Timelines for year 1992

Alfre Woodard

For her revelatory performance in writer-director John Sayles' Passion Fish she was the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's second pick (i.e. runner-up) for their best supporting actress prize in 1992.

Alan Alda

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 7-8. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Dolly Parton

Had such a miserable time during filming of Straight Talk , that she effectively retired from big screen acting. All her work since has been television work or appearances as herself.

Tiffani Thiessen

Attended Valley Professional High School in Studio City, California; named class valedictorian in 1992.

Shannen Doherty

Was engaged to Max Factor fortune heir, Dean Factor, in 1992.

In 1992, Shannen was a guest on "The Dennis Miller Show" . She appeared on the fourth show which meant that host, Dennis Miller, was still in the process of getting used to the talk-show format. Early in the interview, she rudely asked Miller if he was nervous and went on to point out his eyebrow which was twitching nervously. This made headlines the next day and before long, Miller was routinely making an effort to lampoon her on his talk show.

Meg Ryan

Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct

Son, with Dennis Quaid, Jack Henry Quaid (b. 24 April 1992).

Peter Weller

He was considered for the role of Nick Curran in Basic Instinct . Michael Douglas was cast instead.

Tilda Swinton

Does not always play women; she has played Mozart on stage, an Elizabethan nobleman in Orlando and an androgynous angel, Gabriel, in Constantine .

Michael Jackson

Is portrayed by Alex Burrall and Jason Weaver in The Jacksons: An American Dream (TV).

Dan Aykroyd

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 32-33. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Jennifer Love Hewitt

She has recorded four albums: "Love Songs" in 1992, "Let's Go Bang" in 1995, "Jennifer Love Hewitt" in 1996, and "BareNaked" in 2002, which was produced by singer/songwriter Meredith Brooks.

Betty White

Played the same character, Rose Nylund, on four different TV series: "The Golden Palace" , "The Golden Girls" , "Nurses" , and "Empty Nest" .

Rachel Weisz

Announced on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that she was five months pregnant and engaged to Darren Aronofsky.

Samuel L. Jackson

In 2003, he spoke out against rappers turned actors, saying that as a classically trained thespian it was not his job to lend credibility to rappers by appearing in movies with them. But in reality, he has worked with more rappers than most actors in Hollywood, eleven times as of this writing: Juice (Tupac Shakur and Queen Latifah), Menace II Society (MC Eiht), One Eight Seven (Method Man), Deep Blue Sea (LL Cool J), Shaft (Busta Rhymes), S.W.A.T. (Eve and LL Cool J), xXx: State of the Union (Ice Cube and Xzibit), Black Snake Moan (David Banner) and Home of the Brave (50 Cent).