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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. One of the world’s highest-paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple appearances on Forbes‘ year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Born in Everett, […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won two Critics’ Choice Awards and received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Blonsky has starred […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is an American retired musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kathleen Sue Spielberg (née Nail; born November 3, 1953), known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), […]

By Penny Bancroft FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando βalenˈswela]; November 1, 1960 – October 22, 2024), nicknamed “El Toro“, was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997 (except for a one-year sabbatical in Mexico in 1992). […]

By Cynthia Charlene Greason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Terry Ann Garr (December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024), known as Teri Garr, was an American actress. She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spanned four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television. Her accolades […]

By Sabrina Mason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Moore was born Beatrice Melba Smith on October 29, 1945  in New York City to Gertrude Melba Smith (1920–1976), who was a singer professionally known as Bonnie Davis and Teddy Hill (1909–1978), a big band leader. Moore grew up in the Harlem section of New York until […]

By Sabrina Mason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Simon John Charles Le Bon MBE (born 27 October 1958) is a British singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia. Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, […]

By Sabrina Mason FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first […]