"that seek to dismantle our judgments about beauty, love and holistic health. Serena Yang Serena Yang is an American television journalist, producer and documentary film director, best known for her series ""Eye of the Beholder"" on the Discovery HD Channel and the Travel Channel, and her role as the West Coast Correspondent of CNN’s ""World Beat"". A former international correspondent for CNN, Yang was a writer, producer and reporter for E! Entertainment Television’s ""E! Features"". Some of her notable interviews are Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford, Sean Penn, Glenn Close, Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon, Sydney Pollack, Demi Moore,"
"Glenn Close character: ""You can't let her off the hook. You should kill her. Let's drown her!"" Until his death from Progressive supranuclear palsy, he was married for 61 years to Marjorie Goodman. Their daughter Kevis Goodman is an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley. David Zelag Goodman David Zelag Goodman (January 15, 1930 – September 26, 2011) was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for ""Lovers and Other Strangers"", though he did not win. He co-wrote,"
"Twitter account. Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She began her professional stage career in 1974 in ""Love for Love"", and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of ""Barnum"" in 1980 and ""The Real Thing"" in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut was in ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), which she followed with supporting roles in ""The Big Chill"" (1983)"
"Glenn Close Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She began her professional stage career in 1974 in ""Love for Love"", and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of ""Barnum"" in 1980 and ""The Real Thing"" in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut was in ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), which she followed with supporting roles in ""The Big Chill"" (1983) and ""The"
"Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest of"
"Isabel. Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest"
"Film School. She is the daughter of photographer Walter Rosenblum and photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum, winners of the International Center for Photography’s Lifetime Infinity Award. Rosenblum’s ""America and Lewis Hine"", voice of Hine by Jason Robards, about the pioneer photographer Lewis Hine who documented child labor and the building of America from 1900-1940, which premiered at the 1984 Sundance Film Festival where it won Special Jury Prize and was broadcast nationally on PBS. Through the Wire, narrated by Susan Sarandon, produced in association with Amnesty International, about the High Security Unit in the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington, KY and"
"Globe Awards and participated in a rally against gun violence in June 2018. On June 28, 2018, Sarandon was arrested during the Women Disobey protests, along with 575 other people, for protesting at the Hart Senate Office Building where a sit-in was being held against Donald Trump's migrant separation policy. While in college, Susan Tomalin met fellow student Chris Sarandon and the couple married on September 16, 1967. They divorced in 1979, but she retained the surname Sarandon as her stage name. She was then involved romantically with director Louis Malle, musician David Bowie and, briefly, actor Sean Penn. In"
"Meryl Streep – but I think Glenn Close is definitely in that list, it's a combination of her guts, in the roles she chooses, and her perseverance. Frankly, she's taken roles that are more challenging than a lot of other people."" On January 12, 2009, Close was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Roosevelt Hotel. , films featuring Close have grossed over $1.3 Billion in North America. Close is also considered a gay icon, having played numerous campy roles on screen and stage. Close has been married four"
"Glenn Singers, consisting of herself, Kathe Green, Jennie Dorn, and Vee Entwistle. The group's stated mission was ""to write and sing songs which would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live."" When she was 22, Close broke away from MRA, attending the College of William & Mary, and double majoring in theater and anthropology. It was in the College's theater department that she began to train as a serious actor, under Howard Scammon, W&M's long-time professor of theater. During her years at school in Williamsburg, she also starred in the summer-time"
"1991. By the 1990s, the style of halftime performance they helped define during the 1970s and 1980s (which centered on themed, musical-style spectacles which aimed to ""fill the field"") were frequently lambasted as the worst halftime shows ever by critics for being too dated and not in touch with modern popular culture, leading organizers to shift towards popular musicians for future halftime shows. Among the notable alumni and alumnae of the Up With People cast is actress Glenn Close, who was a featured vocalist during the 1960s, singing lead and appearing on the picture sleeve of the Up With People"
"Jacqueline Susann Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974) was an American writer and actress. Her first novel, ""Valley of the Dolls"" (1966), is one of the best-selling books in publishing history. With her two subsequent works, ""The Love Machine"" (1969) and ""Once Is Not Enough"" (1973), Susann became the first author to have three consecutive #1 novels on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller List. Jacqueline Susann was born on August 20, 1918, in Philadelphia, a single daughter to a Jewish couple: Robert Susan (1887–1957), a portrait painter, and Rose Jans (1892–1981), a public schoolteacher. As a"
"Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn (""née"" Sutherland; 17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943) was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. She popularized the concept of the ""It-girl"", and had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and, possibly, on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and, especially, Clara Bow. Elinor Sutherland was born on 17 October 1864 in Saint Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands. She was the younger daughter of Douglas Sutherland (1838–1865),"
"ischemic colitis infection at the age of 70. Hope Lange Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film ""Peyton Place"". In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom ""The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"". Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding,"
"six-time Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms ""Friends"" (2001) and ""Malcolm in the Middle"" (2002), and appearances in the TV films ""Bernard and Doris"" (2007) and ""You Don't Know Jack"" (2010). In 2017, Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX's anthology series ""Feud"", for which she was nominated for both for acting and producing Emmys. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy award for executive producing ""Cool Women in History"" in 2002. Sarandon was born in the Queens borough of New York City. She is the eldest of nine children of"
"a U.K.-based director, and her daughter, Siobhan Barron, is a costume designer. Zelda Barron Zelda Barron ( Zelda Ruth Solomons, March 31, 1929 – August 14, 2006) was a British director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like ""Shag"", ""Secret Places"", and ""The Bulldance"". Barron was born in Manchester, England, in 1929, the fifth of six children born to a Russia-born tailor and an English mother from a wealthy family. She wanted to attend university, but her parents pushed her to instead go to secretarial school. She married British actor Ron Barron in 1953 while working as a secretary in"
"Sue Townsend Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing in secret from the age of 14, Townsend first became known for her plays, her signature character first appearing in a radio drama, but her work soon expanded into other forms. She enjoyed great success in the 1980s, with her Adrian Mole books selling more copies than any other work of fiction in Britain during the decade. This series, which"
"in death (Gib in 1883 and Ned in 1898). Susan has been called the ""most graceful woman in Western Massachusetts"", ""astute and cosmopolitan"", ""The Power"" increasingly given to ""frivolity, snobbery, and ruthlessness"", a ""sensitive editor"" who was Emily's ""most responsive reader"", a ""remarkably perceptive... mentor of some standing"" who supposedly refused to edit Emily's poems for publication. By Emily Dickinson she was affectionately called ""Dollie"", and with unfailing admiration characterized as an ""Avalanche of Sun"", a ""breath from Gibraltar"" uttering ""impregnable syllables"", ""Domingo"" in spirit, and ""Imagination"" itself whose words are of ""Silver genealogy."" Susan and Emily Dickinson's forty-year relationship"
"United States Library of Congress. On August 28, 1985, Gordon died at her summer home in Edgartown, Massachusetts, following a stroke at age 88. Her husband of 43 years, Garson Kanin, was at her side and said that even her last day of life was typically full, with walks, talks, errands, and a morning of work on a new play. She had made her last public appearance two weeks before, at a benefit showing of the film ""Harold and Maude"", and had recently finished acting in four films. ""She had a great gift for living the moment,"" said Glenn Close,"
"2010). She is also editor of ""Mothering"" (Routledge), and ""Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters"" (Stanford University Press, 2009). She is also author of many journal articles, reviews, and commentaries. A review of her most recent book, ""Forced to Care"" stated, ""Glenn's prose is concise and elegantly crafted, and despite the complexity of the subject matter, the reader is swept along with the force of the narrative structure."" Born in California of Nisei (second generation) parents, Nakano Glenn (a Sansei) was imprisoned from 1942–1945, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans in internment camps. Nakano Glenn's family was first"
"Safe Passage (film) Safe Passage is a 1994 American drama film starring Susan Sarandon, and featuring Nick Stahl, Sam Shepard, Sean Astin and Jason London. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman from a screenplay by Deena Goldstone, it is based on the novel ""Safe Passage"" by Ellyn Bache. Maggie Singer (Susan Sarandon) is an obsessive, superstitious and moderately psychic woman who has premonitions in her dreams. The mother of seven children, only one of which still lives at home, she is getting divorced from her husband, and plans to move into the city and take a job as a civil servant."
"Zelda Barron Zelda Barron ( Zelda Ruth Solomons, March 31, 1929 – August 14, 2006) was a British director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like ""Shag"", ""Secret Places"", and ""The Bulldance"". Barron was born in Manchester, England, in 1929, the fifth of six children born to a Russia-born tailor and an English mother from a wealthy family. She wanted to attend university, but her parents pushed her to instead go to secretarial school. She married British actor Ron Barron in 1953 while working as a secretary in the British film industry. By the 1960s, she was working as a"
"called ""See How Beautiful I Am: The Return of Jackie Susann"", during which a dying Susann discusses her life and career. The show was performed as part of the Edinburgh Festival in 2001 as well as the New York International Fringe Festival in 2008. Jacqueline Susann Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974) was an American writer and actress. Her first novel, ""Valley of the Dolls"" (1966), is one of the best-selling books in publishing history. With her two subsequent works, ""The Love Machine"" (1969) and ""Once Is Not Enough"" (1973), Susann became the first author to have"
"a brain haemorrhage, at St Charles Hospital, Kensington. She was 51. Prudence Glynn Prudence Glynn (1935–1986) was a British fashion journalist and author, best known for her long-running role as the first fashion editor of ""The Times"". During her 15 years presiding over the fashion pages of one of the UK's leading national newspapers, she charted huge changes in the fashion scene as it moved from couture formality to young Swinging London designers and the rise of high-street brands. She championed new designers and was an influential commentator about the way the industry operated, also holding a number of advisory"
"Susan Petigru King Susan Dupont Petigru King-Bowen (24 October 1824 – December 1875) was a 19th-century socialite, realist, fiction writer and novelist. Her work, which included ""Busy Moments of an Idle Woman"" (1853), ""Lily: A Novel"" (1855), ""Sylvia’s World: Crimes Which the Law Does Not Reach"" (1859), and ""Gerald Gray’s Wife"" (1864), focused on subversive portrayals of South Carolina aristocracy, in which men toyed with women’s affections, women plotted against one another’s best interests, and mothers forced daughters to choose wealth over romance. Due to her lack of in-text references to the American Civil War, slavery or the abolitionist movement,"
"and """" (1999), all starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. ""Sarah, Plain and Tall"" received the highest rating of any Hallmark Hall of Fame to that date. Self married Margaret Lucille Flynn of Spokane, Washington, his college sweetheart, in 1941, a union which lasted until her death in 2007. Self had two children, Edwin and Barbara. He was a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Directors Guild of America. He had been involved in non-profit work for many years, serving on the Board of Trustees of the"
"Susan Gordon Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ""The Twilight Zone"", ""My Three Sons"", and ""The Donna Reed Show"". Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director Bert I. Gordon and his wife Flora (Lang). Susan began her career, at age eight, as a last minute substitute for another young actress in 1958's ""Attack of the Puppet People"", directed by her father, who subsequently directed her in three additional films — ""The Boy and the"
"Hope Lange Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film ""Peyton Place"". In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom ""The Ghost & Mrs. Muir"". Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange (1885–1942), was"
"Susanna Clarke Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is an English author best known for her debut novel ""Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"" (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began ""Jonathan Strange"" in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time. For the next decade, she published short stories from the ""Strange"" universe, but it was not until 2003 that Bloomsbury bought her manuscript and began work on its publication. The novel became a best-seller. Two years later, she published a collection of her short stories, ""The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories"" (2006). Both Clarke's"
"Susanna Clarke, with whom he has lived since 1996. He is good friends with Neil Gaiman, and is frequently cited among Gaiman's acknowledgments pages. Colin Greenland Colin Greenland (born 17 May 1954 in Dover, Kent, England) is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition. His best-known novel is ""Take Back Plenty"" (1990), winner of both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as being a nominee for the 1992 Philip K. Dick Award for the"
"Sara Jane Lippincott Sara Jane Lippincott (pseudonym Grace Greenwood, September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. One of the first women to gain access into the Congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and women's rights. Her best known books for children are entitled, ""History of My Pets"" (1850); ""Recollections of My Childhood"" (1851); ""Stories of Many Lands"" (1866); ""Merrie England"" (1854); ""Bonnie Scotland"" (1861); ""Stories and Legends of Travel and History""; ""Stories and Sights of France and Italy"" (1867). The volumes for older readers"
"Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole is a 2003 CBS television movie starring Susan Sarandon as Dr. Jerri Nielsen in the true story of the cancer-stricken physician stranded at a South Pole research station who, under dangerous circumstances, and with the help of co-workers, treats her own illness. Based on the New York Times best-selling book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, the movie tells the story of how, in 1999, 46-year-old physician Nielsen decides to leave Ohio and spend a year"
"Galen L. Stone Galen Luther Stone (November 21, 1862 – December 26, 1926) was an American financier and philanthropist. Stone was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. In his teens, he worked as an office clerk in Boston and went on to become a major figure on Wall Street. Together with Charles Hayden, he founded the stock brokerage firms of Hayden, Stone & Co. and Haystone Securities Corporation of Boston and New York City. In 1919, his firm hired fellow Bostonian Joseph P. Kennedy. In 1889, he married Carrie Morton Gregg (1866-1945) of Boston and the couple eventually made their home in"