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1995 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best PictureBabeBest ActorNicolas Cage, Leaving Las VegasBest ActressElisabeth Shue, Leaving Las VegasBest Supporting ActorDon Cheadle, Devil in a Blue DressBest Supporting ActressJoan Allen…

Carlos Santana Biography

Carlos SantanamusicianBorn: 7/20/1947Birthplace: Autlan De Navarro, Mexico The guitar-playing legend's blend of blues, rock, and Afro-Cuban rhythms has kept him visible on the popular music front for…

Betty Carter Biography

Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones)jazz and blues singerBorn: 5/16/1930Birthplace: Flint, Michigan Grammy Award-winning jazz and blues singer whose career started at the age of 16. Though she did…

Carl Perkins Biography

Carl Perkinssinger, songwriterBorn: 4/9/1932Birthplace: Tiptonville, Tennessee In 1955 country-rock artist Perkins recorded his song “Blue Suede Shoes,” which achieved gold record status in…

Bob Dylan

Name at birth: Robert Allen ZimmermanBob Dylan is a towering figure of late 20th century pop music, known for such songs as "All Along The Watchtower" (made into a hit by Jimi Hendrix), "Like a…

30 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Quotes

Top of Page   Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been a beloved children's book for generations since its publication in 1964. The story follows a young boy named Charlie Bucket…

Neptune

The Magnetic Field of NeptuneNeptune's MoonsThe Smaller Satellites Little was known about Neptune until Aug. 1989, when NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet.…

Life Expectancy by Country

The Places Where People Live the Longest If you look at the rankings, the average life expectancy by country can vary greatly. Why is that? Some factors, like access to health care, are obvious.…

Amy Lowell: Song

SongOh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run; Holding up A scent-brimmed cup, Full of summer's fragrance to the summer sun.Oh! To be a…

Walt Whitman: Eighteen Sixty-One

Eighteen Sixty-OneArm'd year—year of the struggle, No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you terrible year, Not you as some pale poetling seated at a desk lisping cadenzas piano,…