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Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia
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You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit
the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie
What's the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.
Is 27 an Especially Deadly Age for Musicians?
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Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.
6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Happy, smiling, flying pig
7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news
Who Invented the Internet?

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Born August 31, 1918 • New York City • New York
Died June 14, 1986 (aged 67) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1985) • Grammy Award (1965) • Academy Award (1959) • Academy Award (1952)
Notable Works “Brigadoon” • “Camelot” • “Camelot” • “Gigi” • “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Betty Comden
American songwriter
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
American actress, singer, director, producer
Irving Berlin with his hands on a piano's keyboard.
Irving Berlin
American composer
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer
Tim Rice
Tim Rice
English lyricist
Steve Martin
Steve Martin
American actor and writer
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
British composer
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
American dancer and singer
Jule Styne
British songwriter
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Mary Martin.
Mary Martin
American actress
Ethel Merman performing in Annie Get Your Gun, New York City, 1946.
Ethel Merman
American actress and singer
Andrews, Julie
Julie Andrews
British actress and singer
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Bette Midler
American actress and singer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Harry Warren
American composer
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
American composer

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