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Jonathan Pryce Biography

Jonathan Pryce actorBorn: 6/1/1947Birthplace: Holywell, Wales The black-clad man who graced the 1994 Infiniti TV ads with his elegant diction, Pryce won a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in…

Brutus, in ancient Rome

(Encyclopedia) BrutusBrutusbr&oomacr;ˈtəs [key], in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 b.c., was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to…

Patricia Arquette Biography

Patricia Arquette actressBorn: 4/8/1968Birthplace: Chicago Granddaughter of the late television star Cliff Arquette, it is little surprise that both Patricia and her sister Rosanna Arquette…

Kevin Spacey Biography

Kevin Spacey(Kevin Fowler)actor, directorBorn: 7/26/1959Birthplace: South Orange, New Jersey Known for playing offbeat characters in movies like The Usual Suspects (1995), for which he won a Best…

Ninette de Valois 2001 Deaths

Ninette de ValoisAge: 102 choreographer and dance teacher who founded England's Royal Ballet, one of the world's most respected ballet companies. Her dances include Job (1931) and Bar aux…

Onel de Guzman, 2000 News

23, Philippine college student, came just short of admitting to unleashing May's “I Love You” computer virus that crippled email systems all over the world and caused billions of dollars in…

Dominique de Villepin, 2003 News

French foreign minister, emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of President Bush's pursuit of war in Iraq. He earned rare applause at a UN Security Council meeting in February, when…

Cécile de Brunhoff 2003 Deaths

Cécile de BrunhoffAge: 99 creator of the story of Babar, an orphaned elephant who wanders into Paris. She first told the tale in 1930 to her sick child, and her husband, Jean de Brunhoff, and…

Niki de Saint Phalle Biography

Niki de Saint Phalleartist and feminist Born: 1930Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France French-born artist and feminist known for her nanas sculptures, papier-mâché figures of enormous,…