Zippora Karz born on June of 1965 at the age 15, she left her home in Los Angeles and moved to New York City to study at the official School of the New York City Ballet. By age of 18 [...]

Walter Crawford Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 25, 1913. Kelly began his career as part of the animation team at Walt Disney Studios, helping produce such works at Pinocchio and Fantasia. Continuing his career, Kelly went on [...]

An influential reporter for the Associated Press, Rodolfo Garcia was best known for his calm, objective outlook and for his involvement in generating media attention for the Nicaraguan civil war, chronicling the changes within the country and the lives of [...]

Richard Bartlett was a successful actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1922, and by 1951 had landed a role in the widely popular film, I Was an American Spy. This was just the first in a string [...]

Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson born June 23, 1956 is an American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. Jackson has [...]

Phebe Robinson Jacobsen was born in Baltimore, In 1922 and graduated from high school in Westminster. In 1943, she married Bryce Jacobsen. After attending Western Maryland College where she earned a bachelors degree in History and English, and teaching high [...]

The work of Post-Impressionist French painter Paul Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic inquiry, Cubism. The mastery of design, tone, composition and color that [...]

Otto Ludwig Preminger 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986 was an Austro – Hungarian-American theater and film director. His father was a prosecutor, and Otto originally intended to follow his father into a law career however, he fell in [...]

Nominated Miss America 1999, is an international diabetes advocate. She travels extensively promoting awareness, prevention, and intensive management of the condition she has shared for over sixteen years. Nicole works as a corporate and government affairs consultant for patient groups [...]

Kevin Nealon was born in Bridgeport, CT, on Nov. 18, 1953. As a kid, he memorized the jokes printed in Parade magazine, trying them out on friends. At Central High School, he played guitar in bands and fantasized about life [...]

James Conkling was born in East Orange, N.J. on March 1, 1915. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936, where he played trumpet in the Barbary Coast Orchestra. He later attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. After serving [...]

Jack Benny born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974 was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, began to study the violin at the age of six, and a notable violinist. Recognized as a leading [...]

Fran Carpentier Senior Editor of PARADE, national Sunday newspaper magazine. A native New Yorker, Carpentier received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism in 1976 from New York University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Fran recently served [...]

Dick Clark’s American Bandstand began in 1957 and continued until 1989. The program's mix of lip-synched performances and its "Rate-a-Record" segment captivated teenagers, propelling Clark to fame. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the long-running special broadcast that aired on [...]

Lucille Wood Smith was born in Uvalde, Texas on October 31, 1912 however her name was soon changed to Frances Octavia Smith. Frances’s childhood was cut short after she eloped with Thomas F. Fox at the age of fourteen. In [...]

Tony Bennett was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, on August 3, 1926. Bennett had hit first hit, "Because of You," in 1951, and made a career singing standards including his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." [...]

Singer, songwriter, musician. Born on June 15, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas. A musical rebel, Waylon Jennings is best remembered for helping to popularize a grittier and more rock-influenced style of “outlaw” country music. He and some of his fellow artists [...]

Tommy Lee was born on October 3, 1962 in Athens, Greece and was raised in California. He quit high school for a rock career and first performed with the band Suite 19. Lee formed heavy metal band Mötley Crüe with [...]

Timothy Parker, better known by his stage name Gift of Gab, is an American rapper best known for performing in the Bay Area hip hop duo Blackalicious along with DJ Chief Xcel. He is also a member of Quannum Projects, [...]

Roger Keith Barrett, better known as Syd Barrett, was born in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. Barrett was the third of five children born to Max and Winifred Barrett, who encouraged his interest in music. He played the piano, [...]

Shirley Horn was considered one of the great jazz singers of the nineteen fifties and sixties. She was often compared to the famous singers Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. She performed for more than fifty years. Shirley Horn's [...]