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Phil Hartman Biography

Phil Hartman actor, comedianBorn: 9/24/1948Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Comedian and actor who excelled with an often deadpan delivery and convincing sendups of the famous and…

Drive Me Crazy

Director:John SchultzWriter:Rob Thomas20th Century Fox; 93 minutes; PG-13Release:10/99Cast:Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Ali Lartner Drive Me Crazy relies on a familiar…

Joan Rivers Biography

Joan Rivers(Joan Molinsky)comedian, talk show host, actressBorn: 6/8/1933Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Emmy Award-winning talk show host, actress and comedian who gained notoriety while working as…

Our Song

Director/Writer:Jim McKayIFC Films; R; 95 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Melissa Martinez, Anna Simpson, Kerry Washington Despite its inauspicious title, Our Song is a compelling and original new…

Get Over It

Director:Tommy O'HaverWriter:R. Lee FlemingMiramax; PG-13; 90 minutesRelease:3/01Cast:Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller The most difficult thing about the current wave of teen…

Hecker, Isaac Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hecker, Isaac Thomas, 1819–88, American Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Paulist Fathers; son of Prussian immigrants. Feeling the general discontent of his day in the dying…

Rohmer, Eric

(Encyclopedia) Rohmer, Eric, 1920–2010, French film director and writer, b. Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer. He was a founder (1950) of La Gazette du cinéma, cowrote (1957) a study of Alfred Hitchcock,…

Guicciardini, Francesco

(Encyclopedia) Guicciardini, FrancescoGuicciardini, Francescofränchāsˈkō gwēt-chärdēˈnē [key], 1483–1540, Italian historian and statesman. He represented (1512–14) his native Florence at the court of…

Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey NikolayevichTolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ [key]Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevichnyĭkəlīˈəvĭch [key]Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich təlstoiˈ [key],…

Smashing Pumpkins Biography

Smashing Pumpkinsrock band Grammy Award-winning progressive rock band whose lush arrangements and high production values set the band apart from other bands of the genre. Founded by lead…