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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards -- more than any other actor in history. Meryl Streep first came to fame in 1979, when she won an Emmy for her performance in the TV miniseries…

The Presidency on Film

by Beth Rowen Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were…

Almost Famous

Director/Writer:Cameron CroweDreamWorks SKG; 102 minutes; RRelease:9/00Cast:Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Philip Seymour Hoffman Almost Famous,…

Wag the Dog

Director: Barry LevinsonWriters:Hilary Henkin and David MametDirector of Photography:Robert RichardsonEditor:Stu LinderMusic:Mark KnopflerProduction Designer:Wynn ThomasProducers:Jane…

Presidency on Film, Part 4

Related Links: Spotlight: Presidential ScandalsSpotlight: A Short History of ImpeachmentVice PresidentsCabinet MembersThe U.S. ConstitutionNational Film RegistryAir Force One (1997) Director:…

1999–2000 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Broadway PlayCopenhagenOff-Broadway PlayDinner with Friends Play RevivalA Moon for the MisbegottenActor in a PlayDerek Jacobi, Uncle VanyaActress in a PlayEileen Heckart, The Waverly…

Stieglitz, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Stieglitz, AlfredStieglitz, Alfredstēgˈlĭts [key], 1864–1946, American photographer, editor, and art exhibitor, b. Hoboken, N.J. The first art photographer in the United States,…

The 2002 Class of Inductees

Raymond Kurzweil, 1948–, KURZWEIL READING MACHINE. When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…

Oscar's Checkered Past

Even today's Oscar extravaganzas seem tame when compared to the spectacles of yesterday by Alicia Potter Sacheen Littlefeather accepts Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar.…

Presidency on Film, Part 2

Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were born British subjects. Van…