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1 day ago · Plot In 1941, Austrian SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa interrogates French farmer Perrier LaPadite, suspecting that his family is hiding a Jewish family, the Dreyfuses, under their floorboards. LaPadite confirms this to spare his own family, and Landa has the hidden family shot, but allows Shosanna Dreyfus to escape. Three years later, U.S. Army Lieutenant Aldo Raine recruits Jewish-American ...
5 hours ago · Art – Presented jointly to Jim Knowlton, modern Renaissance man, for his classic anatomy poster "Penises of the Animal Kingdom," and to the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts, for encouraging Mr. Knowlton to extend his work in the form of a pop-up book.
1 day ago · Background, early life and career Lineage. Satyajit Ray's ancestry can be traced back for at least ten generations. His family had acquired the name "Ray".Although they were Bengali Kayasthas, the Rays were "Vaishnavas" (worshippers of Vishnu), as opposed to the majority of Bengali Kayasthas, who were "Shaktos" (worshippers of the Shakti or Shiva).
1 day ago · India is notable for its religious diversity, with Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, and Jainism among the nation's major religions. The predominant religion, Hinduism, has been shaped by various historical schools of thought, including those of the Upanishads , [381] the Yoga Sutras , the Bhakti movement , [380] and by Buddhist ...
1 day ago · A tigress gives birth in a secluded location, be it in dense vegetation, in a cave or under a rocky shelter. Litters consist of as many as seven cubs, but two or three are more typical. [138] [140] Newborn cubs weigh 785–1,610 g (27.7–56.8 oz) and are blind and altricial . [140]
1 day ago · In 2001, she received her first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for the HBO film Wit, which starred Emma Thompson and was directed by Mike Nichols. In 2003, McDonald starred as Sarah Langley in It Runs in the Family , [13] and as Jackie Brock in nine episodes of short-lived Mister Sterling . [14]
