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Las Vegas

(Encyclopedia) Las VegasLas Vegasläs vāˈgəs [key], city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban…

March 2021 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

Hilly Kristal Biography

nightclub ownerDied: Aug. 28, 2007 (New York City) Best Known as: founder of CBGB Kristal founded CBGB, the famous nightclub in Manhattan's Lower East…

Don Rickles

Don Rickles was in show business for seven decades, with a successful career as a stand-up comedian who specialized in insults, his most famous epithets being "dummy" and "hockey puck." In his later…

Nina Simone

Name at birth: Eunice Kathleen WaymonNina Simone was a classically trained pianist who became a famous nightclub singer thanks to an early hit, 1958's "I Loves You Porgy." A powerful and eclectic…

Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel became a famous name in gossip in November of 2009 after the tabloid newspaper The National Enquirer claimed that she was the mistress of superstar golfer Tiger Woods. At the time,…

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge is the Oscar-nominated actress whose career as a leading lady was curtailed by racism and personal problems in the 1950s. As teens, Dorothy and her sister Vivian were part of an…

Dean Martin

Name at birth: Dino CrocettiDean Martin had a long career in music and comedy, mostly in the guise of a bemused and handsome crooner of ballads. With his Italian good looks, wavy hair and velvety…

Allen, Woody

(Encyclopedia) Allen, Woody, 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Allen began his career…