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Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor is the innovative and media-mixing director who turned the animated film The Lion King into a live-action smash hit on Broadway. Julie Taymor grew up near Boston, spent a student year in…

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim wrote music or lyrics for West Side Story, Company, A Little Night Music and nearly a dozen other hit Broadway musicals of the late 20th century. At his death, The New York Times…

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins was a veteran actor when he landed his first leading screen role, in 2007's The Visitor, which earned him an Oscar nomination. He was nominated a second time for his supporting role…

Ira Frederick Aldridge

Ira Frederick Aldridge 19th-century American actor Born: July 24, 1804 Birthplace: New York, N.Y.   Aldridge was born to free Black people in New York City, and educated at the New York African…

William H. Macy

The reliable actor and sometimes writer-producer William H. Macy worked steadily on stage and screen for more than 15 years before breaking out in the Coen brothers' 1996 movie Fargo (with Frances…

Frederick George PAYNE, Congress, ME (1904-1978)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1959 Party: Republican PAYNE Frederick George , a Senator from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, July 24, 1904; attended the public schools of…

Edward Gorey

Name at birth: Edward St. John GoreyEdward Gorey was a writer and pen-and-ink illustrator whose gothic and humorously macabre style can be seen in books such as The Doubtful Guest (1957) and, most…

The Majestic

Director: Frank Darabont Writer: Michael Sloane Warner Bros.; PG; 152 minutes Release: 12/01 Cast: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden Take the town depicted in The…

T. R. Knight Biography

actor Born: March 26, 1973Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota T. R. Knight was just five years-old when he became involved with Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Later,…