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Andrea Mitchell Biography

Andrea MitchellTV news correspondent After growing up in New York City, Mitchell earned a BA in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1967 Mitchell became a reporter for…

Natasha Richardson Biography

Natasha RichardsonactressBorn: 5/11/1963Birthplace: London, EnglandDied: 3/18/2009 The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, Natasha Richardson has played leading…

Harry Potter Movie Stars

Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie ReviewHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireQuiz: Order of the Phoenix…

Brewer's: Miramont

An ignorant, testy old man, an ultra-admirer of learning. (Fletcher: The Elder Brother.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MirandaMiramolin A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Mirror of Human Salvation

An extended “Biblia Pauperum” (q.v.) with the subject of the picture explained in rhymes. Called in Latin “Speculum huma'næ salvationis.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History

Read about landmark cases that have changed history, from Marbury v. Madison to the challenge to Obamacare. 1803Marbury v. Madison was the first instance in which a law passed by Congress…

Entertainment Bios — R

Francisco RabalDorothy RabinowitzRadioheadGilda RadnerBen RaeburnRage Against the MachineSam M. RaimiMa RaineyClaude RainsBonnie RaittHarold RamisJoey RamoneMichael RapaportBasil RathboneDan…

1949 Cannes Film Festival

Grand PrixThe Third Man, Carol Reed (United Kingdom)Best ActorEdward G. Robinson, House of Strangers (United States)Best ActressIsa Miranda, The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy)DirectionRene…