About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 105. Chapters: Henry Rollins, Goldie Hawn, Yeardley Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Alyson Hannigan, William Hurt, Al Jolson, Stephen Colbert, Dave Batista, Ben Stein, Katherine Heigl, Helen Hayes, Eden Riegel, Louis C.K., Billie Burke, Tony Todd, Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Meloni, Taraji P. Henson, Frances Sternhagen, David Birney, Tim Russ, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward Herrmann, Jocelyn Seagrave, Blair Brown, Regina Hall, Rip Taylor, Bridgit Mendler, Ana Gasteyer, Nicholas Hammond, Michael Learned, Rugg Williams, Sarah Marshall, Isabelle Fuhrman, Matt Clark, Timothy Carhart, Jane Greer, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Alan Hale, Sr., Georgia Engel, Teddy Sears, Holly Twyford, Jane Adams, Cameron Goodman, Eric Steinberg, Erik King, Pat Flaherty, John Heard, Robert Wisdom, Charles Fleischer, Michael Nouri, Melissa Sagemiller, Priscilla Bonner, Tommy Davidson, Ina Claire, Laz Alonso, Scott Plank, Rick Yune, Joanna Going, Michelle Nicastro, Raven Goodwin, William Hansen, Archie Kao, Reed Howes, William Allen Young, Judith Baldwin, Clifton Powell, Malaya Drew, Edna Skinner, Kitty Winn, Brad Oscar, Jonathan Banks, Paul Garner, Bart Whiteman, Meg Thalken, Karl Yune, Anwan Glover, Vinton Hayworth, Wheeler Oakman, John Harmon, William Margold, Doug Spearman, Wolfgang Bodison, Roger Aaron Brown, Siena Goines, Leslie Ann Powers, Lisby Larson, Casey Sander, Leslie Bevis, S. Robert Morgan, Jeanetta Arnette. Excerpt: Al Jolson (May 26, 1886 - October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer." He was born in the Russian Empire (the part which is now in Lithuania) and emigrated to America at the age of five with his Jewish parents. His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approa...