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Biography of Jang Hyuk
Jang Hyuk (born Jung Yong-joon on December 20, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in Windstruck, The Slave Hunters, and Deep Rooted Tree. Career As a child, Jang Hyuk spent most of his life in his birthplace Busan, before making his drama debut in the SBS drama Model in 1997. Besides the TV drama School and a minor role in the little-seen film Zzang, Jang appeared in the music video To My Mother, the 1999 debut single of popular boyband g.o.d.. He also acted in several music videos from his rap album, released in 2000 under the name TJ Project. His career first began to take off in 2001 when he was cast in the lead role of the special-effects extravaganza Volcano High together with actress Shin Min-ah. His acting in the eccentric role drew praise from...
Biography of Brian Bell (musician)
Brian Bell (born December 9, 1968) is an American guitarist and songwriter. Active since 1989, he is best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American alternative rock band Weezer. Bell joined Weezer in 1993 following the departure of founding member Jason Cropper. In addition to his duties in Weezer, Bell has his own band, Space Twins, as well as a new project called The Relationship. Early life Bell was born in Iowa City, Iowa to parents Tom Bell, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, and Linda Menasco, an elementary school assistant principal. He was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He first gravitated to music at the age of four when his parents took him to an Elvis Presley concert at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Soon after Bell became obs...
Biography of Paul Holmgren
Paul Howard Holmgren (born December 2, 1955) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota North Stars. He moved into coaching after his playing career, serving as head coach of the Flyers and Hartford Whalers. He then moved into management and is currently the general manager of the Flyers. Playing career Holmgren was selected by the Edmonton Oilers 67th overall in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. He never played for Edmonton as his WHA rights were traded to the Minnesota Fighting Saints. A year later he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers 108th overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He began his professional career with the Fighting Saints in 1975–76, but left the team th...
Biography of Greg Giraldo
Greg Giraldo (December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010) was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and retired lawyer. Giraldo was best known for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, and for his work on that network's television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and the programming block Stand-Up Nation, the last of which he hosted. Early life Gregory C. Giraldo was born in The Bronx and was raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. His father, Alfonso, was from Colombia and worked for Pan Am, and his mother, Dolores, was from Spain. Giraldo was the oldest of three children (brother John and sister Elizabeth) and was raised Roman Catholic. Giraldo spoke fluent Spanish and also knew how to play the guitar, having played...
Biography of Larry Bryggman
Larry Bryggman (born Arvid Laurence Bryggman; December 21, 1938) is an American actor. Early life Bryggman was born in Concord, California of Swedish descent; his father worked for a neon sign company and his mother was a piano teacher. Bryggman attended the City College of San Francisco as well as the American Theatre Wing in New York. He made his off-Broadway debut in 1962, with A Summer Ghost. Career Bryggman is known for his role as Dr. John Dixon in the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played from July 18, 1969 to December 14, 2004. Originally the role was a minor background part, which only required Bryggman to work two episodes, but he was later hired to a contract in 1970. For his role as Dr. Dixon, Bryggman received two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in...
Biography of Fred Pellerin
Fred Pellerin, born on November 22, 1976 in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Mauricie, is a singer-songwriter and storyteller. External link: http://www.socan.ca/news/fred-pellerin-presented-his-order-quebec-insignia...
Biography of Morris Louis
Morris Louis (Morris Louis Bernstein) (November 28, 1912 - September 7, 1962) is a United States abstract expressionist painter, one of the many such painters to emerge in the 1950s. From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. He worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists’ Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name. Color Field Painting He returned to his native Bal...
Biography of Jeff George
Jeffrey Scott George (born December 8, 1967) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. He played college football for the University of Illinois. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick of the 1990 NFL Draft, and also played for the Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. Early life George was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Warren Central High School, where he was awarded the Dial Award for the national high-school scholar-athlete of the year in 1985 and was the first Gatorade National Player of the Year. Collegiately, he attended Purdue Universi...
Biography of Ryan Roxie
Ryan Roxie (born in Sacramento, California, December 1, 1965 is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the founding member of Roxie 77 and probably most well known for his guitar work with Alice Cooper, Slash, Casablanca, Dad's Porno Mag plus many more. Along with his writing, recording, and touring schedule, he is also developing a new TV web magazine show entitled 'All Excess with Ryan Roxie'. Ryan re-joined Alice Cooper's live band for the 2012 Tour. Early life Roxie was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the East Bay in a small town called Pleasanton. Ryan's father, Polish, used to play trumpet and his mother was a drummer in her high school marching band. Around age five Roxie picked up the guitar but was more interested...
Biography of Shiho Sakai
Shiho Sakai (酒井 志穂, Sakai Shiho?, born December 1, 1990 in Koga, Fukuoka) is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. Major achievements 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships * 100m backstroke 1st (1:01.13) * 200m backstroke 2nd (2:12.00) Personal bests In long course * 50m backstroke: 27.88 (July 29, 2009) * 100m backstroke: 59.14 Asian Japanese Record (July 28, 2009) * 200m backstroke: 2:09.06 (August 28, 2008) In short course * 50m backstroke: 26.42 (February 21, 2009) * 100m backstroke: 55.23 World Record (November 15, 2009) * 200m backstroke: 2:00.18 World Record (November 14, 2009)...
Biography of Diane Bui Duye
Diane Bui Duyet, born December 22, 1979 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, is one of the best French swimmers (butterfly stroke)....
Biography of Jacques Dorsan
Jacques Dorsan (December 22, 1912-September 8, 2005) born in Orléans, France (birth time source: The clockwise House System, editor Robert Powell, author Jacques Dorsan), is a French astrologer and author. In 1936, he moved to the Ivory Coast, where he drew his first horoscope with his index finger on the sand at Grand Bassam beach a little before sunrise, when the planet Mercury was visible. It took him more than seven years before he began to do consultations (source : http://www.bookish.com/authors/jacques-dorsan/62661993-3e03-4e18-a541-78139ca8b259). Selected bibliography Retour au zodiaque des étoiles de Raymond Abellio et J. (Jacques) Dorsan (1980) Le Véritable Sens des maisons astrologiques de Jacques Dorsan (1 janvier 1990) Votre signe astrologique n'est pas celui que vous ...
Biography of James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won an Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues (1990) and Cimarron Rose (1998), while the Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen; by Alec Baldwin in the film Heaven's Prisoners (1996), and by Tommy Lee Jones in the film, In the Electric Mist. Since 1997, Burke has also written four novels about Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland. Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but spent most of his childhood on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Missouri-Columbia, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked in a wide variety of industries over the years, including oil, journalism and social care. He taugh...
Biography of Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963, in San Diego, California) is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison. Lori's father, the late Charlie McNeil, played professional football with the San Diego Chargers in the 60's. Career McNeil played on the WTA Tour for 19 years from 1983-2002. During that time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in 1988 (partnering Jorge Lozano). She won a total of 10 singles and 33 doubles titles during her career. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 9 in singles (in 1988), and World No. 4 in doubles (in 1987). McNeil is perhaps best remembered for her results against Steffi Graf. In 1992, McNei...
Biography of Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Lindblom (born Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom, 18 December 1931 Gothenburg, Sweden), is a Swedish film actress and director. As an actor she has been particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also played the key-role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata in 1998-2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim. Married to senior lecturer Sture Helander (who was Ingmar Bergman's personal physician), she was sometimes credited as Gunnel Lindblom Helander, or Gunnel Helander. She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at Dramaten for the theatre's 100...
Biography of Kali Rocha
Kali Michele Rocha (born December 5, 1971) is an American actress. Early life Rocha was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1993. Career Rocha is best known to comedic audiences as the Atlantic American flight attendant who had a humorous fight with Ben Stiller's character at the airport in the 2000 hit comedy Meet The Parents (a role she reprised in the sequel Meet The Fockers). She also recurred memorably on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Anya's vengeance demon pal, Halfrek, as well as William the Bloody's love affection, Cecily. The two characters are considered the same person. Rocha played Stonewall Jackson's wife, Anna in Ron Maxwell's Gods and Generals, an epic drama about the first two years of ...
Biography of Danielle von Zerneck
Danielle von Zerneck (born December 21, 1965) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, is an American film and television actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Donna, Ritchie Valens girlfriend in La Bamba (1987). She is the daughter of Frank von Zerneck, a well known television film producer. She is married to James Fearnley, an English accordion player for the Irish folk/punk band The Pogues. Filmography (film) Tunnel Vision (1976) My Science Project (1985) La Bamba (1987) Tale of Two Sisters (1989) Under the Boardwalk (1989) Dangerous Curves (1988) Deuce Coupe (1992) Living in Oblivion (1995)...
Biography of Larry Kenon
Larry Joe Kenon (born December 13, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'9" forward who had a productive career in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), Kenon played for the New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. College Kenon transferred from Amarillo College to play basketball at Memphis State University. In his junior year, 1972-73, he averaged 20.1 points and 16.7 rebounds per game and led the Tigers to the NCAA championship game, where they were defeated by the Bill Walton-led UCLA Bruins. After that season, Kenon left Memphis State and turned pro. ABA career In 1973, the Detroit Pistons selected Kenon in the t...
Biography of Ely Jacques Kahn Jr.
Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr. (December 4, 1916 – May 28, 1994) was an American writer under the byline E.J. Kahn, Jr. with The New Yorker for five decades. Born in New York City, he was the son of architect Ely Jacques Kahn. He attended the Horace Mann School and Harvard University, where he took his B.A. in 1937. He was hired by The New Yorker in 1937 and his first byline appeared there in the April 3, 1937 issue. Before World War II, he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. His Army experience resulted in The New Yorker publishing thirty-nine of his pieces on Army life; they were later collected in book form. His long career with the magazine resulted in numerous books on such varied subjects as Coca Cola, Leslie McNair, the Trust Territory of the Pacific, Harvard Uni...
Biography of Otis Birdsong
Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955 in Winter Haven, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons (1977–1989) in the NBA and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games. A 6'3" guard who attended Winter Haven High School and the University of Houston, Birdsong was selected by the Kansas City Kings with the second pick of the 1977 NBA Draft. He would spend four seasons with the Kings, averaging a career high 24.6 points per game during the 1980-81 NBA season. He also played seven seasons with the New Jersey Nets and one with the Boston Celtics, and he ended his NBA career in 1989 with 12,544 career points. Collegiate playing career When Birdsong was named a 1977 consensus All-American after leading the Houston Cougars to the finals of the Nati...
Biography of Martine Tanghe
Martine Tanghe, born on November 23, 1955 in Aalter, is a Belgian journalist and TV host....
Biography of Jean Byron
Jean Byron (December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for the role of Natalie Lane, Patty Lane's mother in The Patty Duke Show. Early life and career Born Imogene Burkhart in Paducah, Kentucky, she moved to California during World War II and was signed to Columbia Pictures where she chose the name of Jean Byron as a stage moniker. In the 1950s, Byron appeared in several b-movies including The Magnetic Monster and Serpent of the Nile, in addition to guest roles on The Millionaire, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, and Science Fiction Theatre. Byron also served as spokeswoman for Revlon and Lux products on The Rosemary Clooney Show. In 1959, Byron landed a semi-regular spot on CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis playing Dr...
Biography of Kathrine Narducci
Kathrine Narducci (born August 12, 1965 in East Harlem, New York City) is an American actress, mostly known for her role as Charmaine Bucco, Artie Bucco's wife, on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. In addition to her role on The Sopranos, she starred in Chicago Overcoat and has other film credits including A Bronx Tale and Two Family House and some other guest TV appearances on shows such as Law & Order, Workaholics, NYPD Blue and Third Watch. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621393/) 2013 '79 Parts (filming) Josefina 2013 Zarra's Law (completed) Laura 2012 To Redemption Joanne Reed 2011 Hung (TV series) Bernice – A Monkey Named Simian or Frances is Not a Fan (2011) … Bernice 2011 Workaholics (TV series) Maria – Karl's Wedding (2011) … Maria – Tee...
Biography of Denny Doherty
Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 – January 19, 2007) was a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was most widely known as a founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas & the Papas. Early career Denny Doherty was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Doherty started his musical career in Halifax in 1956 with a band called the Hepsters. With friends Richard Sheehan, Eddie Thibodeau and Mike O'Connell, the Hepsters played at clubs in the Halifax area. The band was together for about 2 years. Sheehan recalls that they drew crowds wherever they went due to Denny's incredible voice. In 1960, at the age of 19, Doherty, along with Pat LaCroix and Richard Byrne, co-founded a folk group called The Colonials in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When they got a record deal with Columbia Records...
Biography of Noel Fitzpatrick
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick (born 13 December 1967) is an Irish world-class specialist neuro-orthopaedic veterinary surgeon. He is managing director of Fitzpatrick Referrals, a specialist veterinary referral hospital employing more than 200 staff in Surrey, based in Eashing, Surrey. Professor Noel Fitzpatrick has conceived and developed a number of world-first initiatives, such as synthetic cartilage transplant, limb salvage prostheses, limb deformity correction, custom joints and spinal disc replacement. In 2010, a BBC documentary entitled The Bionic Vet The Bionic Vet saw Noel develop new methods and techniques. In 2014, Channel 4 commissioned a new series with Noel and his team at Fitzpatrick Referrals, The Supervet., which has run for five series, with the sixth commencing in M...
Biography of Christopher Ciccone
Christopher G. Ciccone (born November 22, 1960 in Bay City, Michigan) is an American artist, film director, artistic director, dancer, best selling author, and interior and furniture designer. He is the younger brother of Madonna, and began his career working as Madonna's assistant, dresser, backup dancer, stylist, and artistic director. His first public appearance was alongside his sister in her 1982 debut music video "Everybody". After involvement in a promo tour for her debut album, he appeared in her 1984 "Lucky Star" video. He has decorated Madonna's various former residences in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. He has also designed the stage for her 1990 Blond Ambition concert tour, and directed her 1993 Girlie Show concert tour. Ciccone released his New York Times Bestsellin...
Biography of Bill Harkleroad
Bill Harkleroad (aka Zoot Horn Rollo), birth 12 December 1948, is an American guitarist. He is perhaps best known his work with Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band. He was born in Palmdale, California. Trained as an accordionist during childhood, he switched to guitar in his teen years. In nearby Lancaster, California he became involved in local bands. He joined up with future member of the Magic Band, Mark Boston in a band named B.C. & The Cavemen. Later, the two of them also played in Blues In A Bottle along with Jeff Cotton. Finally, he joined the Magic Band in 1968, after the departure of Alex St Claire. After recording Trout Mask Replica, he left in 1974 with several other band members to form Mallard. His book, Lunar Notes, describes some of the tensions between Captain Beefheart...
Biography of Gene Shue
Eugene William "Gene" Shue (born December 18, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his playing days he was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) guard. Shue attended Towson Catholic High School and the University of Maryland. After graduation, he was drafted in 1954 by the Philadelphia Warriors. During his ten year playing career in the NBA, he was also a member of the New York Knicks, Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons, and the Baltimore Bullets. He then served 23 years as a head coach in the league. Shue was an All-Star five consecutive times (1958–62) and was named All-NBA First Team once (1960). As a coach, he guided the Philadelphia 76ers to the NBA Finals in 1977, but eventually lost to th...
Biography of Dave Bing
David "Dave" Bing (born November 24, 1943, in Washington, D.C.) is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Detroit Pistons (1966-75). He was a seven-time All-Star. His #21 was retired by the Detroit Pistons, and in 1996 he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time. He was elected mayor of Detroit in a special election on May 5, 2009 and was sworn in on May 11, 2009. Bing won the full-term mayoral election on November 3, 2009, defeating challenger Tom Barrow. Early life in DC Bing was raised in northeast Washington, D.C. as a son of a bricklayer. At age five, Bing accidentally poked his left eye with a nail of a...
Biography of Claude Terrail
Claude Terrail, born December 4, 1917 in Paris, died June 1, 2006, was for more than half a century the owner of La Tour d'Argent, the Parisian restaurant with a reputation among aficionados of haute cuisine that was grand enough to withstand the loss of two Michelin stars. Under Terrail's omnipresent stewardship, the restaurant served a procession of important customers, including the Queen, Sir Winston Churchill, John F Kennedy and Dwight D Eisenhower. Errol Flynn and Orson Welles were among patrons who became friends....
Biography of Xenia Georgia Assenza
Xenia Georgia Assenza, born on December 15, 1990 in Hamburg, is a German actress. She lives in Berlin. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3384029/) 2013 Das finstere Tal (post-production) Maria (rumored) 2013 Doc Meets Dorf (TV Series) Lena - Der Tag, an dem die Welt stehenblieb (2013) ... Lena (as Xenia Georgia Assenza) 2013 Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen (TV Movie) Muriel Fenn 2010-2013 SOKO Donau (TV Series) Babsi / Samira Kostres - Bis der Vorhang fällt (2013) ... Babsi - Gegen den Strom (2010) ... Samira Kostres (as Xenia Georgia Assenza) 2013 Wilsberg (TV Series) Yasmin - Treuetest (2013) ... Yasmin 2013 IK 1 - Touristen in Gefahr (TV Series) Lena Kramer - Malaysia (2013) ... Lena Kramer 2012 Der Cop und der Snob (TV Series) Jana K...
Biography of Darlene Cates
Darlene Cates (born December 13, 1947) is an American actress who made her feature film debut in Lasse Hallström's What's Eating Gilbert Grape, alongside Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio, in which she played the title character's housebound mother. Television roles followed on the hit shows Picket Fences and Touched by an Angel, and a cameo in Wolf Girl, a Halloween Special for USA Network. Producer J. Miles Dale flew a small crew and the film's two young stars Dov Tiefenbach and Victoria Sanchez from Romania to Texas to shoot their scenes with Cates. Background Rita Darlene Guthrie was born in Borger, Texas, to Dorothy Ann (née Pfrimmer) and Truman Madison Guthrie. At 12 her parents divorced, which changed her life dramatically, "I didn't get over it till I was ...
Biography of Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra (November 29, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CFIHL)/Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line forward throughout his career. He died in a plane crash along with his teammates from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl prior to the 2011–12 KHL season. After a season with HC Dukla Trencin in the CFIHL, Demitra was selected 227th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He subsequently left Slovakia to join the Senators organization and played three seasons between the NHL and the American Hockey League with Ottawa's minor league affiliat...
Biography of Johnny Bench
Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bench, a 14-time All-Star selection and a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, was the best offensive and defensive catcher of the 1970s, and was a key member of The Big Red Machine, which won six division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series championships. ESPN has called him the greatest catcher in baseball history. Major League Baseball career A Native American (one-eighth Choctaw), Johnny Bench played baseball and basketball and was class valedictorian at Binger High School in Binger, Oklahoma. His father told hi...
Biography of Katja von Garnier
Katja von Garnier (born 15 December 1966 in Wiesbaden) is a German film director and screenwriter. Biography From 1989-1994, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her 1993 practice film Abgeschminkt! was shown in theatres all over Germany and attracted 1.2 million visitors. The project had been rejected by several producers that had not believed that a one-hour film could become a commercial success. The 1997 film Bandits starring Katja Riemann was also a commercial success and was the winner of the Grand Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival held in February 1999. In 2002, she directed in the United States for the first time. The resulting movie Iron Jawed Angels about the women's suffrage movement was produced by HBO Films and r...
Biography of Eddy Curry
Eddy Curry (born December 5, 1982 in Harvey, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently a free agent. He was born in Harvey, Illinois. He is 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) and 295 lb (134 kg), and has a wingspan of 7 ft 6½ in (2.299 m). Basketball career High school Prior to becoming considered one of the best high school basketball players in the nation as a senior at Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, Curry aspired to be a gymnast and did not pick up basketball until the seventh grade when he reluctantly went out for the school team. In 2001, Curry led his team to second place in the IHSA State Playoffs. For his efforts, Curry was named 2001 Illinois Mr. Basketball. He was named to the 1998, 1999 and 2000 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tourna...
Biography of Mackenzie Lintz
Mackenzie Lintz (born November 22, 1996) is a movie and television actress based in the United States. She comes from a family of actors as her mother, Kelly Lintz is an actress along with her 2 younger brothers, Matthew and Macsen and her sister, Madison. Career Lintz first auditioned for the role of Mattie Ross in the remake of True Grit by the Coen brothers. She was cast in an episode of Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva as well. In late 2011, she was cast in a minor role on The Hunger Games playing a tribute girl from District 8. In May 2013, she auditioned for the role of Norrie Calvert-Hill and was subsequently cast in another book-to feature remake, Under the Dome. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2011 Drop Dead Diva Pamela Bovitz Episode: "Closure" 2012 The Hunger Games Tribu...
Biography of Josh Smith
Josh Smith (born December 5, 1985 in College Park, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. Josh is one of five kids born to Paulette and Pete Smith. His siblings are Walter, Phebe, Kasola and Shanti. His popular nickname is "J-Smoove". Smith attended John McEachern High School. For his senior year, Smith transferred to Oak Hill Academy. As a player for Oak Hill's basketball team, he first earned his reputation as a consummate shot-blocker, which he would maintain in the NBA. He played alongside former Atlanta Hawk teammate Randolph Morris and the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard on the highly regarded Atlanta Celtics AAU team in the summer of 2003. NBA career Smith was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick in the 20...
Biography of Rick Helling
Richard Allen Helling (born December 15, 1970, in Devils Lake, North Dakota) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. High school and college Helling attended Lakota High School in Lakota, North Dakota for three years, before graduating from Shanley High School in Fargo, North Dakota. He was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a three-time All-Conference honoree. Helling played college ball at Stanford University and was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Baseball career Helling was an early critic of performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, warning the Players Union as early as 1998 that drugs were a problem in the sport; he served as a Union Executive Board Member from 199...
Biography of Elzy Lay
William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay (November 25, 1868 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West best known as being a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Johnson County, Wyoming. Lay was Cassidy's best friend and assisted Cassidy in leading the Wild Bunch gang. Early life Lay was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, the son of James Lander Lay and Mary Jane Bellew. He had a brother Encil Lay and a sister Maggie Lay Sprigg. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to northeastern Colorado. At the age of 18, Lay left home looking for adventure with his childhood friend William McGinnis. McGinnis soon returned home, claiming he was homesick. Later, Lay would use the name "McGinnis" as an alias when working as a ranch hand. Outlaw life ...
Biography of Karishma Tanna
Karishma Tanna is an Indian television theatre, and Bollywood actress. She is well known for her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Indira 'Indu' Virani. She also acted in the serial Koi Dil Mein Hain as Krutika. She is also the official brand ambassador for the well known fashion brand Love From India. Career Small Screen Commercial She was seen in many commercials for reputed brands like Nirma, Lifebuoy, Stayfree, and others.she has also hosted a show named Indias magic star in which Indias famous illusionist, mentalist and magician Rajesh kumar participated in the show. Television Karishma's career took off with the popular tele-soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which was her first role in television. She enacts the role of Indu, a chatterbox but with an impish ...
Biography of Benjamin Stora
Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 195 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria, which left the country following its War of Independence in 1962. The main body of his writing is in French, but some works have been translated into English. Works in English (translated) * Algeria, 1830-2000: A Short History (translated by Jane Marie Todd, with foreword by William B. Quandt). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. ISBN 0801489164 ISBN 9780801489167 Works in French * Messali Hadj. Pionnier du nationalisme algérien, Hachette, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-0127-9190-5. * Dictionnaire biographique de militants ...
Biography of Nick Beggs
Nick Beggs (born Nicholas Beggs, 15 December 1961, Winslow, Buckinghamshire) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard. Personal life His parents were Herby and Joan Beggs, and he has a younger sister, Jacqueline. Nick's father left when he was young but came back into his life at a later age. In November 1979, Beggs' mother died of cancer, leaving him to care for his sister, who was then 15. He took a job as a dustman upon leaving school. Nick's daughter Lula was born 29 May 1991, and his first marriage ended in 1994. He had another daughter, Willow, in 2002 by his girlfriend Ann, whom he married in 2003. He is now also stepfather to Ann's children Olivia, Jake and Callu...
Biography of Paul Cleave
Paul Cleave (born 10 December 1974) is an author from New Zealand. Life Born in Christchurch, Cleave worked as a pawnbroker for seven years before he turned his full attention to being writer. He had previously written a couple of unpublished manuscripts, penning his first unpublished novel as a 19 year old, and since his earliest days at school he wanted to be a writer. Although he had wanted to be a writer since he was a child, he didn't receive very good feedback about his writing from teachers or his high school report cards, with one stating there was a time and place for his kind of writing, and school wasn't it. At nineteen, Cleave was writing novel-length manuscripts that "will never be allowed out of the bottom drawer". He spent several years working as a pawnbroker, w...
Biography of Christopher Stanley
Christopher Stanley is an American film and television actor. He was born December 9, 1959] in Providence, Rhode Island. He has appeared in the television series The X-Files, The Practice, 24 and Lie to Me. He currently plays Henry Francis, the second husband of January Jones' Betty Draper, on Mad Men. After a recurring role in the third and fourth seasons, he is a main cast member beginning in the fifth. He appeared in the Ben Affleck-directed film Argo. Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1986 Murphy's Law Ambulance Attendant As Chris Stanley 1991 Death Merchants Nick Biaggi As Chris Stanley 1994 Kangaroo Court Manzick Short film 1996 Final Vendetta Bartender Crosscut Terry 2011 The Terrain Crane Short film 2012 Argo Tom Ahern Zero Dark Thirty Ad...
Biography of Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson (December 13, 1938 in Akron, Ohio – April 29, 1987) was a professional basketball player who spent nine seasons with the National Basketball Association's Baltimore Bullets plus most of one basketball season with the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers of the ABA. One of the first forwards to frequently play above the rim, this 6' 6", 235-pounder combined an unusual blend of strength, jumping ability, and speed. He was sometimes nicknamed the "Honeycomb", and was also one of the first dunk shot artists in the NBA. He had a gold star drilled into one of his front teeth and shattered three backboards during his career. As a member of the Baltimore Bullets, Johnson was voted to the All-Rookie Team for 1963 - 64. He played in five NBA All-Star Games, was named to four All-NBA Seco...
Biography of Carina Lau
Carina Lau Kar-ling (born 8 December 1964 (source: Imdb)) is a Hong Kong-based Chinese actress. She holds citizenship from Hong Kong and Canada. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films. Lau started her acting career in TVB, where she met fellow actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai who had been her boyfriend since 1989. The couple wed in 2008. Biography Lau was born in Suzhou, China, in 1964 (Imdb). She emigrated to Hong Kong at the age of fifteen, and joined TVB's acting classes. She has been in a relationship with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai since 1989. The couple married on July 21, 2008 at the Uma Paro resort in Bhutan in front of about 100 guests. According to Ming Pao Daily News, Faye Wong took the couple to India to visit the 17th Karmapa, together with...
Biography of Terry Glaze
Terrence Lee Glaze (born November 29, 1964 in Columbus, Ohio) is an Ohio-born and Texas raised singer who is most well known for his work in American heavy metal band Pantera during their glam metal years, and Lord Tracy. Glaze was a member of Pantera for the band's "glam" days, from 1981-1986. His vocal range caught the attention of many record label A & R's and therefore he was credited for bringing Pantera to the forefront of heavy metal music, but a dispute in the band's direction led to Glaze's departure. Pantera went through several more singers before former Razor White vocalist Phil Anselmo joined the band for 1988's Power Metal. Beginning with the 1990 album Cowboys from Hell, the band ascended to heavy metal superstar status until its controversial break-up in 2003. In 1986...
Biography of Alex Wagner
Alexandra Swe Wagner (born December 4, 1977) is a journalist based in the United States. She is currently a political analyst and anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner on MSNBC. Early life and education Wagner grew up in Washington, DC and graduated from Brown University in 1999. Her mother, Tin Swe Thant, is an immigrant from Rangoon, Burma. Her father, Carl Wagner, is from Iowa and is of German and Irish descent. Career Wagner has worked as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress. From 2003 to 2007, she was editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering music and cultural movements from around the world. She also served as executive director of Not On Our Watch, an advocacy organization focused on mass atrocities and human rights violations. ...
Biography of Maria Gregersen
Maria Gregersen (born December 21, 1983 in Århus) is a Danish fashion model. Notable Work She is the model in the 2006 adverts for Lacoste Inspiration perfume (the "She's a Lady" advert). She has appeared on the covers of the magazines: Costume, Marie Claire, ELLE, Madame, and Eurowoman.... |
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