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Matt Drudge

Matt Drudge's The Drudge Report is one of the best-known political news and gossip sites on the Internet. Drudge grew up near Washington, D. C., then headed west to Los Angeles with dreams of…

Lucy Kroll Biography

Lucy Krolltalent agent Kroll's client list read like a Who's Who of literary and theatrical talent. She represented Carl Sagan, Martha Graham, James Earl Jones and Horton Foote.Born: 1910?…

Robert Whitehead 2002 Deaths

Robert WhiteheadAge: 86 distinguished theatrical producer who staged many of the most important plays of the 20th century, including works by such luminaries as Arthur Miller, Tennessee…

Adam Ant

Name at birth: Stuart Leslie GoddardAfter art school, Stuart Goddard got keen on rock music and changed his name to Adam Ant. By 1977 the band was popular in punk-torn England, and Ant's self-named "…

John Entwistle 2002 Deaths

John EntwistleAge: 57 bassist for the Who whose disciplined demeanor onstage balanced the theatrical, often outrageous styles of bandmates Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend.…

Lou Reed

Name at birth: Lewis Allen ReedGuitarist Lou Reed co-founded and wrote most of the songs for the New York rock group The Velvet Underground (1965-70). The influential band recorded such cult…

John Blake RICE, Congress, IL (1809-1874)

RICE John Blake , a Representative from Illinois; born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., May 28, 1809; received a limited schooling; went on the stage in New York in 1839; moved to Chicago, Ill.,…

Spalding Gray

By turns neurotic, brainy, funny and gloomy, Gray was known for theatrical one-man shows in which he simply sat and talked directly to the audience. His monologues were based on his own life: his…

Kathy Acker Biography

Kathy Ackerwriter, performance artistBorn: 1943Birthplace: New York, New York The author of novels, short stories, essays, an opera libretto, and a screenplay, she was also a performance…

Michael Hutchence Biography

Michael Hutchencesinger As lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS, Hutchence's theatrics recalled Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger. The band became a sensation in the 1980s with the…