Search
Search results
Displaying 41 - 50
Mary Astor
Mary Astor(Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)actressBorn: 5/3/1906Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois Starting off in silent films, she played opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel (1924) and Don Juan (1926…Rod Serling
Rod Serling was a successful television writer of the 1950s and '60s, known especially as the creator and host of the eerie series The Twilight Zone (1959-65). Rod Serling grew up in upstate New…Tom Hooper
English filmmaker Tom Hooper is best known as the Oscar-winning director of 2010's The King's Speech, the movie about stammering King George VI that starred Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter.…Louis V. Ledoux: Slumber Song
Slumber SongLouis V. Ledoux Drowsily come the sheep From the place where the pastures be, By a dusty lane To the fold again, First one, and then two, and three: First one, then two,…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: How Long And Dreary Is The Night
by Robert Burns Up In The Morning EarlyHey, The Dusty MillerHow Long And Dreary Is The Night How long and dreary is the night, When I am frae my dearie! I sleepless lie…Kristin Scott Thomas Biography
Kristin Scott Thomas actressBorn: 5/24/1960Birthplace: Redruth, Cornwall, England After being discouraged by her English acting teachers, Scott Thomas moved to Paris at the age of 19, where she…Bruce Springsteen
Name at birth: Bruce Frederick Joseph SpringsteenBruce Springsteen released his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park in 1973, but it was his second album, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street…Christina Rossetti: Summer
SummerWinter is cold-hearted Spring is yea and nay, Autumn is a weather-cock Blown every way: Summer days for me When every leaf is on its tree;When Robin's not a beggar, And Jenny Wren…The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Simon Winchester Publisher: Harper Collins Prior to this book, I would have assumed that any history of lexicography would be pedantic, ponderous, dusty and dull. Simon Winchester…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Art
ArtGive to barrows, trays and pans Grace and glimmer of romance; Bring the moonlight into noon Hid in gleaming piles of stone; On the city's paved street Plant gardens lined with lilacs sweet…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
