presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency
beautifully crafted engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic twisty yarn that will keep them guessing
bread my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it
slow silly and unintentionally hilarious
ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza
the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes
ryan gosling is in a word brilliant as the conflicted daniel
if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure one of those movies
frida is certainly no disaster but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for
the film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry
a work of astonishing delicacy and force
for the most part the ingredients are there
but if
the acting is stiff the story lacks all trace of wit the sets look like they were borrowed from
this version moves beyond the
a first-class thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire beloved genres the prison flick and the fight film
the film is so bad it
weiss and speck never make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes
another best of the year selection
same song second verse coulda been better but it coulda been worse
i love the robust middle of this picture
the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission
mostly martha could have used a little trimming 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice but
for the rest of us sitting through
featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil
the movie is for fans who
the ring is worth a look if you
beautifully observed miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama
what makes how i killed my father compelling besides its terrific performances is
this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on
a plotline
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls
reassuring retro uplifter
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey
the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic
how did it ever get made
i like the new footage and still love the old stuff
it briefly flirts with player masochism but the point of real interest audience sadism is evaded completely
could the country bears really be as bad as its trailers
at times the movie looks genuinely pretty
it depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept
the stupidest most insulting movie of
the film seems a dead weight
sparkling often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called my husband is travis bickle
i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes
a lousy movie
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals a psychological masterpiece
a strong script powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman who is not only a pianist but a good human being
qutting may be a flawed film but it is nothing if not sincere
something appears to have been lost in the translation this time
like a documentary version of fight club shorn of social insight intellectual pretension and cinematic interest
stephen rea aidan quinn and alan bates play
an intriguing and entertaining introduction to johnson
everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had
despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair
how many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise
if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con
it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess piss on trees b.s one another and put on a show in drag
only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives still with the boiler suit and white mask which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry
showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns the movie will be
whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck
a zombie movie in every sense of the word mindless lifeless meandering loud painful obnoxious
it has fun with the quirks of family life but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect
novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty no-budget approach
since lee is a sentimentalist the film is more worshipful than your random e
the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense surprise and consistent emotional conviction
high crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them and maybe that is nobility of a sort
this thing works on no level whatsoever for me
a bland murder-on-campus yawner
in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life despite the title amounts to surprisingly little
one of the finest most humane and important holocaust movies ever made
suffers from rambling repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video
the twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance but twists are getting irritating and this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale
features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film
it is intensely personal and yet unlike quills deftly shows us the temper of the times
even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested or at least conscious i could feel my eyelids getting very heavy
a solid well-formed satire
deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits
read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love
creates a visceral sense of its
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish
just how these families interact may surprise you
the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size and it
even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture
creepy authentic and dark
a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her
the film is a contrivance as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence but
at its worst the screenplay is callow but at its best it is a young
at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth
only an epic documentary could get it all down and spike
as quiet patient and tenacious as mr lopez himself who approaches his difficult endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline
instead of hiding pinocchio from critics miramax should have hidden it from everyone
what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted
jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness
just about the best straight-up old-school horror film of the last 15 years
gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory self-hating self-destructive ways
i thought the relationships were wonderful the comedy was funny and the love real
better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine
feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series
elegantly produced and expressively performed the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy
ultimate x is a ride basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine
celebrated at sundance this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy glib charm
apparently romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just
that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace
some elements of it really blow the big one but other parts are decent
no french people were harmed during the making of this movie but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half
i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism
the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop
exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richard gere
dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families then tear them apart
a stupid derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense
a miraculous movie
a fiercely clever and subtle film capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries
anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups
thanks to a small star with big heart this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all
festers in just such a dungpile that
under-rehearsed and lifeless
exactly what
if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire it probably would look a lot like this alarming production adapted from anne
for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh sometimes funny and usually genuinely worthwhile hollywood ending is a depressing experience
bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies
the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson who also served as executive producer take his smooth shrewd powerful act abroad
what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last
cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos but there are no movies of nijinsky so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge
aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend
mr
mazel tov to a film about a
would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the
an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u.s relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975
loud chaotic and largely unfunny
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d
harris is supposed to be the star of the story but comes across as pretty dull and wooden
for those who pride themselves on sophisticated discerning taste this might not seem like the proper cup of tea however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their 1*** off for an hour-and-a-half
there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 quite a rarity even in the family film market
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through
always remains movingly genuine
stitch is a bad mannered ugly and destructive little ****
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael
kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other
this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences and
like life on the island the movie grows boring despite the scenery
an atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding
even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor sorority boys is a bowser
director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors and the costumes and sets are grand
the only entertainment
the film serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception which while it may not rival the
attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of
a small movie with a big impact
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic
hey arnold is now stretched to barely feature length with a little more attention paid to the animation
after that it just gets stupid and maudlin
the stunning dreamlike visuals will impress even those viewers who have little patience for euro-film pretension
plods along minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike a cult hero
impresses as a skillfully assembled highly polished and professional adaptation just about as chilling and unsettling as
for the most part
the sort of picture in which whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset
despite its raucous intent xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break
a roller-coaster ride of a movie
a colorful vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse lushly photographed and beautifully recorded
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling
even horror fans will most likely not find what
after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course
this is cool slick stuff ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters
blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation
a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target
for veggietales fans this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus
while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets
a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation
nothing sticks really except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad sordid universe of guns drugs avarice and damaged dreams
while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in
a portrait of an artist
as written by michael berg and michael j wilson from a story by wilson this relentless all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all
this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year
it never fails to engage us
denis forges out of the theories of class based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural sexual and social discord
the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves
more romantic more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original
like the best of
the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing
feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged
a very long movie dull in stretches with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction
in xxx diesel is that rare creature an action hero with table manners and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep
while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza
it never is not fully
not only is undercover brother as funny if not more so than both austin powers films but
it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit
with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as
not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream american audience but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit
you come away wishing though that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency
the movie is virtually without context journalistic or historical
after sitting through this sloppy made-for-movie comedy special it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work
genuinely touching because
for all the complications
armed with a game supporting cast from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy like mike shoots and scores doing its namesake proud
it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face
the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle to be consumed and forgotten
a thoroughly awful movie dumb narratively chaotic visually sloppy a weird amalgam of the
one of those staggeringly well-produced joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next hastily emptily
measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller
the movie has no respect for laws political correctness or common decency but it displays something more important respect for its flawed crazy people
in a strange way egoyan has done too much
after seeing the film i can tell you that
the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work
in some ways lagaan is quintessential bollywood
pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other just as their characters do in the film
it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex
some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes a setup delivery and payoff
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself
narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films
intriguing and downright intoxicating
the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic
perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout is that
in addition to scoring high for originality of plot putting together familiar themes of family forgiveness and love in a new way lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths
at its worst it implodes in a series of very bad special effects
bad and baffling from the get-go
the movie is a blast of educational energy as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes
the original
to my taste the
although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original the first
the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star jean reno who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep
a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous starring piper perabo in what could be her breakthrough role
this method almost never fails him and it works superbly here
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens especially the a**holes
the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism
a biopic about
a work of extraordinary journalism but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry
think of it as american pie on valium
gere gives a good performance in a film that
the movie is as far as you can get from racy to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain it has a dull costumey feel
the pianist is
maybe thomas wolfe was right you
the director with his fake backdrops and stately pacing never settles on a consistent tone
why he was given free reign over this project he wrote directed starred and produced is beyond me
if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you
like rudy yellow lodge eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider
but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old
circuit queens
a lot of talent is wasted in this crass low-wattage endeavor
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor
this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror
the film just might turn on many people to opera in general an art form at once visceral and spiritual wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty and as emotionally grand as life
the delicious trimmings arrive early and stay late filling nearly every minute with a lighthearted glow some impudent snickers and a glorious dose of
the inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time
even more baffling is that
parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the
hard endearing caring warm
i have no problem with
the way coppola professes his love for movies both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art is giddily entertaining
both the crime story and the love story are unusual
a creaky staircase gothic
norton holds the film together
a breathtaking adventure for all ages spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images
largely a for-fans artifact
a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls
a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy
the doofus-on-the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky after-hours loopiness to it
samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process
a strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama
often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness but seldahl and
this enthralling documentary is at once playful and haunting an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends
at its best when the guarded resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center
ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier
that is essentially
while obviously an extremely personal work it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut
a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring
the good is very very good the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful
methodical measured and gently tedious in its comedy secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie which may be why
one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years
the film feels formulaic its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe
pitiful slapdash disaster
as it stands
returning director rob minkoff and screenwriter bruce joel rubin have done a fine job of updating
the venezuelans say things like si pretty
if you already like this sort of thing this is that sort of thing all over again
an awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers
this is an extraordinary film not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal
aptly named this shimmering beautifully costumed and filmed production
if borstal boy
griffiths proves
the asylum material is gripping as are the scenes of jia with his family
by the time
about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season
girls gone wild and gone civil again
to say analyze that is de
like being trapped inside a huge video game where exciting inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again
the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects
visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying
so young so smart such talent such a wise ***
the problem is that for the most part the film is deadly dull
a thinly veiled look at different aspects of chinese life clashing with each other
an exhilarating experience
its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition
remarkably accessible and affecting
the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict just like the movie does
distinctly sub-par more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine
shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace still
we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not
most haunting about
bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal
my god
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry their sexual and romantic tension while never really vocalized is palpable
as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy kissing jessica steinis quirky charming and often hilarious
a haunting vision with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations
as a remake
adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio
not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out but it has clearly been made with affection and care
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set
an amalgam of the fugitive blade runner and total recall only without much energy or tension
everything its title implies a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line
this odd poetic road movie spiked by jolts of pop music pretty much takes place in
an amateurish quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video
the kid stays in the
a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional unlikable characters and hackneyed threadbare comic setups
while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures
griffin & co manage to be spectacularly outrageous
a profoundly stupid affair populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility
warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women water nature and sexuality
it just
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering
viewed as a comedy a romance a fairy tale or a drama
but the talented cast alone will keep you watching as will the fight scenes
thanks largely to williams all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes the rest is just an overexposed waste of film
cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies two-lane highways and roadside cafes that permeate
an important movie a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values
too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger more complicated story one that never materializes
a richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind
the art direction is often exquisite and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack
jones despite a definitely distinctive screen presence just
wedding feels a bit anachronistic
this picture is murder by numbers and as easy to be bored by as your abc's despite a few whopping shootouts
every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible
feels slight as if it were an extended short albeit one made by the smartest kids in class
the picture
a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done
starts out mediocre spirals downward and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap
its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads
fans of the tv series will be disappointed and everyone else will be slightly bored
bray is completely at sea with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume he has no clue about making a movie
men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance
with his interest in race cars he formed a second company the henry ford company
during this period he personally drove his quadricycle to victory in a race against alexander winton a well-known driver and the heavy favorite on october 10 1901
ford was forced out of the company by the investors including henry m leland in 1902 and the company was reorganized as cadillac
in 1891 ford became an engineer with the edison illuminating company and after his promotion to chief engineer in 1893 he had enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines
these experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the quadricycle which he test-drove on june 4 of that year
ford was born on a prosperous farm in springwells township (now in the city of dearborn michigan owned by his parents william ford (1826-1905 and mary litogot (c1839-1876) immigrants from county cork ireland
in the years between the wars henry ford supported adolf
there is also some evidence that henry ford gave adolf hitler direct financial backing when hitler was first starting out in politics
this can in part be traced to statements from kurt ludecke
although ford is often credited with the idea contemporary sources indicate that the concept and its development came from employees clarence avery peter e martin charles e sorensen and c.h
henry ford advocated long-time associate harry bennett to take the spot
in 1879 he left home for the nearby city of detroit to work as an apprentice machinist first with james f flower & bros. and later with the detroit dry dock co
alexander rae baldwin iii (born april 3 1958 in massapequa long island new york usa is an american actor who is the oldest and best known of the baldwin brothers with brothers daniel stephen and william
he is of three quarters irish and one quarter french descent
baldwin has appeared in movies such as the cooler the hunt for red october beetlejuice ghosts of mississippi talk radio final fantasy the spirits within (voice) the cat in the hat pearl harbor thomas and the magic railroad along came polly the spongebob squarepants movie and the aviator
when baldwin was young he had a job as a busboy at famous new york city disco studio 54
he was married to actress kim basinger from 1993 to 2002
baldwin a liberal democrat has always had an active interest in politics and is frequently rumored to be a candidate for public office
in particular baldwin is one of the most frequent hosts of saturday night live leading the show eleven times and also making cameo appearances regularly
he played william barrett travis in a movie about the alamo called thirteen days of glory
in 1998 he began narrating the american version of the
he is infamous for his 1994 appearance on saturday night live as he potrays mr armstrong a scoutmaster who is a pedophile he rips his shirt and puts his mouth around adam
rosemary clooney (may 23 1928 june 29 2002 was an american popular singer and actress
in 1954 she along with bing crosby danny kaye and nvera-ellen starred in the movie white christmas
rosemary clooney was married three times twice to jose ferrer (from 1953 until 1961 and then again from 1964 to 1967 by whom she had five children including actor miguel ferrer born in 1955 and gabriel ferrer born 1956 who married debby boone and once to dante depaolo (whom she married in 1997)
rosemary betty and brother nick as well as her nephew george clooney
in 1945 the clooney sisters won a spot on
she was born in maysville kentucky about 60 miles up the ohio river from cincinnati ohio to andrew joseph clooney and frances marie guilfoyle both of whom were of irish descent
in 1958 clooney left columbia doing a number of recordings for mgm records and then some for coral records
finally toward the end of 1958 she signed with rca victor records where she stayed until 1963 except for doing some recordings in 1960 for reprise records
in 1964 she went to reprise again shifting the next year to dot records
in 1966 she went to united artists records
in 1986 she sang a duet with wild man fischer on
michael mcmanus (born february 5 1959 is a syndicated columnist who wrote ethics & religion
on january 28 2005 it was revealed that he accepted money from the george w bush administration to promote their marriage initiative program which he did not disclose to his readers
timothy bush sr (c 1728 c 1815 soldier
he is assumed to be the son of richard bush and mary fairbanks both of dedham massachusetts
by training he was a blacksmith but when the american revolution broke out militia captain bush led a company of soldiers for the continental army
the family moved around 1810 to springport in cayuga county in the rochester new york area
he died in springport new york in 1815
through his son timothy bush jr. who was also a blacksmith descended two american presidents -george h w bush and george w bush
bush was a soldier in the french and indian wars and a captain in the american revolution and is the great-great-great-great-great grandfather of president george w bush
they had five children after which they relocated to norwich vermont where bush was a captain of a militia company
anne hutchinson (july 17 1591 august 20 1643 was the unauthorized puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group and pioneer in rhode island and the bronx
eventually john winthrop decided to take hutchinson out of power before her influence became too strong among the
after a two-day trial she was banished as a heretic in 1638 and led 60 followers to settle aquidneck island in what later became rhode island
they founded the town of portsmouth rhode island
at the age of 21 she married william hutchinson
they were part of the puritan movement especially following the teachings of john cotton
three u.s presidents (franklin d roosevelt and both bushes george h w bush and george w bush are her descendants
another descendant eve laplante is the author of the most recent biography of anne hutchinson american jezebel the uncommon life of anne hutchinson the woman who defied the puritans
hutchinson was born anne marbury on july 17 1591 in alford lincolnshire england
hutchinson emigrated from england to massachusetts in 1634 in response to the preacher john
she later moved yet further from her boston-based persecutors to what is now the bronx in northern new york city
erin fleming (august 13 1941- april 15 2003 was a minor actress who was best known as the companion and care-giver to groucho marx in his final years
fleming was born marilyn fleming in canada
sir andrew fielding huxley om frs (born 22 november 1917 hampstead london england uk is a british physiologist and biophysicist who won the 1963 nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his work with alan lloyd hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the activity of an organism to be coordinated by a central nervous system
hodgkin and huxley shared the prize that year with john carew eccles who was cited for research on synapses
huxley was a son of the writer and editor leonard huxley by his second wife rosalind bruce and hence half-brother of aldous huxley and fellow biologist julian huxley and grandson of the biologist t h huxley
albert einstein (march 14 1879 april 18 1955 was a german-born jewish theoretical physicist of german swiss and american citizenship who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century or even of all time ranking alongside the luminaries newton and gauss
he was awarded the 1921 nobel prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 (his miracle year and for his services to theoretical physics
einstein attended the luitpold gymnasium where he received a relatively progressive education
in the spring of 1896 the serbian mileva maria (an acquaintance of nikola tesla started initially as a medical student at the university of zurich but after a term switched to the same section as einstein as the only woman that year to study for the same diploma
einstein married mileva maria on january 6 1903
abram joffe a soviet physicist who knew einstein in an obituary of einstein wrote the author of the papers of 1905 was a bureaucrat at the patent office in bern einstein-maria and this has recently been taken as evidence of a collaborative relationship
he and mileva had an illegitimate daughter lieserl born in january 1902
in 1894 following the failure of
despite excelling in the mathematics and science portion his failure of the liberal arts portion of the eidgenoessische technische hochschule (eth swiss federal institute of technology in zurich entrance exam the following year was a setback his family sent him to aarau switzerland to finish secondary school where he received his diploma in september 1896
the same year he renounced his wuerttemberg citizenship and became stateless
on may 14 1904 the
einstein was born at ulm in baden-wuerttemberg germany about 100 km east of stuttgart
the family was jewish (non-observant) albert attended a catholic elementary school and at the insistence of his mother was given violin lessons
miguel ferrer (born february 7 1955 in santa monica california is a puerto rican-american actor who is often cast in movies as a villain
in 1983 miguel was given a small part as a waiter in the movie the man who
he was also given a small part in star trek iii the search for spock as the excelsior helm officer
miguel was the oldest of five children born to oscar winner jose ferrer and singer rosemary clooney-ferrer
miguel was raised amongst all the splendor and glamour of hollywood
as a child his hero was batman and as a teenager his interests shifted towards music
miguel played the drums on keith
band mate billy mumy ("will robinson on the t.v classic lost in space cast miguel as a drummer in his first television role in the series sunshine
among the many television shows in which miguel has made guest appearances are miami vice chips will & grace superman tales from the crypt and twin peaks
he also starred in the mini series the stand
miguel played the role of dr garret macy in
in 1999 at the 41st grammy awards miguel was nominated for best spoken word album for children in
in 2003 miguel made his new york stage debut in the off-broadway production of the exonerated
his cousin is actor george clooney
his brother gabriel ferrer is married to singer debby boone
miguel was close friends with actress dominique dunne and in 1982 served as a pallbearer in her funeral
william hindman (april 1 1743 january 19 1822 was an american lawyer and statesman from talbot county maryland
he represented maryland in the continental congress and in the federal congress as both the representative and a u.s
senator james lloyd resigned and hindman was named to finish his term
he served in the united states senate from december of 1800 until november of 1801
in the senate he was aligned with the federalists
william was born in dorchester county maryland the second son of jacob hindman (1713-1766 and mary trippe hindman (died 1782)
william studied law at the inns of court in london returning to maryland in 1765
hindman died in baltimore maryland and is buried in st paul�s burial ground there
in 1792 voters returned him the state senate but later that year he was appointed to the united states house of representatives after the resignation of joshua seney
from 1775 and 1777 hindman served in maryland�s revolutionary government as the state�s treasurer for the eastern shore
clive jay davis (born april 4 1934 is the founder of arista records and member of the rock and roll hall of fame as a nonperformer
he was a working class jewish boy who grew up in brooklyn new york
he graduated from new york university`s college of arts and sciences in 1953 and received a scholarship to harvard law school
he was then hired by the legal department of cbs subsidiary columbia records
in 1974 he founded arista records naming it after his secondary school honor society
erasmus darwin (december 12 1731 april 18 1802 trained as a physician and wrote extensively on medicine and botany as well as poetry
he lived in lichfield and derby england
he was one of the founder members of the lunar society
he was a member of the darwin-wedgwood family most famously including his grandson charles darwin
he was born near at elston hall near nottingham and educated at chesterfield school then later at st
he obtained his degree at edinburgh medical school
he practised medicine in lichfield in staffordshire for twenty years george iii invited him to be royal physician but he declined
in 1781 he moved to derby where he died suddenly on the 18th of april 1802
his most important scientific work is his zoonomia (1794-1796) which contains a system of pathology and a treatise on generation, in which he in the words of his famous grandson charles robert darwin anticipated the views of jean-baptiste lamarck who in turn is regarded to have foreshadowed the theory of evolution
eunice mary kennedy shriver (born july 10 1921 in brookline massachusetts is a member of the kennedy family
her father was joseph p kennedy sr. and her mother was rose kennedy
on may 23 1953 she married robert sargent shriver jr. who was u.s ambassador to france from 1968 to 1970 and was democratic vice-presidential candidate in 1972
she actively campaigned for her brother john f kennedy and supported arnold
king married coretta scott on june 18 1953
the wedding ceremony took place in
in 1953 king became the pastor of the dexter avenue baptist church in montgomery alabama
the reverend martin luther king jr ph.d. boston university (january 15 1929 april 4 1968 was an american nobel laureate baptist minister and african american civil rights activist
he also was awarded the presidential medal of freedom
following the campaign king was instrumental in the founding of the southern christian leadership conference (sclc in 1957 a group created to harness the moral authority and organizing power of black churches to conduct nonviolent protests in the service of civil rights reform
king was born in atlanta georgia to the rev martin luther king sr and alberta williams king
he graduated from morehouse college with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1948
his application to yale divinity school was rejected and he graduated from crozer theological seminary in chester pennsylvania 1 with a bachelor of divinity in 1951
he received his ph.d in systematic theology from boston university in 1955
gail davis (born october 5 1925 died march 15 1997 was an american actress
she and her husband moved to hollywood california to pursue a career in motion pictures and in 1947 as gail davis, she made her motion picture debut in a comedy film short
she then appeared in minor roles in another four films until landing a supporting role under star roy rogers in a 1948 western film called the far frontier
between then and 1953 davis appeared in more than three dozen films of which all but three were in the western genre and that included fourteen films with the singing cowboy star gene autry
in 1950 she began to guest star in television westerns notably in the lone ranger and cisco kid series plus more than a dozen appearances on the gene autry show
gail davis passed away from cancer in 1997 in los angeles california and was interred there in the forest lawn hollywood hills cemetery
the daughter of a small town medical doctor she was born betty jeanne grayson in a hospital at little rock arkansas
her family lived in mcgehee arkansas where she was raised until they moved to little rock
she had been singing and dancing since childhood and after graduating from high scool in little rock she went to study drama at
between 1954 and 1956 gail davis starred as the western sharpshooter annie oakley in the annie oakley television series on the abc network
elvis aron presley (january 8 1935 august 16 1977) also known as the king of rock and roll (sometimes shortened to the king was an american singer and actor
the movies jailhouse rock (1957) king creole (1958) and flaming star (1960 are widely regarded as his best among film critics
among fans blue hawaii (1961 and viva las vegas (1964 are also highly praised
elvis aron presley was born in a two-room house in east tupelo mississippi to vernon elvis presley and gladys love smith
elvis presley was raised both in east tupelo (which merged with tupelo in 1948 and later in memphis tennessee where his family moved when he was 13
elvis had a twin brother (jesse garon presley who died at birth
beginning with love me tender (opened on november 15 1956) presley starred in 31 motion pictures having signed to multiple long-term contracts on the advice of his manager
elvis was praised by all his directors including the highly respected michael curtiz as unfailingly polite and extremely hardworking
niels fabian helge von koch (january 25 1870 march 11 1924 was a swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the koch curve which was one of the earliest fractal curves to have been described
his grandfather nils samuel von koch (1801-1881) was the attorney-general ("justitiekansler of sweden
john quincy adams (july 11 1767 february 23 1848 was the sixth (1825-1829 president of the united states
the son of president john adams and first lady abigail smith he was the only son of a former president to become president himself until george w bush took office in 2001
he was secretary of state in the cabinet of president james monroe from 1817 to 1825 a tenure during which he was instrumental in the acquisition of florida and in keeping the united states from becoming dependent on england
while serving as secretary of state under president james monroe adams negotiated the adams-onis treaty with spain and devised the monroe doctrine both of which were of long lasting importance
adams was born in braintree massachusetts in a part of town which eventually became the separate town of quincy
he acquired his early education in europe at venerable institutions such as the university of leiden while accompanying his father while the elder adams was serving as an american envoy to france and later the netherlands during the revolutionary war
he graduated from harvard university in 1787 and was elected to phi beta kappa
he studied law after which he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in boston
adams was elected to the u.s house of representatives in 1830 one of only two u.s presidents to serve in congress after having been president
although adams lost in both the popular and electoral votes in the presidential election of 1824 none of the candidates were able to secure a majority of the electoral vote thereby putting the outcome in the hands of the house of representatives which to the surprise of many elected adams over rival andrew jackson
some say this was because of a bargain he struck with henry clay which put clay into office as his secretary of state once adams won
during this time he worked on developing a federal system of roads canals bridges lighthouses and universities until jackson who defeated adams in the
president george washington appointed him minister to the netherlands in 1794 minister to portugal in 1796 and minister to prussia in 1797
while serving abroad he met louisa catherine johnson the daughter of an american merchant living abroad
adams received one electoral vote in the presidential election of 1820
rather than retire adams would go on to win election as a democratic-republican to the house of representatives beginning with the 22nd congress serving from march 4 1831 until his death
aldous leonard huxley (july 26 1894 november 22 1963 was a british writer who emigrated to the united states
he was a member of the famous huxley family who produced a number of brilliant scientific minds
he wrote great novels on dehumanising aspects of scientific progress most famously brave new world and on pacifist themes (e.g eyeless in gaza)
huxley was strongly influenced by f matthias alexander and included him as a character in eyeless in gaza
huxley was born in godalming surrey england
he was the son of the writer leonard huxley by his first wife julia arnold and grandson of thomas henry huxley one of the most important naturalists of the 19th century a man known as
his brother julian huxley was a biologist also noted for his evolutionary theories
john wells (november 17 1936 january 11 1998 was a british actor writer and satirist
wells began his television career as a writer on that was the week that was the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of david frost and millicent martin among others
besides making cameo appearances in films such as casino royale (1967) television dramas like casanova (1987) and comedy shows like yes minister he also wrote television scripts and screenplays notably princess caraboo (1994)
in 1997 he appeared in the bbc situation comedy chalk
bartholomew j simpson (voiced by nancy cartwright is a fictional character featured in the animated television series the simpsons
he is the 10-year-old son of homer and marge simpson and older brother of lisa and maggie
roy stanley geiger (january 25 1885 january 23 1947 was a united states marine corps general who during world war ii became the first marine to lead an army
geiger was born in middleburg florida
he attended florida state normal and industrial college and received an llb from stetson university after which he enlisted in the marine corps
he was commissioned a second lieutenant on 5 february 1909
following attendance at the marine
for his part in this action he was awarded the distinguished service medal
geiger commanded the iii amphibious corps in the battle of okinawa where he assumed command of the u.s tenth army upon the combat death of lt general simon bolivar buckner commanding general of the tenth army
geiger led the tenth army until relieved by general joseph stilwell
culbert levy olson (november 7 1876 april 13 1962 was a u.s politician
he was born in fillmore utah to daniel olson and his wife delilah king
he served as the governor of california from january 2 1939 until january 4 1943 and was the only democrat elected to that office between 1898 and 1954
in his 1942 bid for re-election he was defeated by state attorney general earl warren
he later became president of the united secularists of america
he died in los angeles at age 85 and was buried in forest lawn memorial park cemetery in suburban glendale
prescott sheldon bush (may 15 1895 columbus ohio october 8 1972 new york city was a u.s
senator from connecticut and a wall street executive banker with brown brothers harriman
his son george h w bush and grandson george w bush would both later become u.s presidents
his father was samuel prescott bush and his mother was flora sheldon
he married dorothy walker george herbert
among those attending the kennebunkport maine wedding ceremony were isabel stillman rockefeller (daughter of percy rockefeller) hope lincoln mary keck elizabeth trotter martha pittman ruth lionberger nancy walker george herbert walker knight wooley frank shephard john shepley richard bentley henry isham william potter wear and henry fenimore cooper
his father-in-law george herbert walker and
when it merged with brown brothers in 1931 he became a partner in the new firm of brown brothers harriman
bush called it my good fortune to work with close friends including yale classmates (and members of the skull and bones e roland harriman knight woolley and ellery james as well as robert a lovett and thomas mccance
he maintained homes in long island new york and greenwich connecticut the family compound at kennebunkport maine a 10,000 acre (40 km? plantation in south carolina and an island retreat in florida
after graduation he served as a field artillery captain with the american expeditionary forces (1917-1919 during world war i
he received training in intelligence at verdun and was briefly assigned to a staff of french officers
alternating between intelligence and artillery bush came under fire in the meuse-argonne offensive
the bushes moved to columbus ohio in 1923 where bush worked for the hupp products company where his business efforts generally failed
he left in november 1923 to become president of sales for stedman products of south braintree massachusetts
in 1925 he joined the united states rubber company (based in new york city as manager of the foreign division and moved to greenwich connecticut
in 1952 he was elected to the u.s senate (republican connecticut) defeating abraham ribicoff for the vacancy caused by the death of james
he served until january 1963 and was a staunch supporter of president dwight d eisenhower
as a managing partner of brown brothers harriman he sat on several corporate boards including the following
bush was born in columbus ohio to flora sheldon and samuel prescott bush a steel company president and later a u.s government official in charge of coordination and assistance to major weapons contractors during world war i
after attending the douglas school in columbus and st
there he played varsity golf football and baseball and was president of the yale glee club
on may 18 1916 he was tapped to join the skull and bones society at yale
other new bonesmen that year were e roland harriman h s fenimore cooper (grandson of james fenimore cooper) knight wooley (son of ulysses grant wooley) ellery james and henry neil mallon
he was a member of the executive committee of the united states golf association (usga from 1928-1935 serving successively as secretary vice president and president
after his discharge in 1919 bush went to work for the simmons hardware company in st louis missouri
from 1947 to 1950 he served as connecticut republican finance chairman and was the republican candidate for the united states senate in 1950 losing to senator william benton by only 1,000 votes
the following year bush was connecticut chairman of the united negro college fund and was one of the
talia shire (born april 25 1946 is an american actress of italian descent
she is the mother of actors jason and robert schwartzman and aunt to actor nicolas cage
born talia rose coppola in lake success long island new york she is the sister of director and producer francis ford coppola
shire became famous for her roles as the wife of boxer rocky balboa in the rocky movies and for her role in the godfather and its sequels
she was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actress for the godfather part ii and for the best actress in a leading role for rocky
margaret tyndal winthrop (february 23 1880 july 7 1970 was the maternal grandmother of u.s 111senator john kerry the presidential candidate
winthrop died at st briac sur mer ille-et-vilaine france
other notable figures in this branch of the family tree are franklin d roosevelt
1 she also has some relation to all the royal houses of europe including such figures as henry iii henry ii henry i richard the lionheart and russian czar ivan the terrible
she was born in massachusetts and raised in boston
her grandfather was robert charles winthrop the conservative whig speaker of the house and a u.s senator
her ancestors include james bowdoin former governor of maine and john winthrop the first governor of the massachusetts bay colony
david manners (april 30 1901 december 23 1998 was a canadian film actor
born rauff de rither duan acklom in halifax nova scotia manners came to hollywood at the beginning of the talking films revolution after studying acting with eva le gallienne and acting on stage with helen hayes
in 1940 he officially changed his name to david joseph manners and became a naturalized citizen of the united states
he was discovered by the film director james whale and within a few years he was a popular leading man playing opposite such up and coming actresses as katharine hepburn gloria stuart myrna loy loretta young and ann dvorak and he was paired several times with helen chandler
his most widely seen role was as jonathan harker in tod
he died in santa barbara california
elliott roosevelt (september 23 1910 october 27 1990) world war ii hero and an author was the son of president franklin delano roosevelt and his wife eleanor roosevelt
during world war ii he accompanied fdr as a military aide to the casablanca meeting of 1943 and the subsequent cairo and tehran conferences
as an army photo reconnaissance pilot he and the men in his unit also played a key role in the d-day landings
colonel elliot roosevelt was a pilot in the united states army air force (usaaf during world war ii
he flew a p-38 lightning in the north african campaign of november 1942
on 28 february 1934 he and anthony fokker each received an excessive half a million dollars for selling fifty military planes to the soviet government
elliot and fokker were able to receive such a large commission because elliot had close connections to the u.s export-import bank through his father franklin delano roosevelt
stella dorothea gibbons (5 january 1902�19 december 1989 was an english novelist and poet
her works include cold comfort farm
keynes was educated at oundle school
keynes (pronounced canes was born in london the eldest son of geoffrey keynes and thus the nephew of the economist john maynard keynes and geoffrey
charles francis adams jr (may 27 1835 may 20 1915) a member of the prominent adams political family and son of charles francis adams sr. graduated at harvard in 1856 and served on the union side in the american civil war receiving in 1865 the brevet of brigadier-general in the regular army
he was president of the union pacific railroad from 1884 to 1890 having previously become widely known as an authority on the management of railways
his son charles francis adams was secretary of the navy and a renowned yachtsman
jean tardieu (born in st germain de joux france november 1 1903 died in creteil france january 27 1995 was an artist musician poet and dramatic author
he is often associated with the theatre of the absurd
john eric austin (born august 21 1944 in blaby leicestershire is a british member of parliament for erith and thamesmead
he is a member of the labour party
he worked as a social worker and was leader of greenwich council before entering parliament
austin is a member of the left-wing socialist campaign group
he stated his intention to act as a stalking horse against tony blair
he indicated his hope that in the event of an election gordon brown would enter
robert strange mcnamara (born june 9 1916 is an american business executive and a former united states secretary of defense
he resigned that position to become president of the world bank (1968-1981)
mcnamara was born in san francisco where his father was sales manager of a wholesale shoe firm
he graduated in 1937 from the university of california berkeley with a degree in economics and philosophy and earned a
he worked a year for the accounting firm of price waterhouse in san francisco and then in august 1940 returned to harvard to teach in the business school
following his involvement there in a program to teach the analytical approaches used in business to officers of the army air forces he entered the army as a captain in early 1943 serving under col curtis lemay with analysis of u.s
he left active duty three years later with the rank of lieutenant colonel
during this period mcnamara helped to plan the 1945 bombing of tokyo
in 1946 mcnamara joined ford motor company which he later said had been the result of a life magazine article which reported how few college-educated managers there were at the then unprofitable company
president-elect john f kennedy first offered the post of secretary of defense to former secretary robert a lovett
lovett declined but recommended mcnamara kennedy had him approached by sargent shriver (regarding either the treasury or the defense cabinet post) and less than five weeks after becoming president at ford mcnamara accepted
he also created the defense intelligence agency and the defense supply agency
mary lilian baels (november 28 1916 june 7 2002 was best known as princess de ruthy the controversial morganatic second wife of king leopold iii of the belgians
mary lilian lucy josepha monique baels was born in highbury london england one of eight children of henri baels an attorney and fish trader from ostend belgium and his wife anne marie de visscher who were living in england during world war i
he is also notable in that he is the great great great grandfather of president george w bush through his son reverend james smith bush
he was the son of a blacksmith timothy bush jr and lydia newcomb and was born in penfield monroe co. new york on january 28 1797
he was a participant in the underground railroad and even petitioned the new york state legislature to secede from the union in a protest against slavery
eventually obadiah henry and possibly another brother or two went off to find their fortunes in the california gold rush of 1849
robert henry dee (born may 18 1933 in quincy massachusetts is a former three-sport letterman at holy cross college who was one of the first players signed by the boston patriots in 1960
another example of a player misjudged by the nfl he became an ironman of the american football league who never missed a game during his career starting 112 consecutive games
he was voted to five american football league all-star teams (1961 1963-65)
joseph h ball (november 3 1905 december 18 1993 was an american politician
he served in the united states senate as a republican from minnesota
he was first appointed to fill the senate seat of ernest lundeen who had died in office
he lost his reelection bid in 1948 to hubert h humphrey
ball died in chevy chase maryland
raymond arrieta (born march 26 1965 in san juan puerto rico is considered by many to be one of puerto
after raymond graduated from high school he enrolled in the universidad del sagrado corazon (university of the sacred heart of san juan where he earned a bachelors degree in radio and television production
matthew parker (august 6 1504 may 17 1575 was archbishop of canterbury from 1559
the eldest son of william parker he was born in norwich in st
matthew was sent in 1522 to corpus christi college cambridge where he is said to have been contemporary with william cecil but cecil was only two years old at the time
he commenced ma in 1528 and was one of the cambridge scholars whom thomas wolsey wished to transplant to his newly founded cardinal college at oxford
adolf otto reinhold windaus (december 25 1876 june 9 1959 was a significant german chemist
he won a nobel prize in chemistry in 1928
jack kerouac (march 12 1922 october 21 1969 was an american novelist writer poet artist and part of the beat generation
henry ford with his son edsel founded the ford foundation in 1936 as a local philanthropic organization with a broad charter to promote human welfare
after this initial success ford left edison illuminating and with other investors formed the detroit automobile company
although ford is often credited with the idea contemporary sources indicate that the concept and its development came from employees clarence avery peter e martin charles e sorensen and c.h wills
in 1954 she along with bing crosby danny kaye and vera-ellen starred in the movie white christmas
after many football insiders criticized manning for being 0-3 in the playoffs he won his first nfl playoff game against the denver broncos on january 4 2004
he coached at winston-salem state university from 1946 to 1993 compiling a 828-447 record
he shared the honor with tennessee titans quarterback steve mcnair
however he posted the third lowest passer rating of his career 35.5 in the afc title game against the new england patriots throwing four interceptions in a 24-14 loss
he put up even more impressive numbers in his last season (3,819 yards 36 touchdowns and finished second in heisman trophy voting to the university of
his mother jacqueline kennedy was married to greek shipping tycoon aristotle onassis from 1968 until
by most accounts aristotle onassis did not play a particularly significant role in young
he graduated in 1983 with a
taylor was born with dual british and american citizenship
christian vii (january 29 1749–march 13 1808) king of denmark and norway duke of schleswig and holstein
he was the son of frederick v king of denmark and his first consort louisa daughter of george ii of great britain
he ultimately sank into a condition of mental stupor
patti was born adela juana maria patti to italian parents in madrid spain
symptoms during this time included paranoia self-mutilation and hallucinations
he became submissive to upstart johann friedrich struensee who rose steadily in power in the late 1760s
the neglected and lonely caroline mathilde drifted into an affair with struensee
however it is widely believed that louise was the daughter of struensee portrait comparisons have supported this
struensee was arrested and executed in that same year
christian signed
caroline mathilde retaining her title but not her children eventually left denmark in exile and passed her remaining days in neighbouring celle
she died of cancer there on may 11 1775
franklin james schaffner (may 30 1920 – july 2 1989 was an american film director
he appeared in
in 1955 ferrer directed himself in the shrike
the cockleshell heroes followed a year later along with the great man
in 1958 ferrer appeared in i accuse
ferrer also directed but did not appear in return to peyton place in 1961 and also the re-make of state fair in 1962
clooney was
the two were married in 1953 divorced in 1961 and remarried in 1964 only to be divorced again in 1967
in 1950 ferrer won an academy award for his portrayal of cyrano de bergerac in the 1950 film of that name
he played cyrano yet again in the french movie cyrano et d'artagnan
ferrer also had a recurring role as julia
he also had a memorable recurring role as elegant and flamboyant attorney reuben marino on the soap opera another world in the early 1980s
his nephew is the actor jack davenport
in his later years he became known as the last australian politician to advocate and use capital punishment
he was educated at skipton primary school and ballarat grammar he was the last victorian premier not to have a university education
on 2005-04-12 bob dole released his biography one
dole took many odd-jobs around russell as a boy and would later work as a soda jerk in the local drug store
he also ran unsuccessfully for the republican presidential nomination in 1980 and made a more serious bid for the republican presidential nomination in 1988 losing to then-vice president george h.w bush
the contest between the two was bitter although they differed little on issues
at one point when a newscaster was conducting a conversation with both of them he asked dole if he had anything to say to bush
while in the senate he also served as chairman of the republican national committee from 1971 until 1973
dole studied law at ku but his studies were interrupted by the start of world war ii
webster english young (december 3 1932 – december 13 2003 was an american jazz trumpeter and cornetist
he was for a short time a commentator opposite bill clinton on
he guest-starred as himself on
as their desire for wealth grows they discard spiritual and creative values
their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty and eventually the society crumbles
in the law of civilisation and decay (1895) adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west centers of world trade shifted from constantinople to venice to amsterdam to london
he predicted in
she died from multiple strokes and lung cancer on november 6 2004 in tarzana california at the age of 70
during the 1940s coppola worked under arturo toscanini with the nbc symphony orchestra
he was the younger brother of actors lionel and ethel barrymore and the grandfather of drew barrymore
they had two children dolores ethel mae barrymore and john drew barrymore (father of drew barrymore)
when she became pregnant barrymore proposed marriage
but white intervened and arranged for the still-teenaged evelyn to undergo an operation for appendicitis
white was later murdered by
his dying words were die i should say not dear fellow
no barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him
according to errol
other accounts of this classic hollywood tale substitute actor peter lorre in the place of walsh
he left home during the war of 1812 amd married in rochester on november 8 1821 harriet smith the daughter of dr sanford smith and priscilla whipple smith
he and his wife had seven children
with the aid of an aunt the young clampett designed the first mickey mouse dolls for walt disney
she was a researcher and reporter at thames television 1980 to 1983
after two years of toiling in california he began passage home by ship to retrieve his family in new york
he died however aboard ship and was given a sea burial
he was an african-american jazz trumpeter bandleader singer and composer
in 1962 clampett created an animated version of the show called beany and cecil which ran on abc for five years
the business was dissolved in 1834 due to the difficulties in placing
in 1814 he was commissioned a lieutenant of engineers in the united states army
in march 1819 he married martha hodgkins of philadelphia pennsylvania
the following month as a brevet major in the u.s army he was appointed to lead an expedition through the american west in areas acquired in the louisiana purchase
the specific purpose of the voyage was to the find the sources of the platte arkansas and red rivers
for a time in the summer of 1823 his expedition was joined by italian explorer giacomo beltrami
she is the well-meaning and patient wife of homer
her most notable physical feature is her blue hair styled into an improbably high beehive
it was once mentioned by homer that she actually dyes her hair blue as
with a few exceptions marge spends most of her time tending to housework minding maggie being supportive of lisa and either disciplining bart or defending him from
she was named after margaret marge groening mother of matt groening creator of the simpsons
her father a former flight attendant (air steward) is deceased although when or how this occurred has not been explained
her disapproving mother jacqueline lives on but is rarely seen
all members of the bouvier family (except of course marge smoke heavily and have gruff voices and sarcastic snarky demeanours
none of the other bouvier family members approves of
his behaviour is often oafish clumsy and insensitive but he still remains lovable
over the years he has become one of the notable dads in television and the possible template for most bumbling albeit well-meaning fathers
he spends a great deal of his time at
he has rage issues and has been physically and violently abusive often towards his son whom he has strangled and even struck on numerous occasions
four months later he was killed by a german sniper in world war ii
he was also the father of 3 children including actress drew barrymore
his parents divorced when john was around 6 years old in 1935 but he claimed (most likely fallaciously to have met his father only once
john ran away at age 17 and signed a film contract but he repeatedly abandoned leading roles and had no major film career
he was cremated and the ashes were interred in the eden memorial park cemetery in mission hills los angeles california
aged 86 at death groucho was the longest-lived of all the marx brothers though younger brother zeppo survived him by two years
groucho did a german accent
he was the best-known of modern brazilian writers with his work translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film notably dona flor and her two husbands in 1978
in this year he released his first book o país do carnaval
marvin pierce bush (born october 22 1956 is the youngest son of george h w bush and barbara pierce and brother of george w. john (jeb) neil and dorothy
he is named for his maternal grandfather
he became a banker in boston and was active in the local democratic party
hcc is a publicly traded insurance company on the new york stock exchange
during his seventh-grade school year coltrane experienced three deaths in his close-knit family he lost his aunt his grandfather and his father
coltrane began playing music and practicing obsessively at about this time
though he was active before 1955 his prime years were between 1955 and 1967 during which time he reshaped modern jazz and influenced generations of other musicians
he passed away from liver disease in his home in dix hills new york
jon is known in the nba because of the courage and determination he shows on defense and in the clutch time
he is a sharp shooter from the three point range and also a very accurate free throw shooter
his nickname is johnny b goode
shortly afterwards he retired from the army as a brevet major
in 1874 at the age of 23 gifford was a lieutenant in the 2nd battalion 24th foot (later the south wales borderers) british army during the first ashanti expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the victoria cross
james arlington wright (december 3 1927 march 25 1980) was an american poet and writer
he graduated and practiced law in a small firm which folded then moved on to the firm of rosenman colin kaye petschek and freund which had cbs records as a client
in the 1970s arista also had an extensive jazz line most notably its freedom imprint concentrating on contemporary sometimes avant-garde musicians and widely praised reissues from the legendary savoy label
she was seen as a useful conduit for contracting an alliance between portugal and england after the treaty of the pyrenees in 1659 where portugal was arguably abandoned by france
following the restoration of portuguese independence from spain and her
charles ii married on may 3 or may 21 1662 in portsmouth and her dowry brought tangier and bombay to british control
she was not a particularly popular choice of queen being a roman catholic and her religion prevented her ever being crowned since she could not take part in an anglican service
her position was a difficult one as charles continued to have children by his mistresses but he insisted that she be treated with respect and refused to divorce her
following his death catherine remained in england through the reign of james ii of england and returned to portugal during the joint reign of william iii and mary ii
she died in lisbon in 1705
laurance married mary french in 1934
erasmus darwin (december 12 1731 – april 18 1802 trained as a physician and wrote extensively on medicine and botany as well as poetry
catherine introduced and made fashionable the custom of drinking tea in england
she was very popular and loved by the people and the queens borough of new york city was named after her
they had four children frederick dent grant ulysses s (buck grant jr. ellen (nellie grant and jesse root grant
hamer erroneously nominated him as ulysses simpson grant and although grant protested the change it was difficult to resist the bureaucracy
upon graduation grant adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only never acknowledging that the
he graduated from west point in 1843 ranking 21st in a class of 39
at the academy he established a reputation as a fearless and expert horseman
grant drank distilled liquor and during the american civil war began smoking huge numbers of cigars (one story had it that he smoked over 10,000 in five years which may well have contributed to his throat cancer of later life
his father a tanner and his mother were born in pennsylvania
kennedy was a member of the prominent kennedy political family
considered the icon of american liberalism kennedy is the youngest person ever to be elected president of the country at the age of 43
during this period he published profiles in courage highlighting eight instances in which u.s senators risked their careers by standing by their personal beliefs
he was honorably discharged in early 1945 just a few months before the japanese surrendered
he was reelected twice but had a mixed voting record often diverging from president harry s truman and the rest of the democratic party
however the u.s navy accepted him in september of that year
by the 1964 election reagan was an outspoken supporter of conservative republican barry goldwater
though these requests were initially laughed off by reagan he says in his autobiography he eventually gave in after countless sleepless nights.
his paternal great-grandfather michael reagan immigrated to the united states from ballyporeen county tipperary ireland in the 1860s
prior to his immigration the family name was spelled regan
his maternal great-grandfather john wilson immigrated to the united states from paisley scotland in the early 1800s
his presidency was marked by new economic policies dubbed reaganomics and a confrontational foreign policy towards the soviet union and socialist movements around the world
reagan tried repeatedly to go overseas for combat duty but was turned down because of his astigmatism
page recorded several live comedy albums for the laff records label in the late
frank j howard (march 25 1909 january 26 1996 was an american college football player and coach
he played college football for alabama and was a teammate of legendary coach bear bryant
after a career-ending injury howard joined the staff at clemson college and became head coach in 1939
he was inducted into the college football hall of fame the south carolina sports hall of fame and the clemson ring of honor
howard was born at barlow bend alabama ("three wagon
john fitzgerald kennedy (may 29 1917 november 22 1963) often referred to as jack kennedy or jfk was the 35th president of the united states
john fitzgerald kennedy (may 29 1917 november 22 1963) also known as jfk was the 35th president of the united states of america
he was the youngest president ever elected and the only roman catholic president
kennedy is also the only roman catholic ever to become president the first president to serve who was born in the 20th century the last to die while still in office the last democrat from the north to be elected and the last to be elected while serving in the u.s senate
another example of
kennedy married his second wife jacqueline bouvier on september 12 1953
the book was awarded the 1957 pulitzer prize for biography
in 1958 kennedy published the first edition of his book a nation of immigrants closely following his involvement in the displaced persons act and the 1957 bill to bring families together
after world war ii kennedy entered politics (partly to fill the void of his popular brother joseph p kennedy jr. on whom his family had pinned many of their hopes but who was killed in the war)
in 1946 representative james michael curley vacated his seat in an overwhelmingly democratic district to become mayor of boston and kennedy ran for that seat beating his republican opponent by a large margin
in the spring of 1941 kennedy volunteered for the u.s army but was rejected mainly because of his troublesome back
he participated in various commands in the pacific theater and earned the rank of lieutenant commanding a patrol torpedo boat or pt boat
george david birkhoff (21 march 1884 12 november 1944 was an american mathematician and one of the most important leaders in mathematics in the usa in his generation
he was born in overisel michigan
in 1923 he was awarded the inaugural bôcher memorial prize by the american mathematical society
the mathematician garrett birkhoff (1911-1996 was his son
webster english young (december 3 1932 december 13 2003 was an american jazz trumpeter and cornetist
he was noted for his lyrical playing and performed with john coltrane dexter gordon hampton hawes jackie mclean and ike and tina turner among others
he later became an educator teaching music theory at the university of the district of columbia he was also director of the district of columbia music center jazz workshop band
john ellis jeb bush (born february 11 1953) a republican is the forty-third and current governor of florida
he is a prominent member of the bush family the younger brother of president george w bush and the second son of former president george h w bush and barbara bush
after earning his degree bush went to work in an entry level position in the international division of texas commerce bank which was run by ben love
following the 1980 presidential election bush and his family moved to miami-dade county florida
he took a job in real estate with armando codina a 32-year-old cuban immigrant and self-made american millionaire
bush co-founded the first charter school in the state of florida liberty city charter school a grades k-6 elementary school
4 situated in liberty city dade county the school is located just outside of greater miami in an area plagued by poverty
the co-founder working alongside bush as a partner was t williard fair a well-known local black activist and head of the greater miami urban league
governor buddy mackay (55% to 45% to become governor after courting moderate voters and hispanics
he then enrolled at phillips andover a private boarding school in massachusetts already attended by his brother george
at the urging of his wife columba a devout mexican catholic the protestant bush became a roman catholic
bush attended the university of texas at austin where he graduated phi beta kappa with a
he regularly delivers speeches in both english and spanish due to the large number of spanish speaking residents of florida
their three children now grown are george p (recently married) john e jeb bush jr and noelle
in november 1977 he was sent to the venezuelan capital of caracas in south america to open a new operation for the bank
when bush was six years old the family moved to houston texas
bush stayed in houston with another family to finish the school year and spent most summers and holidays at the family estate known as the bush compound
when bush was seventeen he went to leon mexico as part of his
while attending a motorcycle race he met a local girl named columba garnica gallo whom he eventually married
reagan was reelected in a landslide in the 1984 presidential election defeating
reagan developed an early gift for storytelling and acting
he was a radio announcer as an affiliate of the chicago cubs baseball games getting only the bare outlines of the game from a ticker and relying on his imagination and storytelling gifts to flesh out the game
once in 1934 during the ninth inning of a cubs-st louis cardinals game the wire went dead
reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off pitches until the wire was restored
when left-wing sla terrorists kidnapped patty hearst in berkeley and gave a list of demands that included free distribution of food to the poor reagan suggested that it would be a good time for an outbreak of botulism
hodgkin and
he was named a first team all-american in his junior and senior seasons
in 1986 schwarzenegger married tv journalist maria shriver niece of the late president of the united states john f kennedy
klaas finished his career at washington having played in 69 games scoring ten goals and 21 assists
he was drafted by the san jose earthquakes in the third round of the 2005 mls superdraft but opted to not show up for camp instead signing with the nearby sounders
while enjoying popular but little critical success during his own lifetime kerouac is now considered one of
he started writing his first novel called the town and the city
it was published in 1950 and earned him some respect as a writer
his parents leo-alcide kerouac and gabrielle-ange lévesque were natives of the province of quebec in canada
like many other quebecers of their generation the lévesques and kerouacs were part of the quebec emigration to new england to find employment
at home he and his family spoke quebec french
that year he also married rose fitzgerald the daughter of john f fitzgerald the democrat mayor of boston and probably the most recognized politician in the city
at an early age he was profoundly marked by the death of his elder brother gérard later prompting him to write the book visions of gerard
he also played for the new haven eagles and bronx tigers of the canadian-american hockey league
besides his film roles he appeared on the television screen often later is his career
for his contribution to the television industry j carrol naish has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6145 hollywood blvd
while franklin was finding himself in london deborah married a man named john rodgers
this proved to be an regrettable decision
when he first arrived he worked in several printer shops around town
however he was not satisfied by the immediate prospects
his wife is barbara bush
two weeks later she married michael jackson on may 18 1994
she was first lady of the united states from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of president bill clinton
following this he returned to philadelphia in 1726 with the help of a merchant named thomas denham who gave franklin a position as clerk shopkeeper and bookkeeper in
the cgs unit of electric charge has been named after him one franklin (fr is equal to one statcoulomb
his mother abiah folger was born in nantucket massachusetts on august 15 1667 to peter folger a miller and schoolteacher and his wife mary morrill a former indentured servant
sometime during the second half of 1683 the franklins left england for boston massachusetts and while in boston they had several more children including josiah jr (august 23 1685) ann (january 5 1687) joseph (february 5 1688) and joseph (june 30 1689 (the first joseph having died soon after birth)
while the identity of
his father josiah franklin was a tallow chandler a maker of candles who married twice
his schooling ended at ten and at 12 he became an apprentice to his brother james a printer who published the new england courant
while a printing apprentice he wrote under the pseudonym of
his brother and the
his brother was not impressed when he discovered his popular correspondent was his younger brother
he left his apprenticeship without permission and in so doing became a fugitive
he entered the u.s army as a private in 1941 was commissioned and served in the pacific theater
at the end of the war he was a captain on general douglas
early in life he developed an interest in politics and history and during the war years a special admiration for winston churchill whom he would later cite as an important influence
after he left the pentagon he became publisher and chairman of forbes magazine where over the next decade he wrote frequently on defense and national security issues
in 1990 he wrote fighting for peace an account of his pentagon years in 1996 weinberger co-authored a book entitled the next war which raised questions about the adequacy of u.s military capabilities following the end of the cold war
after he published his book his colleages from the reagan administration broke contact and refused to speak with him
she died in poughkeepsie new york of heart failure which was chiefly due to her diabetes
mildred was the sister of al rinker who also sang with paul whiteman
he is the leader of the adalet ve kalkinma partisi (ak party or justice and development party)
erdoğan played semi-professional football for 16 years and worked for
soon after he was born he moved to new york with his father where he began acting and playing music
he soon recorded desireless and it became a hit across scandinavia and the rest of europe and an american release came in 1998
in 1912 his interests developed into using his mathematical skills assisting henry moseley on x-ray diffraction
he is currently the 46th vice president of the united states under president george w bush
under president gerald ford cheney became assistant to the president and the youngest white house chief of staff in history
he was campaign manager for
however a police arrest card similar to the one that haunted president george w bush and maintained by the rock springs police department shows that cheney was fined $100 for his second dwi conviction
at the time it was not possible for the authorities in each area to link the two convictions which would have resulted in the second offence being viewed much more seriously
since his second wyoming arrest cheney has had no further convictions
one of his first known ancestors was ralph de chesney sire of quesnay who fought on the side of william the conqueror in the battle of hastings in 1066
cheney was elected to represent wyoming in the u.s house of representatives to replace teno roncalio who had resigned from congress
george w bush in march or april 2005 to be general counsel of the department of homeland security
the perrys have four children
when he went to the nearby shrewsbury school the next year he lived there as a boarder
he served in the united states army in world war ii then got a law degree from tulane university
she currently works for the state
mary is one of her
he decided after three semesters to take some time off from yale on account of difficulty with his studies
she has authored or co-authored eight books and numerous articles
she served from 1986 to 1996 as chair of the national endowment for the humanities appointed by ronald reagan
she was at one time a co-host on
after studying at the louisiana state university he joined the monroe police department
she is now a public speaker and author and a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute
he received his
on october 28 libby was indicted on five felony counts
he was united states secretary of defense from 1987 until 1989
he was undersecretary of health education and welfare when weinberger was secretary during the nixon administration
carlucci was deputy defense secretary from 1981 until 1986 national security advisor from 1986 until 1987 and defense secretary in 1987 following the resignation of weinberger his nomination by president ronald reagan and his confirmation in the senate by a vote of 91 to 1
he was reportedly less hard-line in policies toward the soviet union than weinberger
he was a naval officer from 1952-54
during his time he also befriended another actor named grant heslov a close friend and frequent collaborator with clooney who co-wrote good night and good luck. and is the president of clooney and director steven
after the show was cancelled he played a handyman on the series the facts of life
he made his debut as a film director in the 2002 feature confessions of a dangerous mind an adaptation of the implausible autobiography of groundbreaking tv producer chuck barris
lawford later admitted the most terrifying experience of his career was the first musical number he performed
lawford also made his first comedy that same year my brother talks to horses (1947)
it was in good news (1947 that lawford won his greatest acclaim as an actor
he also got to dance and sing as well and held his own against the other cast
he was the victim of sexual abuse several times in childhood
also as a child he severely injured his arm when he put the arm through a
doctors were able to save the arm but the injury bothered him for many years
the arm injury kept him from being drafted into the armed forces for the second world war
he played a snobby bully opposite mickey rooney
the picture was a smash hit and
