Born October 8, 1949—Sigourney Weaver, 74. I’m picking her greatest genre role as being the dual roles of Gwen DeMarco and Lieutenant Tawny Madison inGalaxy Quest. Chicon 2000 did give the film Best Dramatic Presentation Award after all and it is a loving homage to all that is good in...
In a famous key scene, they all take a day at the beach and as they walk by a couple who are necking while lying in the sand, Momina ignores the female’s agency to tell Clelia, “I don’t think a man feels anything for a woman he kisses in public.” In other words, such scen...
DJ: Yes, I knew about Linda Ronstadt starting when I was in high school and she was in the Stone Poneys and I've followed her evolution as a singer ever since. I was entranced with her work with Philip Glass on his Songs From Liquid Days project I had the great pleasure to appear j...
In the following winter he was again chosen governor, serving from January to November 1811, when he resigned to become secretary of state under James Madison, a position he held until March 1817. The direction of foreign affairs in the troubled period immediately preceding and during the War ...
Britannica Quiz U.S. Presidents and Their Years in Office Quiz At a glance: the Madison presidency The father of the Constitution James MadisonJames Madison, oil on wood by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 65.3 × 54.3 cm. ...
In 1800 Adams was defeated by Jefferson, whose victoryusheredin a period of prolonged Democratic-Republican dominance.Jefferson won reelection easily in 1804, and Democratic-RepublicansJames Madison(1808and1812) andJames Monroe(1816and1820) were also subsequently elected. By 1820 the Federalist Party ha...