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Jeff Goldblum (Actor and Jazz Pianist)

Full Name: Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum Profession: Actor and Jazz Pianist Biography: Goldlbum's career has seen a number of varied and wide-ranging roles, but is best known for his starring turns in the many blockbusters of his day. These include Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their sequels, Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Goldblum's other roles include a recurring role on Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2001-11) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Liang Chows Gymnastics Coaching Journey: From Beijing to West Des Moines

Cameron Spencer / Getty ImagesShawn Johnson of the USA is congratulated by her coach Liang Chow after competing in the Women's Beam Final at the National Indoor Stadium on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. Liang Chow spends practically his entire life in a gym. Trained in gymnastics ever since the district club where he lived in Beijing plucked him, at the age of five, from his school PE class for his promising tumbling skills, he has been in gyms around the world — training, competing, and winning championships.

Man strangles his mother to death in Ogun

It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at the deceased’s residence in Itanrin, Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. The suspect’s younger brother, a night guard, was said to have alerted their neighbours to the development on his return from work. A source, who spoke on a condition of anonymity, stated that Sikiru was arrested after the neighbours discovered that he was behind the death of his mother and subsequently handed him over to the police.

Martin Luther King Jr's Children: How They Share His Legacy

Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., spent more than 30 years resisting her father’s teachings. “Initially, I rejected him. What I mean by that is, I spent time in my late teenage years to my early- to mid-30s purposely not studying him myself,” she told TIME. She was just 5 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, and she was raised with consistent reminders of the work he had started during his life.

Monet's Love Affair with Japanese Art

One day in 1871, legend has it, a French artist named Claude Monet walked into a food shop in Amsterdam, where he had gone to escape the Prussian siege of Paris. There he spotted some Japanese prints being used as wrapping paper. He was so taken by the engravings that he bought one on the spot. The purchase changed his life — and the history of Western art. Monet went on to collect 231 Japanese prints, which greatly influenced his work and that of other practitioners of Impressionism, the movement he helped create.

More Anthrax, More Mystery | TIME

Michael D. Lemonick December 3, 2001 12:00 AM EST Two months after the first cases of anthrax were diagnosed, the FBI still knows next to nothing about who has been spreading the disease through the mail and why–and the death of Ottilie Lundgren of Oxford, Conn., from inhalation anthrax makes things even more confusing. It’s hard to imagine that the woman, 94, was a target. Her mailbox had no sign of the bacteria, and though her aging immune system may have been less resistant to spores than a younger person’s, investigators are baffled.

Netflix unveils trailer for 5-part series Far From Home

Written by Dami Elebe, ‘Far From Home’ follows the story of Ishaya (Mike Afolarin), a charismatic teenager and talented artist from a poor family whose dreams suddenly appear within reach when a prestigious scholarship to the most exclusive school in the country catapults him into the affluent world of Nigeria’s elite. All the while a huge secret threatens Ishaya’s newfound status and, ultimately, his family’s safety. ADVERTISEMENT

Oil Controversy: Oil Controversy | TIME

Last week in London Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, director-general of the Royal Dutch-Shell group of oil companies, gave evidence of a world-spread conflict for oil sources and oil markets. The Vacuum Oil Co. and the Standard Oil Company of New York had made contracts to buy Russian oil which Sir Henri’s company had wished to monopolize (TIME, July 25). Sir Henry expostulated. Standard Oil of New Jersey. President Walter Clark Teagle of Standard of N.

QS World University Rankings - Live & Study

The Czech Technical University (CTU) had a good reason to celebrate recently. For the first time ever, CTU ranked in top 400 universities according to the prestigious QS World University Ranking! We already covered their unique biomedical engineering programmes but did you know that CTU also offers a super-friendly buddy system and is involved in […] read more Several Czech universities have improved their ranking in the annual, annual global ranking released by Quacquarelli Symonds.

RANKED: All 20 of Pixar's short films

Keep reading to see INSIDER's ranking of every Pixar short film. 20. "The Adventures of Andr and Wally B." (1984) ADVERTISEMENT Disney/Pixar Made in 1984, while "Pixar" was still a division at LucasFilm called The Graphics Group, this short was revolutionary for its time. But the brief story ofAndr being woken up by a bee, running away, and then getting stung by said bee, doesn't hold up to the storytelling standards Pixar would later set.