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Judy Garland

Name at birth: Frances GummJudy Garland's performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939) won her a special Oscar and gave her a theme song for the rest of her life: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."…

Chyna

Name at birth: Joan Marie LaurerUnder the nom-de-grapple of Chyna, Joanie Laurer became a female star of professional wrestling at the end of the 1990s. She followed closely in the footsteps of Sable…

Niagara, Niagara

Director:Bob GosseWriter:Matthew WeissDirector of Photography:Michael SpillerEditor:Rachel WardenMusic:Michael Timmins and Jeff BirdProduction Designer:Clark HunterProducer:David L.…

Election Ennui

The presidential election of 2000 between Vice President Al Gore (D) and Texas governor George W. Bush (R) was the tightest election in four decades. The neck-and-neck race, however, was…

Anna Nicole Smith

Name at birth: Vicky Lynn HoganAnna Nicole Smith was a zaftig blonde bombshell whose career as a tabloid celebrity began when she posed naked for Playboy magazine in 1992 and ended with her untimely…

Food-Borne Diseases: Trichinosis

TrichinosisFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Eating raw or undercooked meats, especially pork, but also bear, fox, dog, wolf, horse,…

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams has been Oscar nominated many times: for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Blue Valentine (2010), My Week With Marilyn (2011), Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Fablemans (2022).…

Fungal Infections: Fungal Infections of the Skin

Fungal Infections of the SkinFungal InfectionsIntroductionTypes of InfectionFungal Infections of the SkinFighting Fungus Fungi that commonly cause skin diseases are called dermatophytes. “…

The Common Cold

Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. The problem. In the course of a year, individuals in the United States suffer one billion colds,…

On the Issues

How Gore and Bush stack up on education, foreign policy, health care, taxes, and social security by Beth Rowen This article was posted in September 2002. With only weeks to go…