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Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the younger sister of the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson. Janet Jackson released her first album in 1982; her career…

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Director/Writer: Guy Ritchie Polygram; R; 107 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and Sting Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is the…

Herblock 2001 Deaths

Herblock (Herbert L. Block)Age: 91 famed editorial cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his stylized, witty images. In his 50-plus years at the Washington Post, he satirized every…

Little Richard

Name at birth: Richard Wayne PennimanLittle Richard helped define the wild side of early rock and roll with his uptempo tunes, sexualized lyrics, and outrageous onstage behavior. Richard Penniman…

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan is an American leading man of stage and screen, known mostly for his offbeat, stylized performances in the TV series Twin Peaks (1989-90) and the film Blue Velvet (1986), both by…

Robert Altman Biography

Robert AltmandirectorBorn: 2/20/1925Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Film director whose sprawling, stylized films deglamorized and shattered myths surrounding history, Hollywood, and politics. His…

Herblock Biography

Herblock(Herbert Lawrence Block)editorial cartoonistBorn: 10/13/1909Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois famed editorial cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his stylized, witty images. In…

2006 Webby Awards

Activism:Youthink!: http://youthink.worldbank.org/ Arts:MoMA: Contemporary Voices: www.moma.org/exhibitions/2005/contemporaryvoices/flash.html Associations:Cotton Inc—Team Cotton: www.team-cotton.com…

Joan Didion

Joan Didion made her name with the essay collection Slouching Toward Bethlehem (1968) and the novel Play It As It Lays (1970). A California native, she was in her last year in college at Berkeley in…

John Woo

John Woo made his reputation as an action film director in Hong Kong during the 1980s, but since 1992 has worked in Hollywood directing big-budget thrillers such as Face/Off (1997, with John Travolta…