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1993 Grammy Awards

Whitney HoustonArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“I Will Always Love You,” Whitney HoustonAlbum of the YearThe Bodyguard—Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista)Song of the Year“A…

1981 Academy Awards

The 1981 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAtlantic City, Denis Heroux and John Kemeny, producers (Paramount)Chariots of…

Father Grows Up

A history of TV's most famous dads by Beth Rowen The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Related Links Father's Day featuresTimeline of Father's Day2,000 Years of the NecktieAlmanac:…

Gehry, Frank Owen

(Encyclopedia) Gehry, Frank OwenGehry, Frank Owengĕrˈē [key], 1929–, American architect, b. Toronto, Ont., as Frank Owen Goldberg. He is widely considered one of the finest and most artful of…

impressionism, in painting

(Encyclopedia) impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature…

civil disobedience

(Encyclopedia) civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobedience usual base their actions on moral right and employ the…

Van Gogh, Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Van Gogh, VincentVan Gogh, Vincentvăn gō, Dutch vĭnsĕntˈ vän khôkh [key], 1853–90, postimpressionist painter, b. the Netherlands. Van Gogh's works are perhaps better known generally…

Wesley, John

(Encyclopedia) Wesley, John, 1703–91, English evangelical preacher, founder of Methodism, b. Epworth, Lincolnshire. After his conversion, Wesley became involved in evangelistic work, in the course…

Antarctica

(Encyclopedia) CE5 AntarcticaAntarcticaăntärkˈtĭkə, –ärˈtĭkə [key], the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely…

1993 Academy Awards

The 1993 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1994 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.PictureThe Fugitive, Arnold Kopelson, producer (Warner Bros.)In the Name of the Father,…