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Shaw, Artie

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Artie, 1910–2004, American clarinetist and bandleader, b. New York City as Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. He began playing professionally as a teenager, becoming a studio musician in…

2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best PictureIn the BedroomBest ActorDenzel Washington, Training DayBest ActressSissy Spacek, In the BedroomBest Supporting ActorJim Broadbent, Iris and Moulin RougeBest Supporting ActressKate…

Lasch, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Lasch, ChristopherLasch, Christopherlăsh [key], 1932–94, American historian, b. Omaha, Neb., grad. Harvard, 1956, Ph.D., Columbia, 1961. After teaching at the Univ. of Iowa (1961–66)…

Richard Michael NOLAN, Congress, MN (1943)

NOLAN Richard Michael , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minn., December 17, 1943; graduated from Brainerd High School, Brainerd, Minn.,, 1962; attended St. John'…

2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture:A Beautiful MindBest Actor:Russell Crowe, A Beautiful MindBest Actress:Sissy Spacek, In the BedroomBest Supporting Actor:Ben Kingsley, Sexy BeastBest Supporting Actress:Jennifer…

Fry, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Fry, Christopher, 1907–2005, English dramatist, b. Bristol as Christopher Fry Harris. Like his friend and mentor, T. S. Eliot, he was one of the few 20th-century dramatists to write…

Gist, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Gist, ChristopherGist, Christophergĭst [key], c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands. In 1750 he descended the…