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Todd Field

Todd Field’s first feature film as a writer and director was In the Bedroom, a 2003 Oscar nominee for best picture of the year. After starting out in music, Field went into the movie business first…

Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie(Rosetta Jacobs)actressBorn: 1/22/1932Birthplace: Detroit Early in her acting career, Laurie played lighthearted characters in costume dramas. For her first major role, in The Hustler (…

Piper Laurie Biography

Piper Laurie(Rosetta Jacobs)actressBorn: 1/22/1932Birthplace: Detroit Early in her acting career, Laurie played lighthearted characters in costume dramas. For her first major role, in The Hustler (…

Son of the Bride

Director: Juan Jose Campanella Writer: Juan Jose Campanella, Fernando Castets Sony Pictures Classic; R; 124 minutes Release: 4/02 Cast: Ricardo Darin, Hector Alterio, Norma…

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is an English actress known for appearing in the Harry Potter movies and for her Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1995 film version of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. She had her…

John Kerry

John Kerry was the U.S. Secretary of State from 2013-17 and a United States senator from Massachusetts from 1985-2013. He was also the Democratic nominee for president in 2004. John Kerry graduated…

James Douglas WILLIAMS, Congress, IN (1808-1880)

WILLIAMS James Douglas , a Representative from Indiana; born in Pickaway County, Ohio, January 16, 1808; moved with his parents to Indiana and settled in Knox County in 1818; received a limited…

Simon Peter WOLVERTON, Congress, PA (1837-1910)

WOLVERTON Simon Peter , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pa., January 28, 1837; attended the common schools and Danville (Pa.) Academy, and was…

Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden became famous when he revealed himself as the source of the 2013 news that the National Security Agency (NSA) had a wide-ranging surveillance operation in the United States and…

Jennifer Jones

Name at birth: Phylis IsleyJennifer Jones was a top box-office draw and multiple Oscar nominee during the 1940s and '50s, known for her off-screen love affair with producer David O. Selznick as much…