- Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (b. September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is perhaps most famous for his work in "Saturday Night Live", as well as for his comedic roles in films such as "Stripes", "Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack", "Ghostbusters" and "Rushmore", among many others. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, … - Harold Ramis
I'm a Capricorn who enjoys listening to music, long walks on the beach, and watching the sunset. - Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised jewish film actor, producer, and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He produced two films for director David Cronenberg with "Shivers/They Came from Within/The Parasite Murders" (1974) and "Rabid" (1976). - John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Canada branch of "The Second City", often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. His film roles were mostly comedic, such as his memorable characters in "Spaceballs", "Stripes", "The Blues Brothers", "Brewster's Millions", "Uncle Buck", "Cool Runnings", … - Warren Oates
Warren Oates was an American character actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including "The Wild Bunch" (1969) and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including "The Hired Hand" (1971), "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) and "Race with the Devil" (1975). - P.J. Soles
P.J. Soles (b. Pamela Jayne Hardon on July 17, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German born American actress who has starred in many films and on television. She is not of German descent. P.J. is best known for being a scream queen in films. - P. J. Soles
P.J. Soles (born July 17, 1950) is a German-born American film and television actress. She is of German descent, as her father was Dutch and her mother was a New Jersey native of Jewish heritage. - John Larroquette
John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American Emmy Award-winning film and television actor. His best known roles include Dan Fielding on the series "Night Court" and Mike McBride in "McBride". He is expected to join the cast of "Boston Legal" in fall 2007. - John Diehl
John Diehl (born May 1, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American character actor, particularly known for his roles as Charles Kawalsky in the 1994 film "Stargate", Det. Larry Zito on the 1980s cop show "Miami Vice", Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy on "The Shield", and as "the Cruiser" in "Stripes". He also played Cooper in "Jurassic Park III" (2001) - Edwin Newman
Edwin Newman (born January 25, 1919) is a journalist and writer. Newman was a longtime correspondent for NBC News. An authoritative and sometimes acerbic voice, Newman was a member of the network news team that announced to the nation the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Newman recalled reporting on the air that the President had been administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic church by two priests at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. - Donald Gibb
Donald Gibb (born on August 4, 1956 in New York, New York, sometimes credited as Don Gibb) is an actor with an imposing 6ft-4in frame, best known for portraying the large, dimwitted fraternity brother "Ogre" in several installments of the "Revenge of the Nerds" film series. Raised in California, Gibb attended the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship, where he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. - Ben Kamprath
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Conrad Dunn (born Los Angeles) is an American actor. He began his screen career with the role of Francis "Psycho" Sawyer in "Stripes" (1981). Working for the next ten years under the name George Jenesky, he achieved soap-opera stardom in "Days of Our Lives" as Nick Corelli, a misogynistic pimp who evolved from bad guy to romantic lead. He returned to the name Conrad Dunn and began working extensively in Canadian as well as U.S. film and television. - Joe Medjuck
Joseph Medjuck (born February 17, 1943 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian-born film producer in Hollywood. He is a graduate of McGill University, and the University of Toronto where he also taught for twelve years. At the request of friend and fellow Canadian Ivan Reitman, he moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to work as associate producer on the film "Stripes". In 1986, he served as executive producer for the first time on "Legal Eagles", … - Malcolm Lawrence
I'm the founder/CEO and Editor-In-Chief of towerofbabel.com. - Jackson Browne
Over the course of more than three decades, Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. With classic albums including Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running On Empty, and For Everyman, and songs like "Doctor My Eyes," "Rock Me On The Water," and "Lives In The Balance," he has defined a genre of songwriting that is charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. - Jack White
Jack White (occasionally Jack III White or Jack White III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He started as a part-time musician working with various underground bands in Detroit, while working by day as an upholsterer. He is best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo The White Stripes. - Bill Gates
"Swiftwater" Bill Gates was an American frontiersman and fortune hunter, and a fixture in stories of the Klondike Gold Rush. He made and lost several fortunes, and died in Seattle in 1935. Despite the similarity in name and geography, there is no apparent family relationship between "Swiftwater Bill" and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. - Adam Jennings
"Adam Jennings" (born March 17, 1978) is a British actor, producer and film director best known for his theatre work. He was born in Rochford, England. Originally trained as an actor he has also turned his hand to combining the Internet with entertainment. In 1996 he set up a digital entertainment agency, The Red Box Group (now RED BOX NEW MEDIA), which provides support for entertainment based companies and charities. - Roberta Beach Jacobson
Roberta Beach Jacobson (born July 21, 1952) is an American journalist, humorist, and early ezine editor. Jacobson was born as Roberta Beach Johnson in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her first publication came at age 8 in "Jack and Jill". After finishing high-school in 1970, she joined the United States Army which sent her to Europe. She remains an expatriate, saying "I prefer Europe. I'm where I want to be". - Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell (May 5 1908-August 15 1959), born William Samuel McTell, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a twelve-string finger picking guitarist, and recorded from 1927 to 1955. One of his most famous songs, "Statesboro Blues", has been covered by artists such as Taj Mahal and The Allman Brothers Band. - Franklin Pierce Adams
Franklin Pierce Adams, was an American columnist (under the pen name F.P.A.) and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower," and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's "Information Please". He was a member of the famous Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chicago, he was the son of Moses and Clara (Schlossberg) Adams. - Meg White
Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. - Karen Elson
Karen Elson (born 14 January 1979 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a British supermodel. Her trademarks are her red hair and her eyebrows, which fashion photographer Steven Meisel once persuaded her to shave off. Elson has walked the runways of many top fashion designers including Marc Jacobs (which she did while pregnant), Chanel and Roberto Cavalli. She has appeared in international campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Dior, Burberry and Chanel, … - Dawn Staley
Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an US-American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the Stars and Stripes at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. - Rolando Gomez
Rolando Gomez (born 1962) is an American freelance photographer and author for Amherst Media. His professional career began in 1980 with the help of Texas photographer Michael Badough, then established itself during his service with the US Army. He founded the website GarageGlamour.com (now Glamour1.com) in 1999, and is one of the original 30 Lexar Media Elite Photographers. His work has appeared in "Parade Magazine, Rangefinder Magazine, D-Pixx Magazine, … - Timothy B. Schmit
Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947, in Oakland, California), is a bass guitarist and singer best known as a member of Poco and the Eagles. Raised in Sacramento, he began playing in the folk music group Tim, Tim & Ron at age 15. That group evolved into a surf band called the Contenders, then changed its name to the New Breed. Changing its name once again to Glad, the group recorded the album "Feelin' Glad" in 1968. - William Ballard Preston
William Ballard Preston (November 25, 1805 - November 16, 1862) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy between 1849 and 1850. He is also the cousin of William Campbell Preston and William Preston. Born in 1805 at Smithfield, Virginia, Preston entered Hampden-Sydney College in 1821, where he was active in literary and forensic activities. - Gerald Green
Gerald Green (April 8, 1922 - August 29, 2006) was an American author, journalist, producer and director. - Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is a Michigan born musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drums. He has released three solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs. Benson's major musical influences include The Cars, David Bowie, The Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul McCartney, and Todd Rundgren. - Provo Wallis
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis, GCB (Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 12, 1791 – April 26, 1892) was a naval war hero and Admiral of the Fleet for the Royal Navy. His father, Provo Wallis Sr., wanted a naval career for his son and, knowing the rules for officers' entry into the navy, managed to get his son officially registered in 1795 as an able seaman on the 36-gun frigate HMS "Oiseau" at the age of four. - Harold Ross
Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of "The New Yorker" magazine, which he edited from the magazine's inception in 1925 to his death. Born in Aspen, Colorado to George and Ida (Martin) Ross, he was the son of an Irish immigrant and a schoolteacher. When he was eight, the family left Aspen because of the collapse in the price of silver, moving to Redcliff and Silverton, Colorado, then to Salt Lake City, … - Jack Lawrence
"Little" Jack Lawrence is a musician from Northern Kentucky. He plays bass, guitar, banjo, autoharp, mandolin, drums, piano, accordion, and the clarinet. He is currently a member of three bands: *The Greenhornes — a garage rock trio from Cincinnati (bass, vocals). Lawrence has been playing with them since the band's inception in the mid-90's. *Blanche — from Detroit (banjo, autoharp, mandolin, bass, vocals), since the summer of 2004. - Jason Pierce
Jason Pierce, also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician from Rugby, Warwickshire. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the influential 1980s psychedelic band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized. In between his work with Spiritualized, Pierce has been active with a network of free jazz players and improvisers, … - John Boswell Maver
"Concert Transcription/ John Maver" "'Soiree de Madison Square Garden "Concert arrangement of" The Stars Stripes Forever "(John Philip Souza) / John Maver, 1985" ---- " Paraphrase On A Prelude" "(Prelude op.43 no.1 Reinhold Gliere) / John Maver,1996." ---- "Encore Etude/ John Maver, … - Holly Golightly
Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith) is an British singer-songwriter. She is a former member of the all-girl garage band Thee Headcoatees, the female incarnation of Billy Childish group Thee Headcoats. For her solo career, she draws from rhythm and blues, rockabilly, and sounds of the 1960s or earlier. She has released thirteen studio albums of her own and has collaborated with other artists, such as Billy Childish and Rocket From The Crypt, … - Dennis Conner
Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman who has participated in the America's Cup nine times. The America's Cup is considered by most to be the pinnacle event of the sport of yachting. Conner won the America's Cup four times, in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1988, but was also the first man to ever lose the famed cup to a challenger (the America's Cup always previously being won by the defending American team), in 1983, … - L. M. Boyd
Louis Malcolm (Mal) Boyd, popularly known as L. M. Boyd (born June 9, 1927 in Spokane, Washington, USA; died January 22, 2007, in Seattle) was a newspaper columnist whose nationally syndicated column was a collection of miscellaneous trivial and amusing facts. Boyd was raised in Chimacum and Bremerton, Washington. He joined the Army at the age of 16 and worked for the "Stars and Stripes". - Liz Larin
Liz Larin (born Mary Elizabeth Larin) is a Detroit-based singer-songwriter and rock musician who has risen become one of the most celebrated artists of the Detroit music scene. In 2003, when readers of "Jam Rag Magazine" voted her #1 out of 80 Detroit acts, Jam Rag featured her on the cover as "Detroit's Goddess of Rock", a title which in now used by the venues where she plays. - Cypress Grove
Cypress Grove is an English singer and guitarist who has worked with Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club .He is noted for his attacking vocal delivery and raw guitar sound. Both Nick Cave and Jack White from The White Stripes are said to be admirers.
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