By the time of his death in 2005 at the venerable age of 98, Philip Johnson was arguably America's best known architect, having designed his famed "Glass House" in 1949, and worked with Mies van der Rohe on Mies's Seagram Building a few years later. The former is a National Monument; the latter dubbed "Building of the Millennium" by the "New York Times".
But Johnson's puckish demeanor in his later years, which earned him a lifetime of good cheer from fellow Manhattan elites, hid a dark journey through the liberal fascism, as well as the Nazism of the 1930s, which culminated in his cheering on Nazi Germany as its soldiers marched through Poland in 1939. "We saw Warsaw burn and Modlin being bombed. It was a stirring spectacle", he would correspond with a friend at the time.
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Get more information on this show at TV.com . In the movie based on E.R. Frank's novel, Dr. Brennan (Rosie O'Donnell) helps 17-year-old America (Philip Johnson) come to terms with his past before he is "aged out" of the foster care system.
TV Highlights for Feb. 28, 2009 (Washington Post)
When Rosie O'Donnell spotted Philip Johnson at a restaurant with his family in Detroit, she had a feeling about the "soulful" teenager -- and cast him as the lead in her new movie, "America" (Lifetime at 9), about the pitfalls about the U.S. foster care system.
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Rosie O'Donnell and Philip Johnson star in the Lifetime original movie, "America," today on Lifetime.
Detroit teen (with Rosie) is a guest on 'Tyra Banks Show' Thursday - Detroit Free Press By JULIE HINDS • Free Press Pop Culture Writer • February 25, 2009 It’sa big week for Detroit teen Philip Johnson, who’ll be a guest on “The Tyra Banks Show” Thursday. Thursday’s show will focus on Rosie O’Donnell, who’ll talk about her life and her ...
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