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Hugh Grant Biography

Hugh Grant actorBorn: 9/9/1960Birthplace: London, England Handsome British leading man whose career took off like a rocket to only come crashing back down in a tawdry little scandal. Grant was…

Rowan Atkinson Biography

Rowan Atkinson comedian, actorBorn: 1/6/1955Birthplace: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England Trained in electrical engineering at Oxford, he is known instead for his physical humor and verbal vitriol…

Lena Olin Biography

Lena Olin actressBorn: 3/22/1955Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Olin won the New York Film Critics Award and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film…

Myrna Loy Biography

Myrna Loy(Myrna Williams)actressBorn: 8/2/1905Birthplace: Raidersburg, Montana Loy worked under contract at Warners, at first in silent films, often playing mysterious, vampy characters…

The Hungry Stones: The Cabuliwallah

by Rabindranath Tagore The RenunciationThe Cabuliwallah (The Fruitseller from Cabul) My five years' old daughter Mini cannot live without chattering. I really believe that in all her…

King Charles III of England

Top of Page Source: AP Images/Dan KitwoodThe Queen is dead, long live the King. This phrase has been used for centuries to signify the unbroken continuation of the British Monarchy. The death of…

Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2005

In the United States, there are ten federal holidays set by law. Four are set by date (New Year's Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, and Christmas Day). The other six are set by a day of…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 12

Part 12Allons! after the great Companions, and to belong to them! They too are on the road—they are the swift and majestic men—they are the greatest women, Enjoyers of calms of seas and…

Musicks Empire

Musicks Empire First was the World as one great Cymbal made, Where Jarring Windes to infant Nature plaid. All Musick was a solitary sound, To hollow Rocks and murm'ring Fountains bound.…