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Claire Danes

Claire Danes is an enduring star of the big and small screen, now perhaps best known for her role as a CIA counter-terrorism expert in the TV drama Homeland. Claire Danes grew up in Manhattan and…

Shakespeare Quotes: Tragedies

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's PlaysShakespeare's…

Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld was only 13 when she played obstinate 19th-century teen Mattie Ross in the western True Grit. It was her first major role, and it won her an nomination as best supporting actress in…

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich

(Encyclopedia) Tchaikovsky, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky, Peter Ilyichĭlyēchˈ chīkôfˈskē [key], 1840–93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and…

Morris, Mark

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Mark 1956–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Seattle, Wash. After training in Balkan folk dance, flamenco, and ballet, he went on to dance for Eliot Feld, Laura Dean, and…

Shakespeare In Love

Director: John MaddenWriters: Marc Norman and Tom StoppardMiramax; R; 113 minutesRelease:12/98Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench,…

Brewer's: Capulet

A noble house in Verona, the rival of that of Montague (3 syl.); Juliet is of the former, and Romeo of the latter. Lady Capulet is the beau-ideal of a proud Italian matron of the fifteenth…

Brewer's: Romulus

We need no Romulus to account for Rome. We require no hypothetical person to account for a plain fact. Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf; Atalanta by a she-bear. Source:…

Famous Love Stories in History

Love stories from around the world through the ages Related Links Valentine's Day Features Quotations from Classic Love Poems Love Poems on the Web From Reel Love to Real Love:…

Lil’ Romeo

Name at birth: Percy Romeo MillerLil' Romeo is the clean-cut teen who sang the hit song "My Baby" (2001) and now stars in his own TV series on the Nickelodeon cable network. Eleven years old when he…