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Leo Tolstoy Biography

Leo Tolstoynovelist, philosopherBorn: 9/9/1828Birthplace: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia Novelist and philosopher considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His pacifist beliefs were often…

Tamlyn Tomita Biography

Tamlyn TomitaactressBorn: 1/27/1966Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan Before her film debut in The Karate Kid: Part 2 (1986), Tomita spent a season on television's Santa Barbara (1984). She has continued to…

Sagan, Françoise

(Encyclopedia) Sagan, FrançoiseSagan, FrançoisefräNswäzˈ sägäNˈ [key], pseudonym of Françoise QuoirezSagan, Françoisekwärĕzˈ [key], 1935–2004, French novelist, b. Françoise Quoirez. She became famous…

Merrill, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Merrill, Robert, 1917–2004, American baritone, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Moishe Miller. In 1945 he won the Metropolitan Opera's Auditions of the Air and in the same year made his debut as…

Bowles, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Bowles, Paul, 1910–99, American writer and composer, b. New York City. He studied in Paris with Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland and composed (1930s–40s) a number of modernist operas,…

Adventists

(Encyclopedia) AdventistsAdventistsădˈvĕnˌtĭsts [key] [advent, Lat.,=coming], members of a group of related religious denominations whose distinctive doctrine centers in their belief concerning the…

What Women Want

Director:Nancy MeyersWriters:Josh Goldsmith and Cathy YuspaParamount; PG-13; 123 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei What Women Want derives its title from the side…

A Thousand Clowns

By: Don Schlitz Director: Scott Ellis Cast: Joshua Park, Kristen Bell, Linda Purl, Jane Connell, John Christopher Jones, Tommy Hollis, Marshall Pailet, Jim Poulos, Tom Aldredge, John…

Marsh, Reginald

(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Reginald, 1898–1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He…

Clurman, Harold

(Encyclopedia) Clurman, HaroldClurman, Haroldkl&oobreve;rˈmən [key], 1901–80, American director, manager, critic, and author, b. New York City. In his early years he acted in minor roles,…