Artists

People: Artists – Visual Artists, Applied Artists, Performing Artists, Literary Artists

Rob Long and Harry Shearer on Uncommon Knowledge

This week on Uncommon Knowledge, Hollywood odd couple Rob Long and Harry Shearer discuss their unusual friendship, politics, and show business. Rob Long Rob Long is...

Melissa Joan Hart

It was Easter Sunday, April 18, 1976, in Smithtown, New York, that Melissa Joan Hart was born to a young carpenter, Billy Hart and...

Talisa Soto

Talisa Soto could easily be called on of the most beautiful women in the world, but growing up was still very difficult for her....

Eduardo Verastegui, A Real Hero

José Eduardo Verástegui was born on May 21, 1974. He started as a Mexican model, and singer and moved from there into acting. He...

Ernest Borgnine: Not Another Pretty Face

"Everything I do has a moral to it. Yes, I've been in films that have had shootings. I made The Wild Bunch (1969), which...
Recollection of Hollywood: Grauman's Chinese Theatre Day

Historic Hollywood Revisited – The Art of Jim Van Schaack

Thousands of people from around the world visit Hollywood, CA everyday. Old Hollywood has lost much of its charm, and its glory days have...

Frank Lloyd Wright – American Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright on June 8, 1867. After his parents divorced, he choose to change his middle name from Lincoln to Lloyd in...
Lynda Lee Photography

Lynda Lee, Photographer

When someone asks me, who I am and what I do, I tell them that I put my life priorities in this order: God,...

John Ashbery, Poet

John Lawrence Ashbery was born July 28, 1927. He is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won...

Chuck Norris, TV and Film Actor

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris was born on March 10, 1940. He is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States...
Marilynne Robinson, Essayist

Marilynne Robinson, Essayist

Robinson (née Summers) was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke College, the former women's college at...

Michael Jackson, Dancer

Michael Jackson will always be remembered as the pop music genius, but if you  appreciate dance you will agree that Michael Jackson's ranks just...