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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 for a body of work that includes novels, essays, poems and plays. His best-known play, Waiting for Godot (1953) is a comic study of…Rebecca Black
Rebecca Black was a 13-year-old middle school student when she became an Internet and music sensation because of "Friday," a painfully catchy pop song that brought her widespread scorn -- and lots of…Parker Posey
Sexy unpredictability, plus a touch of the Southern belle, made Parker Posey a favorite with hipsters and independent film fans in the 1990s. (Elle magazine called her a "Gen-X Audrey Hepburn,"…Joan Baez Biography
Joan BaezsingerBorn: 1941 Soprano Joan Baez brought folk music into the mainstream with her best-selling albums and beautiful renditions of traditional ballads and spirituals. Her first album, the…Sam Kinison
1980s comedian Sam Kinison sold out concert halls and earned raves from other comics with an over-the-edge stage act of absurdly angry rants punctuated by loud screams. Raised in Illinois in the…Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz has been a regular on American bestseller lists since the 1980s, famous for mainstream suspense novels such as Watchers (1987) and Midnight (1989). Koontz grew up in Pennsylvania and…Jorg Haider Biography
Austrian politicianDied: October 11, 2008Best Known as: popular Austrian governor and the leader of the right-wing Alliance for Austria's Future…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…Alan Moore
Alan Moore is a celebrated writer of comics and graphic novels whose work includes V for Vendetta (1982, with artist David Lloyd) and Watchmen (1986-87, with artist Dave Gibbons). Moore became a big…Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn HillRuffhouse/Columbia In a year when rap and hip-hop crossed over ever more to the mainstream, no one brought old school and new school together more brilliantly…Trending
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