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Altman, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Altman, Robert, 1925–2006, American film director, b. Kansas City, Mo. One of the most original talents in late-20th-century American filmmaking, he created complex, often loosely…

Lost

NBCWednesday 8:00–9:00 p.m. NBC's entry into the adventure/reality genre has teams of two Americans racing from a foreign destination to the Statue of Liberty armed with only $100—and…

O'Brien, Edward Joseph

O'Brien, Edward Joseph[1890-1941](2)Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1890. Educated at Boston College and Harvard University. Author of "White Fountains", 1917; "The Forgotten Threshold",…

Alexandra Paul

Tall and athletic, Alexandra Paul played Lt. Stephanie Holden on the TV show Baywatch from 1992-97. Paul's character was generally known as the "smart one" among characters played by Pamela Anderson…

Radiohead

Radiohead is made up of five schoolmates from Oxford, England: Thom Yorke (b. 7 October 1968), Ed O'Brien (b. 15 April 1968), Johnny Greenwood (b. 7 November 1972), Colin Greenwood (b. 26 June 1967…

Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa was the powerful and controversial leader of the Teamsters Union from 1957 to 1971, but he is now better known for his mysterious disappearance in 1975. Jimmy Hoffa was for years…

Michael Flatley

Dance impresario Michael Flatley was raised in Chicago by Irish parents and took up dancing in earnest at age 11. In 1994 he became principal choreographer and dancer for the musical revue Riverdance…

SMITH, O’Brien, Congress, SC (1756-1811)

SMITH O'Brien , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Ireland about 1756; came to South Carolina following the Revolutionary War, taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the…

Rod Steiger

Name at birth: Rodney SteigerRod Steiger won the 1967 Academy Award for playing a bigoted Mississippi cop opposite Sidney Poitier's black Philadelphia cop in the film In the Heat of the Night.…