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Michael Crichton

A specialist in science-related thrillers, Michael Crichton wrote some of the most popular mass-market novels of the 1980s and 1990s, including Jurassic Park. He attended Harvard and trained as a…

Luke Evans

Welsh actor Luke Evans has come to be known as a period-piece action hero, thanks to his roles in movies such as The Immortals, The Hobbit and Dracula Untold. A graduate of the London Studio Centre,…

The Devil's Dictionary: Frankalmoigne

by Ambrose Bierce FORMA PAUPERISFREEBOOTERFRANKALMOIGNE -n. The tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands on condition of praying for the soul of the donor. In mediaeval times…

The Lox

We Are the StreetsRuff Ryders/Interscope Far surpassing the lofty quotient of pistol poppin', blunt smokin', robbery, murder, mayhem, and misogyny necessary to maintain their street…

Stanley Tookie Williams

Stanley Tookie Williams, who helped to found the notorious Crips street gang, was executed by the state of California in 2005. His plea for clemency made him a national celebrity and turned his case…

Pamela Smart

Name at birth: Pamela WojasPamela Smart was sentenced to life in prison in 1991 for plotting the May 1990 murder of her husband, Gregory Smart. Pamela Smart's trial was televised and gained national…

Earl (The Goat) Manigault 1998 Deaths

Earl (The Goat) ManigaultAge: 53 New York City playground legend who battled the likes of Lew Alcindor and Connie Hawkins in the 1960s; his heroin addiction cost him a professional…

Sundance Kid Biography

Sundance Kid(Harry Longabaugh)outlawBorn: 1870Birthplace: Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Famous outlaw and friend of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid joined with the “Wild Bunch”, a group of bank…