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Ira Einhorn, 2001 News

fugitive, was extradited to the U.S. from France in July to face retrial in the 1977 death of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux. The former antiwar activist and New Age guru was convicted and…

Egyptian art

(Encyclopedia) Egyptian art, works of art created in the geographic area constituting the nation of Egypt. It is one of the world's oldest arts. The art of the New Kingdom (1570–1342 b.c.) can…

Cyrus Chestnut

Blessed Quietness: A Collection of Hymns, Spirituals and CarolsAtlantic Jazz If Cyrus Chesnut's latest album accomplishes anything, it reminds us that spirituals are meant to swing. Though…

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

RaptureMusic Club In world music as in other kinds, stunning voices win more new audiences than ace bandleaders or instrumentalists. And one of the most stunning vocalists ever is Pakistan's…

John Fahey 2001 Deaths

John FaheyAge: 61 maverick guitarist whose singular style combined elements of country-blues, classical, and primitive music. His work became the basis for new age music. Albums include Death…

Shirley MacLaine

Name at birth: Shirley MacLane BeatyShirley MacLaine won a best actress Oscar for playing quirky matriarch Aurora Greenway in the tearjerker Terms of Endearment (1983, with Deborah Winger and Jack…

Holy Man

Director:Stephen HerekWriter:Tom SchulmanTouchstone Pictures; PG; 113 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer and Eric McCormack Holy cow…

Albert Brooks Biography

Albert Brooks (Albert Einstein)actor, director, screenwriterBorn: 7/22/1947Birthplace: Los Angeles Although he has appeared in many films, including Broadcast News (1987), in which he played a…

Yanni Biography

Yanni(Yanni Chryssomalis)musicianBorn: 11/14/1954Birthplace: Kalamata, Greece For someone who can neither write nor read music, Yanni has done pretty well as a musician. The pianist, known…

Dragonfly (Film)

Director:Tom ShadyacWriters:Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson, David SeltzerUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 90 minutesRelease:2/02Cast:Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin Kevin Costner compensates…