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mint, in botany

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Spearmint Mentha spicata mint, in botany, common name for members of the Labiatae, a large family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs. Several species are shrubby or climbing…

Ocean's Eleven

Director:Steven SoderberghWriter:Ted GriffinWarner Bros.; PG-13; 110 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia Fueled by star power, suavity,…

Out of Sight<span class="date" >(1998)</span>

Universal; rental pricingFeature; RDirector:Steven SoderberghCast:George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez This low-key, sexy neo-noir not only proved smirky George Clooney was leading-man material…

The 84th Academy Award Best Actor Nominees

Here are the nominees for actor in a leading role. This is George Clooney's third nomination for Best Actor and Brad Pitt's second nomination for Best Actor. And the…

Jack Kilby 2005 Deaths

Jack KilbyAge: 81 Nobel Prize–winning electrical engineer who designed and developed the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, which miniaturized many consumer electronic…

Summer Sizzlers | June 2000

by Beth Rowen The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Another popular cartoon of the 1960s comes to the big screen, complete with a full line of merchandise tie-ins. The spies…

Billy Vessels 2001 Deaths

Billy VesselsAge: 70 All-American halfback at Oklahoma, who became the school's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1952; won national title with the Sooners in 1950; two-time all-conference…

Halloween: Witchcraft in Film, Part 2

Damn Those Miscreants by Beth Rowen Related Links Halloween Trick and TreatsAll-Time Scariest MoviesInterview with a Real-Life WitchInterview with Blair Witch DirectorsBlair Witch…

Nguyen Van Thieu 2001 Deaths

Nguyen Van ThieuAge: 76 former president of South Vietnam (1967–75) who led the country during most of the war against North Vietnam. He began his military career with the Vietminh, but later…

George Kennan 2005 Deaths

George KennanAge: 101 influential diplomat and historian who, while working at the U.S. embassy in Moscow in 1946, devised the U.S. policy of containment to deal with the Soviet Union during…