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Magnolia (Film)

Director/Writer:Paul Thomas AndersonNew Line Cinema; R; 180 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Tom Cruise, Jeremy Blackman, Melinda Dillon, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy,…

Harold Robbins Biography

Harold Robbins(aka Francis Kane, Harold Rubin)novelistBorn: 5/21/1916Birthplace: New York City An orphan who never discovered the identity of his parents, Robbins was a prolific though…

Janet Leigh Biography

Janet Leigh(Jeanette Helen Morrison)actressBorn: 7/6/1927Birthplace: Merced, California At first cast in routine ingénue roles, Leigh became a capable leading lady, especially compelling in…

Harold Robbins Biography

Harold Robbins(aka Francis Kane, Harold Rubin)novelistBorn: 5/21/1916Birthplace: New York City An orphan who never discovered the identity of his parents, Robbins was a prolific though…

Albert Finney Biography

Albert FinneyactorBorn: 5/9/1936Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire, England A versatile stage and film star, he gained acclaim as the hero of Tom Jones (1963), for which he earned an Academy Award…

Mike Leigh Biography

Mike Leigh director, screenwriterBorn: 2/20/1943Birthplace: Salford, England As director and screenwriter, Leigh works improvisationally with actors in the early stages of developing a film…

Ireland, Republic of

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ireland, Republic of, Gaelic, Eire, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,700,000), 27,136 sq mi (70,282 sq km). It occupies all but the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland in the…

Ralph Miller 2001 Deaths

Ralph MillerAge: 82 Hall of Fame men's college basketball coach at Oregon State, Iowa and Wichita State; his 657 career victories places him 17th on the Div. I all-time list at the time of…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Oriole

by EmilyDickinsonThe Oriole's SecretIn ShadowThe Oriole The Oriole One of the ones that Midas touched, Who failed to touch us all, Was that confiding prodigal, The blissful oriole. So…

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin (Mandel Patinkin)actor, musicianBorn: 11/30/1952Birthplace: Chicago Patinkin won an Emmy Award for his role as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on the CBS series Chicago Hope (1994-1995, 1999-2000…