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9 hours ago · Full list. William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. [1] [2] [3] Stone is known as a controversial but acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War, and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas.
9 hours ago · Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief ...
9 hours ago · Winners and nominees Paul Lukas was the first recipient of this award for Watch on the Rhine (1943) Gregory Peck won twice for The Yearling (1946) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Laurence Olivier won for Hamlet (1948) Gary Cooper won for High Noon (1952) Marlon Brando won for On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972) Alec Guinness won for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David ...
9 hours ago · Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York, where he acknowledged his homosexuality as an adolescent, but chose to pursue sexual ...
9 hours ago · Biography Family and early life Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on November 11, 1922, the youngest of three children of Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (1884–1956) and his wife Edith (1888–1944; née Lieber). His older siblings were Bernard (1914–1997) and Alice (1917–1958). He descended from a long line of German Americans whose immigrant ancestors settled in the United States in the mid-19th ...
9 hours ago · journalist and author, has written articles for The Hotline, The Wall Street Journal, The National Journal, The National Review, Politico, and The Atlantic: Amy Astley: B.A. 1989 editor-in-chief, Architectural Digest, editor, founded Teen Vogue: Ray Stannard Baker: B.S. 1889
