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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…

Rachel Ward Biography

Rachel Ward actressBorn: 9/12/1957Birthplace: Cornwell Manor, England Ward was nominated in 1982 for the New Star of the Year Golden Globe award for portraying Dominoe in the Burt Reynolds cop…

Jerry Garcia Biography

Jerry GarciamusicianBorn: 8/1/1942Birthplace: San Francisco Arguably one of the most famous rock and roll musicians of all time as lead singer and guitarist of The Grateful Dead. Famous for…

Chip Myers Biography

Chip MyersAge: 53 assistant coach of the Minnesota Vikings who was named offensive coordinator to replace Brian Billick who left to coach the Baltimore Ravens one month before his death;…

WEBER, John Vincent (Vin), Congress, MN (1952)

WEBER, John Vincent (Vin), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Slayton, Murray County, Minn., July 24, 1952; attended the public schools; attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,…

Alfred Free

Alfred FreeBorn: 1913 COMPOSITION OF MATTER. Free revolutionized urinalysis by devising a dip-and-read test, CLINISTIX®, for detecting glucose in urine. Working at Miles Laboratories, he also…

Robert Gallo

Robert GalloBorn: 1937 HIV Isolation and Identification. Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier both discovered HIV, determining that the virus was the cause of AIDS, and making it more possible to…

Anna and the King

Director:Andy TennantWriter:Steve MeersonFox 2000; R; 140 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling If the name sounds familiar, you're right: Anna and the King is…

Man on the Moon

Director:Milos FormanWriters:Scott Alexander and Larry KaraszewskiUniversal Pictures; R; 118 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love When Andy Kaufman died at age 35…

Town and Country

Director:Peter ChelsomWriters:Michael Laughlin, Buck HenryNew Line Cinema; R; 102 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell Few people missed Warren Beatty's…