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Beatty, Warren

(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Warren (Henry Warren Beaty) Beatty, Warren bāˈtē, bēˈ– [key], 1937…

Peck, Gregory

(Encyclopedia) Peck, Gregory, 1916–2003, American movie actor, b. La Jolla, Calif., as Eldred Gregory Peck. Peck studied at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and debuted on Broadway in The Morning…

Pelosi, Nancy Patricia

(Encyclopedia) Pelosi, Nancy Patricia Pelosi, Nancy Patricia pəlōˈsē [key], 1940–, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the…

Entertainment News from June 1998

1It's a boffo season for Broadway, with record-setting box office and attendance figures for the 1997–1998 season. Mega-hits such as Ragtime and The Lion King propel ticket sales to $557.26…

College Baseball World Series

College World Series The NCAA Division I College World Series has been held in Kalamazoo, Mich. (1947-48), Wichita, Kan. (1949) and Omaha, Neb. (since 1950). Beginning in 2003, the championship…

Huston, John

(Encyclopedia) Huston, JohnHuston, Johnhy&oomacr;sˈtən [key], 1906–87, American motion picture director, writer, and actor, b. Nevada, Mo. In many of his films, such as The Treasure of the Sierra…

Madonna

(Encyclopedia) Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) Madonna mədŏnˈə, chĭkōˈnē [key], 1958…