By Penny Bancroft FROM WIMIPEDIA COMMONS Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (/ˈtʃiːdəl/, CHEE-dəl; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received multiple accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, […]
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Daily Almanac for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Scarlett Noel Pomers (born November 28, 1988) is a former American actress and singer. Her most recognizable roles are Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager (1998–2001) and Kyra Hart on the television series Reba (2001–2007). Her debut EP, titled Insane, was released January 7, 2010. Scarlett Pomers made her acting […]
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Daily Almanac for Wednesday November 27, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Michael Vartan is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama Alias, his role on the TNT medical drama Hawthorne, and his role on the E! drama The Arrangement as Terence Anderson. His film roles include The Pallbearer, Never Been Kissed, The Next Best Thing, One Hour Photo, Monster-in-Law, Rogue, Colombiana, […]
Daily Almanac for Monday November 25, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as “The Queen of Christian Pop“. Grant […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday November 24, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stephen Wayne Yeager (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986, he played for the Seattle […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday November 23, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions. Hornsby has won three Grammy Awards: a 1987 Grammy Award for Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday November 22, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (/dʒoʊˈhænsən/; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. The world’s highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has been featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021. Johansson’s films have […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday November 21, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jena Laine Malone (/ˈdʒɛnə məˈloʊn/; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. Born in Sparks, Nevada, Malone spent her early life there and in Las Vegas, while her mother acted in local theater productions. Inspired to become an actress herself, Malone convinced […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday November 20, 2024
By Penny Bancroft Mary Sean Young (born November 20, 1959) is an American actress. She is particularly known for working in science fiction films, although she has performed roles in a variety of genres. Young’s early roles include the independent romance Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) and the comedy feature Stripes (1981), the latter being a […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday November 19, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), known professionally as Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for her leading roles as quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her work in romantic comedies, a genre she […]
Daily Almanac for Sunday November 17, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He plays Frank Reynolds on […]
Daily Almanac for Saturday November 16, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Marg Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope from 1982 to 1986. She is best […]
Daily Almanac for Friday November 15, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English-American actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film Trainspotting (1996) and as Dade Murphy in Hackers (1995) before earning further critical recognition for his […]
Daily Almanac for Thursday November 14, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jean Drapeau CC GOQ (18 February 1916 – 12 August 1999) was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Montreal for 2 non-consecutive terms from 1954 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1986. Major accomplishments of the Drapeau Administration include the development of […]
Daily Almanac for Wednesday November 13, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (/ˈwʊpi/), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT. […]
“The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song” Ella Jenkins, dies at 100
By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ella Louise Jenkins (August 6, 1924 – November 9, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter. Called “The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song”, she was a leading performer of folk and children’s music. Her album, Multicultural Children’s Songs (1995), has long been the most […]
Daily Almanac for Tuesday November 12, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Neil Percival Young OC OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often with backing by […]
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Daily Almanac for Monday November 11, 2024
By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Frank Urban “Fuzzy” Zoeller Jr. (/ˈzɛlər/; born November 11, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has won ten PGA Tour events including two major championships. He is one of three golfers to have won the Masters Tournament in his first appearance in the event. He also won the […]