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2007 Nobel Prize Winners

Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Pullitzer Prizes Physics:…

1982–1983 Emmy Awards

Hill Street BluesArchive PhotosOutstanding Drama SeriesHill Street Blues (NBC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesEd Flanders, St. ElsewhereOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesTyne…

Entertainment News from January 1997

Bryant GumbelArchive Photos1The controversial television ratings system debuts on the broadcast networks. The ratings appear for 15 seconds in the upper left-hand corner of the television…

Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl

(Encyclopedia) Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st EarlKitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earlkĭchˈənər, kĭchˈnər [key], 1850–1916, British field marshal and statesman. Trained at the…

Lemmon, Jack

(Encyclopedia) Lemmon, Jack (John Uhler Lemmon 3d), 1925–2001, American actor, b. Newton, Mass., grad. Harvard (1947). He became famous in roles ranging from sardonic comedy to compelling drama,…

Young Women's Christian Association

(Encyclopedia) Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), organization whose stated mission is “to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism.” The movement is nondenominational. It grew out of…

Beerbohm, Sir Max

(Encyclopedia) Beerbohm, Sir MaxBeerbohm, Sir Maxbērˈbōm [key], 1872–1956, English essayist, caricaturist, and parodist. He contributed to the famous Yellow Book while still an undergraduate at…

1959 Academy Awards

The 1959 Academy Awards were presented April 4, 1960 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAnatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, producer (Columbia)Ben-Hur, Sam…