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Larger Than Life

Director:Howard FranklinWriter:Roy Blount, Jr.Director of Photography:Elliot DavisEditor:Sidney LevinMusic:Miles GoodmanProduction Designer:Marcia Hinds-JohnsonProducers:Richard B. Lewis,…

The Devil's Dictionary: Jester

by Ambrose Bierce JEALOUSJEWS-HARPJESTER -n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances, the absurdity…

George Harrison 2001 Deaths

George HarrisonAge: 58musician lead guitarist for the Beatles, Harrison died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. “He left this world as he lived in it, conscious of God, fearless…

2001 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 20, 2001Outstanding PlayProofOutstanding MusicalThe Producers Outstanding Musical Revival42nd…

Top 10 Selling Digital Albums, 2008

The British alternative rock band Coldplay topped the charts in America with the most selling digital album of 2008. The following table lists the rank, title, artist, and…

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Director: Milos Forman Writers: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot Editor: Christopher Tellefsen Music: Thomas Newman…

Schiavo case

(Encyclopedia) Schiavo case, the legal battles over the guardianship and rights of Theresa Maria Schindler Schiavo (1963–2005). Terri Schiavo was incapacitated and hospitalized in 1990, after she…

Star-Spangled Banner, The

(Encyclopedia) Star-Spangled Banner, The, American national anthem, beginning, “O say can you see by the dawn's early light.” The words were written by Francis Scott Key, a young Washington attorney…

lemur

(Encyclopedia) lemurlemurlēˈmər [key], name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and…