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Lookalike of the Week: Acting Alike

April 26, 2012 by Kayla Arias

You might have caught yourself watching 12 Angry Men (1957) and thought, 'Hmm, I've seen this guy somewhere recently... on How I Met Your Mother!" After quickly realizing that's not the case, you were then convinced that Lee J. Cobb and Jason Segel must...

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Lee J. Cobb

Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1911 - 1976

Actor Lee J. Cobb had roles in some eighty movies. Despite his success in Hollywood, he was probably most proud of his stage work in Death of a Salesman.

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Jason Segel

Film Actor, Television Actor / 1980 -

A comedic actor, Jason Segel has appeared on television and in such films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bad Teacher and The Muppets.

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Photo of the Week: Beauty and the Beast

April 23, 2012 by Julien McNab

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The producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal-makers...
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Barbra Streisand

Actress, Singer / 1942 -

Barbra Streisand is the highest-selling female recording artist of all time, and has won awards and acclaim in every medium that she's worked in.

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Posthumous Props

April 26, 2012 by Leila Taha

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Among the many, many artists who struggle to become famous, only a small handful succeed. And an even smaller group succeeds posthumously. Whether it's due to the...
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Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician, Astronomer / 1473 - 1543

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus identified the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system.

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Emily Dickinson

Poet / 1830 - 1886

While never popular in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson has become one of the most widely known, most revered poets in history.

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Wolfgang Mozart

Songwriter, Pianist / 1756 - 1791

A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.

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Vincent van Gogh

Painter / 1853 - 1890

Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, although he remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life.

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Otis Redding

Songwriter, Singer / 1941 - 1967

Otis Redding’s career was cut short when he died in a plane crash in 1967. His song “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay” became his first and only No. 1 hit in 1968.

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Sci-Fi Fantasy Writers & Their Imaginary Worlds

April 25, 2012 by Eudie Pak

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You don't necessarily have to be a nerd to like magic, dragons, make-believe languages, barbarian kings, and unicorns...well, okay, so maybe we're lying. Regardless...
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J.R.R. Tolkien

Linguist, Author / 1892 - 1973

J.R.R. Tolkien is an internationally renowned fantasy writer. He is best known for authoring The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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C.S. Lewis

Journalist, Author / 1898 - 1963

C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish writer and scholar best known for his Chronicles of Narnia fantasy series as well as his pro-Christian texts.

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J.M. Barrie

Author, Playwright / 1860 - 1937

Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish dramatist, best known for writing the play Peter Pan.

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J.K. Rowling

Author / 1965 -

J.K. Rowling is the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, one of the most popular book and film franchises in history.

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Hedy Lamarr: Inventive Actress

April 23, 2012 by Libby O'Connell

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At her birth in 1913, Hedy Lamarr was named Hedwig Eva Maria by her parents, Emil and Gertrude Kiesler, a prosperous Jewish couple in Vienna, as the days of the...
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Hedy Lamarr

Film Actor, Pin-up / 1913 - 2000

Extraordinarily beautiful, Hedy Lamarr was a Austrian-American actress during MGM's "Golden Age."

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Barbra Streisand: Singing in the Movies

April 24, 2012 by Josh Mapes

Barbra Streisand, the best-selling female recording artist in the United States and winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, celebrates her 70th birthday today. Born in Brooklyn in 1942, she commuted into Manhattan to study acting in her early teens...

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