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Busta Rhymes

Name at birth: Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.Busta Rhymes started his music career in the 1990s with the rap group Leaders of the New School. He released a solo album in 1996, The Coming, featuring the…

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch broke through as a lead after starring in Into the Wild, the 2007 Sean Penn film based on Jon Krakauer's 1996 best-selling novel. A native of southern California, Hirsch spent the first…

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon was a teen screen idol in the 1980s who became a versatile character actor, earning an Oscar nomination for his performance in Paul Haggis's Crash (2004). Dillon got his start in 1979's…

Charles Edgar PICKETT, Congress, IA (1866-1930)

PICKETT Charles Edgar , a Representative from Iowa; born near Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, January 14, 1866; attended the common schools; was graduated from Iowa State University at Iowa…

Henry Moore RIDGELY, Congress, DE (1779-1847)

Senate Years of Service: 1827-1829 Party: Jacksonian RIDGELY Henry Moore , a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Dover, Del., August 6, 1779; completed preparatory studies;…

Arnold PLUMER, Congress, PA (1801-1869)

PLUMER Arnold , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Cooperstown, Venango County, Pa., June 6, 1801; was privately tutored at home; completed preparatory studies; sheriff of Venango…

Heather Graham

The very image of the luscious and wide-eyed Midwestern ingenue, Heather Graham has been an idealized sweetheart in films from Boogie Nights to The Hangover. She grew up near Los Angeles, appeared…

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church won an Oscar nomination for his ripe comic turn as Jack, the aging and philandering actor in the 2004 comedy Sideways. Church was already known to TV audiences as Lowell Mather,…

Viggo Mortensen

An actor, poet, painter and photographer, Viggo Mortensen got into the movies in the mid-1980s, starting with small roles in big movies and big roles in small movies. Since then, Viggo Mortensen has…