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Ray Romano

A dark-haired average Joe with a New York accent, Ray Romano starred in the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005). After building a career on the stand-up comedy stage, Romano…

Harriet Tubman

Name at birth: Araminta RossHarriet Tubman helped hundreds of American slaves escape along the secret route to freedom known as the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War. Her success…

Naveen Andrews

English actor Naveen Andrews is best known to television audiences as Sayid, the savvy Iraqi in the series Lost (2004-10). He grew up in London and studied drama at the Guildhall School of Music and…

Lloyd Austin

General Lloyd J. Austin III was sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense on January 22, 2021, three days before President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Austin was confirmed by the Senate by a…

Dream Team II

Dream Team II Head coach Don Nelson's 12-man NBA All-Star squad that cruised to gold medal at 1994 World Basketball Championships in Toronto— Derrick Coleman, Joe Dumars, Kevin Johnson, Larry…

Chuck Wayne Biography

Chuck Wayne jazz guitarist Wayne was one of the first practitioners of the be-bop movement, collaborating with Dizzie Gillespie on “Groovin' High” and “Blue 'n' Boogie.” He also worked with…

Carrie Hamilton 2002 Deaths

Carrie HamiltonAge: 38 actress and musician whose substance abuse as a teen led her parents, Carol Burnett and Joe Hamilton, to crusade against drugs. Hamilton appeared on the television…

I-Roy

Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972–75)Blood and Fire Fast-talking Jamaican DJs are often cited as the ancestors of rap, and these long-unavailable sides deliver the proof better…

The Star Maker(1995)

Miramax; rental pricing; NR Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Cast: Sergio Castellitto and Tiziana Lodato Italy Joe Morelli (Castellito) is a con man with a camera. He travels…

Daniel Johnston

Singer-songwriter and would-be cartoonist Daniel Johnston was a local music act in Austin, Texas when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain made him nationally famous in 1992 by wearing Johnston's t-shirt at the MTV…