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Entertainment News from September 2001
1Actress Anne Heche and cinematographer Coleman “Coley” Laffoon marry. In other wedding news, Geena Davis takes her fourth walk down the aisle, marrying surgeon boyfriend Dr. Reza Jarrahy.…Entertainment News from September 1999
6 Allen Funt, creator and host of Candid Camera, dies of complications of a 1993 stroke. He was 84. The show, a CBS hit from 1960 to 1966, was originally created by Funt as a radio show, moved…Castle, Vernon, and Irene Foote
(Encyclopedia) Castle, Vernon (Vernon Castle Blythe) 1887–1918, and Irene Foote, 1893–1969, husband-and-wife dance team. Vernon Castle was an English dancer, who studied civil engineering before…On the Road Again—2000
Archival Material Jump on the festival bandwagon this summer by Beth Rowen Chicago Blues Festival | Glastonbury Festival | JVC Jazz Festival | Monterey Jazz Festival | Newport Folk Festival |…Azawakh
(Encyclopedia) Azawakh, breed of long-legged, swift hound from the Sahel region of West Africa, particularly Burkino Faso, Mali, and Niger. Slim and elegant with a narrow, chiseled head, it stands…Taiho
(Encyclopedia) Taiho, 1940–2013, Japanese sumo wrestler. The son of a Japanese mother and a Ukrainian father, he was born on Sakhalin Island as Ivan Boryshko; his Japanese name Koki Naya. At the end…Samper Pizano, Ernesto
(Encyclopedia) Samper Pizano, ErnestoSamper Pizano, Ernestoĕrnĕsˈtō sämpĕrˈ pēzäˈnō [key], 1950–, Colombian politician, president of Colombia (1994–98), b. Bogotá. An economist, lawyer, former…Prince
(Encyclopedia) Prince, 1958–2016, American singer and songwriter, b. Minneapolis, Minn., as Prince Rogers Nelson. Biracial, slim, and sexily androgynous, he was an electrifying performer who composed…Chrysler Building
(Encyclopedia) Chrysler Building, in midtown Manhattan, New York City, at Lexington Ave. between 42d and 43d St. The ultimate art deco-style skyscraper, it was commissioned by Walter P. Chrysler,…2001 Grammy Awards
The 44th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 27, 2002. Record: “Walk On,” U2 Album: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack, Various Artists (Lost…