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Lillian Gish

Name at birth: Lillian Diana de GuicheLillian Gish was one of the early legends of the silver screen, known especially as the big-eyed, fragile heroine in movies made by D.W. Griffith. She and her…

Showbiz Moms

When mom's a movie star, the kids are likely to follow Martin Scorsese Related Links Mother's Day Young Adults Living at Home Child Care for Children Under Six Years Old…

Esther Williams

Esther Williams was a swimming champ who became a movie star in the 1940s, known especially for her "aqua musicals," a string of box office hits that featured her (and her bathing suit) in elaborate…

Tommy Wiseau

Tommy Wiseau is the writer, producer, director and star of The Room, a 2003 movie that has earned a cult following because of an "it's so bad, it's good" reputation. Hard facts on Wiseau are hard to…

Top 10 DVD/Blu-Ray Titles, 2014

Find the top 10 DVD sales of 2014, including the movie title and distributor. Frozen was the best-selling DVD in 2014. Frozen (Disney/Buena Vista Home Video) Hunger Games: Catching Fire (…

Eli Roth

Eli Roth is a filmmaker and actor who is best known for producing what are sometimes called "torture porn" horror movies, including Hostel and its sequel. A movie maker since childhood, Roth broke…

Raul Julia

Name at birth: Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y ArcelayRaul Julia was the suave and exuberant Broadway actor who starred as Gomez in the blockbuster movie The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel, Addams…

Michael Caine

Name at birth: Maurice MicklewhiteSince the 1960s Michael Caine has been the cinema's most famous movie star with a Cockney accent. Caine has been a leading man and character actor whose roles have…

John Hawkes

Name at birth: John Marvin PerkinsJohn Hawkes is an American character actor whose performance in the 2010 movie Winter's Bone earned him an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor. A native of…

Kevin Bacon

Now known for dramatic and even dark movie roles, Kevin Bacon first became a box-office star as a gotta-dance rebel in the MTV-styled hit Footloose (1984). Bacon started his acting career on the New…