Wassily Kandinsky was a painter, art theorist, and art teacher at the Bauhaus. He painted the first modern abstract works. His career began when he enrolled in art school in 1896 and continued until his death in 1944.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is criticized for his disregard of human rights. His second-term election is disputed over accusations of electoral fraud.
Britney Spears was a star of The New Mickey Mouse Club. She was lampooned in VH-1's production "Three Bimbos: The Musical,” in which Paris Hilton's, Lindsay Lohan's and her own most embarrassing moments were set to music.
Gertrude Stein was an American writer who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her relationship with her partner Alice B. Toklas is legendary. She wrote one of the first coming out stories ever published, containing perhaps the first use of the word "gay" in print as a reference to same-sex relationships.
