Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies,music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Heart is an rock band which started in Seattle in the s. It became famous with the release of "Dreamboat Annie" in when the band-members were living in Vancouver. Heart was started by Steve Fossen and brothers Roger and Mike Fisher in Seattle. Ann Wilson joined the band in Seattle in Nancy Wilson joined the band in
Madeline sings, plays guitar, horseback rides, writes songs, and she writes screenplays. Her acting mentors were her former The Nanny () co-stars Fran Drescher and Charles Shaughnessy. Was cast to play a teen-aged Lucille Ball in a movie/mini-series for CBS for
The Sunrays were managed by Murry Wilson, father of The Beach Boys' Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson. Their hits included "I Live for the Sun," (#51 in ), "Andrea," (#41 in and "Still" (#93 in ).
Michael J. Daugherty, author and CEO of LabMD in Atlanta, uncovers and details an extraordinary government surveillance program that compromised national security and invaded the privacy of.
Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great) was empress regent of Russia from 1762-1796. She was born in Prussia to Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690-1747) and Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712-1760), and although her family was noble, they were not wealthy.
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Zenon: The Zequel is a Disney Channel Original Movie and the second installment of the Disney Channel's Zenon television film series, following the first installment, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (), and preceding Zenon: Z3 ().
Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, romanized: Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April – 13 March ) [a] was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March until his assassination in [1].
Born in a humble background, Benjamin Franklin is fondly remembered as one of America’s founding fathers. Born as the 8th born in a family of seventeen children, Benjamin was not lucky to get a quality formal education past the age of ten years.
there is a Martha Graham movement.”You might say Graham was a Method dancer, in that the basis of her technique and her choreography was authentic emotion. Take the “contraction,” the tightening of the abdomen that forms the cornerstone of Graham’s technique.
When a poor Indian girl took her life because her mother did not have a rupee (15 cents) to buy her food, Jitish Kallat, one of India's most important contemporary artists, could not but be.
Zhang Daqian's Peach Blossom Spring on exhibition. Zhang Daqian’s masterpiece, Peach Blossom Spring was inspired by the plum blossoms of the Abode of Illusions. In April , it was sold for HK$ million, setting a stratospheric record for Zhang Daqian's works.