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Air Force One

Director: Wolfgang PetersenWriter: Andrew W. MarloweDirector of Photography:Michael BallhausEditor:Richard Francis-BruceMusic:Jerry GoldsmithProduction Designer:William SandellProducers:…

Rosewood (Film)

Director: John SingletonWriter: Gregory PoirierDirector of Photography:Johnny E. JensenEditor:Bruce CannonMusic:John WilliamsProduction Designer:Paul SylbertProducer:Jon PetersWarner Bros.; R…

Orlando Magic

Orlando “Tubby” Smith, the first black head coach ever of Kentucky basketball, did what no other Kentucky head coach could. Not Adolph Rupp, not Smith's predecessor Rick Pitino, or, for that…

Watergate affair

(Encyclopedia) Watergate affair, in U.S. history, series of scandals involving the administration of President Richard M. Nixon; more specifically, the burglarizing of the Democratic party national…

Country Music Hall of Fame

Find out who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, from its foundation in 1961 to the present day.1961 Jimmie Rodgers Fred Rose Hank Williams 1962 Roy Acuff 1963 No…

Smibert, John

(Encyclopedia) Smibert or Smybert, JohnSmibert or Smybert, Johnboth: smīˈbərt [key], 1688–1751, American portrait painter, b. Scotland, the first skillful painter in New England. After his…

Snyder, Gary

(Encyclopedia) Snyder, Gary, 1930–, American poet, b. San Francisco. Associated with the beat generation of the 1950s, he lived (1956–68) in Japan, where he trained as a Zen monk. His poetry,…

Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich

(Encyclopedia) Dobrynin, Anatoly Fyodorovich, 1919–2010, Soviet diplomat, b. Krasnaya Gorka. He studied at a Moscow aviation institute, designed aircraft during World War II, and was selected after…

Goes, Hugo van der

(Encyclopedia) Goes, Hugo van derGoes, Hugo van derh&oomacr;ˈgō vän dĕr g&oomacr;s [key], d.1482, Flemish painter. Probably born in Ghent, he was a member of the painters' guild there in 1467…

Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem

(Encyclopedia) Kaplan, Mordecai MenahemKaplan, Mordecai Menahemmôrˈdĭkīˌ mənäkhˈəm kăpˈlən [key], 1881–1983, American rabbi, educator, and philosopher, b. Lithuania, grad. College of the City of New…