Josh Groban: …in the TV comedy series The Good Cop opposite Tony Danza, who played his shady former police officer dad.

Bruce Willis: …or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013).

Debt may sound like a bad word, but don’t let its reputation fool you. The risk is clear, but the other side of the coin may reveal a powerful tool to get you closer to your goals. Obviously, debt means owing money—especially money that needs to be paid back with interest. But some types of debt

industrial design: American hegemony and challenges from abroad: …Good Design Selection System), or G-Marks. The G-Mark award system consists of an annual juried competition of new consumer products, with awards given for products within various categories and one grand prize that spans all. Awards are based on aesthetics of design as well as a product’s features related to…

Sidney Franklin: Franklin’s next production, The Good Earth, the biggest of his career, was about the marriage of poor Chinese farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) and slave girl O-Lan (Luise Rainer). The film required the services of three other directors (Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, and Sam Wood), but it repaid…

The Good Earth, novel by Pearl Buck, published in 1931. The novel, about peasant life in China in the 1920s, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1932. The Good Earth follows the life of Wang Lung from his beginnings as an impoverished peasant to his eventual position as a prosperous

William Wyler: Films of the 1930s: … Glamour (1934) with the comedy The Good Fairy (1935), a clever adaptation of a Ferenc Molnár play by Preston Sturges that starred Margaret Sullavan, whom Wyler had recently married. Successful though it was, The Good Fairy would prove to be Wyler’s last picture at Universal after 11 years there. After…

international law: General principles of law: …international law is that of good faith. It governs the creation and performance of legal obligations and is the foundation of treaty law. Another important general principle is that of equity, which permits international law to have a degree of flexibility in its application and enforcement. The Law of the…

Ha Jin: Literary works: …collections The Bridegroom (2000) and A Good Fall (2009).

Era of Good Feelings, national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. Although the “era” generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe’s two terms (1817–25), it really began in 1815, when for the first

Era of Good Feelings, national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. Although the “era” generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe’s two terms (1817–25), it really began in 1815, when for the first

Matthew Perry: Other credits: The Whole Nine Yards and The West Wing: …had a recurring role on The Good Fight and appeared as Ted Kennedy in the miniseries The Kennedys After Camelot.

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. From the early days of Christianity, Good Friday was observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting, a characteristic that finds expression in the German word

Good Friday Agreement, accord reached on April 10, 1998, and ratified in both Ireland and Northern Ireland by popular vote on May 22 that called for devolved government in Northern Ireland. By the mid-1960s the demographic majority that Protestants enjoyed in Northern Ireland ensured that they were

mysticism: Techniques for inducing mystical experiences: The “Good Friday Experiment,” in which Walter Pahnke, a researcher at Harvard University, administered psilocybin in a double-blind study in 1962, established that when both mental “set” (the total contents of the mind) and physical “setting” are arranged to encourage the occurrence of a mystical experience,…

good genes hypothesis, in biology, an explanation which suggests that the traits females choose when selecting a mate are honest indicators of the male’s ability to pass on genes that will increase the survival or reproductive success of her offspring. Although no completely unambiguous examples

Steven Soderbergh: Ocean’s series and Magic Mike: …a propensity for experimentation with The Good German (2006). Shot in black-and-white to evoke the atmosphere of an early studio film, it tells the story of a reporter (Clooney) covering the Potsdam Conference during World War II while trying to trace an old paramour (Cate Blanchett). Soderbergh then released his…

Rihanna: Music career: A Girl Like Me and Good Girl Gone Bad: For Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), Rihanna sought to transform her youthful image. With the assistance of such high-profile collaborators as Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, she abandoned the tropical rhythms that had adorned her first two albums and recorded a collection of sleek R&B that presented…

Jennifer Aniston: Rom-coms: …acclaim for her work in The Good Girl, a dramedy in which she played a bored sales clerk who has an affair with a stock boy. She starred opposite Jim Carrey in the blockbuster comedy Bruce Almighty (2003) and later appeared in the thriller Derailed (2005).

Little Richard: …Tall Sally,” “Ready Teddy,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” and “Send Me Some Lovin’,” among others. Blessed with a phenomenal voice able to generate croons, wails, and screams unprecedented in popular music, Little Richard scored hits that combined childishly amusing lyrics with sexually suggestive undertones. Along with Elvis Presley’s records…

development theory: The neoclassical counterrevolution: The notion of good governance has been elaborated, in part, through a component of the neoclassical counterrevolution called new institutionalism. The basic premise of this perspective is that development outcomes depend on institutions such as property rights, price and market structures, money and financial institutions, firms and industrial…

Walt Whitman: Civil War years: …a vindication of Whitman in The Good Gray Poet (published in 1866), which aroused sympathy for the victim of injustice.

Chris Rock: …American women in the documentary Good Hair. He next appeared in Death at a Funeral (2010), a comedy about a chaotic funeral, and Grown Ups (2010), in which he, Sandler, and several other comedians played high-school friends reuniting as adults; a sequel followed in 2013.

Reynolds Price: …third volume in the trilogy, Good Hearts (1988), resumes the story of Rosacoke in her middle age. Price’s other novels include Love and Work (1968); The Surface of the Earth (1975); The Source of Light (1981); Kate Vaiden (1986), the orphaned heroine of which was based on the author’s own…

Cape Province, former province of South Africa, occupying the southern extremity of the African continent. Prior to the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the area was known as the Cape Colony. Cape Province comprised all of southern and western South Africa. It was the largest of

Cape of Good Hope, rocky promontory at the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa. The first European to sight the cape was Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 on his return voyage to Portugal after ascertaining the southern limits of the African continent. One

Cape Town: The city layout: …of Table Bay, stands the Castle of Good Hope, built by the company between 1666 and 1679. Near the Castle are the Botanic Gardens, which are bisected by Government Avenue and overlooked by government buildings. A parliament building, constructed for the use of the colonial government and first occupied in…

Kevin Kline: Later credits: Kline’s credits from 2021 include The Good House, a dramedy in which he starred with Sigourney Weaver. In 2024 he played a grieving husband and father who seeks to expose the secrets of a successful journalist (Cate Blanchett) in Alfonso Cuarón’s miniseries Disclaimer.

Jessie Willcox Smith: …regularly contributed cover illustrations to Good Housekeeping, and she illustrated a number of children’s books.

Frank Tashlin: Films of the mid-1940s to mid-1950s: Ball; Kill the Umpire (1950); The Good Humor Man (1950); and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) for director Lloyd Bacon. During the filming of the Tashlin-scripted The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), its star, Hope, asked Tashlin to take over for director Sidney Lanfiel, and, though Tashlin was not credited, the…

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city and To Pimp a Butterfly: …and released his first LP, good kid, m.A.A.d city; it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded the R&B/hip-hop hits “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and “Poetic Justice.” Critics noted that it was a concept album with an autobiographical narrative. Lamar was nominated for seven 2013 Grammy Awards,…

goosefoot: Good King Henry, or mercury goosefoot (Blitum bonus-henricus, formerly C. bonus-henricus), is a deep-rooted perennial with several stems and edible spinach-like leaves. Feather geranium, or Jerusalem oak goosefoot (Dysphania botrys, formerly C. botrys), has many clusters of small flowers and is occasionally cultivated in gardens.

Luxembourg: Relief and soils: …as the Bon Pays, or Gutland (French and German: “Good Land”). This region has a more-varied topography and an average elevation of 800 feet (about 245 metres). The Bon Pays is much more densely populated than the Oesling and contains the capital city, Luxembourg, as well as smaller industrial cities…

Ian McKellen: …Helen Mirren in the thriller The Good Liar, and he also appeared in Cats, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful stage musical.

Reese Witherspoon: Walk the Line and Wild: …dramatic roles, Witherspoon appeared in The Good Lie (2014) as a job recruiter who helps Sudanese refugees who have relocated to the United States and in Wild (2014) as a woman who hikes the Pacific Crest Trail in an effort to overcome the effects of a series of tragedies. The…

Tony Bennett: Legacy and honors: His autobiography, The Good Life, was published in 1998.

James McBride: Literary career: …was made into a television miniseries, starring Ethan Hawke as Brown, in 2020.

12 Contemporary Black Authors You Must Read: James McBride: …Book Award for his novel The Good Lord Bird, which tells the story of an enslaved boy who joins the crusade of abolitionist John Brown. In order to survive, the young protagonist must disguise himself as a girl. In 2023 McBride earned raves for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.…

blue-eyed soul: The Rascals’ hits “Good Lovin’ ” (1966) and “Groovin’”  (1967) demonstrated promising originality rather than mere imitation.

A Good Man Is Hard to Find, volume of short stories by Flannery O’Connor, published in 1955. Like much of the author’s work, the collection presents vivid, hidebound characters seemingly hounded by a redemption that they often successfully elude. Several of the stories are generally considered

Philip Pullman: Other works: …and the Servant (2004), and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (2010). Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version (2012) collected Pullman’s retellings of the titular German children’s parables. In 2017 he published the graphic novel The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost…

Television in the United States: Tabloid TV: …Today (NBC, begun 1952) and Good Morning America (ABC, begun 1975) were followed by a mix of soap operas, game shows, domestic variety programs, and children’s shows. A new genre, the audience-participation talk show (also called the “tabloid talk show” by many of its detractors), changed the face of daytime…

Jean Rhys: …in the Dark (1934), and Good Morning, Midnight (1939).

Barry Levinson: …aluminum siding; and the comedy Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), about a military disc jockey (played by Robin Williams).

Good Neighbor Policy, popular name for the Latin American policy pursued by the administration of the U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Suggested by the president’s commitment “to the policy of the good neighbor” (first inaugural address, March 4, 1933), the approach marked a departure from

Charles Walters: …first feature film, the bubbly Good News (1947), with up-and-comers June Allyson and Peter Lawford. It was a success, and prominent producer Arthur Freed rewarded Walters with a major assignment, the period piece Easter Parade (1948). Despite initial production problems—Gene Kelly broke his ankle and was replaced by

Lucille Clifton: …two further books of poetry, Good News About the Earth (1972) and An Ordinary Woman (1974). From 1982 to 1983 she was a visiting writer at Columbia University School of the Arts and at George Washington University. Thereafter she taught literature and creative writing at the University of California at…

Good News Club v. Milford Central School, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 11, 2001, ruled (6–3) that, under the First Amendment’s freedom of speech clause, a religious group in New York state could not be denied the use of a local public school’s facilities after school hours, since

Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) adopted more concise song structures and radio-friendly production but was also the group’s most eclectic record to date, featuring accents of psychedelia, jazz, and even dance music. It also proved a commercial breakthrough, selling more than…

Kareena Kapoor: Later career: …relationships and societal expectations; and Good Newwz (2019), a comedy drama about two married couples (Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh, Kiara Advani, and Akshay Kumar) and a mix-up during their in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment that upends their lives. In 2022 Kapoor again appeared opposite Aamir Khan in Laal Singh Chaddha, a…

Lead Belly: Death and legacy: …six months his song “Goodnight, Irene” became a million-record hit for the singing group the Weavers; along with other many other of his songs, among them “The Midnight Special” and “Rock Island Line,” it became a standard.

George Clooney: Gravity and later films: Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck. The play, which was based on the 2005 movie, made $3.3 million in one week, a box-office record for a nonmusical play. In addition, Clooney received a Tony Award nomination for his performance. Clooney played a movie star who wrestles…

George Clooney: Syriana and Up in the Air: …director and best screenwriter for Good Night, and Good Luck (2005). The film—shot in black-and-white and featuring actual newsreel footage—documented journalist Edward R. Murrow’s confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Both films reflected Clooney’s growing liberal political activism. He was involved in causes to end world poverty and to stop the…

Jessica Chastain: Later career: …cast in the crime thriller The Good Nurse in 2022. Chastain also appeared in the psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct (2024) and the drama Dreams (2025).

Renville Agreement: …to the formation of the Good Offices Committee (GOC), consisting of three members: Australia (chosen by the republic), Belgium (chosen by the Dutch), and the United States (chosen by both). The GOC assured that the internal powers of the republic would not be reduced in the interim period pending the…

Randy Newman: …released Sail Away (1972) and Good Old Boys (1974), with sardonic songs whose underlying humaneness and sense of social justice were often misinterpreted by listeners but much praised by critics. The tongue-in-cheek quality of Newman’s biggest hits, “Short People” from Little Criminals (1977) and “I Love L.A.” from Trouble in…

Neil Gaiman: Film and TV adaptations and sexual assault allegations: Gaiman adapted Good Omens as a miniseries that premiered on Amazon in 2019, featuring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm, and Miranda Richardson. In 2022 Netflix debuted a TV series based on The Sandman.

United Kingdom: The crises of Edward’s later years: When the so-called Good Parliament met in 1376, grievances had accumulated and needed to be dealt with. As in previous crises, a committee consisting of four bishops, four earls, and four barons was set up to take responsibility for the reforms. Then, under the leadership of Peter de…

Frances McDormand: …lead role in the drama Good People (2011). She earned an Emmy Award for her portrayal of the title character in the 2014 TV miniseries Olive Kitteridge. McDormand later voiced the character Momma in the animated feature The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Interpreter Nelson in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film…

The Good Woman of Setzuan, drama, a “parable in 10 scenes,” by Bertolt Brecht, produced in 1943 and published in 1953 as Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. The title has many English-language variants, including The Good Person of Szechwan and The Good Soul of Szechuan. The play is set in China between

Kristen Bell: The Good Place and other projects from the late 2010s: …in the acclaimed comedy series The Good Place, created by Michael Schur. Starring alongside Ted Danson, Bell portrayed Eleanor Shellstrop, a flawed woman who mistakenly ends up in a paradise-like community and strives to become a better person. The show was nominated for many awards during its four-season run, with…

Elizabeth I was the queen of England (1558–1603) during a period, often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts. Although her small kingdom was threatened by grave internal divisions, Elizabeth’s blend of

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: …catalog, and the resulting image, The Good Reputation Sleeping (1939), which depicted a bandaged nude lying amid cactus buds, was among Álvarez Bravo’s best-known works. Breton also published many of Álvarez Bravo’s photographs in the Surrealist review Minotaure.

Good Roads Movement, broad-based crusade to build and improve the condition of U.S. roads in the late 1800s that lasted until the National Highway System was created by the federal government in 1926. The Good Roads Movement was initiated by bicyclists in the 1870s and greatly expanded in the early

Leo McCarey: Last films: Three years elapsed before Good Sam (1948), a feeble comedy in which Gary Cooper played a compulsive doer of good deeds, a trait that upsets his long-suffering wife (Ann Sheridan). Another extended period of inactivity followed, ending with My Son John (1952), a fervent anticommunist tract with Robert Walker…

Christianity: Love as the basis for Christian ethics: …commandment of love in the parable of the Good Samaritan, who followed the commandment of love and helped a person in need whom a priest and a Levite had chosen to ignore (Luke 10:29–37). A demand in the Letter of James, that the “royal law” of neighbourly love has to…

Western painting: Early Christian: …his shoulders, generally called “The Good Shepherd.”

Good Shepherd Sister, member of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns devoted to helping people in poor and marginalized communities, especially girls and women. The order was formerly called the Religious of Our Lady of Charity of

Robert De Niro: Directing and awards: …later directed the highly acclaimed The Good Shepherd (2006), which centers on the origins of the CIA and the compromises made by an agent over the span of his career.

The Good Soldier Schweik, satiric war novel by Jaroslav Hašek, published in Czech as Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války in four volumes in 1921–23. Hašek planned to continue The Good Soldier Schweik to six volumes but died just before completing the fourth. The novel reflected the

The Good Soldier Schweik, satiric war novel by Jaroslav Hašek, published in Czech as Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války in four volumes in 1921–23. Hašek planned to continue The Good Soldier Schweik to six volumes but died just before completing the fourth. The novel reflected the

The Good Soldier, tragic novel by Ford Madox Ford, published in 1915. The novel relates events in the lives of John Dowell, a Philadelphian from a “good” family, and his wife, Florence, who supposedly suffers from heart disease. Florence’s condition mandates that the Dowells live in a succession of

Macaulay Culkin: Early life and work: …in the dark and disturbing The Good Son (1993), in which he played a deeply troubled child.

The Good Woman of Setzuan, drama, a “parable in 10 scenes,” by Bertolt Brecht, produced in 1943 and published in 1953 as Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. The title has many English-language variants, including The Good Person of Szechwan and The Good Soul of Szechuan. The play is set in China between

Lucinda Williams: The unsparing Good Souls Better Angels (2020) focused on politics with righteous anger and was generally praised.

Neil Jordan: Other films: …Bob le flambeur (1956) as The Good Thief (2002) and directed Breakfast on Pluto (2005), another adaptation of a McCabe novel, about a transgender woman (Cillian Murphy) who leaves her small Irish town for London. Two years later he directed The Brave One, in which a woman (Jodie Foster) becomes…

Robert Pattinson: Good Time, The Lighthouse, and The Batman: …in the Safdie brothers’ thriller Good Time (2017) and an unhinged apprentice lighthouse keeper in Roger Eggers’s The Lighthouse (2019), both of which earned him Independent Spirit Award nominations for best male lead.

William Friedkin: …directing with the Sonny-and-Cher musical Good Times, then took on the more-elevated The Birthday Party (1968), a respectable if static adaptation of Harold Pinter’s enigmatic play. Equally ambitious was The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), a lively comedy about an innocent Amish girl who becomes a burlesque dancer in 1920s…

Janet Jackson: …the 1970s television comedy series Good Times and later as a teenager in the dance-oriented series Fame. Following an unremarkable recording debut in 1982 and a 1984 follow-up album, Jackson took control of her career, moved out on her own, and developed her own sound and influential style.

the Monkees: …release of the well-received album Good Times! (2016). That success prompted the recording of the holiday-themed Christmas Party (2018). Dolenz and Nesmith also began touring under the Monkees banner in 2018.

Brian Wilson: The Beach Boys: …Boys released the single “Good Vibrations.” The song was originally intended to be included on Pet Sounds, but Wilson felt it needed more work. He and Love rewrote Asher’s original lyrics to the song, and the band spent numerous hours in the studio, attempting to achieve the perfect sound—one…

Studs Terkel: Terkel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Good War (1984) is an oral history of World War II that presents reminiscences of people, both famous and relatively unknown, who experienced it overseas and at home. Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times (1977) was the first of Terkel’s autobiographies; the…

F. Murray Abraham: …roles in the TV shows The Good Wife (2009–16) and Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet (2020– ). He also played a CIA operative in the series Homeland (2011–18), which starred Claire Danes. In 2022 Abraham appeared in the second season of the anthology series The White Lotus, portraying a flirtatious grandfather…

Ben Affleck: Academy Award for Good Will Hunting: The result was Good Will Hunting (1997), a drama that starred Damon as Will Hunting, a brilliant mathematician working as a janitor at MIT, and Affleck as his childhood friend; the film also featured Affleck’s brother, Casey, as well as Minnie Driver and Robin Williams. A critical and…

The Good Woman of Setzuan, drama, a “parable in 10 scenes,” by Bertolt Brecht, produced in 1943 and published in 1953 as Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. The title has many English-language variants, including The Good Person of Szechwan and The Good Soul of Szechuan. The play is set in China between

Lucille Clifton: …piece celebrating her origins, and Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969–1980 (1987) collects some of her previously published verse. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton: 1965–2010 (2012) aggregated much of her oeuvre, including a substantial number of unpublished poems.

Wilfrid Sheed: …Luce (1982), the essay collections The Good Word & Other Words (1978) and Essays in Disguise (1990), and Baseball and Lesser Sports (1991). In 1995 Sheed published In Love with Daylight: A Memoir of Recovery, about his battle with alcoholism and cancer of the tongue and his disappointment with the…

common good, that which benefits society as a whole, in contrast to the private good of individuals and sections of society. From the era of the ancient Greek city-states through contemporary political philosophy, the idea of the common good has pointed toward the possibility that certain goods,

Death Cab for Cutie: …1975, Bothell, Washington), and drummer Nathan Good. Later members included Michael Schorr and Jason McGerr.

Salem witch trials: Three witches: …of whom attended church regularly: Sarah Good, an irascible beggar, and Sarah Osborn (also spelled Osborne), an elderly bed-ridden woman who was scorned for her romantic involvement with an indentured servant. On March 1 two magistrates from Salem Town, John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, went to the village to conduct…

ethics: Plato: …one knows the Form of the Good, a perfect, eternal, and changeless entity existing outside space and time, in which particular good things share, or “participate,” insofar as they are good.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Italian western film, released in 1966, that was the third and arguably best installment in director Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy, which starred Clint Eastwood as the iconic Man with No Name. The movie is widely regarded as the definitive “spaghetti western.” The

Good-Bye to All That, autobiography by Robert Graves, published in 1929 and revised in 1957. It is considered a classic of the disillusioned postwar generation. Divided into anecdotal scenes and satiric episodes, Good-Bye to All That is infused with a dark humour. It chronicles the author’s

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, novel by James Hilton, published serially and in book form in 1934. The work depicts the career of Mr. Chipping, a gentle schoolteacher at an English public school. Mr. Chips—the name is bestowed by his students—is a middle-aged bachelor who falls in love with and marries a

good-night, sensational type of broadside ballad (q.v.), popular in England from the 16th through the 19th century, purporting to be the farewell statement of a criminal made shortly before his execution. Good-nights are usually repentant in tone, containing a sketchy account of how the criminal

good-reasons theory, in American and British metaethics, an approach that tries to establish the validity or objectivity of moral judgments by examining the modes of reasoning used to support them. The approach first appeared in An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics (1950) by Stephen

Jane Goodall was a British ethologist, known for her exceptionally detailed and long-term research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall, who was interested in animal behavior from an early age, left school at age 18. She worked as a secretary and as a film

Jane Goodall was a British ethologist, known for her exceptionally detailed and long-term research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall, who was interested in animal behavior from an early age, left school at age 18. She worked as a secretary and as a film

Sir Reginald Goodall was a British conductor noted for his interpretations of operas, especially those of Richard Wagner. Goodall studied at the Royal College of Music in London and in Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna before joining the Sadler’s Wells company in 1944. The next year he conducted the

Eric Clapton: …Wheels of Fire (1968), and Goodbye (1969).