Lazenby

Now the "forgotten Bond," George Lazenby was the first actor to follow Sean Connery in the iconic film role of superspy James Bond. George Lazenby was a model with just a few TV commercials under his…

Elisabeth Harnois

Elisabeth Harnois is the ethereal blonde who starred in the short-lived prime-time soap opera Point Pleasant (2005-06), in which she played Christina Nickson, Satan's daughter and a mysterious…

Katharine Hepburn

Flinty and fabulous, Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards in an acting career which lasted more than 60 years. Katharine Hepburn began making movies in the 1930s and succeeded almost…

Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman was only 10 when he became a child star on the TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. He played Arnold Jackson, a cute and mischievous black child adopted by a wealthy white Manhattan family. The…

John Stuart Mill

Philosopher and essayist John Stuart Mill was a key figure in the 19th-century movement known as utilitarianism, and a proponent of the liberal philosophies of Jeremy Bentham. John Stuart Mill was…

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…

Pat Hingle

Name at birth: Martin Patterson HinglePat Hingle broke into movies with a bit part as a bartender in the 1954 classic On The Waterfront (starring Marlon Brando). He then became a regular on Broadway…

cobalt, chemical element

(Encyclopedia) cobalt, metallic chemical element; symbol Co; at. no. 27; at. wt. 58.9332; m.p. 1,495℃; b.p. about 2,870℃; sp. gr. 8.9 at 20℃; valence +2 or +3. Cobalt is a silver-white, lustrous,…

moscovium

(Encyclopedia) moscoviummoscoviummŏskōˈvēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Mc; at. no. 115; mass number of most stable isotope 288; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence…