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Connecting Kalpana Chawla and Christopher Walken
Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut (1962–2003)
* Novelist Peter David named a shuttlecraft, the ''Chawla'', after the astronaut in his 2007 '' Star Trek'' novel, ''Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor''.
Peter David
American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games
He is a fan of musicals, in particular '' 1776'', ''Man of La Mancha'', ''Li'l Abner'' and ''Into the Woods'', with a taste for Lerner and Loewe and Stephen Sondheim.
Stephen Sondheim
Martin Gottfried wrote, "Sondheim had set out to write traditional songs ... But [despite] that there is nothing ordinary about the music." Sondheim later said: "Did I feel betrayed? I'm not sure I would put it like that.
Martin Gottfried
Participants have included Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Prince, Jane Alexander, Christopher Walken and Richard Dreyfuss.
Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut (1962–2003)
* On 5 February 2003, the Prime Minister of India at the time, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced that a meteorological series of satellites, MetSat, was to be renamed "Kalpana 1".
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Almost 70% of the territory was recaptured by India. Vajpayee sent a "secret letter" to U.S. President Bill Clinton that if Pakistani infiltrators did not withdraw from the Indian territory, "we will get them out, one way or the other" - meaning he did not rule out crossing the Line of Control (LoC), or was the use of nuclear weapons.
Bill Clinton
Clinton worked with future two-term mayor of DallasRon Kirk, future governor of TexasAnn Richards, and then unknown television director and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
In February 1997 it was discovered upon documents being released by the Clinton Administration that 938 people had stayed at the White House and that 821 of them had made donations to the Democratic Party and got the opportunity to stay in the Lincoln bedroom as a result of the donations. Some donors included Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, and Judy Collins.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and screenwriter
The director's next 2002 feature, ''Catch Me If You Can'' is about the adventures of a young con artist (played by Leonardo DiCaprio). Christopher Walken and Tom Hanks also star.
Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut (1962–2003)
* Steve Morse from the band Deep Purple created the song "Contact Lost" in memory of the Columbia tragedy.
Jeff Beck
English guitarist
On 2 June 2022 Beck appeared in the news, after Depp appeared with him at The Sage in Gateshead, following his victory in the high profile defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Amber Heard
Her fourth role in 2015 was opposite Christopher Walken in the television film '' One More Time'', which aired on Starz.
John Lennon
After Lennon's death, historian Jon Wiener filed a Freedom of Information Act request for FBI files that documented the Bureau's role in the deportation attempt. The FBI admitted it had 281 pages of files on Lennon, but refused to release most of them on the grounds that they contained national security information.
Jon Wiener
He's also interviewed novelists Margaret Atwood, Rachel Kushner, John Banville, Elmore Leonard, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Joan Didion.
