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Still Bill The story of how a 33-year-old Navy vet from Slab Fork, West Virginia, went from building toilets for 747s in a factory to playing Carnegie Hall in less than two years could fill an entire documentary.

This pretty, stage-trained singer, dancer and actress got her start singing in church as a small child.

Murder, ghostly apparitions and creepy goings-on are the themes of this month's movie selections at the Burroughs-Saden Branch of the Bridgeport Public Library.

Dir. Elia Kazan . Kazan's third film was shot on location in Connecticut, in a semi-documentary style-there's not a set in it.

A vibrant, toothpick-thin comedian, actor and writer whose stand-up material has often dared to take on the African-American establishment yet found the universality in the American experience, Chris Rock became the.... A vibrant, toothpick-thin comedian, actor and writer whose stand-up material has often dared to take on the African-American ...

Artist Biography: Grace Jones By Greg Prato Grace Jones was one of the more unforgettable characters to emerge from New York City's hedonistic Studio 54 disco scene during the late '70s. Born May 19, 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica, Jones studied theater at Syracuse University before launching a career as a model.

The 1990's are characterized by several different colorful styles, particularly ones involving the hair.

Elia Kazan is one of the most revered - and controversial - figures in Hollywood history.

Elia Kazan was born into a Greek Orthodox family on Sept. 7, 1909, in an ancient capital of the world, Constantinople, destined to be renamed Istanbul by the Turkish rulers.

Looking for uninhibited silliness, unusual body language, and rubber-faced expressions? John Witherspoon is most assuredly the man to fit these requirements.

Elia Kazan turns all of the creepiest screws with Baby Doll , a psychosexual film about a thumb-sucking sexpot, her rich southern husband and his Sicilian enemy who exacts revenge by getting sexy with Baby Doll.

A former teenage beauty queen, Halle Berry traded a successful modeling career for acting in the late 1980s.

She received the honour for her nuanced portrayal of Leticia Musgrove, a down-on-her-luck character in Monster's Ball .

Along with a group of friends, the couple checked out rockers Of Montreal and Berry's former Boomerang costar Grace Jones in concert.

Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for one of the best American films and became a household name for a TV commercial, died recently at 97.

The True Colors Theatre production of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf begins performances in Atlanta July 12.

Karl Malden, who died today, spoke to the MONITOR in 1959 about acting and working with directors such as Kazan and Hitchcock.

Great character actor Karl Malden has died at age 97. Known for roles in such Elia Kazan classics as "A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront" and "Baby Doll," as well as TV's "The Streets of San Francisco," Malden was a master craftsman with an unmistakable, almost avuncular mien.

David Alan Grier created some of the most iconic sketch comedy characters of the early 1990s - " from the flamboyant film critic Antoine Merriweather to obnoxious shop teacher Al MacAfee - " and helped push the envelope of.... David Alan Grier created some of the most iconic sketch comedy characters of the early 1990s - " from the flamboyant film ...

Karl Malden's film, television, Broadway credits include: "They Knew What They Wanted," 1940.