Amy Dickinson (born 6 November 1959 in Freeville, New York)) is an American newspaper columnist who writes the syndicated advice column, Ask Amy.

Dickinson has appeared as a social commentator on ABC's Good Morning America.

Dickinson was born and raised on a small dairy farm in Freeville, New York. She graduated from Georgetown University. She married a CBS News correspondent, Anthony Mason, in 1986. They moved to London in 1987. A daughter, Emily, was born there in 1988. The couple divorced in 1990.

Dickinson married Bruno Schickel, a builder from Dryden, New York, on 16 August 2008.

Dickinson has worked as a producer for NBC News. Her articles have appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, Esquire, and O. She wrote a column on family issues for Time, and produced a weekly column for AOL's News channels, drawing on her experiences as a single parent and member of a large, extended family.

Dickinson succeeds the late Ann Landers (Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer) as the Chicago Tribune's signature advice columnist. Tribune Media Services syndicates Ask Amy to newspapers around the world.

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. One of the highest profile composers writing "classical" music today, he is often said to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimalist, along with the work of the other "major minimalists" La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich.

He has lately distanced himself from the "minimalist" label, describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures." Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist", he has since evolved stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a "Classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.

Glass is a prolific composer: he has written works for the musical group which he founded, the Philip Glass Ensemble (with which he still performs on keyboards), as well as operas, musical theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music including string quartets and instrumental sonatas, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.