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American Buddhists

  • Kate HudsonKate Hudson reached the end of a long awards season in 2025 with a striking comparison. Her first brush with acclaim, she said, had felt like a "shock entrance, or invitation, into this world." This time was different. When you have been…
  • Patrick SwayzePatrick Swayze was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer who collected three Golden Globe nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1991, People magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive. Behind the glossy résumé sits…
  • CherCher, the American singer and actress born Cheryl Sarkisian, first reached radio in 1964 with a record that programmers misjudged. The single was “Ringo, I Love You,” produced by Phil Spector and released under the name Bonnie Jo Mason.…
  • Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette recorded a demo cassette in August 1989 and sent it to Geffen Records. The tape has never been heard. It was stolen, along with other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989. Whatever it held is…
  • Patti SmithPatti Smith, the American singer, songwriter, poet and author, lost her place in the middle of a song at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. The date was the 10th of December 2016. She was standing in for Bob Dylan, winner of the…
  • Goldie HawnGoldie Hawn was born on the 21st of November 1945, and her first major film role won her an Academy Award. That is a startling debut for a performer who, only a short time earlier, had been known for giggling her way through a television…
  • Rick RubinRick Rubin once received a thank-you speech that sounded like an insult. In 2010, the British band Muse won UK Single of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards for "Uprising." Frontman Matt Bellamy took the stage and said: "I'd like…
  • Billy CorganRolling Stone once called Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates "ruthless virtuosos." Corgan was born William Patrick Corgan Jr. in Chicago on the 17th of March 1967. He is the singer, lead guitarist and chief songwriter of the…
  • Yul BrynnerA few days after Yul Brynner died, a thirty-second warning from him appeared on all the major American television networks and in other countries. The Russian and American actor looked straight into the camera. He said: "Now that I'm gone,…
  • Dan LusthausDan Lusthaus edits a Buddhist dictionary and specializes in Yogācāra. The school studies consciousness.

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