Verne J. Troyer (born January 1, 1969) is an American actor and stunt performer. He is notable for his height of 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m), the result of cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism, making him one of the shortest men in the world. He is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films.
Juan Cespedes Uribe Tena (born March 22, 1979) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He stands 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighs 235 pounds (107 kg). He has also played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies, the Chicago White Sox, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He bats and throws right-handed.
Fourteen people, including nine associated with the governing body of world football, FIFA, were indicted in May 2015 in connection with an investigation by the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering that has lasted several years. Seven FIFA officials were arrested at the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zürich on May 27; they were preparing to attend the 65th FIFA Congress, which is scheduled to include the election of the President of FIFA. They are expected to be extradited to the United States on suspicion of receiving US$150M in bribes. There was also a simultaneous raid on the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami.
Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 â 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona “the Tramp” and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.
Richard John “Rick” Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1995â2007) and was the Senate’s third-ranking Republican (2001â07). He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to the eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
In alternating current (AC), the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction, whereas in direct current (DC, also dc), the flow of electric charge is only in one direction. The abbreviations AC and DC are often used to mean simply alternating and direct, as when they modify current or voltage.
America’s Got Talent (sometimes abbreviated as AGT) is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of one million dollars. The show debuted in June 2006 for the summer television season. From season three onwards, the prize includes the one million dollars, payable in a financial annuity over 40 years (or the present cash value of such annuity), and a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. Among its significant features is that it gives an opportunity to talented amateurs or unknown performers, with the results decided by an audience vote. The format is a popular one and has often been reworked for television in the United States and the United Kingdom.
KHOU, virtual channel and VHF digital channel 11, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Houston, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Gannett Company, which will be renamed to TEGNA in mid-2015. KHOU maintains studio facilities located along Allen Parkway in the Neartown neighborhood (near Downtown Houston), and its transmitter is located in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County (near Missouri City).
Point Break is a 1991 American action crime film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. The title refers to the surfing term point break, where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. Reeves stars as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who is investigating a string of bank robberies possibly being committed by surfers. Johnny goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community and develops a complex friendship with Bodhi (Swayze), the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers.
Mary Ellen Mark (March 20, 1940 â May 25, 2015) was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, portraiture, and advertising photography. She had 18 collections of her work published, including Streetwise and Ward 81, and has been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide. She received numerous accolades, including three Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the 2014 Lifetime Achievement in Photography Award from the George Eastman House and the Outstanding Contribution Photography Award from the World Photography Organisation.
