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Summer Sizzlers | July 2000

by Beth Rowen Loser American Pie's Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari (perhaps better known as Lester Burnham's object of obsession in American Beauty) leave behind high-school hijinks and graduate to…

2004 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 17, 2004.Outstanding PlayI Am My Own Wife Outstanding MusicalWickedOutstanding Musical…

Robert II, king of France

(Encyclopedia) Robert II (Robert the Pious), 970–1031, king of France (996–1031); son of Hugh Capet, with whom he was joint king after 987. Distinguished for his piety and learning, he also sought to…

Nicholas Hughes Biography

marine biologistBorn: January 17, 1962Died: March 16, 2009 (Alaska, USA) Best Known as: son of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath Nicholas Hughes' life began with…

Hugh McLean Biography

Hugh McLeanAge: 84 longtime hockey referee who worked at all levels, including the NHL for 10 years; referee in chief of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for 10 years; president of…

O'Brian, Hugh

(Hugh J. Krampe) actorBirthplace: Rochester, N.Y.Born: 4/19/25

Brewer's: Hugh of Lincoln

It is said that the Jews in 1255 stole a boy named Hugh, whom they tortured for ten days and then crucified. Eighteen of the richest Jews of Lincoln were hanged for taking part in this…

Brewer's: Hugh Perry

An English perversion of “Euperion,” a predecessor of lucifer matches invented by Heurtner, who opened a shop in the Strand, and advertised his invention thus— To save your knuckles time…

Hugh Grant Biography

Hugh Grant actorBorn: 9/9/1960Birthplace: London, England Handsome British leading man whose career took off like a rocket to only come crashing back down in a tawdry little scandal. Grant was…

Hugh Downs Biography

Hugh DownsTV personalityBorn: 2/14/1921Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Radio announcer who became a popular TV personality when he joined Jack Paar's The Tonight Show (1957–62). An erudite man who…