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The Tin Anniversary

The Question: What gift or color signifies a tenth anniversary? (For example, the color representing the 25th anniversary is silver.) The Answer…

Nia Vardalos

Name at birth: Antonia Eugenia VardalosNia Vardalos is the writer and star of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a low-budget, independently produced feature that became one of the biggest box…

Top 10 DVD Rentals, 2006

The following table lists the top 10 DVD rentals for 2006, according to Rentrak's Retail Essentials, including Flightplan and Wedding Crashers.Flightplan Wedding Crashers Walk the…

Carson McCullers

Name at birth: Lula Carson SmithCarson McCullers was a critically acclaimed author of several popular novels in the 1940s and '50s, including The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) and The Member of the…

Anne Burras Biography

Anne Burrasearly colonistBorn: ?Birthplace: England Burras worked as a maid for Mistress Forrest in their native England. It is believed that the two women were among the earliest colonists…

Isla Fisher

Australian actress Isla Fisher is the petite redhead who starred opposite Vince Vaughn in the movie The Wedding Crashers (2005, also starring Owen Wilson). Isla Fisher, who is of Scottish descent,…

Brewer's: Beggar's Daughter

Bessee, the beggar's daughter of Bednall Green. Bessee was very beautiful, and was courted by four suitors at once- a knight, a gentleman of fortune, a London merchant, and the son of the…

Thorncrown Chapel

Eureka Springs, Ark.Designed in 1980 by E. Fay Jones photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Thorncrown Chapel as one…

Lily and the Lion

Lily and the Lion A merchant, who had three daughters, was once setting out upon a journey; but before he went he asked each daughter what gift he should bring back for her. The eldest wished…