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Kathy Bates
BATES, Kathy 1948– (Bobo Bates, Kathy D. Bates) PERSONAL Full name, Kathleen Doyle Bates; born June 28, 1948, in Memphis, TN; daughter of Langdon Doyle (a mechanical engineer) and Bertye Kathleen (maiden name, Talbot) Bates; married Anthony Campisi (an actor), April 1991 (divorced,... Read more |
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso , republic (2005 est. pop. 13,925,000), 105,869 sq mi (274,200 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Mali in the west and north, on Niger in the northeast, on Benin in the southeast, and on Togo, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire in the south. Ouagadougou is the capital and largest city. In... Read more |
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David Merrick
David Merrick 1912-2000, American theatrical producer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as David Margulois. Merrick began his remarkably successful series of theatrical productions in 1954 with Fanny, his first Broadway musical. Thereafter he presented more than 80 plays and musicals, including Gypsy (1959),... Read more |
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Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune 1939-, American dancer, choreographer, and director, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. An unusually lanky 6 ft 6 in., Tune began his Broadway dancing career in the chorus of several mid-1960s musicals, then performed as a tap dancer in musical films, including Hello Dolly! (1969) and The Boy... Read more |
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Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born 1931) wrote the music and the lyrics for three of the longest running musicals in Broadway history, Hello Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman was born on July 10, 1931 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the only child of Harry Herman, a gym teacher,... Read more |
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Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson 1921-, American composer, b. Muncie, Ind. Beeson studied at the Eastman School of Music and privately in New York with Béla Bartók. Beginning to teach at Columbia Univ. in 1945, he was named MacDowell Professor of Music in 1967; he retired in 1988 but returned as a member... Read more |
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Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly 1912-96, American dancer, choreographer, movie actor, and director, b. Pittsburgh. Kelly started dancing on Broadway in 1938 and first gained fame in the title role of the Broadway musical Pal Joey (1940). He moved to Hollywood in 1941 and soon starred in his first film, For Me and My... Read more |
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand 1942-, American singer and actress, b. New York City. Streisand first gained critical and public acclaim for her supporting role in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962). She cemented her fame with her show-stopping portrayal of Fanny Brice in another... Read more |
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Will Smith (American actor)
Will Smith 1968– Actor He’s Really From Philly The DJ and the Rapper The Fresh Prince Moved to Bel Air Goodbye TV, Hello Action Star Married, Divorced, Remarried Returned to Rap Selected discography Sources On television he was the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, a streetwise Philadelphian... Read more |
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George Michael Cohan
George Michael Cohan , 1878-1942, American showman, b. Providence, R.I. As a child he appeared in vaudeville as one of "The Four Cohans" with his father, mother, and sister, Josephine. He eventually wrote the act and was the business manager. The Governor's Son (1901) was his first attempt at... Read more |
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Bobo says goodbye to Sharks, hello to Stormers.(Sports)
...an indication of the success of the Sharks in this aspect of the game under coach Dick Muir. Veteran former Springbok Gcobani Bobo is going home to Cape Town and the Stormers via careers at the Lions and the Sharks; young hooker Sangoni Mxoli was some time... |
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ERIC BOBO
...thing kind of turned around," Bobo says. "I got into the world...know I also played percussion." Bobo would go on to record the Beasties...gets lead billing on the cut "Bobo On The Corner"-and Hello Nasty (1998), before focusing... |
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Bobo not to blame, it was a team effort from Celtic
...Rio Ferdinand's defending, "wait 'til he meets Bobo Balde". But Bobo couldn't be blamed yesterday, largely because he...the moment Liston stood up and addressed the kids. "Hello, my name is Bomber," he said, and they giggled... |
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Football: BIG BOBO HADN'T A CLUE WHO I WAS; Exclusive SPL SPOTLIGHT Mark:...
...he was brought crashing down to earth. Bobo Balde had no idea who he was. He can laugh...He was right. "But I don't think Bobo knew who I was. He sat next to me at the...had no idea who I was. I had to say, 'Hello, I'm Mark, I'm the new guy... |
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A day for saying goodbye to old faces - and hello to bright future?
...James and club captain Luke Watson. But there were also some hellos to the next generation too, with former Beechen Cliff School...Manning, Fielden, Tuiipulotu, Fitzpatrick, Tait, Gopperth (Bobo 48), Young (Pilgrim 61); Golding (Shiells 55), Thompson... |
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DOBOL A SA TIMES 'HELLO BROWNIE?'
...Ali: Ang nagsabi'y Supreme Court, walang enabling law Kung bakit naman kasi, ang titigas ng kanilang ulo Di naman mga bobo, maipilit lang ang gusto Arnold: Ang sabi ni Atty. Mac ilegal ang lahat... Dahil walang batas initiative inaalat... |
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Mongo Santamaria 1917-2003.
...honor working with "Mongomery" (Willie Bobo's nickname for Mongo). At one time...85? ("Mon," help!!!). Willie Bobo was dying of cancer but he came with Hubert Laws to say hello to Mongo and they had a great reunion backstage... |
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Diary
...hao!" (Which means: "Hello, everybody.") The place...Lala, a Swallow, a Lemon, a Bobo, a Bear, a Cream, a Shine, a Rainy, a Tweety, and a Hello. And then there is the girl...demurest of smiles and says: "Hello. I'm Cherry. Do you want... |
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FAMILY, SCHOOL STRUGGLE; PARENTS WHO DROPPED OUT THEMSELVES FACE CHARGES OF...
...guys aren't teaching them.' Hello. Maybe they're doing good...they don't get it done." Bobo disagreed. "If we put them...the issue was attendance," Bobo said. "Regardless of what...t send them to school." Bobo said part of the problem between... |
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Where the main man is a Lady
...the discovery that my sister Bobo might be the main man on the...a war-dance and we think, hello, this isn't very nice...an inspiration. "My sister Bobo's land marches with Beaulieu...straighten on the Isle of Wight." Bobo was pleased to see us, and... |