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1 day ago · Background Main articles: Davidian Seventh-day Adventist, Mount Carmel Center, Branch Davidians, and David Koresh The Branch Davidians (also known as "The Branch") were a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Shepherd's Rod (Davidians) following the death of the Shepherd's Rod founder Victor Houteff. Houteff founded the Davidians based on his prophecy of an imminent apocalypse involving the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the defeat of the evil armies of Babylon. As ...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped ...
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Robert Towne was a screenwriting marvel who positively owned the mid-1970s
Robert Towne – who died Monday at 89 – was more than just an Oscar winner, more than a mere successful screenwriter. He was the acknowledged master of the craft itself who ...
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1 day ago · Roberts was born on January 27, 1955, in Buffalo, New York, to Rosemary (née Podrasky) and John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr., both devout Catholics. His father had Irish and Welsh ancestry and his mother was a descendant of Slovak immigrants from Szepes, Hungary. He has an elder sister and two younger sisters.
1 day ago · Jack Frost: 1998 $40–85: $34.6 $68 $127: Jack the Giant Slayer: 2013 $185–200: $197.7 $103 $135: John Carter: 2012 $263.7 $284.1 $112–200: $149–265: Jungle Cruise § 2021 $200 $220.9 $150 $169: Jupiter Ascending: 2015 $175 $184 $95–120: $122–154: K-19: The Widowmaker: 2002 $100 $65.7 $67 $113: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword: 2017
1 day ago · The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Arizona.Notable alumni include a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a former U.S. Surgeon General, five U.S. Senators, two Republican U.S. Presidential nominees, the creator of the television series Sesame Street and founder of Sesame Workshop, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, and several NASA astronauts.
1 day ago · J. Michelle Childs (L.L.M. 2016), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina; Robert L. Clifford (L.L.B. 1950), former associate justice, New Jersey Supreme Court; Ann Covington (A.B. 1963), former chief justice, Missouri Supreme Court
1 day ago · Jack Berry: B.S. 1956 Sports journalist with The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, United Press International, and the Golf Writers' Association of America Richard Cooper: B.A. 1969 won 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Attica Prison riot coverage Craig Custance: B.A. 1999 sports journalist, author M.L. Elrick: B.A. 1990
1 day ago · In Fallout: New Vegas, the character of Robert Edwin House, a wealthy business magnate and entrepreneur who owns the New Vegas strip, is based on Howard Hughes and closely resembles him in appearance, personality and background. A portrait of Mr. House can also be found in the game which strongly resembles a portrait of Howard Hughes standing in front of a Boeing Army Pursuit Plane.
