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Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher went from costume designer to writer to one of Hollywood's busiest and most reliable directors of the 1980s and 1990s. Never a smash-hit superstar, he turned out a string of…

Getting Recommendations

  Brought to you by the American School Counselor Association Usually when you apply to a good college, they require you to get recommendations from two of your teachers.…

Anthony Hopkins

An enduring star of stage and screen, Anthony Hopkins remains best known as the creepy and manipulative serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins attended the Welsh…

Writing Well: Cast a Critical Eye

Cast a Critical EyeWriting WellCast a Critical EyeAn Embarrassment of RichesOn the Right Track Four guys went on a cross-country road trip. They were from Idaho, Iowa, New York, and Florida. Two…

Adam Driver

Adam Driver is the raven-haired and enigmatic actor who plays a self-centered boyfriend on TV’s Girls and the self-centered Jedi dropout Kylo Ren in the Star Wars films. Adam Driver was born in San…

Ryan Gosling

Handsome and reserved, Ryan Gosling is best known for his breakthrough role in 2004's The Notebook and for his Oscar-nominated performance in the 2016 musical La La Land. Ryan Gosling got his start…

Writing Well: Book Learning

Book LearningWriting WellSeek and Ye Shall FindBook LearningMags and RagsResearching on the I-WayYou're Not Done Yet Books are “user friendly”—they're light, easy to use, and familiar. They can't…

DNA fingerprinting

(Encyclopedia) DNA fingerprinting or DNA profiling, any of several similar techniques for analyzing and comparing DNA from separate sources, used especially in law enforcement to identify suspects…

Top Ten Most Polluted Places in the World

This Top Ten list was compiled by the Technical Advisory Board of the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental NGO based in New York. The criteria used in ranking include the size of the affected…