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Howard Hawks Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks (Howard Winchester Hawks), 1896-1977, American film director, b. Goshen, Ind. Although not as well known as such contemporaries as John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock , he has been critically acclaimed as one of the 20th cent.'s best motion picture directors. His directorial career began... Read more
Scarface Scarface
Scarface Rap musician For the Record… Selected discography Sources Scarface became the most admired rapper in the southern United States in the 1980s, rising to prominence as a member of the group Geto Boys. He left the group in 1991 to start a solo career he had abandoned before joining the... Read more
Nicholas Ray Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray American-born film director Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) rose to prominence in the 1950s with such films as Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and his best-known work, Rebel Without a Cause, which transformed leading man James Dean into an American icon. He often portrayed the sensitive,... Read more
Danielle Steel Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel Danielle Steel (born 1947) is an internationally best selling author of over thirty romance novels. Since publishing her first book in 1973, Steel has acquired an enormous following of loyal, avid readers. Steel was born on August 14, 1947, in New York City, the only child of... Read more
Ruth Draper Ruth Draper
Ruth Draper 1884-1956, American monologist, b. New York City. The author of 36 monologues, ranging from farce to tragedy, she played the various characters within each sketch with only a change of costume and props. Her delicate and sophisticated art gained her worldwide acclaim.... Read more
Max J Friedlander Max J Friedlander
Max J. Friedländer , 1867-1958, German art historian. Educated in Munich, he became director of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. He left Germany in 1933 and settled in Holland. A specialist in Netherlandish painting of the 15th and 16th cent., he is best known for his monumental work on... Read more
John Grisham John Grisham
John Grisham 1955- Novelist Publishing Superstar By far the best-selling author of the 1990s, John Grisham is perhaps, as his former agent Jay Garon declared, "the most successful author in the history of the book-publishing business." Street Lawyer Grisham did not set out to become a writer. Born... Read more
Iyanla Vanzant Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant 1953— Counselor, lawyer, writer, lecturer Iyanla (pronounced EE-yan-lah) Vanzant has overcome overwhelming personal difficulties to become a lawyer, minister, talk show host, best-selling author, and national advocate for literacy. Through her self-named "dark valley... Read more
Jane Campion Jane Campion
Jane Campion 1954-, New Zealand film director, b. Wellington; grad. Victoria Univ., Wellington (1975), Sydney College of the Arts, Australia (1979), Australian School of Film and Television, Sydney (1984). Campion, who both wrote and directed most of her early films, is particularly adept at... Read more
Ang Lee Ang Lee
LEE, Ang Nationality:Taiwanese. Born:Taiwan; moved to United States, 1978. Education:Attended theater program, University of Illinois. Career:Directed first two features in the United States, 1991–93; returned to Taiwan to direct Eat Drink Man Woman,... Read more

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