Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM (5 February 1942 – 30 December 2019) was a Libyan-Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was an Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. Martinelli was born in Tripoli, Libya.
He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1967 and returned to Libya in 1971. In 1985 he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. He retired on February 5, 2017 and was replaced by George Bugeja.
Martinelli died on 30 December 2019 at the age of 77.
Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian. She was a leader and critic of conservative works of history and historiography. She wrote on intellectual history, with a focus on Great Britain and the Victorian era. She was born in New York City. In 2004, she was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush.
Himmelfarb was married to neoconservative icon Irving Kristol. They had two children; including Chief of Staff to Vice President Bill Kristol.
Himmelfarb died on December 30, 2019 in Washington, D.C. of congestive heart failure at the age of 97.
2019–20 Australian bushfire season
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season impacted many parts of New South Wales: namely the North Coast, Mid North Coast, Cessnock, the Hunter Region, the Hawkesbury north west of Sydney, the Wollondilly south west of Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast.
Central Queensland and South Eastern Queensland were barely affected in November. On 20 December, serious fires took hold in South Australia, especially in the Cudlee Creek area of the Adelaide hills. By 21 December 2019, the fires had burnt over 3,000,000 hectares, destroyed over 700 houses and killed at least 9 people.
Donald O. Hebb
Donald Olding Hebb FRS (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a Canadian psychologist. His works were about the area of neuropsychology. His works were about how to understand the function of neurons to psychological processes such as learning. His best known work was "The Organization of Behavior". He was ranked as the 19th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Astrid in the 2018 movie "Crazy Rich Asians" and as Anita/Mia on the television drama "Humans".
Constance Wu
Constance Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. She stars as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy "Fresh Off the Boat" (2015–present).
She is also known for her movie roles in "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and "Hustlers" (2019).
Hustler (disambiguation)
Hustler is a pornographic magazine targeted at men and a general brand of Larry Flynt Publications.
Hustler or hustlers may also refer to:
Romell Broom
In 2003, Broom accepted an offer from the state of Ohio for a DNA test to try to prove his innocence. However, the test results proved that he was guilty. Broom also has convictions for robbery, aggravated robbery and four counts of kidnap of a male child. He was also convicted in a separate incidence of raping a female child.
On May 19, 2017, the Ohio Supreme Court scheduled an execution date for Broom, on June 17, 2020. His execution was pushed to 2022.
Broom died on December 28, 2020, at age 64 from COVID-19 in Ohio, aged 64.
Jack Garfein
Jack Garfein (July 2, 1930 – December 30, 2019) was an American director, writer, teacher and producer. He was known for his teaching works at the Actors Studio in New York City. He was also known for directing the 1961 sexual-drama "Something Wild".
Garfein produced two plays by Arthur Miller, "The Price" and "The American Clock", and went on to direct other Broadway productions such as "The Sin of Pat Muldoon", and "Girls of Summer".
He directed the French premiere of "Master Harold"...and the Boys in Paris, and the world premiere of "Nacht und Träume" by Samuel Beckett in Austria.
Garfien was born in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia . He was married to actress Carroll Baker from 1955 until they divorced in 1969. They had two daughters. Garfien died on December 30, 2019 in Manhattan from leukemia-related problems at the age of 89.
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
It was founded on October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis who trained member actors. Lee Strasberg joined later and took the charge in 1951 until his death on February 17, 1982.
The Studio is best known for its work of teaching method acting.
, the studio's co-presidents are Ellen Burstyn, Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino.
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou (); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Turkish-born Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor.
He was called by "The New York Times" as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". He helped co-found the Actors Studio in Manhattan.
Kazan directed "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "On the Waterfront" (1954), and "East of Eden" (1955). He won two Academy Awards, three Tony Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in "The Savages" (2007), "Revolutionary Road" (2008) and "It's Complicated" (2009).
In 2014, she appeared in the HBO miniseries "Olive Kitteridge", for which she received an Emmy nomination.
Maya Kazan
Maya Kazan (born November 24, 1986) is an American actress and director. She is known for playing Caroline in "Frances Ha", Eleanor Gallinger on "The Knick" and Mabel Thompson on "Boardwalk Empire".
She is the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of movie director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan. She is the younger sister of actress Zoe Kazan.
Robert Lewis (director)
Robert Lewis (March 16, 1909 – November 23, 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher and author. He was the founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947.
Marion Chesney
Marion Gibbons (née Chesney; 10 June 1936 – 30 December 2019) was a Scottish writer. She wrote romance and mystery novels from 1979 until her death. She her books under a form of her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the Travelling Matchmaker and Daughters of Mannerling series. Her best known works were "Death of a Gossip", "Death of an Outsider" and "Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance".
Chesney was born in Glasgow. She died on 30 December 2019 at the age of 83.
Steven Pasquale
Steven Pasquale (pronounced ; born November 18, 1976) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as the New York City Firefighter/First Responder Sean Garrity in the series "Rescue Me". He also starred in the movie "" and as Detective Mark Fuhrman in the miniseries "".
Laura Benanti
Laura Ilene Benanti (born Laura Ilene Vidnovic; July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She has received five Tony Award nominations.
She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of "Gypsy", winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Benanti then appeared in the stage musical "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She played Baroness Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of "The Sound of Music Live!" and in 2015 began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series "Supergirl".
Since 2016, she has been playing First Lady Melania Trump on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert".
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