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October Sky

Director:Joe JohnstonWriter:Lewis ColickUniversal Pictures; 100 minutes; PG Release:5/99Cast:Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern In an era of money-grubbing multinational corporations…

2006 MTV Movie Awards

The annual MTV Movie Awards were presented June 8, 2006. Best Movie Wedding Crashers Best…

Jake Lloyd Biography

Jake LloydactorBorn: 3/5/1989 The young actor was virtually unknown until he burst on the scene with Episode I — The Phantom Menace, the first of three prequels to the Star Wars trilogy. In…

Alonzo (Jake) Gaither

Alonzo (Jake) GaitherBorn: Apr. 11, 1903Football Head coach at Florida A&M for 25 years; led Rattlers to 6 national Black college titles; retired after 1969 season with record of 203-36-4 and a…

Asawa, Brian Laurence

(Encyclopedia) Asawa, Brian LaurenceAsawa, Brian Laurenceäsäˈwä [key], 1966–2016, American countertenor, b. Fullerton, Calif., B.A., Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles. Known for the the clear, silvery…

Robinson, Sugar Ray

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (…

Sullivan, John Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1858–1918, American boxer, b. Roxbury, Mass. After gaining a local reputation in amateur boxing, the Boston Strong Boy, as Sullivan came to be called, toured…

Grisham, John

(Encyclopedia) Grisham, John, 1955–, American novelist and lawyer, b. Jonesboro, Ark., B.S. Mississippi State Univ., 1977, J.D. Univ. of Mississippi School of Law, 1981. He practiced law for nearly a…

2005 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review…