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Robert Durst
Robert Durst was the eccentric multimillionaire who was arrested for murder in 2015 after being featured in the HBO documentary The Jinx. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in…Lights! Camera! Learning! - Shakespeare
Shakespeare on the Silver Screen Kenneth Branagh as the mad prince DiCaprio's Romeo dukes it out with the Capulets Hamlet It was no small feat putting Shakespeare's magnum opus on the…China and the World Make a Date for 2008
After missing out on the 2000 Summer Games by two votes, Beijing gets its chance in 2008 by John Gettings This article was posted in July 2001. Read more about Beijing controversies, or the…Bruce Willis
Name at birth: Walter WillisonBruce Willis hit it big in Hollywood as the scrappy action hero John McClane in the 1988 terrorists-in-the-skyscraper film Die Hard. He went on to an unusual career of…Brewer's: Skylark
among sailors, is to mount the highest yards (called sky-scrapers), and then slide down the ropes for amusement. (See Lark.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sky-rakers
strictly speaking, is a sail above the fore-royal, the main-royal, or the mizzen-royal, more frequently called “sky-scrapers.” In general parlance any top-sail is so called. “Dashed by the…Landmarks of New York City
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith The City of New York is the largest city in the United States, and home to many of the country's most famous and…1928–1929 Academy Awards
There were two Oscar ceremonies held at Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel in 1930. This one, held on April 3, honored films released in 1928–1928. The other, held on Nov. 3 honored films…Millennium Milestones
The 100 Most Significant Events of the Last Thousand Years Reducing the millennium to a laundry list of highlights cannot pretend to be a definitive or accurate exercise. Note that only…U.S. Features
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