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Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre was the first model to become a celebrity simply by appearing in the Victoria's Secret catalog. Jill Goodacre's auburn-haired good looks made her a favorite with readers of the…America's Most Endangered Places
The Ellis Island Hospital in New York Harbor is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2011America's Most Endangered Places…Classical Mythology: A Face Only a Mother Could Love
A Face Only a Mother Could LoveClassical MythologyThe Model Hero: PerseusA Face Only a Mother Could LoveHomeward BoundA Family Reunion Medusa was one of three monstrous sisters called the Gorgons.…Stefan Lorant 1997 Deaths
Stefan Lorantauthor, magazine editor A pioneer of photojournalism, Lorant is credited with developing the model for Life magazine. Born: 1901Died: 1997Arthur L. Liman1997 DeathsDwight Lowry…The Devil's Dictionary: Opera
by Ambrose Bierce ONCEOPIATEOPERA -n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes. All…Xuxa
Maria da Graça "Xuxa" Meneghel is famous in Brazil as the cheery blonde host of a long series of popular variety shows for children. Xuxa was a teen model who later posed as a centerfold in the…Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter was TV's Wonder Woman in the late 1970s, starring first in a TV movie in 1975, then on the popular television series from 1976 to 1979. Lynda Carter first made her name as winner of the…Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was the brilliant New Zealand physicist who explained natural radioactivity, determined the structure of the atom, and changed one element into another (nitrogen to oxygen) by…Gareth Gates
Singer Gareth Gates is the spiky-haired, stammering pop star who emerged in 2002 as a contestant on the U.K. Pop Idol TV show. During the course of the show, audiences were captivated by his singing…Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley was a hit as the sexy spy Vanessa Kensington in the 1997 Mike Myers spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. (Hurley played the daughter of the original Mrs. Kensington,…