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11-14-14, 06:29 AM

Born on November 14th:

Brian Keith - Actor. Arrowhead, Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954), Chicago Confidential, The Young Philadelphians, The Parent Trap (1961), Moon Pilot, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Reflections in a Golden Eye, With Six You Get Eggroll, Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?, Hooper, "Crusader", "Family Affair", "The Brian Keith Show", "Hardcastle and McCormick". He began acting in radio programs and on stage before World War II. He joined the Marines and served as a machine gunner. He returned to the Broadway stage after the war, and branched out into television and film. He worked as an extra in several films before achieving speaking roles and subsequent stardom. He is best remembered for his role as Uncle Bill Davis on "Family Affair". He appeared on the front cover of TV Guide three times. From 1967-1969, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor for three consecutive years for "Family Affair". On June 26, 2008, he was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.

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McLean Stevenson - Actor. The Cat from Outer Space, The Astronauts, "The Doris Day Show", "M*A*S*H", "The McLean Stevenson Show", "Hello, Larry", "Dirty Dancing". During the 1960s, he worked in night clubs and comedy cabarets, did summer stock theater and some television before moving to Hollywood, where he worked as a comedy writer for Tom Smothers. He is best known as the fumbling commanding officer, Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, on the TV series "M*A*S*H". He died one day before Roger Bowen, who played the role of Col. Henry Blake in the 1970 movie MASH. In 1974, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporitng Actor for "M*A*S*H". From 1973-1975, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for three consecutive years for M*A*S*H. In 1974, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in Comedy for the episode "The Trial of Henry Blake" of "M*A*S*H". To research for his role as an army surgeon on "M*A*S*H", he thoroughly studied a book on the history of medicine. Months later, that knowledge proved extremely useful when he came upon a person who was critically wounded in a car accident. Drawing on his research, he was able to keep the person alive until help arrived. His grandfather was Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson, who served under President Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897. He was the cousin of Democratic presidential candidate (1952 and 1956) Adlai Stevenson.

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Veronica Lake - Actress. Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, I Married a Witch, So Proudly We Hail!, The Blue Dahlia, Isn't It Romantic?. An accomplished aviatrix, she took up flying in 1946, and in 1948 flew her small plane from Los Angeles to New York. Along with Rita Hayworth', Lauren Bacall, and Gene Tierney she was one of four inspirations that helped create the character Jessica Rabbit. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6918 Hollywood Blvd.

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Dick Powell - Actor, Producer, Singer. 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Naughty But Nice, Christmas in July, It Happened Tomorrow, Murder, My Sweet, Cry Danger, Susan Slept Here, "Four Star Playhouse", "The Dick Powell Theatre". In the 1930s , he was the juvenile lead in the Warner backstage musicals opposite such rising stars as Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. After his career in musicals, he was cast in private-eye roles, and he became a producer and director for both TV and movies. He was one of many casualties of the 1956 film The Conqueror, that was filmed near a nuclear test site in Utah. Many of the people involved with the film, including Powell, who directed it, eventually died of cancer, either caused by, or exacerbated by, working on it. Others included actors John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ted de Corsia, and Agnes Moorehead. He was awarded three Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One for Motion Pictures at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard, another for Television at 6745 Hollywood Boulevard, and a third for Radio at 1560 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Rosemary DeCamp - Actress, Singer. Jungle Book (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy, This Is the Army, The Merry Monahans, Rhapsody in Blue, The Life of Riley, On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 13 Ghosts, Saturday the 14th, "The Life of Riley", "The Bob Cummings Show" (aka "Love That Bob!"), "Petticoat Junction", "That Girl". She is best-known for her role as the mother of George M. Cohan (played by James Cagney) in the classic Yankee Doodle Dandy. In 1959, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Bob Cummings Show". On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1640 Vine Street. On July 7, 1946, she and her husband were in their house in Beverly Hills, California, when an aircraft crashed into the roof of the house next door, and its wing cut through the roof of her house and landed in the bedroom, where she and her husband were. The plane, an experimental model called the XF-11, had experienced mechanical problems after taking off from the airport at nearby Culver City. It was piloted by Howard Hughes, and finally came to rest after crashing through the wall of the house of another of DeCamp's neighbors and exploding. Hughes was rescued from the cockpit by a bystander and, although receiving several broken bones, burns and gashes, was not severely injured and eventually made a full recovery. He paid for the damage to the houses in the neighborhood out of his own pocket.

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Patrick Warburton - Actor, Voice Actor. Scream 3, The Emperor's New Groove, Men in Black II, Sky High, Hoodwinked!, Get Smart, Ted, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, "Dave's World", "Seinfeld", "NewsRadio", "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command", "The Tick", "Less Than Perfect", "Kim Possible", "The Emperor's New School", "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated", "Rules of Engagement", "The Venture Bros.", "Family Guy". In 2001, he was nominated for an Annie Award for 'Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production' as the voice of "Kronk" in The Emperor's New Groove. In 2007, he was nominated for an Annie Award for 'Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production' as the voice of Kronk in the episode "Kuzclone" of "The Emperor's New School". In 2008, he was nominated for an Annie Award for 'Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production' as "Ken" in Bee Movie. He was chosen for the title role on "The Tick", the short-lived, live-action series due to his size. The producers were astonished by the size of the "crater" he left in the couch when he came in to discuss the role.

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Maggie Roswell - Actress, Voice Actress. Fire and Ice, Lost in America, Pretty in Pink, The Deliberate Stranger, The Simpsons Movie, "Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures", "The Simpsons". She runs a voice-over studio with her husband, Hal Rayle, near their home in Denver. In 1997, she received an Emmy Award nomination and an Annie Award nomination for her role of Shary Bobbins, a character in a satire episode of Mary Poppins in "The Simpsons" episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-Annoyed-Grunt-cious".

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Ray Sharkey - Actor. Paradise Alley, Willie & Phil, The Idolmaker, Some Kind of Hero, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Cop and 1/2, "Crime Story", "Wiseguy". In 1981, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for The Idolmaker. In 1982, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV' for "The Ordeal of Bill Carney".

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Josh Duhamel - Actor. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005), Transformers, Life as We Know It, Safe Haven, "Las Vegas", "All My Children". In 1997, he won the IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association) Male Model of the Year Award. From 2001-2003, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for three consecutive years for 'Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series' for "All My Children", winning the award in 2002. Also in 2002, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for 'America's Favorite Couple' (shared with Rebecca Budig) for "All My Children". In 2001, he was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for 'Outstanding Younger Lead Actor' for "All My Children".

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Laura San Giacomo - Actress. Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Pretty Woman, Quigley Down Under, Once Around, Suicide Kings, "Just Shoot Me!", "Saving Grace". She has appeared in many theater productions including "Wrong Turn at Lungfish" (Los Angeles), "North Shore Fish" (WPA Theatre), "Three Sisters" (Princeton/McCarter Theatre, New Jersey, 1992) and "Beirut" (Off-Broadway, Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, 1987). In 1990, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sex, Lies, and Videotape. In 1999, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for "Just Shoot Me!".

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D.B. Sweeney - Actor. Fire with Fire, Eight Men Out, Memphis Belle, The Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Spawn, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Dinosaur, "Lonesome Dove", "Strange Luck", "Two and a Half Men", "Mountain Men". He got his start in the New York theatre with appearances in dozens of productions including a run on Broadway in "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial". In 2006, he migrated to the other side of the camera to produce, direct and co-write the cult film Two Tickets to Paradise which won over a dozen awards at major film festivals.

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Chris Demetral - Actor. The Magic Boy's Easter, Sometimes They Come Back, Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted, Blank Check, Dallas: J.R. Returns, "Dream On", "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne". In 1993, he was nominated for three Young Artist Awards: for'Best Young Actor in a Television Movie' for "Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted", for 'Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series' for "Blossom", and for 'Best Young Actor in a Cable Movie' for "Sometimes They Come Back". Also in 1993, he won a Young Artist Award for 'Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Series' for "Dream On". In 1995, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for 'Best Performance by a Youth Actor - TV Guest Star' for "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman". He is best remembered as Damian Waters, Preston's older brother, in Blank Check.

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gbgoodies

11-14-14, 06:33 AM

Producers, Writers, Musicians, Athletes, Politicians, etc. born on November 14th:

Sherwood Schwartz - Writer, Producer, Composer, Songwriter. The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West, Rescue from Gilligan's Island, The Invisible Woman, The Brady Bunch Movie, "The Red Skelton Hour", "It's About Time", "The Brady Bunch", "Dusty's Trail", "Harper Valley P.T.A.", "Gilligan's Island". In 1938, he joined his brother Al Schwartz, as a joke writer on Bob Hope's radio show. In World War II, he wrote for Armed Forces Radio. Post-war, he became a staff writer for the radio version of "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet". In 1961 and 1962, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy' for "The Red Skelton Show", winning the award in 1961. In 2005, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Special Class Special' for "The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years". In 2004, he was reunited with Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells and Tina Louise at the TV Land Awards, and won The Pop Culture Award for "Gilligan's Island". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Paul Attanasio - Producer, Writer. Quiz Show, Disclosure, Donnie Brasco, Sphere, The Sum of All Fears, The Good German, "Homicide: Life on the Street", "Gideon's Crossing", "House M.D.". From 1984 to 1987, he was the film critic for the Washington Post. He did uncredited script work on the script for the movie Armageddon. In the late 1990s, he wrote an unproduced screenplay for "Superman" for Warner Bros. In 1995, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and he won a BAFTA Award, for Best Screenplay for Quiz Show. In 1998, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Donnie Brasco. From 2006-2009, he was nominated for four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series as the producer of "House M.D.". He is the brother of Mark Attanasio, the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.

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William Steig - Cartoonist, Sculptor, Illustrator, and Writer of popular children's books. He is best known for the book "Shrek!", which inspired the movie series of the same name. He is also known for the picture books "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble", "Abel's Island", and "Doctor De Soto". He began his career at age 23, as a cartoonist for Life Magazine. He sold cartoons to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Collier's. His primary influences were "Grimms' Fairy Tales", Charlie Chaplin movies, "Hansel and Gretel", the Katzenjammer Kids, and "Pinnochio". His book, "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble", was inspired by the story of Pinnochio. In 1984, his film adaptation of "Doctor DeSoto" directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982, and a writer in 1988.

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Morton Downey - Singer, Pianist, Songwriter, and Composer who had his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale". His popular-song compositions include "Wabash Moon", "California Skies", "All I Need is Someone Like You", "In the Valley of the Roses", "That's How I Spell Ireland", "Sweeten Up Your Smile", "There's Nothing New" and "Now You're in My Arms". In 1932, he was voted America's "Radio Singer of the Year". From 1950 to 1951, he co-hosted the CBS Television show "Star of the Family". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1680 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. He is the father of talk show host Morton Downey Jr.

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Claude Monet - French Impressionist Painter. His ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. In 1899, he began painting the water lilies, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature, and later in the series of large-scale paintings that was to occupy him continuously for the next 20 years of his life. In 2004, his painting "London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun in the Fog" sold for US $20.1 million. In 2008, his painting "Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil", an 1873 painting of a railway bridge spanning the Seine near Paris, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $41.4 million at Christie's auction in New York. Just a few weeks later, on June 24, 2008, his painting "Le bassin aux nymphéas" (from the water lilies series), sold at Christie's auction in London for £36,500,000 ($71,892,376.34) (hammer price) or £40,921,250 ($80,451,178) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist. It represented one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.

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Stephen Bishop - Singer, Songwriter, Musician. In 1976, he was working for a music publishing company where he wrote songs for Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, and The Four Tops, when he was discovered by Art Garfunkel. His debut album "Careless" included the hit songs "On and On" and "Save It For a Rainy Day," and it went gold, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. He achieved his greatest success composing songs for a handful of movies which include The China Syndrome, Roadie, Summer Lovers, Tootsie, Unfaithfully Yours, Micki & Maude, The Money Pit, The Boy Who Could Fly, Heart & Souls, How to Deal and The Hitcher. He wrote the song "Separate Lives", the theme song for the film White Nights. The duet between Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin was a #1 Billboard chart hit, and it was nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Music, Original Song'. He has a memorably funny part as the annoying folk singer who has his acoustic guitar smashed by John Belushi in Animal House. He still has the remains of the guitar. The cast autographed it for him and it hangs in his garage.

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Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You (from the movie Tootsie)

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Yanni - Greek Pianist, Keyboardist, Composer, and Music Producer. He achieved international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. His breakthrough concert, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music video of all time. At least 15 of his albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, and two albums ("Dare to Dream" and "In My Time") received Grammy Award nominations. He has performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries around the world, and has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning British Airways television commercial. In 1969, at age 14, he broke the Greek National record for the men's 50-meter swimming freestyle.

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Aaron Copland - Composer, Composition Teacher, Writer, and Conductor. In 1925, he received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a composer. He was a conductor in the United States and abroad. As a guest conductor for the Boston Symphony, he toured with Charles Münch throughout the Far East in 1960. His memberships included the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal, and the US Medal of Freedom. He was nominated for six Academy Awards: in 1940 for both 'Best Music, Scoring' and 'Best Music, Original Score' for Of Mice and Men, in 1941 for both 'Best Music, Scoring' and 'Best Music, Original Score' for Our Town, in 1944 for 'Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture' for The North Star, and he won in 1950 for 'Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture' for The Heiress. In 1967, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Individual Achievements in Music - Composition' for the theme music from "CBS Playhouse".

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Travis Barker - Musician and Producer who is best known as the drummer for the American rock band Blink-182. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip-hop artists, and with the alternative rock band +44, the rap rock group The Transplants, and the alternative rock band Box Car Racer. He was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, and together they formed TRV$DJAM. He is one of the Zildjian Cymbal Company's premier artists. He currently has his own signature drum stick, cymbal bag, and stick bag made by them. He has been playing the drums since he was 4 yrs old.

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Jimmy Piersall - Former MLB Baseball Center Fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. He was a Two-time All-Star who won two Gold Gloves for his fielding excellence. As a member of the New York Mets, he celebrated hitting his 100th career home run by running the bases backwards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. He is best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of the book and movie Fear Strikes Out.

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Curt Schilling - Former MLB Baseball Pitcher who helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993, and won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox. He retired with a career postseason record of 11–2. His .846 postseason winning percentage is a major-league record among pitchers with at least 10 decisions. In 2005, his performance in the 6th game of the 2004 American League Championship Series, i.e., "The Bloody Sock", was ranked #8 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Most Awesome Sports Moments (of the last 15 years)". In 2001 and 2004, he was named by Baseball Digest as Pitcher of the Year. In 2012, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame.

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Joseph McCarthy - (aka Senator Joseph R. McCarthy). He became known for his practice of making wild and unsupportable accusations of "subversive", "traitor" and "Communist" against his opponents or anyone he perceived as a possible opponent and being unwilling--or unable--to back up the charges. The practice became known, and is still known, as "McCarthyism".

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Condoleezza Rice - American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 66th United States Secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush. She was the first female African-American secretary of state, as well as the second African American secretary of state (after Colin Powell), and the second female secretary of state (after Madeleine Albright). She was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position.

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Prince Charles - "The Prince of Wales". He is the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. He is alternatively known in Scotland as Duke of Rothesay and in South West England as Duke of Cornwall. He is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, having held the position since 1952. He is also the oldest person to be next-in-line to the throne since 1714. He married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 and they had two sons: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982), and Prince Harry (born 1984). In 1996, the couple divorced, and Diana died in a car crash the following year. He is the president of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Adam Walsh - He was an American boy who was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981, and later found murdered and decapitated. His story was made into the 1983 television film Adam, seen by 38 million people in its original airing. His father, John Walsh, became an advocate for victims of violent crimes, and the host of the television program "America's Most Wanted". The Code Adam program for helping lost children in department stores is named in Adam's memory. The U.S. Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act on July 25, 2006, and President Bush signed it into law on July 27, 2006. The bill institutes a national database of convicted child molesters, and increases penalties for sexual and violent offenses against children. It also creates a RICO cause of action for child predators and those who conspire with them.

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cricket

11-14-14, 09:30 AM

Veronica Lake:licklips:

Citizen Rules

11-14-14, 02:09 PM

Ya, I was going to say that too! She's one of my favorite actresses. She was unique and always good on screen...and tiny! only 4"11.

Veronica is quite good in her movies. I've seen: Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, I Married a Witch, So Proudly We Hail!, The Blue Dahlia. I can recommend them all as very strong movies. I just read her biography on IMDB, she had a very sad life.:(

I don't know why those who burn brightly...burn so shortly.

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gbgoodies

11-15-14, 05:14 AM

Born on November 15th:

Edward Asner - Actor, Voice Actor. The Slender Thread, El Dorado, Change of Habit, Fort Apache the Bronx, Elf, Up, "Roots", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Lou Grant", "Hearts Afire", "Thunder Alley", "Captain Planet and the Planeteers", "Gargoyles", "Freakazoid!", "Spider-Man: The Animated Series", "The Closer". He has been nominated for 11 Golden Globe Awards, winning two for Best Supporting Actor for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (in 1972 and 1976), one for Best Supporting Actor for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (in 1977), and two for Best Actor for "Lou Grant" (in 1978 and 1980). He has been nominated for 17 Emmy Awards, winning three for Best Supporting Actor for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (in 1971, 1972 and 1975), one for Best Supporting Actor for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (in 1976), one for Best Supporting Actor for "Roots" (in 1977), and two for Best Actor for "Lou Grant" (in 1978 and 1980). He has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. He is the only actor to win Emmy Awards for playing the same character, (Lou Grant), in both a comedy, ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), and a drama, ("Lou Grant"). On September 25, 1992, he recieved a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. He served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, from 1981-1985.

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Sam Waterston - Actor. Fitzwilly, The Great Gatsby (1974), Journey Into Fear, Capricorn One, The Killing Fields, Finnegan Begin Again, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mindwalk, The Man in the Moon, The Matthew Shepard Story, "Oppenheimer", "The Civil War", "I'll Fly Away", "Law & Order", "The Newsroom". In 2004, Forrest Bedford, his character on "I'll Fly Away", was ranked #17 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time". In 1994, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for playing Abraham Lincoln in a revival of Robert E. Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois". In 1985, he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor for The Killing Fields. He has been nominated for 7 Golden Globe Awards, winning in 1993 for Best Actor for "I'll Fly Away". He has been nominated for 8 Emmy Awards, winning in 1996 for 'Outstanding Informational Series' as the host of "Lost Civilizations". He has been nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best Actor. On January 7, 2010, he recieved a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7040 Hollywood Blvd.

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Bill Melendez - Animator, Voice Actor, Director, Producer. He is best known for his cartoons for Walt Disney Productions, working on four Classical Disney films, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi, Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he worked on Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig cartoons, UPA and the Peanuts series. In 1963, he founded his own studio in the basement of his Hollywood home. Bill Melendez Productions is still active and is currently run by his son Steven Melendez. Bill Melendez was the only person Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz trusted to turn his popular comic creations into television specials. He and his studio worked on every single television special and direct-to-video film for the Peanuts gang, and he directed the majority of them. He provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the Peanuts series as well. He has been nominated for 28 Emmy Awards, winning six Emmy Awards. He also won three National Cartoonist Society Awards, and he has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award, five Grammy Awards, and he received the Winsor McCay Award at the 1979 Annie Awards.

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Jack Burns - Writer, Actor, Producer. The Muppet Movie, "The Andy Griffith Show", "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home", "The Muppet Show", "Fridays". He started out in stand-up as one-half of the comedy team "Burns & Carlin" with George Carlin. After the duo broke up, Jack went on to become a member of the famed Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, where he met Avery Schreiber. He and Schreiber performed as a comedy team for several years before he became the head writer on the first season of "The Muppet Show". In 1977, he was nominated for two Emmy Awards as the producer of "The Muppet Show". One nomination was for 'Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series', and the second nomination was for 'Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series' for the episode with guest star Paul Williams.

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James Widdoes - Director, Producer, Actor. Animal House, "Charles in Charge", "Dave's World", "8 Simple Rules", "The Bill Engvall Show", "Something So Right", "My Wife and Kids", "The King of Queens", "'Til Death", "Two and a Half Men". He is probably best known as senior student and Fraternity President "Robert Hoover" in the 1978 film, National Lampoon's Animal House, and as father of the house "Stan Pembroke" in the 1984-1985 seasons of "Charles in Charge". Since 1998, he has directed and/or produced many episodes for various TV series. In 1982, he won a Theatre World Award for the Broadway musical, "Is There Life After High School?".

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John Kerr - Actor, Singer. Tea and Sympathy, South Pacific, The Crowded Sky, Pit and the Pendulum, "Arrest and Trial", "Peyton Place". In 1957, he won a Golden Globe Award for 'Most Promising Newcomer - Male' (with Paul Newman and Anthony Perkins). His parents, Geoffrey Kerr and June Walker, were successful Broadway and, occasionally, film actors. In 1952, he had his first important part was in the stage play "Bernardine". In 1954, he won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Tea and Sympathy", a role he recreated in the 1956 film version. He is probably best known for the role of Lieutenant Joe Cable in the 1958 musical South Pacific.

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Jonny Lee Miller - Actor. Hackers, Trainspotting, Dracula 2000, Æon Flux, Dark Shadows (2012), "Eli Stone", "Dexter", "Elementary". In 2006, he was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Scottish Film for The Flying Scotsman. He is good friends with Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom, he shared the central roles of Frankenstein and his creature in Danny Boyle's stage production of "Frankenstein" in 2011. Coincidentally, Miller was cast as Sherlock Holmes in "Elementary", and Cumberbatch has been playing the legendary detective in "Sherlock" since July 2010. His character in Trainspotting is obsessed with James Bond films, especially those with Sean Connery. In real life, his grandfather, actor Bernard Lee, played M, Bond's superior, in many of the films, including all of Connery's films. His father is Alan Miller who was a stage actor in the 1950s and '60s. He was married to actress Angelina Jolie from 1996-1999. He has a partnership in the production company, Natural Nylon, which also includes Ewan McGregor and Jude Law.

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Beverly D'Angelo - Actress, Singer. Hair, Coal Miner's Daughter, Paternity, National Lampoon's Vacation, Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, American History X, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, "Entourage". In the 1980 movie Coal Miner's Daughter, she played the late Patsy Cline, and she sang all of her songs. In 1981, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter. In 1984, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special' for "A Streetcar Named Desire". In 1995, she won a Theatre World Award for the off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Simpatico". Her jazz band Blue Martini, (which includes her brother, bassist Jeff D'Angelo), has afforded her the chance to display her singing talent.

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Joseph Wapner - He is a retired American judge, and former TV "judge" who was the first star of the ongoing reality courtroom series "The People's Court". The court show's first run in syndication, with Wapner presiding as "judge", lasted from 1981 to 1993, for 12 seasons and 2,484 episodes. He was the first star of arbitration-based reality court shows, what is now a most popular trend in the judicial genre. From 1985-1988, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "The People's Court" from four consecutive years. On November 12, 2009, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Petula Clark - She is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Her career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English, with such songs as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart", and "Prends Mon Cœur". During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "Colour My World", "A Sign of the Times", and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". She has sold more than 70 million records worldwide, making her the best-selling British female vocalist in history. In 1965, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She won Grammy Awards for "Best Rock & Roll Recording of 1964" for "Downtown", and for "Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance of 1965 - Female" for "I Know a Place". In 1969, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Finian's Rainbow. In 2004, her recording of "Downtown" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Petula Clark - Downtown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0

Citizen Rules

11-15-14, 03:23 PM

gbgoodies

11-15-14, 03:31 PM

Ahh....I believe there was a bit of a puzzle left for me to find in yesterday Birthdays?

So, this was be a photo of young Jean-Luc Riker
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Good catch. :)

He was Jean-Luc Riker, the son of Capt. William Riker in the Star Trek: TNG episode "Future Imperfect".

Citizen Rules

11-15-14, 07:01 PM

Was that a test of my ST knowledge? Or a random grab photo? Or do you want to keep it a secret?;)

gbgoodies

11-15-14, 07:03 PM

Was that a test of my ST knowledge? Or a random grab photo? Or do you want to keep it a secret?;)

It wasn't a test, or a random photo. It was just a photo that I wanted to use. I've seen him in a bunch of shows, but for some reason, I always connect him with that episode in my mind, so I looked for a Star Trek photo of him.

Citizen Rules

11-15-14, 07:07 PM

That was one of my favorite STTNG episodes too. I forgot what it was called.

I started reading a bio on Veronica Lake after your post yesterday. Geez! what a tragic life she led.

gbgoodies

11-15-14, 07:38 PM

That was one of my favorite STTNG episodes too. I forgot what it was called.

I started reading a bio on Veronica Lake after your post yesterday. Geez! what a tragic life she led.

That's another thing that's great about this birthday thread. It's great for remembering the names of movies and shows that we've forgotten.

I was trying to remember the name of the movie Mindwalk, but I couldn't remember it for the life of me. I never even thought to look up Sam Waterston because I couldn't remember who was in it.

cricket

11-15-14, 08:09 PM

I just noticed this; it was nice that you included Adam Walsh yesterday. America's Most Wanted is one of my favorite shows and I've always felt for his father. What a tragedy.

gbgoodies

11-16-14, 06:17 AM

Born on November 16th:

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Daws Butler - He was a voice actor who worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company, and originated the voices of many familiar animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound. In 1948 at MGM, Tex Avery hired him to provide the voice of a British wolf on "Little Rural Riding Hood" and also narrate several of his cartoons. Starting with "The Three Little Pups", he provided the voice for a nameless wolf that spoke in a Southern accent and whistled all the time. This character also appeared in "Sheep Wrecked", "Billy Boy" and many more cartoons. In 1949, he landed a role in a televised puppet show created by former Warner Bros. cartoon director Bob Clampett called "Time for Beany". Butler was teamed up with Stan Freberg, and together they did all the voices of the puppets. Butler voiced Beany Boy and Captain Huffenpuff, and Freberg voiced Cecil and Dishonest John. The show ran from 1949 to 1954 and won several Emmy Awards. It was the basis for the cartoon "Beany and Cecil". In the 1950s, Stan Freberg asked Butler to help him write comedy skits for his Capitol Records albums. Their first collaboration, "St. George and the Dragon-Net" (based on Dragnet), was the first comedy record to sell over one million copies. In 1957, when MGM closed down their animation division, producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera quickly formed their own company, and Daws Butler and Don Messick were on-hand to provide voices. The characters with voices by Butler from 1957 to 1978 included Augie Doggie, Cap'n Crunch, Chilly Willy, Dixie Mouse (of Pixie and Dixie), Elroy Jetson, Huckleberry Hound, Peter Potamus, Quick Draw McGraw, Quisp, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, and Yogi Bear. In 1984, he won the Winsor McCay Award, which is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in animation, at the annual Annie Awards.

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The Voices of Daws Butler

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Stan Freberg and Daws Butler - "St George And The Dragonet"

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George S. Kaufman - He was an American Playwright, Theater Director and Producer, Humorist, and Drama Critic. He also wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers. In 1932, he won the Pulitzer Prize, along with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin, for "Of Thee I Sing", a political satire with music supplied by George Gershwin. In 1937, he won his second Pulitzer for "You Can't Take It with You", co-written with Moss Hart. He wrote "Dinner at Eight" (1932) "Stage Door" with Edna Ferber, and "The Man Who Came to Dinner" with Moss Hart. In collaboration with the lyricist Howard Dietz, he wrote the book for the musical revue "The Band Wagon", which featured Fred Astaire. He was also a theatrical director, directing many successful plays, including "The Front Page, "Of Mice and Men", "My Sister Eileen", and "Guys and Dolls". In 1951, he won the Tony Award as a Director, for the musical "Guys and Dolls". He colleraborated on two Broadway shows for the Marx Brothers, "The Cocoanuts", written with Irving Berlin, and "Animal Crackers", written with Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, and Harry Ruby. He also wrote the screenplay for A Night at the Opera for the Marx Brothers.

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Tony Geiss - Writer, Composer. Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Elmo Saves Christmas, Cinderelmo, "Sesame Street". He was a staff writer and songwriter for "Sesame Street" and related productions. He conceptualized the Honkers, (based on his own childhood habit of honking his nose), and Abby Cadabby. He also scripted television specials and revues for Dick Cavett and Bill Cosby. He co-wrote the Don Bluth animated features An American Tail and The Land Before Time. He was also credited as the head writer for several "Sesame Street" home videos. Throughout his career, he won 21 Emmy Awards, and received another 29 Emmy nominations for his work on children's programs.

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Burgess Meredith - Actor. Of Mice and Men (1939), Story of G.I. Joe, Advise & Consent, Madame X, Batman: The Movie (1966), Mackenna's Gold, The Day of the Locust, The Hindenburg, Rocky, Foul Play, Puff the Magic Dragon, Clash of the Titans, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Grumpy Old Men, "Twilight Zone", "Mr. Novak", "Batman", "Gloria". His character, the Penguin, was so popular as a villain on the TV series "Batman", the producers always had a Penguin script ready in case he wanted to appear as a guest star. In 1960, he received a special Tony Award, along with James Thurber, for "A Thurber Carnival". He was also nominated for a 1974 Tony Award as best director (dramatic) for Ulysses in "Nighttown". He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1976 for The Day of the Locust, and in 1977 for Rocky. In 1976, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Day of the Locust. In 1977, he won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Tail Gunner Joe", (shown within The Big Event). In 1978, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing "Cardinal Burke" in "The Last Hurrah". On November 5, 1987, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6904 Hollywood Blvd.

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Marg Helgenberger - Actress. Always, Blind Vengeance, The Cowboy Way, Bad Boys, Fire Down Below, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder, Erin Brockovich, Mr. Brooks, "Ryan's Hope", "China Beach", "The Tommyknockers", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Intelligence". She is best known for her role as crime scene investigator Catherine Willows in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". In 1991, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for "China Beach". In 2002 and 2003, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". From 1990-1992, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "China Beach" for three consecutive years, winning the award in 1990. In 2001 and 2003, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actress for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". On January 23, 2012, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6667 Hollywood Blvd.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal - Actress. Cecil B. DeMented, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Mona Lisa Smile, Monster House, World Trade Center, The Dark Knight, Crazy Heart, White House Down. In 2010, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crazy Heart. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2003 for Secretary, and in 2007 for Sherrybaby. In 2007, she was nominated for an Annie Award for 'Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production' as the voice of Zee in Monster House. Her mother is Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated scriptwriter, Naomi Foner. Her father is Emmy-nominated director, Stephen Gyllenhaal. Her brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She and brother Jake Gyllenhaal are the first brother and sister to be Oscar-nominated in the 21st century.

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David Leisure - Actor. Airplane!, The Brady Bunch Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Elvis Has Left the Building, "Empty Nest", "The Young and the Restless", "Days of Our Lives. He has appeared in more than 60 television commercials, but is best known for the role of the inveterate liar, "Joe Isuzu," of the Isuzu automobile commercials. He worked for two seasons in the professional theater production of Feiffer's "The Trial of the Catonsville 9" at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and also performed in "The Boys in the Band," "Pal Joey" and "Lenny". He made his movie debut with a bit part in the movie Airplane!, which ironically starred his former college roommate, Robert Hays.

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"Joe Isuzu" Commerical

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Martha Plimpton - Actress. The Goonies, The Mosquito Coast, Running on Empty, Music from Another Room, "Raising Hope". In 1998, she received a National Medal of Arts award as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ensemble. She was nominated for three Young Artist Awards: in 1986 for The Goonies, in 1988 for The Mosquito Coast, and in 1989 for Running on Empty. In 2007, she received a Tony Award nomination and she won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia". She was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play for "Top Girls". She was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Featured Actress in a Musical for "Pal Joey". In 2002, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series' for playing "Claire Rinato" on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". In 2011, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series' for playing "Virginia Chance" in "Raising Hope". In 2012, she won an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series' for playing "Patti Nyholm" in the episode "The Dream Team" of "The Good Wife". She is the daughter of actor Keith Carradine, the granddaughter of actor John Carradine, and the niece of actors David Carradine and Robert Carradine.

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Lisa Bonet - Actress. Angel Heart, Enemy of the State, High Fidelity, Biker Boyz, "The Cosby Show", "A Different World", "Life on Mars". She was nominated for five Young Artist Awards, winning two awards. Ahe won in 1988 for Angel Heart, and in 1989 as part of the cast of "The Cosby Show". In 1986, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Cosby Show". From 1987-1993, she was married to Lenny Kravitz, and his song "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" was written about her.

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Tammy Lauren - Actress. The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, The Kid with the Broken Halo, The Stepford Children, Wishmaster, Mad City, "Who's Watching the Kids", "Angie", "Out of the Blue", "Homefront", "Home Improvement", "The Young and the Restless". In 1988, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for 'Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show' for the episode "An Enemy Among Us" of "CBS Schoolbreak Special". She has a black belt in shotokan karate. Her husband, Israeli actor Guri Weinberg, is the son of Moshe Weinberg, the Olympic coach killed at the Munich Olympic Games massacre in 1972.

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Oksana Baiul - She is a retired Ukrainian figure skater who was the 1993 World champion, and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles. She was the first, and so far the only skater to win gold at the Winter Olympics representing Ukraine. She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine at all.

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Oksana Baiul- 1994 Winter Olympics LP (Gold Metal Performance)

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Terry Labonte - Retired Sstock Car Racing Driver. He is a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (then Winston Cup Series) champion and 1989 IROC champion. In 1996, he became the sport's "ironman" when he eclipsed Richard Petty's record of 513 consecutive race starts. He has 22 wins in the Sprint Cup Series, 11 wins in the Nationwide Series, and 1 win in the Craftsman Truck Series, as well as three wins in all-star races. He also collected class wins at the two most prestigious endurance races in the United States, the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. In 1998, he was named as one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. He is the older brother of 2000 Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte.

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Dwight Gooden - Former MLB Baseball Pitcher. He was nicknamed "Dr. K" in reference to the letter "K" being the standard abbreviation for strikeout. He is a four-time MLB All-Star, and three-time World Series champion. In 1984, he was named the National League Rookie of the Year. He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1984 Rookie All-Star Team. He won the 1985 NL Cy Young Award while playing for the NY Mets. He was a member of 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets team, the 1988 National League Eastern Division Champion New York Mets team, the 1996 and 2000 World Series Champion New York Yankees teams, and the 1998 and 1999 American League Central Division Cleveland Indians teams. In 2010, he was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. His nephew is MLB player Gary Sheffield.

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gbgoodies

11-17-14, 02:13 PM

Born on November 17th (Part 1):

Martin Scorsese - Producer, Director, Writer, Actor. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear (1991), Casino, Gangs of New York, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, "Boardwalk Empire". In 1996, he was listed as one of 50 people barred from entering Tibet. Disney clashed with Chinese officials over the film Kundun, which he directed. In 1987, he directed Michael Jackson's "Bad" music video. The full length video runs 16 minutes and is in both black & white and color, but it is usually shortened down to just the color segment for television. He has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning in 2007 for Best Director for The Departed. He has been nominated for 10 Golden Gloe Awards, winning four awards, including Best Director in 2003 for Gangs of New York, in 2007 for The Departed, and in 2012 for Hugo. He also won the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards. He has been nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, winning three Emmy Awards. He has been nominated for 16 BAFTA Awards, winning four awards, including three awards in 1991 for Goodfellas, and the Academy Fellowship Award at the 2012 Bafta Awards. On February 28, 2003, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

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Rock Hudson - Actor. Magnificent Obsession, Giant, Pillow Talk, Come September, Lover Come Back, Man's Favorite Sport?, Send Me No Flowers, Ice Station Zebra, Darling Lili, Pretty Maids All in a Row, "McMillan & Wife", "The Devlin Connection", "Dynasty". In 1957, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Giant. From 1959-1966, he was nominated for the Henrietta Award for "World Film Favorite - Male" at the Golden Globe Awards five times, winning the award four times. He was one of the most popular movie stars of his time, and he was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, and similar titles by numerous film magazines. In 2002, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6116 Hollywood Blvd. In 1985, he was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness.

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Lorne Michaels - Producer, Writer, Comedian, Actor. Gilda Live, Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park, Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary, Superman 50th Anniversary, Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, Wayne's World, Coneheads, Tommy Boy, Mean Girls, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "Saturday Night Live", "The Kids in the Hall", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "30 Rock", "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". He is best known for creating and producing "Saturday Night Live", and producing the various film and TV projects that have spun off from it. Throughout the show's history, SNL has been nominated for more than 156 Emmy Awards, and it has won 36 awards. In 1999, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was made a member of the Order of Canada for lifetime achievement. In 2002, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2003, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2004, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2006, he received Canada's Governor General's Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

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Peter Cook - Actor, Satirist, Writer Comedian. Bedazzled (1967), Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Yellowbeard, Supergirl, The Princess Bride, Without a Clue. In 1966, he won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment, (shared with Dudley Moore). He was the founder and proprietor, (under the pseudonym Lord Gnome), of the British satirical magazine 'Private Eye'. His comic creations include E.L. Wisty and Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling. In 2005, he was voted the Greatest Comedian of All Time in a poll of comedians. He won two Special Tony Awards: in 1963, along with his "Beyond the Fringe" co-stars Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, "for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy", and in 1974, shared with co-author and co-star Dudley Moore for their show "Good Evening".

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Lee Strasberg - Actor, Director and Acting Teacher. The Godfather: Part II, ..And Justice for All, Going in Style. He is best known as a teacher and the director of the Actors Studio, where he trained many of the great American actors. In 1931, he co-founded the Group Theater, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". In 1951, he became director of the non-profit Actors Studio, in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school". In 1966, he was involved in the creation of Actors Studio West in Los Angeles. He is considered the "father of method acting in America". In 1975, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, for The Godfather: Part II. On November 27, 1977, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6757 Hollywood Blvd.

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Gary Goldman - Producer, Animator, Director, Writer. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-A-Doodle, Anastasia (1997), Bartok the Magnificent, Titan A.E.. He was also an animator for the video game "Dragon's Lair". In the 1970s, he worked alongside Don Bluth at Walt Disney Productions. In 1979, they resigned from Walt Disney Productions to establish their independent animation studio, Don Bluth Productions, Inc. In 1998, he and Don Bluth were nominated for two Annie Awards, (for directing and producing), the animated movie Anastasia. In 2001, Goldman & Bluth received Lifetime Achievement Awards for their dedication and contribution to the art of animation from Animation Magazine.

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Steven E. de Souza - Writer, Producer. 48 Hrs., Commando, The Running Man, Die Hard, Hudson Hawk, Street Fighter, Judge Dredd, "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries", "The Powers of Matthew Star", "Knight Rider". He is among a handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over US $2 billion at the worldwide box office. In 1984 for 48 Hrs., and in 1989 for Die Hard, he was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe award, an award given to any piece of media for excellence in mystery writing. In 2000, he was honored with the Norman Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement in writing.

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Frank Spotnitz - Producer. "The X Files: Fight the Future", The X Files: I Want to Believe, "The X-Files", "The Lone Gunmen", "Millennium", "Night Stalker" (2005-2006), "Transporter: The Series". He is best known for his work on "The X-Files" TV series. He was nominated for three Emmy Awards, and he won three Golden Globe Awards for Best Dramatic Series, and a Peabody Award for his work on "The X-Files".

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gbgoodies

11-17-14, 02:21 PM

Born on November 17th (Part 2):

Danny DeVito - Actor, Producer, Director. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, Romancing the Stone, Johnny Dangerously, Ruthless People, Throw Momma from the Train, The War of the Roses, Other People's Money, Batman Returns, L.A. Confidential, The Big Kahuna, Man on the Moon, "Taxi", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia". He has been nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, winning in 1980 for Best Supporting Actor for "Taxi". He has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning in 1981 for Best Supporting Actor for "Taxi". In 2001, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award as the producer of the Best Picture nominated movie Erin Brockovich. In 2010, he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Arts and Entertainment. On August 18, 2011, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6906 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Actress. Scarface (1983), The Color of Money, The January Man, The Abyss, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Perfect Storm, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Hostages", "Grimm". She is also a renowned cabaret-style singer, and her singing is showcased in John Sayles's Limbo. In 1987, she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Color of Money. In 2003, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for portraying the Aldonza/Dulcinea character in a revival of "Man of La Mancha".

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Lauren Hutton - Actress. The Gambler, Viva Knievel!, American Gigolo, Zorro: The Gay Blade, Paternity, Once Bitten, My Father the Hero, "Central Park West". She was a Playboy Bunny, and the first model to negotiate a major cosmetics deal. She was a top fashion model for the Ford Modeling Agency and Revlon cosmetics, when she was selected to play the only major female character in the movie Paper Lion.

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Stephen Root - Actor, Voice Actor. Monkey Shines, V.I. Warshawski, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dave, Bicentennial Man, Finding Nemo, Jersey Girl, Surviving Christmas, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Rango, J. Edgar, Superman: Unbound, "Harts of the West", "NewsRadio", "Ladies Man", "Tripping the Rift", "King of the Hill", "Boardwalk Empire". He toured the U.S. and Canada with the National Shakespeare Company, and made his Broadway debut in 'So Long On Lonely Street', which was followed by the Tony award-winning production of 'All My Sons', with Richard Kiley. He developed a fan base with his part as the squirrelly "Milton Waddams" in the cult classic Office Space. He has said that, from time to time, fans of the movie will either mail him or give him, in person, a red Swingline stapler.

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Rachel McAdams - Actress. Mean Girls, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, The Time Traveler's Wife, Sherlock Holmes, Morning Glory, Midnight in Paris, The Vow, "True Detective". In 2003, she won a Gemini award for her performance in the Canadian TV series "Slings and Arrows". In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award as well as the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards. In 2006, she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award. In 2009, she was awarded with ShoWest's "Female Star of the Year".

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RuPaul - Actor, Drag Queen, Model, Author, Recording Artist. He is the producer and host of "RuPaul's Drag Race". His single "Supermodel (You Better Work)", a tribute to the divas of the fashion world, placed in the top 30 on the Pop Charts. The music video for "Supermodel" was nominated for Best Dance Video at the 1994 MTV video music awards. In 1999, Rupaul received the Vito Russo Entertainer of The year at The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) media awards for challenging the limits and breaking boundaries in becoming an openly gay individual who has achieved excellence in the field of Entertainment and furthering his visibility and understanding of the community through his work. In 2002, Rupaul was honored by The Most Beautiful Transsexuals In The World Association, commending him for his outreach support on the Gay and Lesbian community with their Lifetime Achievement Award honoring his over 10 year conquest and establishing fashion and glamor in the entertainment industry. On the week of Rupaul's 40th birthday in 2000, a replica statue of him was unveiled at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in New York City.

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Dylan Walsh - Actor. Loverboy, Betsy's Wedding, Congo, We Were Soldiers, The Lake House, "Gabriel's Fire", "Brooklyn South", "Nip/Tuck", "Unforgettable". He is best known as Dr. Sean McNamara in the FX series "Nip/Tuck", and as Al Burns in "Unforgettable".

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Rance Howard - Actor, Writer. Chinatown, Huckleberry Finn (1975), Grand Theft Auto, Smokey Bites the Dust, The Executioner's Song, Splash, Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, "Gentle Ben", "Babylon 5". Both he and his son, actor Ron Howard, who was 2 at the time, made their feature film debuts together in the 1956 western "Frontier Woman". He is best known for his role on the 1960s TV series "Gentle Ben", which starred his youngest son Clint Howard. He has acted in over 100 films, and he often takes parts as a priest or reverend, county sheriff, or western marshal. From 1993-1998, he has portrayed a priest or reverend at least once a year. In 1982, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Children's Program' as the producer of "Through the Magic Pyramid". He is the father of actor/director Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and the grandfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.

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Rance Howard with his sons, Clint and Ron.

William R. Moses - Actor. Mystic Pizza, the Perry Mason TV movies, "Falcon Crest", "War and Remembrance", "Melrose Place", "The Secret Life of the American Teenager". He is best known for his role as"Cole Gioberti" on "Falcon Crest", and as "Ken Malansky" in many of the "Perry Mason Mysteries" series between 1989-1995.

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Dean Paul Martin - Actor. Players, Heart Like a Wheel, "Misfits of Science". He was a member of the rock group Dino, Desi & Billy along with Desi Arnaz Jr. and Billy Hinsche. He was a pilot and a captain in the California Air National Guard, who was killed when his F-4 Phantom jet fighter crashed into the San Bernadino Mountains in a snowstorm during a routine flight on March 21, 1987, while he was on active duty. In 1980, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for 'New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male' for Players. He was the son of Rat Pack member Dean Martin.

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Justin Cooper - Actor. Liar Liar, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!, "The Boys Are Back", "Brother's Keeper". He started acting at the age of five, appearing in Dominos Pizza commercials, and a guest appearance on the popular sitcom "Full House". In 1998, he was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, and Best Supporting Male Young Actor for the sitcom "Brother's Keeper" at the Youth in Film Awards. He currently works as a producer on Fox Sports Radio.

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Robert Brown - Actor who played Lazarus in the original "Star Trek" episode The Alternative Factor".

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gbgoodies

11-17-14, 02:27 PM

A great singer who was born on November 17th:

Gordon Lightfoot - He is a Canadian Singer, Songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He has been credited with helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. His best known songs include "Sundown", "Carefree Highway", "Rainy Day People", which all reached #1, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (#2), and "If You Could Read My Mind" (#5 on the US chart). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Eric Clapton, Jim Croce, John Mellencamp, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, and Olivia Newton-John. He has earned five Grammy nominations and 17 Juno Awards in his native Canada, and he was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2012, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5tr_L31StI

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcKavzCOewk

Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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My Favorite Athlete was also born on November 17th:

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Tom Seaver - Former MLB Baseball Pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. When he pitched for the New York Mets, his nicknames were "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise". During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1967, he won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. He is a twelve-time All-Star, a five-time 20-game winner, and a three-time Cy Young award winner. He struck out 200 or more batters in nine consecutive seasons (1968-1976), a major league record. He is the Mets' all-time leader in wins, and is considered by many baseball experts as one of the best starting pitchers in the history of baseball. He was also an excellent hitting pitcher. He hit 12 home runs during his career. In 1988, he was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage ever recorded (98.84%), and he has the only plaque at Cooperstown wearing a New York Mets hat. In 1988, in a special Tom Seaver Day ceremony, his uniform number 41 was retired by the New York Mets. As of 2010, Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges (played for the Mets in 1962-63) are the only Met players to have their jersey numbers retired by the team. (Gil Hodges' number was retired as a manager even though he also played for the Mets). On June 15, 1977, when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds, New York's sports reporters dubbed it "the Midnight Massacre".

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cricket

11-17-14, 04:28 PM

Happy Birthday Marty!!!

More well wishes to Lauren Hutten, Danny Devito, Rachel McAdams, and Gordon Lightfoot.

cricket

11-17-14, 04:29 PM

And curse the damn Mets!

gbgoodies

11-17-14, 05:19 PM

And curse the damn Mets!

Sometimes I think the Mets are already cursed. They don't need your help. :(

The Gunslinger45

11-17-14, 07:43 PM

Happy Birthday Marty!

Sexy Celebrity

11-17-14, 07:48 PM

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Happy Birthday, RuPaul.

Citizen Rules

11-17-14, 08:03 PM

gbgoodies

11-17-14, 08:09 PM

I'm not a big fan of Rock Hudson's acting, I think he's a bit aloof at times. BUT I was very surprised to see just how good of a comic actor he was in Man's Favorite Sport? It's the best comic role I've seen him in.Happy Birth Day to Robert Brown. When I was a kid I thought The Alternative Factor was one of the stupider Star Trek episodes. As I got older I realized the genus of the episode that was done in the Greek style with Lasaruz as a flawed demi god type figure.

Great photo of the Howard's!

I love Rock Hudson, especially in his movies with Doris Day.

I agree about the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor". I wasn't a fan of it at first, but every time I see it, I like it a little bit more. It's not one of my favorite episodes, but it is a very underrated episode.

I'm glad you like the picture of Rance Howard with his kids. It took me a while to find a good picture of them together.

gbgoodies

11-18-14, 02:57 PM

Born on November 18th:

Imogene Coca - Actress, Comedienne. Under the Yum Yum Tree, The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes, Rabbit Test, The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies, National Lampoon's Vacation, "Your Show of Shows", "The Imogene Coca Show", "Grindl", "It's About Time". She was a talented singer and dancer who took piano lessons at age 5, singing lessons at age 6, and dance class at age 7. She made her stage debut as a 9-year-old dancer, and then solo singing at age 11. She is best remembered for playing opposite Sid Caesar in the TV series "Your Show of Shows". In 1978, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "On the Twentieth Century". She was nominated for six Emmy Awards, including four consecutive nominations from 1951-1954, and she won in 1952 for Best Actress. In 1954, she won the Peabody Award. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6256 Hollywood Blvd.

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Linda Evans - Actress. Beach Blanket Bingo, The Big Rip-Off, Avalanche Express, Tom Horn, Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues, "The Big Valley", "Hunter", "North and South, Book II", "Dynasty". In 1964, she won the Miss Golden Globe Award at the Golden Globe Awards. From 1982-1986, she was noiminated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress five consecutive years for "Dynasty", winning the award in 1982. In 1983, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actress for "Dynasty". From 1982-1986, she won the People's Choice Award for 'Favorite Female TV Performer' five consecutive years. On August 20, 1987, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

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Owen Wilson - Actor. Meet the Parents, Starsky & Hutch, Wedding Crashers, Cars, You, Me and Dupree, Marley & Me, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Marmaduke, Midnight in Paris, The Internship, The Grand Budapest Hotel. He is known for his improvisational abilities, and many of the funniest lines in his movies are his improvisations. He is a member of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, and Luke Wilson. In 2002, he was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums, (shared with Wes Anderson). In 2012, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Midnight in Paris. He is the brother of actor Luke Wilson.

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Damon Wayans Jr. - Actor, Writer, Comedian. Blankman, Marmaduke, The Other Guys, Let's Be Cops, Big Hero 6, "My Wife and Kids", "Happy Endings", "New Girl". At age 20, he landed a job as a staff writer on the series "My Wife and Kids", becoming the youngest staff writer on television. In 2012, he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" at the NAACP Image Awards and Critic's Choice Television Awards for his work on "Happy Endings". He is the son of actor Damon Wayans, and the nephew of Dwayne Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, and Marlon Wayans.

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Elizabeth Perkins - Actress. From the Hip, Big, Sweet Hearts Dance, Avalon, He Said, She Said, The Flintstones, Crazy in Alabama, The Ring Two, Must Love Dogs, Hop, "Weeds", "How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)". In 1986, she was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Lydia Breeze", at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. In 2006 and 2007, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Weeds". In 2006, 2007 and 2009, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Weeds".

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Dennis Haskins - Actor. The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes, Max Keeble's Big Move, 18, The Stoneman, An Ordinary Killer, A Million Ways to Die in the West, "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", "Saved by the Bell", "Saved by the Bell: The New Class". Before pursuing a television career, he worked as a music manager, agent and concert promoter. Among his customers were 'Tom Jones' and Greg Allman. He wrote a guide for actors called "Rating the Agents". He is best known as the principal, "Mr. Belding", for the teen show "Saved by the Bell". He was the only regular cast member of "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" to remain with the series throughout its entire run.

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Brenda Vaccaro - Actress. Midnight Cowboy, Capricorn One, Airport '77, Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, The Pride of Jesse Hallam, Zorro: The Gay Blade, Supergirl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, "Paper Dolls", "Johnny Bravo". She has been nominated for three Tony Awards: in 1966 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Cactus Flower", in 1968 as Best Actress (Musical) for "How Now, Dow Jones", and in 1969 as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Goodbye People". In 1970, she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: one for 'Most Promising Newcomer - Female' for Where It's At, and the second for Best Supporting Actress for Midnight Cowboy. In 1976, she was nominated for an Academy Award, and she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Once Is Not Enough. She has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, winning in 1974 for Best Supporting Actress for "The Shape of Things". In 1992, she was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival.

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Jameson Parker - Actor. The Bell Jar, A Small Circle of Friends, Callie & Son, White Dog, Prince of Darkness, "Simon & Simon", "The Legend of Prince Valiant", "JAG". He is best known for his role as A.J. Simon on the TV series "Simon & Simon". In 1992, he was shot by a neighbor near his home. He made a full recovery, and the neighbor was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to nine years in prison. He won the "Sandoz-Jeff's Companion Animal Shelter Award" in the Dog Writers Association Writing Contest for his article "Eulogy" (Ducks Unlimited). He has written four books, including "An Accidental Cowboy" which recounts his life after "Simon & Simon".

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gbgoodies

11-18-14, 03:02 PM

Writers, Singers, Athletes, etc. born on November 18th:

Alan Shepard - Astronaut. In 1961, he was the first American in space, and the only one of the original Mercury astronauts to walk on the moon. In 1961, he should have been the first man in space, but NASA postponed his flight from March 6, 1961 to May 5th. This allowed the Soviet Union the opportunity to put cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961, and Gagarin also became the first person in space, and the first person to orbit the Earth. In 1971, Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission, piloting the lander to the most accurate landing of the Apollo missions. At age 47, he was the oldest astronaut in the program, and the oldest person to walk on the Moon. During the mission, he became the only astronaut of the original Mercury Seven to walk on the Moon, and he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. In 1977, he was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1990, he was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. On May 4, 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a first-class stamp in Shepard's honor, the first U.S. stamp to depict a specific astronaut.

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William S. Gilbert - He was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of Penzance", and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, "The Mikado". His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. In 2001, three Gilbert & Sullivan musical productions, "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Mikado", and "The Pirates of Penzeance" were all nominated for Outstanding Musical Production at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.

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Alan Dean Foster - Fantasy and Science Fiction Writer. He was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars which had been credited solely to George Lucas. He was one of the first authors to write a book about the "Star Wars" characters having nothing to do with George Lucas' original trilogy storyline. It's titled "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", and it was written after the first "Star Wars", centering on adventures featuring "Luke" and "Leia". He wrote the story for the movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He also wrote 10 books based on episodes of the animated Star Trek, the first six books each consisting of three linked novella-length episode adaptations, and the last four being expanded adaptations of single episodes that segued into original story. He also wrote the novelization of the 2009 film Star Trek, his first Star Trek novel in over 30 years, and the novelization for Star Trek's sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness. He is the nephew of "Batman" TV series producer Howie Horwitz, and the cousin of singer Lesley Gore and composer Michael Gore.

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Johnny Mercer - Singer, Songwriter and Lyricist who was a co-founder of Capitol Records. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He was best known during WWII for his hit, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". He became the premier American lyricist in post-War America. He received 19 Academy Award nominations, and won four Oscars including Best Original Song for "Moon River" (in 1962) from Breakfast at Tiffany's, and "Days of Wine and Roses" (in 1963 from Days of Wine and Roses, (both shared with Henry Mancini). He was also nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, winning two awards for Best Song, and he received three Grammy Award nominations, winning Song of the Year in 1962 for "Moon River". In 1971, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1628 Vine Street.

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Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - Accentuate the Positive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jdbFOidds

Hank Ballard - He was a rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, who was the lead vocalist of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters. He was one of the first rock 'n' roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. Their songs included "Teardrops on Your Letter" (#4), "Finger Poppin' Time" (#7), and "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (#6). He wrote and recorded "The Twist" which spread the popularity of the dance, and was notably covered by Chubby Checker. In 1968, after the Midnighters disbanded, he released the single, "How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)", which peaked at #15 on the R&B chart. In 1990, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His cousin, Florence Ballard, was a member of the Detroit girl group The Supremes.

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Hank Ballard and The Midnighters - Finger Poppin Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWIH91sH1mI

John Parr - Singer, Songwriter, Musician who has sold 10 million albums worldwide, and has written and performed 12 Hollywood movie themes, including 3 Men & A Baby, Near Dark, and Schwarzenegger's The Running Man. He is best known for his 1984 number one hit single "Naughty Naughty", and for his 1985 number one hit single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)". In 1985, he was nominated for a Grammy award for "St Elmo's Fire". He also wrote "Under a Raging Moon" with Julia Downs for Roger Daltrey, a song that paid tribute to Keith Moon and told the story of The Who. In 1989, he played the lead role in "Paris", an epic rock opera. The album went on to win many awards around the world.

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John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

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David Ortiz - Professional MLB Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Big Papi", he is a Dominican-American professional baseball player who is a designated hitter, but he occasionally plays first base for the Boston Red Sox. He played with the Minnesota Twins from 1997-2002. He is a nine-time All-Star, a three-time World Series champion and he holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs with 54, set during the 2006 season. He has hit 466 career home runs, which ranks 33rd on the MLB all-time home run list. He is the all-time leader in MLB history for home runs (415), runs batted in (RBIs) (1,343) and hits (1,890) by a DH. He was voted the Most Value Player of American League Championship Series in 2004, when the Boston Red Sox finally topped their hated rivals, the New York Yankees in the playoffs. In the two rounds of playoffs, he batted .400 (22-for-55) with five homers, 19 RBIs and 13 runs scored in 14 games. The Red Sox, cleared of the Yankees Curse, went on to win their first World Series since Babe Ruth was their star pitcher in 1918. He was named the Most valuable player of 2013 World Series. He also finished third in Boston's mayoral race in 2013 with 560 write-in votes. In 2009, he was named to the Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team, and The Sporting News named him the Designated Hitter of the Decade.

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Gary Sheffield - Retired MLB Baseball Player who played as an outfielder with eight teams in the major leagues from 1988 to 2009. He is a 9-time All-Star, and a 5-time Silver Slugger Award winner, who had 8 seasons with 30 or more home runs. On April 17, Sheffield hit his 500th home run, becoming the 25th player in MLB history to reach that milestone, the first player to achieve this as a pinch hitter. He is the nephew of former All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden.

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gbgoodies

11-19-14, 02:29 PM

Born on November 19th:

Gene Tierney - Actress. Belle Starr, Rings on Her Fingers, China Girl, Heaven Can Wait (1943), Laura, Leave Her to Heaven, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, On the Riviera, Advise & Consent. She is best known for her role as the enigmatic murder victim in Laura. Darryl F. Zanuck, founder of 20th Century Fox, said she was unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history. In 1946, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Leave Her to Heaven. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd. She shares a birthday with her Laura co-star Clifton Webb.

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Clifton Webb - Actor. Laura, The Razor's Edge (1946), Sitting Pretty, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), For Heaven's Sake, Dreamboat, Stars and Stripes Forever, Titanic (1953), Three Coins in the Fountain, Boy on a Dolphin, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, Satan Never Sleeps. He created the role of Charles Condomine in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" on the London and New York stages. He introduced Irving Berlin's classic song "Easter Parade" on the Broadway stage. He was the inspiration for Mr. Peabody on "The Bullwinkle Show". In 1945, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Laura. In 1945, he was nominated for an Academy Award, and he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Razor's Edge. In 1949, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Sitting Pretty. In 1953, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Stars and Stripes Forever. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6850 Hollywood Blvd. He shares a birthday with his Laura co-star Gene Tierney.

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Meg Ryan - Actress. Top Gun, Innerspace, When Harry Met Sally..., Joe Versus the Volcano, Prelude to a Kiss, Sleepless in Seattle, When a Man Loves a Woman, Anastasia, City of Angels, You've Got Mail, Proof of Life, Kate & Leopold. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress three times: in 1990 for When Harry Met Sally..., in 1994 for Sleepless in Seattle, and in 1999 for You've Got Mail. In 1998, she was nominated for an Annie Award for 'Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production' for Anastasia. She co-starred with Dennis Quaid in two movies, and they married on Valentine's Day in 1991. Her scene at the restaurant in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally... became famous, and she was nominated for both the Golden Globe and the BAFTA.

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Katz's Delicatessen Scene in When Harry Met Sally

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Jodie Foster - Actress, Director, Producer. Tom Sawyer (1973), Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, Freaky Friday, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Foxes, The Hotel New Hampshire, The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs, Little Man Tate, Nell, Contact, Panic Room, Flightplan, Nim's Island, The Beaver, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "My Three Sons", "Paper Moon". She began acting in commercials at the age of three, and her first significant role came in 1976 as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1989, for playing a rape victim in The Accused. She won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress as Clarice Starling in the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs. She has won two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2003, her Oscar-winning role as Clarice Starling from her 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs was ranked #6 in the American Film Institute's "Heroes" list in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains. In 2006, her performance as Sarah Tobias in The Accused is ranked #56 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. In 2007, she was ranked #18 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list . She was ranked #4 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

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Alan Young - Actor, Voice Actor. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Androcles and the Lion, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, The Time Machine (1960), The Cat from Outer Space, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit, The Great Mouse Detective, The Time Machine (2002), "Mister Ed", "Battle of the Planets", "Alvin & the Chipmunks", "Coming of Age", "The Smurfs", "DuckTales". By age 17, he was writing and performing in his own radio show for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The show was broadcast in the U.S., and he was popular on American radio from 1944 to 1949 with his "Alan Young Radio Show". In 1950, he wrote a television pilot for CBS which resulted in "The Alan Young Show". The show was a well-received live revue that ran for 3 years, won a couple of Emmy Awards, and it earned him a star on the "Walk of Fame". He is best known as Wilbur Post in the TV series "Mister Ed", and as the voice of Scrooge McDuck in "DuckTales". He is the only actor to appear in both the 1960 and the 2002 versions of The Time Machine. In 1951, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Personality, and he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor. In 1977, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children as the voice of Mickey Mouse for "Disney's A Christmas Carol". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Allison Janney - Actress. The Ice Storm, Julian Po, Primary Colors, The Object of My Affection, Six Days Seven Nights, 10 Things I Hate About You, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Over the Hedge, Juno, The Help, The Way Way Back, "The West Wing", "Mr. Sunshine", "Mom". From 2001-2004, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "The West Wing" four consecutive years. From 200-2014, she was nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning six times. On stage, she played in a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" on Broadway opposite Anthony LaPaglia, which earned her a Tony Award nomination, and a Drama League Award for outstanding artist for the 1997-98 season. She also played in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" opposite Frank Langella, which earned her the Outer Critics Circle Award and an Actors' Equity award, and she appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "The Taming of the Shrew". In 2009, she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her performance as Violet Newstead in "9 to 5", the musical version of the film Nine to Five. She was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

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Robert Beltran - Actor. Eating Raoul, Lone Wolf McQuade, Night of the Comet, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Bugsy, Nixon, Free Birds, "Models Inc.", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Big Love". He is best known as Commander Chakotay on the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager", for which he received a Nosotros Golden Eagle Award as best actor in a television series. He founded and serves as co-artistic director of the East LA Classic Theater Group, with a staff of professional actors. There, he played Hamlet, and served as co-producer as well as director. He appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "King Henry IV", "A Touch of the Poet", and "The Price".

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Terry Farrell - Actress. The Deliberate Stranger, Back to School, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Tripping the Rift, "Paper Dolls", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Becker". She is best known for her roles as Jadzia Dax in the TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and as diner owner Reggie Kostas on "Becker". An asteroid discovered on April 23, 2001 has been renamed 26734 Terryfarrell in her honor.

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Terry Farrell with Ted Danson in "Becker"

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Kathleen Quinlan - Actress. American Graffiti, Airport '77, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Hanky Panky, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Clara's Heart, The Doors, Apollo 13, Event Horizon, My Giant, "Family Law", "Prison Break", "Chicago Fire". In 1996, she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Apollo 13. In 1978, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

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Jason Scott Lee - Actor. Born in East L.A., Back to the Future Part II, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, The Jungle Book (1994), Lilo & Stitch, Dracula II: Ascension, Balls of Fury. He was chosen by Goldsea Asian American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time". Although they share the same surname, Jason Scott Lee is of no relation to Bruce Lee.

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Dan Haggerty - Actor. Muscle Beach Party, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, King of the Mountain, Grizzly Mountain, "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams". He is the only person to have his star REMOVED from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was actually meant to honor another actor, the late Don Haggerty, and the committee made an error in spelling. Eventually Dan received a legitimate star, now located in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The reason for the confusion on the Walk of Fame stars was not simply the similar names but that Dan's Dad is Don Haggerty. On February 1, 1994, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7070 Hollywood Blvd.

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Scott McGinnis - Actor, Director. Racing with the Moon, Making the Grade, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Secret Admirer, Thunder Alley, You Can't Hurry Love, "Operation Petticoat", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show". He is best known to Star Trek fans as "Mr. Adventure" in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. He was the co-creator of 360 Entertainment, leading the development team producing films with partner Robert Patrick for Paramount and Warner Bros. home video. One of these productions led to a Saturn Award for Best Home Video Release. He then directed over twenty-five episodes of network television, and he produced and directed two reality TV pilots for MTV and Turner Networks.

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gbgoodies

11-19-14, 02:33 PM

Writers, TV Hosts, Singers, Musicians, Athletes, etc. born on November 19th:

Charlie Kaufman - Writer, Producer. Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York, "The Edge", "The Dana Carvey Show", "Ned and Stacey". In 2000, he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award, and he won a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for Being John Malkovich. In 2003, he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award, and he won a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for Adaption. In 2005, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and he won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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Dick Cavett - He is a former American TV Talk Show Host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s. In recent years, he has written a column for the online New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows, as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, John Lennon and others on Turner Classic Movies channel. From 1970-1979, he was nominated for an Emmy Award eight times for "The Dick Cavett Show", winning the award in 1972 for 'Outstanding Variety Series - Talk', and in 1974 for 'Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement'. In 2012, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Variety Special' for "Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again". In 1991, he was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

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Larry King - TV and Radio Host, Actor, Voice Artist, and Comedian whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and 10 Cable ACE Awards. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program "Larry King Live" on CNN. He never prepares for interviews. His reasoning is that the average audience member knows little or nothing about a given show guest, so he prefers to begin as they would begin, and learn about the guest during the course of the show. In 1989, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6616 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Ted Turner - He is an American media mogul and philanthropist who is the founder of the cable news network CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. He founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. He created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 billion gift to support the United Nations, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden support for the UN. He serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors. He turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise, and he launched the charitable Goodwill Games. He helped reinvent interest in professional wrestling when he owned one of the most popular wrestling companies of the middle to late 1990s known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The Monday night show that it put on was the highest rated on cable and helped boost Turner's channels of TNT and WTBS. As the former owner of the MLB's Atlanta Braves, on May 11, 1977, he managed the Atlanta Braves for one game before baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, ordered him to step down. He was told that anyone who owned stock in a team was forbidden to manage it. In 1991, he became the first media figure to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year, and he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. On April 7, 2004, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.

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Calvin Klein - He is an American Fashion Designer who, in 1968, launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. In addition to clothing, Klein also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry. He is best known for his 1970s jeans, famously advertised with a commercial featuring Brooke Shields, and 1990s underwear collection, promoted with giant billboards showing Mark Wahlberg. From 1973-1975, he received the Coty Award for three consecutive years. In 1981, 1983 and 1993, he received an award from Councils of Fashion Designs of America.

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Mark Harris - He was the author of five non-fiction books, a collection of essays, and thirteen novels, including "Bang The Drum Slowly", part of a series of five novels about Henry Wiggen, a pitcher for the fictitious New York Mammoths professional baseball team. In 1956, "Bang the Drum Slowly" was adapted for an installment of the dramatic television anthology series "The United States Steel Hour". The production starred Paul Newman as Wiggen and Albert Salmi as doomed catcher Bruce Pearson. The novel also became a major motion picture in 1973, with a screenplay written by Harris, directed by John D. Hancock, and featuring Michael Moriarty as Wiggen and Robert De Niro as Pearson.

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Roy Campanella - Former Professional Baseball Player, primarily as a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948-1957. He played for the Negro leagues and Mexican League for several seasons before he was accepted by the minor leagues in 1946. He debuted in Major League Baseball in 1948. His playing career was ended in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers of the history of the game. He played in the All-Star Game every year from 1949 through 1956. In 1951, 1953, and 1955, he was named the National League's Most Valuable Player. Duringr his career, he threw out 57% of the base runners who tried to steal a base on him, the highest by any catcher in major league history. In 1969, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1971, he was elected to the Mexican League Hall Of Fame. In 1972, his uniform number 39 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1999, he ranked number 50 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and he was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. He wrote the inspirational book "It’s Good to Be Alive", published in 1959, which details his journey back from the near-fatal car accident that left him paralyzed. The 1974 movie It’s Good to Be Alive was the TV-movie directorial debut of Michael Landon.

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Ryan Howard - Professional MLB Baseball Player. He is a first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies who holds numerous MLB and Phillies' franchise records. In 2005, he won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award, In 2006, he won the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. He is a five-time NL All-Star (2006–2010), and he has won Silver Slugger Award, Hank Aaron Award, and in 2009, he won the NL Championship Series MVP Award. He is a two-time NL home run champion (2006, 2008), and in 2007 and 2009, he became the fastest player to reach both the 100 and 200 home run milestones in MLB history.

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Ahmad Rashad - He is a Former Professional NFL Football Player who was a wide receiver for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Buffalo Bills, and most notably, the Minnesota Vikings, where he earned four Pro Bowl selections from 1978 to 1981. During his pro football career, he caught 495 passes for 6,831 yards and 44 touchdowns, while also rushing for 52 yards. After his football career, he became a sportscaster. He proposed to his future wife Phylicia Rashad on national TV during the halftime show of NBC's Thanksgiving Day broadcast of the game between the Detroit Lions and the New York Jets. Earlier in the day, she had worked NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day telecast. Within minutes of hearing his request, she came on NBC's "NFL Live" halftime set and accepted his proposal live on TV. O.J. Simpson was his best man at his 1985 wedding to Phylicia Rashad.

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Tommy Dorsey - He was an American Jazz Trombonist, Trumpeter, Composer, and Bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. He is best remembered for standards such as "Song of India", "Maria", "On Treasure Island", "The Music Goes 'Round and Around", and "You". In 1981, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. In 1982, the 1940 Victor recording "I'll Never Smile Again" was the first of a trio of Tommy Dorsey recordings to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. His theme song, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" was inducted in 1998, along with his recording of "Marie" written by Irving Berlin in 1928. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Reocrding at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. The brothers had their own television show, "Stage Show", from 1955 to 1956. They introduced future rock musician Elvis Presley to national television audiences, prior to Presley's better known appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show". In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey commemorative postage stamp.

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Tommy Dorsey - "Marie" from the movie The Fabulous Dorseys

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Billy Currington - Country Music Singer, Songwriter who has released five studio albums that have produced ten singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including eight No. 1 hits including "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", "Good Directions", "People Are Crazy", "That's How Country Boys Roll", "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer", "Let Me Down Easy", "Hey Girl", and "We Are Tonight". He has also charted as a duet partner on Shania Twain's single "Party for Two" and his own non-album single "Tangled Up", for a total of eleven Top 40 hits. In 2010, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Male Country Vocal Performance', and Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for 'Single Record of the Year' and Song' of the Year' for the song "People Are Crazy".

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Billy Currington - People Are Crazy

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cricket

11-19-14, 08:52 PM

Happy Birthday Big Papi!!

Citizen Rules

11-19-14, 10:56 PM

It's a big Birthday in the 24th century!

Robert Beltran - I really liked Voyager and Commander Chakotay. It was kind of lame the writers didn't give him more episodes revolving around his character. Chakotay is kind of a quiet character that gives the show a foundation. The 'evil' Chakotay from Living Witness.
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Terry Farrell - Jadzia Dax. I'm a HUGE fan of Deep Space Nine. At first I didn't really like the Dax character but after a couple of seasons they really developed her character. Terry is a memorable actresses full of vitality. I always liked her spots, but not her hair bun. Unless you count Dax from the alternative universe.

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gbgoodies

11-20-14, 06:17 AM

Born on November 20th:

Chester Gould - He was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the "Dick Tracy" comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains. "Dick Tracy" was one of the first strips to show the effects of violence on people. Many readers were shocked when a strip clearly showed Tracy shooting a villain in the face. The strip was a huge success, not only spawning a number of spin-offs, but entering the public consciousness as well. In 1959 and 1977, he won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award. In 1980, the Mystery Writers of America honored him and his work with a Special Edgar Award. In 1995, the strip "Dick Tracy" was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps and postcards. In 2005, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame.

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Robert F. Kennedy - He was an American politician from Massachusetts who was commonly known by his initials RFK or his nickname "Bobby". He was the 64th U.S. Attorney General from 1961 to 1964, serving under his older brother, President John F. Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as a Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. In 1965, still mourning his brother John's death, he journeyed to Canada to climb Mount Kennedy (on the Alaskan-Canadian border) which had been named in his brother's honor. Breaking away from the team of experienced mountain climbers, Kennedy made it to the summit making him the first man ever to reach the top. In 1969, D.C. Stadium in Washington, D.C. was renamed Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. In 1978, the United States Congress posthumously awarded him its Gold Medal of Honor. He is pictured on a 15¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor on January 12, 1979. He was the uncle of Maria Shriver, the ex-uncle-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the ex-brother-in-law of Peter Lawford.

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Sean Young - Actress. Stripes, Blade Runner, Young Doctors in Love, Dune, No Way Out, A Kiss Before Dying, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, "The Young and the Restless". She was cast as Vicky Vale in Tim Burton's version of Batman, but she was replaced with Kim Basinger after she sustained an injury riding a horse. She has played a female alter ego of a man, (in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde), and a man surgically altered into a woman (in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective).

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Bo Derek - Actress. 10, Tarzan, the Ape Man, Bolero, Tommy Boy, Malibu's Most Wanted, Hunt for the I-5 Killer, "Fashion House". In 1980, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for 'New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female' for 10. She formed "Svengali Productions" with her late husband, John Derek.

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Richard Dawson - Actor, Game Show Host. Munster, Go Home!, The Devil's Brigade, Treasure Island, The Running Man, "Hogan's Heroes", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "The New Dick Van Dyke Show", "Match Game 73", "Family Feud". He is best known as the lovable British Corporal Peter Newkirk on the TV series "Hogan's Heroes", and as the host of the TV game show "Family Feud", and a regular guest on the game show "Match Game". His trademark on "Family Feud" was kissing all the female contestants, and it was one of the things that made the show a warm and friendly program, along with his quick wit, subtle jokes, and his ability to make people feel at ease with being on camera. From 1978-1985, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host in a Game Show for "Family Feud" seven times, winning the award in 1978. He was ranked #14 on Life's 15 Best Game Show Hosts. He was ranked #5 as GSN's Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time.

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Dick Smothers - Actor, Comedian. Alice Through the Looking Glass, Speed Zone, Casino, The Informant!, "My Brother the Angel", "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In 1969 and 1988, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program' for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". He is the younger brother of Tom Smothers. On November 2, 1989, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6555 Hollywood Blvd., (shared with Tom Smothers as "The Smothers Brothers").

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The Smothers Brothers

Richard Masur - Actor, Director. Semi-Tough, Hanover Street, Scavenger Hunt, Heaven's Gate, The Thing, Risky Business, The Burning Bed, Heartburn, My Girl, And the Band Played On, "Rhoda", "One Day at a Time". He is best remembered as Bonnie Franklin's lumpish, even-natured boyfriend, David, in the early seasons of "One Day at a Time". In 1985, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Burning Bed". In 1990, he was nominated for a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for 'Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Shows - Daytime' for the episode "Torn Between Two Fathers" of "ABC Afterschool Specials". In 1987, is first project as a director, "Love Struck", a 23-minute film which he both wrote and directed, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. From 1995-1999, he served two 2-year terms as president of Screen Actors Guild.

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Estelle Parsons - Actress. Bonnie and Clyde, Rachel, Rachel, Watermelon Man, I Never Sang for My Father, For Pete's Sake, Dick Tracy (1990), "Roseanne". She is best remembered as Beverly Lorraine Harris, Roseanne and Jackie's zany, manipulative and pretentious mother on "Roseanne". She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performances in "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" (1968), "And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little (1971)", "Miss Margarida's Way" (1978), and "Mornings at Seven" (2002). In 1968, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bonnie and Clyde. In 1969, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel, Rachel. In 1971, she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for Watermelon Man.

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Kaye Ballard - Actress, Comedienne, Singer. "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella" (1957), The Girl Most Likely, A House Is Not a Home, Which Way to the Front?, Freaky Friday, The Ritz (1976), Tiger Warsaw, Baby Geniuses, "The Mothers-In-Law", "The Doris Day Show". In 1943, she toured with Spike Jones and His Orchestra for two years as his featured vocalist and flute/tuba player. In 1946, she made her Broadway debut with the revue "Three to Make Ready". From there she showcased in the musicals "Once in a Lifetime," "Touch and Go" (in London), "Annie Get Your Gun", and the burlesque show "Top Banana". In 1995, she was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.

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Kaye Ballard - In Other Words (Fly me to the Moon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZJFgQt8178

Jeremy Jordan - Actor, Stage Actor, Singer. Joyful Noise, "Smash". In 2009, he landed his first Broadway show, "Rock of Ages" as a swing, understudying several roles including the lead. In December of 2009, he left "Rock of Ages" to play Tony in Broadway's "West Side Story". In 2011, he earned the Theater World Award for his performance in "Bonnie & Clyde" on Broadway. In 2012, he received a Tony nomination as Best Actor in a Musical for "Newsies". In 2013, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, (along with the cast of the Broadway show "Newsies") for "Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Recording".

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Jeremy Jordan and Katharine McPhee - I Heard Your Voice In A Dream (from the TV show "SMASH")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhsIAwsTV38

Joe Walsh - Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Record Producer whose career spanned more than 40 years. He has been a member of five successful rock bands: the Eagles, the James Gang, Barnstorm, The Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. He has also experienced success both as a solo artist and prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings. In 2011, he was ranked at #54 on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 1998, Guitarist magazine selected the guitar solos on the Eagles' track "Hotel California", by Walsh and Don Felder, as the best guitar solos of all time, and eighth of the Top 100 Guitar Solos. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Eagles. In 2001, he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of the Eagles.

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Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good to Me, So Far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0su-L26wE

Dierks Bentley - Country Music Singer, Songwriter. He has released seven albums, and he had eighteen singles on the country singles chart, of which twelve have reached No. 1, including his debut single "What Was I Thinkin'", as well as "Come a Little Closer", "Settle for a Slowdown", "Every Mile a Memory", "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)", "Feel That Fire", "Sideways", "Am I the Only One", "Home", "5-1-5-0", "I Hold On", and "Drunk on a Plane". In addition, four more of his singles have reached the Top 5 on the country singles chart. In 2004, he won the Breakthrough Video of the Year Award for "What Was I Thinkin'" at the CMT Music Awards, and the Top New Artist Award at the ACM Awards. In 2009, he won the CMT Performance of the Year Award for "Country Boy" at the CMT Music Awards. He has been nominated for 12 CMA Awards, winning two, including the Horizon Award as the Best New Artist in 2005. He has also been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards. On Oct. 1, 2005, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

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Dierks Bentley - What Was I Thinkin' (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcuPY9qGlVs

Josh Turner - Country Music Singer, Songwriter. In 2003, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single release. In 2006, his second album, "Your Man", included his first two number one hits: "Your Man" and "Would You Go with Me". His 2007 album "Everything Is Fine" included the No. 2 hit "Firecracker". His 2010 album "Haywire" produced his biggest hit, the #1 song "Why Don't We Just Dance", and another #1 song, "All Over Me". His 2012 album "Punching Bag" included the lead-off single "Time Is Love", which was the biggest hit of 2012 according to Billboard Year-End. He has been nominated for seven CMA Awards, including the Horizon Award as the Best New Artist in 2004 and 2006, two ACM Awards, including Top New Artist in 2004, two Grammy Awards, including Country Album of the Year in 2007 for his album "Your Man", and one CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year in 2004 for "Long Black Train". In 2007, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

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Josh Turner - Your Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADTbWQof7Y

Mark Gastineau - He is a Former NFL Football Player who was a leading defensive end for the New York Jets from 1979 to 1988. He was a five-time Pro Bowler whose 107½ quarterback sacks in only his first 100 starts in the NFL made him one of the quickest and most feared pass rushers of his generation. He is ranked the 8th greatest pass rusher in NFL History on NFL Network's NFL Top 10 Pass Rushers. In 1984, he was voted the UPI AFC Defensive Player of the Year, and he was also named MVP of that season's Pro Bowl after tallying four sacks and a safety in that game. He was teamed with Joe Klecko, Abdoul Salaam, and Marty Lyons to form the famous New York Sack Exchange Jets defense in the early 1980s.

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cricket

11-20-14, 09:24 PM

Happy Birthday Joe Walsh and Richard Dawson!

I remember Gastineau; I wonder how well he'd do in today's NFL. I thought Klecko was better.

gbgoodies

11-20-14, 09:30 PM

Happy Birthday Joe Walsh and Richard Dawson!

I remember Gastineau; I wonder how well he'd do in today's NFL. I thought Klecko was better.

Richard Dawson did some great TV guest appearances too. He was on an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and he played himself on an episode of "The Odd Couple".

I'm not a football fan, but being a New Yorker, I recognized the name Mark Gastineau when I saw it, so I figured that he must have been a good football player, or I wouldn't have heard of him.

gbgoodies

11-21-14, 02:03 PM

Born on November 21st:

Harold Ramis - He was an actor, director, producer who wrote four of the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies including Ghostbusters (#28), Groundhog Day (#34), Animal House (#36), and Caddyshack (#71). Meatballs, Stripes, and Back to School were also nominated, but did not make the list. Sadly, he died earlier this year at age 69.

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Goldie Hawn - I loved her in Private Benjamin and Seems Like Old Times. She is the mother of actor Oliver Hudson and actress Kate Hudson. She is in a long-term relationship with actor Kurt Russell.

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Andrew Davis - He is a director, producer, writer and cinematographer who is known for directing a number of successful action thrillers including Code of Silence, Above the Law, Under Siege and The Fugitive.

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Joseph Campanella - He is a character actor who has appeared in more than two hundred television and film roles, including a recurring role as Ed Cooper, the father of the Julie and Barbara Cooper on the TV series "One Day at a Time". His distinctive voice has often been heard over the years in the narration of numerous documentaries. He is the younger brother of actor Frank Campanella.

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Laurence Luckinbill - Actor who is best known to Star Trek fans as Sybok in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He is married to actress Lucie Arnaz, the son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, and the brother-in-law of Desi Arnaz Jr.

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Marlo Thomas - Actress best known as Ann Marie on the TV series "That Girl". She is the daughter of show business legend Danny Thomas.

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Nicollette Sheridan - Actress best known for playing Edie Britt on the ABC dramedy series "Desperate Housewives", and as Paige Matheson of the CBS primetime soap opera "Knots Landing". She was also in the 1992 comedy Noises Off..., which is one of my favorite movies.

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Alexander Siddig - Actor who is best known to Star Trek fans as Dr. Julian Bashir in the TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". In 1997, he married his "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" co-star Nana Visitor (Major Kira). His uncle, (his mother's brother), is actor Malcolm McDowell, who played Dr. Soran in the movie Star Trek: Generations.

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Juliet Mills - Actress who is best known for her starring role on the TV series "Nanny and the Professor", and as Tabitha Lenox on the soap opera "Passions". She is the daughter of actor Sir John Mills, and the sister of actress Hayley Mills.

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Jena Malone - She is an up-and-coming actress who started her career as Young Ellie, the child version of Jodie Foster's character, in the 1997 movie Contact. Watch for her in the upcoming movies Inherent Vice and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.

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Brian McNamara - Actor who is best known for his portrayal of Dean Karny in the TV Movie Billionaire Boys Club, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a supporting role. Does anyone else remember him as Alex's friend Greg in the "Family Ties" episode "A, My Name Is Alex"?

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gbgoodies

11-21-14, 02:04 PM

Singers and Athletes born on November 21st:

Vivian Blaine - She was an actress and singer best known for originating the role of Miss Adelaide in the musical theater production "Guys and Dolls", as well appearing in the subsequent film version, in which she co-starred with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra.

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Vivian Blaine - Bushell And A Peck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BKa8xGlzo

Lorna Luft - She is the daughter of Judy Garland and producer Sidney Luft, and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli. She recorded "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", a duet with her late mother, Judy Garland, implementing the same technology Natalie Cole used in her rendition of "Unforgettable" with her dad, Nat 'King' Cole.

Lorna Luft (with Judy Garland) - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecGKlGyNaA

Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli - Medley at the Tony Awards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsyeylBux5w

Björk - Singer, Songwriter who has had 30 singles reach the Top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 Top 40 hits in the UK, 11 in Ireland, eight in Italy, four in France, and two in Australia. Her first six studio albums had sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

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Björk - It's Oh So Quiet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF9TjbdJyUE

Steven Curtis Chapman - He is a Christian Music Singer, Songwriter who has won five Grammy awards and 58 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, more than any other artist in history. His seven "Artist of the Year" Dove Awards, his latest in 2009, are also an industry record. He has sold more than 10 million albums and has eight RIAA-certified Gold or Platinum albums. He has a record 33 # 1 songs in Christian Music.

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Steven Curtis Chapman - The Great Adventure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFPjIp6nkk

Troy Aikman - He is a Former NFL Quarterback who spent his entire 12-year career playing for the Dallas Cowboys. During his career he was a six-time Pro Bowl selection, led the team to three Super Bowl victories, and was the Super Bowl XXVII MVP. In 2006, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. In 2001, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was inducted into the ESPN Dallas Hall of Fame.

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Stan "Stan the Man" Musial - He was a Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and first baseman on the St. Louis Cardinals for 22 seasons, from 1941 through 1963, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. He compiled 3,630 career hits, ranking fourth all-time, and first in a career spent with only one team. He hit 475 home runs during his career, was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, and won three World Series championship titles. He shares the MLB record for the most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. In 1969, he was a first-ballot inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also selected to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2014.

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Ken Griffey Jr. - He is a former Professional MLB Baseball Outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners, the Cincinnati Reds, and a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. He was a 13-time All-Star who was one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history. His 630 home runs rank as the sixth-most in MLB history. He also won 10 Gold Glove Awards in center field. In 2013, he was inducted into the Mariners' Hall of Fame. He is the son of former MLB player Ken Griffey, Sr.

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Citizen Rules

11-21-14, 11:41 PM

Citizen Rule's daily comment on today's birthdays, November 21st.

Harold Ramis...I liked Ghost Busters, but found him annoying.:mad:

Goldie Hawn...As a kid I use to watch her on Laugh In. I was too young to appreciate the adult humor.:cool:

Andrew Davis...no idea who he is.

Joseph Campanella ...ditto.

Laurence Luckinbill...Hey Spock's half brother. What a cool chatterer, but not as COOL as one of the GREAT tv characters Spock;)

Marlo Thomas...True story, when I was a little kid I watched That Girl and thought that all women had really long lashes like Marlo Thomas. You know sort of something that happened to girls when they entered puberty. They developed breast and long eye lashes. HA! one of two ain't bad.:cool:

Nicollette Sheridan...I like Ann Sheridan better.

Alexander Siddig...One of my favorite Deep Space Nine character's. He was pompous, sort of like Captain Picard (another amazing TV character;))

Juliet Mills...Happy BDay.:D

Jena Malone... Not a clue on who she is.:eek:

Brian McNamara...I do remember The Billionaire Boys Club, great mini series.:p

gbgoodies

11-22-14, 12:04 AM

Citizen Rules

11-22-14, 12:13 AM

He had that "holier-than-thou" attitude...Ahh, but there was a reason for that.;)

gbgoodies

11-22-14, 12:17 AM

He had that "holier-than-thou" attitude...Ahh, but there was a reason for that.;)

I don't know what it was. I stopped watching DS9 for a while, but I have the DVDs, so eventually I'll get back to it.

gbgoodies

11-22-14, 06:50 AM

Born on November 22nd:

Geraldine Page - She was an Actress best known for her work in the American theater. She was nominated for an Academy Award eight times before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts in the 1985 movie The Trip to Bountiful. She was also nominated four times for Broadway's Tony Award. In 1983, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Her husband Rip Torn is the cousin of Sissy Spacek.

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Jamie Lee Curtis - She made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween, and she subsequently starred in several more horro films which gave her the status of "scream queen" to mainstream audiences. My favorite Jamie Lee Curtis movie is the comdey A Fish Called Wanda. Her legs are insured for $2 million. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 3, 1998. She is the daughter of the actress Janet Leigh and actor Tony Curtis, and she is married to actor, screenwriter, and director Christopher Guest. She is the godmother of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Terry Gilliam - He is an Actor, Director, Screenwriter, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe who is best known for directing several movies including Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He was first known for the bizarre animation sequences in "Monty Python's Flying Circus" using cutout pictures and photographs. He was J.K. Rowling's first choice to direct the 'Harry Potter' films, but Warner Brothers studios wanted a more family friendly film and eventually settled for Chris Columbus.

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Scarlett Johansson - She won several awards for her performance as the voice of the operating system "Samantha" in the movie Her, she was ineligible for the Gollden Globe Award for her performance because she was never actually seen on screen. She was amazing as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in the movie The Avengers. In 2010, she was named as "Babe of the Year" by GQ magazine at the same time that her husband, Ryan Reynolds was named as the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine. She shares a birthday with Mark Ruffalo, her co-star from The Avengers.

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Mark Ruffalo - After several failed attempts at a movie about "The Incredible Hulk", Marvel finally found success with Mark Ruffalo's appearance as Dr. Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, in Joss Whedon's blockbuster The Avengers. In addition to The Avengers, I also loved him in 13 Going on 30 and Now You See Me. He shares a birthday with Scarlett Johansson, his co-star from The Avengers.

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Mads Mikkelsen - He is best known for his role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the TV series "Hannibal", and as Le Chifre, the villain in the 2006 movie version of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale. The Danish magazine "Woman" voted him "the sexiest man in the world".

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Richard Kind - He is an Actor who is best known for his roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in "Mad About You" and as Paul Thomas Lassiter in "Spin City". He is currently playing the mayor Aubrey James in the TV series "Gotham". He is a cousin of Barbra Streisand.

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Robert Vaughn - He is an actor who is best known for his role as the suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." , and one of the seven in the western classic The Magnificent Seven. On July 27, 1998, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. For sentimental reasons, he requested his star to be located near the corner of Hollywood and Cherokee, close to where he and his mother first lived when he moved to Hollywood.

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Mariel Hemingway - She is an actress who is best known for her roles as Tracy in Woody Allen's Manhattan, as Playboy model Dorothy Stratten in Star 80, and as Lacy Warfield in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Her first role was together with her sister Margaux in the 1976 movie Lipstick, for which she was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for the Golden Globe Awards. She is the granddaughter of award-winning writer, Ernest Hemingway.

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Rodney Dangerfield - He was a comedian and actor, known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect!", and his monologues on that theme. He is also remembered for his 1980s film roles, especially in Easy Money, Caddyshack, and Back to School. In February 1995, he was the first entertainer to own a Website (www.rodney.com). His trademark white shirt and red tie are on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Stephen Geoffreys - He was an Actor who is best known for several horror and teen films in the 1980s, most notably Heaven Help Us, Fraternity Vacation, 976-EVIL, and as the creepy "Evil Ed" in the 1985 vampire horror classic Fright Night.

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Nicholas Rowe - He is an actor who has appeared in numerous British plays and television programs, but he is most recognized by Americans as Sherlock Holmes in the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes. The film's director Barry Levinson felt Rowe's performance was closest to a young Basil Rathbone.

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Brian Robbins - He is an Actor, Director, and Producer who is best known for his role as Eric Mardian on the TV series "Head of the Class". He has since become a successful director and producer. He has produced several sports films including Coach Carter and Hardball, and on TV, he produced "Smallville" and "One Tree Hill". He is the founder of AwesomenessTV, a YouTube channel aimed at teenagers, which has spun off into a TV series, of which he is the executive producer.

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Tom Conti - In 1979, he won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?". He is one of only four Scottish actors to have received an Academy Award nomination, (for the 1983 movie Reuben, Reuben).

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Allen Garfield - He is a quirky and prolific actor who has appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He is known for playing nervous villains, corrupt businessmen and politicians. My favorite movies of his are The Conversation, The Brink's Job, and Teachers. He studied acting at The Actors Studio in New York City with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

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Steven Van Zandt - He is a Musician and Songwriter who frequently goes by the stage names "Little Steven". He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has also acted in TV dramas such as "The Sopranos" (1999–2007) and "Lilyhammer" (2012–present). In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.

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Billie Jean King - She is a former Professional Tennis Player who won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women's doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the United States' captain in the Federation Cup. She is an advocate for sexual equality. In 1973, at age 29, she won the so-called "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. She was the founder of the Women's Tennis Association, World TeamTennis (with former husband Larry King), and the Women's Sports Foundation. In 1972, she was the joint winner, (with John Wooden), of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award. In 1975, she was was one of the Time Persons of the Year. In 1987, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In 2010, she received the Fed Cup Award of Excellence. In 1980, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

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Boris Becker - He is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany, and the current coach of World Number 1, Novak Djokovic. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist in doubles, and at the age of 17, he was the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon. He won five major indoor championship titles including three ATP Masters World Tour Finals, one WCT Finals and one Grand Slam Cup. He also won five Masters 1000 series titles and eight Championship Series titles. Tennis Magazine ranked him in 18th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players from 1965 to 2005. In 2003, he was inducted into The International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Oscar Pistorius - He is a South African sprint runner who had both of his legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, but has competed in events for single below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes. After becoming a Paralympic champion, he attempted to enter able-bodied international competition, over persistent objections of the IAAF and charges that his artificial limbs gave an unfair advantage. He eventually prevailed in this legal dispute, and at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, he became the first amputee to win an able-bodied world track medal. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won gold medals in the men's 400-metre race and in the 4 × 100 metres relay, setting world records in both events. He also won the silver medal in the 200-metre race, having set a world record in the semifinal.

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cricket

11-23-14, 09:50 AM

Happy Birthday to Harold Ramis! I'm a big fan of his, and will miss him.:(

Happy Birthday to Goldie Hawn! I have always loved her; she's a living doll.

Happy Birthday to Rodney Dangerfield! You're the man and I miss you.:(

Happy Birthday to Jamie Lee Curtis! One of my favorite actresses and a first ballot Hall of Fame butterface.

Happy Birthday to Mark Ruffalo! He's an actor I really like, very underrated.

Happy Birthday to Scarlett!:kiss:

Screw the blade runner.

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 03:31 PM

Born on November 23rd:

Boris Karloff - He was an actor who is best remembered for his roles in horror films, and especially for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), which resulted in his immense popularity. His performance as "Frankenstein's Monster" was an inspiration for the Marvel comics character The Incredible Hulk. His best known non-horror role is as the Grinch, as well as the narrator, in the 1966 animated TV special of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. On Broadway, in the 1950s, he appeared as Jonathan Brewster, the murderous Brewster brother in the hit, "Arsenic and Old Lace". (His role, or the absence of him in it, was amusingly parodied in the film version.) He was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. In 1960, he was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to film and television.

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Harpo Marx - He was a comedian, actor, mime, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers, whose comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blonde wig, and never spoke during performances. (He blew a horn or whistled to communicate). He frequently used props such as a horn cane, made up of a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn, and he played the harp in most of his films. In 2002, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. As one of The Marx Brothers, he was voted the 62nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He is the brother of Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, and Gummo Marx.

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Harpo Marx on "I Love Lucy"

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Robert Towne - He is a Screenwriter, Producer, Director and Actor who is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown. He also wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplays The Last Detail and Shampoo, as well as the first two Mission Impossible films, and The Two Jakes, the sequel to Chinatown. He also has a "stellar reputation" in the motion-picture industry as an uncredited script doctor, having worked in this capacity on The Godfather, Bonnie and Clyde, The Parallax View, The Rock and on dozens of other Hollywood films. After working for years on a script of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, he grew dissatisfied with the production and credited his dog, P.H. Vazak, with the script. Vazak became the first dog nominated for an Oscar for screenwriting, but he did not fetch the award.

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Steve Landesberg - He was an Actor, Comedian, and Voice Actor who was best known for his role as the erudite, unflappable police detective Arthur P. Dietrich on the ABC sitcom "Barney Miller". From 1980-1982, he was nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for "Barney Miller".

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Steve Landesberg on "Barney Miller" - "Go away, Beverly is busy."

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David Rappaport - He was an English actor who was one of the best known dwarf actors in television and film. He is best known for his roles as "Randall", the ringleader of a motley group of time-traveling thieves in the movie Time Bandits, and as "Rinaldo", a circus dwarf who befriends Frankenstein's monster in The Bride. In 1990, he had been cast and began filming for the role of Kivas Fajo in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Most Toys". After a few days of filming, he attempted suicide over the weekend, and his role was promptly recast with Saul Rubinek. He later committed suicide, five days before the episode first aired. Rappaport's death, along with the accident that left Jack Purvis, his co-star, a quadriplegic, were the main reasons why Terry Gilliam decided to shelve the intended sequel to Time Bandits, as their characters were two of the most heavily featured in the original film.

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David Rappaport as the first Kivas Fajo in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Most Toys".

Michael Gough - He was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances. He is best known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman series. He was nominated twice for Tony Awards, in 1979 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Alan Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce", and in 1988 for Best Actor for Hugh Whitemore's "Breaking the Code", winning the award in 1979.

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Dominique Dunne - She was an actress who made appearances in several TV movies and series during the late 1970s and early 1980s, but she is best remembered as the older daughter, Dana Freeling, in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist. She was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, just nineteen days before her 23rd birthday. She was the sister of actor Griffin Dunne, and the daughter of novelist Dominick Dunne.

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Robin Roberts - TV Broadcaster who is the anchor of ABC's morning show "Good Morning America". From 1990-2005, she was a sportscaster on ESPN. In 2012, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Hall's class of 2012 for her contributions to and impact on the game of women's basketball through her broadcasting work and play. In 2013, she received Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs. In 2013, she received a Peabody Award for the ABC documentary "Robin's Journey", that followed her battle with rare blood disease myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Miley Cyrus - She is an Actress, Singer, and Songwriter who is best known as Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana". In 2007, her debut studio album "Meet Miley Cyrus" was certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeding four million shipments, and produced the hit single "See You Again". In 2008, she launched her film career as the voice of Penny in the animated film Bolt. She has had five non-consecutive number-one albums on the U.S. Billboard 200, two of which are soundtracks credited to her titular character Hannah Montana, and has earned numerous awards and nominations. In the 2011 Guinness World Records, she was named the "Most Charted Teenager" with twenty-nine Billboard Hot 100 entries as of November 2009. In 2013, she was declared "Artist of the Year" by MTV. Her father is country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

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Miley Cyrus - The Climb

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Bruce Hornsby - He is a Singer, Songwriter, and Musician who is known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances. From September 1990 to March 1992, he was a backup keyboard player for The Grateful Dead, playing at over 100 shows during that period. In 1984, he formed Bruce Hornsby and the Range, and he won a Grammy Award in 1987-Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and the Range. He has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, winning 4 awards including the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

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Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is

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Luis Tiant - He is a former Professional MLB Baseball Player who was a right-handed starting pitcher, primarily with the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. In the 1970s, he was known by the Red Sox Nation as "El Tiante". In his 19-season career, Tiant compiled a 229–172 record with 2416 strikeouts, a 3.30 ERA, 187 complete games, and 49 shutouts in 3,486.1 innings. In 1997, he was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. He also excelled in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. In parts of five seasons spanning from 1966–1982, he compiled 37 victories, 29 complete games, a 2.27 ERA, and in 1971, he threw a no-hitter. In 2009, he was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame.

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Jack McKeon - He is a former Major League Baseball manager who at age 80 in 2011, was the second oldest manager in major league history, behind only Connie Mack. From 1981 to 1990, he served as general manager of the Padres, forming the team which won the 1984 National League pennant. In 2003, he won a World Series with the Florida Marlins. In 1999 and 2003, he was named the National League Manager of the Year. Nicknamed "Trader Jack", he once traded his own son-in-law, Greg Booker, to another team. In 2012, he was inducted into the Fulton County Baseball & Sports Hall of Fame for his achievements with the Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers, in which he played for in 1950 and 1951 in Gloversville, New York

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Citizen Rules

11-23-14, 03:43 PM

cricket

11-23-14, 03:45 PM

Happy Birthday Luis Tiant and Boris Karloff!

Miley Cyrus sucks!

MoveSnatcher

11-23-14, 03:57 PM

Lold

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 04:07 PM

True story. Several years ago I was shopping at Wallmart with my wife. I kept seeing Hanna Montana merchandise everywhere. I say to my wife. "I hope that Hanna Montana is enjoying her fame, cause it can't last."

My wife laughs and tells me that Hanna Montana isn't a real person!....I had no idea that Hanna was a character!

The only reason that I know who Miley Cyrus is, is because her father is country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. He's best known for his song "Achy Breaky Heart", but that's not even close to being his best song.

Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
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Billy Ray Cyrus - Could've Been Me
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gbgoodies

11-23-14, 04:09 PM

Happy Birthday Luis Tiant and Boris Karloff!

Miley Cyrus sucks!

I just watched the 1966 animated version of The Grinch with Boris Karloff recently for the animation list. I hope he makes it on the MoFo list.

I'm not a fan of Miley Cyrus, but I've heard her song "The Climb" sung by other artists, and it's a great song.

Citizen Rules

11-23-14, 04:11 PM

When there was the first big buzz about Hanna Montana, I heard about her from a relatives preteen girls. So I just though she was real, like another Britney Spears. It was just too funny when after all that time my wife tells me, Hanna Montana isn't real!

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 04:13 PM

When there was the first big buzz about Hanna Montana. I heard about her from a relatives preteen girls. I just though she was real, like Britney Spears. It was just too funny when after all that time my wife is like, Hanna Montana isn't real!

If you want to see something really scary, try looking for a decent picture of her. I couldn't believe how bad at least half of the pictures of her were when I was looking for a pic for this thread. :eek:

Citizen Rules

11-23-14, 09:29 PM

HA! OK I did just search for Miley Cyrus:eek: What's the deal with tongue thing she's got goin' on:sick:

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 09:47 PM

HA! OK I did just search for Miley Cyrus:eek: What's the deal with tongue thing she's got goin' on:sick:

I have no idea, but some of those pictures are just nasty. :sick:

cricket

11-23-14, 09:51 PM

So I just looked up Stephen Geoffries to see what happened to him since starring in 2 of my favorite 80's movies-Fright Night and Heaven Help Us. It looks like he went the way of gay porn.

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 09:59 PM

So I just looked up Stephen Geoffries to see what happened to him since starring in 2 of my favorite 80's movies-Fright Night and Heaven Help Us. It looks like he went the way of gay porn.

Yeah, I read about Stephen Geoffries and his porn career, but I chose not to include that info here. I usually only try to include good things that these people do, and unless it's necessary, I try to avoid bad things like drugs, arrests, Razzie Awards, etc.

cricket

11-23-14, 10:26 PM

So that explains why you didn't mention that Miley Cyrus was a little tramp. Gotcha.

gbgoodies

11-23-14, 10:34 PM

So that explains why you didn't mention that Miley Cyrus was a little tramp. Gotcha.

Yeah. You would be amazed at how much bad stuff there is about a lot of celebrities. I don't like to tarnish anyone's good name, so I leave all that stuff out. I figure that they do a good enough job of ruining their own names without my help.

gbgoodies

11-24-14, 03:22 PM

Born on November 24th:

Geraldine Fitzgerald - She was an actress who appeared in many masterpieces of Hollywood's Golden Age, including Wuthering Heights and Dark Victory. In 1938, she made her Broadway debut with Orson Welles' Mercury Theater in their production of George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House". She received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Isabella, the wife of Laurence Olivier's Heathcliff in William Wyler's "Wuthering Heights". She was just 21 years older than Dudley Moore when she played his grandmother in the 1981 movie Arthur and the 1988 sequel Arthur 2: On the Rocks. She played Rodney Dangerfield's mother-in-law in the 1983 movie Easy Money. In 1982, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for "Mass Appeal". She was the mother of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, (Orson Welles was his biological father from a brief affair.) She was a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. In 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to television at 6353 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Howard Duff - He was an actor who, with his wife-at-the-time, actress Ida Lupino, were one of Hollywood's premiere film couples during the 1950s "Golden Age". In 1957, they starred together in the TV series "Mr. Adams and Eve". From 1946-1950, he performed on radio as Dashiell Hammett's popular private eye "Sam Spade". His film roles include The Naked City, All My Sons, and in 1979, he played Dustin Hoffman's attorney in the Oscar-winning drama Kramer vs. Kramer. In the 1980s, he appeared on NBC's "Flamingo Road", and the CBS shows "Knots Landing" and "Dallas". On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1623 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Katherine Heigl - She is an actress and producer who is best known for her role as Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens on ABC's medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" from 2005 to 2010. In 2007, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also co-starred as Isabel Evans in the TV series "Roswell". She has established herself as a cover model appearing on numerous publications including Maxim, Vanity Fair and Cosmopolitan. In 2008, she was voted as #1 in 2008's Askmen.com "Top 99 sexiest women in the world" poll. She shares a birthday with her "Roswell" co-star Colin Hanks.

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Colin Hanks - He is an actor who is best known for his role as Alex Whitman, the love interest of Katherine Heigl, in the science fiction series "Roswell". He also appeared as Henry Jones in "Band of Brothers", Travis Marshall in "Dexter", Officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo", and he co-starried in the 2010 short-lived Fox TV series "The Good Guys". In 2002, he starred in the film Orange County, and in 2005, he appeared in the remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to Jack Black's character. In 2014, he received a Critics' Choice nomination and an Emmy Award nomination for his role in "Fargo". He is the son of actor Tom Hanks. He shares a birthday with his "Roswell" co-star Katherine Heigl.

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Denise Crosby - She is an actress who is best known for her role as Security Chief Tasha Yar in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as well as Yar's own daughter, the half-Romulan Commander Sela. She is also known for several roles in the horror genre. In 1989, she played the mother of a dead toddler who was brought back to life through an ancient curse in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel Pet Sematary, and in 1991, she played a similar role of a mother who discovers her young daughter's doll is evil in the Child's Play clone Dolly Dearest. She is the paternal granddaughter of entertainer Bing Crosby. She was married to Geoffrey Edwards (son of director Blake Edwards and actress Julie Andrews) from 1983 to 1990. She is also a distant cousin of "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.

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Dwight Schultz - He is an actor who is best known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series "The A-Team", and as Reginald Barclay in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Voyager", and the film Star Trek: First Contact. He was cast in the recurring role of Reginald Barclay as the result of co-starring with Whoopi Goldberg in the movie The Long Walk Home. While working on the movie, he asked Goldberg to pass on his request to make an appearance on "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He is also well known in animation as the mad scientist Dr. Animo in the "Ben 10" series, Chef Mung Daal in the children's cartoon "Chowder", and Eddie the Squirrel in "CatDog".

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Stanley Livingston - He is an actor who is best known for playing Richard "Chip" Douglas, the third son of Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) on the long-running TV series "My Three Sons". He and MacMurray were the only two actors in the cast who appeared throughout the entire series. His younger brother Barry Livingston played his adopted brother Ernie in later seasons. He also appeared in several episodes of the TV show "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet".

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Billy Connolly - He is a Scottish Comedian, Musician, and Actor who is best known as a stand-up comedian who has offended people due to the use of bad language in his stand-up routines. In 2007 and 2010, he was voted the greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. In 2013, he topped the list on Channel 5's Greatest Stand-Up Comedians. As an actor, he has appeared in the movies The Boondock Saints, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and as the King of Lilliput in the 2010 film adaption of Gulliver's Travels, and as the voice of King Fergus in Pixar's Brave. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown.

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Brad Sherwood - He is an actor and comedian who is best known as a performer on the improvisational comedy show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" from 1998-2006. In 2005, he was a producer and performer on "Drew Carey's Green Screen Show".

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William F. Buckley - He was a conservative author and commentator who founded the political magazine National Review in 1955. From 1966 until 1999, he hosted the TV show "Firing Line". He also wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and numerous spy novels. He wrote over 50 books on writing, speaking, history, politics and sailing, including a series of novels featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes. In 1991, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H. W. Bush.

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Scott Joplin - He was an African-American Composer and Pianist who for his ragtime compositions. During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. His reputation as a composer rests on his classic rags for piano, including "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer", published from 1899 through 1909, and "Treemonisha", published at his own expense in 1911. Interest in Joplin and ragtime was stimulated in the 1970s by the use of his music in the Academy Award-winning score to the film The Sting. In 1976, he was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special award for music. In 1970, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1987, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. In 1992, he was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. He is pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Black Heritage USA series, issued 9 June 1983. In 1976, he was posthumously nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Score, music and lyrics, for "Treemonisha".

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Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

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Scott Joplin - The Entertainer

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Steve Yeager - He is a former MLB Baseball Player who spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his career, from 1972 through 1985, as a catcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986, he played for the Seattle Mariners. He helped the Dodgers to the World Series in 1974, 1977, 1978, and 1981. In the 1981 World Series, he shared the World Series Most Valuable Player award with teammates Pedro Guerrero and Ron Cey. Dodger trainer Bill Buhler invented and patented the catcher's throat protector, a device that hangs from the catcher's mask to protect the throat, after Yeager was injured in a potentially fatal accident with a broken bat in 1974. He is the nephew of legendary test-pilot Chuck Yeager.

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Todd Beamer - He was an American software salesman, and a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was one of the passengers who tried to reclaim the aircraft from the hijackers, leading them to crash it into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. According to accounts of cell phone conversations, Beamer, along with Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick formed a plan to take the plane back from the hijackers, ultimately deciding to storm the cockpit and take over the plane. Beamer tried to place a credit card call through a phone located on the back of a plane seat, but was routed to a customer-service representative, who passed him on to GTE airphone supervisor Lisa Jefferson. With FBI agents listening in on their call, Beamer informed Jefferson that hijackers had taken over United 93, that one passenger had been killed, as well as the pilot and co-pilot. Beamer told Jefferson that the group was planning to "jump on" the hijackers and fly the plane into the ground before the hijackers' plan could be followed through. Beamer recited the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm with Jefferson, prompting others to join in. Beamer requested of Jefferson, "If I don't make it, please call my family and let them know how much I love them". After this, Jefferson heard muffled voices and Beamer clearly answering, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll". These were Beamer's last words to Jefferson. When the plane crashed, it was twenty minutes of flying time away from its suspected target, the White House or the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. In 2002, the passengers of Flight 93, including Beamer, were posthumously awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. At the National 9/11 Memorial, Beamer and other passengers from Flight 93 are memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-68.

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Lucky Luciano - He was a Sicilian-born American mobster who was the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. He is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families, and the establishment of the first Commission. In 1998, Time magazine characterized Luciano as the "criminal mastermind" among the top 20 most influential builders and titans of the 20th century. On the day he died, he was supposed to meet a film producer to discuss making a movie about his life. He had already had a discussion previously with Dean Martin about making a movie where Frank Sinatra would play Luciano and Martin would also star, (although it's unclear what role Martin would've played).

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Ted Bundy - He was a serial killer who was regarded as handsome and charismatic by his young female victims, traits he exploited to win their trust. Shortly before his execution, after more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher. Although Bundy was only proven to be responsible for the deaths of 28 women, is it widely believed that he killed at least 33 women. According to Bundy himself in a taped confession, he killed more than 100 women. When he was told that he was believed to have killed 36 women in six different states, Bundy suggested that that they add a digit. He and true crime author Ann Rule worked together as volunteers at a suicide prevention hot line. Rule later wrote "The Stranger Beside Me" about Bundy.

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Citizen Rules

11-24-14, 03:57 PM

gbgoodies

11-24-14, 04:05 PM

Happy Birthday to Dennis Crosby, no relations to Bing. I liked Tasha Yar, I wish she would have staid on TNG. I never like her hair do.

And HBD to Dwight Schultz one of my favorite guest characters on Star Trek. He was great BTW in Babylon 5 and in the movie Fat Man and Little Boy as one of the developers of the A bomb, Oppenheimer

Actually, Denise Crosby is related to Bing Crosby. She is the granddaughter of Bing Crosby. Her father was singer Dennis Crosby, and his father was Bing Crosby.

Dwight Schultz is one of my favorite Star Trek guests also. He was also great in "The A-Team".

Citizen Rules

11-24-14, 04:15 PM

Wow, I did not know that she's the granddaughter of Bing, that's cool! Badallaboom

I never watched The A Team.

gbgoodies

11-24-14, 04:18 PM

Wow, I did not know that she's the granddaughter of Bing, that's cool! Badallaboom

I never watched The A Team.

You should definitely check out the first few seasons of "The A-Team". The last season isn't as good as the rest, but it's a cool show.

cricket

11-25-14, 12:00 AM

The A-Team made my television list:cool:

gbgoodies

11-25-14, 12:08 AM

The A-Team made my television list:cool:

It didn't make my list, but it's a great show. (It would have made hubby's list if he had made a TV list.)

gbgoodies

11-25-14, 01:18 PM

Born on November 25th:

John Larroquette - Actor who is best known as Dan Fielding on the sitcom "Night Court", (winning a then-unprecedented four consecutive Emmy Awards (1985-1988) for his role). He is also known for his roles as Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series "McBride", John Hemingway on "The John Larroquette Show", and Carl Sack in "Boston Legal". In 1989, he asked that his work on "Night Court" not be submitted for more Emmy consideration after his fourth consecutive win for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. At the time, four consecutive wins was a record. In 1998, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his guest appearance as "Joey Heric" on "The Practice", and in 2002, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for reprising the same role. In 2011, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the Broadway show "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying".

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John Larroquette as Dan Fielding on the sitcom "Night Court".

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John Larroquette as Klingon Officer Maltz in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Ricardo Montalban - Actor who is best known as Mr. Roarke in the TV series "Fantasy Island", as Khan Noonien Singh in the original "Star Trek" series (in the 1967 episode "Space Seed") and in the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and as a spokesman in automobile ads for Chrysler, including those in which he extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" used for the Cordoba's interior. In 1978, he won an Emmy Award for his role in the miniseries "How the West Was Won". In 1993, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild. On February 8, 1960, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Ricardo Montalban Classic Commercial

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Jeffrey Hunter - Actor who is best known for his roles as the sidekick to John Wayne's character in The Searchers, as Jesus Christ in the biblical film King of Kings, and as Capt. Christopher Pike in "The Cage", the original pilot episode of "Star Trek". He declined to film a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965, and decided to concentrate on motion pictures instead. The footage from the original pilot was later adapted into the series in a two-part episode called "The Menagerie". On February 8, 1960, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6918 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Billy Burke - Actor who is best known for his roles as Charlie Swan in the movie Twilight and its sequels, as Gary Matheson in the second season of "24", and as Miles Matheson in the NBC science-fiction series "Revolution".

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Billy Burke as Ari in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Second Skin".

Beverly Washburn - Actress who appeared as a young girl in NBC's "The Loretta Young Show", and as an older teenager in Loretta Young's 1962–1963 CBS family drama, "The New Loretta Young Show". She is also known for her role as Lisbeth Searcy in the 1957 Walt Disney film Old Yeller. She is known by Star Trek fans as Lieutenant Arlene Galway in the 1967 "Star Trek" episode "The Deadly Years".

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Beverly Washburn as a child in "Superman and the Molemen" (1951)

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Beverly Washburn as Lt. Galway in the "Star Trek" episode "The Deadly Years"

Noel Neill - Actress who is best known as Lois Lane in the film serials Superman (1948), and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), with Kirk Alyn portraying Superman/Clark Kent, and on the 1950s TV series "Adventures of Superman", with George Reeves portraying Superman/Clark Kent. She also had an uncredited role as Ella Lane, Lois Lane's Mother, in the 1978 movie Superman: The Movie, (with Kirk Alyn as Lois' father). She appeared in an episode of the TV series "Superboy", alongside her former castmate Jack Larson, who had played Jimmy Olsen on TV. In 2006, she played the role of Gertrude Vanderworth, (the dying elderly wife of Lex Luthor), in the movie Superman Returns. She retired from acting, and lives in Metropolis, Illinois.

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Noel Neill as Lois Lane with Kirk Alyn as Clark Kent

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Christina Applegate - Actress who is best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom "Married... with Children". She has also had roles in several films, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Hall Pass. In 1998, she won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series, and the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series, as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy for her role as the title character in the sitcom "Jessie". In 2002, she won an Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her guest appearance as Amy Green, Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) sister, in the "Friends" episode "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". In 2005, she won a Theatre World Award, and she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the Broadway show "Sweet Charity".

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Dougray Scott - Scottish actor who is best known for his roles as Prince Henry in Ever After, and as the villain Sean Ambrose in Mission: Impossible II (hand-picked by star Tom Cruise). He was cast as Wolverine in the movie X-Men, but he had to leave due to a schedule conflict, and he was replaced by Hugh Jackman. He was a frontrunner to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, but the role eventually went to Daniel Craig instead.

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Jill Hennessy - Actress who is best known for her roles as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid on "Law & Order" and as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh on "Crossing Jordan". She was a finalist for the role of Dana Scully on "The X-Files" that eventually went to Gillian Anderson. In 2007, she received a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

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Ben Stein - He is a writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. He has written and published 28 books, (7 novels, 21 non-fiction books). He was one of the creators of the TV series "Fernwood Tonight", he has made guest appearances in numerous movies and TV series, he appears in many TV commercials, and he was the host of two Comedy Central TV series, "Win Ben Stein's Money" and "Turn Ben Stein On".

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Larry Clemmons - He was a voice actor, animator and story supervisor who worked on many Disney movies. His first featured Disney credit was with The Reluctant Dragon, released in 1941. He is best known as the screenwriter for the Disney movies The Jungle Book, The AristoCats, Robin Hood, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!, The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound. He was a script writer for The Bing Crosby Radio Show in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Mark Frost - He is a novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer, who is best known as a writer for the TV series "Hill Street Blues", and as the co-creator, (with David Lynch), of the TV series "Twin Peaks". In the 1970's, he worked his way through college as a member of the production crew on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Fantastic Four, and he wrote the screenplay for the movie The Greatest Game Ever Played, based on his book of the same name.

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Jonathan Kaplan - He is a producer and director who is best known for the TV series "ER" and "Without a Trace". He also directed numerous movies including Over the Edge, Heart Like a Wheel, Project X, and The Accused. From 1999-2001, he received 5 Emmy nominations for directing and producing "ER". His film The Accused, earned actress Jodie Foster her first Oscar for Best Actress, and it was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. He directed several music videos, including Barbra Streisand's "Left in the Dark", Rod Stewart's "Infatuation", and John Mellencamp's "Rain on the Scarecrow", "Lonely Ole Night", "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.", and "Smalltown". He was a student of Martin Scorsese. He is the nephew of actor Van Heflin.

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John Kennedy Jr. - He was an American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher who was often referred to as "JFK Jr." or "John-John" in the press. He was the son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and the younger brother of Caroline Kennedy. He was the nephew of Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, who both served as father figures to him after his father's assassination, just before his third birthday. He worked as a New York City Assistant District Attorney for four years. In 1995 he launched George magazine, using his considerable political and celebrity clout to attract attention. On July 16, 1999, he died in the crash of a small plane he was piloting, along with his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her elder sister Lauren, on their way to a family wedding on Martha's Vineyard. His death caused a permanent change to be made in the premiere episode of Futurama. When it was originally aired, a character referred to "JFK Jr. Memorial Airport," a reference to New York's JFK Airport being named for his father. After his death, the reference was changed to "Radio City Mutant Hall". The salute a three year old John F. Kennedy Jr. gave at his father's funeral has become a defining image of the 1960s. It was described by the New York Daily News as touching "the heart of a grieving nation".

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Percy Sledge - He is a singer who is best known for R&B and soul music. In 1966, he recorded the single "When a Man Loves a Woman", which became an international top 40 hit that the RIAA has certified as gold. He got his start in the music business while working as an orderly in a local hospital. He was touring with a local band called the Esquires Combo on weekends, and working at the hospital during the week. A former patient at the hospital who knew both Sledge and local record producer Quin Ivy introduced them to each other. Ivy was impressed with Sledge's emotional style of singing and signed him to a recording contract. In 1989, he was an inaugural Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award honoree. In 1996, he was the recipient of the Blues Music Award for Best Soul/Blues Album of the Year with his record "Blue Night". In 2004, he was inducted into the Carolina Beach Music Hall Of Fame. In 2007, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman

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Amy Grant - She is a Singer, Songwriter, and Musician who is best known for performing Christian music. She has been called "The Queen of Christian Pop". She is the best-selling contemporary Christian music singer ever, having sold over 30 million albums worldwide. She has won six Grammy Awards, 25 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go Platinum. In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song, "The Next Time I Fall", a duet with Peter Cetera. Her 1988 album, "Lead Me On", was voted the #1 contemporary Christian music album of all time in a poll taken by CCM Magazine in their March issue of 2002. In 2005, she was honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the entertainment industry.

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Amy Grant - Baby, Baby

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Joe DiMaggio - He was a professinal MLB Baseball Center Fielder, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is best known for his 56-game hitting streak, from May 15 - July 16, 1941, a record that still stands. The day after his 56 game hitting streak ended, he started a second streak that lasted 16 games. Had he gotten a hit in game #57, he would have had a 73 game hitting streak! Les Brown's hit song "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" of the early forties was a tribute to DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak of 1941. He was a three-time MVP winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his career with the Yankees, the team won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. At the time of his retirement, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth in career slugging percentage (.579). In a poll taken during the baseball centennial year of 1969, he was voted the sport's greatest living player. In 1955, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. On April 13, 1998, he received the Sports Legend Award at the 13th annual American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame Awards Dinner in New York City. He is ranked No. 11 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and he was elected by fans to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. He was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe in the mid-1950s. He banned the Kennedys and Rat Packers from Marilyn Monroe's funeral, and he never remarried after her death.

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Joltin' Joe DiMaggio - Les Brown's 1941 Hit Record

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Bucky Dent - He is a former Major League Baseball Player and Manager who earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. He is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox at the end of the 1978 season. He was voted the World Series MVP in 1978 for having .417 Batting Average (10 for 24), 3 Runs, 1 Double, 7 RBI and 1 Walk. He was named to 3 American League All Star Teams. He was also a member of 1984 American League Western Division Champion Kansas City Royals team.

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Citizen Rules

11-25-14, 01:51 PM

gbgoodies

11-25-14, 02:13 PM

That's a lot of Bdays!

I never watched Night Court but I use to really like Fantasy Island. It ran right after Love Boat. I'm going to have to watch those two shows again. Of course Montalban was awesome as Khan, he has that theatrical trained projection like Richard Burton.

No disrespect to Capt Pike, but I'm glad he decided not to do the series. I liked him in The Cage but Shatner had a bigger range.

You should definitely watch "Night Court". It's as funny as "3rd Rock from the Sun". John Larroquette and Harry Anderson were my favorites from the show.

I like William Shatner as Capt. Kirk too, but it's sad to think that Jeffrey Hunter might still be alive today if he had decided to stay with "Star Trek". He left the show to focus on doing movies, and in 1969, he was injured on a movie set. That head injury led to a stroke and a fall. He hit his head and fractured his skull, causing his death. If he had stayed on "Star Trek" as Captain Pike, he wouldn't have been filming that movie, so he wouldn't have been injured, and he might still be alive today.

Citizen Rules

11-25-14, 02:44 PM

I knew Hunter had died young but didn't know the details. Sad.

You know when they first announced they were doing an Enterprise TV series. I thought it should be about Capt Pike and his crew.

cricket

11-25-14, 09:53 PM

Happy Birthday John Larroquette! He's best known by me as the guy spying on girls in the shower in Stripes.

Happy Birthday Percy Sledge! When a Man Loves a Woman is arguably the greatest love song if all time!

Happy Birthday Christina Applegate! Hope you're doing well.

cricket

11-25-14, 09:54 PM

Oh yea, f**k you Bucky Dent!

gbgoodies

11-25-14, 10:01 PM

cricket

11-25-14, 10:14 PM

Night Court was very good; I loved that Markie Post girl.

gbgoodies

11-25-14, 10:22 PM

Night Court was very good; I loved that Markie Post girl.

Markie Post was good, but Dan Fielding and Harry Stone were the funniest characters on the show, and Bull was pretty funny too.

cricket

11-25-14, 10:42 PM

I don't think I ever noticed a word she said

gbgoodies

11-26-14, 12:56 PM

Born on November 26th:

Charles M. Schulz - He was a cartoonist who is best known for the comic strip "Peanuts", which featured the characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown, among others. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited as a major influence by many later cartoonists. "Peanuts" made its first appearance on October 2, 1950, in seven newspapers. At its height, "Peanuts" was published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, in 21 languages. Over the nearly 50 years that "Peanuts" was published, Schulz drew nearly 18,000 strips. Unlike many other successful cartoonists, Schulz never used assistants in producing the strip; he refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him.". The first animated TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, aired in December 1965, and won an Emmy award. His favorite movie was Citizen Kane. He incorporated many references to the film in his strips over the years, and in one strip, Lucy cruelly spoils the ending for her younger brother. He was nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning the award in 1974 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming for the TV special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. In 1955 and 1964, he won the Reuben Award, comic art's highest honor. In 1962, he received the National Cartoonists Society's Humor Comic Strip Award. In 1978, he was named the International Cartoonist of the Year. On June 28, 1996, he was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, adjacent to Walt Disney's. He had a clause in his contract with United Features Syndicate that dictated that the "Peanuts" comic strip had to end with his death. The last original "Peanuts" strip was published on Sunday, February 13, 2000, just hours after Charles Schulz died in his sleep on the evening of Saturday, February 12, 2000. He was posthumously honored on May 27, 2000, by cartoonists of more than 100 comic strips, who paid homage to him and "Peanuts" by incorporating his characters into their comic strips on that date.

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Robert Goulet - He was a singer and actor who originated the role of Lancelot, (opposite Richard Burton and Julie Andrews), in the 1960 Broadway musical "Camelot", and made numerous appearances in Las Vegas. In 1968, he received a Tony award as Best Actor in a Musical for his role in "Happy Time". In 1962, he began a recording career with Columbia Records, which resulted in more than 40 best selling albums. He toured in several musicals, including "Camelot" as Sir Lancelot, "Man of La Mancha", Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific", and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". He also starred in a 1966 TV version of "Brigadoon", which won several Emmy Awards. He has performed at the White House for three presidents, as well as a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II. On June 11, 1975, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 2006, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

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Robert Goulet - If Ever I Would Leave You (Live)

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Rich Little - He is an impressionist and voice actor who was nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Voices" by voice actor Mel Blanc. He studied the voices of many stars, including James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Don Rickles, Dean Martin, Truman Capote and George Burns. In the late 1960s, he was dubbed "the best impressionist in the world". In 1973, he became associated with Dean Martin, and he made numerous appearances on the "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts", honoring most of the people he impersonated. In 1974, he was named the "Comedy Star of the Year" by the American Guild of Variety Artists. In 1998, he was inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. On July 27, 1983, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6372 Hollywood Blvd.

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Rich Little on "The David Letterman Show"

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Rich Little - Hollywood Musicals Medley on "The Muppet Show"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1db3Hwrnp38

Wayland Flowers - He was a puppeteer who was best known for the puppet act he created with his puppet Madame. His performances as "Wayland Flowers and Madame" were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s. His many TV appearances included "Laugh-In", a long run on the game show "Hollywood Squares" (replacing Paul Lynde in The Center Square), and in the 1982 sitcom, "Madame's Place".

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Wayland Flowers and Madame in Manhattan (Part 1)

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Charles Brackett - He was a novelist, screenwriter, and film producer who worked with director/writer Billy Wilder as his collaborator on 13 movies, including the 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard. He replaced Herman Mankiewicz as The New Yorker's theater critic in 1925, only to leave for Hollywood, as his predecessor had done, in 1929. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning the Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, and Titanic (1953), and in 1959, he received an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. From 1938-1939, he was president of the Screen Writers Guild. From 1949-1955, he was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Partners Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder with the star of Sunset Blvd., Gloria Swanson.

Eric Sevareid - He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, and thus dubbed "Murrow's Boys". He was the first to report the fall of Paris when it was captured by the Germans during World War II. He was the final journalist to interview Adlai Stevenson before his death. After a long and distinguished career, he followed in Murrow's footsteps as a commentator on the CBS Evening News for 12 years, for which he was recognized with two Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards.

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Tina Turner - She is a singer, dancer, actress, and author, whose career has spanned more than half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards. She has been called the most successful female rock artist, winning eight Grammy Awards and selling more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history. Her combined album and single sales total approximately 100 million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone ranked her # 63 on their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. She was listed at the 17th place on Rolling Stone's list "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". She was ranked #2 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock and Roll. In 1991, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Three of her recordings, "River Deep - Mountain High", "Proud Mary", and "What's Love Got to Do with It", are in the Grammy Hall of Fame. On August 28, 1986, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. She has also experienced success in films, including a role in the 1975 rock musical Tommy, a starring role in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and a cameo role in the 1993 film Last Action Hero.

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Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs

John McVie - He is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name. In 1967, he was a member of the band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood before they left to form the band Fleetwood Mac. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac. On October 10, 1979, Fleetwood Mac was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording, at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He also played bass guitar on Warren Zevon's Top 40 hit "Werewolves of London".

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Fleetwood Mac featuring Christine & John McVie - Say You Love Me - You Make Loving Fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qx1I0sqQfk

Joe Nichols - Country Music Singer who has released eight studio albums that have produced fourteen Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including the Number One singles "Brokenheartsville", "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off", "Gimmie That Girl", "Sunny and 75", and the RIAA-certified GOLD single "Yeah", as well as five other Top Ten entries. His 2002 album "Man with a Memory" earned him a Top New Male Vocalist Award from the Academy of Country Music, as well as three Grammy Award nominations, and platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2003, he received the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.

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Joe Nichols - Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2700em-JQ

Linda Davis - Country Music Singer who has recorded five studio albums for major record labels and more than 15 singles. Her highest chart entry is "Does He Love You", her 1993 duet with Reba McEntire, which reached number one on the Billboard country charts, and won both singers the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. Her highest solo chart position is "Some Things Are Meant to Be" at No. 13 in 1996. She is the mother of Hillary Scott, the co-lead singer of Lady Antebellum.

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Linda Davis and Reba McEntire - Does He Love You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUP9DnurODw

cricket

11-26-14, 01:25 PM

Happy Birthday Tina Turner and John Mcvie!

Miss Vicky

11-26-14, 02:29 PM

Happy Birthday John McVie!

gbgoodies

11-27-14, 04:53 AM

Born on November 27th:

Bruce Lee - He is considered the greatest martial artist of the 20th century. His first major U.S. project was the role of Kato in the TV series "The Green Hornet" in 1966. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. In 2014, he was voted as the Greatest Movie Fighter Ever by the Houston Boxing Hall Of Fame. On April 28, 1993, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. His death was considered to be under 'extraordinarily bizarre' circumstances by many experts. The theory of the 'Curse of Bruce Lee' carried over to the extremely bizarre death of his son, Brandon Lee, who was shot and killed during the filming of The Crow in 1993.

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Buffalo Bob Smith - He was best known as the co-creator and host of the children's show "Howdy Doody". The show was so popular that people gathered in the streets before appliance store windows to watch it. Before becoming nationally known for "The Howdy Doody Show", he was a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time. His last appearance was a live infomercial appearance to promote Howdy Doody Entertainment Memorabilia on July 3, 1998, on QVC.

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Bill Nye - He is a science educator who is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show "Bill Nye, the Science Guy", and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator. He designed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor which is used in Boeing 747s. He was a self proclaimed geek in high school. He wore a tie everyday, even when that aspect of the dress code was phased out. From 1996-2000, he was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for his TV show "Bill Nye, the Science Guy", winning 7 awards for writing and performing on the show.

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Gerrit Graham - He is an actor and songwriter who appeared in the films Used Cars, TerrorVision, and National Lampoon's Class Reunion. He worked with Brian De Palma in the movies Greetings, Hi, Mom, Home Movies, and Phantom of the Paradise, where he played flamboyant glam-rocker Beef. He has also appeared in two different roles on the Star Trek TV series; as the Hunter of Tosk on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and as a member of the Q Continuum (adopting the name Quinn) in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Death Wish". He was a writer for some of the Walt Disney Company's animation projects, including The Little Mermaid and The Prince and the Pauper. He was a writer on VH1's "Pop Up Video". He wrote the lyrics of the Grateful Dead song "Victim or the Crime" based on a tune by Bob Weir.

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James Avery - Actor who is best known as the patriarch, Judge Philip Banks in the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". His character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time". He also provided the voice of Shredder in the 1987 TV series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", as well as War Machine in the animated series "Iron Man", and Junkyard Dog in "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling".

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Jaleel White - Actor who is best known as Steve Urkel on the sitcom "Family Matters". The character, which was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance, was an instant hit with audiences and White became a regular cast member. He was ranked #37 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

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Curtis Armstrong - Actor who is best known for his portrayal as Booger in the movie Revenge of the Nerds, and as Herbert Viola on the TV series "Moonlighting". He played a character nicknamed Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, and a character called Snot in "American Dad!". He is also known for his famous line "Sometimes, you just gotta say, WTF!" in the movie Risky Business.

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Fisher Stevens - He is an actor, director, producer and writer who won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film The Cove, and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film Crazy Love. He co-starred with Matt Dillon in the 1984 hit comedy film The Flamingo Kid. He appeared as sidekick to Steve Guttenberg's character in the 1986 movie Short Circuit. In television he has performed in ABC's "Ryan's Hope", Showtime's "Tall Tales & Legends" and the CBS series "Early Edition". In addition, he has acted in and directed more than 50 stage productions.

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Steve Oedekerk - He is a comedian, director, editor, producer, screenwriter and actor who is best known for his collaborations with actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac, his series of "Thumbmation" shorts, and his film Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. He has written and directed films that have grossed over $1.9 billion in worldwide box office, including such blockbusters as Bruce Almighty, the Ace Ventura franchise, The Nutty Professor, and Patch Adams. He received an Academy Award nomination for his producing and creative leadership role on Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. He created "Thumbmation", the technology behind the series of Thumb Parody projects distributed worldwide on DVD and video by Image Entertainment. Kicking off the series was "Thumb Wars", followed by "Thumbtanic", "The Blair Thumb", "Bat Thumb", "Frankenthumb" and "The Godthumb".

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Robin Givens - Actress who is best known as Darlene Merriman in the ABC sitcom "Head of the Class". Her first marriage, to boxer Mike Tyson in 1988, drew considerable media attention as did their divorce the following year.

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Jimi Hendrix - He was a musician, singer, and songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". He was voted the 6th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. The footage of him playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the 1970 film Woodstock is one of the most studied pieces of musical film ever. In spite of his legendary status, he only had one #1 hit with "All Along the Watchtower". In 1992, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience). In 2005, he was posthumously inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. In 2007, he was posthumously awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. On November 14, 1991, he was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He died at 27 years old, making him a member of the "27 Club"; The 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians who died at the age of 27. Other members include The Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, singer Janis Joplin, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

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Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner (American National Anthem) - Live at Woodstock (1969)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzZh6-h9fM

Eddie Rabbitt - Country singer, songwriter, and musician who wrote hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970, and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. He helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions" and "Every Which Way but Loose". His duets "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" with Juice Newton, and "You and I" with Crystal Gayle, appeared on the soap operas "Days of Our Lives" and "All My Children". His most popular and successful songs include "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Drivin' My Life Away", "I Love a Rainy Night", "Step by Step", "I Wanna Dance With You", "American Boy", and "On Second Thought". In 1976, he had his first #1 country hit with "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)", and he went on to enjoy a steady succession of 26 #1 country hits from 1976 to 1989. In 1977, he was named Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music Awards. In 1981, he won an American Music Award for Best Male Pop Vocalist. He was also a fan of "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and he paid a visit to the set during the show's fifth season in 1991-92.

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Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXXn8sANoj4

Eddie Rabbitt - Two Dollars In The Jukebox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-C2Pt_94io

Erik Menendez - The younger of the Menendez brothers who are known for their conviction in 1994 for the shotgun murders of their wealthy parents, entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Mary "Kitty" Menendez of Beverly Hills, California, in 1989. They were found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Erik Menendez with his brother Lyle.

cricket

11-27-14, 10:17 AM

Happy Birthday to 2 legends-Bruce Lee and Jimi Hendrix!!!

Also, Happy Birthday to Eddie Rabbit, sorry I screwed you in the country music tournament.

gbgoodies

11-28-14, 07:11 PM

Born on November 28th:

Joe Dante - He is a director, producer, editor and actor who is best known for the movies Gremlins, Explorers, Innerspace, The 'Burbs, Small Soldiers, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. He edited Ron Howard's directorial debut, the 1977 film Grand Theft Auto, and he co-wrote the original story for the 1979 movie Rock 'n' Roll High School. His films often mix fantastical storylines with comedic elements. He is a major fan of Fifties science fiction films, and often contains references to them in his movies.

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Ed Harris - Actor who is best known for his performances in Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, and Gone Baby Gone. He is a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, and The Hours, and an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor for his role in Pollock. In 1986, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Precious Sons".

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Jon Stewart - He is a political satirist, writer, producer, director, TV host, actor, media critic, and stand-up comedian who is best known as the host, writer and co-executive producer of "The Daily Show", a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central. He won 20 Emmy Awards and has an additional 22 Emmy Award nominations for his work on "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report". In 2004, he was voted the second funniest person in America by Entertainment Weekly.

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Gloria Grahame - Actress who is best known for her roles as Violet in the 1946 classic film It's a Wonderful Life, and as Ado Annie in the 1955 musical Oklahoma!. She received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire, and she won this award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful. She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear, Human Desire, and The Big Heat. In 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6522 Hollywood Boulevard for her contribution to the motion picture industry.

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Hope Lange - She was an award-winning film, stage, and television actress. In 1958, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the film Peyton Place. In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir".

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Judd Nelson - Actor who is best known for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, and Alec Newbary in St. Elmo's Fire. He was one of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat pack", along with Andrew McCarthy, Mare Winningham, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. He is also known for his roles as Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, Nick Peretti in New Jack City and Jack Richmond in "Suddenly Susan". In 1988, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series for "Billionaire Boys Club".

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Scarlett Pomers - She is an actress and singer, songwriter who is best known for her roles as Naomi Wildman on the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager", and Kyra Hart on the TV series "Reba". She has received five Young Artist Awards including the 1999 award for "Best Supporting Young Actress in a Drama Series" for her role in "Star Trek: Voyager". She has also been nominated four times for the Young Artist award for 'Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress' for her performance in "Reba". She was the youngest recurring character on "Star Trek: Voyager", and the second youngest recurring character in the entire franchise.

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S. Epatha Merkerson - Actress who is best known for her role as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the long-running TV series "Law & Order". She appeared in 391 episodes of the series, more than any other cast member. She has won a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Obie Award and four NAACP Image Awards. She has also received two Tony Award nominations.

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Alexander Godunov - He was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor, whose defection caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and the Soviet Union. One of his classmates and friends at the Riga State Ballet School was Mikhail Baryshnikov. From 1979-1982, he danced with the American Ballet Theater, which was at the time being run by his childhood friend and former classmate Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is also known as an actor for his roles as the Amish farmer Daniel in Witness, and as the German terrorist Karl in Die Hard.

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Paul Shaffer - He is a musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick since 1982. He has served as musical director and producer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria since its inception in 1986. He was part of the group Northern Lights who sang the song "Tears Are Not Enough" which was on the "We Are The World" album. He recorded the famous synthesizer solo in the 1982 hit "Goodbye to You" by the band Scandal. In 2006, he received a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

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Berry Gordy - He is a record producer, and songwriter who is best known as the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries. He signed such artists as Mary Wells, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Commodores, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. In 1988, he sold Motown Records to MCA for $61 million. In 1988, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Non-Performer). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 2013, he received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award. He is the first living individual to receive the honor.

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Randy Newman - He is a singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, pop songs, and for film scores. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, James and the Giant Peach, Cats Don't Dance, Meet the Parents, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored seven Disney-Pixar films including the Toy Story movies, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Cars, and Monsters University. He has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning twice. He has also won three Emmys, six Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy. In 2002, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was inducted as a Disney Legend. In 2013, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Randy Newman - It's A Jungle Out There ("Monk" Theme Song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Be5a86uA

Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me (from Toy Story):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4uiiy0qgA

Gary Hart - Politician who served as a U.S. Senator representing Colorado (1975–1987), and sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1984 and 1988. He currently is the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland appointed to the post in October 2014. He is also and author who has written 15 nnon-fiction books, and 5 novels. In January 2000, Hart revealed that he is the political thriller writer John Blackthorn, whose books include "Sins of the Fathers" and "I, Che Guevara".

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Anna Nicole Smith - She was a model, actress, and TV personality who first gained popularity in Playboy, winning the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for clothing companies, including Guess jeans and Lane Bryant.

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gbgoodies

11-29-14, 07:06 AM

Born on November 29th:

Busby Berkeley - He was a director and music choreographer who devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. From 1936-1938, he was nominated for three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Dance Direction, for Gold Diggers of 1935, Gold Diggers of 1937, and Varsity Show. In 1988, he was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame.

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Tribute to Busby Berkeley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIO9y1xMPIA

Joel Coen - He is a writer, producer, and director, and the brother of Ethan Coen. He was ranked #88 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with his brother Ethan Coen. They had been ranked #92 in 2002. He and his brother Ethan Coen have had final cut on all of their films since Blood Simple in 1984, their debut film. As of 2008, he joined (along with his brother Ethan Coen) the prestigious group of individuals to have won Oscars for writing, directing and producing in the same year, for the film No Country for Old Men. Their film No Country for Old Men won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, all of which were received by the Coens, as well as Best Supporting Actor received by Javier Bardem. Their film Fargo received several awards, including a BAFTA award and Cannes award for direction, and two Oscars: an Best Original Screenplay and an Best Actress Oscar for Frances McDormand. Their movie A Serious Man was nominated for the Oscars for Best Picture as well as Best Original Screenplay. Their movie True Grit (2010) was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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Louisa May Alcott - She was a novelist who is best known as the author of the novel "Little Women", and its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys". She is pictured on the 5¢ US postage stamp in the Famous American/Authors series, issued on February 5, 1940. In 1996, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

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C.S. Lewis - He was a novelist and poet who was best known for his seven-book series, "The Chronicles of Narnia". He also wrote the Science Fiction Trilogy "The Space Trilogy", and the Christian literature, " Mere Christianity", "Miracles", and "The Problem of Pain". He based Ransom, the main character in two of the works in his "Perlandra" trilogy, after his friend J.R.R. Tolkien. His speech patterns, and some aspects of his personalities, were the basis for the character of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He died on November 22, 1963, the same day as President John F. Kennedy.

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Joel Surnow - He is a TV writer and producer who is best known for being the co-creator of the action series "La Femme Nikita" and "24". He was also the supervising producer and writer for "The Equalizer", executive story editor on the first season of "Miami Vice", and he has written scripts for a number of other TV series, including "Nowhere Man" and "Wiseguy". He has been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards, winning the award in 2004 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and in 2006 for Outstanding Drama Series for "24".

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John Alexander - He was an actor who is best known for his role as Teddy Brewster-, the son who thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt, in Arsenic and Old Lace, a part he played both on stage and in the movie. He went on to play the "real" Roosevelt in the 1950 Bob Hope comedy Fancy Pants. Among his other notable film roles, he played Steve Edwards in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mr. McComber in Summer Holiday, Jack Riker in Winchester '73, and Howard Shipley in The Marrying Kind.

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Diane Ladd - She is an actress who has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, in miniseries, and in feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose, Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, and 28 Days. She won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, and she has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is the mother of actress Laura Dern, by her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. All three of her Oscar-nominated movies (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, and Rambling Rose), also starred her daughter Laura Dern. Hers and her daughter's (Laura Dern) Oscar nominations for Rambling Rose mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received Oscar nominations for the same movie. In 1993, she appeared in the film Carnosaur, the same year that her daughter, Laura Dern, appeared in another dinosaur film, Jurassic Park. She is a distant cousin of playwright Tennessee Williams. On November 1, 2010, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Anna Faris - She is an actress who is best known for her comedic roles in the Scary Movie film series, Lost in Translation, The House Bunny, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Yogi Bear. On TV, she has played the role of Christy Plunkett on the CBS sitcom "Mom" since 2013, and ahe appeared as Erica in the final season of the NBC sitcom "Friends". She is married to actor Chris Pratt.

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Andrew McCarthy - He is an actor, award-winning travel writer, and TV director who is best known for his roles in the 1980s films St. Elmo's Fire, Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie's, Pretty in Pink, and Less Than Zero. He was one of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat pack", along with Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. Since the mid-2000s, he has had a second career as a travel writer for such publications as National Geographic Traveler, Travel+Leisure, Afar, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, The New York Times, Men's Journal, and Slate, among others. In 2010, the Society of American Travel Writers awarded McCarthy their Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism prize, and named him Travel Journalist of the Year.

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Don Cheadle - He is an actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina in the 2004 genocide drama film Hotel Rwanda. In 2013, he won a Golden Globe Award for his role as Marty Kaan on the Showtime sitcom "House of Lies". He is also known for his role as D.A. John Littleton in the TV series "Picket Fences", as Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes in the movies Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3, and as Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack.

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Tom Sizemore - He is an actor who is best known for his supporting roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat, Strange Days, Pearl Harbor, True Romance, and Natural Born Killers. He is featured in the longest "walk 'n talk" scene in movie history, as "Jack Scagnetti" in Natural Born Killers. In 2000, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the TV movie Witness Protection. He is also known for voicing Sonny Forelli in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City".

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Jeff Fahey - He is an actor who is best known for his starring role in the 1992 movie The Lawnmower Man, and his roles as Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series "Lost", and Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on "The Marshal". In 1986, he guest starred on the Season 3 premiere of "Miami Vice" as gun dealer "Eddie Kaye", famously destroying Detective Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona. He appeared in the Broadway revival of "Brigadoon," toured with "Oklahoma," performed in Paris in "West Side Story" and in London in "Orphans" with Albert Finney.

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gbgoodies

11-29-14, 07:09 AM

Comedians, Singers, Musicians, Athletes, etc. born on November 29th:

Garry Shandling - He is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director who is best known for his work in "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show". He began his career writing for sitcoms such as "Sanford and Son" and "Welcome Back, Kotter". In 1986, he created "It's Garry Shandling's Show", for the pay cable channel Showtime, which was nominated for four Emmy Awards (including one for Shandling) and lasted until 1990. His second show, "The Larry Sanders Show", which began airing on HBO in 1992, was even more successful. He was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show, and won in 1998, along with Peter Tolan, for writing the series finale. During his three-decade career, he has been nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, along with many other awards and nominations.

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Howie Mandel - He is a comedian, actor, TV host, and voice actor who is best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere", as host of the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal", and as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent". He is also known for being the creator and star of the Emmy-nominated children's animated series "Bobby's World". He was also the voice of Gizmo in the 1984 hit Gremlins and its 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch. He has mysophobia, (an irrational fear of germs), to the point that he does not shake hands with anyone, including contestants on "Deal or No Deal", unless he is wearing latex gloves. On September 4, 2008, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, he received a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

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Howie Mandel's First TV Appearance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtm1N4NV2zk

Chuck Mangione - He is a flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good". Since 1960, he has released more than thirty albums, and he won two Grammy Awards: one in 1977 for Best Instrumental Composition for "Bellavia", and another in 1979 for Best Pop Instrumental performance for the soundtrack for the film The Children of Sanchez. His composition "Chase the Clouds Away" was used at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, Quebec. His composition, "Give It All You Got," was used as the theme to the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, held in Lake Placid, New York. In 1981, he composed and performed the theme for The Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds.

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Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good:

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Merle Travis - He was a country music singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known for his "Travis Picking" style of guitar playing, which is a great accompanimental style for country, folk and ragtime music amongst other styles. He wrote the hit songs "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)". In 1970, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1977, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pfVvqLM_e4

Merle Travis - Cannonball Rag

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Vin Scully - He is a sportscaster who is best known as the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. His 65 seasons with the Dodgers (1950–present) is the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second by one year to only Tommy Lasorda in terms of number of years with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. He was the inspiration behind Chris Carter's decision to name Gillian Anderson's character "Dana Scully" on "The X-Files". From 1975 to 1982, he announced the televised National Football League games for CBS Sports. From 1975 to 1982, he was part of the team that covered the Masters tennis tournament for CBS. In 1977, he began his first of two stints calling baseball for CBS Radio, broadcasting the All-Star Game through 1982, and the World Series from 1979 to 1982. From 1983 to 1989, he is probably best remembered as NBC television's lead baseball broadcaster, calling the Saturday Game of the Week for NBC, three World Series (1984, 1986, and 1988), four National League Championship Series (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989), and four All-Star Games (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989). In 1982, he received baseball's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters. In 1992, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was ranked #1 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Mariano Rivera - He is a former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. He spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. He is a thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion who is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). He won five American League (AL) Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times. In 2013, the Yankees retired his uniform number 42; he was the last major league player to wear the number full-time, following its league-wide retirement in honor of Jackie Robinson. He is considered to be a strong candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame once he is eligible.

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Howard Johnson - He is a former Major League Baseball switch hitting third baseman nicknamed "HoJo". From 1982 to 1995, he played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs. He is third on the Mets' all-time lists for home runs, runs batted in, doubles, and stolen bases. He was a member of 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers team, the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets team, and the 1988 National League Eastern Division Champion New York Mets team. He was named to 1989 and 1991 National League All Star Teams. He won the 1989 and 1991 National League Silver Slugger Awards at Third Base. On October 1, 1991, he stole his 30th base becoming only the second player, after Bobby Bonds, to join the 30–30 club in three different seasons.

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Minnie Minoso - He is a Cuban American former baseball player in Negro League and Major League Baseball. He began his career as an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans, and later was signed by the Cleveland Indians as baseball's color line slowly fell. As a rookie in 1951, he was the first Black Cuban in the major leagues. He was a seven-time All-Star left fielder following his trade to the Chicago White Sox. In the 1950s, he led the American League (AL) in triples and stolen bases three times each, and in hits, doubles and total bases once each. As a defensive standout, he led AL left fielders in assists six times and in putouts and double plays four times each, and was awarded three Gold Glove Awards. In 1983, the White Sox retired his number 9. He got his last base hit for the Chicago White Sox in 1976 at the age of 53. He was the last active major leaguer to have played in the Negro Leagues.

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Suzy Chaffee - She is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and actress. She is perhaps best known by the nickname, Suzy Chapstick, from the 1970s, when she was a spokesperson for ChapStick lip balm. At age 19, she tried out for, and won a spot on, the first US Ski Team. She finished fourth in the downhill at the 1966 World Championships. From 1971-1973, she was a three-time world freestyle skiing champion. In 1988, she was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame.

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cricket

11-30-14, 12:24 AM

Howie Mandel used to be a riot doing standup

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 12:27 AM

Howie Mandel used to be a riot doing standup

I have a couple of his old stand-up comedy specials on DVD, and they're hysterical.

mark f

11-30-14, 12:38 AM

Vin Scully's voice is probably one of my oldest memories. As a small child, I fell asleep listening to Dodgers games on the transistor radio. :)

Citizen Rules

11-30-14, 12:36 PM

I miss a couple days of reading here and I miss a lot!

Huge Happy Birth Day to a local homeboy, Jimi Hendrix. When I was growing up the Seattle radio rock stations played tons of Hendrix. It's a given he's a legend around my neck of the woods. I've heard his father interviewed on local radio, speaking about his son. You could hear the pride in his voice.

If anybody is interested in 1960s rock, a great Indy film is My Dinner With Jimi. I see it's rated low at IMDB...well those guys are idiots:mad: The actor who played Jimi Hendrix nailed his performance, heart and soul. I should make that movie one of my 10 favorites.

Citizen Rules

11-30-14, 12:45 PM

Oh, oh and I missed two favorites. Gloria Grahame and she was great in Crossfire too.
and Busby Berkeley I have the 3 Set of his early musical movies and 42nd Street is one of my top 10.

And I missed the other Q I liked him and that episode too....and Naomi Wildman...she grew up. I remember when she was just a kid... ugh that makes me feel old. Time flys.

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 02:26 PM

Born on November 30th:

Mark Twain - He was an American author and humorist who is best known for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and its sequel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is often called "the Great American Novel". He is pictured on the 10¢ US postage stamp (as Samuel L. Clemens) in the Famous American/Authors series, issued February 13, 1940. His character Tom Sawyer was honored by an 8¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the American Folklore series, issued October 13, 1972. He is pictured on a nondenominated ('forever') USA commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued June 25, 2011. (The price on day of issue was 44¢.) In 1982, he was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. In 1998, he was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. He was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet in 1835, and he predicted that he would "go out with it", too. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return in 1910. On December 4, 1985, the United States Postal Service issued a stamped envelope for "Mark Twain and Halley's Comet", noting the connection with Twain's birth, his death, and the comet.

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Dick Clark - He was an American radio and TV personality, as well as a cultural icon, who was best known for hosting "American Bandstand" from 1957 to 1987, and for hosting the game show "Pyramid" and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations. He was also well known for his trademark sign-off, "For now, Dick Clark - so long!", accompanied with a military salute. As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock & roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists, including Ike and Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads and Simon & Garfunkel, their first exposure to national audiences. Due to his perennial youthful appearance, he was often referred to as "America's oldest teenager". As a businessman, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Dick Clark Productions. He also founded the American Bandstand Diner, a restaurant chain modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe. In 1973, he created and produced the annual American Music Awards show, similar to the Grammy Awards. He has received several notable awards including four Emmy Awards, the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994, and the Peabody Award in 1999. In 1976, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, In 1990, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Broadcasting Magazine Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

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Chris Claremont - He is a comic book writer and novelist who is best known for his 16-year (1975–1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than any other writer. He is credited with developing strong female characters, and with introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning the once underachieving comic into one of Marvel’s most popular series. He co-created numerous important X-Men characters, such as Rogue, Psylocke, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Mystique, Lady Mastermind, Emma Frost, Siryn, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Madelyne Pryor, Sabretooth, Strong Guy, Mister Sinister, Captain Britain and Gambit. He wrote many classic stories, including "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past", on which he collaborated with John Byrne. He developed the character of Wolverine into a fan favorite. According to the Guinness World Records, X-Men #1, the 1991 spinoff series premiere that Claremont co-wrote with Jim Lee, is the best-selling comic book of all time. Three of the stories he created for the "X-Men" comic book have also been adapted for the film series. "God Loves, Man Kills" became X-Men 2. Elements of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" were used for both X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. The movie X-Men: Days of Future Past was based on his story of the same name. The latter two stories were also both adapted for the "X-Men" animated series.

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Ridley Scott - He is a director and producer whose best-known works are the sci-fi classics Alien and Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Best Picture Oscar-Winner Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster, Robin Hood, and Prometheus. He is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style, which has influenced many other directors. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down), plus two Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his "services to the British film industry". In 2007, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In 2011, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is the older brother of the late director and producer Tony Scott.

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Ridley Scott directing Harrison Ford in Blade Runner

Terrence Malick - He is a director, screenwriter, and producer who is best known for his films Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World, The Tree of Life, and To the Wonder. He has received consistent praise for his work and has been regarded as one of the greatest living filmmakers. After Days of Heaven (1978), it was a full 20 years before he directed his next film, The Thin Red Line (1998). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life, and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Thin Red Line. He won the Golden Bear Award at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival for The Thin Red Line, the Palme d'Or at the 64th Cannes Film Festival for The Tree of Life, and the SIGNIS Award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival for To the Wonder. In 2007, he was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin, Texas. He is famously protective of his private life. His contracts stipulate that his likeness may not be used for promotional purposes, and he routinely declines requests for interviews.

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David Mamet - He is a playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, he won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Speed-the-Plow". As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict and Wag the Dog. His film House of Games won Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 1987 Venice Film Festival, and "Film of the Year" for the 1989 London Critics Circle Film Awards. He has also written the screenplays for such films as The Verdict, directed by Sidney Lumet, The Postman Always Rings Twice, directed by Bob Rafelson, The Untouchables directed by Brian De Palma, Hoffa, Ronin, Wag The Dog, The Edge, and Hannibal. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award, and four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards. In 2005, he received the Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement at the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards.

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Jonathan Swift - He was a satirist, essayist, poet and writer who is best known as the author of the novel "Gulliver's Travels". He is also remembered for his other works including "A Modest Proposal", "A Journal to Stella", "Drapier's Letters", "The Battle of the Books", "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity", and "A Tale of a Tub". George Orwell named him as one of the writers he most admired. A crater on Mars's moon Deimos is named Swift crater, after Jonathan Swift, who predicted the existence of the moons of Mars.

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gbgoodies

11-30-14, 02:32 PM

Born on November 30th (Part 2):

Mandy Patinkin - He is an actor, tenor singer, voice artist, and comedian who is best known for his portrayal of Inigo Montoya in the 1987 movie The Princess Bride, and his roles in several TV series including "Chicago Hope", "Dead Like Me", "Criminal Minds", and "Homeland". His other film credits include Alien Nation, Yentl, Dick Tracy, and Wish I Was Here. He is a noted interpreter of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim, and he is known for his work in musical theater, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in "Sunday in the Park with George", and Ché in the original Broadway production of "Evita". In 1980, he won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for playing Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in Broadway's "Evita". He was also nominated twice as Best Actor (Musical): in 1984 for Broadway's "Sunday in the Park with George", and in 2000 for Broadway's "The Wild Party". He says that, of all the roles he's played in his career, "Inigo Montoya" from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride is his absolute favorite.

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Princess Bride Sword Fight

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"Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya"

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Robert Guillaume - He is a stage and TV actor who is best known for his role as Benson on the TV series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson", for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and as Isaac Jaffe on the TV show "Sports Night". In a career that has spanned more than 50 years he has worked extensively on stage (including a Tony Award nomination), television (including winning two Emmy Awards), and film. There was some controversy when he replaced the original Phantom (Michael Crawford) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera". Some tickets were returned to protest his selection as lead actor, even before his first performance. His run was still popular with audiences and critics. In 1977, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award a Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of "Guys and Dolls". In 1979, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series for the series "Soap". In 1985, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Comedy Actor for "Benson". He was the first African-American actor to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. In 1995, he received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for The Lion King read-along book, which he narrates in the voice of Rafiki. He received a Star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

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Richard Crenna - He was an actor and occasional director who starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Un Flic, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, the remake of Sabrina and The Flamingo Kid. He played Walter Denton in the CBS radio network and CBS-TV network series "Our Miss Brooks", Luke McCoy in the TV series, "The Real McCoys", and Dr. Sam Quinn in the TV sitcom "It Takes Two". He was twice nominated for Emmy Awards for his acting in the TV series "Slattery's People". In 1965, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best TV Star - Male". He won an Emmy Award, and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for his performance as the main character in the movie The Rape of Richard Beck. On May 23, 1988, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - He was an actor who was best known for his starring roles in the TV series "The F.B.I." and "77 Sunset Strip". He was also known as the recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series "Maverick", and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in "Batman: The Animated Series" and its associated spin-offs. He also voiced Doctor Octopus from the 1990s "Spider-Man" animated series, and Justin Hammer from the second season of 1994 "Iron Man" animated series. In 1959, he was awarded the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer – Male". In 1985, He had a recurring role in the TV series "Remington Steele", which starred his daughter, Stephanie Zimbalist. The Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation honored his character Lewis Erskine from "The F.B.I." with a set of retired credentials. On June 8, 2009, FBI Director Robert Mueller presented Zimbalist with a plaque of an Honorary Special Agent for his work on the TV series "The F.B.I.", on which he worked in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and his friend J. Edgar Hoover. He was nominated for two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. On February 1, 1994, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7095 Hollywood Blvd.

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Virginia Mayo - She was an actress and dancer who was best known for a series of comedic films with Danny Kaye. In the late 1940s, she was Warner Brothers biggest box office money maker. She got some of the best reviews of her career as Verna, the scheming, cheating wife of homicidal killer Cody Jarrett, (played by James Cagney), in the gangster film White Heat. She also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie The Best Years of Our Lives. She was once termed "the most beautiful blonde in the world", and her beauty so impressed the Sultan of Morocco that seeing her was "tangible proof of the existence of God". On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street.

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Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting - She is an actress who is best known for her roles as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules", Billie Jenkins on the final season of the supernatural drama series "Charmed", and Penny on the CBS comedy series "The Big Bang Theory", for which she won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2013 and a People's Choice Award in 2014. She did Barbie ads when she was younger. She was a nationally ranked amateur tennis player until she switched to acting full time in 2002. In October 2014, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6621 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Ben Stiller - He is an actor, producer, director, writer, and comedian who is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Throughout his career he has written, starred in, directed, and/or produced more than 50 films, including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zoolander, There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, DodgeBall, Tropic Thunder, the Madagascar series, and Night at the Museum, and its sequels. In addition, he has had multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films. His films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. He has received multiple awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, multiple MTV Movie Awards, and a Teen Choice Award. He is a member of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell, Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson. He is a big fan of "Star Trek", and he named his production company "Red Hour Films" after an alien riot featured in the original "Star Trek" episode "The Return of the Archons".

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Elisha Cuthbert - She is an actress who is best known for her TV roles as Kim Bauer on the Fox action-thriller series "24", and as Alex Kerkovich on the ABC comedy series "Happy Endings". She has appeared in such films as Airspeed, Love Actually, Old School, The Girl Next Door, House of Wax (2005), and Captivity. She began her career as the co-host of the Canadian children's TV series "Popular Mechanics for Kids". In 1996, she first appeared on the TV show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", and in 1999, she became a regular in the role of Megan. In 2001, she won a Gemini Award for her performance in the Canadian TV movie Lucky Girl, Canada's equivalent of an Emmy Award.

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Jessalyn Gilsig - She is an actress who is best known for her roles as Lauren Davis in the TV series "Boston Public", as Gina Russo in "Nip/Tuck", and as Will Schuester's wife/ex-wife, Terri Schuester, in "Glee". She is currently appearing as Siggy, on the History Channel series "Vikings". She received her theatrical training at the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. She began her career as a voice actress doing voices in the films Mascarade and The Journey Home, and the TV shows "The Little Flying Bears", "Young Robin Hood" and "Gulliver's Travels".

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Martin E. Brooks - He is a character actor who is best known for playing scientist Dr. Rudy Wells in the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and its spin-off, "The Bionic Woman". In the fall of 1977, Brooks and Richard Anderson (as Oscar Goldman) became the first actors to portray the same characters as regulars simultaneously on two different networks. (NBC picked up "The Bionic Woman" after the series had been cancelled by ABC, but ABC continued to air "The Six Million Dollar Man".) His other TV roles include Ted Burton in "Knots Landing", Mike Snow in "Hunter", Dr. Arthur Bradshaw in "General Hospital", Deputy D.A. Chapman in "McMillan & Wife", and Edgar Randolph in "Dallas".

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gbgoodies

11-30-14, 02:35 PM

Comedians, Singers, Athletes, Politicians, etc. born on November 30th:

Colin Mochrie - He is a Scottish-born Canadian actor and improvisational comedian who is best known for his appearances on the British and U.S. versions of the TV improvisation show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". He had a recurring role on "The Drew Carey Show" as "Eugene Anderson". He has been used many times as a star of or for cameo appearances in many internet flash videos, and at one point, he was appearing regularly on six different television shows at the same time. The "Hollywood Director" skit on the TV show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", in which Colin always plays the improv director of the other characters, is a reference to his real-life role of directing the touring company at Second City Toronto, which he's done since 1996. He has been nominated for five Canadian Comedy Awards, and has won two including 'Television - Pretty Funny Male Performance' in 2001, and 'Television - Pretty Funny Writing, Special or Episode' in 2003 for "This Hour Has 22 Minutes: New Year's Eve Special". He has also won a Gemini Award and a Writers Guild of Canada award for "This Hour Has 22 Minutes".

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The Very Very Best Of Colin Mochrie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg10BwG0B-s

Allan Sherman - He is a comedian and song parodist, whose humor albums, (including "My Son, the Folksinger" and "Allan in Wonderland"), were best-sellers during the 1960's. He had a top-ten hit in 1963 with "Hello, Muddah! Hello, Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)". His 1962 album "My Son, the Folk Singer" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He was the original creator and producer of "I've Got a Secret", which ran almost two decades, and Jackie Gleason's game show fiasco "You're in the Picture", which ran for only one week. He guest-hosted "The Tonight Show" episode with the first apperance of a 25 year old Bill Cosby, and he was involved in the production of Bill Cosby's first three albums. In 1971, Sherman was the voice of "Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat" for the television special. He also did voice work for "Dr. Seuss on the Loose", his last project before his death. He was said to be one of then-President John F. Kennedy's favorite comedians. Kennedy could frequently be heard singing Sherman's parodies.

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Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0

Clay Aiken - He is a singer, songwriter, TV personality, actor, author, politician and activist who began his rise to fame in 2003 by placing second on the second season of the TV show "American Idol". He was the one and only contestant on the 2nd season of "American Idol" that was never voted in the bottom two or three. In October 2003, his debut album "Measure of a Man" sold over 600,000 copies in the USA in its first week of release, and was certified multi-platinum. His single "This Is The Night" went platinum in the US, and 6 times platinum in Canada. In the years following his "American Idol" appearance, he authored a New York Times best-selling book, was the executive producer for the 2004 Christmas special, "A Clay Aiken Christmas", and "Tried & True Live!", the 2010 PBS live concert special. In 2008, he made his Broadway debut playing the role of Sir Robin in Monty Python's "Spamalot".

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Clay Aiken - The Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie7tVCUFS3M

Clay Aiken - Invisible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbhOVKhwO_4

Billy Idol - English rock musician, songwriter and actor who first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, and was a member of the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. A series of music videos for songs such as "Dancing With Myself", "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without a Face" made him one of the first MTV stars. He was nominated for Grammy Awards three times for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, for his albums "Rebel Yell", "Whiplash Smile" and "Cradle of Love".

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Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I

Mindy McCready - She was a country music singer who recorded five studio albums including her debut album, 1996's "Ten Thousand Angels", which was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, and her 1997 album "If I Don't Stay the Night", which was certified Gold. Her first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts including the #1 hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top Ten hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)".

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Mindy McCready - Maybe He'll Notice Her Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU-VpNFIsA4

Bo Jackson - He is a retired American baseball and football player who is the only athlete to be named both the Baseball All-Star Game and the NFL's Pro Bowl. While at Auburn University, he won the 1985 Heisman Trophy, annually awarded to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States. He was named College Football Player of the Year by The Sporting News, and as running back on The Sporting News College All-America Team. He is the only player in NFL history to have two rushing touchdowns of 90 yards or more. In the 1989 Baseball All-Star Game, he homered on the first pitch in the first inning, and he also had a single and a stolen base, making him the first player ever to hit a home run and steal a base in the same All-Star game. He was named the 1989 All-Star Game MVP. On March 3, 2013, he won ESPN's Sport Science "Greatest Athlete of All Time". In 1989 and 1990, his name became known beyond just sports fans through the "Bo Knows" advertising campaign, a series of advertisements by Nike, that starred Jackson alongside Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Bo Diddley, promoting a cross-training athletic shoe named for Jackson. His birth name is "Vincent Edward Jackson", and he was named after Vince Edwards, the star of his mother's then-favorite TV show, "Ben Casey".

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Winston Churchill - He was a British politician and Nobel laureate who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. He was an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist who was widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century. He is the only British Prime Minister to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature since its inception in 1901, and he was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. In 1940 and 1949, he was named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year". In a 2002 poll, he was named the Greatest Briton of All Time.

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G. Gordon Liddy - He is a retired lawyer who is best known as the chief among Nixon's "plumbers", called that because their task was to plug security leaks in any way possible. He broke into the Watergate Hotel with E. Howard Hunt to tap the telephones of the Democratic party. In January 1973, he was convicted for involvement in the Watergate break-in and other incidents connected to the Watergate scandal.

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seanc

11-30-14, 03:02 PM

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 03:06 PM

Gbgoodies, I have been remiss not visiting this thread sooner. I'm not big on when people were born or who was born on my birthday. You are doing a great job, nice write ups. I will make sure I check in much more often.

A little gripe. You didn't let me know how old Cuoco is. I'm wondering if I still have a chance.

Thanks for stopping in. Feel free to leave comments about any of your favorites who are celebrating.

I rarely include the person's age because I like to remember them at their best, which is not always in the here and now.
(But Kaley Cuoco was born in 1985, so she's turning 29 today. :) )

Citizen Rules

11-30-14, 03:10 PM

Sean, I really don't care when people are born either...I like this thread as it's a cornucopia of celebrity info with pics too. It's fun to make a comment or tell an anecdote about one of the Birthday Celebs.

Don't hold the Mayo....get it?:)

seanc

11-30-14, 03:10 PM

Probably not too young for me if I was rich and good looking. Oh well.:(

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 03:43 PM

There are so many amazing people who were born on today's date that it's hard to decide who's my favorite.

Mark Twain and Dick Clark are at the top of my list today.

I love Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride, "Dead Like Me", and "Criminal Minds".

I also love Kaley Cuoco in "The Big Bang Theory", Robert Guillaume in "Soap" and "Benson", Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in "The F.B.I.", and Richard Crenna in Wait Until Dark and the short-lived sitcom "It Takes Two".

Clay Aiken is one of my favorite singers to come out of "American Idol".

Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made, and Chris Claremont did a fantastic job on "The X-Men" and "Wolverine".

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 03:46 PM

And I forgot to include two of the funniest people ever on my favorites list for today, Colin Mochrie from "Who's Line is it Anyway?" and Allan Sherman.

honeykid

11-30-14, 04:47 PM

Like sean, I'd not been in this thread before and, like him, I agree that you're doing a fantastic job in here. :up: I'll be sure to check in more. :)

gbgoodies

11-30-14, 05:13 PM

Like sean, I'd not been in this thread before and, like him, I agree that you're doing a fantastic job in here. :up: I'll be sure to check in more. :)

Thanks for stopping in, and for the compliment. Feel free to add any comments if you have any favorites who are celebrating today.

gbgoodies

12-01-14, 04:16 PM

Born on December 1st:

Woody Allen - He is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, musician, and playwright whose career spans more than 50 years. In the 1950s, he was a comedy writer, writing jokes and scripts for television and publishing several books of short humor pieces. In the 1960s, he was performing as a stand-up comic, emphasizing monologues rather than traditional jokes. By the mid-1960s, he was writing and directing films, first specializing in slapstick comedies before moving into dramatic material influenced by European art cinema during the 1970s. Some of his best-known films are Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Take the Money and Run, Sleeper, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris. He has been nominated for an Academy Award 24 times, 16 as a screenwriter, seven as a director, and once as an actor. He has won four Academy Awards, three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director for Annie Hall. He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer, and has won nine British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. He has won numerous awards, including four Oscars, nine BAFTA awards (plus the Fellowship), and two Golden Globe Awards. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award five times as Best Director, five times for Best Screenplay and twice for Best Actor (Comedy/musical). In 1996, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America. In 2014, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked him in fourth place on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics, while a UK survey ranked him as the third greatest comedian.

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Bette Midler - She is a singer, songwriter, actress, and film producer who has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and has received 4 Gold, 3 Platinum and 3 Multi-platinum albums by RIAA. She has released 13 studio albums, and many of her songs became hits on the record charts, including "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Wanna Dance?", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". She made her movie debut in 1979 with The Rose, which earned her a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress of 1980. She also starred in a string of hit films that includes Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Outrageous Fortune, Beaches, The First Wives Club and The Stepford Wives. She also starred in For the Boys and Gypsy, for which she won two further Golden Globe Awards in 1992 and 1994. On February 6, 1985, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Bette Midler - The Wind Beneath My Wings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWIYcD6jas

Richard Pryor - He was a comedian, actor, and writer who was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He won an Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards. In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. In 1998, the first ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was presented to him. He is listed at #1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2006, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On May 20, 1993, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6438 Hollywood Blvd.

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Richard Pryor - Comedy Clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmZm2HBMtTQ

Mary Martin - She was an actress, singer and Broadway star who originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific", and Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Maria in "The Sound of Music" on Broadway. In 1954, she won a Tony Award for the role of Peter in the Broadway production of "Peter Pan". In 1966, she was nominated for the Tony Award (Leading Actress in a Musical) for the two-person Broadway musical "I Do! I Do!" with Robert Preston. In 1955, 1956 and 1960, she recreated her role as Peter Pan in live NBC television productions. In 1973, was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 1989, she received the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual honor for career achievements. She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6609 Hollywood Boulevard, and for Recording at 1560 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman.

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Mary Martin in "Peter Pan" singing "Never Neverland"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDbp0_vIlAg

Dick Shawn - He was an actor and comedian who is best known for the roles of the hot-headed Sylvester Marcus, son of Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman), in Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and easygoing Lorenzo St. DuBois/Adolf Hitler in the musical Springtime for Hitler, the play within Mel Brooks' movie The Producers. He also provided the voice of the Snow Miser in the 1974 TV special The Year Without a Santa Claus. He performed stand-up comedy for over 35 years in nightclubs around the world.

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"Snow Miser Song" from The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPrbccEdI5o

Malachi Throne - He was a stage and TV actor who was best known for his guest-starring roles on "Star Trek: The Original Series", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Lost in Space", "Batman", "Land of the Giants", "The Time Tunnel", "Mission: Impossible", and "The Six Million Dollar Man", and his recurring role on "It Takes a Thief". "Star Trek" fans best remember him as the voice of "the Keeper" in the Star Trek's first pilot episode, "The Cage", which was included within the two-part episode "The Menagerie", and as Commodore José I. Mendez, also in the two-part episode "The Menagerie". On "Star Trek: The Next Generation", he played Pardek, a Romulan senator, in the two-part episode "Unification". In 2004, he appeared in the second episode of the New Voyages, entitled "In Harm's Way". In the 1960s TV series "Batman", he played the villain "False Face", who used a variety of disguises to effect his nefarious schemes, and he wore a semitransparent mask when not in the middle of his crimes.

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Malachi Throne in "Star Trek"

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Malachi Throne in "Batman"

Treat Williams - He is a Golden Globe nominated American actor, and children's book author, who has appeared on film, stage and television. He is best known for his starring role in the 1979 film Hair, and for his role as Dr. Andrew ''Andy'' Brown on the TV series "Everwood". He is also known for starring in The Substitute franchise, beginning with the 2nd movie of the series The Substitute 2. He starred in the movies Prince of the City, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, The Deep End of the Ocean, and The Staircase Murders, and he currently has a recurring role as Benny Severide on the TV series "Chicago Fire". He was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, for his role as as George Berger in Hair, for starring in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City, and for his performance as Stanley Kowalski in the TV presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1996, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor for the HBO movie The Late Shift. In 2003 and 2004, he received two SAG Award nominations for his role on the TV show "Everwood". His maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Senator William Henry Barnum of Connecticut, the third cousin of the showman P. T. Barnum, and a distant relative was Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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Nestor Carbonell - He is an actor who is best known for his roles as Richard Alpert in ABC's drama "Lost", as Luis Rivera on the sitcom "Suddenly Susan", and as the character Batmanuel on the live-action sitcom "The Tick". He currently plays Sheriff Alex Romero in "Bates Motel". He is also known for his role as Mayor Anthony Garcia in the films The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

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Sarah Silverman - She is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and actress whose satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion, having her comic character endorse them in an ironic fashion. She was a writer and occasional performer on "Saturday Night Live", and she starred in and produced "The Sarah Silverman Program" on Comedy Central. She also starred in films including School of Rock, Wreck-It Ralph, and A Million Ways to Die in the West. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning two awards.

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David Doyle - He is an actor who is best known for his role as detective John Bosley on the TV series "Charlie's Angels", appearing in all 110 episodes of the series. He is also known for his roles as Walt Fitzgerald in the TV series, "Bridget Loves Bernie", and as the voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon animated TV series "Rugrats". He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1977, and a Golden Globe Award in 1980 for Best Supporting Actor for "Charlie's Angels".

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Keith Thibodeaux - He is a former child actor and musician, billed as "Richard Keith", who is best known for playing "Little Ricky" in the TV shows "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour". He also made several appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show" between 1962 and 1966, as Opie's friend "Johnny Paul Jason". He started playing drums at the age of two. He began touring the United States at the age of three, and he ended up in Hollywood, California auditioning for Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's popular comedy "I Love Lucy". From 1969-1989, he recorded several albums with the Christian rock group David and the Giants. In 1993, he joined his wife in their Christian ballet company and ballet school, Ballet Magnificat!, and he became the executive director of the national touring company.

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Keith Thibodeaux as "Little Ricky" on "I Love Lucy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoVNl851LQ

Lou Rawls - He was a singer, songwriter, voice actor, and record producer who was known for his smooth vocal style. He released more than 70 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". He worked as a TV and movie voice actor, and he was known for his frequently used expression, "Yeah, buddy!". He was a three-time Grammy-winner, all for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and he received 13 Grammy nominations, one platinum album, five gold albums and a gold single. He was also the singing voice of the animated cat "Garfield" in several TV specials. On December 15, 1982, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qSi3c_F45Q

Matthew Shepard - He died after being brutally beaten to death in the night of October 6th in Laramie, Wyoming. He was found around 6pm, 18 hours after being victim of a brutal attack in a gay hate crime. The story about his death was made into the 2002 movies The Matthew Shepard Story and [i[The Laramie Project[/i]. His murder led to the U.S. Government passing new laws regarding hate crimes.

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Walter Alston - He was a baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who is best known as the manager of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers between 1954 and 1976. He managed Dodgers' teams to 4 World Series Championships and 3 National League Championships. He managed NL All-Star teams to seven victories. He retired with more than 2,000 career wins, and he was selected as Manager of the Year six times. His MLB playing career consisted of one game and one at-bat with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936, but he played and managed for several seasons in minor league baseball. His uniform number 24 retired by the Dodgers. In 1983, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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George Foster - He is a former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986, and was one of the most feared right-handed sluggers of his era. He was a key piece of the Cincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" that won consecutive World Series in 1975 and 1976. He led the National League in home runs in 1977 and 1978, and in RBIs in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He won the NL's Most Valuable Player Award in 1977 and a Silver Slugger Award in 1981. He famously began using a black bat during his prime because he wanted to "integrate the bat rack" in Cincinnati. In 2002, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

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Larry Walker - He is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos, the Colorado Rockies, and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1989 through 2005. He is one of the most productive players of recent MLB history, batting .313, hitting 383 home runs, and 1,311 RBIs in his 17 year career. He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1990 Rookie All-Star Team. He was a 5-time All-Star, 3-time Silver Slugger Award winner, 7-time Gold Glove winner, and he was the 1997 National League Most Valuable Player, making him the first Canadian player ever to win the award. He is a nine-time winner of the James "Tip" O'Neill Award, presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, (for individual achievement while adhering to the highest ideals of baseball).

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cricket

12-01-14, 08:01 PM

Is it true that a small child jumped out of Woody Allen's Birthday cake?

gbgoodies

12-01-14, 11:47 PM

Is it true that a small child jumped out of Woody Allen's Birthday cake?

I've never heard or read anything about this. The only thing I read about Woody Allen and a birthday cake is that he made a joke about a naked woman jumping out of his birthday cake, hurting him, and jumping back in the cake again.

gbgoodies

12-02-14, 02:25 PM

Born on December 2nd:

Ray Walston - He was an actor and comedian who is best known as Uncle Martin, the title character on the TV series "My Favorite Martian". He is also known for such iconic film, television and stage roles as Luther Billis in South Pacific, Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees, J.J. Singleton in The Sting, Mr. Hand in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Candy in Of Mice and Men, and Judge Henry Bone in the TV series "Picket Fences". He won a Tony Award as Satan in the 1955 Broadway musical "Damn Yankees", opposite Gwen Verdon as his sexy aide Lola. He and Verdon both reprised their roles in the 1958 film version. He made an appearance in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as Boothby, head groundskeeper at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, and he reprised the character twice on "Star Trek: Voyager". In 1985, he made a brief appearance in the opening credits of Steven Spielberg's series "Amazing Stories", as a caveman acting out a story for his tribe. It was only a few seconds long, but this performance began every episode of the subsequent series. He was Emmy-nominated three times for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on "Picket Fences", winning twice, in 1995 and 1996. On December 8, 1995, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7070 Hollywood Blvd.

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Ray Walston - "Those Were The Good Old Days" from "Damn Yankees" (OBC)

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Bill Erwin - He was a character actor with over 250 television and film credits. He was probably best remembered for his role of Sid Fields, an embittered, irascible man on "Seinfeld", for which he received an Emmy nomination, as well as his appearances on shows such as "I Love Lucy" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He was a self-taught cartoonist, published in The New Yorker, Playboy and Los Angeles. He won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, four Drama-Logue Awards, Gilmore Brown Award for Career Achievement, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' Diamond Circle Award, and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Angelo State University.

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Jonathan Frid - He was an actor who is best known for the role of vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows". He appeared in major roles on-and-off Broadway, in such productions as "Roar Like A Dove", "Murder in the Cathedral" and "Wait Until Dark", as Harry Roat. In 1986, he joined the Broadway production of "Arsenic and Old Lace". He won critical acclaim for his villainous turn as the homicidal nephew Jonathan Brewster, and he spent ten months with the play's national tour. His last acting role was a cameo in the 2012 movie version of Dark Shadows.

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Jonathan Frid as the vampire Barnabas Collins in "Dark Shadows"

Lucy Liu - Actress who is best known for the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the TV series "Ally McBeal", for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. She is also known for the recurring role of Jessica Tang on the TNT series "Southland", for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress, and her current role, co-starring as Joan Watson, in the Sherlock Holmes-inspired crime drama series "Elementary". Her film work includes starring as one of the heroines in Charlie's Angels, playing O-ren Ishii in Kill Bill, appearances in Payback, Chicago, and the animated hit Kung Fu Panda, and voicing Silvermist in the Disney Tinkerbell film series. In 2000, she became the first Asian-American female to host "Saturday Night Live". In 2013, she won the Award of Merit for voice-over in "The No Name Painting Association" at the Best Shorts Competition.

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Julie Harris - Actress who is best known for her role as Lilimae Clements, the mother of Valene Ewing (played by Joan Van Ark), on the CBS nighttime soap opera "Knots Landing". She won five Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame, and she received the 2002 Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. She is the most honored performer in Tony history with ten nominations and five wins. She was a recipient of the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1952 film The Member of the Wedding. She also appeared in such films as East of Eden, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Haunting, and Reflections in a Golden Eye. She was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, and won three Emmys.

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Cathy Lee Crosby - She is an actress who is probably best known as the co-host of the TV series "That's Incredible!", and as a former professional tennis player who represented the U.S. in international tennis competition. In 1974, she starred as Wonder Woman in a made-for-TV movie of the comic book, (a year before Lynda Carter popularized the role in a weekly series). She made her off-Broadway debut in New York, starring in the play, "Almost Perfect", directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald. She has also written, directed, and starred in two plays, "Zoot Suit - The Real Story", and the first theatrical adaptation of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", for which she received the "Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award" from the city of Los Angeles. As a tennis player in her youth, she played Wimbledon twice, and at one time, she was ranked #7 in singles and #4 in doubles in the United States.

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Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman in 1974

Jerry Sohl - He was a scriptwriter for "The Twilight Zone" (as a ghostwriter for Charles Beaumont), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Outer Limits", "Star Trek: The Original Series" (including one episode using the pseudonym "Nathan Butler"), and other shows. He also wrote novels, feature film scripts, and the nonfiction works "Underhanded Chess" and "Underhanded Bridge". He wrote three episodes of "Star Trek: The Original Series". He was nominated for a Hugo Award for 'Best Dramatic Presentation' for the episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", and he received 'Story Credit' for the episodes "This Side of Paradise" and "Whom Gods Destroy". He used the pseudonym of Nathan Butler for his credit on "This Side of Paradise" because he was displeased with D.C. Fontana's rewrite of his original script.

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From the "Star Trek" episode "The Corbomite Maneuver"

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From the "Star Trek" episode "This Side of Paradise"

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From the "Star Trek" episode "Whom Gods Destroy"

Stone Phillips - He is a TV reporter and correspondent who is best known as the former co-anchor of "Dateline NBC", a newsmagazine TV show. He has also worked as a substitute anchor for "NBC Nightly News" and "Today", and as a substitute moderator on "Meet the Press". Prior to his tenure at NBC, he was an ABC News correspondent for "20/20" and "World News Tonight". He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview for his interview of Bernhard Goetz, (a man who shot four black teenagers in the New York City Subway).

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Britney Spears - Singer and entertainer who has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and nine Billboard Music Awards. At age 11, she became a mouseketeer on "The All New Mickey Mouse Club" alongside many stars of today (Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez of *NSYNC and Ryan Gosling). In 2009, Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, and recognized her as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall. She has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and over 100 million singles, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The title singles from her first two albums, "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again", broke international sales records. She is listed by the Guinness World Records as having the "Best-selling album by a teenage solo artist" for her debut album "...Baby One More Time", which sold over thirteen million copies in the United States. On November 17, 2003, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

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Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again

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Alexander Haig - He was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the second-highest ranking officer in the Army, and as Supreme Allied Commander Europe commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Purple Heart.

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Hal Steinbrenner - He is principal owner, managing general partner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees. He assumed control of the New York Yankees when his father, George Steinbrenner, became too ill. He and his brother Hank inherited the team from their father who died in 2010.

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Pedro Borbon - He was a relief pitcher who played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons (1969–1980) with four teams, including 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds (1970–1979), playing on two World Series winning teams. He was a key member of the bullpen of the Cincinnati Red's "Big Red Machine" for the 1975-76 championship teams, winning 13 games during those two seasons. He pitched in 20 playoff games during his career with a 2.55 ERA. He is the Cincinnati Reds All-Time Games Pitched Leader (531), and he holds the club record with 531 career appearances. He excelled in the postseason. In four National League Championship Series, he was 1-0 with a 1.26 ERA in 10 games, of which he finished seven. In the 1976 National League Championship Series, pitching 4? scoreless innings of relief in a three-game Reds' sweep. In 2010, he became only the third relief pitcher to be inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. His son, Pedro Borbón, Jr., pitched in the majors for nine seasons (1992–2003) for four teams. He also got notice for his mention in the 1980 movie Airplane! While trying to concentrate, pilot Ted Striker hears a public address announcer's voice in his head: "Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon ... Manny Mota...Mota...Mota". (They never did play together on any team.)

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Cody Lambert - He is a former professional saddle bronc and bull rider who was a Champion Bull Riding Cowboy and Vice President of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. He created the protective vest that most Professional Bull Riders wear, after seeing the death of his friend, Lane Frost at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 30, 1989. He qualified for three PBR World Finals, and he qualified for the NFR seven times in bull riding and three times in saddle bronc. He was inducted into the PBR Ring of Honor. In 2002, he was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 2012, he was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Citizen Rules

12-02-14, 02:48 PM

gbgoodies

12-02-14, 03:04 PM

I just watched The Haunting a couple nights ago for the 1963 Movies. I think it was a really good film too, but I was so tired that I fell asleep during part of it, so I'll have to watch it again

I've seen and liked her in most the films you mention:, East of Eden, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Haunting, and Reflections in a Golden Eye. I didn't care for Reflections in a Golden Eye much.
Ray Walston, he almost always stills the scene. He was awesome in Damn Yankees and of course Star Trek fans love him as Boothby. Kiss Me Stupid is one of his funniest roles.

You should definitely watch The Haunting again. It's still on the list of candidates for my 1963 list.

I love Ray Walston. I've been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. He was perfect in Damn Yankees, and My Favorite Martian was #9 on my Top 25 TV List.

cricket

12-02-14, 11:06 PM

The only thing Britney Spears ever contributed to this world that was any good was upskirt photos.

gbgoodies

12-02-14, 11:15 PM

The only thing Britney Spears ever contributed to this world that was any good was upskirt photos.

I'm not a fan of Britney Spears either, but it didn't feel right leaving her off the birthday list. She obviously has a lot of fans somewhere in the world.

cricket

12-02-14, 11:24 PM

I'd give her a birthday spanky.

gbgoodies

12-03-14, 06:37 PM

Born on December 3rd:

Jean-Luc Godard - He is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic who is often identified with the 1960s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave". He is often considered the most radical French filmmaker of the 1960s and 1970s. His 1960 film Breathless popularized the use of jump-cutting and ignoring the 180 degree line. As of the 5th edition of "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", eight of his films are listed: Breathless, Vivre Sa Vie, Contempt, Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Féminin, Two or Three Things I Know About Her..., and Weekend. He was voted the 31st Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In a 2002 Sight & Sound poll, he was ranked third in the critics' top-ten directors of all time, (which was put together by assembling the directors of the individual films for which the critics voted). In 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Award at the Academy Awards, "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema".

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Andrew Stanton - He is a director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (as co-director), Finding Nemo, and WALL-E, and his first live-action film, John Carter. He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc. He also provides some of the voice work, perhaps most memorably as Evil Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2, and as Crush, the laid back turtle, in Finding Nemo. He won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature for Finding Nemo and WALL-E, he was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, for Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Toy Story, and for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Toy Story 3. He is currently in charge of directing the sequel to Finding Nemo, entitled Finding Dory, planned for 2016.

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Jaye P. Morgan - She is a singer, actress and game show panelist who began as a big band vocalist. In 1950, she had a #1 hit with the song "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries". From 1954 to 1955, she was a vocalist on the TV series "Stop the Music". In November 1955, the British music magazine, NME, reported that she was the top female vocalist in the U.S. Cash Box poll. She had five top hits in 1955: "That's All I Want From You" (#5), "The Longest Walk" (#6), Danger, "Heartbreak Ahead" (#12), "If You Don't Want My Love" (#12) and "Pepper Hot Baby" (#14). In 1959, she had charted success with the song "Are You Lonesome Tonight" (#65 US Pop), over a year before it became a mega hit for Elvis Presley. In 1973, she played herself in the episode "The Songwriter" of the sitcom "The Odd Couple". In an ironic twist, she was fired from the very racy "The Gong Show" by going too far when she exposed her breasts on national TV.

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Jaye P. Morgan - That's All I Want From You

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Julianne Moore - She is an actress who is known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women. Her career has involved both art house and Hollywood films, and she has received four Academy Award nominations, (for Boogie Nights, The End of the Affair, Far from Heaven, and The Hours). From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera "As the World Turns", earning a Daytime Emmy for her performance. Her other notable film appearances include Robert Altman's Short Cuts, Nine Months, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Hannibal, and Children of Men. She won the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for the 2012 TV film Game Change. In 2014, she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Maps to the Stars, and acted in three additional films, Non-Stop, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, and Still Alice. On October 3, 2013, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Amanda Seyfried - She is an actress, singer and former model who started acting in recurring roles on the soap operas "As the World Turns" and "All My Children", and made her film debut in the 2004 movie Mean Girls. Her subsequent supporting roles were in independent films, such as Nine Lives and Alpha Dog, she had a recurring role in the UPN TV show "Veronica Mars", and she starred on the HBO series "Big Love". She starred in the 2008 musical Mamma Mia!, and she had leading roles in the movies Jennifer's Body, Dear John, Letters to Juliet, Red Riding Hood, In Time, Les Misérables, Lovelace, and A Million Ways to Die in the West.

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Brendan Fraser - He is an actor who is known for his role as Rick O'Connell in the three-part Mummy film series, as well as his comedic and fantasy film leading roles in major Hollywood films, such as Encino Man, The Scout, George of the Jungle, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He has also appeared in numerous dramatic movies, such as School Ties, With Honors, Gods and Monsters, The Quiet American, Crash, Extraordinary Measures, and Gimme Shelter. In 2006, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, making him the first American-born actor to receive the honor.

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Daryl Hannah - She is an actress who is best known for her performances in the films Blade Runner, Splash, Roxanne, Wall Street, Steel Magnolias, and Kill Bill. Her breakout role was as the acrobatic, beautiful replicant punk android Pris in Blade Runner, in which she performed some of her own gymnastic stunts. Showing her versatility, she portrayed a mermaid, Madison, who falls in love with Tom Hanks' character in Ron Howard's zany comedy Splash, establishing he as a high-profile film actress. She has produced, hosted and shot numerous environmental awareness/ health documentaries, TV appearances and is a frequent speaker on both the conservative and progressive news.

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Steve Harris - He is an actor who is best known for his roles as Eugene Young on the legal drama "The Practice", and as Detective Isaiah "Bird" Freeman on the NBC drama "Awake". He was nominated six times for an NAACP Image Award for his work on "The Practice" and won in 2004. In 1999 and 2000, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "The Practice".

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Anna Chlumsky - She is an actress who is best known for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl, as well as in its 1994 sequel, My Girl 2. She has a starring role in the HBO series "Veep", for which she was nominated in 2013 and 2014 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Her great-grandfather owned a trained bear that appeared in Three Stooges movies.

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Brian Bonsall - He is a former child actor who is best known for his roles as Andrew "Andy" Keaton, the youngest child on the NBC sitcom "Family Ties", and Alexander Rozhenko, the son of Worf and K'ehleyr, on "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He won three Young Artist Awards for his performance on the series "Family Ties", and he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his starring role in the 1990 TV movie Do You Know the Muffin Man?. He made his feature film debut in 1992 in the horror film Mikey, playing the title role, a demonic young boy who murders his parents and terrorizes his adoptive parents. He played Patrick Swayze's son in the 1993 film Father Hood. In 1994, he starred in the Disney comedy Blank Check, and he co-starred with Bob Saget in the TV movie Father and Scout. In 1998, he became a musician, and formed the rock band Late Bloomers with his friends. He has also been in the Boulder-based punk bands Thruster as well as The Light on Adam's Stereo. He was in the Los Angeles-based punk band This Life of Mine, but is also working on solo projects.

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Andy Williams - He was a singer who recorded forty-four albums in his career, seventeen of which have been Gold-certified, and three of which have been Platinum-certified. From 1962 to 1971, he hosted the TV variety show "The Andy Williams Show", and numerous TV specials. His top ten hits include the songs "Canadian Sunset", "Butterfly", "Are You Sincere?", "I Like Your Kind of Love", and "Can't Get Used to Losing You". His hit albums include "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Dear Heart", and "Love Story", His albums "Can't Help Falling In Love" (1970), "Andy Williams Show" (1970) "Home Lovin Man" ( No. 1 1971), "Solitaire" (1973), "The Way We Were" (1974) and "Reflections" (1978) all reached the Top 10. He sang the Oscar-winning song "Moon River" from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's at the 1962 Oscar Awards. It became his theme song, however, because it was never released as a single, "Moon River" was never actually a chart hit for him. In 1963, he sang the Oscar-winning song "Days of Wine and Roses", in 1965, he sang "Dear Heart", and in 1966, he samg "The Sweetheart Tree" at the awards ceremonies. His TV series, "The Andy Williams Show", won three Emmy Awards for outstanding variety program. He recorded eight Christmas albums over the years and was known as "Mr. Christmas", due to his perennial Christmas specials and the success of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", which appears on all of his Christmas albums. On November 3, 1982, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Andy Williams - Moon River

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Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

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Ferlin Husky - He was a country music singer who had two dozen Top 20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975. From 1948 to 1953, he recorded under the stage name Terry Preston. In the 1950s and 60s, his hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching No. 1 on the country charts. His #1 hit "Gone", (a 10-week #1 hit), was Billboard's No. 1 country song of 1957. He recorded a string of country comedy singles under the alias Simon Crum. The biggest of those was 1959's "Country Music is Here to Stay", which was No. 2 for three weeks. In 2010, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove

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Ozzy Osbourne - He is a heavy metal singer, songwriter, and TV personality who rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the pioneering band Black Sabbath, whose dark and heavy sound has often been cited as key to the development of the heavy metal genre. He left Black Sabbath in 1979 and has since had a successful solo career, and many of his albums were awarded multi-platinum certifications in the U.S. His total album sales from his years in Black Sabbath, combined with his solo work, is over 100 million. In 2005, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist and as a member of Black Sabbath. In 2007, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Black Sabbath), and honored at the VH1 Rock Honors (as a solo artist.). On April 12, 2002, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer

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Katarina Witt - She is a retired German figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, the first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. She is a four-time World champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and twice World silver medalist (1982, 1986). She won six consecutive European Championships (1983–1988). Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time. She won an Emmy Award for her role in the 1989 film Carmen on Ice, which expanded upon her gold medal free program in Calgary. In 1995, she was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

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Katarina Witt Wins Gold - Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

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Bobby Allison - He is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and owner who was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. He won 84 races in NASCAR's top division in his career (tied with Darrell Waltrip for third in all-time victories), and he won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship in 1983. His wins included three Daytona 500 victories. In 1972, he was voted National Driver of the Year for winning ten races and taking 11 poles, (including a record 5 straight). He was involved in the crash that resulted in NASCAR requiring carburetor restrictor plates at their two largest tracks, Daytona International Speedway, and Talladega Superspeedway. He drove the race sequences in the movie The Last American Hero starring Jeff Bridges. In 1992, he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. In 1993, he was elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He is the brother of retired NASCAR driver Donnie Allison, and the father of NASCAR drivers Clifford and Davey Allison, who died in tragic accidents within a year of each other.

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cricket

12-03-14, 09:35 PM

Happy Birthday to the great Ozzy!

I've always liked Moore and Hannah; best wishes to you both.

I saw Seyfried in Lovelace, not bad.

The Gunslinger45

12-03-14, 09:38 PM

Happy Birthday Ozzy!

gbgoodies

12-04-14, 08:12 PM

Born on December 4th:

Jeff Bridges - He is an actor who comes from a well-known acting family, and began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on the TV series "Sea Hunt". He has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, (for for his roles in The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender, and True Grit), and he won in 2010 for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the film Crazy Heart. His other movies include The Big Lebowski, Iron Man, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Fearless, Tron, Kiss Me Goodbye, Starman, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Tucker, Seabiscuit, Arlington Road, Tron: Legacy and The Giver. He has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, winning the award in 2010 for Crazy Heart. On July 11, 1994, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.

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Marisa Tomei - She is an actress who is best known as Joe Pesci's hilariously foul-mouthed, scene-stealing girlfriend in My Cousin Vinny, a performance that won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She started her career with a co-starring role on the soap opera, "As the World Turns". In 1984, she made her film debut with a bit part in The Flamingo Kid, and she later became known for her role as "Maggie Lawton", Lisa Bonet's college roommate, on the sitcom "A Different World". In addition to the comedy My Cousin Vinny, she has also appeared in the films Untamed Heart, Only You, Slums of Beverly Hills, What Women Want, Anger Management, Wild Hogs, and The Wrestler. She was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 for In the Bedroom, and in 2009 for The Wrestler. In 2008, she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for "Top Girls".

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Kevin Sussman - He is an actor who is best known for his recurring roles as Stuart Bloom on "The Big Bang Theory", and as Walter on the comedy-drama "Ugly Betty". Starting with season 6 of "The Big Bang Theory", he was promoted to series regular. Prior to acting, he worked at a comic book store.

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Tony Todd - He is an actor who is best known for portraying Ben in both the 1990 and 2014 remakes of Night of the Living Dead, as the hook-handed Candyman in the horror movie franchise Candyman, and William Bludworth in Final Destination. He played characters on three of the "Star Trek" TV series. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation", he played Kurn, the brother of Worf. In "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", he again played Kurn, and he played an older Jake Sisko, son of Captain Benjamin Sisko. In "Star Trek: Voyager", he played an Alpha Hirogen, a race of intergalactic "big-game" hunters.

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Victor French - He was an actor and director who is best known for his roles as Isaiah Edwards on "Little House on the Prairie", and as Mark Gordon on "Highway to Heaven". From 1977–79, he left "Little House" to star as a small-town Georgia police chief in "Carter Country". He played the recurring character "Agent 44" in the NBC series "Get Smart", where he portrayed an undercover spy who showed up in the worst, most unlikely of places (like a mailbox or a porthole in a boat). Along with Leonard Nimoy, he founded LA's "Company of Angels", one of the area's earliest attempts to establish LA as a type of "Off-Broadway-West Coast". Its limited seating arrangement (99 seats) served as the prototype of LA's Equity-Waiver code. He directed in LA Theaters, and he won the Critics Circle Award for "12 Angry Men". In 1998, he was inducted (as a cast member of "Little House on the Prairie") into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

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Horst Buchholz - He was a German actor, best known in English-speaking countries for his role as Chico in The Magnificent Seven. He is also known for his roles in the 1961 movie Fanny, and the Billy Wilder comedy One, Two, Three. Worldwide, from 1952 to 2002, he appeared in more than sixty feature films. During his youth he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". In 1955, he won a Best Actor award at Cannes for his role in the romantic/drama film Sky Without Stars.

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Donnelly Rhodes - He is a character actor with many TV and film credits, who is probably best known as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the 1970s ABC soap opera spoof "Soap". He recently starred as Doctor Cottle ("Doc") on the Sci Fi Channel TV show "Battlestar Galactica". He has made guest appearances on many TV shows including "Mission: Impossible", "Cheers", "The Golden Girls", "Empty Nest", "The X-Files", and "Smallville".

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Deanna Durbin - She was a singer and actress who appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, and performed everything from popular standards to operatic arias. She made her first film appearance with Judy Garland in Every Sunday in 1936, and signed a contract with Universal Studios. Her success as the ideal teenage daughter in films such as Three Smart Girls was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy. In 1938, at the age of 17, she was awarded the Academy Juvenile Award. By age 21, she was the highest paid female star in the world. Her final film was For the Love of Mary in 1948, whereupon, at the age of 27, she simply walked away. She has had numerous offers to return to the screen, and she has turned them all down. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street.

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Wink Martindale - He is a TV game show host who is best known as the host of "Gambit", "Las Vegas Gambit", "Tic-Tac-Dough", and "The New Tic Tac Dough". He created the popular game show "Bumper Stumpers". He had a hit record in 1959 with the spoken-word country song, "Deck of Cards", which went to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over a million copies. On June 2, 2006, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. On October 13, 2007, Martindale was one of the first inductees into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.

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Mark Robson - Director, producer and editor who began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor, and later began working as a director and producer. He directed thirty-four films during his career including The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Peyton Place, The Prize, Von Ryan's Express, Valley of the Dolls, Earthquake, and Avalanche Express. He worked (uncredited) as an assistant editor on Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, and Journey Into Fear. In 1949, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for his work on the film noir drama Champion. In 1955, he was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for the war drama The Bridges at Toko-Ri. In 1958, he was nominated for an Academy Award and the Directors Guild of America Award for directing for the movie Peyton Place. In 1959, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award for directing Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. In 1974, he directed Earthquake, the film that introduced "Sensurround". On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine Street.

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Lloyd Bacon - Actor and director who made films in virtually all genres, westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, crime dramas. He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the '30s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films. He started in films as an actor with Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Billy Anderson, and he appeared in more than 40 movies. He directed the Busby Berkeley-choreographed films, as well as many of James Cagney's films. As an actor, he is best known for supporting Chaplin in such films as 1915's The Tramp, The Champion and 1917's Easy Street. As a director, he is best known for directing of such classics as 1933's 42nd Street and Footlight Parade, 1937's Ever Since Eve, 1938's A Slight Case of Murder, 1939's Invisible Stripes, 1939's The Oklahoma Kid, 1940's Knute Rockne, All American, 1943's Action in the North Atlantic, and 1944's The Fighting Sullivans. He also directed The Singing Fool, (Al Jolson's follow-up to The Jazz Singer), which grossed an unheard-of (for Warners, at least) $4,000,000 in domestic receipts alone. It was the studio's #1 hit for 1928, and he was rewarded by becoming the highest paid director on the studio lot, earning over $200,000 a year throughout the Depression. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Blvd. His father was playwright and stage actor Frank Bacon.

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Dennis Wilson - He was a drummer, singer and songwriter who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Beach Boys. He was a member of the band from its formation until his death in 1983, recording twenty-four studio albums. In 1977, he released a solo album, "Pacific Ocean Blue", to widespread critical acclaim. He was the only regular surfer of the group, and his personal life exemplified the beach lifestyle that the group's early songs often celebrated. His prominence in the group as a writer and lead vocalist increased as their careers went on into the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1988, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Beach Boys). He and The Beach Boys were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Dennis Wilson - Forever

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Chris Hillman - He is a musician who was one of the original members of The Byrds. He was a key figure in the development of country rock, defining the genre through his work with The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and the country-rock group Desert Rose Band. The Byrds' first single, "Mr. Tambourine Man", was an international hit, and marked the birth of folk rock. During the mid-1960s the Byrds ranked as one of the most successful and influential American pop groups. They recorded a string of hits, including "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Eight Miles High" and "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star". In the early 1980s, Hillman and singer/guitarist/banjo player Herb Pedersen formed the Desert Rose Band, which became Hillman's most commercially-successful post-Byrds project. From 1987-1993, the band recorded seven albums and had a string of 16 country-music hits, (the majority of which were in the country Top Ten). They won several of Academy of Country Music awards before disbanding in 1994. Their country hits included "Love Reunited", "One Step Forward", and "He's Back and I'm Blue". In 1989, he recorded the song "You Ain't Going Nowhere" with Roger McGuinn, which reached the Country Top 10. In 1991, he was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Byrds).

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Chris Hillman - One Step Forward (with Desert Rose Band)

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Lila McCann - She is a country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird", which reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The song was the first release from her 1997 album "Lila", which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997, and was certified platinum in the United States. In 1998, she played Kelly Wyman, an aspiring country singer in the episode "Eyes of a Ranger" of the TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger". In the episode, she sang the USA national anthem a cappella for an opening to a rodeo sequence, and serenaded the main character, Walker (Chuck Norris), by singing "Eyes of a Ranger". She has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being the #3 hit song "I Wanna Fall in Love".

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Lila McCann - Down Came A Blackbird

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Jay Z - He is a rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur who is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records, while receiving 19 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. In 2006, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time. He holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13. He has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist. In 2009, he was ranked as the tenth-most successful artist of the 2000s by Billboard as well as the fifth top solo male artist and fourth top rapper. He created the urban clothing line 'Roca Wear'. He is the former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation.

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Jay Z - Empire State of Mind (Live In Brooklyn)

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Lee Smith - He is a retired MLB baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams, and was one of the dominant closers in baseball history. Pitching primarily for the Chicago Cubs, with whom he spent his first eight seasons, he served mostly as a relief pitcher during his career. He held the major league record for career saves from 1993 until 2006, when San Diego Padres relief pitcher Trevor Hoffman passed his final total of 478. He was named to 5 National League All Star Teams and 2 American League All Star Teams. He was a member of 1984 National League Eastern Division Champion Chicago Cubs team, and the 1988 and 1990 American League Eastern Division Champion Boston Red Sox teams.

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Gary Gilmore - He was a criminal who gained international notoriety for demanding the execution of his death sentence for two murders he committed in Utah, and he was the first person to be executed in the US after reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. His story was documented in Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Executioner's Song". In 1982, "The Executioner's Song" was adapted for a TV movie of the same name starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore.

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Baby Face Nelson - Lester Joseph Gilis, aka "Baby Face Nelson", was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s. He was known as Baby Face Nelson due to his youthful appearance and small stature. He partnered with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison in the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the remaining gang members as public enemy number one. He was responsible for the murder of several people, and has killed three FBI agents in the line of duty, more than any other person. In 1934, he was shot by FBI agents and died after a shootout often termed "The Battle of Barrington".

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Citizen Rules

12-04-14, 08:29 PM

I was beginning to think that no one had a birthday today:eek:

Great photo of Marisa Tomei. And I'm not a fan or anything, she just looks happy in that pic.

Tony Todd. A great actor and the best Klingon this side of Michael Dorn. Amazing in his role on Deep Space Nine in The Visitor. That was one of the most memorable TV drama performances I've seen.......Tony was featured in Citizen Rule's movie review of The Man From Earth;)
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Deanna Durbin, Happy Birthday!
I watched a lot of her movies awhile ago. Very fun, some were pretty good too.
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Citizen Rules

12-04-14, 08:33 PM

I see you repped me, thanks, but I total changed my post, just now. I hope it's still rep worthy:)

gbgoodies

12-04-14, 08:38 PM

I was beginning to think that no one had a birthday today:eek:

I'm sorry about that. I've been very busy today, and I just got back a little while ago. Expect this to happen a few times during the holiday season.

Great photo of Marisa Tomei. And I'm not a fan or anything, she just looks happy in that pic.

I'm not a big fan of Marisa Tomei either, but I loved her in My Cousin Vinny.

and.......he (Tony Todd) was featured in Citizen Rule's movie review of The Man From Earth;)

I meant to add a note about him being in The Man From Earth, but I was rushing a bit, and I forgot. :facepalm:

gbgoodies

12-04-14, 08:39 PM

I see you repped me, thanks, but I total changed my post, just now. I hope it's still rep worthy:)

It's okay. You still deserve the rep. :)

Citizen Rules

12-04-14, 08:54 PM

:) Just teasin ya about the birthday's.

I can't say I've ever seen a movie with Marisa Tomei. But I probably did at some point. Oh, is it grammar correct to say repped or is it reped?

gbgoodies

12-04-14, 09:08 PM

:) Just teasin ya about the birthday's.

I can't say I've ever seen a movie with Marisa Tomei. But I probably did at some point. Oh, is it grammar correct to say repped or is it reped?

You should definitely see My Cousin Vinny. It's one of the funniest movies ever made.

I think repped is correct.

cricket

12-04-14, 09:56 PM

Happy Birthday Marisa Tomei! Despite my preference for blondes, I think she is super hot, and probably my biggest celebrity crush.

Happy Birthday dude!

Happy Birthday Tony Todd!

Happy Birthday Lee Smith-from a long time Cubs fan.

gbgoodies

12-05-14, 05:18 AM

Born on December 5th:

Otto Preminger - Austrian American theatre and film director who directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career including the 1944 haunting film noir mystery Laura. Several of his later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959) and homosexuality (Advise & Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, in 1945 for Laura, and in 1964 fpr The Cardinal. He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Cardinal. In 1960, his movie Anatomy of a Murder was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. For his appearance on the 1960s TV series "Batman", he was paid $2,500, the standard fee for actors who appeared on the series after asking for a role. The Screen Actors Guild got wind of this, and ordered that none of their members were to work for Preminger unless he paid the SAG dues for his appearance on "Batman", and various other monies he owed them dating back to his acting career. As a result, Preminger ended up $7,600 out of pocket from his turn as Mr. Freeze. He was voted the 47th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6624 Hollywood Blvd.

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Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze in "Batman"

Fritz Lang - German-Austrian director, screenwriter, and producer who was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. His most famous films include the groundbreaking Metropolis, which was the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release, and M, made before he moved to the United States, which is considered a precursor to the film noir genre. He was voted the 30th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.

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Amy Acker - Actress who is best known for her roles as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the TV series "Angel", and as Kelly Peyton on the TV series "Alias". She currently plays Samantha "Root" Groves on "Person of Interest", having been promoted to a series regular in the show's third season. She portrayed Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey, a recurring character, on Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse". She studied ballet, modern dance and jazz dance for 13 years before moving onto acting. In 2003, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for "Angel".

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Frankie Muniz - Actor who is best known as the star of the FOX TV sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle", which earned him an Emmy Award nomination, and two Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2003, he was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2005, he was ranked #19 in E's 50 most cutest child stars all grown-up. In 2008, he put his acting career on hold to pursue an open wheel racing career, and he competed in the Atlantic Championship. In 2012, he joined the band Kingsfoil as a drummer, however, the band parted ways in 2014.

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Nick Stahl - Actor who started as a child actor, gaining recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face. He later made the transition from a child actor to an adult actor with roles in the movies In the Bedroom, Bully, The Thin Red Line, Sin City, the HBO series "Carnivàle", and the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, in which he took over the role of John Connor.

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Nick Stahl in The Man Without a Face

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Claire Danes and Nick Stahl in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Connie Needham - Actress who is best known for her role as Elizabeth Bradford on the TV series "Eight is Enough". She is also an accomplished dancer, and she portrayed two different characters on the TV series "Fame", including a dancer in the initial stages of multiple sclerosis in the 1982 episode "To Soar and Never Falter", which won Harry Harris an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series. Her other appearances on "Fame" were as Kelly Hayden in three episodes the following year. She now works as a dance instructor in California, teaching junior jazz and lyrical classes, and choreographing team competitions and annual recitals. Her former father-in-law was stuntman and film director/producer Hal Needham.

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Little Richard - Singer, songwriter, and musician who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for over six decades. In the mid-1950s, his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship laid the foundation for rock and roll. His music also had a pivotal impact on the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk. One of his early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston, and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. He was voted the 8th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Recording Academy, and the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 2010, his 1955 song "Tutti Frutti" was included in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music". On June 21, 1990, e was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 2008, he was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1984, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. In 1986, hnducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

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Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly

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José Carreras - Spanish tenor who is best known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini. He made his debut on the opera stage at age 11 as Trujamán in "Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro", and he went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles on the stages of the world's leading opera houses and in the recording studio. From 1990-2003, he gained fame with a wider audience as one of The Three Tenors along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.

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Jose Carreras - Love Changes Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sr4WRJZg_Y

Gary Allan - Country music singer whose albums have produced 26 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached #1: "Man to Man" and "Tough Little Boys" in 2003, "Nothing On but the Radio" in 2004, and "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" in 2013. Seven more of his singles have reached the Top 10 on the chart as well: "Her Man", "It Would Be You", "Right Where I Need to Be", "The One", "Best I Ever Had", "Life Ain't Always Beautiful", and "Watching Airplanes". He was voted Country Weekly's Sexiest Bachelor.

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Gary Allan - Her Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ifUb-7pyQ

Jim Messina - Musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer who was a member of folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of country rock pioneer Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina. He is the creator and owner of "The Songwriters' Performance Workshop", where he leads 7-day intensive workshops for songwriters and singers at resorts, retreats and hotels around the country.

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Jim Messina - Follow Your Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMypivzLns

gbgoodies

12-06-14, 02:12 PM

Born on December 6th:

Richard Edlund - He is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects cinematographer who is best known for his work on the visual effects for the original trilogy of Star Wars movies. He also did distinguished work for Lucas and ILM on Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist. In 1981, he and ILM won two Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of the Empire motion picture camera system, and a beam-splitter optical composite motion picture printer. In 1983, following the completion of Return of the Jedi, he set up his own effects company, Boss Films, whose credits include Big Trouble in Little China, Die Hard, Ghostbusters, The Hunt for Red October, Cliffhanger, Outbreak, and Air Force One. Boss Film Studios was one of the first traditional effects houses that successfully transitioned from "tangible world" visual effects, to computer generated imagery. Many notable CGI artists began their careers at Boss. On February 10, 2007, he was honored with the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, winning 7 Oscars, including his "Special Achievement" awards. In 1979, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Creative Technical Crafts for "Battlestar Galactica", and in 2004, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for "Angels in America". He has also been nominated for four BAFTA Awards for Special Visual Effects, and won two BAFTAs, the first in 1983 for Poltergeist, and the second in 1984 for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

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Leo Tover - Cinematographer who was one of the foremost cinematographers of the 1940's and 50's. He was twice nominated for Academy Awards for his work, in 1942 for Hold Back the Dawn, and in 1950 for The Heiress. Among his other credits are the original 1926 silent version of The Great Gatsby, Love Me Tender, The Sun Also Rises, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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Ira Gershwin - Lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With his brother George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera "Porgy and Bess". His mastery of songwriting continued after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern ("Long Ago (and Far Away)"), Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen. Three of his songs ("They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Long Ago (And Far Away)" and "The Man That Got Away") were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. His "Of Thee I Sing" in 1931 was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize, and the first true American opera. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He and his brother George Gershwin were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Judd Apatow - Producer, director, actor, comedian, and screenwriter who is best known for his work in comedy films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, and he developed the cult TV shows "Freaks and Geeks", "Undeclared" and "Girls". His work has won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy Award (for "The Ben Stiller Show"), a Hollywood Comedy Award, and an AFI Award for Bridesmaids. His work has also been nominated for Grammy Awards, PGA Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards (for Bridesmaids). In 2007, he was ranked No. 1 on Entertainment Weekly's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. His hit movies include Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. In 2014, he wrote "The Simpsons" episode "Bart's New Friend", which is based on a fan script sent in by him in 1990. He was nominated for multiple Emmys as well as a TV Critics award for his work on "The Larry Sanders Show". In 2007, Apatow he was nominated for a Grammy for co-writing the song "Walk Hard", which was nominated for Best Song Written for Motion Picture. In 2012, his show "Girls" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2012, he received the Hollywood Comedy Award at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards presented by the Hollywood Film Festival. In 2013, his film This Is 40 was nominated for the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy. In 2013, The San Diego Film Festival awarded him the esteemed Visionary Filmmaker Award.

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Agnes Moorehead - Actress who is best known for her role as Endora on the TV series "Bewitched". She was also notable for her film roles in Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, All That Heaven Allows and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Her career spanned more than three decades, and included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She received four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for The Magnificent Ambersons, Mrs. Parkington, Johnny Belinda, and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and six Emmy Award nominations for "Bewitched". She won one Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the episode "Night of the Vicious Valentine" of the TV series "The Wild Wild West", and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Parkington and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. She was founder and charter member of the famed Mercury Theater Players with Orson Welles. On February 8, 1960, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Wally Cox - Comedian and actor who is best known as the voice of the popular animated canine superhero "Underdog". He appeared as the mild-mannered teacher in the TV series "Mr. Peepers", plus several other popular shows, and as a character actor in over 20 films. He won two Emmy Awards for the role of "Mr. Peepers", one as Best Comedian of 1953, and one as Best Male Star of a Regular Series in 1954, He was also a regular panelist on the TV game show "The Hollywood Squares", appearing in the upper left-hand cubicle from the series' debut in 1966 until his death in 1973. He wrote a mystery novel for children, "The Tenth Life of Osiris Oakes," about a young boy who steals a mummified cat from a museum, only to have it come back to life. He was also a singer, cutting albums and singles including the 45-RPM singles "Love Me With Soul" backed with "Some Wonderful Day", and "This Man" backed by "I've Had Enough". Another memorable record of his was "There Is a Tavern in the Town" in 1953, sang in a unique style featuring "tremulous yodeling" that was truly one of a kind. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6385 Hollywood Blvd.

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Wally Cox - What A Crazy Guy / There Is A Tavern In The Town

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Steven Wright - Comedian, actor and writer who is best known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. His 1985 comedy album "I Have a Pony" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. The success of this album landed him an HBO special which he recorded as a live college concert performance, A Steven Wright Special. which earned him a CableACE Award nomination for Writing a Comedy Special. In 1989, he won an Academy Award for their 30-minute short film "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings", which he co-wrote (with Michael Armstrong) and starred in. He had a recurring role on the TV sitcom "Mad About You", and he supplied the voice of the radio DJ in writer-director Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs. In 2007, he released his second album, "I Still Have a Pony", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. In 2005, he was named No. 23 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. On December 15, 2008, he became the first inductee to the Boston Comedy Hall of Fame.

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The Very Best of Comedian Steven Wright

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JoBeth Williams - Actress who is known for such films as Stir Crazy, Poltergeist, The Big Chill, The Day After[i/], and [i]Teachers. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards. She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in 1984 for the TV movie Adam, and in 1988 for the TV miniseries "Baby M", and her third nomination was in 1995 for her guest role in the sitcom "Frasier". In 1994, she made her directorial debut with the short film On Hope, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. She also starred in the TV series "The Client", and had recurring roles in the TV shows "Dexter", and "Private Practice". In 2006, she was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

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Tom Hulce - Actor who is best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Mozart in the movie Amadeus, his role as "Pinto" in National Lampoon's Animal House, and his role as Quasimodo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award Award. He won an Emmy Award in 1996 for Best Supporting Actor for "The Heidi Chronicles". He retired from acting in the mid-1990s in order to focus upon stage directing and producing. In 2007, he won a Tony Award as a lead producer of the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening". In 2010, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical for co-producing the musical theater version of Green Day's album "American Idiot".

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James Naughton - Actor who is best known as a stage actor in a series of Broadway dramas and musicals. In 1971, he won the Theatre World Award for his performance in "Long Day's Journey Into Night". In 1990, he won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for "City of Angels". In 1997, he won a second Tony Award for his portrayal of lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical "Chicago". His films include The Paper Chase, The First Wives Club, and The Devil Wears Prada. On television, he starred in "Faraday & Company", and in the 1974 TV series "Planet of the Apes", a spin-off of the original film. He is also a frequent narrator on PBS television's "Nature" series. He is the brother of actor David Naughton.

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Gina Hecht - Actress who is best known for her role as Jean DaVinci on the TV series "Mork & Mindy". Her first film role was in the 1982 Ron Howard movie Night Shift, alongside Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. She is known to Star Trek fans as Manua Apgar in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "A Matter of Perspective". In addition to a career on TV and in films, she has also worked the stage. In 2011, she appeared in Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" alongside Jason Alexander.

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Kin Shriner - Actor who is best known for his role as Scott "Scotty" Baldwin on the daytime soap operas "General Hospital" and "Port Charles". From 1990-1998, he was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards. From 1989-2001, he was nominated for nine Soap Opera Digest Awards, winning the award in 1991 for 'Outstanding Villain: Daytime' for "General Hospital", and in 1999 for 'Outstanding Male Scene Stealer' for "Port Charles". He is also known for the roles of Jeb Hampton in "Texas", Keith Morrissey on "As the World Turns", and Jeff Bardwell on "The Young and the Restless", and the voice of Green Arrow / Ollie Queen on "Justice League Unlimited". He is the twin brother of actor Wil Shriner.

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Wil Shriner - Actor, comedian, director and game show host who is best known for directing numerous episodes of "Frasier", "Becker", "Everybody Loves Raymond", and "Gilmore Girls". He is a nationally known comedian with over 50 appearances with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Johnny Carson and more. He hosted "The Wil Shriner Show", a nationally syndicated TV talk show, which earned him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. He also hosted two game shows, the American version of "That's My Dog" and "Small Talk". He wrote the screenplay for and directed the 2006 movie Hoot. He is the twin brother of soap opera actor Kin Shriner.

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Sparky Marcus - Child actor who is best known for playing the role of the precocious child but also worked extensively as a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1980s. He started acting at five playing Shelby on "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". He also appeared on TV on the shows "The Nancy Walker Show", "Grandpa Goes to Washington", "The Bad News Bears", "Goodtime Girls", and "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". (He played child evangelist Jimmy Joe Jeeter, who died of electrocution in the bathtub). As a voice actor for cartoons, he is probably best known for his role as Richie Rich on the Hanna Barbera series from 1980–1982. He later had regular roles as a voice actor on "Shirt Tales", "Space-Stars", "The Reluctant Dragon", and on "Saturday Supercade" as the voice of Dexter on "Space Ace". He also appeared in the 1976 movie Freaky Friday, as Jodie Foster's little brother. His last movie role was a brief cameo as a bellboy in the 1983 Steve Martin comedy The Man with Two Brains.

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Ryan White - Teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States, after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, he was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, but AIDS was poorly understood at the time, and when he tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Kokomo rallied against his attendance. Surprising his doctors, he lived five years longer than predicted but died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation. He was one of a handful of highly visible people with AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s who helped change the public perception of the disease. In 1989, ABC aired the TV movie The Ryan White Story, starring Lukas Haas as Ryan. Ryan had a small cameo appearance in the film, playing a boy also suffering from HIV who befriends Haas.

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Larry Bowa - Former professional baseball shortstop, former manager, and coach in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets, managed the San Diego Padres and the Phillies, and is currently the Phillies' bench coach. He was a five-time National League All-Star. He won two Gold Glove Awards, (in 1972 and 1978), and he led the National League in fielding percentage six times, then a league record. He was the starting shortstop for 1980 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. He retired with the NL record for career games at shortstop (2222), and the Major League records for fielding average in a career (.980) and a single season (.991, in 1979). In 2001, he was named National League Manager of the Year.

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Citizen Rules

12-06-14, 04:29 PM

gbgoodies

12-06-14, 05:15 PM

I always enjoy Agnes Moorehead in just about anything I see her in. I'll be seeing her tonight in Pollyanna.
Agnes was one HUGE part of why I love the earlier seasons of Bewitched.

Thanks for remembering Ryan White.

I loved Agnes Moorehead in "Bewitched". She and Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur were two of my favorite characters.

Citizen Rules

12-06-14, 05:33 PM

Paul Lynde rocks!
So does Larry Tate (David White) a lovable weasel.
And Gladys Kravitz (Alice Pearce) a lovable goofball.
And Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne) a lovable confused aunt.

Come to think of it the first seasons of Bewitched was rich in colorful characters. That's what makes a great sitcom, great characters.

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gbgoodies

12-06-14, 05:45 PM

Citizen Rules

12-06-14, 05:50 PM

Dr Bombay, Dr Bombay....come right away...LOL

I also really like the first Louise Tate. The second one was just too negative.

gbgoodies

12-06-14, 05:58 PM

I also really like the first Louise Tate. The second one was just too negative.

But which Darrin did you prefer? I liked Dick York better.

They also had two different people who played Mrs. Kravitz, but I liked them both.

honeykid

12-06-14, 06:06 PM

My nan used to really like Deanna Durbin. It always thought it was a funny name, which is probably the only reason I remember it. :D

Citizen Rules

12-06-14, 06:07 PM

I like the entire first cast better.
Dick York as Darrin
Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz (the second one was awesome at being mean, but I liked the goofy one better)
Irene Vernon as Louise Tate

I don't have a preference for which of the 2 Darrin's dad I like.

gbgoodies

12-06-14, 06:11 PM

My nan used to really like Deanna Durbin. It always thought it was a funny name, which is probably the only reason I remember it. :D

I never really thought about it but, yeah, I guess Deanna Durbin is kind of a funny name.

I think the only movie that I've seen her in is Christmas Holiday with Gene Kelly.

Citizen Rules

12-06-14, 06:13 PM

Deanna was mainly known as a singing child star. Sort of competition for a young Judy Garland. As an adult she only made a few films, some of them are pretty good, (that is if you like older films:))

Lady On a Train is a film noir of hers, and a pretty good one too.

gbgoodies

12-07-14, 05:48 AM

Born on December 7th:

Eli Wallach - Actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. He became "one of the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and screen", with over 90 film credits. On stage, he often co-starred with his wife, Anne Jackson, becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater. For his debut screen performance in Baby Doll, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Among his other most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, Guido in The Misfits, Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday. He received BAFTA Awards, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards for his work, and on November 13, 2010, he received an Academy Honorary Award at the second annual Governors Awards.

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Ellen Burstyn - Actress whose career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series. She has been nominated for six Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and seven Emmy Awards. She won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award in 1975 for Best Actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, the Golden Globe Award in 1979 for Best Actress for Same Time, Next Year, and two Emmy Awards, (in 2009 and 2013). She is one of the few actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Ted Knight - Actor and voice artist who is best known for playing the comedic role of Ted Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Henry Rush in "Too Close for Comfort", and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack. He had a small role at the very end of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, as a cell guard who opens the cell door for another officer who gives Anthony Perkins ("Norman Bates") a blanket. He was also a prominent voice actor for 1960/1970s Superhero cartoons, like "The Flash", "The Atom", "Superman", and other hero cartoons, "Super Friends", and the "Justice League". He was most known as the the omnipotent narrator, but he also voice over many of the second string character voices. He also provided narration and voices for the cartoons "The Batman/Superman Hour" in 1968, and "Star Trek: The Animated Series" in 1973. He was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and six Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", winning the Emmy Awards in 1973 and 1976. On January 30, 1985, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6673 Hollywood Bouelvard in Hollywood, California.

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James Keach - Actor, producer, and director who is best known for portraying Jesse James in the 1980 film The Long Riders, a film which he co-wrote and produced. He was the director of the 1993 TV series and 1999 film Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, which starred his wife, Jane Seymour. In 2014, he directed a documentary, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, about country music singer Glen Campbell and his battle with Alzheimer's disease. In 2010, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Johnny Cash was the godfather of his son John, and Christopher Reeve was the godfather of his son Kris. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr., and son of actor Stacy Keach, Sr.

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Patrick Fabian - Actor who has played numerous roles in TV series (especially as guest star), and after twenty years of acting, he achieved a breakthrough of sorts in the 2010 horror film The Last Exorcism. Fans loved his portrayal of the flawed exorcist 'Rev Cotton Marcus", and in 2010, he was awarded Best Actor at the prestigious Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival. He is fondly remembered as 'Professor Lasky' from "Saved By The Bell:The College Years". His recurring roles include "Big Love", "Veronica Mars", "Joan of Arcadia", "Providence","24","Time of your Life", "Working Class", "The Education of Max Bickford", "Valentine", and on HBO's "The Newsroom".

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C. Thomas Howell - Actor who starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis, and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He also appeared in Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Grandview U.S.A., E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

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Tony Thomas - Producer who produced the TV series "The Practice", "Herman's Head", "Soap", "Blossom", "Empty Nest", "Benson", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Golden Girls", and "It's a Living". He also produced the movie Dead Poets Society, which was nominated for the 1990 Academy Award, and won the 1990 BAFTA Award for Best Picture. His got his start in Hollywood as an associate producer on the acclaimed TV movie Brian's Song. In 1974, he teamed with producer Paul Junger Witt and Susan Harris to form the TV production company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), which produced numerous successful TV series from the 1970s into the 1990s. He has been nominated for 11 Emmy Awards. He is the son of Danny Thomas, and the younger brother of actress Marlo Thomas.

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Louis Prima - Singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter who is best known for his role in Walt Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book, as the raucous orangutan King Louie. He performed the hit song "I Wanna Be Like You" on the soundtrack, leading to the recording of two albums with Phil Harris. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of the cartoon feature, The Man Called Flintstone. He rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the late 1920s, then leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s. His music transcends many genres, as he wrote with Barbara Belle and Anita Leonard, the standard "A Sunday Kind of Love", a hit for Ella Fitzgerald in 1947. Later many others from The Harptones in 1953 (Do Wop) to Reba McEntire in 1988 (Country and Pop). Among his many accolades, with such recordings as "Jump Jive And Wail" written by Prima in 1939, and" Just A Gigolo"/"I Ain't Got Nobody", recorded in 1957, he is considered by many as one of the founding fathers of rock 'n roll. In 1993, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. On July 25, 2010, he posthumously received a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame's 50th anniversary, and on the year of his 100th birthday, at 1615 N. Vine Street.

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Louis Prima - I Wanna Be Like You (from The Jungle Book)

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Harry Chapin - Singer-songwriter who is best known for his folk rock songs including "Taxi", "W*O*L*D", "Sniper", "Flowers Are Red", and the No. 1 hit "Cat's in the Cradle". In 2001, Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" was ranked number 186 of 365 on the RIAA list of Songs of the Century. In 2006, he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. He was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger. In 1977, he was a key participant in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, and in 1987, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work. On July 16, 1981, he was killed in an auto accident on the Long Island Expressway on the way to perform at a free concert scheduled for later that evening at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York. The Lakeside Theatre at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York, was renamed "Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre" during a memorial concert held one month after his death, as a tribute to his efforts to combat world hunger.

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Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle

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Gary Morris - Country music singer who is best known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits include more than twenty-five other chart singles on the Billboard country charts, including five No. 1 hits. He has also released nine studio albums, with his 1983 album "Why Lady Why" having earned a gold certification from the RIAA. In 1981, his breakthrough hit "Headed for a Heartache" reached No. 8 on the country chart. He had one of the early hit versions of "The Wind Beneath My Wings". His version went to No. 4 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart, and it won both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association awards for Song Of The Year. He had four solo No. 1 hits on Billboard's country charts, "Baby Bye-Bye" and "I'll Never Stop Loving You" in 1985, "100 Percent Chance of Rain" in 1986, and "Leave Me Lonely" in 1987. He also had a successful series of duet hits with Crystal Gayle, including the 1986 No. 1 country hit "Making Up For Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" in 1986, which was at one point slated to become the theme to the TV series "Dallas". Their other major duet hit together was 1987's "Another World", which was the theme song of the NBC soap opera "Another World" for many years. His other hit songs include "Lasso the Moon", (the theme song from the movie Rustler's Rhapsody), "The Love She Found in Me", "Velvet Chains", "Between Two Fires", and "Second Hand Heart". In the late 1980s, he starred in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables" as Jean Valjean. The full symphonic recording of "Les Misérables" is a platinum selling, Grammy Award-winning album, and it features Morris' version of "Bring Him Home". His son, Matt Morris, was one of the "New Mousketeers" on "The All New Mickey Mouse Club".

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Gary Morris - The Wind Beneath My Wings

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Gary Morris - Bring Him Home (from "Les Misérables")

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Gary Morris - Lasso The Moon (from the movie Rustler's Rhapsody)

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Tom Waits - Singer, songwriter, composer, and actor who has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays, and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on "One from the Heart". He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, "Bone Machine" and "Mule Variations". In 2011, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Tom Waits - Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You

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Larry Bird - Retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three consecutive times (1984–1986). He played his entire professional career for Boston, winning three NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards. He was a member of the 1992 United States Men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1996, he was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. In 1998, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2010, he was inducted again as a member of the "Dream Team". In addition to being part of the 50–40–90 club, he is the only man in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.

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Johnny Bench - Former professional MLB baseball catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983, and was a key member of 'The Big Red Machine', which won six division titles, four National League pennants, and two World Series championships. He was a 14-time All-Star selection, a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, and the 1976 World Series MVP. In 1968, he won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. ESPN has called him the greatest catcher in baseball history. In 1985, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, and his uniform #5 was retired by the Reds. In 1989, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He appeared on 96% of the ballots, the third-highest percentage at that time. In 1989, he became the first individual baseball player to appear on a Wheaties box. In 1999, he ranked #16 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. He was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team as the top vote-receiving catcher. As part of the Golden Anniversary of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, he was selected to the All-Time Rawlings Gold Glove Team. On September 17, 2011, the Cincinnati Reds unveiled a statue of Bench at the entrance way of the Reds Hall of Fame at Great American Ball Park. The larger-than-life bronze statue shows Bench in the act of throwing out a base runner. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

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Tino Martinez - Former professional baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1990 through 2005. He also served as a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2013. During his 16-year MLB career, he scored 1,008 runs, drove in 1,271 runs, and hit 339 home runs. He had 100 or more RBI in six different seasons, and he was twice named to the All-Star team. He won the 1997 home run derby. He hit a grand slam in the 1998 world series, which was the 17th grand slam in world series history. He was the firstbaseman on the 1988 Gold Medal U.S. Olympic team. He hit two homeruns in the championship game. In 1997-1998, he was inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame. In 2014, the Yankees honored him with a plaque in Monument Park.

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John Ramsey - Business man who was the father of homicide victim JonBenét Ramsey. He was the first to discover JonBenét's body in the wine cellar of the Ramseys' 15-room home in Boulder, Colorado, on December 26, 1996, just hours after her murder. He was the police's prime suspect in the murder of his six year-old daughter. In July 2008, John Ramsey and his late wife Patsy were officially cleared of the death by the Boulder District Attorney's office, based on new DNA evidence collected from JonBenet's clothing. This particular DNA analysis did not exist at the time of the killing. JonBenét's murder remains unsolved. John and his wife, Patsy Ramsey, wrote a book, "The Death of Innocence", which was published in 2000, about JonBenet's death.

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cricket

12-07-14, 08:55 AM

Happy Birthday Ted Knight! Caddyshack is one of my favorite movies, and Too Close for Comfort was one of my favorite shows.

Happy Birthday Eli Wallach! A legend!

Happy Birthday Ellen Burstyn! Her performance in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is one of the best I've seen.

Happy Birthday Larry Bird! A Boston legend.

Happy Birthday C. Thomas Howell! The Hitcher is one of the greatest movies ever made.

gbgoodies

12-08-14, 01:26 PM

Born on December 8th:

Georges Méliès - French illusionist and filmmaker who was famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. He was a prolific innovator in the use of special effects who accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work. He is sometimes referred to as the first "Cinemagician". He made over 500 films includin his films A Trip to the Moon in 1902, and The Impossible Voyage in 1904, which both involve strange, surreal journeys, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, although their approach is closer to fantasy. He was also an early pioneer of horror cinema, which can be traced back to his The Haunted Castle in 1896. On December 28, 1895, he was a member of the first audience in the world to see the Lumiere brothers' Cinematographe. In 1931, he was awarded the Legion of Honor for his contributions to the art and the industry of motion pictures.

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Georges Méliès 1896 Silent Film The Haunted Castle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPmKaz3Quzo

Georges Méliès 1902 Short Film A Trip to the Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

Rick Baker - Special make-up effects creator who is best known for his creature effects. In 1981, he was the very first recipient of the Oscar for Best Make-Up for An American Werewolf in London, when the category was first introduced. He holds the record for the most Academy Award wins and nominations bestowed upon makeup artists. He has been nominated a total of twelve times with seven wins, (An American Werewolf in London, Harry and the Hendersons, Ed Wood, The Nutty Professor, Men in Black, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Wolfman). He has also been nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning one in 1974 for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and has six BAFTA Award nominations, winning three (in 1985 for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, in 1997 for The Nutty Professor, and in 2001 for How the Grinch Stole Christmas). He worked with Michael Jackson on Thriller and Captain EO, and Jackson's song "Threatened" is dedicated to him. When he was in high school, he made his own gorilla costume, and he would go to drive-in movies showing Planet of the Apes, secretly change into his ape outfit, and sneak up to occupants of cars watching the movie, scaring them out of their wits. He was inducted to the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. On November 30, 2012, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6764 Hollywood Blvd.

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Richard Fleischer - Director whose film career began in 1942 at the RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features, which he called "Flicker Flashbacks". He won an Academy Award as producer of the 1947 documentary Design for Death, co-written by Theodor Geisel (later known as Dr. Seuss), which examined the cultural forces that led to Japan's imperial expansion through World War II. He is probably best known for directing the 1954 Disney movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, as well as the movies Barabbas, Fantastic Voyage, Doctor Dolittle, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Che!, Mandingo, Soylent Green, Conan the Destroyer, The Jazz Singer (1980), and Red Sonja. He also directed a trilogy of films centering on famous serial killers and focusing on the theme of capital punishment: Compulsion, The Boston Strangler, and 10 Rillington Place. In 1953, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Happy Time. In 1960, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for 'Best Film from any Source' for Compulsion. He was chairman of Fleischer Studios, which today handles the licensing of Betty Boop and Koko the Clown. He was the son of animator Max Fleischer whose animation studio was one of the biggest competitors to Walt Disney's studio.

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James Thurber - Cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright who was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. His most famous story is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". He is pictured on a 29¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued September 10, 1994, celebrating the centennial of his birth. In 1960, he received a Special Tony Award, along with Burgess Meredith, for "A Thurber Carnival". He once rewrote Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, "The Raven", and told it from the viewpoint of the bird. Established in 1997, the annual Thurber Prize honors outstanding examples of American humor. In 2008, The Library of America selected Thurber's story, " A Sort of Genius", first published in The New Yorker, for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.

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Sammy Davis Jr. - Entertainer, primarily a dancer and singer, who was also a stage and screen actor, musician, and impressionist, noted for his impersonations of actors, musicians and other celebrities. He is probably best remembered for his cameo appearance on the TV show "All in the Family", during which he famously kisses Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) on the cheek. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, and in 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack film, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's "Mr Wonderful", he returned to the stage in 1964's "Golden Boy", and in 1966, he had his own TV variety show, "The Sammy Davis Jr. Show". In 1972, he had a hit record with "The Candy Man". He had eight Billboard Top 20 Pop hits, including "Somethings Gotta Give", "I've Gotta Be Me", "That Old Black Magic", "What Kind Of Fool Am I", and "The Shelter Of Your Arms". He was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his TV performances. He was given a gift, of a black sapphire ring, by Elvis Presley , who told him, "This is the biggest black star I've seen, so I'm giving it to the biggest black star I know". In 1987, he was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005, he was inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6254 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 1954, he lost his left eye in an automobile accident, and several years later, he converted to Judaism, and he called himself "a one-eyed Negro Jew".

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Sammy Davis Jr. - Mr. Bojangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5voM2HExV_Q

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYihDAhVPko

Sammy Davis Jr. on "All In The Family",

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlpKbIS1I4

Flip Wilson - Comedian and actor who in the early 1970s, hosted his own weekly variety series, "The Flip Wilson Show". The series earned him a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. He was also nominated for two additional Golden Globe Awards, and an unprecedented eleven Emmy Awards. In January 1972, Time magazine featured his image on their cover and named him "TV's first black superstar". In 1970, he won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording for "The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress". He frequently acted as the Master of Ceremonies at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.

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Lee J. Cobb - Actor who is best known for his performance in the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men, his Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1954 movie On the Waterfront, and one of his last films, the 1973 movie The Exorcist. He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play "Death of a Salesman" under the direction of Elia Kazan. His performance of "King Lear" in 1968, is the longest-running production of the play in Broadway history. On TV, he co-starred in the first four seasons of the popular, long-running western series "The Virginian". In 1959, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Brothers Karamazov. He was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 1958 for 12 Angry Men, and in 1964 for Come Blow Your Horn. He was also nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in 1958 for the episode "No Deadly Medicine" of "Studio One", in 1960 for the episode "Project Immortality" of "Playhouse 90", and in 1967 for "Death of a Salesman". In 1981, he was inducted, posthumously, into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Maximilian Schell - German actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. He was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films, as he could speak both English and German. Among those were two films for which he received Oscar nominations: The Man in the Glass Booth (1975; Best Actor), where he played a character with two identities, and Julia (1977; Best Supporting Actor), where he helps the underground in Nazi Germany. His range of acting went beyond German characters, however, and during his career, he also played personalities as diverse as Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar, Russian emperor Peter the Great, and scientist Albert Einstein. In 1992, he won the Golden Globe Award for his role as Vladimir Lenin in the TV movie Stalin. On stage, Schell acted in a number of plays, and his was considered "one of the greatest Hamlets ever". He was also an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. In 2000, he received the "Actor of the Millennium" award at The Baltic Pearl Film Festival in Latvia.

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David Carradine - Actor and martial artist who was best known for his leading role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu". His acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television and cinema, spanned over four decades. He appeared in more than 100 feature films, and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award, including his last nomination in 2005 for the title role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 2. On April 1, 1997, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He was the son of John Carradine, and the half-brother of Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, brother of Bruce Carradine.

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Kim Basinger - Actress who is best known for her roles as Bond girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again, her Golden Globe-nominated role as Memo Paris in The Natural, Elizabeth in 9½ Weeks, and Vicki Vale in the 1989 movie Batman. In 1997, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in L.A. Confidential. Her other films include Blind Date, My Stepmother Is an Alien, 8 Mile, Cellular, and Charlie St. Cloud. She and her ex-husband Alec Baldwin met and fell in love in 1990 on the set of the trouble-plagued movie The Marrying Man. She was the first "Bond Girl" to win an Oscar, and the first actress to win an Oscar after appearing naked in Playboy magazine. On July 8, 1992, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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John Rubinstein - Actor, composer, and director who is best known for his roles as Jeff Maitland on the 1970s TV series "Family", and as Harrison Fox on the 1980s TV series "Crazy Like a Fox". He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972, and received a Theater World Award, for creating the title role in the musical "Pippin", directed by Bob Fosse. In 1980, he won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and Drama-Logue Award for his portrayal of James Leeds in Mark Medoff's "Children Of A Lesser God". He has acted in over 200 television films and series episodes, as well we over 20 feature films. In 1978, he received an Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Jeff Maitland in the ABC series "Family". He has composed, orchestrated, and conducted the musical scores for five feature films, including Jeremiah Johnson, The Candidate, and The Killer Inside Me, as well as composing the scores for over 50 TV movies, and the weekly themes for "Family" and "China Beach".

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John Rubinstein as Pippin, and Jill Clayburgh as Catherine, in the original Broadway production of "Pippin".

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Teri Hatcher - Actress who is best known for her roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series "Desperate Housewives", and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman". She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work on "Desperate Housewives". She was the first person to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for a show that had not yet completed its first season. Before she became an actress, she was a San Francisco 49ers cheerleader. In the mid-1990s, a photo of her wrapped in nothing but a red Superman cape famously became the most downloaded image on America Online. Years after gaining fame as "Lois Lane" on the TV show "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", she played Lois Lane's mother in the "Smallville" episode, "Abandoned" in 2010. In so doing, she became the third actress who previously played "Lois Lane" to later play Lane's mother.

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James MacArthur - Actor who is best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running TV series "Hawaii Five-O". His early career included the Disney movies Kidnapped and [/i]Swiss Family Robinson[/i]. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the 1958 BAFTA awards. In 1960, he made his Broadway debut, playing opposite Jane Fonda in "Invitation to a March", for which he received a Theater World Award. In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. He was the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and writer Charles MacArthur.

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Dominic Monaghan - Actor who is best known for his role as Meriadoc Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and for his role as Charlie Pace on the TV show "Lost". He also narrated Ringers: Lord of the Fans, a documentary about The Lord of the Rings fandom. In 2009, he played Chris Bradley / Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In 2014, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program' for the documentary series "Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan", which shows Monaghan travelling to various locations such as Venezuela and Ecuador to film and interact with the exotic and often dangerous local wildlife. He wrote and recorded the vocals for the tracks "Shadow" and "Maybe", and co-wrote and recorded "Half Fling" with Elijah Wood on Viggo Mortensen's album "Pandemoniumfromamerica". He shares a birthday with his co-star from the series "Lost", Ian Somerhalder.

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Ian Somerhalder - Actor who is best known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama "Lost", and Damon Salvatore in the TV drama "The Vampire Diaries". He began modeling at age 10, and he has modeled for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabanna, Gucci, Versace and Guess. He was named one of the 'sexiest men' in Glamour's "50 Sexiest Men of 2010" list. On December 8, 2010, he created the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, aiming to empower, educate and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures. In April 2012, Ian and big brother Bob Somerhalder opened a reclaimed furniture shop named "Built of Barnwood" where they build and sell pieces themselves. He shares a birthday with his co-star from the series "Lost", Dominic Monaghan.

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Matthew Labyorteaux - Actor who is best known for portraying the character Albert Quinn Ingalls on the hit NBC series "Little House on the Prairie". He began working in commercials at the age of seven, having been discovered while accompanying his older brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, to a casting call. He shortly thereafter landed his first dramatic role in A Woman Under the Influence, where he played one of Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands' children. He was also on "Little House on the Prairie" a few season before he played the "Ingalls" adopted son "Albert", when he played a young "Charles Ingalls" (Michael Landon) in an episode where Ma tells Laura and Mary about how she and Charles met. He is also known for the short-lived TV series "Whiz Kids", and his role in Wes Craven's 1986 movie Deadly Friend, as Paul Conway, a young genius who resurrects a dead girl using an artificial intelligence microchip from a robot he created that had previously been destroyed by a malicious neighbor. Most recently, he has worked as a voice actor, providing characterizations in video games and animated features, additional dialogue recording in film and television, and voice-over in advertisements. He is also a skilled video game player. In 1981, he finished in tenth place for Centipede at the Atari, Inc. world championships. In 1982, he became the United States Pac-Man champion at a People-sponsored tournament, with a score of 1,200,000. He was born with autism and a hole in his heart, and both he and his older brother, actor Patrick Labyorteaux, were both adopted. (His brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, also appeared on "Little House on the Prairie", as Andrew Garvey.)

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gbgoodies

12-08-14, 01:31 PM

Singers, Musicians, Comedians, Athletes, etc. born on December 8th:

Jim Morrison - Singer and songwriter who is best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors. He is regarded by critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. He was also well known for improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. He refused to appear at Woodstock because he was paranoid that someone would take a shot at him as he performed onstage. After defying Ed Sullivan and using the lyric "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" while performing "Light My Fire", he and The Doors were never invited back to perform on Ed Sullivan's iconic Sunday night variety show. He is the only performer in rock history to have been arrested on stage during a performance (in New Haven, Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1967). The Doors were voted the 41st Greatest Artists in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone. He was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and number 22 on Classic Rock Magazine's "50 Greatest Singers In Rock". In 1993, he was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Doors). He and the Doors were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He died at 27 years old, making him a member of the "27 Club". The 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians that died at the age of 27. Other members include Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, guitarist Jimi Hendrix, singer Janis Joplin, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and singer Amy Winehouse.

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The Doors - Light My Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZoonoKNmJM

The Doors - People are Strange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGPChj-Cmd8

Nicki Minaj - Rapper and singer-songwriter whose debut studio album, "Pink Friday", peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 2010, and spawned the top-three single "Super Bass". She became the first female solo artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Her second studio album, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded", also topped the chart in 2012, and its lead single, "Starships", peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. She made her film debut in the 2012 animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift, and she also starred in the 2014 film The Other Woman. In 2013, she was a judge on the twelfth season of "American Idol". In 2013, she became the most-charted female rapper in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, with over 44 appearances. She has won four American Music Awards, eight BET Awards, two MTV Music Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award, five Billboard Music Awards and Billboard's 2011 Rising Star award.

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Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JipHEz53sU

Gregg Allman - Singer, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. His horn-infused solo version of "Midnight Rider" reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2011, his solo album "Low Country Blues" was nominated for a Grammy Award for the Best Blues Album. The magazine cover with him and Cher, (his wife from 1975-1979), is one of the most-popular selling ever. His distinctive voice placed him in 70th place in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". The Allman Brothers Band were voted the 52nd Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone. In 1995, he was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

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The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjlYkH_MmU

Sinéad O'Connor - Irish singer, songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album "The Lion and the Cobra". She achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U". In addition to her nine solo albums her work includes many singles, songs for films, collaborations with many other artists and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. When she won a Grammy Award in the Best Alternative Music Performance category for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" in 1990, she refused to accept it, making her the first recording artist to rebuff N.A.R.A.S. In 1991, she won the Brit Award for International Female. She was ranked #35 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.

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Sinead O'Connor - I Don't Want What I Haven't Got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyBPf7E_V9o

Dan Hartman - Musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who is best known for his songs "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success. He was a member of The Edgar Winter Band where he played bass, wrote or co-wrote many of their songs and sang on three of their albums. In 1972, he wrote and sang the band's second biggest pop hit "Free Ride". He is probably best known for singing the 1980s pop song "I Can Dream About You" from the soundtrack to the 1984 movie Streets of Fire, which reached No. 6 on the U.S. charts, and No. 12 in the UK. In the 1990s, he worked as a songwriter and producer, and he collaborated with such artists as Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, and Steve Winwood. Sales of his solo recordings, group efforts, production, songwriting and compilation inclusions exceed 50 million records worldwide.

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Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Ifk6oTcZc

Bertie Higgins - Singer, songwriter who is best known for the Top 10 romantic ballad "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name, and reached #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart, and #1 in the adult contemporary charts. In 2009, the song was #75 on VH1's Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's. His other singles included "Just Another Day in Paradise", "Casablanca", and "Pirates and Poets", but none matched the success of "Key Largo". After college, he was a drummer for the Tommy Roe band and The Roemans, and played alongside such groups as The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys. After he left the band, he met and became a protégé of actor/director Burt Reynolds, who saw Higgins' writing potential and tutored him in screenwriting.

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Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

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Bertie Higgins - Casablanca

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Floyd Tillman - Country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. His only #1 one song as a singer was "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" in 1944. He previously had a #2 hit with the song "I'm Gonna Change All My Ways". His other hit songs include "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "Slippin' Around", which was one of the first country western "cheating" songs, "I'll Never Slip Around Again", and "Each Night At Nine". In 1970, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1984, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Floyd Tillman - They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven

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Sam Kinison - Stand-up comedian and actor who was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor that was punctuated by his trademark scream. He made his film debut in Rodney Dangerfield's 1986 film Back to School, playing a short-tempered professor. He was a long-time heavy drinker and drug user, and ironically, he was tragically killed in a traffic accident by a drunk driver.

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Kevin Harvick - NASCAR driver who drives the No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is the former owner of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a race team that ran in the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series between 2004 and 2011. He is the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion after winning the title in 2014. In 2001, he was the Nascar Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year, and the Nascar Busch Series Champion. He won the 2003 Brickyard 400, and the 2007 Daytona 500. After the late Dale Earnhardt's death, he took over driving duties for the GM Goodwrench car. The car's number was changed from 3 to 29.

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Holden Pike

12-09-14, 09:47 AM

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Yesterday, December 8th, you missed Ernest Lehman (born 1915), a great screenwriter from the 1950s through 1970s. His most famous screen credit will always be North by Northwest, in which he set out to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures", and just about did. He was nominated for the Oscar, though inexplicably lost to Pillow Talk that year. He would garner six nominations, overall, but never win a competitive statue from the Academy. He did, however, get an honorary Oscar in 2001 "in appreciation of a body of varied and enduring work." Sweet Smell of Success was adapted from his own novella, with Clifford Odets. He wrote the screenplays for both Oscar-winning Musicals West Side Story and The Sound of Music, and before that he'd brought The King and I to the big screen and ultimately about killed off the big budget Hollywood Musical with Gene Kelly's Hello, Dolly!

He adapted Albee for Mike Nichols' debut Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and some of his other credits include Billy Wilder's Sabrina, Robert Wise's Executive Suite and Somebody Up There Likes Me, Mark Robson's The Prize and From the Terrace, John Frankenheimer's thriller Black Sunday, and Hitchcock's final film Family Plot. He did get a chance to direct, but it was a failed adaptation of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint with Richard Benjamin that stood as his only foray calling all the shots. Ernie Lehman also served as WGA President from 1983-1985.

I got to meet Lehman once, at a film festival in the late 1990s. He and Eva Marie Saint attended a screening of North by Northwest, with a Q&A, afterwards. I actually met him the next day, at a screening of another film that he didn't write, got to talk with him for a few minutes. Super nice fella, and a great career.

Lehman died in 2005, at the age of eighty-nine.

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Holden Pike

12-09-14, 01:07 PM

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Born December 9th, 1930 was Buck Henry. Buck is a writer, director, and actor. Perhaps best known in front of the camera for his stints hosting on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1970s or in the supporting to cameo roles in projects he himself had written, Buck Henry's primary legacy is as the co-creator of the TV show "Get Smart" and in film for his collaborations with first Mike Nichols and then Warren Beatty, including The Graduate, Catch-22, and Heaven Can Wait, receiving Oscar nominations for his screenplay on The Graduate and as co-director on Heaven Can Wait.

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Holden Pike

12-09-14, 01:56 PM

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Born December 9, 1905 was Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter and novelist whose great successes were tempered by and put on hold for (or at least driven underground by) the infamous Hollywood Blacklist during the McCarthy Era. He was probably the biggest name in The Hollywood Ten, nine screenwriters and one director in 1947 who were cited for contempt of Congress by the House Un-American Activities Committee and banned from working. Trumbo did continue to work in spite of the Blacklist, under either pseudonyms or by using fronts with producers willing to take the risk of being caught working with an accused Communist in that climate of fear and persecution. Perhaps the most famous film he wrote in the middle of that period was William Wyler's romantic comedy Roman Holiday starring Audrey Hepburn, which won the Oscar for its writing. A few years later, The Brave One also won the Oscar. Both Academy Awards were many years later correctly co-credited to Trumbo. Otto Preminger's Exodus and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus were the first two big productions, in 1960, to break the Blacklist and give Trumbo his proper screen credit. Lonely Are the Brave and Papillon were two of his best films from the post-Blacklist portion of his career.

He died in 1976, at the age of seventy.

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gbgoodies

12-09-14, 02:30 PM

gbgoodies

12-09-14, 02:59 PM

Born on December 9th:

Kirk Douglas - Actor who is one of the last remaining stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. His films include Out of the Past, Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Paths of Glory, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Vikings, Spartacus, Lonely Are the Brave, Seven Days in May, Saturn 3, and Tough Guys. He played an instrumental role in ending the Hollywood blacklist in 1960 by openly crediting Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus' screenplay. He also shares a birthday with Dalton Trumbo. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends in American film history, making him the highest-ranked living person on the list. In 1997, he was ranked #53 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. He was voted the 36th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Emmy Awards, and one BAFTA Award. In 1968, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. In 1996, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community". In 1984, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6263 Hollywood Blvd. He is the father of actor Michael Douglas.

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Margaret Hamilton - Actress who is best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the West was ranked No. 4 in the American Film Institute's 2003 list of the 50 Best Movie Villains of All Time, making her the top ranking female villain. She often signed her autographs with the notation of "WWW" (Wicked Witch of the West). It is ironic that her performance as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz was so scary to children, because her first job was as a kindergarten teacher. She loved children all her life. Until the day she died, she had children recognizing her and coming up to her to ask why she was so mean to Dorothy. She became very concerned about the role's effect on children, and finally did a guest spot on the TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" to explain that the Witch was just a character in the film, and not herself. She wore the same costume for two productions, 26 years apart. The dress she wore as Miss Gulch in The Wizard of Oz in 1939 was worn again when she played Grandma Frump in "The Addams Family" in 1965. In 1976, she spoofed her famous role of The Wicked Witch of The West in the "Paul Lynde Halloween Special" for television. She portrayed the sister of Witchiepoo from "H.R. Pufnstuf", being spoofed by actress Billie Hayes.

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Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, and as Cora, The Maxwell House Lady

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Actor who was the son of future silent era swashbuckling idol 'Douglas Fairbanks', and appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows. His acting career started slow, but it picked up when he married Lucille Le Sueur, a young starlet who was soon to become better known as Joan Crawford. His most memorable role was the British soldier in Gunga Din (1939). He is also known as the hapless partner of Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931), the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), as well as more debonair characters in slapstick comedies or adventure yarns. He held the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit with V for valor in combat device from the U.S. government for his combat service in PT boats and gunboats. He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross, the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with Palm for his services during World War II. He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, for Radio at 6710 Hollywood Boulevard, and for Television at 6661 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Broderick Crawford - Actor who is best remembered for his roles as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949), as Chief Dan Matthews on the syndicated TV series "Highway Patrol" (1955), and as Judy Holliday's boisterous boyfriend in Born Yesterday (1950). He won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for All the King's Men. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard and another for television at 6734 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Judi Dench - English actress who made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company, playing in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in "Hamlet", Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", and Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth". In 1966, she branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. In 19686, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical "Cabaret", although she is not generally known as a singer. She was the first female to portray the 007 series character "M" which she did starting with the 1995 movie GoldenEye, through the 2012 movie Skyfall. She is a seven-time Oscar nominee. She has received nominations for her roles in Mrs. Brown, Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat, Iris, Mrs Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal, and Philomena. In addition to her 7 Oscar nominations, she has been nominated for 11 Golden Globes, 3 Emmy Awards, 26 BAFTAs, and numerous other awards. Her other competitive awards won include ten BAFTAs, six Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She has also received the BAFTA Fellowship (2001) and the Special Olivier Award (2004). In June 2011, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute (BFI). She was made an OBE in 1970 and a Dame (DBE) in 1988, by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts. She was ranked second in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of the greatest British Film Actresses. In 2005, she was voted Best British Actress of all time in a poll for Sky TV. As of 2014, received seven Oscar nominations, all of them when she was already over the age of 60. No other actor or actress collected more nominations when older than 60.

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Emmett Kelly - Clown usually in sad-faced hobo's makeup although on some occasions he sported classic whiteface, with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, who acted in a handful of films. He was originally a member of the Knickerbocker Circus and helped rescue several children when the circus tent caught fire, killing a number of people. The event was known forever after as "the day when the clowns cried". He wrote and published his memiors: "Clown" in l954. His son, Emmett Kelly Jr. (d. 2006) followed in his footsteps to become a circus clown. Inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1989. Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 1996.

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John Malkovich - Actor, director, and producer who has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures, including his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, for which he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, and Warm Bodies, as well as producing films such as Juno and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In addition to his two Oscar nominations, he has also been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, three Emmy Awards, and one BAFTA Award, winning an Emmy Award in 1986 for playing Biff Loman in "Death of a Salesman". In 1999, he became the first actor to win a major award, (New York Film Critics Award), for portraying himself in a non-cameo role in a movie. The film was Being John Malkovich.

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John Cassavetes - Actor, director and screenwriter who was a pioneer of American independent film, by writing and directing over a dozen movies, some of which he partially self-financed, which pioneered the use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style. He also acted in many films, including Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). He and his wife Gena Rowlands made ten movies together. He is one of only a few filmmakers to be nominated for best directing, (for A Woman Under the Influence in 1975), writing, (for Faces in 1969), and acting (for The Dirty Dozen in 1968), Oscars over the course of their lifetime. He was also nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award. two BAFTA Awards, and three Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards.

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Beau Bridges - Actor and director who is a three-time Emmy winner, two-time Golden Globe winner, and a one-time Grammy Award winner. He is also a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. He has 14 Emmy Award nominations with three wins: in 1992 for "Without Warning: The James Brady Story", in 1993 for "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom", and in 1997 for "The Second Civil War". In 1989, in perhaps his best known role, he starred opposite his brother Jeff as one of The Fabulous Baker Boys. On April 7, 2003, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to the stars of his younger brother Jeff Bridges, and his father Lloyd Bridges.

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Redd Foxx - Comedian and actor who is best remembered for his explicit comedy records and his starring role on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son". He was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and three Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy Award in 1973, for his role on "Sanford and Son". In 2004, "Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" ranked him as the 24th best stand-up comedian. In 2004, Fred Sanford, his character on "Sanford and Son", was ranked #42 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time". On "Sanford and Son", one of the main characteristics of his character Fred Sanford was that he had a weak heart and that he always knew that the day for "The Big One" would eventually come. It was a trademark of the show that he would fake a heart attack in the face of some shocking news. In one of the bitterest ironies, when he finally did experience the "The Big One," it was a heart attack and those around him thought he was just joking around and didn't seek immediate help. On May 17, 1992, he was posthumously given a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

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Dick Van Patten - Actor who is best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the TV series "Eight is Enough". In 2004, Tom Bradford, his character on "Eight Is Enough", was ranked #33 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time". He also appeared in many feature films including Mel Brooks' High Anxiety, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Charlton Heston's Soylent Green and the Academy Award-winning Charly. As an animal welfare advocate, he is the founder of Natural Balance Pet Foods and National Guide Dog Month. On January 12, 2008, he received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. On November 20, 1985, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1541 N. Vine Street.

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Michael Dorn - Actor and voice artist who is best known for his role as the Klingon Worf in the "Star Trek" franchise. From his first appearance in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", to his latest in Star Trek Nemesis, he has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other actor of the "Star Trek" franchise, spanning five movies and 272 television episodes. He also appeared as Worf's namesake, Colonel Worf in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He had supporting roles in a number of independent feature films, including Shadow Hours (2000), Lessons for an Assassin (2001), and the Santa Clause trilogy, where he appeared in a cameo role as 'The Sandman'. He is an accomplished pilot and the owner of several aircraft. He has flown with the Blue Angels and the United States Air Force Precision Flight team. He supplied the voice to I.M. Weasel, protagonist of the animated series "I Am Weasel", the voice of the Martian Centurion Robots in cartoon "Duck Dodgers", the voice of the Minotaur in Disney's 1998 TV series "Hercules", and the voice of Kraven the Hunter in "Spider-Man: The New Animated Series".

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Simon Helberg - Actor and comedian who is best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He has appeared on the sketch comedy series "MADtv", and is also known for his role as Moist in the Joss Whedon-led web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. In two years, he appeared in three different productions about the behind-the-scenes details of the television industry. Those productions are Good Night, and Good Luck in 2005, The TV Set in 2006, and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" in 2006. He does remarkable voice imitations of Nicolas Cage and Al Pacino.

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Donny Osmond - Singer, musician, actor, dancer, TV game show host, and former teen idol who is best known as The Osmonds, with four of his elder brothers, and as Donny & Marie, with his younger sister Marie. His first appearance was on TV's "The Andy Williams Show" on December 10, 1963, one day after his 6th birthday. In the early 1970s, he went solo, covering such hits as "Go Away Little Girl" and "Puppy Love". From 1992-1998, he played the lead role as Joseph in the North American tour of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". Creator Andrew Lloyd Webber, impressed by Osmond's talents and the show's successful six-year run, chose him for the 1999 film version. In 2005, he was ranked #14 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols". In 2009, he won the ninth season of "Dancing with the Stars". On July 11, 2011 Donny won an international radio award. That was also the same day, during his show with Marie, that he stepped on Marie's foot and almost broke it. From 2000-2003, he was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host or Outstanding Game Show Host. The Osmonds were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (1972)

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Donny Osmond - Any Dream Will Do (from ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat")

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Morton Downey Jr. - Chain-smoking talk show host who became a household name when "The Morton Downey, Jr. Show" was launched in syndication in 1987. The show generated such controversy that many stations aired numerous disclaimers before and after the show. The controversy arose from debates between guests that often turned physical. The show created a legion of fans and made Downeyisms like "Zip it!" and "Loudmouth" a part of 80's American pop culture.

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Dick Butkus - NFL Football player who was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears, with whom he spent nine years as a linebacker (1965-1973) and appeared in eight straight Pro Bowls (1965-1972). Considered to be the meanest linebacker ever to play football. Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the ESPN Chicago Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class). His uniform number 51 was retired by the Bears. Shares a birthday with fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member Deacon Jones.

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Deacon Jones - NFL Football player. Defensive left end who played for the Los Angeles Rams (1961-1971), San Diego Chargers (1972-1973) and Washington Redskins (1974). Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980. Inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980. Inducted into the Central Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the South Carolina State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 1994. Inducted into the Mississippi Valley State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. Shares a birthday with fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member and Miller Lite pitchman Dick Butkus.

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Kurt Angle - Professional wrestler who is best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF, now WWE). He has bench pressed 420 pounds and has squatted 630 pounds. He is a 1996 Olympic Gold Medal winner in the 220lbs weight category. He was the first ever wrestler to hold the WCW and WWF World Championships during the same calendar year, and has held WWF, Intercontinental, European and Hardcore championships all on separate occasions. He is the only pro wrestler inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (in 2001). After leaving the WWE, he joined TNA, where he became a five-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and a one-time TNA X Division Champion, the second Triple Crown winner in TNA history and the only one to hold all the required titles at once. He has won 12 world championships and 20 total championships. In 2010, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter named Angle the Wrestler of the Decade of the 2000s. In 2013, he became the second inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame.

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Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill - Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977-1987).

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Holden Pike

12-09-14, 06:20 PM

Also born December 9th...

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Felicity Huffman (born 1962), an actress primarily known for her television work, first on Aaron Sorkin's "Sports Night", then a stint on the hit "Fraiser", before becoming a star on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" for eight seasons. She won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for that one, and also garnered an Oscar nomination for her turn in the indie Transamerica. She has been married to William H. Macy since 1997, meeting through mutual friend and collaborator David Mamet.

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Junior Wells (born 1934), a great Blues harmonica player and singer. Born in Memphis, TN, but definitely made his bones in Chicago, paying homage to those went before him while blazing his own trail. His cousin, Junior Parker, also had a career, but Wells was bigger, partnering with Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Albert King, John Mayall and other Blues greats, and sometimes even had crossover projects and tours with the likes of The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. His most famous song, his signature, is definitely "Messin' with the Kid", which is now a modern Blues standard and was covered by, among many others, The Blues Brothers on their first album.

Wells died in 1998, at the age of sixty-three.

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gbgoodies

12-10-14, 06:02 AM

Born on December 10th

Dorothy Lamour - Actress and singer who is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. She began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as "Ulah" in The Jungle Princess brought her fame, when she stole the show in her wrap-around sarong. This marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen", as she appeared in the sarong in other movies including The Hurricane, Typhoon, Beyond the Blue Horizon and Donovan's Reef. She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6332 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Radio at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Kenneth Branagh - Actor, director, producer and screenwriter who has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V, (for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Hamlet, (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Love's Labour's Lost, and As You Like It. He has also starred in numerous other films and TV series including Fortunes of War, Wild Wild West, The Road to El Dorado, Conspiracy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Valkyrie, and My Week with Marilyn, (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor). He has directed such notable films as Dead Again in which he also starred, Swan Song, (Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in which he also starred, The Magic Flute, Sleuth, the blockbuster superhero film Thor and the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit in which he also co-stars. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, and has won an Emmy and three BAFTAs. With his nomination for Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role, he became the fourth person, along with Walt Disney, Warren Beatty and George Clooney, to be nominated for Academy Awards in five different categories.

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Michael Clarke Duncan - Actor who is best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He is also known for his roles in the movies Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, The Scorpion King and Daredevil, as well as voice acting roles in works such as Brother Bear, Kung Fu Panda and Green Lantern. He did bodyguard work for Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, and The Notorious B.I.G. He let a friend take over for him the night Notorious B.I.G. got shot, which prompted him to quit that line of work.

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Harold Gould - Actor who is best known for playing Miles Webber on the TV sitcom "The Golden Girls", and Martin Morgenstern in the TV sitcom "Rhoda". He acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays. In 1972, he originated the role of "Howard Cunningham" in the "Love, American Style" episode "Love and the Happy Days/Love and the Newscasters". He also originated the role of Marlo Thomas' father in the 1966 "That Girl" pilot episode, "What's in a Name?". From 1975-1990, he received five Emmy Award nominations.

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Mako - He was a Japanese-born American actor and voice artist who has been nominated for numerous awards. He is best known for his acting role as Po-Han in The Sand Pebbles, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his roles as Akiro the Wizard in both Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer, Nakano in Highlander III: The Sorcerer and his voice roles as Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aku from Samurai Jack, and Splinter from TMNT. He appeared on the TV show "McHale's Navy" several times, playing Imperial Japanese officers, soldiers and sailors. He later appeared on the TV show "M*A*S*H", playing multiple roles such as a Chinese doctor, North Korean soldier, and South Korean major. In 1976, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Pacific Overtures". On January 2, 1994, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7095 Hollywood Blvd.

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John Colicos - Actor who played the first Klingon to speak on "Star Trek", Klingon Commander Kor. (There were several Klingons shown on screen before him in the same episode, but he was the first Klingon to speak.) After Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock, his "Star Trek" character, Kor, is the second longest running character to have been played by one actor in the "Star Trek" franchise. He made his first appearance as Kor in the "Star Trek" original series episode "Errand of Mercy" on March 23, 1967, and he made his final appearance in the same role in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Once More Unto the Breach" on November 11, 1998, more than 31 years later. He is also known as another popular science fiction TV character, the evil Count Baltar in the original "Battlestar Galactica" series in 1978. He also has the distinction of being the last person shot and killed on the TV series "Gunsmoke", as Judge Flood in the episode "Hard Labor". He began his acting career in 1946 performing on stage in Canada and acted in hundreds of plays on three continents prior to acting in films and television series. His extensive Shakespearean credits throughout the late 1950s and 1960s included Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew", Leonato in "Much Ado About Nothing", Laertes in "Hamlet" and the title roles in "King Lear" and "Macbeth".

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Dan Blocker - Actor who is best remembered for his role as Eric "Hoss" Cartwright in the NBC western TV series "Bonanza", a role he played for 13 seasons, until his untimely death in 1972 at the age of 43. He received partial ownership in a successful chain of Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse restaurants in exchange for serving (in character as Hoss) as their commercial spokesman and making personal appearances at franchises. In 1997, he was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock, TX.

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Susan Dey - Actress who is best known for her roles as Laurie Partridge on the 1970s sitcom "The Partridge Family", and as Grace Van Owen, a California assistant district attorney and judge on the dramatic series, "L.A. Law". She was nominated three times for the Emmy Award, six times for the Golden Globe Award, and in 1988 she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in "L.A. Law". Her first film role was as a passenger in the 1972 airline hijack movie Skyjacked starring Charlton Heston. She also appeared in the movies First Love, Looker, and Echo Park. She was ranked #61 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.

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Douglas Kenney - Writer and actor who co-founded "National Lampoon" magazine in 1970. He edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material. In 1977, he co-authored the screenplay to National Lampoon's Animal House, along with Chris Miller and Harold Ramis. He had a small role in Animal House as fraternity brother "Stork," with only one line of dialogue. He was nominated for The Writers Guild of America Award for 'Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen' for National Lampoon's Animal House, (along with Harold Ramis and Chris Miller). He produced and wrote Caddyshack with Brian Doyle-Murray and Harold Ramis. He had a small role in Caddyshack as a dinner guest of Al Czervik. On August 27, 1980, he fell to his death when the cliff point on which he was standing overlooking the Hanapepe Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, collapsed. He was only 33 years old.

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Tommy Kirk - Former actor who is best known for his performances in a number of highly popular movies made by Walt Disney Studios such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones. He also appeared in several beach party movies of the mid 1960s including Pajama Party, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, and It's a Bikini World. In 2006, he was inducted as a Disney Legend.

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Bobby Flay - Celebrity chef, restaurateur and reality TV personality who is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants: Mesa Grill in Las Vegas and the Bahamas; Bar American in New York and Uncasville, CT; Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City and Bobby's Burger Palace in eighteen locations across eleven states. He has hosted several Food Network television programs, including "Boy Meets Grill", "Throwdown! with Bobby Flay", and "Grill It! with Bobby Flay". He has also appeared as a guest and hosted a number of specials on the network. He is featured on the Great Chefs television series. He has been nominated for seven Daytime Emmy Awards, and won three Daytime Emmy Awards: in 2005 for 'Outstanding Service Show Host' for "Boy Meets Grill with Bobby Flay", in 2012 for 'Outstanding Culinary Program' and in 2014 for 'Outstanding Culinary Host' for "Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction". In 2013, he was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.

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Gloria Loring - Singer and actress who is best known for playing Liz Chandler on "Days of Our Lives". She co-wrote and recorded, (with Carl Anderson), the #1 hit song "Friends and Lovers", and she is the co-composer, (with her then-husband Alan Thicke), of the TV theme songs for "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life". There were two versions of the Facts of Life theme song that she sang. One version was used from seasons two through six, and a second was used from seasons seven to nine. She is the mother of world-wide singing sensation Robin Thicke.

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Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers

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Gloria Loring - The Facts of Life (Full Song)

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Kevin Sharp - Country music singer who made his debut in 1997 with "Nobody Knows", which topped the Billboard country charts for four weeks. His debut album, "Measure of a Man", produced the additional Top 5 singles "If You Love Somebody" and "She's Sure Taking It Well", and a Top 50 hit "There's Only You". In 1997, he was named the New Touring Artist of the Year by the Country Music Association, and he was nominated for Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music. Having survived a rare form of bone cancer in his teenage years, he became actively involved in the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In 1997, he became a spokesperson for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and was awarded the foundation's Wish Granter of the Year Award. He died on April 19, 2014 at only 43 years old.

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Kevin Sharp - Nobody Knows

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cricket

12-10-14, 09:49 AM

Happy belated Birthday to Kim Basinger and Teri Hatcher!:love:

Happy Birthday to rock gods Jim Morrison and Greg Allman!

Happy Birthday Sam Kinison!

Holden Pike

12-10-14, 12:42 PM

Also born on December 10th...

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Actor Victor McLaglen was England born (in 1886) with Scottish ancestry, but became most famous in roles in American films, especially those directed by John Ford. He fought in World War I and was a professional boxer before turning to acting, first in British Silent films in the 1920s. He would appear in thirteen of Ford's films, starting with The Fighting Heart in 1925, and including The Informer, Wee Willie Winkie, The Lost Patrol, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, and The Quiet Man. Some of his most enduring titles away from John Ford included George Stevens' Gunga Din, Ben Stoloff's Sea Devils, and The Princess and the Pirate with Bob Hope. One of his last few films was The Abductors, directed by his son Andrew. Victor won the Oscar for Best Actor for The Informer, and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for The Quiet Man.

He died in 1959, at the age of seventy-two.

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Actor Ray Collins (born 1889) is probably best remembered for playing Lieutenant Tragg on the very long running and extremely popular "Perry Mason" program, from 1957 until his death in 1965. But he enjoyed a long career as a character actor before getting that plum gig. He was part of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre and then the radio shows in the 1930s. Not surprisingly, especially as Orson once called Ray Collins the finest actor he ever worked with, he was one of the many Mercury Players Welles brought to Hollywood for Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, which ignited his film career. He was in such varied projects as William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress and The Desperate Hours, Fred Zinnemann's The Seventh Cross with Spencer Tracy, George Cukor's A Double Life with Ronald Colman, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer with Cary Grant and Shirley Temple, the classic Noir Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney, the Western Badman's Territory with Randolph Scott, It Happens Every Spring with Ray Milland, Summer Stock with Gene Kelly and Judy Garland, and back with Welles for Touch of Evil.

Ray Collins was seventy-five when he died, in 1965.

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Citizen Rules

12-10-14, 10:43 PM

gbgoodies

12-10-14, 11:17 PM

Dorothy Lamour...She's one of those classic era actresses, that almost any movie she's in will make me smile. She's always light hearted and fun...no wonder Bob and Bing took her to the ends of the Earth.

John Colicos - Commander Kor......Ohhhh one of the reallly goood - baaaad Klingons.

I'm not a big fan of the episode "Errand of Mercy", but John Colicos was awesome as Kor.

Have you ever seen the Star Trek blooper reels from that episode? They're better than the episode itself.

Citizen Rules

12-10-14, 11:22 PM

gbgoodies

12-10-14, 11:26 PM

Boy! That's a tough question. I know I've seen blooper ST reels but I can't remember if I seen that or not. Off the top of my head Errand of Mercy is where Kirk and Spock land on a planet where civilization hasn't changed in 1000s of years and Kirk is trying to start a rebellion? If so the actors who played the elderly council members turn up all the time in old films. But not as much as MR Atoz. I seen him again just the other night.

Yes, that's pretty much the description of the episode. It's not one of the better episodes, but it has a few good scenes, mostly the scenes with Kirk and Kor.

The Federation and the Klingons are trying to start a war on a peaceful planet, and the Organians won't let them.

Citizen Rules

12-10-14, 11:33 PM

Ahh, that's it the Organians. You ever notice how all ST alien races have Italian sounded names?

gbgoodies

12-10-14, 11:41 PM

Ahh, that's it the Organians. You ever notice how all ST alien races have Italian sounded names?

Maybe all the alien races are Italian? :laugh:

BTW, did you miss Michael Dorn's birthday?

Citizen Rules

12-10-14, 11:48 PM

gbgoodies

12-10-14, 11:53 PM

I'm sorry, I seen his birthday, then I was going to come back at night, then I forgot. I forgot a lot these days.

Lt Worf is just such a great character. His eyebrows changed when he got to DSN, not sure why...but he was a plus to the cast on DSN too.

I read somewhere that he had some skin problems that were caused by the Klingon makeup. That may have affected his eyebrows too.

I've met him a few times at comic cons, and he's a very nice guy. He's big, so he looks kind of scary, but he's actually very nice.

Citizen Rules

12-10-14, 11:55 PM

That is so COOL you get to meet these people. Michael Dorn seems like he would be really nice and maybe a little quiet too. I didn't realize he was big. I mean I figured he was average size.

gbgoodies

12-11-14, 12:14 AM

That is so COOL you get to meet these people. Michael Dorn seems like he would be really nice and maybe a little quiet too. I didn't realize he was big. I mean I figured he was average size.

He looked pretty big to me, but I'm short, so everybody looks big to me. :)

At one con, he was on stage with Peter David, and they did a reading of a scene from one of David's Star Trek books. It was a love scene with Worf and a woman, and (obviously) Dorn read Worf's lines. From his reaction, it's was more than obvious that he had never read the book, because the more he read, the more he sounded like Worf was mad, and Peter David looked like he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, until they got to the humor at the end of the scene. :laugh:

I wish phone-cameras and YouTube were popular back then, because I would love to have gotten that on video. It was so funny.

Citizen Rules

12-11-14, 12:18 AM

That's a great story, I just see Dorn doing that too.

Latter:)

gbgoodies

12-11-14, 01:08 PM

Born on December 11th:

Rita Moreno - Puerto Rican actress and singer who is the only Hispanic, and one of the few performers, to have won all four major annual American entertainment awards, which include an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony Award. In 1962, she was only the second Puerto Rican to win an Oscar when she won the award for Best Supporting Actress in the movie West Side Story. She also won the Golden Globe Award for West Side Story. She appeared in the classic musicals Singin' in the Rain and The King and I. From 1971 to 1977, she played many characters on the PBS children's series "The Electric Company", most notably Millie the Helper. In fact, it was Moreno who screamed the show's opening line, "HEY, YOU GUYS!". In 1972, she won a Grammy Award for her contribution to "The Electric Company" soundtrack album. She was also a regular on the 1980s sitcom version of "Nine to Five". She won Emmy Awards for her guest appearances on "The Muppet Show" in 1977, and "The Rockford Files" in 1978. Her Broadway credits include "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers", "Gantry", "The Ritz", and the female version of "The Odd Couple". In 1975, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her performance in "The Ritz". She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and one BAFTA Award. On July 20, 1995, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. In 2014, she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

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Rita Moreno - America (from West Side Story)

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Dick Tufeld - Actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor from the late 1940s until 2004. He is best known for voicing the Robot from "Lost In Space". He spoke the first words heard in the Irwin Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and "Lost In Space" TV series. He was also heard at the start of several episodes of Irwin Allen's "The Time Tunnel". He did voice work for the 1978 animated TV series "Fantastic Four", and was the main title narrator on the 1979 series "Spider-Woman", and was the main title announcer on the 1981 series "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends".

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Dick Tufeld Tribute (1926-2012)

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Vampira - Finnish-American actress born "Maila Nurmi" who created the campy 1950s character Vampira. She portrayed Vampira as TV's first horror host, and in the Ed Wood cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space. She is also billed as Vampira in the 1959 movie The Beat Generation where she plays a beatnik poet. In 1954, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Most Outstanding Female Personality". She sued Cassandra Peterson, claiming that her "Elvira" persona was modeled after what she created as Vampira. In 2011, she was posthumously inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame, as her character Vampira. She was also posthumously inducted into the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. She and "The Vampira Show" received a special award at the 50th Anniversary of the Emmy Awards for being the originator of the Television Horror Host sub-genre of movie shows.

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Carlo Ponti - Italian film producer with over 140 production credits, and the husband of Italian movie star Sophia Loren. He is best known as the producer of Doctor Zhivago, La Strada, and Blow-Up. His other movies include Marriage Italian Style, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Zabriskie Point, and The Passenger. He founded the production company "Ponti-De Laurentiis" together with Dino De Laurentiis, which produced Toto in Color in 1952, the first Italian movie in color. In 1966, his film Doctor Zhivago was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1957, his film La Strada won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Teri Garr - Actress who is best known for her film roles in Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Oh, God!, Mr. Mom, After Hours, The Black Stallion, One from the Heart, and Tootsie. In 1983, she was nominated for the Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie. She also had a recurring guest role on the TV series "Friends". The "Star Trek" original series episode, "Assignment: Earth", in which she plays a ditsy secretary, was written as the springboard for a spin-off series. The new series was to feature more adventures of "Roberta Lincoln" (Garr) and "Gary Seven" (Robert Lansing), but it never came about. In 2002, she publicly confirmed that she was battling multiple sclerosis. In interviews, she has commented that she first started noticing symptoms while in New York filming Tootsie. She became a National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and National Chair for the Society's Women Against MS program (WAMS). In 2005, she was honored as the society's Ambassador of the Year, an honor that had been given only four times since the society was founded.

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Teri Garr and Robert Lansing in the "Star Trek" original series episode "Assignment: Earth".

Donna Mills - Actress who is best known for her long-running role as villainous Abby Cunningham on the prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing", and for her role as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 cult film Play Misty for Me. In 1986, 1988 and 1989, she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess for her role of Abby in "Knots Landing". Her first TV roles were on the daytime soap operas "The Secret Storm" and "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing". She made her film debut in 1967 in the hard-hitting drama The Incident. She has also starred in several TV movies, including False Arrest, In My Daughter's Name, Dangerous Intentions, The Stepford Husbands, and Ladies of the House. In 2014, she joined the cast of long-running daytime soap opera "General Hospital".

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Mo'Nique - Comedian and actress who is best known for her role as Nikki Parker in the UPN series "The Parkers". In 2009, she received critical praise for her villainous role as Mary Lee Johnston in the film Precious, and she won 30 major awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is one of only 11 actresses to win the Critic's Choice Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and Oscar in the same year, winning for Precious in 2010. From 2009-2011, she hosted "The Mo'Nique Show", a late-night talk show on BET. She is also a stand-up comedian who hosts a variety of venues, including Showtime at the Apollo.

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Bess Armstrong - Actress who is best known for her roles in films The Four Seasons, High Road to China, Jaws 3-D, and Nothing in Common. She also starred in the critically acclaimed ABC drama series "My So-Called Life", and had lead roles in a number of made-for-TV films. In 1977, she made her TV debut as Julia Peters on the CBS sitcom, On Our Own. In 1978, she starred opposite Richard Thomas in her first TV-movie Getting Married, and she co-starred again with Richard Thomas in a 1981 stage production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, from which a video was made for HBO broadcast that year.

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Ron Carey - Actor who was best known for playing cocky NYPD Police Officer Carl Levitt on the TV series "Barney Miller". The 5-foot 4-inch actor was almost always surrounded by male actors (and sometimes female guest stars) who stood at least 4" taller. (The series' stars, (Hal Linden, Max Gail, Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass), all stood six feet or more.) From the mid-1970s on, he was a member of Mel Brooks' comedy troupe, appearing in featured roles in films such as High Anxiety, Silent Movie, and History of the World, Part I.

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Rider Strong - Actor who is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom "Boy Meets World", and its 2014 sequel "Girl Meets World". In 1994 and 1997, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his role in "Boy Meets World". In 2002, he starred as Paul in the indie horror film Cabin Fever, and he had a brief cameo appearance in the movie's 2009 sequel Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever.

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Gary Dourdan - Actor who is best known for his role as Warrick Brown on the TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He was discovered by actress/singer/dancer Debbie Allen when she cast him as Shazza Zulu on the TV series "A Different World". In 1997, he played the character Christie, the first mate, crack-shot, and second in command of the spaceship Betty, in the film Alien: Resurrection. He played Janet Jackson's love interest in the video for her 1993 hit "Again". From 2003-2007, he was nominated for an Image Award for 'Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series' in five consecutive years, winning the award in 2003 and 2006.

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Brenda Lee - Singer who was the top-charting female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Ray Charles. She is best known for her 1960 #1 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a US holiday standard for more than 50 years. In 1957, at age 12, she became the youngest person to place a song on Billboard's country singles chart with "One Step at a Time". In 1998, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2002, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. In 2009, she received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.

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Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLR25EJtfE

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

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Holden Pike

12-11-14, 06:28 PM

Also born on December 11th...

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Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner (born 1938), who first rose to prominence as part of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s, before breaking out on his own for a distinguished solo career of shifting styles over the decades. He has played with all of the greats from his era and beyond, with his early influence being the great Bud Powell, who was a neighbor of his growing up in Philadelphia.

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French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant (born 1930), is maybe best known for the likes of Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman, Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman, Costa-Gavras' Z, Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist, Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maude's, Truffaut's Confidentially Yours, Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Red, and Michael Haneke's Amour, among many, many roles over his long career. He was nominated for the César for Best Actor five times (finally winning for Amour), and was named Best Actor at Cannes for Z.

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Actress Marie Windsor (born 1919) was known as "the Queen of the Bs", for the myriad of mid and low budget movies she appeared in during the 1940s and '50s, including some truly classic Film Noirs as a prototypical "bad girl", such as in Abraham Polonsky's Force of Evil, Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin, Edward Dmytryk's The Sniper, and Stanley Kurbick's The Killing, as well as dozens of guest appearances on American television, from "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", and "Bonanza" to "Adam 12", "Lou Grant", and "The Incredible Hulk" all the way up to "Murder, She Wrote".

She died in 2000, one day shy of her eighty-first birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcZiAWD6NQM

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Actress Betsy Blair (born 1923) is best remembered on camera for her co-starring role in the Academy Award-winning Marty along side Ernest Borgnine, garnering her only Oscar nomination, as Best Supporting Actress. Off-screen she was known initially for her marriage to Gene Kelly, from 1941-1957, starting when she was only seventeen, and later in her life she married film director Karel Reisz, from 1963 until his death in 2002. Infamously, she was Blacklisted by the HUAC for a period, while married to Kelly. 1955's Marty was her comeback into the industry. Anatole Litvak's The Snake Pit was her biggest pre-Blacklisting tirumph, and after her divorce from Kelly she chose to live and work more in Europe, including in Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido.

She died in 2009, at the age of eighty-five.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeGnytI_KU

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Actress Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996) only turns eighteen today, but she is certainly an up and comer, and she already has an Oscar nomination to her name, for her breakthrough in The Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit. She was only thirteen when she starred as Mattie Ross along side Jeff Bridges' Rooster Cogburn. She had four films released this year, from a cameo in Tommy Lee Jones' The Homesman to the disposable 3 Days to Kill with Kevin Costner, to very good supporting work in Hateship Loveship with Kristen Wiig, and especially promising in John Carney's Begin Again with Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, and Catherine Keener. In 2015 she'll have upwards of four more projects hit the screen, including Pitch Perfect 2, Barely Lethal, The Keeping Room and Ten Thousand Saints. She seems to have the goods and is transitioning easily into more adult roles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUiCu-zuAgM

Holden Pike

12-11-14, 06:56 PM

Donna Mills - Actress who is best known for her long-running role as villainous Abby Cunningham on the prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing", and for her role as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 cult film Play Misty for Me...

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By the by and for the record, this is Donna Mills...

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And this is Morgan Fairchild (born February 3rd). She's, uh.....she's....she's my wife! Yeah, that's the ticket!

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=18803&stc=1&d=1418338506

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ucJN8cRDqM

Citizen Rules

12-11-14, 08:52 PM

Gosh...they really do look alike.

Vampira...that's like 2 references to Ed Wood Jr at MoFo in the last few days.

Terri Garr...was great as a guest on David Letterman. One time he had her take a shower on the show.

gbgoodies

12-12-14, 01:50 AM

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By the by and for the record, this is Donna Mills...

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=18802&stc=1&d=1418338484

And this is Morgan Fairchild (born February 3rd). She's, uh.....she's....she's my wife! Yeah, that's the ticket!

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=18803&stc=1&d=1418338506

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ucJN8cRDqM

Thanks for the info about the picture of Donna Mills. I recognized her name, but I wasn't a fan of "Knot's Landing", so I just used Google to find a picture of her, and that one was labeled "Donna Mills".

I fixed her pic in my post, (hopefully), but to be honest, they look the pretty much same to me.

Is this Donna Mills?

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Holden Pike

12-12-14, 09:55 AM

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Born December 12, 1970, actress Jennifer Connelly, who started as a child actress and model, her breakthrough coming in Sergio Leone's last film Once Upon a Time in America, filmed when she was only thirteen. Her first starring role was in Dario Argento's Phenomena, and her pop culture impact was secured in Labyrinth with David Bowie and a whole lot of Jim Henson creations, but by the end of the decade when she was appearing in John Hughes' Career Opportunities, the period piece comic book fantasy of The Rocketeer, and Dennis Hopper's steamy Neo Noir The Hot Spot, it was clear she was growing up fast. And in all the right places! After some transitioning into adult roles in the likes of Alex Proyas' cult hit Dark City, she proved her mettle as an actress in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream, Vadim Perelman's House of Sand and Fog, and in Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, where she won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress (her only nomination, to date). She continues to veer back and forth from serious roles in the likes of Todd Field's Little Children, Ed Zwick's Blood Diamond, and Terry George's Reservation Road to mainstream fare like the forgettable The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, the laughless would-be comedy The Dilemma with Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, or the awkward adaptation of the self help best seller He's Just Not That Into You.

I think she is quite a good actress.....and DAMN, is she easy on the eyes.

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gbgoodies

12-12-14, 06:12 PM

Born on December 12th:

Frank Sinatra - Actor and singer who is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He won eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. In 1954, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity. In 1956, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm. He received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate, and he also starred in such musicals as On the Town, Guys and Dolls, High Society, and Pal Joey. In 1964, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Come Blow Your Horn, and he won the Golden Globe Award in 1954 for From Her to Eternity, and in 1985 for Pal Joey. In 1971, he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated four times for Emmy Awards, and twice for BAFTA Awards. In 1983, he was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors. In 1985, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan. In 1997, he received the Congressional Gold Medal. In 1980, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. In 2000, he was named Entertainer of the Century. He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1600 Vine Street, for Recording at 1737 Vine Street, and for Television at 6538 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Frank Sinatra - That's Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIiUqfxFttM

Frank Sinatra - My Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE

Edward G. Robinson - Actor who is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar, and as Rocco in Key Largo. His other memorable roles include insurance investigator Barton Keyes in the film noir Double Indemnity, Dathan (adversary of Moses) in The Ten Commandments, and his final performance as Sol Roth in the science-fiction story Soylent Green. In 1956, he was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Middle of the Night". In 1973, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his work in the film industry, which was posthumously awarded two months after his death. He was ranked #24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars in American cinema. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6235 Hollywood Blvd.

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Bob Barker - TV game show host who is best known for hosting CBS's "The Price Is Right" from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history. He also hosted the game show "Truth or Consequences" from 1956 to 1974. He is also known as the long-time host of Miss USA Beauty Pageant. He has been twice named in the Guinness Book of World Records, as television's "Most Durable Performer" at 3,524 shows, and as "Most Generous Host in Television history" for awarding $55 million in prizes on his various shows. During the ensuing years the $55-million figure has increased to more than $200 million. He has won 11 Emmy Awards as a Game Show Host, and two more as Executive Producer of "The Price is Right". He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999, for a total of 14, and won 2 additional awards, for a total of 16 Emmys. He has also received the coveted Carbon Mike Award of the Pioneer of Broadcasters. He was ranked #1 on Life's 15 Best Game Show Hosts. He was ranked #1 as GSN's Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time. In 2004, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. On May 5, 1976, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd.

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Howard Koch - Playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. His radio work in the 1930s as a writer for the CBS Mercury Theater of the Air included the Orson Welles radio drama "The War of the Worlds" in 1938, which caused nationwide panic among some listeners for its documentary-like portrayal of an invasion of spaceships from Mars. He later wrote a play about the panic, "Invasion From Mars", which was later adapted into the 1975 TV movie, The Night That Panicked America. He won an Academy Award in 1944 for his work on the script for the film Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart, which he co-scripted with writers Julius and Philip Epstein in 1942. He also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for The Sea Hawk, Sergeant York, Shining Victory, Mission to Moscow, Rhapsody in Blue, Letter from an Unknown Woman, 633 Squadron, and The Fox. In 1942, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Sergeant York. In 1968, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for The Fox.

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Mayim Bialik - Actress who is best known for her roles as the title character of NBC's "Blossom", and as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's hit TV series "The Big Bang Theory", She has been nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for "The Big Bang Theory". In 1993, while sge was still working on "Blossom", she was accepted to both Harvard and Yale, but turned them down to attend UCLA. In 2000, she was awarded her Bachelor's degree, and she began reading for a PhD in Neuroscience, (studying Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome), which she eventually completed in 2007. Her first name means "water" in Hebrew.

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Connie Francis - Singer who was the top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She dubbed Jayne Mansfield's singing in the 1958 film The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw. Her hit songs include "Who's Sorry Now?", "Stupid Cupid", "My Happiness", "Among My Souvenirs", "Mama", "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart", "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)", "Second Hand Love", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", and "Where the Boys Are". She originally did not want to sing her first smash hit, "Who's Sorry Now", since it was originally written in the 1930s. Her father convinced her otherwise. In 1958, when it first aired on "American Bandstand", host Dick Clark stated, "There's no doubt about it. This girl's headed straight for the #1 spot.". By mid-year, over a million copies had been sold, and for the next four years, she was voted the "Best Female Vocalist" by "American Bandstand" viewers.

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Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoZcWJkZ-8

Connie Francis - Where the Boys Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDcvmrHV9Jc

Dionne Warwick - Singer who ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time with 69 of her singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998. In the 1960s, she worked with Burt Bacharach and Hal David who wrote most of her songs. She won five Grammy Awards, and she has earned 18 top-20 US hits, including 12 songs written by Burt Bacharach. She was ranked #42 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Whitney Houston. was her first cousin. In 2013, she and her cousin Whitney Houston were inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for their services to arts and entertainment. On December 12, 1985, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kafVkPxjLYg

Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xHQsMYosao

Edvard Munch - Norwegian painter and printmaker who is is best known for his composition The Scream. Between 1893 and 1910, he created four versions of The Scream, two pastels (1893 and 1895) and two paintings (1893 and 1910). There are also several lithographs of The Scream (1895 and later). In 2013, four of his paintings were depicted in a series of stamps by the Norwegian postal service, marking the 150th anniversary of Edvard Munch’s birth in 2014.

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Ed Koch - Politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977, and three terms as mayor of New York City, from 1978 to 1989, which he led from fiscal insolvency to economic boom. From 1997–1999, he was the judge on "The People's Court" arbitration-based reality court show. In 2008, he hosted his own movie review video show on the web called The Mayor at the Movies. He appeared in more than 60 films and TV shows as himself, including "Sex and the City", "Spin City", "Saturday Night Live", and The Muppets Take Manhattan. He was the first mayor to host "Saturday Night Live".

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Brandon Teena - Woman who lived as a man and was murdered when this was revealed. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was based on the documentary film The Brandon Teena Story. His violent death, along with the murder of Matthew Shepard, led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

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Brandon Teena, and Hillary Swank as Brandon Teena in the movie Boys Don't Cry

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Citizen Rules

12-12-14, 06:46 PM

gbgoodies

12-12-14, 07:10 PM

From what I heard from interviews, Edward G. Robinson was one of the nicest people around. A quiet, caring man who loved to paint. And a devoted family man. Soft spoken, very intelligent and polite.

People think of him as the tough gangster. His best roles are where he had the chance to put some of himself into the character. His character in The Woman in the Window strikes me as having a lot of his real self in it.

So does his character in Soylent Green. He should have won Best Supporting Actor for that role.

I also read that Edward G. Robinson was one of the nicest people in Hollywood, and that he loved to paint.

Frank Sinatra also loved to paint. In fact, there was even an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" where they accidentally won a painting at an auction, and when they called an expert to find out what it was worth, it turned out to be an "Artanis". ("Sinatra" spelled backwards.)

Citizen Rules

12-12-14, 07:48 PM

I didn't know Sinatra painted, of course HB Cheer to the Chairman of the Board
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gbgoodies

12-12-14, 08:03 PM

I didn't know Sinatra painted, of course HB Cheer to the Chairman of the Board

This is the Sinatra painting that was shown in the episode "The Masterpiece" of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". (Sorry I couldn't find a bigger picture.)

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cricket

12-12-14, 10:39 PM

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 12:15 AM

Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra and Jennifer Connelly!

Hey, what's with all the Warwick videos? Or is that just my phone freaking out?

And did you have to post that recent pic of Bobby Barker? I'm going to have nightmares tonight fo sho!

You should see one picture of Dionne Warwick, and two videos, ("I Say A Little Prayer" and "Heartbreaker").

Sorry about the Bob Barker pic. I tried finding a younger picture of Bob Barker, but most of the younger pictures seemed to be either too small, or they're on sites that don't allow hotlinking. I finally gave up and used a "then and now" pic. :shrug:

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 05:54 PM

Born on December 13th:

Richard D. Zanuck - Producer who was instrumental in launching the careers of directors Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg, who described Zanuck as “a director’s producer" and "one of the most honorable and loyal men of our profession". In 1972, he joined with David Brown to form an independent production company called The Zanuck/Brown Company at Universal Pictures. The two men produced a pair of Steven Spielberg's early films, The Sugarland Express in 1974, and Jaws in 1975. They produced such box office hits as Cocoon and Driving Miss Daisy, before dissolving their partnership in 1988. In 1990, they were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Between 2001 and 2012, he collaborated on six films with director Tim Burton, beginning with the remake of Planet of the Apes, and ending with Dark Shadows. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture, winning the award in 1990 for his movie Driving Miss Daisy. He was also nominated for three BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award. On December 11, 1968, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6915 Hollywood Blvd. He was the son of Hollywood producer Darryl F. Zanuck and actress Virginia Fox.

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Master and apprentices: Richard D. Zanuck with Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton

Dick Van Dyke - Actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer with a career spanning seven decades. He is best known for his starring roles in the films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Fitzwilly, and in the TV series "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Diagnosis: Murder". He has received numerous awards in the entertainment industry, including five Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award. In 2004, Rob Petrie, his role on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", was ranked #22 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time". In 1995, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In 2013, he received the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award. On February 25, 1993, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. When the star was unveiled, his name was misspelled on the star as "VANDYKE". Being a good sport, he laughed, took a pen and drew a slash between "VAN" and "DYKE". The star was corrected soon after. He is the older brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke, and the father of actor Barry Van Dyke.

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Dick Van Dyke- Hushabye Mountain (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdc0XMrreU

Rob and Laura Petrie's Song and Dance Numbers - "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5zxDwmRlw

Christopher Plummer - Actor whose successful film career has spanned over five decades. He is best known as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Some of his other notable film performances include roles in the films The Return of the Pink Panther, Murder by Decree, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, A Beautiful Mind, Nicholas Nickleby, Inside Man, Up, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He has also ventured into various television projects, including the miniseries "The Thorn Birds". He has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2012, at the age of 82, he became the oldest person to win an Academy Award with his win for Beginners. He is one of only 9 actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting, (an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony). In 1997, he was awarded the Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award by The Players. In 1968, he was awarded the CC (Companion of the Order of Canada) in the Queen's Honours List for his services to drama. In 1998, he received a Star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. He is the father of actress Amanda Plummer, and the great-grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott.

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Christopher Plummer as General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music) - Christopher Plummer's Own Voice (His voice was dubbed in the movie)

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Van Heflin - Actor who played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s, he had a string of roles as a leading man. In 1943, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager. In 1954, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for Shane. In 1968, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor for "A Case of Libel". His other notable film credits include Presenting Lily Mars, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Possessed, Green Dolphin Street, Act of Violence, The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary, The Prowler, and 3:10 to Yuma (1957). He also starred as Philip Marlowe in the radio detective drama The Adventures of Philip Marlowe from 1947-1951. He also acted on The Lux Radio Theatre, Suspense, Cavalcade of America and many more radio programs. On February 8, 1960, he received two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Motion Pictures at 6311 Hollywood Blvd., and one for Television at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.

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Jamie Foxx - Actor, singer, songwriter, and stand-up comedian. As an actor, his work in the 2004 film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy. The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the action film Collateral. In 2006, his performance as Ray Charles in Ray was ranked #31 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. In 2012, Foxx starred in the film Django Unchained, and in 2014, he played the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He was a member of the cast of the TV show "In Living Color", and he starred in his own TV show, "The Jamie Foxx Show". He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200 chart, "Unpredictable", which topped the chart, "Best Night of My Life", and "Intuition". He was the first African-American to be nominated for two Oscars in the same year, and he is only the second male in history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies. (The first male to do so was Al Pacino.) He is one of only a few actors to win the quadruple award crown during motion picture award season. He won a Golden Globe, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and topped it off with the Oscar. On September 14, 2007, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Steve Buscemi - Actor, director and writer who is known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo and The Big Lebowski, as well as the HBO television series "The Sopranos". He has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including Parting Glances, New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Con Air, Armageddon, The Grey Zone, Ghost World and Big Fish. Since 2010, he has starred in the critically acclaimed series "Boardwalk Empire", which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe, and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, and six Emmy Awards. In 1997, he was ranked #52 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. He was a New York City Fireman from 1980 to 1984, with Engine Company #55 in the Little Italy section of NY. In September 2001, he showed up at his old firehouse the day after the World Trade Center tragedy in New York to volunteer. Worked twelve hour shifts for a week after the terrorist act, digging through rubble with his old comrades looking for missing firefighters... anonymously.

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Wendie Malick - Actress and former fashion model who is best known for her roles as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO series "Dream On", 96), and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitcom "Just Shoot Me!". She was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award for her role in "Just Shoot Me!", and she won four CableACE Awards as Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "Dream On". She is also known for her recurring role as Ronee Lawrence on the final season of "Frasier". In 2010, Malick began starring as Victoria Chase in the TV Land comedy series "Hot in Cleveland". She also played many character roles in films, has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, primarily on comedies, starred in a number of made for television movies, and works as a voice actress.

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Johnny Whitaker - Former child actor who is best known for his role as Brian Keith's 6-year-old nephew, Jody Davis, on the 1960s sitcom "Family Affair". In 1965, he originated the role of Scotty Baldwin on the soap opera "General Hospital". In 1973, he portrayed the title character in the musical version of Tom Sawyer, in which he gave Jodie Foster her first on-screen kiss. In 1973, he starred as Johnny Stuart in the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". He worked closely with the joint SAG/AFTRA Young Performer's Committee helping current young performers receive the benefits and prepare them for the detriments that a career in show business is likely to produce. In 1999, he was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his outstanding achievements within the entertainment industry as a child star. He shares a birthday with her "Family Affair co-star Kathy Garver.

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Kathy Garver - Actress who is best known as the teenage niece, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, to series character Uncle Bill Davis, (played by Brian Keith), on the popular 1960s sitcom, "Family Affair". Her break-through performance came as one of the young slaves in the 1957 movie The Ten Commandments. As a voice actress, she voiced, "Pepper", an automotive whiz in the "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos" series, and Firestar, a mutant super hero in the 1981 "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" TV series, as well as many other cartoon voices. She produced, narrated, wrote lyrics and composed the music for eight audio "Beatrix Potter" tales, and eight "Mother Goose" based audiotapes, for Smarty Pants, Inc. Her "Beatrix Potter" tapes have sold over two million copies, and have won numerous awards. In 1995, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. She won two Audie Awards, one for her narration of "The World's Shortest Stories", and the other in 2004 for her direction of Amy Tan in "The Opposite of Fate" read by the author. She was awarded the Golden Halo award for excellence in the entertainment field. In 2010, she was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role in "Family Affair". She shares a birthday with her "Family Affair co-star Johnny Whitaker.

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Lynn-Holly Johnson - Professional ice skater and actress who achieved some success as a figure skater in the mid-1970s, and later began an acting career, including a Golden Globe-nominated role in the 1978 movie Ice Castles. She won the silver medal at the novice level of the 1974 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. In 1977, she gave up amateur competitive skating to join the Ice Capades. In 1978, she made her film debut as a figure skater in the romantic drama Ice Castles, co-starring Robby Benson. In 1981, she starred as Bond girl Bibi Dahl in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, as an ice-skater who attempts to seduce an unwilling and much older James Bond, played by Roger Moore.

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John Davidson - Singer, actor and game show host who is best known for hosting "That's Incredible!", "Time Machine", and "Hollywood Squares" in the 1980s, and a revival of "The $100,000 Pyramid" in 1991. On TV, he co-starred as "Matt" in a 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of the classic musical, "The Fantasticks". On stage, he won a Theater World Award in 1965 for his role as "Curly" in "Oklahoma!", a part he would play many times over the years. He co-starred in the Disney movies, The Happiest Millionaire in 1967, and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1968. In the 1970s, he hosted his own daytime talk show, "The John Davidson Show". He has recorded several albums, he plays the guitar and banjo, and he has sung in English, French and Spanish.

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John Davidson - You And I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4UZy7fe0EI

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 05:56 PM

Musicians, Athletes, etc. born on December 13th:

Lou Adler - Record producer, manager, director, and an owner of the famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. He is the co-founder of Dunhill Records, and the founder of Ode Records, which he sold in 1975 at a considerable profit. He also managed Jan & Dean, and produced several acts including Sam Cooke, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grass Roots, Carole King, and Cheech and Chong. In 1972 , he won two Grammy Awards in the Record of the Year category for producing "It's Too Late" by Carole King, and in the Album of the Year category for "Tapestry" (also by King). In 1975, he produced the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and in 1981, its follow-up, Shock Treatment. In 1978, he directed the movie Up In Smoke, starring Cheech & Chong. In 2013, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the winner, alongside Quincy Jones, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. On April 6, 2006, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Tim Curry and producer Lou Adler (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Randy Owen - Country music singer who is best known as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Alabama was the most successful group in the history of country music, releasing 21 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, 42 singles that topped the charts at #1, and sold over 73 million records during their career. They received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they were named the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade in 1989, and the Recording Industry Association of America's Country Group of the Century in 1999. In 2005, the band was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Alabama - Mountain Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95x1qxn4yt4

Alabama - If Your Gonna Play In Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZFgfARP6o

John Anderson - Country music singer, songwriter with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years. He has charted more than 40 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including five Number Ones: "Wild and Blue", "Swingin'", "Black Sheep", "Straight Tequila Night", and "Money in the Bank". He has also recorded 22 studio albums on several labels. In 1981, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)". In 1982, he received five nominations for Country Music Association awards, including Song of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year, He won the Horizon Award, and his song "Swingin'" was named Single of the Year. In 1991, his album "Seminole Wind" was certified two times platinum, and he was nominated for three CMA Awards - Male Vocalist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. In 1993, he was awarded the Academy of Country Music Career Achievement award.

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John Anderson - Swingin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07_rnlBezQg

John Anderson - Straight Tequila Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyGU4nzhirI

Taylor Swift - Singer, songwriter who, at age 14, signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. In 2006, the release of her self-titled debut album established her as a country music star. Her third single, "Our Song," made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. In 2008, she received a Best New Artist nomination at the Grammy Awards. Her second album "Fearless" became the best-selling album of 2009 in the U.S., winning four Grammy Awards, making her the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. In 2010, her third album, "Speak Now", sold over one million copies within the first week of its U.S release. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards. In 2012, her fourth album, "Red", sold over one million copies in its first week of U.S. release. The singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were worldwide hits. In 2014, her fifth album, the pop-focused "1989", sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous twelve years, and made her the first and only performer to have three albums sell more than one million copies in a week. The singles "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has also won seven Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, eleven Country Music Association Awards and seven Academy of Country Music Awards. To date, she has sold over 30 million albums and 80 million digital single downloads. In addition to her music career, she has appeared as an actress in the ensemble comedy Valentine's Day, the animated film The Lorax and The Giver.

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Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64

Taylor Swift - Begin Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMPEd8m79Hw

Ted Nugent - Rock musician who gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes before embarking on a solo career. His hits include "Stranglehold", "Cat Scratch Fever", "Wango Tango", and "Great White Buffalo", and his 1960s Amboy Dukes hit "Journey to the Center of the Mind". In 1989, he joined the supergroup Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass/vocals, formerly of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar/vocals, formerly of Styx) and Michael Cartellone (drums). Damn Yankees was a hit, going multi-platinum in the U.S., thanks to the smash hit power ballad "High Enough".

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Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCJux_7W2i8

Larry Doby - Professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier. His first appearance occurred less than three months after Jackie Robinson had become the first African American major leaguer, (with the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers), in the 20th Century. On July 5, 1947 when Doby made his debut, he became the first African American to play in the American League. He was a 7-time All-Star, and a 2-time American League home run leader, In 1948, the year of Larry Doby's arrival in Cleveland to play for the Indians, they won the World Series. He later served as the second black manager in the majors with the Chicago White Sox. In 1966, he was inducted in the Indians Hall of Fame. In 1973, he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Sports.

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Carl Erskine - Former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career from 1948 through 1959 with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games, and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. He pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s.

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Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins - Former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who was a three-time All-Star, and the 1971 National League Cy Young Award winner. During a 19-year career, he pitched for four different teams, spending the majority of his career with the Chicago Cubs. From 1967 to 1969, he also played basketball in the off-season as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1991, Jenkins became the first Canadian to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Archie Moore - Professional boxer, nicknamed "The Old Mongoose", who was the Light Heavyweight World Champion (December 1952 - May 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport. He holds the record for the most career knockouts (131), ranks #4 on The Ring's list of "100 greatest punchers of all time", has the longest reign in Light Heavyweight history, and is rated by prominent boxing website BoxRec as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. In 1980, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. In 1990, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is also remembered for his portrayal of the runaway slave Jim, in the 1960 movie The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Citizen Rules

12-13-14, 06:01 PM

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 06:16 PM

Lynn-Holly Johnson ... In 1981, she starred as Bond girl Bibi Dahl in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, as an ice-skater who attempts to seduce an unwilling and much older James Bond, played by Roger Moore.

...Who said Bond wasn't a gentlemen.
You must really like the Dick Van Dyke Show:) as much as I like Laverne & Shirley. I'm going to have to watch it one of these days.

I love Dick Van Dyke, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show", probably more than you like "Laverne & Shirley". :love:

I would have posted more videos, but then he would have needed his own post. :D

Citizen Rules

12-13-14, 06:30 PM

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 06:37 PM

I have the Dick Van Dyke show on my TV too watch list, mainly thanks to your enthusiasm. Though I reckon my main draw will be Mrs Petre;)

I did see Cindy Williams in More American Graffiti last night. She made that movie while shooting Laverne & Shirley. It even had her sister Carol Ann Williams, who I've never seen before. They really look a lot alike.

I re-watched Fitzwilly with Dick Van Dyke yesterday. It's a great movie, and it's a Christmas movie, so this is the best time of the year to watch it.

With the 1960s lists going on right now, I'm watching a lot of my favorite Dick Van Dyke movies. I re-watched Bye Bye Birdie for the 1963 list, and I'll be re-watching What a Way to Go! and Mary Poppins for the 1964 list. :)

Citizen Rules

12-13-14, 06:54 PM

I should get Mary Poppins. I seen it for the first time only a couple of years ago. I really liked it to, more than I had expected.

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 07:00 PM

I should get Mary Poppins. I seen it for the first time only a couple of years ago. I really liked it to, more than I had expected.

Yes, you should definitely re-watch Mary Poppins before you submit your 1964 list.

You should also watch What A Way To Go! before submitting your 1964 list. It has a ton of big name stars, and I think it's on YouTube, so it's easy to find.

Citizen Rules

12-13-14, 07:08 PM

I just looked up What A Way To Go! and guess what? I've seen it. I didn't recognize the name but I recognition the movie cover. I did really like it too, very fun movie.

gbgoodies

12-13-14, 07:44 PM

I just looked up What A Way To Go! and guess what? I've seen it. I didn't recognize the name but I recognition the movie cover. I did really like it too, very fun movie.

I've seen it a few times, but I'm planning to re-watch it for the 1964 list just because I like it so much. I doubt it will make anyone else's list, but it has a good chance to make my list. Hopefully some people will at least watch it and give it a chance.

Holden Pike

12-13-14, 08:30 PM

Jumping the gun a teeny bit.

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Born December 14th (1958) was Lester Bangs, probably the most famous (and sometimes famously antagonistic) Rock critic of his generation, starting with freelance pieces in Rolling Stone in the late '60s and into the '70s before being put on staff, and then for Creem after he was fired from Rolling Stone. His pieces appeared in many publications, including The Village Voice and Playboy. He also recorded a couple things of his own, chiefly an album with the punk band The Delinquents titled Jook Savages on the Brazos. He died in 1982, at the age of only thirty-three, of an accidental drug overdose.

Bangs was immortalized in Cameron Crowe's thinly-veiled-autobiography Almost Famous, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, where he served as a mentor and warning to the teenaged William Miller. Which is a role the real Lester served to young Cameron Crowe. HERE (http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/cameron-crowe-on-how-philip-seymour-hoffman-became-lester-bangs-20140214) is a piece from Rolling Stone with Crowe talking about Hoffman's performance.

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cricket

12-13-14, 09:54 PM

Happy Birthday Mr. Pink and Teddy Nugent!

gbgoodies

12-14-14, 07:18 AM

Born on December 14th:

Patty Duke - Actress who first became famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in the 1962 movie The Miracle Worker, which she had originated on Broadway. In 1963, she was given her own series, "The Patty Duke Show", in which she portrayed both main characters: Patricia "Patty" Lane, a fun-loving American teenager who occasionally got into minor trouble at school and home, and her 'prim and proper' "identical cousin" from Scotland, Catherine "Cathy" Lane. The series lasted for three seasons and earned her an Emmy Award nomination in 1964, and a Golden Globe nomination in 1966. In addition to her Oscar for The Miracle Worker, she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, winning two awards, and she has been nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning three Emmys, On August 17, 2004, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. She was married to actor John Astin, and she is the mother of actors Sean Astin and Mackenzie Astin.

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Patty Duke with her sons, actors Sean Astin and Mackenzie Astin.

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Patty Duke with her sons, actors Mackenzie Astin and Sean Astin.

Lee Ann Remick - Actress who is best-known for her roles as Laura Manion, a rape victim whose husband is tried for killing her attacker, in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, as Kirsten Arnesen Clay, the alcoholic wife of Jack Lemmon, in Days of Wine and Roses, and as Katherine Thorn, the adoptive mother of Damien, in The Omen. She made her film debut in Elia Kazan's 1957 movie A Face in the Crowd. Her other movies include The Long, Hot Summer, These Thousand Hills, and Experiment in Terror. She was announced to replace Marilyn Monroe in the unfinished 1962 film Something's Got to Give, but co-star Dean Martin refused to continue, however, saying that while he admired Remick, he had signed onto the picture strictly to be able to work with Monroe. She appeared in several made-for-TV movies and miniseries, for which she earned a total of seven Emmy nominations. She was also nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, winning for Best TV Actress - Drama in 1974 for , and in 1976 for [i]Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill. In 1966, she was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "Wait Until Dark". In 1990, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award. On April 29, 1991, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Morey Amsterdam - Actor and comedian, nicknamed "The Human Joke Machine", who is best known for his role as Buddy Sorrell on the sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" from 1961 to 1966. He started in vaudeville at the age of 14, and by the time he was 16, he was working at a Chicago speakeasy owned by Al Brown, who was better known as Al Capone. When he was caught in the middle of a shootout in the club one night, Ansterdam decided to seek safer bookings. He moved to California, where he became a writer and gag man for such stars as Fanny Brice, Jimmy Durante and Will Rogers. He became known as the "Human Joke Machine" because he could tell a joke about any subject on request. In the 1930s and 1940s, he was on the radio, where his humor brought him fame and notoriety. In 1966, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Dick Van Dyke Show". He played Cappy, the owner of the local nightclub, in the Beach Party movies of the 1960s, which were produced by American International Pictures, of which he was a part-owner. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6850 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Dee Wallace - Actress and scream queen who is possibly best known for her roles in several popular films, mainly in the horror genre, including The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling and Cujo. Her most widely seen role is her role as Elliott's mother, Mary, in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She also appeared in the 1975 movie The Stepford Wives, and in the 1979 Blake Edwards movie 10. On TV, she was featured in the eighth season of "The Office" as the mother of Andy Bernard, in the episode "Garden Party", and she appeared on "Grimm" as Monroe's mother. She has appeared in over 90 television shows and 100 films.

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Frances Bavier - Actress who is best known for her role as Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D." from 1960 to 1970. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character, and in 1967, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role. Her first Broadway appearance was in 1925 in "The Poor Nut", the start of a successful Broadway career. She traveled with the USO to entertain the U.S. troops in the Pacific during World War II. Her last appearance on Broadway was in the 1951 play, "Point of No Return" starring Henry Fonda, which ran for 356 performances. Her first movie role was as Mrs. Barley, a boarder in the rooming house where the alien stayed, in the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. In 1972, she retired from acting, but she briefly returned to acting in 1974 in the family film Benji.

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Spike Jones - Musician and bandleader who specialized in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and toured the United States and Canada under the title "The Musical Depreciation Revue". On TV, "The Spike Jones Show" in the 50s featured his wife, Helen Grayco, who had been singing with the band since the 1940s. He began his career as a top studio drummer, working on several Bing Crosby sessions and as a percussionist on the The Wizard of Oz soundtrack, among many other assignments. His hits include "Der Fuhrer's Face", "Cocktails for Two", which included a chorus of hiccupping, "Chlo-e", "Dance of the Hours", "Pal-Yat-Chee" (with Homer and Jethro), "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth", "Washington Square", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", which was dominated by a series of shootings, hangings and poisonings. On February 8, 1960, he was awarded two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Radio at 6290 Hollywood Boulevard, and another for recording at 1500 Vine Street.

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Spike Jones - William Tell Overture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXRj9lSnJnI

Spike Jones - Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkHubSUJmfU

Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Cocktails For Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ecA43sMAg

Spike Jones - Clink! Clink! Another Drink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijnfdLFhn2o

Charlie Rich - Country music singer, songwriter, and musician, nicknamed "The Silver Fox", who is best known for his 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". Both songs were multi-week #1 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart, and "The Most Beautiful Girl" was also a multi-week #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit. "Behind Closed Doors" won three awards from the Country Music Association that year, Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year. He also won two Grammy Awards for "The Most Beautiful Girl". His album "Behind Closed Doors" was also certified gold. He won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he also won four ACM awards. In 1974, he performed the Academy Award nominated theme song "I Feel Love (Benji's Theme)" from the film Benji. His other hits included "There Won't Be Anymore", "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore", "I Love My Friend", and "She Called Me Baby", which were all #1 country hits, as well as "My Elusive Dreams", "Every Time You Touch Me I Get High", "Rollin' With the Flow", and "On My Knees", a #1 duet with Janie Fricke. In 1974, he was named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. In 1998, he received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "Behind Closed Doors". His eclectic style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.

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Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QcyVcnpbk

Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UuqfTxuFZs

King George VI - He was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth. On screen, he was portrayed by, among others, Colin Firth, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the role in The King's Speech, a 2010 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Shirley Jackson - Author who is best known for the short story "The Lottery", which suggests a secret, sinister underside to small-town America. She is also known for her unsettling novel of paranoia and the supernatural, "The Haunting of Hill House", which was the basis for the 1963 movie The Haunting. In 1949, she won the O. Henry Prize Stories Award for "The Lottery". In 1960, she received the National Book Award nomination for "The Haunting of Hill House". In 1961, she received the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination for Best Short Story for "Louisa, Please Come Home". In 1962, her novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" was named one of Time magazine's 'Ten Best Novels of 1962'. In 1966, she won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story for "The Possibility of Evil". Her work has influenced other authors including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson, and she is regarded by many as being one of the most influential writers of mystery, the occult, and Gothic horror. In 2007, the Shirley Jackson Awards were established with permission of her estate. They are in recognition of her legacy in writing, and are awarded for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The awards are presented at Readercon.

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Craig Biggio - Former professional MLB baseball player who spent his entire 20-year baseball career, from 1988 through 2007, as a second baseman, catcher, and outfielder for the Houston Astros. He is a seven-time MLB All-Star who won four Gold Glove Awards and five Silver Slugger Awards during his career. He ranks 21st all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3,000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. He holds the modern record for most times hit by a pitch in a career with 285. In 1997, he became the first player in baseball history not to hit into a single double play while playing an entire 162 game season. Also in 1997, he scored 146 runs, which is the most of any National League player since the Phillies' Chuck Klein scored 152 runs in 1932. In 1998, he became only the second player to have 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles in the same season. (The only other player to accomplish this is Baseball Hall of Fame member Tris Speaker for the Boston Red Sox in 1912.) He holds the National League record for most lead-off home runs in a career with 53. He is third in MLB behind Alfonso Soriano and Rickey Henderson. He tops the Astros' career list in games played, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles and extra-base hits. He is considered the greatest Houston Astro of all-time, and the Astros retired the number 7 in his honor the year following his retirement.

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Craig Biggio on his first and last day in the MLB.

Bill Buckner - Former MLB first baseman who played for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, from 1969 through 1990. He accumulated over 2,700 hits in his twenty-year career, won a batting title in 1980, and represented the Cubs at the All-Star Game in 1981. Despite his successes, he is best remembered for a fielding error during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets, where a ground ball hit to him by Mookie Wilson went through his legs, therefore extending the series to a 7th game which the Mets ending up winning. Buckner's unbelievable play prolonged the "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued the "Red Sox Nation" for 66 years. The Red Sox Nation took it so hard that a retired Buckner was forced to move out of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as his children were being harassed by young Red Sox fans. In 1990, he returned to the Red Sox as a free agent, and received a standing ovation from the crowd during player introductions at the home opener on April 9, 1990.

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Citizen Rules

12-14-14, 08:58 PM

gbgoodies

12-14-14, 10:04 PM

"The Patty Duke Show"...I've only seen bits and pieces but it looks like a fun show. Have you seen it?

I bet it's creation was inspired by The Parent Trap 1961. My favorite Patty Duke movie is Valley of the Dolls. Just a good trashy movie.

I think I saw a few episodes of "The Patty Duke Show" many years ago, but I don't remember much about it except the theme song.

I remember a TV show she starred in with Richard Crenna back in the late 70s, maybe early 80s, called "It Takes Two". It was hysterical, and it got great reviews, but it was cancelled after only one season. Their teenage kids were played by Helen Hunt, (who went on to star in "Mad About You"), and Anthony Edwards, (who went on to star in "ER"), and the grandmother was played by Billie Bird.

I'm surprised there's no love for Spike Jones from today's birthday list. He was a musical/comedy genius. My father introduced me to his music when I was a kid.

Citizen Rules

12-14-14, 10:24 PM

I don't know who he is. I think I've heard the name Spike Jones, but his photo doesn't look familiar to me.

gbgoodies

12-14-14, 10:31 PM

I don't know who he is. I think I've heard the name Spike Jones, but his photo doesn't look familiar to me.

Don't focus on the photo of Spike Jones. Watch the videos below the photo. You'll probably recognize the music.

Holden Pike

12-15-14, 09:34 AM

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Born December 15th, 1933, was Tim Conway, best known for his uproarious appearances on "The Carol Burnett Show" for the eleven years that popular show ran, 1967-1978, winning an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in 1976, an award he certainly could have won every single year. Conway was the king of breaking up his cast mates, especially Harvey Korman. Tim Conway was a famous funny TV star long before Carol Burnett, first as part of Steve Allen's comic ensemble of players that included Don Knotts and Tom Poston before joining the sitcom "McHale's Navy" starring Ernest Borgnine and Joe Flynn. Tim Conway was given his own star vehicles on television, including "Rango" and "The Tim Conway Show", but they all failed to catch on and were short lived. Which is just as well, as that allowed him to be part of Burnett's ensemble.

Conway appeared in a slew of live-action Disney movies in the 1970s, most famously The Apple Dumpling Gang and its sequel with Don Knotts, but also The World's Greatest Athlete, The Billion Dollar Hobo, and Gus about a field goal kicking mule. Knotts and Conway also co-starred in gentle genre spoofs The Private Eyes and The Prize Fighter. Conway had a string of straight-to-video success in the VHS boom of the 1980s with his diminutive character Dorf, and he continued to guest star and have recurring roles on dozens of television shows, all the way up to an episode of "Glee" earlier this year. His most enduring voice over work has been as Barnacle Boy on "SpongeBob SquarePants". Due to his comic timing and ability to improvise, he's also always been a great talk show guest.

Conway turns eighty-one, today.

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gbgoodies

12-15-14, 03:32 PM

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Don Johnson - Actor who is best known for his role as James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV series "Miami Vice", and as the lead role in the 1990s cop series "Nash Bridges". He was nominated for an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor for "Miami Vice", winning the Golden Globe Award in 1986. He co-wrote a two-hour movie with his neighbor Hunter S. Thompson. The movie was not picked up, but CBS bought the story and turned it into "Nash Bridges". His notable films include A Boy and His Dog, The Harrad Experiment, Sweet Hearts Dance, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Paradise, Guilty as Sin, and Django Unchained. He is also a successful singer, and he had three hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts with "Heartbeat" (US #6, 1986), "Heartache Away" (US #56, 1986), and the Barbra Streisand duet "Til I Loved You" (US #25, 1989). On July 26, 1996, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. In 1976, he was roommates with actor Sal Mineo when Mineo was murdered outside their West Hollywood, California apartment.

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Don Johnson - Heartbeat

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Stuart Townsend - Actor who is best known for his roles as Lestat de Lioncourt in the 2002 film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, and as Dorian Gray in the 2003 film adaptation of Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In 2005, he starred in "Night Stalker", the remake of the 1974 ABC TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". He played the part of Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter looking into his wife's murder.

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Helen Slater - Actress who is best known as as the Kryptonian superheroine in TriStar's 1984 film Supergirl. She is also known for her role as a modern-day "Joan of Arc" in the 1985 movie The Legend of Billie Jean, as well as the movies Ruthless People, The Secret of My Success, and City Slickers, as well as three guest appearances on the WB series "Smallville". She played Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El / Supergirl / Linda Lee in the movie Supergirl, and his mother Lara Lor-Van in "Smallville". She was a series regular on the ABC Family series "The Lying Game". In the 2000s, she recorded four albums, singing her own compositions and playing the piano. She was ranked # 70 on VH1's "!00 Greatest Teen Stars". Both she and Christian Slater achieved early success in their careers playing brother and sister in The Legend of Billie Jean, leading many people to believe they were real-life siblings. Although they share the same last name, they are not related.

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Cassandra Harris - Actress who is best known for her role as the Countess Lisl von Schlaf, the ill-fated mistress of Milos Colombo in the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only. While filming this movie, her third husband, Pierce Brosnan, met producer Albert R. Broccoli, which eventually led to his casting as James Bond in four films. She also guest starred in several episodes of the TV series "Remington Steele" with her husband Pierce Brosnan. Her first husband, Dermot Harris, was the younger brother of Irish actor Richard Harris.

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Garrett Wang - Actor who is best known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim in the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager". He made his TV debut in 1994 as a guest star on the pilot episode of comedy "All-American Girl". In 1997, he was named one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world. E! Entertainment Television named him as one of the "20 Coolest Bachelors" in the country. In 2007 at Germany's FedCon convention, he revealed that when he went to Paramount Pictures for a costume fitting for "Star Trek: Voyager" in 1995, he was in such a hurry that he nearly ran over Harrison Ford.

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Gordon Douglas - Actor and director who began his career as a child actor, and directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was the assistant director on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s 1934 film Babes in Toyland, and on the Our Gang comedies made between 1934 and mid-1936. In 1936, he became the senior director of the Our Gang series, and the short "Bored of Education" won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. During his career, he directed nearly 100 features and short, and some of the more notable films include I Was a Communist for the FBI, the 1954 sci-fi classic Them!, Bob Hope's Call Me Bwana, Frank Sinatra's The Detective, Sidney Poitier's They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! and Elvis Presley's Follow That Dream. His final film was 1977's Viva Knievel! in which the stuntman Evel Knievel played himself in a fanciful biography. He was the only filmmaker to have directed both Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.

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Julie Taymor - Director of theatre, opera and film whose work has received many accolades from critics. She is best known for directing the stage musical, "The Lion King", for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical. She also won a Tony Award for Original Costume Design. She was the director of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", and in 2013, the acclaimed off-Broadway production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She directed the 2002 film Frida, which earned Oscar nominations in six categories and winning in two, (Best Makeup and Best Original Score). She also directed the movie Across the Universe, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy, as well as an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. In 1991, she won the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship ("genius" award) for her innovative work in theatre. In addition, she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Obie Awards, the first Annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, and the Brandeis Creative Arts Award. She has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song.

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John Lee Hancock - Director and writer who is best known for the movies The Blind Side, Snow White and the Huntsman and Saving Mr. Banks. He worked as a screenwriter on the films A Perfect World and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In 2002, he directed the sports drama The Rookie, which was a success both critically and commercially. In 2014, he was nominated at the BAFTA Awards for the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Saving Mr. Banks.

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William Link - TV writer and producer who, (with Richard Levinson), co-created and sometimes produced such TV series as "Columbo", "Mannix", "Ellery Queen" and "Murder, She Wrote", as well as several made-for-TV movies. They also collaborated on two feature films: The Hindenburg in 1975, and Rollercoaster in 1977. Levinson and Link received a Special Edgar Award in 1979 from the Mystery Writers of America for their work on "Ellery Queen" and "Columbo". During the 1980s, they were three-time winners of the Edgar Award for Best TV Feature or MiniSeries Teleplay, and in 1989, they were given the MWA's Ellery Queen Award, which honors outstanding mystery-writing teams. They were nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy for 'Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama' in 1970 for "My Sweet Charlie", and in 1972 for the episode "Death Lends a Hand" of the series "Columbo". In 1983, he was nominated, with collaborator Richard Levinson, for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Book (Musical) for "Merlin". In 1995, they were jointly elected to the Television Academy Hall of Fame. Following the sudden death of Richard Levinson in 1987, William Link continued his writing and producing career in many media, and in 1991, in tribute to Levinson, he wrote the script for the TV movie The Boys, starring James Woods and John Lithgow. He is a frequent contributor to such mystery fiction publications as "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine". In 2002, William Link was named President of the Mystery Writers of America. He is one of the few television writers to achieve this honor.

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Lee Aronsohn - TV writer, composer and producer who is best known for writing many sitcoms including "The Love Boat", "Who's the Boss?", "Murphy Brown", "Grace Under Fire", "The Big Bang Theory", and "Cybill". In 2003, he co-created the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and wrote the original music for the series. He also works as executive producer of the show, and he directs one show per season. He is also executive producer and writer for "The Big Bang Theory". From 2004-2013, he won five ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for 'Top TV Series' for "Two and a Half Men", and he was nominated for five Emmy Awards.

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Alan Freed - Legendary radio DJ in the 1950s who helped popularize the term "Rock and Roll" music. He worked as a DJ at WJW in Cleveland from 1951-1954, and he hosted the late-night "Moondog Rock 'n' Roll Party". In 1952, he promoted the "Moondog Coronation Ball", which is widely regarded as the first ever rock concert. He broke down barriers by playing music of black artists for primarily white audiences long before most anyone else in the business. In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter member, under the category "Non-Performer". In 1988, he was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. On December 10, 1991, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6381 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Dave Clark - Musician, songwriter and record producer who was the leader and drummer of the 1960s beat group The Dave Clark Five. In 1964, they were the first British Invasion band to follow The Beatles to America, and they had 15 consecutive Top 20 hits. They also appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" more times than any other English group. He owned the rights to all the Dave Clark Five music, and in 1993, he released remastered versions of all their singles on a CD, "Glad All Over Again". In 2008, Dave Clark and his band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1986, he wrote a science fiction stage musical, "Time" that played for two years in London's West End, starring Cliff Richard, (replaced later by David Cassidy), and featuring Laurence Olivier's huge holographic image.

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The Dave Clark Five - Because

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gbgoodies

12-15-14, 03:35 PM

Citizen Rules

12-15-14, 03:42 PM

gbgoodies

12-15-14, 03:46 PM

My hats off to Birthday boy Garrett Wang. He was great as young Ensign Kim. Has he been working much since, I haven't seen him in anything? I heard he was doing Star Trek theme ship cruises. That's where you take a cruise but pay extra to hang out with some Star Trek folks. It sounded interesting and I had considered doing it but the cost is too much for my wallet.

I think this is a page about it? But I don't have Flash installed on my computer so I can't actually see all of the page.
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It's looks like Garrett Wang has immersed himself in the Star Trek universe. He's been working on the unofficial Star Trek stuff like "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men".

It may never make him a household name for a lot of people, but it will probably keep him busy for a long time.

Holden Pike

12-15-14, 05:29 PM

One of my favorite talk show guest stories was Conway on with Johnny Carson. Tim Conway told of a time in the early sixties when he was at a Halloween costume party in Hollywood, in his "McHale's Navy" days. Somebody at the party had a Polaroid instant camera, which were still fairly uncommon back then. Conway was dressed as a mummy, in full wrap from head to toe, with nothing but his eyes showing. He had a couple instant pictures taken until they got the size close to the head shot of his driver's license. Then he cut out the Polaroid of him as a mummy, pasted it to his I.D., went to his car, and started rolling through stop signs, just waiting to get pulled over. Finally a cop saw him, stopped him, and when he came to the window and asked to see his license, the mummy handed him his mummy picture. All just to see the expression on the cop's face.

A long way to go for such a gag, perhaps, but that's just how his mind works.

Sedai

12-15-14, 05:50 PM

Love the Private Eyes clip!

I really like Star Trek Voyager, so a big thumbs up to Garrett Wang, as well!

Holden Pike

12-16-14, 11:45 AM

Born on December 16th...

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Author Philip K. Dick (born 1928), Hugo Award-winning Science Fiction writer known for his metaphysical and philosophical approach to the genre, who's best regarded novel is probably The Man in the High Castle, and who is definitely most famous for the movie adaptations made from his works, most crucially Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, which was taken from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Some of the other film adaptations include Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Adjustment Bureau. Though undiagnosed, in the last decade or so of his life, it is believed P.K. Dick may have suffered a psychotic break of some kind, stemming from a 1974 incident that included powerful hallucinations. Dick wrote about this experience in one of his best books, Valis, a thinly-veiled recounting of his attempting to sort out what was happening to him. His theories ranged everywhere from drugs, God, and space aliens, to the FBI and the KGB. For anybody interested, his notes from this period have also been published, as The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. Fascinating.

Though reluctant to sell his work to Hollywood, he was convinced for Blade Runner. He was not an active participant on the set, but was invited to see some of the sketches for the sets and costumes, and in the editing process he did see a screening of an assemblage of some of the finished effects scenes, which he was reportedly very impressed with. Unfortunately he never saw the finished film, dying from multiple strokes in March of 1982. He was fifty-three.

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Artist Quentin Blake (born 1932), best known as the illustrator of Roald Dahl's books. He has illustrated for others as well, including William Steig, as well as writing and illustrating his own books, including Loveykins, Zagazoo, Mister Magnolia, Patrick, and Daddy Lost His Head. In 1987 he was given the Hans Christian Andersen Award from the International Board on Books for Young People for his career contribution to children's literature.

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Cinematographer Tom Stern (born 1946) is best known for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood, including on Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino, Changeling, Invictus, Jersey Boys and American Sniper. He worked his way up through Clint's Malpaso, on productions throughout the 1980s and 1990s, starting with Honkytonk Man and up through the likes of Bird, Unforgiven, A Perfect World, and Space Cowboys, first as a gaffer then as the chief lighting technician, before getting promoted to cinematographer. Some of the films he's shot away from Eastwood are Romance & Cigarettes, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Things We Lost in the Fire, and The Hunger Games.

His only Oscar nomination, to date, is for Eastwood's Changeling.

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Writer/Director Shane Black may not be a household name, but he probably should be. His screenplays set the tone for the modern action movie, mixing humor and extreme violence, and now moving behind the camera he is two-for-two as a successful filmmaker. Black's screenplay for Lethal Weapon sold for $250,000 in 1986. He was only twenty-two. About that time he was also seeing how an action movie is made first hand, as he had the small role as Hawkins in John McTiernan's Predator, which Black also did some uncredited punch ups on. He wrote the story for the first Lethal Weapon sequel, but then bowed out of the writing duties on that series. However, his original screenplays became highly sought after properties.

The Last Boy Scout, directed by Tony Scott and starring Bruce Willis, netted Shane $1.75-million, one of the first scripts to break a million. That production was legendarily troubled, a power struggle between Joel Silver and Bruce Willis, leaving Tony Scott in the middle and much of Black's script on the floor. But The Last Boy Scout not turning into a Lethal Weapon-like franchise did not make Shane Black any less hot in the industry, and when another big budgeted actioner, the satirical The Last Action Hero was running into early trouble, Shane Black was given a bundle to come in and do a rewrite. Again, that film's failures were not pegged to Shane. The Long Kiss Goodnight was another Shane Black original, and it sold for a staggering $3-million. By the time Kiss Kiss Bang Bang went into production, Shane was ready to take over the directing duties himself, and though it somehow did not catch fire at the box office, it was a critical success and found a devoted cult following after its theatrical run. Robert Downey Jr. definitely enjoyed the experience, because he brought Shane in to write and direct Iron Man 3, which made a gazillion dollars.

Shane's next project as writer and director, The Nice Guys, is a 1970s-set private eye piece starring Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, and Kim Basinger.

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Writer/Director James Mangold (born 1963) has had both critical and box office successes thus far in his career. It started with the well-regarded indie Heavy with Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters and Liv Tyler, which led to Cop Land starring Sylvester Stallone in a toned-down dramatic role with a supporting cast that boasted Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and others, all drawn to the great script. Cop Land got sparkling reviews and did decent box office, which really made Mangold in the industry. His next projects were adapting the non-fiction best seller Girl, Interrupted (which netted Angelina Jolie her Oscar as Best Supporting Actress), the time traveling romantic comedy Kate & Leopold with Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman, and the genre-bending thriller Identity with John Cusack. None of those were exactly blockbusters, but all did well, which let him get his most ambitious and prestigious project off the ground, the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line which would garner five Oscar nominations, including Reese Witherspoon's win as Best Actress.

Since that triumph, Mangold has been working in genre entertainments: the remake of 3:10 to Yuma with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, the fun action/comedy/romance Knight and Day with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, and with Hugh Jackman again as The Wolverine.

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Actress Krysten Ritter (born 1981) hasn't quite had that true breakout role yet, but I have to believe it is coming. She's a good actress, adept at both comedy and drama, and ridiculously beautiful. Her biggest shot at stardom to this point was likely the ABC sitcom "Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23", which I enjoyed the heck out of, but the network pulled the plug too quickly. Even if you missed that series, TV is likely what you have seen her in. She had recurring supporting roles on both cult shows "Veronica Mars" and "The Gilmore Girls". She has appeared in a few movies, including She's Out of My League, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and 27 Dresses and her role in Tim Burton's Big Eyes may prove to be her best yet on the big screen, but it is on television where she is given the most opportunities. The sitcom "'Til Death didn't pan out, nor did the suicide support group dramady "Gravity", but her arc on "Breaking Bad" as Jesse Pinkman's strung out girlfriend Jane Margolis was not only a nice showcase for her, but the events surrounding her character became absolutely pivotal to the series.

She'll get her breakout starring role, soon, perhaps in "A.K.A. Jessica Jones", the Marvel Studios production that will air its original episodes on Netflix. She turns thirty-three today.

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gbgoodies

12-16-14, 03:26 PM

Also Born on December 16th:

Arthur C. Clarke - Science fiction writer who is perhaps most famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. His other science fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, along with a large readership, making him into one of the towering figures of the field. For many years he, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system, an idea that, in 1963, won him the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal and other honors. In 1964, he started to work with Stanley Kubrick on a sci-fi movie script. In 1969, he shared an Academy Award nomination with him for the film version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of uncanny ability, and wrote over a dozen books and many essays (which appeared in various popular magazines) on these subjects. In 1961 he was awarded a Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularizing science. These along with his science fiction writings, eventually earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space Age". In the 1980s, he was the host of several television shows, including "Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World". In 1989, he was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Honours List for his services to literature and astronomy. In 1997, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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Steven Bochco - TV writer and producer who has developed a number of popular television hits including "Hill Street Blues", "L.A. Law", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", and "NYPD Blue", as well as some notable flops such as "Cop Rock". He was was credited as co-creator, writer and producer of the police drama "Hill Street Blues", which was nominated for a total of 98 Emmy Awards throughout its run. He co-created and produced "L.A. Law", which was also a regular award winner, and achieved far higher ratings success than "Hill Street Blues" had enjoyed. He won numerous awards including the 1994 Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the 1999 Diversity Award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the 1998 Peabody Award for the "NYPD Blue" episode "Raging Bulls", two Edgar Awards, and ten Emmy Awards. In 1996, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

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Ludwig van Beethoven - German composer and pianist who is one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa solemnis), and songs. In 1787, he studied at Mozart's in Vienna, and in 1792, he moved to Vienna and became a student of Joseph Haydn. By about 1800, his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. He gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose, and many of his most admired works come from this period. He was the first composer to use the piccolo in a symphony, and he was the first composer to use trombones in a symphony.

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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

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Beethoven's 5th Symphony

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Jane Austen - English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. She achieved success as a published writer from 1811 until 1816, with the release of "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", and "Emma". She wrote two additional novels, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion", both published posthumously in 1818, and she began a third, which was eventually titled "Sanditon", but she died before completing it. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously, and they brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew's "A Memoir of Jane Austen" introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. Her books have never been out of print since they were first published.

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Noel Coward - English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer who is best known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". As a playwright, he published more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as "Hay Fever", "Private Lives", "Design for Living", "Present Laughter" and "Blithe Spirit", have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works, (including the operetta "Bitter Sweet" and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel "Pomp and Circumstance", and a three-volume autobiography. His stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works. In 1943, he won an Honorary Academy Award for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve. In the 1950s he achieved success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party". He received two Tony nominations in 1964, one as Best Director (Musical) for "High Spirits", which was based on his play "Blithe Spirit", and another as Best Author (Musical), along with collaborator Harry Kurnitz, for "The Girl Who Came to Supper", which was based on Terence Rattigan's "The Sleeping Prince". In 1970, he received a Special Tony Award "for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theater". In 1988, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2006, the former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honor.

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Warren Adler - Author who has written forty books, including his best known book "The War of the Roses", the fictionalization of a macabre divorce. This dark comedy was soon turned into the 1989 movie The War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. The movie was a critical success, and it earned multiple international award nominations, including Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. He went on to sell movie and film rights for 12 books, all noted for his character driven and masterful storytelling, including the 1999 movie Random Hearts, starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas. An essayist, short-story writer, poet and playwright, Adler’s works have been translated into 25 languages. He currently has three films and one TV series in development.

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Liv Ullmann - Norwegian actress who is known as one of the "muses" of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1972 for the film The Emigrants, and has been nominated for another five Golden Globes. She has also been nominated for the Palme d'Or, and twice for the Academy Award, as well as two nominations for a BAFTA Film Award. She began her acting career as a stage actress in Norway during the mid-1950s, and she continued to act in theatre for most of her career. She became noted for her portrayal of Nora in Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House", but became better known once she started to work with Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman. She and Ingmar Bergman made 10 movies together, including Persona, The Passion of Anna, Cries and Whispers, and Autumn Sonata. She also acted with Laurence Olivier in A Bridge Too Far in 1977, directed by Richard Attenborough. She was nominated more than 40 times for awards, including various lifetime achievement awards, and she won the best actress award three times from the National Society of Film Critics, three times from the National Board of Review, received three awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and a Golden Globe. In 1971, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie The Emigrants, and again in 1976 for the movie Face to Face. In addition, she was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards, first in 1975, as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, and again in 1977, as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill. In 2006, her performance as Elisabet Vogler in Persona was ranked #49 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.

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Benjamin Bratt - Actor who is best known for his role as Detective Rey Curtis on the legal/crime drama series "Law & Order", as Dr. Jake Riley on the medical drama series "Private Practice", and as Steve Navarro on the series "24". He is also known for his appearances in the movies Miss Congeniality, Demolition Man, Blood in Blood Out, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, Despicable Me 2, and The Lesser Blessed. In 1999, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Law & Order".

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Xander Berkeley - Actor who is best known for his TV roles of George Mason on the political thriller series "24", Percy Rose on the action thriller series "Nikita", and Sheriff Thomas McAllister on the crime drama "The Mentalist". He made his film debut in the role of Christopher Crawford in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest. He is also known for having portrayed a wide range of supporting and character roles in the well-known films The Fabulous Baker Boys, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Candyman, Apollo 13, Gattaca, Taken, Kick-Ass, Air Force One, Shanghai Noon, If These Walls Could Talk, and Sid and Nancy. He is also known as the series lead of the web series "The Booth At The End", for which he received the Streamy Award for 'Best Male Performance, Drama' in 2013.

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Joyce Bulifant - Actress who is known for her sunny "little girl"-like Southern lilt of a voice. She was a frequent panelist on the TV game shows "Chain Reaction" and "Match Game", in which she more often than not gave bizarre answers that seldom matched the contestants. From 1971 to 1977, she played Marie, the wife of Murray Slaughter, (played by Gavin MacLeod), on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", making 11 appearances over seven seasons. She appeared in the movie Airplane!, and as the mother of David Spade's character on the sitcom "Just Shoot Me!". She was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's "The Brady Bunch", but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.

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Bill Ripken - Former MLB infielder who played from 1987–1998 for the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Tigers. He gained nototiety in 1989, when after Fleer released its 1989 baseball card set, it was discovered that Ripken's Fleer card showed him holding a bat with the expletive "F*CK FACE" written in plain view on the knob of the bat. Fleer subsequently rushed to correct the error, and in their haste, released versions in which the text was scrawled over with a marker, whited out with correction fluid, and also airbrushed. On the final, corrected version, Fleer obscured the offensive words with a black box. (This was the version included in all factory sets). Both the original card and many of the corrected versions have become collector's items as a result. There are at least ten different variations of this card. He is the brother of Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr., and the son of former major league manager Cal Ripken Sr.

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Citizen Rules

12-16-14, 03:58 PM

So who's my Birthday choice for the day???

gbgoodies

12-16-14, 04:03 PM

So who's my Birthday choice for the day???

My guess would be either Arthur C. Clarke or Jane Austen.

Citizen Rules

12-16-14, 04:09 PM

gbgoodies

12-16-14, 04:16 PM

You're good! Jane Austen first, Arthur C. Clarke second.

I've never read any of Jane Austen's books but have seen many movies made from them. I really like the period piece films set in late 1800s Britain.

I know that you like sci-fi, but you seem more the Arthur C. Clarke type than the Philip K. Dick type.

Citizen Rules

12-16-14, 04:25 PM

Ha, very true, I never heard of Philip K. Dick until today....Shopping time, catch ya latter.

cricket

12-16-14, 10:15 PM

Bill Ripkin lol, he was a stiff

Holden Pike

12-17-14, 10:06 AM

Born on December 17th...

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Singer/Songwriter Paul Rodgers (born 1949), who's first fame came as the lead singer of the band Free, who had one monster hit in "All Right Now". From there, Rodgers moved on to form Bad Company. They were the first band signed by Swan Song, the record label started by Led Zeppelin. Bad Company had a slew of hits in the 1970s, including the eponymous "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Shooting Star", "Rock Steady", "Feel Like Makin' Love", and "Run with the Pack". In the '80s and '90s he had a solo career and other projects, none of them near the level of success as Bad Company. But he is still regarded as one of the all-time great voices in Rock music. He still tours, including a couple stints with Queen.

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Singer/Musician Paul Butterfield (born 1942) is one of the great harmonica players of his era, and has played with just about all the greats in Rock, R&B, and Blues you can imagine from the '60s through the '80s, including Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Band, and many others. He made his name in the late '60s, playing the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock as well as The Fillmore East and West, The Winterland, The Troubador, and all of the hot spots of the music scene with his band. He had musical partnerships with Mike Bloomfield and John Mayall, at various points.

Butterfield died in 1987, at the age of only forty-four, of an accidental drug overdose.

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Actor/Comedian Eugene Levy (born 1946) of the distinctive thick eyebrows was first known as part of the brilliant ensemble of Canada's "SCTV", with those Second City Toronto alums all showing off their talents. Some of Eugene's most famous characters were horrible lounge comic Bobby Bittman, inept local news anchor Earl Camembert, Yosh Shmenge of the Polka playing Shmenge Brothers, and game show host Alex Trebel, with spot-on impersonations of Floyd the Barber from "The Andy Griffth Show", statesman Henry Kissinger, and film critic Gene Shalit among two dozen other characters he portrayed during the show's run. The rest of the original cast included Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Harold Ramis, and in subsequent seasons also featured Rick Moranis, Robin Duke, and Martin Short.

From there Levy entered Hollywood and the movies, with a plum supporting role in Ron Howard's Splash as the scientist determined to prove there is a mermaid in New York City, and even a co-starring role with John Candy in Armed and Dangerous. Levy is a welcome addition to any movie or television show, be he a central component or there for one scene. He became part of Christopher Guest's improvising ensemble in Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, capturing some of the best work of his entire career, spectacularly paired with the great Catherine O'Hara. Eugene Levy's biggest fame across demographics and, I hope, a real money gravy train has been his participation as Jim's Dad in the American Pie franchise, including the direct-to-video installments. He works constantly, so much so that you can even see him pop up in Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection or with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York Minute, when he's not, you know, performing "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" in character at The Oscars.

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Citizen Rules

12-17-14, 01:37 PM

I use to love SCTV. I had it on my Top 100 TV show list, but it didn't make the countdown.:(

gbgoodies

12-17-14, 02:50 PM

Also born on December 17th:

Rian Johnson - Writer, producer, and director who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with his debut feature film, Brick. He directed the movies The Brothers Bloom and Looper, as well as three episodes of the AMC series "Breaking Bad", ("Fly", "Fifty-One", and "Ozymandias"). He won a Directors Guild of America Award for the episode "Fifty-One", and the episode "Ozymandias" is widely considered as one of the greatest episodes of television ever aired. In June 2014, it was reported that he had signed to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII and Star Wars: Episode IX. His first short film, Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!, which is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", was included as an easter egg on the Looper Blu-ray. His short film from high school titled Ninja Ko is available as an easter egg on the Brick DVD.

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Peter Farrelly - Director, screenwriter, and producer who, along with his brother, Bobby Farrelly, has written, directed, and produced several comedy films including There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, Shallow Hal, Me, Myself & Irene, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, and Movie 43. In 2006, he directed the "Man Laws" series of TV commercials for the Miller Lite beer brand, which featured actor Burt Reynolds, American football player Jerome Bettis, climber Aron Ralston, and professional wrestler Triple H.

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Richard Long - Actor who is best known for his leading roles in three ABC television series, including "The Big Valley", "Nanny and the Professor", and "Bourbon Street Beat". He was also a series regular on ABC's "77 Sunset Strip" from 1960-62. Early in his career, he appeared in several films as a juvenile lead, including as Tom Kettle, the eldest son in four of the nine "Ma and Pa Kettle" movies. In his second film role, he played Noah, the brother of Loretta Young's character in Orson Welles' The Stranger. He also appeared in the movies Cult of the Cobra, House on Haunted Hill, and Follow the Boys.

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Bill Pullman - Actor who made his film debut in the supporting role of Earl Mott in the 1986 film Ruthless People, and has since gone on to star in other films, including Spaceballs, Sibling Rivalry, While You Were Sleeping, Casper, Independence Day, and Lost Highway. When he was promoting the 1996 movie Independence Day in South America, some people actually thought he was the President of the United States. From 2012 to 2013, he portrayed U.S. President Dale Gilchrist in the TV comedy series "1600 Penn". He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor In Television for his role as murderer and pedophile Oswald Danes in "Torchwood: Miracle Day".

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Ernie Hudson - Actor who is best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, as Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's "Oz". He also had a supporting roles in the movies The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Congo, Miss Congeniality, and The Basketball Diaries.

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Giovanni Ribisi - Actor who has appeared in over 40 films and 25 television shows. He began his career as a child on TV shows such as "The New Leave It to Beaver", "Married... with Children", "The Wonder Years", and "My Two Dads". In 1996, he played the role of Phoebe's half-brother on the hit sitcom "Friends", which boosted his career. Between 2005 and 2008, he played Ralph in multiple episodes of "My Name Is Earl", earning a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance. He recently starred in the FOX sitcom "Dads" with Seth Green. He is 15 minutes older than his twin sister Marissa Ribisi.

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Dave Madden - Actor who is best known for his role in the 1970s sitcom "The Partridge Family", as the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid. He later had a recurring role as diner customer Earl Hicks on the sitcom, "Alice". In 1976, he appeared in Ron Howard's directorial debut movie Eat My Dust!.

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George Lindsey - Actor who is best known for his role as Goober Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show", "Mayberry R.F.D.", and on "Hee-Haw". Goober's antics frequently included his exaggerated "Goober Dance" and his comically bad Cary Grant impression. He played a sailor in the 1964 film Ensign Pulver, and he appeared in the 1972 comedy movie Snowball Express. He also did voice work in the Disney movies The Aristocats, Robin Hood, and The Rescuers. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Governor's Achievement Award in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was the recipient of the Minnie Pearl Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2007, he was the recipient of the first ICON Award presented by the Nashville Associations of Talent Directors. In 2006, TV Land's "Star Trek" marathon had comments by the actors, and Leonard Nimoy's stunner was that Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play "Spock" was George Lindsey. He turned the part down and the rest is history.

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Tracy Byrd - Country music singer who had his first #1 hit in 1993 with his single "Holdin' Heaven". He has charted more than thirty hit singles in his career, including eleven additional Top Ten hits. He has also released nine studio albums and two greatest-hits albums, with four gold certifications and one double-platinum certification from the RIAA. His hit songs include "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous", "Watermelon Crawl", "The First Step" and "The Keeper of the Stars".

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Tracy Byrd - The Keeper Of The Stars

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cricket

12-17-14, 08:42 PM

I've always wanted to see more from Ribisi. He's been excellent in everything I've seen him in.

gbgoodies

12-17-14, 08:44 PM

I've always wanted to see more from Ribisi. He's been excellent in everything I've seen him in.

He was so cute in "My Two Dads" when he was a kid. I also loved him in the recent sitcom "Dads" with Seth Green, but apparently I was the only one who was watching it. It's a shame because it was very funny.

cricket

12-17-14, 08:47 PM

He was great in The Gift.

gbgoodies

12-18-14, 12:34 PM

Born on December 18th:

George Stevens - Director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer who was nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Director, winning twice, and six of the movies he produced and directed were nominated for Best Picture Oscars. In 1953, he was the recipient of the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award for maintaining a consistent level of high-quality production. From 1958 to 1959, he served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He won the Directors Guild of America Best Director Award three times, as well as the D.W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award. His best known films include Swing Time, Gunga Din, Woman of the Year, Penny Serenade, The Talk of the Town, The More the Merrier, I Remember Mama, The Greatest Story Ever Told, A Place in the Sun, Shane, Giant, and Diary of Anne Frank. He won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, in 1951 for A Place in the Sun and in 1956 for Giant. He was also nominated in 1943 for The More the Merrier, in 1954 for Shane, and in 1959 for The Diary of Anne Frank. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.

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Jules Dassin - An American film director and screenwriter who was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France, where he revived his career. He is best known for his films Rififi, Never on Sunday, and Topkapi. In the U.S., he was known for his noir films Brute Force, The Naked City, and Thieves' Highway. In 1940, he was an assistant to Alfred Hitchcock. In 1956, he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Rififi. His 1960 film Never on Sunday won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and the BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source. In 1968, he was nominated for two Tony Awards, as Best Director (Musical) and as author of the book of Best Musical nominee "Ilya, Darling," a musical version of his 1960 film Never on Sunday.

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Leonard Maltin - One of the most recognized and respected film critics of our time. He is the author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He created, hosted and co-produced the popular "Walt Disney Treasures" DVD series and appeared on Warner Home Video's "Night at the Movies" features. He has received awards and citations from the American Society of Cinematographers, Anthology Film Archives, The Society of Cinephiles and the Telluride Film Festival. In 1997, he was made a voting member of the National Film Registry, which selects 25 landmark American films every year.

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Gladys Cooper - English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress; for her performances as Bette Davis's domineering mother in Now, Voyager, as a sceptical nun in The Song of Bernadette, and as Rex Harrison's mother, Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady. Some of her other notable film roles include The Green Years, The Cockeyed Miracle, The Secret Garden, The Man Who Loved Redheads, Separate Tables, and The Happiest Millionaire as Aunt Mary Drexel, singing "There Are Those". She was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic), for her performances in Enid Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden" (1956), and in "A Passage to India" (1962). In 1967, at the age of 79, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her great accomplishments in furthering acting.

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Betty Grable - Actress, dancer, and singer for 20th Century-Fox during the 1940s and 1950s. As a dancer In the 1930s, she led the opening number, "Cowboys", as a Goldwyn Girl in the 1930 film Whoopee!, and she was prominently featured in the number "Let's K-nock K-nees" in the Academy Award-winning film The Gay Divorcee. Her other movies include Moon Over Miami, A Yank in the RAF, I Wake Up Screaming, Song of the Islands, Footlight Serenade, Springtime in the Rockies, Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Coney Island, Diamond Horseshoe, The Dolly Sisters, Mother Wore Tights, When My Baby Smiles at Me, My Blue Heaven, Call Me Mister, and How to Marry a Millionaire. In 1943, she was the number one box office draw in the world and, in 1947, she was the highest-paid entertainer in the United States. Throughout her career, she was celebrated for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio publicity often photographed her featuring them. Her iconic bathing suit poster made her the number one pin-up girl of World War II, and it was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs that Changed the World". Her legs were famously insured by her studio for $1 million with Lloyds of London. In 2009, she was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. She also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6525 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Ossie Davis - Actor who made his film debut in 1950 in the Sidney Poitier film No Way Out. He is also known for his appearances in The Hill, The Cardinal, The Scalphunters, Roots: The Next Generations, Hot Stuff, Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, and The Stand. He was also in the TV series "Evening Shade" and "The Client". He voiced Anansi the spider on the PBS children's TV series "Sesame Street" in its animation segments. He was nominated for four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Grammy Awards, and eight Image Awards. He was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award in 1958 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Jamaica", and again in 1970 as co-author of the book for Best Musical nominee "Purlie". In 2007, he posthumously won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for the album "With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together". He won four Image Awards including being named to the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame in 1989, along with his wife, actress/activist Ruby Dee. In 1995, they were awarded the National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the country. In 2004, they were recipients of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. He was a featured speaker at the funeral of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

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Roger Smith - Actor and screenwriter who is best known for his starring role of private detective Jeff Spencer in the TV series "77 Sunset Strip". While stationed in Hawaii at a Naval Reserve, he had a chance meeting with actor James Cagney, who encouraged him to try a career in Hollywood. He would later play Cagney's son in Man of a Thousand Faces. He played Patrick Dennis, the adult nephew of Rosalind Russell's character in Auntie Mame. He is also known for his role as Lt. Douglas Roberts on the TV series "Mister Roberts". He is married to actress Ann-Margret.

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Brad Pitt - Actor who first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise. His other notable movies include A River Runs Through It, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Troy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Moneyball, World War Z, and Ocean's Eleven and its sequels. He received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Twelve Monkeys, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Moneyball. He produced The Departed and 12 Years a Slave, both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also The Tree of Life and [/i]Moneyball[/i], both of which earned Best Picture nominations. He has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning the award in 1996 for Twelve Monkeys. In 2001, he made a guest appearance in the TV series "Friends", playing a man with a grudge against Rachel Green, played by Jennifer Aniston, to whom Pitt was married at the time, and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance.

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Ray Liotta - Actor who is best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, and as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. His voice over line from Field of Dreams, "If you build it, he will come," is #39 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 movie quotes. From 1978 to 1981, he appeared as Joey Perrini on the soap opera "Another World". His other movies include Unlawful Entry, No Escape, Cop Land, Phoenix, Blow, Narc, and Identity. He has won an Emmy Award and been nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards. In 1987, he earned a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of volatile ex-con Ray Sinclair in Jonathan Demme's film Something Wild. He received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for portraying singer Frank Sinatra in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack. In the film Blow, Liotta plays the father of George Jung, (played by Johnny Depp), who reportedly was responsible for 85% of all cocaine distributed in the US in the late 1970s/early '80s. Therefore, there is an 85% chance that Liotta's son in Blow is distributing cocaine to Liotta, playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas.

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Katie Holmes - Actress who is best known for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama "Dawson's Creek". She is also known for the movies Disturbing Behavior, Go, Batman Begins, Pieces of April, The Singing Detective, The Ice Storm, First Daughter, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and Abandon. She has also played on Broadway in a production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and had numerous guest roles on TV shows such as "How I Met Your Mother". She had a girlhood crush on Tom Cruise, her future husband, (now her ex-husband), saying once in a magazine interview, "I think every little girl dreams of her wedding. I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise".

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Josh Dallas - Actor who is best known for his roles as Prince Charming/David Nolan in the ABC television series "Once Upon a Time", and Fandral in the Marvel Comics film adaptation Thor. In 2011, he began dating his "Once Upon a Time" co-star Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays Snow White, and in a real-life fairy tale, Snow White and Prince Charming were married in 2014. They were nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Duo for "Once Upon a Time".

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Casper Van Dien - Actor who is probably best known for his breakthrough role as Johnny Rico in Paul Verhoeven's 1997 science fiction action film Starship Troopers. He also starred in the 1997 James Dean biopic James Dean: Race with Destiny. He is also known for his roles as Tarzan in Tarzan and the Lost City, and as Brom von Brunt in Tim Burton's 1999 film Sleepy Hollow. Early in his career, he played Griffin Stone in "Beverly Hills, 90210", and Ty Moody in "One Life to Live", and in 2000, he was given title "Sexiest Soap Star" from People Magazine.

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gbgoodies

12-18-14, 12:37 PM

Singers, Musicians, Comedians, Athletes, etc. born on December 18th:

Keith Richards - English musician, singer and songwriter, and one of the original members of the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Fourteen songs he wrote with the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone magazine credited him for "rock's greatest single body of riffs" on guitar, and ranked him 4th on its list of 100 Best Guitarists. In 1989, he was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a founding member of the legendary rock band The Rolling Stones. Together with his song-writing partner, Mick Jagger, he wrote and recorded hundreds of songs, including their monster hit "Satisfaction", one of the defining songs of the era. In 1993, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
(Microsoft used this song as the Windows 95 Launch Theme Song.)

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The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(Microsoft should have used this song as the Windows 95 Launch Theme Song.)

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Christina Aguilera - Singer, songwriter, and actress who appeared on the TV series "Star Search" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" in her childhood. She rose to prominence as a bubblegum pop singer in the 1990s when her self-titled debut album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". She has sold 50 million albums worldwide, and Rolling Stone ranked her at #58 on their list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, becoming the youngest singer to appear on the list. Billboard recognized her as the 20th most successful artist of the 2000s. Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including four Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

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Ron White - Stand up comedian and actor who is best known as a member of The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, along with his friends Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The Blue Collar Comedy Tour show sold out across the United States in over 90 cities, and grossed over $15 million. He is the author of the 2006 best selling book "I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn't Have the Ability". In 2014, his comedy album, "A Little Unprofessional", was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

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Ty Cobb - Former MLB outfielder, nicknamed "The Georgia Peach", who spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. He is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career. As of the end of the 2013 season, he still holds several records including the highest career batting average (.366 or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with 11 (or 12, depending on source). He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985 (4,189 or 4,191, depending on source), most career runs (2,245 or 2,246 depending on source) until 2001, most career games played (3,035) and at bats (11,429 or 11,434 depending on source) until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases (892) until 1977. He still holds the career record for stealing home (54 times), and was the youngest player to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs. In 1936, he was the first player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes. In 1916, he was the first athlete to star in a commercial motion picture, Somewhere in Georgia. In 1922, he appeared in a "See-How Movie Viewer" which was a movie in a box. The viewer showed an image of Cobb sliding into base. The plastic baseball-shaped viewer shows a 16mm film of Major Leaguers instructing viewers on all aspects of the game.

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'Stone Cold' Steve Austin - Retired professional wrestler who is often hailed as the biggest star in World Wrestling Federation (WWF)/WWE history. He also performed for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF in the late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied the establishment and his boss, company chairman Vince McMahon. This persona of Austin's has been described as the "poster boy" of the Attitude Era, a boom period in WWF business in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Addressing his box office drawing power, McMahon and former WWE executive Jim Ross have declared Austin to be the most profitable wrestler in the history of the organization. He held 21 championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is a 6-time WWF Champion as well as the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998, and 2001 Royal Rumbles. In 2009, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

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Joseph Stalin - The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

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Citizen Rules

12-18-14, 12:46 PM

Kind of brief of Joseph Stalin;)

But understandable...not many nice things one could say about the biggest murder in history.

honeykid

12-18-14, 12:48 PM

Yeah, you really don't want to start adding stats to that man.

gbgoodies

12-18-14, 12:53 PM

Kind of brief of Joseph Stalin;)

But understandable...not many nice things one could say about the biggest murder in history.

Yeah, I wasn't sure whether or not to include Stalin, so I just kept his info as brief as possible.

But there are plenty of other great people celebrating today. :)

Holden Pike

12-18-14, 01:11 PM

Born on December 18th...

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Director George Stevens was a giant in the industry, with five Oscar nominations as Best Director, winning twice, as well as the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He started his career as a cinematographer in the 1920s, working on all manner of films, including several Laurel & Hardy shorts. In the early 1930s he began directing shorts himself, eventually working his way into features. His first big hits were Alice Adams starring Kate Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyk as Annie Oakley, and the fantastic Swing Time with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, all for RKO. The hits just kept on coming, including Kipling's Gunga Din, the heartbreaking Penny Serenade with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, the first Hepburn and Spencer Tracy pairing Woman of the Year, Talk of the Town with Cray Grant, Ronald Colman, and Jean Arthur, and The More the Merrier with Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea before giving his filmmaking services to the military in World War II. His most important film during the war was revealing the horrors of the Nazi Concentration Camps, which were used as evidence at the Nuremberg Trials.

After the war he went back to Hollywood and made some of the most successful and biggest films of that era, including I Remember Mam with Irene Dunne's immortal performance, A Place in the Sun with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor lighting up the screen in the adaptation of Theodore Dressler's An American Tragedy, the iconic Western Shane with Alan Ladd and Jack Palance, the sprawling melodrama Giant with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean (who infamously died just after filming), The Diary of Anne Frank, and the Biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told with Max Von Sydow as Jesus.

Six of his films were nominated for Best Picture: The Talk of the Town, The More the Merrier, A Place in the Sun, Shane, Giant and The Diary of Anne Frank. None of them won the Academy's top prize, but he was named Best Director for both A Place in the Sun and Giant (An American in Paris and Around the World in 80 Days won Best Picture those years), and eighteen performances in his films garnered nominations. There's a really fine documentary about him from the 1984 called George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey, which was made by his son. Worth a watch, if you can find it.

George Stevens died in 1975, at the age of seventy.

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Filmmaker Jules Dassin (born 1911) had a successful career in Hollywood, including helming several classics of the Film Noir genre: Brute Force, Naked City, and Theives' Highway. He was Blacklisted, but before it was made official Studio head Darryl F. Zanuck allowed him to finish one more film, Night and the City. After being Blacklisted Dassin moved to Europe and even there the stigma made getting projects to the screeen difficult, but eventually he continued to make great films, including the French crime/heist classic Rififi, widely regarded as his best work. He was awarded the Prix de la Mise en Scène at the Cannes Film Festival, their Best Director honor. Starting with Rififi, Dassin started to act in his own films, as well. His next triumph while in exile was the Greek Never On Sunday in which he co-starred with Melina Mercouri, who won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance, and then became his real-life wife. Being 1961 and the horrible Blacklist finally crumbling, Dassin was Oscar nominated as Best Director and for Best Original Screenplay for Never On Sunday. After that came The Law starring Gina Lollobrigida and the caper flick Topkapi starring Peter Ustinov. He returned to American financing for 10:30 P.M. Summer, and he continued to make movies until 1980, mostly in Europe, happily living in Greece with his wife.

Mercouri died in 1994 at the age of seventy-three, while Dassin died in 2008 at the age of ninety-six!

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Keith Richards (born 1943) is seventy-one today. Doesn't look a day over ninety-four. If you don't know who Keith Richards is, fu*k off. Fifty years of the Stones, Man.

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Director Alan Rudolph (born 1943) was a disciple of Robert Altman, working as his second assistant director on The Long Goodbye and California Split, then assistant director on Nashville, and he wrote Bob's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson. Years later he has a fun cameo, as himself, in Altman's The Player, pitching a movie that is "not unlike Ghost meets Manchurian Candidate". From there he made his own films, starting with the very Altmanesque ensemble drama with seemingly improvised dialogue Welcome to L.A., pilfering some of Altman's actors as well as his technique with Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Geraldine Chaplin, Allan Nicholls, and Harvey Keitel, plus Sissy Spacek and Lauren Hutton. Like Altman, he quickly established himself as an actor's director, and has never had trouble attracting talent and working with them on multiple projects over the years. After the odd thriller Remember My Name with Geraldine Chaplin and Anthony Perkins, the backstage Roadie with Meatloaf and Art Carney, and the dud of a would-be conspiracy thriller Endangered Species came what many consider to be Rudolph's signature film, Choose Me, starring Geneviève Bujold, Lesley Ann Warren, and Keith Carradine. Songwriter with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, the offbeat Neo Noir Trouble in Mind with Kristofferson and Keith Carradine, the afterlife romantic comedy Made in Heaven with Kelly McGillis and Timothy Hutton, and the American artist in 1920s Paris piece The Moderns finished off the 1980s.

Love at Large was a flat attempt at a romantic comedy detective flick with Tom Berenger, the mystery of Mortal Thoughts didn't generate much heat, despite pairing real-life spouses Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, but Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle may be Rudolph's best regarded and most complete film, set at the Algonquin Round Table with Jennifer Jason Leigh as the legendary Dorothy Parker and Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher, Wallace Shawn, and Lili Taylor portraying some of the other famous literary wits and hangers on. Afterglow netted Julie Christie an Oscar nomination, Breakfast of Champions was a long-gestating and inept attempt to bring Kurt Vonnegut to the big screen, and The Secret Lives of Dentists with Hope Davis and Campbell Scott is a gem waiting to be discovered.

Very uneven filmography, but he is one of those independent voices in American cinema that at least usually tries something ambitious and different, even if he rarely pulled it off.

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Director Gillian Armstrong (born 1950) is Australian and still probably best known for her second narrative feature, My Brilliant Career, a period piece that launched the film careers of Judy Davis and Sam Neill. That film's notoriety got her offers in Hollywood, but she remained in Australia to do the small Starstruck before accepting the bigger opportunity and making Mrs. Soffel, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson. But despite the high powered pairing of stars, Mrs. Soffel divided critics and audiences. High Tide successfully reunited her with Judy Davis, but about the only good thing to come from the Cuban-set Fires Within was the real-life pairing of co-stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi. However, the Australian drama The Last Days of Chez Nous, starring Bruno Ganz and Kerry Fox, was a huge return to form, which led to her helming an expensive literary period piece in Hollywood, Little Women. Louisa May Alcott's novel had been adapted twice in the Golden Age of Hollywood, in 1933 by George Cukor with Katharine Hepburn as Jo, and in 1949 by Mervyn LeRoy with June Allyson as Jo. Gillian Armstrong's version had Winona Ryder as Jo March with a cast that also boasts Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, and Gabriel Byrne, among others. Little Women was a hit at the box office and with professional reviewers, netting three Oscar nominations including Ryder as Best Actress.

Rather than parlay that success into more Hollywood gold, she has chosen to stay in Australia, making documentaries and features, and working with more great actors like Ralph Finnes and Cate Blanchett in Oscar & Lucinda, Blanchett again in Charlotte Gray, and Guy Pearce as Harry Houdini in Death Defying Acts.

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Author and critic Leonard Maltin is best known, at least to pre-internet generations, as the name that graced the cover of the most popular movie guide available, that was first published in 1969 (!). However, due to online resources like the Internet Movie Database and Wikipedia, the book has become antiquated. So much so that the current 2015 edition will be the last ever made. Apart from the movie guide, Maltin was a movie lover and amateur historian of the art form who transferred that love into many books on various film subjects, including Walt Disney, The Little Rascals, and cinematography. In the 1980s, he became the full time film reviewer on "Entertainment Tonight", which when coupled with the popularity of the movie guide probably made him the most famous critic of his era not named Gene Siskel or Roger Ebert.

Maltin had fun skewering his own image by appearing in Joe Dante's sequel Gremlins2: The New Batch, where he plays himself and gets killed by the title monsters while reviewing on camera. He had given the original Gremlins a bad review. Maltin didn't lend his voice, but he appears in a famous episode of "South Park", the wonderful "Mecha-Streisand", where he, Sidney Poitier and Robert Smith of The Cure do battle with Babs, who has turned into a Godzilla-like nemesis.

I enjoy the heck out of a podcast called Doug Loves Movies, which features comedian Doug Benson and a rotating panel of actors, filmmakers, and comedians who talk about film and play The Leonard Maltin Game. The game, which was invented by Benson and Sarah Silverman years ago, is essentially Name That Tune, but for movies. Using Maltin's guide, a film is selected. The contestants are given the year it was released, the rating according to Maltin (BOMB to four stars), and a usually not at all helpful line or two from the body of the review, and then you are told how many actors are listed in the guide. If the number is say eight, contestants start bidding on how many names it would take, from the bottom up, for them to identify the film's title, until one player is challenged to name it by another. I would love to play this game with you guys, but there is no way to stop people from cheating online. Anyway, Maltin not only knows about this game, but has been a guest on the show many times to play it himself. And for the record, he's pretty lousy at it.

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Citizen Rules

12-18-14, 01:20 PM

Yeah, I wasn't sure whether or not to include Stalin, so I just kept his info as brief as possible.

But there are plenty of other great people celebrating today. :) I'm glad you included him, we can celebrate that he is not around anymore.

Cheers to Betty Grable! Have you seen any of her films? I've seen a few and they quite fun.

gbgoodies

12-18-14, 01:25 PM

I'm glad you included him, we can celebrate that he is not around anymore.

Cheers to Betty Grable! Have you seen any of her films? I've seen a few and they quite fun.

I think I've seen a few of Betty Grable's films, but I'm sure I'll see a lot more of them when we get to the 1930s, 40s, and 50s lists. :)

Citizen Rules

12-18-14, 01:42 PM

I hope we do those 1930s, 40s, and 50s lists. I'm not sure if it will happen though. I fear as we go further back in time on the Top 100 Movies of (decade) Countdowns, people will lose interest. Some think 1970s are old films and anything from the 30s and 40s are just ancient B & W stuff that's boring. But I love the 1930s and 1940s films, I love the history of it. It's like having a time machine and being able to see an actual moment in time capture forever in film. To me that's just priceless.

I'm really glad that Godoggo will have specialized Hall of fames, so maybe we can do a lot of different ones that will suit every bodies favorites.

gbgoodies

12-18-14, 01:58 PM

cricket

12-18-14, 08:39 PM

Happy Birthday to the legendary Ray Liotta and Keith Richards!

Brad Pitt is pretty cool too.

gbgoodies

12-19-14, 02:02 PM

Born on December 19th:

Robert B. Sherman - Songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Richard M. Sherman. They worked as staff songwriters for Walt Disney Studios, and some of the Sherman Brothers' best known songs were incorporated into movies and animations like Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Slipper and the Rose, Charlotte's Web and the theme park song of "It's a Small World (After All)", which was written for the New York World's Fair in 1964. Since then, "Small World" has become the most translated and performed song on earth. In 1965, the Sherman Brothers won two Academy Awards for Mary Poppins, which includes the songs "Feed The Birds", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", and the Oscar winner, "Chim Chim Cher-ee". The Sherman Brothers have subsequently earned 9 Academy Award nominations, 2 Grammy Awards, 4 Grammy Award nominations and an incredible 23 gold and platinum albums. After Walt Disney's death in 1966, the brother songwriting team has worked freelance on scores of motion pictures, television shows, theme park exhibits and stage musicals. Their first non-Disney assignment came with Albert R. Broccoli's motion picture production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which garnered the brothers their third Academy Award Nomination. In 1973, the Sherman Brothers made history by becoming the only Americans, ever, to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for Tom Sawyer, for which they also authored the screenplay. On November 17, 1976, the Sherman Brothers received their Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, directly across from the Chinese Theater. On June 9, 2005, the Sherman Brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Robert B. Sherman and his brother Richard M. Sherman

Graham King - British film producer who is best known for his crime thriller The Departed, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 2007 Academy Awards. He has produced or executive produced more than 45 films, grossing $1.2 billion at the domestic box office, and over $2.5 billion worldwide. His films have been nominated for 61 Academy Awards, 38 Golden Globe Awards, and 52 British Academy Film Awards. His other successful movies as producer include Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Town, The Tourist, Rango, Hugo, Argo, World War Z, and Jersey Boys. His films The Aviator and Hugo were nominated for Best Picture Oscars in 2005 and 2012 respectively. In 2004, his miniseries "Traffic" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries. His films The Aviator, The Departed, and Hugo were nominated for BAFTA Awards for Best Film, with The Aviator winning the award in 2005.

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Peter H. Hunt - Director who is best known for directing the movies 1776 and Give 'em Hell, Harry!. In 1969, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the Broadway musical "1776". In 1975, he received a Tony nomination for "Goodtime Charley". He has also directed numerous TV movies, including four based on the "Hart to Hart" series, and episodes of "Baywatch", "Baywatch Nights", and "Touched by an Angel", among others. He was producer-director of four of the feature adaptations in the Peabody Award-winning Mark Twain Series on PBS including "Life on the Mississippi" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". He is the uncle of actress Helen Hunt.

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Director Peter Hunt with actor William Daniels on the set of 1776

Cicely Tyson - Actress who has won, and been nominated for, multiple awards throughout her career. She was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, winning three Emmys. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in the 1972 film Sounder. She also won the NSFC Best Actress and NBR Best Actress Awards for Sounder. She starred in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, for which she won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. In 2011, she received awards from the BFCA and SAG Awards for her ensemble work as Constantine in the film The Help. She also has an additional four SAG Award nominations. In 1962, she received a Drama Desk Award for her Off-Broadway performance in "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl". She won the Tony Award, Outer Critics Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Carrie Watts in the Broadway play "The Trip to Bountiful". In 1977, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. On August 21, 1997, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Robert Urich - Actor who, over the course of his 30-year career, starred in a record 15 television series. He is best known for his roles in the action/crime drama series "S.W.A.T.", as Peter the tennis player on the sitcom "Soap", and as Dan Tanna in the crime drama series "Vega$", which aired on ABC from 1978 to 1981, and earned him two Golden Globe Award nominations. From 1985 to 1988, he portrayed the title role in the Detective television series "Spenser: For Hire". He on a CableACE Award for his work hosting the documentary series "National Geographic Explorer". In 1989, he portrayed Jake Spoon, in the acclaimed television miniseries "Lonesome Dove", a role for which he received many positive reviews. He was awarded a Golden Boot Award for his work in Western television series and films. On December 12, 1995, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contribution to the television industry, at 7083 Hollywood Blvd. He is the only person with a surname starting with the letter "U" that has a Star on the Walk of Fame.

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Ralph Richardson - English actor who, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He was nominated three times for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic): in 1957, for "The Waltz of the Toreadors"; in 1971, for "Home"; and in 1977, for "No Man's Land". He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Special Award in 1982 (1981 season) for his lifetime achievement in the theater. He also worked in films throughout most of his career, and played more than sixty cinema roles. His notable films include Things to Come in the 1930s, The Fallen Idol and The Heiress in the 1940s, and Long Day's Journey into Night and Doctor Zhivago in the 1960s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and four BAFTA Awards, including being nominated posthumously for both an Oscar and a BAFTA Award for his last film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. He played God in the 1981 movie Time Bandits, and the Devil in the 1972 movie Tales from the Crypt. He was known for his eccentric behavior on and off stage. He once stopped in a middle of a stage performance, and addressed the audience inquiring "Is there a doctor in the house?" When a doctor made himself known, Richardson calmly inquired "Isn't this a terrible play, doctor?". In 1974, he became the first actor of his generation to be knighted "For services to the stage".

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Jake Gyllenhaal - Actor who made his movie debut, at the age of 11, in the 1991 film City Slickers, playing Billy Crystal's son. His first lead role was in the 1999 film October Sky. In 2002, he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor for his role as a psychologically troubled teenager in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko. In 2006, he received both an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the controversial film Brokeback Mountain. His other movies include Bubble Boy, Moonlight Mile, The Good Girl, The Day After Tomorrow, Jarhead, Zodiac, Source Code, End of Watch, Prisoners, and Nightcrawler. He was set to play Spider-Man in Spider-Man 2 in 2004, due to Tobey Maguire having injured his back while filming Seabiscuit, but while he was preparing for the role, Tobey recovered to reprise his role as Spider-Man. He is the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister in Donnie Darko.

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Alyssa Milano - Actress who is best known for her roles as Samantha Micelli on the ABC sitcom "Who's the Boss?", as Jennifer Mancini on the Fox soap opera "Melrose Place", as Phoebe Halliwell on The WB series "Charmed", and as Savannah Davis in the ABC drama "Mistresses". During the animation of the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid", her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. She was ranked #28 on VH1's list of "The 100 Greatest Child Actors of All Time", and #30 among the 100 Greatest Teen Stars. She is also an accomplished recording artist whose five albums were released in Japan, and each sold at least a million copies, going platinum. They are titled, "Alyssa", "Look In My Heart", "Best in the World", "Locked In a Dream" and "Do You See Me?".

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Ken Marino - Actor, comedian, director and screenwriter who was a cast member on MTV's "The State", and has starred in shows such as "Party Down", "Burning Love", "Children's Hospital", and he currently stars on the NBC sitcom "Marry Me". He is also known for the TV show "Men Behaving Badly", as Professor Wilder on the TV series "Dawson's Creek", as a homosexual demon on the TV series "Reaper", and as private detective Vinnie Van Lowe in "Veronica Mars". He was cast to star in a re-make of the TV series "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", but the pilot was not picked up.

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Tim Reid - Actor who is best known for his roles as Venus Flytrap on "WKRP in Cincinnati", as Marcel "Downtown" Brown on "Simon & Simon", as Ray Campbell on "Sister, Sister", and as William Barnett on "That '70s Show". He also starred in a CBS series, "Frank's Place", as a professor who inherits a Louisiana restaurant. In 1988, he won an award from Viewers for Quality Television Awards as "Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series", and an Image Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" for his performance in "Frank's Place". He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor for "Frank's Place", and two Image Awards for Best Supporting Actor for "Sister, Sister".

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Mike Lookinland - Former actor who is best known for his role as the youngest brother, Bobby Brady, on "The Brady Bunch" from 1969 until 1974. He appeared in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno, and on the 1970s TV show "The Secrets of Isis". He also provided the voice of Oblio in the animated film The Point!. He was ranked #42 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". He is portrayed by his son Scott Lookinland in the 2000 TV movie Growing Up Brady.

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gbgoodies

12-19-14, 02:05 PM

Singers, musicians, athletes, etc. born on December 19th:

Criss Angel - Magician and illusionist who is best known for his TV and stage show "Criss Angel Mindfreak", and his live performance illusion show "Criss Angel Believe", in collaboration with "Cirque du Soleil" at the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also starred in the TV series "Believe" on Spike TV, the TV show "Phenomenon", and the 2014 stage show "Criss Angel Magicjam". Between his television series and various specials on cable and network television, he has been on primetime television for more hours than any other magician in history. He holds multiple world-records made during his magic performances. He holds the world records for longest time submerged underwater (24 hours), the longest body suspension (5 hours, 42 minutes), fastest time to perform the "Metamorphosis" illusion (under a second), and the fastest straight-jacket escape (2 minutes & 30 seconds). He was named Magician of the Decade in 2009, and Magician of the Century in 2010 by the International Magicians Society. He is the only magician to have won the Merlin Magician of the Year award twice: in 2001 and 2004. In addition to his career as an illusionist, he was the lead singer for his band Angeldust, which released five albums between 1998 and 2003. He also authored the book "Mindfreak: Secret Revelations".

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Phil Ochs - Singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and '70s and released eight albums. His best-known songs include "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Changes", "Crucifixion", "Draft Dodger Rag", "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "Power and the Glory", "There but for Fortune", and "The War Is Over". In 1968, his song "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" hit #118 on the Billboard's "Bubbling Under" singles chart. He learned to play the guitar after winning one in a bet with a college friend about the 1960 Presidential election. In February 2009, the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance gave the 2009 Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award to Phil Ochs.

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Phil Ochs - When I'm Gone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-BBVQLnxI

Limahl - English pop singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, before embarking on a solo career. He reached #4 with the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the film of the same name. In 1983, his band Kajagoogoo's single went to #1 in the UK Singles Chart, and made the Top 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the 1970s, he toured with the Westcliff-on-Sea Palace Theatre Repertory Company in a production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". In 1981, he appeared as an extra in the video for Adam and the Ants' number one UK single "Stand and Deliver". His stage name "Limahl" is an anagram of his last name. (His birth name is Christopher Hamill.)

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Limahl - The NeverEnding Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1WT8VEZxk

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKWbMJOIkUk

Al Kaline - Former MLB right fielder, nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", who played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. Upon graduation from High School, he went directly to the American League Detroit Tigers to play outfield, and he never played a day of Minor League Baseball. He won ten Gold Gloves and was known for his strong throwing arm. He was selected to 15 All-Star Games, and he was selected as an All-Star each year between 1955 and 1967. He is the Detroit Tigers All-Time Games Played Leader (2,834), All-Time Homerun Leader (399), and All-Time Walks Leader (1,277). He retired shortly after reaching the 3,000 hit milestone. His uniform number "6" was retired by the Detroit Tigers. In 1972, he was inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1978, he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was inducted into the Polk County (Florida) Sports Hall of Fame. In 1980, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Citizen Rules

12-19-14, 09:38 PM

gbgoodies

12-19-14, 09:42 PM

As soon as I seen the image in the video I knew exactly which one it was, even without playing it. I use to think that was the prettiest girl on a video back on the old MTV days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nKWbMJOIkUk

Those are the only two songs by Limahl that I know, but I like both of them.

gbgoodies

12-20-14, 04:54 AM

Born on December 20th:

Dick Wolf - TV producer who specializes in crime dramas such as "Miami Vice" and the "Law & Order" franchise. He has been nominated for 14 Emmy Awards, winning two Emmys. He wrote the screenplay for the 1988 movie Masquerade starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly. He started his TV career as a staff writer on "Hill Street Blues", and he was nominated for his first Emmy Award for the episode "What Are Friends For?", on which he was the only writer. His series "Law & Order" has been nominated for the most consecutive Emmy Awards of any primetime drama series. He received the Award of Excellence from the Banff Television Festival, the 2002 Creative Achievement Award from NATPE, the Leadership and Inspiration Award from the Entertainment Industries Council, the Governor’s Award by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a 2003 Special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and many more. On March 29, 2007, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to Television at 7040 Hollywood Blvd. In 2013, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

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George Roy Hill - Dirctor who is best known for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, which both starred the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford. His other notable films are Slaughterhouse-Five, The World According to Garp, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, Funny Farm, A Little Romance with Laurence Olivier, and The Little Drummer Girl. In 1970, he won a BAFTA Award, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which won four Academy Awards. In 1974, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Sting, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. He won an Emmy for writing and directing a TV version of "A Night to Remember", the story of the sinking of the Titanic, and he was nominated for four additional Emmy Awards.

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Irene Dunne - Actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. She was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron, Theodora Goes Wild, The Awful Truth, Love Affair, and I Remember Mama. She starred with Cary Grant in My Favorite Wife and Penny Serenade. Because she rode riverboats as a girl in Kentucky, and she starred in Showboat in 1936, she was chosen by Walt Disney to christen the riverboat "Mark Twain" when Disneyland officially opened in 1955 in California. In 1958, she was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd. In 1985, she was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors, Lifetime Achievement for a career that spanned three decades and a range of musical theater, the silver screen, Broadway, radio and television.

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Charles McKimson - Animator who is best known for his work at Warner Bros. studio. He began his career in animation in 1937, when he joined Leon Schlesinger Productions as a member of Tex Avery's unit. As lead animator, he created numerous drawings and celluloid images (cels), featuring the likes of Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and Foghorn Leghorn. With Warner Bros. Animation, he received co-story credit on one short, 1955's All Fowled Up starring Foghorn Leghorn. From 1949 to 1953, He drew the syndicated Roy Rogers comic stripin collaboration with his brother Thomas and artist Pete Alvarado. In 1954, he joined Dell Publishing, where he served as Art Director for their comic and coloring books division. He was the younger brother of animators Robert and Thomas McKimson.

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All Fowled Up

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John Spencer - Actor who is best known for playing White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry on the hit NBC political drama series "The West Wing", for which he won an Emmy Award in 2002. He began his television career in 1963 when he landed a recurring role on "The Patty Duke Show". In 1981, he won an Obie Award for the off Broadway production of "Still Life", about a Vietnam War veteran. He also received a Drama Desk nomination for "The Day Room". In 1990, he had a supporting role in the courtroom thriller Presumed Innocent, portraying a tough, veteran homicide detective. Also in 1990, he joined the cast of the TV series "L.A. Law", playing rumpled, pugnacious, street-wise trial attorney Tommy Mullaney. He was nominated for five Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award.

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Jonah Hill - Actor who is best known for his Oscar-nominated performances in the films Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Moneyball. His other film roles include Accepted, Superbad, Knocked Up, Funny People, Get Him to the Greek, 21 Jump Street, This Is the End, and 22 Jump Street. In 2008, he was ranked #21 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list.

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John Hillerman - Actor who is best known for his role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the TV show "Magnum, P.I.", for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, winning the Emmy in 1984 and the Golden Globe in 1982. He developed his British accent for "Magnum, P.I." by watching and listening to the performances of Laurence Olivier. He had roles in such noteworthy films as The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, High Plains Drifter, Paper Moon, Blazing Saddles, and Chinatown. In 1975, he was a co-star in "Ellery Queen" as Simon Brimmer, a radio detective who hosted a live radio show and tried to outsmart Ellery Queen. From 1976 to 1980, he had a recurring role as Mr. Conners on the TV series "One Day at a Time". In 1982, he was in the TV pilot of "Tales of the Gold Monkey", where he played a German villain by the name of "Fritz the Monocle".

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Michael Badalucco - Actor who is best known for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the ABC legal drama "The Practice". In 1999, he won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role on the show, and he was nominated again for the award in 2000.

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Peter Criss - Musician who is best known as the co-founder, original drummer, and occasional vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. He established the "Catman" character for his Kiss persona. In 1973, he placed an ad in the "Village Voice" stating "drummer willing to do anything to make it". The ad was noticed by two other aspiring musicians and Criss successfully auditioned in front of bassist Gene Simmons, rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley and lead guitarist Ace Frehley. From 1975 to 1980, KISS were the most successful US group with platinum selling albums and sold out stadium tours. He was lead vocalist on several notable songs including "Black Diamond", "Hard Luck Woman", and their breakthrough hit "Beth". He left the group in 1980, and released two solo albums "Out of Control" and "Let Me Rock You". After several years of icy relations between ex-members Frehley / Criss and band founders Simmons / Stanley, all four original members reunited for a 1995 "MTV Unplugged" Special that was met with huge interest, prompting a full blown reunion tour, (KISS - ALIVE WORLDWIDE), that was the biggest grossing tour of 1996/97. According to a statement on his website, as of 2004, he is now permanently out of KISS. K.I.S.S. was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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KISS "Unplugged" Beth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaI97Q5K30c

Alan Parsons - Audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer who was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be", as well as Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination. In his work with Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat", he added the saxophone part, and transformed the original folk concept into the jazz-influenced ballad that put Al Stewart onto the charts. He mixed the debut album by the American band Ambrosia, and produced their second album "Somewhere I've Never Travelled", and he was nominated for a Grammy Award for both of these albums. In 1975, he started The Alan Parsons Project with producer and songwriter (and occasional singer) Eric Woolfson. The Project consisted of a revolving group of studio musicians and vocalists, but unlike most rock groups, The Alan Parsons Project never performed live during its heyday, although it did release several music videos. In 1982, their song "Eye in the Sky" hit #3 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., #1 in Canada, and #6 in New Zealand and was their most successful release. Parsons has received ten Grammy Award nominations for engineering and production, and earned gold and platinum awards from many nations.

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The Alan Parsons Project- Eye in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiie_zmSr8

David Cook - Singer, songwriter who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality TV show "American Idol". Prior to "American Idol", he released an independent album entitled "Analog Heart", which won an UrbanTulsa Weekly award for Indie Album in 2006. This was followed by his post-Idol major-label debut "David Cook", which was released on November 18, 2008, and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA. The music video for his first song "Light On" debuted on VH1's Top 20 Countdown at #1 in its first week of voting, and placed number #28 on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2008. The week following his "American Idol" victory, in the Billboard chart week ending May 25, 2008, he broke several Billboard chart records. Most notable was his record shattering feat of having 11 songs debut on the Hot 100 that week, beating the previous record of six songs on the chart. He holds the record for most downloaded song from "American Idol". His song "Time of My Life" has been downloaded more than 300,000 times.

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David Cook - The Last Goodbye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VyubKgRG8

Branch Rickey - Innovative Major League Baseball (MLB) executive who is best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first Afro-Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system, for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and for introducing the batting helmet. As an executive with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he pioneered the use of baseball statistics for evaluating players. From 1905 through 1907, he played in MLB for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders. In 1913, he started a successful managing and executive career with the St. Louis Browns, the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2014, the Cardinals elected him to their team Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the Greater Akron (Ohio) Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1967, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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David Wright - Third baseman who is a seven-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Award winner, two-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a member of the 30–30 club. He holds Mets franchise records for most career runs batted in (RBIs), doubles, total bases, runs scored, walks, sacrifice flies, times on base, extra base hits, strikeouts, and hits. In 2013, he was named captain of the New York Mets, the fourth in team history, and was given the nickname "Captain America" after his performance for Team USA including a grand slam in the World Baseball Classic. In 2005, he won MLB.com's Most Outstanding Play of the Year Award in a vote by fans for his bare-handed, over-the-shoulder, diving catch of a pop-up at San Diego.

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Cecil Cooper - Former first baseman who played for the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers, and the former manager of the Houston Astros. He was a five-time All-Star, he won eight Gold Gloves, and he was the American League home run and runs-batted-in (RBI) champ in 1975. He finished in the top five in Most Valuable Player voting three times. He appeared in two World Series with two different teams, 1975 with the Red Sox, and 1982 with the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1983, he won the Robert Clemente Award. In 2002, he was inducted into the Brewers Walk of Fame. In 2007, he was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

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gbgoodies

12-21-14, 03:13 PM

Born on December 21st:

Frances Goodrich - Screenwriter who is best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. They received Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay for The Thin Man, After the Thin Man, Father of the Bride, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. They won Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for Easter Parade, Father's Little Dividend, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and The Diary of Anne Frank, as well as nominations for In the Good Old Summertime, Father of the Bride, and The Long, Long Trailer . They also won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their original play "The Diary of Anne Frank". In 1956, she won two Tony Awards with her husband-collaborator Albert Hackett for "The Diary of Anne Frank", as Best Authors (Dramatic), and for their script as part of the Best Play win. Some of their other films include Another Thin Man and It's a Wonderful Life.

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Screenwriters Francis Goodrich and her husband-collaborator, Albert Hackett.

Jeffrey Katzenberg - Businessman, film studio executive and film producer who is the CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is also known for his tenure as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, during which the studio reinvigorated its live-action and animation department, as well as producing some of its biggest hits, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. After his resignation from Disney in 1994, he partnered up with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen (SKG) to create their own studio: Dreamworks Animation. As a co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, he has overseen the production of such animated franchises as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens and How to Train Your Dragon. Back in 1978, he was working for Paramount Pictures, and he was given the daunting task of bringing the "Star Trek" franchise back after a decade long "sleep". Eventually, the movie was completed, and titled Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In 2005 and 2006, he was ranked #12 on Premiere's "Power 50" list, along with DreamWorks co-founder David Geffen.

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Paul Winchell - Ventriloquist, actor, and comedian whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950-1954, he hosted "The Paul Winchell Show", which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, "The Speidel Show", and "What's My Name?". From 1965-1968, he hosted the children's TV series, "Winchell-Mahoney Time". His puppet side-kicks, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, are now in the Smithsonian Institution. He was a skilled voice-over artist for many Disney and Hanna-Barbera films, and the original voice of Tigger, Dick Dastardly, Gargamel, and other characters. He had medical training, and was also an inventor. He was the first person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity, (US Patent #3097366). He held patents on over 30 devices including a flameless cigarette lighter, an invisible garter belt, a method of breeding Tilapia fish so that poorer countries could feed their citizens, and an indicator to show when frozen food had gone bad after a power outage. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.

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Phil Donahue - Media personality who is best known as the creator and host of "The Phil Donahue Show", which was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show, also known as "Donahue", had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio, and ended in 1996 in New York City. In 1994, he succeeded in getting permission from a convicted murderer to film the murderer's legal execution in the gas chamber. The courts, however, refused to give the FCC permission to air the event. In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. He won nine Emmy Awards during his broadcasting career, and on November 20, 1993, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

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Jane Fonda - Actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru who made her Broadway debut in the 1960 play "There Was a Little Girl", for which she received the first of two Tony Award nominations. She made her screen debut later the same year in Tall Story. She rose to fame in 1960s films such as Period of Adjustment, Sunday in New York, Cat Ballou, Barefoot in the Park, and Barbarella. She is a seven-time Academy Award nominee, (for They Shoot Horses, Don't They, Julia, The China Syndrome, On Golden Pond, and The Morning After), and a two-time Academy Award winner, (for Klute and Coming Home). Her other major competitive awards include an Emmy Award for the 1984 TV film The Dollmaker, two BAFTA Awards for Julia and The China Syndrome and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2009, she returned to Broadway after a 45 year absence, in the play "33 Variations", which earned her a Tony Award nomination, while her recurring role in the HBO drama series "The Newsroom" has earned her two Emmy Award nominations. She was voted the 51st Greatest Movie Star of All Time by Entertainment Weekly. In 2005, Premiere Magazine ranked her as #32 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature. In 1981, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award. In 2008, she was inducted into the California Hall of Fame. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award. In 1982, she released her first exercise video, Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling video of the time. It would be the first of 22 workout videos released by her over the next 13 years which would collectively sell over 17 million copies. She was born on December 21, 1937, the same day that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered. She is the daughter of Henry Fonda, and the older sister of Peter Fonda.

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Samuel L. Jackson - Actor who appeared in over 100 films, including Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance , Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Negotiator, Unbreakable, Shaft, Snakes on a Plane, and the Star Wars prequel trilogy. He made a cameo appearance as Nick Fury in a post-credits scene in Iron Man, and went on to sign a nine-film commitment to reprise this role in future films, including major roles in Iron Man 2, Marvel's The Avengers, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He had minor roles in Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger. He has appeared in two episodes of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and he is set to reprise the role again in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron. In 1995, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and he won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Pulp Fiction. In 2006, his performance as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction was ranked #41 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. The Guinness World Records named Samuel L. Jackson as the highest-grossing film actor of all time, taking in more than $7.4 billion at the box-office. The residuals alone earn him about $300,000 a year. On June 16, 2000, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Kiefer Sutherland - Actor who is is best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox series "24", for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards. He also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama "Touch". He is also known for the films Stand by Me, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Flashback, A Few Good Men, The Vanishing, The Three Musketeers, The Cowboy Way, Eye for an Eye, Dark City, Taking Lives, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Phone Booth, A Time to Kill, and The Sentinel. In 2005, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. In 2009, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7024 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. His parents are Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland. His grandfather, former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas, was voted "The Greatest Canadian".

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Ray Romano - Actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and voice actor who is best known for his role as Ray Barone on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond", for which he earned him six Emmy nominations, winning in 2002, as well as five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations. He is also known for voicing Manny in the Ice Age film series. He created and starred in the TNT comedy-drama "Men of a Certain Age". In 2012, he joined the cast of "Parenthood". He was a recurring guest voice on the Comedy Central show "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist". In 1995, he won a Cable Ace Award for "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" for Best Animated Programming Special or Series as one of the writers. In 2001, he was named one of E!'s top twenty entertainers of the year. In 2004, Ray Barone, his character on "Everybody Loves Raymond", was ranked #10 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time".

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Julie Delpy - French-American actress who was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's Détective at the age of fourteen. She has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Disney's The Three Musketeers, Killing Zoe, the Three Colors trilogy, An American Werewolf in Paris, 2 Days in Paris, and the "Before" series, alongside Ethan Hawke: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. She has been nominated for three César Awards, two Online Film Critics Society Awards, and two Academy Awards. After moving to the United States in 1990, she became an American citizen in 2001.

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Jane Kaczmarek - Actress who is best known for playing the character of Lois on the TV series "Malcolm in the Middle". She is also known for her role as David and Jennifer's mother in the 1998 movie Pleasantville. She has had several Broadway hits, including "Lost in Yonkers" and "Raised in Captivity", for which she won an LA Drama Critics' Award. For her performance as Lois in "Malcolm in the Middle", she was nominated for seven Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and earned two Television Critics' Association Awards, the American Comedy Award and Family Television Award in 2001.

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Andy Dick - Actor who is best known as a comic, but he is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior. His first regular TV role was on the short-lived but influential "Ben Stiller Show". In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's "NewsRadio", and he was a supporting character on "Less than Perfect". He briefly had his own program, "The Andy Dick Show" on MTV, and he is also noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of "Comedy Central Roasts".

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Frank Zappa - Musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director who composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works, in a career spanning more than 30 years. He produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and in 2011, he was ranked at No. 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 1994, he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1997, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005, the U.S. National Recording Preservation Board included "We're Only in It for the Money" in the National Recording Registry as "Frank Zappa's inventive and iconoclastic album presents a unique political stance, both anti-conservative and anti-counterculture, and features a scathing satire on hippiedom and America's reactions to it". He was the father of Diva Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa and Ahmet Zappa.

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Frank Zappa - Muffin Man

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Roger McDowell - Former MLB relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League, and the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles of the American League. He was a key component in the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets, and he was the winning pitcher in the deciding Game 7. He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1985 Rookie All-Star Team. He was also notorious in the league and among fans as a prankster who would light firecrackers in the dugout. In 1992, he made a cameo appearance in a two-part episode of "Seinfeld" called "The Boyfriend". The episode starred McDowell's ex-teammate, Keith Hernandez, and featured McDowell as a grassy knoll-type figure spitting on Cosmo Kramer and Newman during a Zapruder film parody after Kramer and Newman insulted Hernandez.

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Dave Kingman - Former MLB player, nicknamed "Kong" and "Sky King", who played as a left fielder, first baseman, third baseman, and designated hitter for several different teams during his career. He was a powerful hitter known for his long home runs, with one measured at over 530 feet. He had the distinction of playing for one team in each of baseball's, at the time, four existing divisions in 1977 when he played for the New York Mets, San Diego Padres, California (now Los Angeles) Angels, and New York Yankees. He also hit at least one home run for each team during that span.

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honeykid

12-21-14, 03:26 PM

As soon as I seen the image in the video I knew exactly which one it was, even without playing it. I use to think that was the prettiest girl on a video back on the old MTV days.
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Yeah, she was absolutely gorgeous. She ended up marrying Dennis Miller apparently. Now, over here pretty much no one has a clue who that is, but I know he was a big deal over there for a while.

Citizen Rules

12-21-14, 03:26 PM

I like Phil Donahue, I learned a lot from watching his show in the 80s. I always liked his style of well rounded interviews. It's too bad that after his show, talk shows took a big turn for the worse.

I like Jane Fonda too. Say that too loud in the wrong circles and you'll get pummeled.

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gbgoodies

12-21-14, 04:06 PM

I like Jane Fonda too. Say that too loud in the wrong circles and you'll get pummeled.

Jane Fonda stars in some of my favorite movies, Sunday in New York, Barefoot in the Park and The Electric Horseman.

Citizen Rules

12-21-14, 05:03 PM

I'm not sure if I seen any of those movies. I need to watch my Jane.:)

BTW Andy Dick is a Star Trek alumnus. He played an EMH in Star Trek: Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle". Very funny and he was good in it. He also was on a William Shatner celebrity roast, funny but RAUNCHY.

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gbgoodies

12-21-14, 05:12 PM

BTW Andy Dick is a Star Trek alumnus. He played an EMH in Star Trek: Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle". Very funny and he was good in it. He also was on a William Shatner celebrity roast, funny but RAUNCHY.

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I knew about Andy Dick in "Star Trek: Voyager", but I didn't include it because I don't like him, (bordering on hate), and I try to forget that he has any connections to Star Trek. (I almost left him off the birthday list, but out of fairness, I try not to let my opinions of anyone affect this list.)

Sexy Celebrity

12-21-14, 05:16 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIEFER SUTHERLAND!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, JAKE GYLLENHAAL!

AND JONAH HILL!

gbgoodies

12-21-14, 05:19 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIEFER SUTHERLAND!

Did you notice that Kiefer Sutherland seems to have had a connection to guns since early in his career?

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 05:58 PM

Born on December 22nd:

Ralph Fiennes - English actor who first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. His portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Goeth in Schindler's List earned him nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He has been in a number of notable films, including The End of the Affair, Red Dragon, The Constant Gardener, In Bruges, The Reader, Clash of the Titans, Great Expectations, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. He is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the Harry Potter film series, in which he played Lord Voldemort, and the James Bond series, in which he has played M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall. In 1997, he was ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. In 1995, he was the first actor to win a Tony Award for playing "Hamlet" on Broadway. His performance as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.

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Hector Elizondo - Actor who has appeared in over 80 films and has made numerous TV appearances, including his Emmy Award-winning role on the series "Chicago Hope", and his recent role on the ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing". His first major role was that of God in the 1970 Off-Broadway play "Steambath", for which he won an Obie Award. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his appearance in Arthur Penn's Braodway production of "Sly Fox" with George C. Scott. His movie appearances include American Gigolo, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Valdez Is Coming, and in several films directed by Garry Marshall including Young Doctors in Love, The Flamingo Kid, Nothing in Common, and Overboard. In 1991, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Pretty Woman, which lasted only 10 minutes.

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Barbara Billingsley - Actress who is best known for her role as June Cleaver on the TV series "Leave It to Beaver", and its sequel "Still the Beaver", which was retitled in season two as "The New Leave It to Beaver". In the 1950s, she appeared in supporting roles in the films Three Guys Named Mike, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Invaders from Mars. In 1980, she spoofed her wholesome image with a brief appearance in the comedy Airplane!, as a passenger who could "speak jive". From 1984 to 1991, she was the voice of Nanny and The Little Train on "Muppet Babies", for which she earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series.

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Dina Meyer - Actress who is best known for her roles as Barbara Gordon, (Batgirl), in the TV series "Birds of Prey", as Dizzy Flores in the movie Starship Troopers, and as Detective Allison Kerry in the Saw films. She was also a recurring guest star as on ABC's "Scoundrels". Her other roles include playing Lucinda Nicholson in the TV series "Beverly Hills, 90210", the cybernetically enhanced bodyguard Jane in the cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic, and as Commander Donatra in Star Trek Nemesis.

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Diane Sawyer - TV newswoman who, in 1984, was the first female co-anchor of TV's "60 Minutes", a CBS News investigative-television newsmagazine that regularly ranked among the top-five most-watched in the country. Throughout her career, she has been the co-anchor of "CBS Morning News", "Primetime Live", "20/20", "Good Morning America", and "ABC World News". Early in her career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff, and she followed Nixon into exile after his resignation to help him write his memoirs. She was rumored to be Watergate's infamous "Deep Throat", but she repeatedly denied it. She won two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most-powerful women in America by the Ladies' Home Journal. In 1997, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. She iis also a member of Broadcast Magazine Hall of Fame.

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Gene Rayburn - Radio and TV personality who is best known as the host of various editions of the TV game show "Match Game" for over two decades. In the 1950s, he worked on the radio show "Rayburn and Finch Show", and the "Gene Rayburn Show". He was instrumental in highlighting corruption on radio, by playing an older song so many times that it became a hit. This was alleged to have proved that record promoters could be paid to play records on stations for bribes, making the said songs very popular, albeit for a price. His breakthrough came in the mid-50s when he was the announcer on "Tonight!" with Steve Allen. In 1955, he hosted his first game show called "The Sky's the Limit". Subsequent game shows included "The Match Game", "Make the Connection", "Musical Chairs", "Play Your Hunch", "Tic Tac Dough ", and "Dough Re Mi". He was nominated for four Emmy Awards for hosting "Match Game". He was ranked #4 on Life's 15 Best Game Show Hosts. He was ranked #2 on GSN's Top 10 Game Show Host of All Time. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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Robin Gibb - (Twin brother of Maurice Gibb). Singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb. In 1977, The Bee Gees wrote and produced five songs for the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. The film was a smash and the soundtrack album went on to become one of the biggest selling of all time, elevating The Bee Gees to superstar group status. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music". In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers Barry and Maurice. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Bee Gees). He and The Bee Gees were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6845 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Their younger brother was singer Andy Gibb.

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Robin Gibb - All We Have Is Now (New song released in 2014)

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Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

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Maurice Gibb - (Twin brother of Robin Gibb). Musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international fame as a member of the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers Barry and Robin Gibb. Although his brothers Barry and Robin Gibb were the band's primary lead vocalists, most of the groups albums included at least one or two Maurice Gibb compositions, including "Lay It on Me", "Country Woman" and "On Time". In 1977, The Bee Gees wrote and produced five songs for the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. The film was a smash and the soundtrack album went on to become one of the biggest selling of all time, elevating The Bee Gees to superstar group status. The Bee Gees were one of the most successful rock-pop groups ever. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music". In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers Barry and Robin. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Bee Gees). He and The Bee Gees were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6845 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Their younger brother was singer Andy Gibb.

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Maurice Gibb (with The Bee Gees) - Man in the Middle

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Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

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Red Steagall - Actor, TV host, recording artist, and songwriter whose career has covered a period of 35 years and has spanned the globe. He made numerous appearances on syndicated television shows such as "Hee Haw" and "Nashville on the Road". He has osted the national televised National Finals Rodeo, the Winston Pro Tour on ESP, the College National Finals Rodeo for the Freedom Sports Network, and "Western Theater" on America One Television. Since 1994, he has been the host of the syndicated radio show "Cowboy Corner" on 170 stations in 43 states, which celebrates the lifestyle of the American West through the poems, songs and stories of the American cowboy. In 1975, he discovered a then-unknown Reba McEntire,while she was performing The National Anthem at the National Rodeo Finals competition in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and he signed her to Mercury Records. He has written over 200 songs, and he won the Wrangler Award for original music five times from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. In 2004, he received the "Spirit of Texas" Award, and he was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2005, he was inducted to the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Belton, TX.

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Red Steagall - Somewhere My Love

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Red Steagall - My First Night Without You

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Jordin Sparks - Singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of "American Idol". At age 17, she became the youngest winner in the show's history. Her self-titled debut album was released later that year. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold over two million copies worldwide. The album spawned two U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, "Tattoo" and "No Air". The song "No Air" is the third-highest-selling single by any "American Idol" contestant, selling over three million digital copies in the U.S., and it earned Sparks her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Her second album, "Battlefield", debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in 2009, and its lead single, also titled "Battlefield", reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the only "American Idol" contestant to have her first five singles reach the top twenty on the chart. The second single, "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)", became her first #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. She has won numerous awards, including an NAACP Image Award, a BET Award, an American Music Award, a People's Choice Award and two Teen Choice Awards. In 2009, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 91st Artist of the 2000s Decade. In 2012, she was ranked at number 92 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music". Her father is former NFL cornerback, Phillippi Sparks, who played eight seasons for the New York Giants and one season for the Dallas Cowboys, before retiring in 2000.

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Jordin Sparks - No Air (with Chris Brown)

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Connie Mack - Former MLB baseball player, manager, and team owner who was the longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history. He holds records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755), with his victory total being almost 1,000 more than any other manager. He managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the club's first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, and he was at least part-owner from 1901 to 1954. He was the first manager to win the World Series three times, and is the only manager to win consecutive Series on separate occasions (1910–11, 1929–30). His five Series titles remain the third most by any manager, and his nine American League pennants rank second in league history. As a player, he was a catcher for the Washington Nationals (1886-1889), the Buffalo Bisons (1890), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1891-1896). In 1937, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1953, the Philadelphia stadium, originally called Shibe Park, was renamed Connie Mack Stadium. In 2008, he was the first person inducted into the New York City–based Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Steve Carlton - Former MLB left-handed pitcher, nicknamed "Lefty", who pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim. He has the second-most lifetime strikeouts of any left-handed pitcher (4th overall), and the second-most lifetime wins of any left-handed pitcher (11th overall). He was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards in a career. He held the lifetime strikeout record several times between 1982 and 1984, before Nolan Ryan passed him. He is the last National League pitcher to win 25 or more games in one season, as well as the last pitcher from any team to throw more than 300 innings in a season. One of his most remarkable records was accounting for nearly half (46%) of his team's wins, when he won 27 games for the last-place (59-97) 1972 Phillies. He was a ten-time All-Star, who was a member of three World Series Champion teams, two National League Champion teams, and three Division Champion teams. In 1989, the Phillies retired his number "32", and in 2004, they honored him with a statue outside Citizens Bank Park. In 1994, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 96% of the vote, one of the highest percentages ever. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked him number 30 on its list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. In 1999, he was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

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Steve Garvey - Former MLB first baseman, nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, who was a ten-time All-Star, a four-time Gold Glove Award winner, the 1974 NL MVP, and he holds the National League record for consecutive games played (1,207). In 1974, his name was left off the All-Star ballot, so more than a million fans wrote in votes for him. Not only did he end up starting the All-Star Game, but he won the MVP award. He helped the Dodgers to four NL pennants, and one World Championship in 1981. He was traded to the San Diego Padres in 1983, and helped lead them to the NL Championship the next season. He was a career .294 hitter who had at least 200 hits in a season six times, more than 100 RBIs in a season five times, had 1308 career RBIs. In 1974 and 1978, he was named the Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game. In 1978 and 1984, he was named the Most Valuable Player in the National League Championship Series. His uniform number "6" was retired by the Padres. He is a member of the Irish American Hall of Fame, and the Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book "The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time".

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Citizen Rules

12-22-14, 09:57 PM

Reps for Barbara Billingsley and Gene Rayburn.

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 10:04 PM

Reps for Barbara Billingsley and Gene Rayburn.

I was never a big fan of "Leave It to Beaver", but I loved "Match Game". I used to watch it whenever I was home. Richard Dawson was the best celebrity to match because he usually had the right answers, but some of the other guests were so much fun with their crazy answers. Gene Rayburn was a great host too.

I read that after Richard Dawson left, they added the spinning wheel to decide which celebrity to match in the final round because the contestants kept trying to match host Gene Rayburn's answers.

Citizen Rules

12-22-14, 10:08 PM

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 10:13 PM

I loved the Match Game, lots of fun. I only remember seeing Gene Rayburn as host. I was a kid and I didn't even know who the celebrities were and I still don't! Who's the lady named Dolly? and the lady in the top row?
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I don't know who Dolly is, but the lady on the top row is Brett Somers. She played Oscar's ex-wife in "The Odd Couple" TV series, and she was married to Jack Klugman in real life.

Citizen Rules

12-22-14, 10:14 PM

How about the guy named Allen? He looks real familiar but ???

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 10:15 PM

How about the guy named Allen? He looks real familiar but ???

I think that may be Allen Ludden from "Password", but I'm not sure.

Citizen Rules

12-22-14, 10:22 PM

Ahh...you're good! It was soooo funny watching those game shows as a kid, as I had no idea who most of the people were. Except for the center square on Hollywood Squares.

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 10:39 PM

Ahh...you're good! It was soooo funny watching those game shows as a kid, as I had no idea who most of the people were. Except for the center square on Hollywood Squares.

I always thought that Charles Nelson Reilly was very funny on "Match Game", and Paul Lynde was hysterical on "The Hollywood Squares".

cricket

12-22-14, 11:53 PM

Happy belated Birthday to the great Andy Dick!

Screw Roger McDowell or any skanky Met. Hope he crapped his pants on hid B'day.

gbgoodies

12-22-14, 11:56 PM

Screw Roger McDowell or any skanky Met. Hope he crapped his pants on hid B'day.

Sorry about that, but I'm a Mets fan, so I include a lot of the Mets players on this thread. :D

honeykid

12-23-14, 09:49 AM

I love Dina Meyer. BH90210 was the first thing I remember seeing her in. I thought Brandon was so lucky. :D She was in Friends, too.

gbgoodies

12-23-14, 12:56 PM

I love Dina Meyer. BH90210 was the first thing I remember seeing her in. I thought Brandon was so lucky. :D She was in Friends, too.

I remember Dina Meyer from the show "Birds of Prey". That was a very underrated show.

I'm sure that I've seen Dina Meyer in "Friends", because I've seen every episode numerous times, but I can't seem to remember her in it. Who did she play?

gbgoodies

12-23-14, 02:06 PM

Born on December 23rd:

Reinhold Weege - Television writer, producer and editor who is best known for creating and producing the sitcom "Night Court", and writing, editing, and producing the sitcom "Barney Miller". He also wrote the "M*A*S*H" episode "Souvenirs". He also created and produced the 1981 series "Park Place", and he produced the short-lived sitcom "Nikki and Alexander". He was nominated for four Emmy Awards during his career, one for "Barney Miller", and three for "Night Court".

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Susan Lucci - Actress who is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime soap opera "All My Children". Her character is considered an icon, and she has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. In 1978, she received her first Daytime Emmy nomination. She was nominated again in 1981, and she was nominated almost every year since then. By the late 1980s, she was a household name due to her string of Emmy losses. In 1999, on her 19th Emmy nomination, she won, and she received a four minute standing ovation. With 21 Emmy nominations, she has been honored with more acting nominations than any other performer in the history of television, daytime or primetime. In 1996, TV Guide ranked her number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. She was named one of VH1’s 200 Top Icons of All-Time, and one of Barbara Walters’s Ten Most Fascinating People. On January 28, 2005, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 2006, she was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

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Harry Shearer - Actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author, radio host and director who is best known for his long-running roles on "The Simpsons", his work on "Saturday Night Live", the comedy band "Spinal Tap", and his radio program "Le Show". He began his career as a child actor, appearing in "The Jack Benny Program", as well as the 1953 films Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and The Robe. In 1957, he played the precursor to the Eddie Haskell character in the pilot episode for the TV series "Leave It to Beaver", but his parents decided not to let him continue in the role so that he could have a normal childhood. He co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, a satirical rockumentary about a band called Spinal Tap. In 1989, he became a part of the cast of "The Simpsons". At 21 characters, he has the widest range of roles on "The Simpsons", including the maniacal Mr. Burns, local celebrity news anchor Kent Brockman and the Springfield God Squad Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders. He has received several Emmy Award and Grammy Award nominations, and in 2014, he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award for his voice-over work on "The Simpsons". On June 19, 2008, it was announced that he would receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category, but the date of the ceremony where his star will be put in place has yet to be announced.

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James Gregory - Character actor who was known for his deep, gravelly voice, and for playing brash roles such as the McCarthy-like Senator John Iselin in the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, the audacious General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and loudmouthed Inspector Frank Luger in "Barney Miller". He also played the detective out to get Capone in the 1959 film Al Capone, and Dean Martin's boss, MacDonald, in three of the four "Matt Helm" spy films. "Star Trek" fans will remember him for his role as Dr. Tristan Adams, the villainous director of the Tantalus IV Penal Colony on the "Star Trek" original series episode, "Dagger of the Mind".

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Corey Haim - Actor who is best-known for his role alongside Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys. At the peak of their careers in the 1980s, he and Corey Feldman were known as "The Two Coreys". He made his film debut in 1984, playing a young child caught up in a family war in the movie Firstborn. His other movies include Lucas, Silver Bullet, Murphy's Romance, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream and A Time to Live. He was ranked #26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

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Ronnie Schell - Actor, stand-up comedian, and cartoon voice actor who is probably best known for his role as Duke Slater in the 1960s TV series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.". He had a recurring role on "That Girl", playing Marlo Thomas' agent. He had minor supporting roles in the Disney films The Strongest Man in the World, The Shaggy D.A., Gus, The Cat from Outer Space, and The Devil and Max Devlin. He also had numerous guest parts on TV shows including "The Andy Griffith Show", "Love, American Style", "Charlie's Angels", "The Dukes of Hazzard", and "Saved by the Bell".

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Gerald S. O'Loughlin - Actor who is probably best known for his role as Lt. Ed Ryker on the TV series "The Rookies". He also appeared in semi-regular roles on the TV series "Our House" and "Automan". His movie credits include Desperate Characters, A Fine Madness, In Cold Blood, Ice Station Zebra, The Valachi Papers, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Crimes of Passion and Frances. He also appeared John Cappelletti Sr. in the 1977 TV movie Something for Joey, and as Sgt. O'Toole in the 1983 made-for-TV miniseries "The Blue and the Gray". The highlight of his stage career was a national tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire" as Stanley Kowalski, opposite Tallulah Bankhead as Blanche DuBois.

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Frederic Forrest - Actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the 1979 musical drama The Rose. He is also known for his portrayal of "Chef Hicks" in the epic war classic Apocalypse Now. In 1973, he earned a Golden Globe nomination as "Most Promising Newcomer - Male" for his performance in When the Legends Die. In 1987, was cast in the series "21 Jump Street" as Captain Richard Jenko.

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Jerry Koosman - Former MLB pitcher for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies between 1967 and 1985. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle Mets team that won the 1969 World Series. He was also a member of 1973 National League Champion New York Mets team, and the 1983 American League Western Division Champion Chicago White Sox team. He was a two-time 20-game winner with 21 wins in 1976 with the Mets, and 20 wins in 1979 with the Twins. He was named to the 1968 and 1969 National League All Star Teams. In 1968, he finished second to Johnny Bench for Rookie of the Year honors after leading the Mets in victories with 19 and an earned run average of 2.08. He is regarded as the best left handed pitcher in New York Mets history. In 1989, he was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame.

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Dick Weber - Professional bowler, and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He was known not only as a bowling superstar, but also as a bowling pioneer, and one of the sport's most popular players. He won 26 PBA Tour events as well as six Senior Tour events. He was one of bowling's first national stars, when the ABC network broadcast bowling tournaments on Saturday afternoons. In 1961, 1963, and 1965, he was named the National Bowler of the Year. In 1970, he was inducted into the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame. In 1975, he was inducted into the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. The PBA ranked him 3rd on its 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years". (Only all-time titles leaders Earl Anthony and Walter Ray Williams, Jr. ranked higher.) His son, Pete Weber, is also a top PBA bowler. Both father and son are members of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame and the PBA Hall of Fame.

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Citizen Rules

12-23-14, 05:54 PM

gbgoodies

12-23-14, 06:39 PM

This is a great photo! Not because Susan Lucci is pretty which she is...but because the photo itself has a lively charm.

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I wanted to find a picture of her after she finally won her Emmy, and when I saw that photo, I knew it was the one. :)

gbgoodies

12-24-14, 05:40 AM

Born on December 24th:

Michael Curtiz - Hungarian American film director who directed more than 50 films in Europe, and more than 100 in the United States, many of them cinema classics, including The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, Dodge City, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, and White Christmas. Six of his films were nominated for Best Picture, Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Four Daughters, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca, and Mildred Pierce. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director five times, (once as a write-in candidate for Captain Blood), and in 1944, he won the Oscar for Best Director for Casablanca. The American Film Institute ranked Casablanca #3 and Yankee Doodle Dandy #98 on their list of the greatest American movies. The Adventures of Robin Hood and Mildred Pierce were nominated for the list. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6640 Hollywood Blvd.

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Ava Gardner - Actress who appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including The Hucksters, Show Boat, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Barefoot Contessa, Bhowani Junction, On the Beach, Seven Days in May, The Night of the Iguana, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Earthquake, and The Cassandra Crossing. In 1954, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo. In 1965, she was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Maxine Faulk in The Night of the Iguana. She was nominated three times for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, in 1957 for Bhowani Junction, in 1960 for On the Beach, and in 1965 for The Night of the Iguana. She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest Female Stars. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. Her three ex-husbands, (Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra), were eventually married to a total of 20 brides between them.

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Nicholas Meyer - Screenwriter, producer, author and director who is best known for his best-selling novel "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", and for directing the films Time After Time, two of the Star Trek feature film series, and the 1983 television movie The Day After. He is one of two people, along with writer/producer Harve Bennett, who are credited with revitalizing and saving the Star Trek franchise after the problems of the first film almost caused Paramount Pictures to end the series. In addition to directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, he also wrote the shooting script for that film (uncredited). He co-wrote the screenplay for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home with Bennett. He developed the story for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country with Leonard Nimoy, and he co-wrote the screenplay with Denny Flinn. He also directed Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting a screenplay from his own novel for the 1976 movie The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. He has also been nominated for a Satellite Award, three Emmy Awards, and has won four Saturn Awards.

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Mark Millar - Comic book writer who is best known for his work on books such as "The Authority", "The Ultimates", "Marvel Knights Spider-Man", "Ultimate Fantastic Four", "Civil War", "Wanted", and "Kick-Ass". He has revamped the X-Men, broke Spider-Man sales records, brought the Fantastic Four into the 21st Century and made Superman a communist. In 2007, he wrote "Marvel's Civil War", which is the US industry's biggest-selling comic book of the past decade. His "Wanted" comic series was the industry's biggest-selling creator-owned book of the last ten years until he smashed his own record with "Kick-Ass", with an unprecedented five printings every issue. Both properties were sold as movies before the first issue hit the stands. He has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and two Eagle Awards. In 2013, he was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to film and literature.

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Lee Daniels - Producer and director who is best known for producing Monster's Ball and directing Precious, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Director. The film won two of the awards, (Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay). In 2013, he directed The Butler, a historical fiction drama featuring an ensemble cast portraying unique events on the 20th century presidents of the United States at the White House. He began his career in entertainment, first as a casting director and later as a manager. By his mid-twenties, he was working with Prince on the 1984 film Purple Rain and the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon. Despite being involved in film production, he continued to manage talent, and he grew a roster of clients that included several Academy Award nominees and winners. He was the first African-American to direct a Best Picture Oscar nominee, the second African-American to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, and the second African-American to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

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Ryan Seacrest - Radio personality, TV host, and producer who is best known for hosting the talent competition "American Idol", as well as "On Air with Ryan Seacrest", a morning radio show on KIIS-FM. In 2009, he signed a deal with CKX for $45 million to continue to host "American Idol", making him the highest paid reality television host to date. He received eleven Emmy Award nominations for "American Idol", and he won an Emmy Award for producing "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution". In 2004, he became the new host of the radio program "American Top 40", a syndicated weekly countdown show, created and formerly hosted by Casey Kasem. In August 2005, it was announced that he would become the executive producer and co-host of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve". On December 31, 2005, he performed much of the show's hosting duties. In 2009, ABC renamed the program "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest", to reflect Seacrest's role. On April 20, 2005, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to Radio at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

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Moose - Jack Russell Terrier who is most famous for his portrayal of Eddie Crane on the TV sitcom "Frasier". He won the role on "Frasier" after only six months of training. He had the ability to fix Kelsey Grammer with a long hard stare, which became a running sight gag on the show. During the height of the show's popularity, he received more fan mail than any of his human counterparts. He has made numerous TV appearances, and he has several magazine covers to his credit. There is an official Moose calendar and an "autobiography", My Life as a Dog. Moose's son Enzo was cast as Skip in the feature film My Dog Skip, and Moose played the older Skip in a few scenes.

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Mark Valley - Actor who is best known for his role as Brad Chase on the TV drama "Boston Legal". He is also known as Oliver Richard on the NBC drama "Harry's Law", as FBI agent John Scott on "Fringe", as Christopher Chance in Fox's action/drama "Human Target", as Tommy Sullivan in ABC's "Body of Proof", and as CIA Director Gabe Widener in NBC's "Crisis". He was nominated three times for a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast of "Boston Legal" for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

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Ricky Martin - Singer, actor, and author who began his career at age twelve with the all-boy pop group Menudo. After five years with the group, he released several Spanish-language solo albums throughout the 1990s. His song "Livin' la Vida Loca" helped him obtain enormous success worldwide, and is generally seen as the song that began the Latin pop explosion of 1999. It made the transition easier for other Spanish-speaking artists to move into the English-speaking market. Since its release, the song has sold over 8 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time. His first English-language album, titled "Ricky Martin", has sold 22 million copies and is one of the best selling albums of all time. He has sold over 85 million albums, has had 95 platinum records, six #1 Billboard albums, eleven #1 hit songs, two American Music Awards, six Grammy Awards, eight World Music Awards, ten Billboard Music Awards, eight MTV Music Video Awards, and concerts in more than 60 countries across the globe. In 2004, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lo Nuestro Awards in Miami. On October 16, 2007, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Blvd.

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Mary Higgins Clark - Author of 42 suspense novels that have each been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remained in print as of 2007, with her debut suspense novel, "Where Are The Children?", in its seventy-fifth printing. Her books have sold more than 80 million copies in the United States alone. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Horatio Alger Award, the Passionists' Ethics in Literature Award, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Spirit of Achievement Award, and the National Arts Club's Gold Medal in Education. In 1980, she was awarded the Grand Prix de literature of France. In 1987, she was the president of the Mystery Writers of America. In 1988, she was the Chairman of the International Crime Congress. In 2011, she was inducted into Irish America magazine's Irish America Hall of Fame. In 2011, she was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for her services and contributions in Literature and Charities.

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