Born Today

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 03-07-2014

Tom Cruise

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Connie Nielsen

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Olivia Munn

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Kevin Hart

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Patrick Wilson

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[BrowningIdentity]

I was going to say Tom Cruise, seeing as he's one of the few actors I for some reason know the birthday of. I do know he's 10 days older than my mother.

[Derek Vinyard]

Patrick Wilson is a beast ! Happy Birthday Patrick !

[gbgoodies]

George M. Cohan claimed to have been born on July 4th, but many people believe that he was actually born on July 3rd. Some people even believe that he was actually born on July 2nd, but nobody seems to know for sure.

But most sites list his birthday as July 3rd.

[Sexy Celebrity]

A thread dedicated to famous people born on July 3rd?

[LiaBens]

A thread dedicated to famous people born on July 3rd?

I don't know how the thread title is changed.

[Yoda]

I changed it, since the other one was kind of confusing. If you want to use this as some kind of ongoing "Born Today" thing that you'll be updating regularly, I can change it again.

[gbgoodies]

I changed it, since the other one was kind of confusing. If you want to use this as some kind of ongoing "Born Today" thing that you'll be updating regularly, I can change it again.


If you decide to change it to a "Born Today" thread, some people who should be recognized today, July 4th, are the writer Neil Simon, and advice columnists Abigail Van Buren, (better known as Dear Abby), and her twin sister Ann Landers.

[LiaBens]

I changed it, since the other one was kind of confusing. If you want to use this as some kind of ongoing "Born Today" thing that you'll be updating regularly, I can change it again.

Yes I will update this thread regularly, please change the name to "Born Today" :(

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 05-07-2014

Eva Green

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Ryan Hansen

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Ryan+Hansen+Premiere+Open+Road+Films+Hit+Run+fov1RNSt4S7l.jpg

Edie Falco

http://snarkerati.com/profile_pics/Edie-Falco.jpg

Michael Stuhlbarg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/cmi-niche/assets/pictures/20874/content_4052.jpg?1338427994

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 07-07-2014

Bérénice Bejo
http://cdn.cnwimg.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/berenice-bejo-783x1024.jpg

Robin Weigert
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Robin%20Weigert-8.jpg

Billy Campbell
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1904590540/tumblr_lnzpe1sb9U1qb33abo1_500.jpg

Shelley Duvall
http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/5074363/600full-shelley-duvall.jpg

Hamish Linklater
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Hamish+Linklater+Arrivals+Red+Bull+Theater+r_prSHW5nGIl.jpg

[gbgoodies]

These people were also born on July 7th:

Ringo Starr, who is best known as the drummer of The Beatles.

The third Doctor from "Doctor Who" (1970–1974), Jon Pertwee.

George Cukor who directed "My Fair Lady" (1964), "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), "Adam's Rib" (1949), "Gaslight" (1944), "A Star Is Born" (1954), and more.

[Gideon58]

Love Kevin Hart and Patrick Wilson

[LiaBens]

These people were also born on July 7th:

Ringo Starr, who is best known as the drummer of The Beatles.

The third Doctor from "Doctor Who" (1970–1974), Jon Pertwee.

George Cukor who directed "My Fair Lady" (1964), "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), "Adam's Rib" (1949), "Gaslight" (1944), "A Star Is Born" (1954), and more.

Thanks for updating.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 08-07-2014

Sophia Bush

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/bg/Sophia+Bush+CBS+CW+Showtime+2012+TCA+Party+pPunamj_9Bll.jpg

Kathleen Robertson

http://2015people.com/images1/kathleen-robertson-4.jpg

Kevin Bacon

http://www.redbookmag.com/cm/redbook/images/kevin-bacon-0808-medium-new.jpg

Milo Ventimiglia

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/database/miloventimigilia/miloventimiglia300.jpg

Anjelica Huston

http://www.theperfectpleasure.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anjelica-Huston.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 8th:

Comedian and actor, Marty Feldman

Actor, Jeffrey Tambor

Celebrity chef and restaurateur, Wolfgang Puck

Billionaires John D. Rockefeller, and his grandson, Nelson Rockefeller


Plus these singers:

Toby Keith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORkEOma_iY


Steve Lawrence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9l--WWFwMg


Jerry Vale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ovCJdCv2w

[gbgoodies]

And children's entertainer, Raffi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojg0P8dMyLc



Here's the sped up version of Raffi's song too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUFcRIL5Nng

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 09-07-2014

Tom Hanks

http://a5.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE1ODA0OTcxNjUxNTk3ODM3.jpg

Chris Cooper

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/chris_cooper-5-breach.jpg

Kelly McGillis

http://www.nndb.com/people/521/000025446/kelly-mcgillis-1-sized.jpg

Pamela Adlon

http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2012/08/09/previews/Pamela%20Adlon-IHA-007343.jpg

Fred Savage

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111002203900/itsalwayssunny/images/3/32/Fred_Savage.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born July 9th:

Actors:
Jimmy Smits
Brian Dennehy
Richard Roundtree (best known as Shaft)
Vince Edwards (best known as Dr. Ben Casey)

Writer, Dean R. Koontz
Producer / Writer, Tim Kring
Producer, Nigel Lythgoe (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance)

[gbgoodies]

These people were born on July 9th, but they're not known for anything in the entertainment industry:

O.J. Simpson
Amanda Knox

[n3wt]

This is quite an interesting idea :up:

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 10-07-2014

Sofía Vergara

http://blindgossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sofia-vergara-1.jpg

Chiwetel Ejiofor

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/hollywood-pronunciation-guide/1.jpg

Fiona Shaw

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsS/15725-19492.gif

Fred Gwynne

http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2007/170/6735_118238801156.jpg

Adrian Grenier

http://www.seventeen.com/cm/seventeen/images/jR/adrien-grenier-015-mdn.jpg

[Godoggo]

These people were born on July 9th, but they're not known for anything in the entertainment industry:

O.J. Simpson
Amanda Knox

Actually, I grew up thinking of O.J Simpson as that guy from The Naked Gun movies. My He was in some other stuff as well.

http://i60.tinypic.com/156s5cp.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Actually, I grew up thinking of O.J Simpson as that guy from The Naked Gun movies. My He was in some other stuff as well.



Yeah, but many people kind of forgot about his acting career, and even his football career, because of more recent "events".

[gbgoodies]

Also born today, July 10th:

Jerry Nelson - Puppeteer, actor, musician, and master of voices. Best known for "The Muppets"

Jerry Herman - Grammy award-winning songwriter ("Hello Dolly!"), composer and author

Arlo Guthrie - Singer, Musician


Robert Pine - Actor, best known for the TV show "CHiPs"

Ron Glass - Actor, best known as Det. Harris on "Barney Miller", and for the TV show "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity"

Jonathan Gilbert - Actor, best known as Willie Oleson on the TV show "Little House on the Prairie"

Mark Shera - Actor, best known for the TV shows "S.W.A.T." and "Barnaby Jones"

Lawrence Pressman - Actor, best known as Dr. Canfield on "Doogie Howser, M.D."


Jake LaMotta - World middleweight boxing champion, 1949-1951

Arthur Ashe - Tennis pro

Nikola Tesla - Scientist, inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 11-07-2014

Yul Brynner

http://harlowgold.tripod.com/yul2.jpg

Rachael Taylor

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/06/04/1225721/181530-rachel-taylor.jpg

Michael Rosenbaum

http://cache2.artprintimages.com/LRG/27/2773/UBLTD00Z.jpg

Justin Chambers

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Justin-Chambers-justin-chambers-474250_343_500.jpg

Stephen Lang

http://www.chud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stephen-lang.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 11th:

Sela Ward - Actress ("CSI: NY", "Once and Again")
Bruce McGill - Actor (D-Day in "Animal House", Jack Dalton in "MacGuyver")
Greg Grunberg - Actor, best known as Matt Parkman in the TV show "Heroes"


Tab Hunter - Actor, Damn Yankees!
Mark Lester - Actor, Oliver!

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 12-07-2014

Michelle Rodriguez

http://alllayedout.com/Images/Michelle_Rodriguez.jpg

Bill Cosby

http://video.projectblackman.com/images/NotablePeople/Bill-Cosby.jpg

Topher Grace

http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100113/topher-grace_400.jpg

Anna Friel

http://www.gossip.is/administrator/components/com_n-myndir/uploads/c2cfefee7372b5a3d86c434f6dc5ced0.jpg

Kristen Connolly

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Kristen+Connolly+MBFW+Arrivals+alice+olivia+A0KytkxTUiQl.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 12th:

Milton Berle - Actor, Comedian
Oscar Hammerstein II - Songwriter, Lyricist

Richard Simmons - Best known for "Sweatin' to the Oldies"
Jay Thomas - Actor
Brian Grazer - Producer
Cheryl Ladd - Actress, best known as Cheryl Ladd on "Charlie's Angels"

[gbgoodies]

Born on July 13th:

Harrison Ford

http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/blog_post_media/public/images/HarrisonFordHanSolo.jpg?itok=Hgtq6D4U


Patrick Stewart

http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/blogs/lists/startrek.jpg


Bob Crane - Actor, best known for the TV show "Hogan's Heroes"
Cheech Marin - Actor, best known as part of "Cheech and Chong"
Didi Conn - Actress, best known as Frenchie in "Grease"

Cameron Crowe - Director

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 14-07-2014

Jackie Earle Haley

http://www.blogys.net/UserFiles/image/cine/2009/terror/04/jackie-earle-haley.jpg

Ingmar Bergman

http://static.cinemagia.ro/img/db/actor/00/46/89/ingmar-bergman-609995l.jpg

Scott Porter

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/502143aaecad047f2900000e/image.jpg

Jane Lynch

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Harry Dean Stanton

http://www.gossip.is/administrator/components/com_n-myndir/uploads/f32dc60751b84ba1f30b6b30d119dfab.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 14th:

Gerald Ford - 38th President of the United States from August 1974 until January 1977

William Hanna - Producer and director of classic cartoons, including "Scooby-Doo", "The Flintstones", "Yogi Bear", "The Jetsons", and many more.

Matthew Fox - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Lost" and "Party of Five"

Woody Guthrie - Singer, songwriter

[gbgoodies]

And two of my personal favorites who born on July 14th:

Robin Ventura - Major League Baseball player, member of the gold-medal-winning 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team

Del Reeves - Country singer, songwriter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaH0X7wQxN0

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 15-07-2014

Travis Fimmel

http://www.wallpaper.blog.br/wallpaper/400x300/celebridades-travis-fimmel-2ed9c5.jpg

Diane Kruger

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m25qUPwfBig/SWl29WTaUBI/AAAAAAAAAA8/y4BE95KgYdo/s400/Diane+Kruger.jpg

Forest Whitaker

http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/forest_whitaker-repo_men-2.jpg

Scott Foley

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qm3aLz5o5o/TwLDGJq-rxI/AAAAAAAABYI/iAvptImryUw/s400/scott-foley-wallpaper-3-779387.jpg

Terry O'Quinn

http://www.gouvenelstudio.com/images/deauville/montecarlo/terry_o_quinn_lost.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 15th:

Willie Aames - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge"

Brian Austin Green - Actor, best known as David Silver on "Beverly Hills, 90210".

Jan-Michael Vincent - Actor, known for "Hooper" and the TV show "Airwolf"

Judson Scott - Actor, best known for "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", and the TV shows "The Phoenix" and "V"

Ken Kercheval - Actor, best known as Cliff Barnes on the TV show "Dallas"

Linda Ronstadt - Singer

Alex Karras - Football player turned actor, best known for the TV show "Webster"

Jesse Ventura - Professional wrestler turned actor, who was elected as mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 16-07-2014

Will Ferrell

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnmbyhU2qG1qkh80ho1_400.jpg

Barbara Stanwyck

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-On9VE_lHgfQ/TmpMP2ZywDI/AAAAAAAABIk/d_cAyGbZxmA/s640/stella-dallas-barbara-stanwyck-1937.jpg

Ginger Rogers

http://media.tumblr.com/7d2669e3b726c3f1bd1591160d14fb38/tumblr_inline_mscg3kHm5O1qz4rgp.jpg

Jayma Mays

http://jayma-m.net/gallery/albums/Television/Glee/Season%20One/Photo%20Shoot%20003/normal_001.jpg

Phoebe Cates

http://static7.businessinsider.com/image/4df0db5bcadcbb4113040000-400-300/phoebe-cates.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 16th:

Barnard Hughes - Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor

Corey Feldman - Actor, best known for "Stand by Me", "The Goonies" and "The Lost Boys"

Dave Goelz - Muppets puppet designer and performer

Stewart Copeland - Composer, drummer for the band "The Police"

Michael Flatley - Dancer, best known as the lead dancer in "Lord of the Dance"

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 17-07-2014

James Cagney

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ar-zZEbnkyY/UHLDIwO4nbI/AAAAAAAAQg0/U_RqpYK6DcI/s400/James+Cagney.jpg

Jason Clarke

http://www8.gmanews.tv/webpics/v3/2013/02/Jason%20Clark.jpg

Donald Sutherland

http://www.hdwpapers.com/thumbs/donald_sutherland_wallpaper_3-t2.jpg

Eric Winter

http://www.ivstatic.com/files/et/imagecache/400x300/files/blog_articles/etericwinter2.jpg

Alex Winter

http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/image/facebook/media/films/1999/fever/alex_winter.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born July 17th:

Mark Burnett - Producer, best known for "Survivor", "Shark Tank" and more

Art Linkletter - Actor, TV Host, best known for "Kids Say the Darndest Things"

Erle Stanley Gardner - Writer, best known for "Perry Mason"

Phyllis Diller - Actress, comedienne

David Hasselhoff - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch"

Bitty Schram - Actress, best known for "A League of Their Own" and the TV show "Monk"

Lucie Arnaz - Actress, Daughter of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball

Luke Bryan - Country music singer

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 18-07-2014

Vin Diesel

http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/men-vin-diesel-bald-1711592293.jpg

Michiel Huisman

http://election2008.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/imagecache/stories/Michiel_Huisman.jpg

Kelly Reilly

http://www.thesuperficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1022_kelly_reilly_bafta_03-400x300.jpg

James Brolin

http://img-w.zeebox.com/images/proxy/5581c592aa4170e3789d8ff30f31a897363f6181:preview?src=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.cdnds.net%2F10%2F28%2Fshowbiz_j ames_brolin.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 18th:

Nelson Mandela

John Glenn - U.S. Senator, Astronaut, First American to orbit the Earth (February 20, 1962)

Paul Verhoeven - Director

Red Skelton - Actor, Comedian

Hume Cronyn - Actor

Gene Lockhart - Actor

Dolph Sweet - Actor

Hunter S. Thompson - Writer

Martha Reeves - Singer

Ricky Skaggs - Country music singer

Joe Torre - Major League Baseball player and manager

Torii Hunter - Major League Baseball player

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 19-07-2014

Benedict Cumberbatch

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N94eCoxn0fM/T6qNdqiiB1I/AAAAAAAACRo/yx_2zxYOE9g/s1600/benedict-cumberbatch-gq.jpeg

Campbell Scott

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KX63_SMRh3c/T2OjEUg5dwI/AAAAAAAADSg/vE9ZtvRIuuc/s1600/Campbell+Scott2.jpg

Jared Padalecki

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27800000/Jared-Padalecki-jared-padalecki-27886156-300-431.jpg

Vinessa Shaw

http://www.pariscine.com/sites/default/files/portraits/name/vinessa-shaw.jpg

[Derek Vinyard]

Jared Padalecki is a beast (Big Supernatural fan)

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 19th:

Max Fleischer - Producer, Animator, He was awarded U.S. patent 1,242,674, "Method of Producing Moving Picture Cartoons," for the rotoscope, which allowed film footage of a live figure to be used as a guide for drawing an animated figure.

George McGovern - Democrat U.S. senator from South Dakota, 3 January 1963-3 January 1981. He was a Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 1972, but was defeated in a landslide when Richard Nixon was re-elected, winning in every state except Massachusetts.

Pat Hingle - Actor, best known as Commissioner Gordon in the movies "Batman" (1989) and 1990s sequels.

George Dzundza - Actor, best known as Sergeant Max Greevey on the TV show "Law & Order"

Anthony Edwards - Actor, best known for the movies "Revenge of the Nerds", "Top Gun" and "Gotcha", and as Dr. Mark Greene on the TV show "ER"

Dennis Cole - Actor, best known as a guest on many TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s

Peter Barton - Actor, best known for the TV shows "The Powers of Matthew Star" and "Burke's Law"

[gbgoodies]

Born on July 20th:

Natalie Wood - Actress, best known for "West Side Story"

Sally Ann Howes - Actress, best known for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"

Diana Rigg - Actress, best known as Emma Peel on the TV show "The Avengers"

Josh Holloway - Actor, best known as Sawyer on the TV show "Lost"

Donna Dixon - Actress, best known as Sonny on "Bosom Buddies"

Omar Epps - Actor, best known as Dr. Foreman on the TV show "House M.D."

Dean Winters - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Rescue Me" and "Oz", and as the "Mayhem" character on the Allstate commercials.

Frank Whaley - Actor

Judy Greer - Actress

Reed Diamond - Actor

Billy Mays - TV pitchman best known for As Seen on TV products

Edmund Hillary - He was one of the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953

Elliott Yamin - Singer, American Idol Top 3 finalist (season 5)

Chris Sligh - Singer, American Idol Top 10 finalist (season 6)

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 21-07-2014

Juno Temple

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server4900/364bb/products/110343/images/77082/287472__58307.1342527632.500.500.jpg?c=2

Don Knotts

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server4900/364bb/products/122507/images/87377/271629__58406.1342529107.500.500.jpg?c=2

Josh Hartnett

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server4900/364bb/products/121144/images/86405/273177__41474.1342529035.500.500.jpg?c=2

Robin Williams

http://www.weloveflixfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/robin-williams-dr-strange-getty-500x400.jpg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

http://www.charlottegainsbourgforever.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/charlotte-gainsbourg-cesar2013-12.png

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 21st:

Ernest Hemingway - Writer

Garry Trudeau - Creator, writer and artist of the comic strip "Doonesbury".

Janet Reno - First female U.S. Attorney General (1993-2001).

Norman Jewison - Producer, Director

Jon Lovitz - Actor

Edward Herrmann - Actor

Lance Guest - Actor, best known for "The Last Starfighter"

Ike Eisenmann - Actor, best known for "Escape to Witch Mountain"

Cat Stevens - Singer, He changed his name from Cat Stevens to Yusuf Islam, abandoned the music business in 1978 and converted to Islam.

Paul Brandt - Canadian country music singer

Blake Lewis - Singer, Came in second on American Idol Season 6

C.C. Sabathia - Major League Baseball player (pitcher)

Mike Bordick - Major League Baseball player (shortstop)

Al Hrabosky (aka "The Mad Hungarian") - Former Major League Baseball player (pitcher)

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 22-07-2014

Selena Gomez

http://img2.timeinc.net/instyle/images/2009/GalxMonth/06/060809-selena-gomez-400.jpg

Willem Dafoe

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000079942897/87f0eb624de01225e1038ecb023bfdd0_400x400.jpeg

Franka Potente

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/Franka-Potente-franka-potente-1650579-300-387.jpg

Terence Stamp

http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/terence-stamp/headshot.jpg

John Leguizamo

http://media2.theranking.com/card/13/image/4b06de428adc8a6231db809c8dd1e408/400.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 22nd:

Paul Schrader - Writer, best known for "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull"

S.E. Hinton - Writer, best known for the teen books "The Outsiders", "Tex", "That was Then... This is Now" and "Rumble Fish".

Alex Trebek - Game show host, best known for "Jeopardy"

Orson Bean - Comedian, Actor, best known as Loren Bray on the TV show "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"

Albert Brooks - Actor, best known for the movie "Defending Your Life", and the voice of Marlin in "Finding Nemo"

Danny Glover - Actor, best known for the "Lethal Weapon" movies

Louise Fletcher - Actress, best known as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

A.J. Cook - Actress, best known for the TV show Criminal Minds"

Rhys Ifans - Actor, best known as The Lizard / Dr. Curt Connors in "The Amazing Spider-Man"

David Spade - Comedian, Actor, best known for the TV shows "Saturday Night Live", "Just Shoot Me!" and "Rules of Engagement"

Patrick Labyorteaux - Actor, best known for the movie "Heathers", and the TV shows "JAG" and "Little House on the Prairie".

Don Henley - Singer, songwriter, drummer, member of the band The Eagles.

Rufus Wainwright - Singer, songwriter and composer

Bobby Sherman - Singer, Actor

Shawn Michaels - Professional wrestler

Keyshawn Johnson - Professional football player, Member of the Super Bowl XXXVII-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Rose Kennedy - Mother of the former US President John F. Kennedy, Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, Grandmother of newswoman Maria Shriver, John Kennedy Jr., and Caroline Kennedy

Bob Dole - U.S. senator from Kansas (1969-1996). Vice Presidential running mate to President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election, which Ford narrowly lost to Jimmy Carter. Unsuccessfully ran for U. S. President three times.

[Sleezy]

Franka Potente

http://i.imgur.com/xQCSk.jpg

This is Rekha Sharma, not Franka Potente (who actually looks like THIS (http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/Franka-Potente-franka-potente-1650579-300-387.jpg)).

[Derek Vinyard]

Selena Gomez = hot as f*ck but unfortunately ''Spring Breakers'' is incredibly bad ...

[LiaBens]

This is Rekha Sharma, not Franka Potente (who actually looks like THIS (http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/Franka-Potente-franka-potente-1650579-300-387.jpg)).

Thanks

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 23-07-2014

Daniel Radcliffe

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Woody Harrelson

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Tom Mison

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Kathryn Hahn

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 23rd:

Raymond Chandler - Writer, "Double Indemnity" (screenplay), "The Big Sleep" (novel, character "Philip Marlowe"), "Strangers on a Train" (screenplay), "The Long Goodbye" (novel)

Carl Foreman - Writer, "High Noon" (screenplay), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (screenplay), "The Guns of Navarone" (written for the screen by)

Harry Cohn - Producer, (credits too long to list)

Alan Rafkin - Director

Shawn Levy - Producer

Bert Convy - Actor

Ronny Cox - Actor

Edie McClurg - Actress

Marlon Wayans - Actor, Writer, Producer, best known for "In Living Color" and "The Wayans Bros."

Paul Wesley - Actor, best known for "The Vampire Diaries"

Charisma Carpenter - Actress, best known for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"

Eriq La Salle - Actor, best known as Dr. Peter Benton in the TV show "ER"

Larry Manetti - Actor, best known as Rick on the TV show "Magnum, P.I."

Alison Krauss - Singer, As of February 2012, Alison has won 27 Grammy Awards. She has the most Grammys of any solo female artist in any genre of music. She is now tied in second place with Quincy Jones for most Grammys ever won.

Michelle Williams - Singer, Member of the singing group Destiny's Child.

Don Imus - Radio DJ and talk show host, Hosts a talk radio program in New York City called "Imus In The Morning". Former co-worker of Howard Stern.

Don Drysdale - Major League Baseball player, Pitcher for the National League's Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1956-1969. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1984 in the same ceremony with Pee Wee Reese.

Pee Wee Reese - Major League Baseball player, Shortstop with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1940-1942 & 1946-1958. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 in the same ceremony with Don Drysdale.

Nomar Garciaparra - Major League Baseball player, Shortstop, Member of the 1992 USA Olympic baseball team.

Arthur Treacher - Actor, He later lent his name to and was the paid spokesman for the fast-food chain Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.

Monica Lewinsky - Former White House intern who had a secret "affair" with President Bill Clinton from 1995-1997.

[Cobpyth]

R.I.P. Phil! :(

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 24-07-2014

Jennifer Lopez

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Anna Paquin

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Rose Byrne

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Summer Glau

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Elisabeth Moss

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 24th:

Amelia Earhart - Aviatrix, The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. She disappeared on 2 July 1937 while attempting an around-the-world flight along the Equator.

Gus Van Sant - Director, "Good Will Hunting"

Peter Yates - Director, "Bullitt"

Ruth Buzzi - Actress, best known for "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"

Chris Sarandon - Actor, best known for "The Princess Bride", "Fright Night"

Lynda Carter - Actress, best known for the TV show "Wonder Woman"

Michael Richards - Actor, best known as Kramer on the TV show "Seinfeld"

Dan Hedaya - Actor, best known for sleezy roles, including Carla's husband Nick Tortelli on the TV show "Cheers"

Robert Hays - Actor, best known for the movie "Airplane!"

Eric Szmanda - Actor, best known as Greg Sanders on the TV show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".

Mark Goddard - Actor, best known as Major Don West on the TV show "Lost in Space"

John Partridge - Musical theatre actor, best known as Rum Tum Tugger in the 1998 filmed version of the show "Cats".

Kristin Chenoweth - Singer, Actress, best known for her performances on Broadway, and the TV show "Pushing Daisies"

Daveigh Chase - Actress, best known for "Donnie Darko", and the voice of Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch"

Bindi Irwin - Actress, Daughter of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter

Pam Tillis - Country music singer, Daughter of country music legend Mel Tillis.

Gallagher - Comedian known for smashing watermelons in his stand up comedy act.

Barry Bonds - Major League Baseball player, He is the only major leaguer to reach the feat of 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases. Holds MLB record for most home runs in a single season with 73. On August 7, 2007, became the all-time career home run record holder when he hit his 756th home run of his career.

Karl Malone - NBA basketball player, plays for the Utah Jazz. Member of the 1992 (Dream Team) and 1996 gold medal US Basketball team.

Bella Abzug - Member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York, 3 January 1971 - 3 January 1977. Known for wearing large-brimmed hats.

Sante Kimes - Murderer, Sentenced to 120 years in jail, along with her her son, Kenneth Kimes, for the 1998 murder of wealthy widow, Irene Silverman.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 25-07-2014

Matt LeBlanc

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Illeana Douglas

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James Lafferty

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Brad Renfro

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D.B. Woodside

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 25th:

Estelle Getty - Actress, best known as Sophia on the TV show "The Golden Girls"

Walter Brennan - Actor, Charactor actor who is the only actor to date to win three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor.

Jack Gilford - Actor, best known for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Cocoon"

Jerry Paris - Actor, Director, best known as the Petrie's neighbor Jerry Helper on the TV show "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

Walter Payton - Former NFL football player from 1975 to 1987. NFL's all-time leading rusher. Voted NFL Player of the Century.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 26-07-2014

Helen Mirren

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Kevin Spacey

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Kate Beckinsale

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Stanley Kubrick

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Sandra Bullock

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Jason Statham

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 26th:

George Bernard Shaw - Writer, best known for the original play "Pygmalion" which was made into the movie musical "My Fair Lady". Nobel Prize for Literature 1925. Only person to receive a Nobel Prize and an Oscar (Pygmalion (1938)).

Blake Edwards - Writer, Producer, Director, best known for "The Pink Panther", "The Great Race", "S.O.B.", "Victor Victoria", and much more.

Gracie Allen - Actress, best known as the scatterbrained half of the comedy team of Burns & Allen with her husband George Burns.

Jason Robards - Actor, best known for "All the President's Men", "Julia", and "Melvin and Howard"

Vivian Vance - Actress, best known as Lucy's best friend, Ethel Mertz in the TV show "I Love Lucy"

James Best - Actor, best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard"

Jeremy Piven - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Entourage" and "Ellen"

Nana Visitor - Actress, best known as Major Kira on the TV show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"

Mick Jagger - Singer, songwriter, Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Rolling Stones (1989).

Roger Taylor - Musician, Drummer for the rock group Queen. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a member of Queen).

Dorothy Hamill - World Champion Figure Skater, Won a gold medal in women's figure skating in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1991. Inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991. Inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.

[gbgoodies]

Born on July 27th:

Norman Lear - Writer, Producer, best known for the TV shows "All in the Family", "Maude", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "One Day at a Time", "The Jeffersons" and more.

Gary Kurtz - Producer, best known for "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back".

Bryan Fuller - Writer, Producer, best known for the TV shows "Star Trek: Voyager", "Pushing Daisies", "Dead Like Me" and "Hannibal".

Ilya Salkind - Producer, best known for "Superman the Movie".

Keenan Wynn - Actor, best known for "Dr. Strangelove", "The Great Race", and much more.

Jerry Van Dyke - Actor, best known for the TV shows "My Mother the Car", "Coach" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

John Pleshette - Actor, best known as Richard Avery on the TV show "Knots Landing".

Julian McMahon - Actor, best known as Dr. Doom in "Fantastic Four", and for the TV show "Nip/Tuck".

Maya Rudolph - Actress, best known for "Grown Ups", "Bridesmaids", and the TV show "Saturday Night Live".

Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Actor, best known for the mini-series "Elvis", the TV show "The Tudors" and the short-lived TV show "Dracula".

Seamus Dever - Actor, best known as Detective Kevin Ryan on the TV show "Castle".

John Putch - Actor, Director, best known as Bob Morton on the TV show "One Day at a Time", and for the movies "Mojave Phone Booth" and "Route 30". He is the son of actress, Jean Stapleton, and late producer/director, William Putch.

Maureen McGovern - Singer, best known for her #1 hit song "The Morning After" from the movie "The Poseidon Adventure".

Bobbie Gentry - Country singer, songwriter, best known for the song "Ode to Billy Joe", which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Peggy Fleming - Professional figure skater. Five-time U.S. National champ. Won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating in 1968. Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member).

Leo Durocher - Former professional baseball player and manager, best known for the saying "Nice guys finish last". Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1994.

Alex Rodríguez - Major League Baseball player, 14-time All Star. Agreed to a 10 year $275 million contract with the New York Yankees. (November 2007). Became highest paid player in baseball history.

[gbgoodies]

Two of my personal favorites who were also born on July 27th:

Bill Engvall - Comedian, Actor, best known for his catchphrase: "Here's Your Sign", and for the TV show "The Jeff Foxworthy Show". He is a member of the "Blue Collar Comedy Group".

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



Christopher Dean - Professional Ice Dancer. Won an Olympic Gold Medal with skating partner Jayne Torvill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. They subsequently became the highest scoring ice dancers in the competition, scoring 9 6.0s for artistic impression for their skate to Ravel's Bolero, a score never seen before or since.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zbbN4OL98

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 28-07-2014

Alexis Arquette

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Elizabeth Berkley

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Lori Loughlin

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Peter Cullen

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Sally Struthers

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[jiraffejustin]

Richard Wright - Played the keys for Pink Floyd

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Gerald Casale - Co-wrote Whip It. Did vocals and bass for Devo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo

Manu Ginobili - Depending on who you are rooting for, he is your most/least favorite player in the NBA. He is one of the most exciting players of all-time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5AvZQzj7CA

[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 28th:

Jim Davis - Writer, best known for "Garfield".

Beatrix Potter - Writer, best known for "The Tale of Peter Rabbit".

Georgia Engel - Actress, best known as Georgette on the TV show "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

Jacqueline Kennedy - Widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She was sitting next to him in the open-air limousine on November 22, 1963, when JFK was assassinated. Mother of John Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy.

Rudy Vallee - Singer, As a singing bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s, he introduced many songs that would ultimately become pop standards, among them "Goodnight, Sweetheart," "The Maine Stein Song," "As Time Goes By," "Would You Like to Take a Walk?," "Betty Co-Ed" and his two theme songs, "Heigh-Ho, Everybody" and "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover."

[Citizen Rules]

Rudy Valle also stared in many films in the 40s and 50s. Some are classics.

Gold Diggers in Paris 1938

The Palm Beach Story 1942

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947

I Remember Mama 1948

(The last 3 films should be considered for one's 40s top 25 list.):)

[gbgoodies]

Rudy Valle also stared in many films in the 40s and 50s. Some are classics.

Gold Diggers in Paris 1938

The Palm Beach Story 1942

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947

I Remember Mama 1948

(The last 3 films should be considered for one's 40s top 25 list.):)


Good point. I usually think of him as a singer, but I should have mentioned his acting as well.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 29-07-2014

Wil Wheaton

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Josh Radnor

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Stephen Dorff

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Clara Bow

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Rachel Miner

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 29th:

Ken Burns - Producer, Director, best known for the mini-series "The Civil War" and "Baseball".

David Warner - Actor, best known for "Time After Time", "TRON", "Time Bandits", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", and much more.

William Powell - Actor, best known for "The Thin Man"

Timothy Omundson - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Judging Amy" and "Psych".

Allison Mack - Actress, best known as Chloe on the TV show "Smallville".

Robert Fuller - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Laramie", "Wagon Train" and "Emergency!".

Dean Haglund - Actor, best known as Richard 'Ringo' Langly on the TV shows "The X Files" and "The Lone Gunmen".

Rodney Allen Rippy - Former Child Actor, Best known as the kid in the "Jack In The Box" commercials in the early 1970's.

Martina McBride - Country music singer, Inducted as the 77th member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1995 by her idol, Loretta Lynn. Named CMA female vocalist of the year on September 22, 1999.

Peter Jennings - News anchorman, The only national news anchor to host specials for and with children on a regular basis.

Elizabeth Short - (AKA The Black Dahlia) - She was last seen alive January 9, 1947, when she went to meet her sister at The Regal Biltmore Hotel (506 South Grand Avenue) in Los Angeles. Her body was found at 3925 South Norton Avenue, roughly three miles from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Her infamous murder has been the subject of intense and sometimes bizarre speculation and theorizing. At least six authors claim to have solved the murder, each offering a different solution. Two separate and unrelated people have published sensationalistic books claiming that their fathers committed the crime. Another author suggested filmmaker Orson Welles as the killer. Author and screenwriter Donald H. Wolf has written yet another book on the case, to be published in 2005, promising to implicate an as-yet-unnamed "Hollywood mogul" in the crime.

Elizabeth Dole - U.S. Senator from North Carolina (2003- ). She was U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 and U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990. She was president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 2000.

Benito Mussolini - Fascist dictator of Italy, 1922-1943. Became the youngest Premier in the history of Italy (31 October 1922). His Fascist state would provide a model for Adolf Hitler's later economic and political policies.

Vida Blue - Former Major Leage Baseball player, Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics (1969-1977), San Francisco Giants (1978-1981 and 1985-1986) and Kansas City Royals (1982-1983). Named to 3 American League All Star Teams (1971, 1975 and 1977) and 3 National League All Star Teams (1978 and 1980-1981). He Won 1971 American League Cy Young and MVP Awards for leading League in ERA (1.82), WHIP (.952), Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched (6.03), Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched (8.68), Shutouts (8) and having 24-8 Win-Loss record, 39 Games, 39 Games Started, 24 Complete Games, 312 Innings Pitched, 209 Hits Allowed, 73 Runs Allowed, 63 Earned Runs Allowed, 19 Home Runs Allowed, 88 Walks Allowed, 301 Strikeouts and 10 Wild Pitches.

[Citizen Rules]

Good Job, LiaBens and GBgoodies!

I like this thread.

Clara Bow is the reason I'm here. If it hadn't been for a chance viewing of Wings back in the early 80s I wouldn't be interested in classic films. I've watched most of her silent films, sadly some are lost.:(

Almost any documentary I've seen by Ken Burns has been amazing, I've seen many of them too.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 30-07-2014

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Yvonne Strahovski

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Joey King

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Christopher Nolan

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Terry Crews

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[gbgoodies]

Also born on July 30th:

Peter Bogdanovich - Director, "The Last Picture Show". "Paper Moon" and "Noises Off..."

Richard Linklater - Director, "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight".

Sid Krofft - Producer, Writer, Brother of producer Marty Krofft.. The Krofft brothers are best known for "H.R. Pufnstuf", "The Bugaloos", "Lidsville", "Land of the Lost" and "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters".

Emily Brontë - Author, best known for the book "Wuthering Heights".

Edd "Kookie" Byrnes - Actor, best known as Kookie on the TV show "77 Sunset Strip".

Lisa Kudrow - Actress, best known as Phoebe on the TV show "Friends".

Hilary Swank - Actress, best known for "The Next Karate Kid" and "Million Dollar Baby".

Laurence Fishburne - Actor, best known for "The Matrix".

Simon Baker - Actor, best known as Thomas Jane on the TV show "The Mentalist".

William Atherton - Actor, best known for "Ghostbusters ", "Real Genius" and "Die Hard".

Delta Burke - Actress, best known as Suzanne Sugarbaker on the TV show "Designing Women".

Philip Quast - Actor, best known as Javert in "Les Misérables in Concert". He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Actor in a Musical for Sunday in the Park with George. He was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of 1997 for his performance in The Fix. He was awarded the 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of 2001 for his performance in South Pacific at the Royal National Theatre: Olivier.

Paul Anka - Actor, Singer and Songwriter. To date, Paul has recorded 125 albums--including songs in Japanese, German, Spanish, French, and Italian--and sold more than 15 million worldwide. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1993.

Frank Stallone - Actor, Singer and Musician, Brother of Sylvester Stallone.

Kate Bush - Singer, She designed and invented a wireless microphone headset developed to enable her to sing and perform her complicated dancing at the same time. Winner of the 1987 British Phonographic Industry Award for British Female Solo Artist.

Casey Stengel - Former Major League Baseball player and manager. Best known for his unique way of expressing himself which was dubbed "Stengelese" by sportswriters. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. His uniform number was 37 retired by both the Yankees and Mets.

Bud Selig - Commissioner of Baseball, 9 July 1998 - present (acting commissioner, 9 September 1992 - 8 July 1998).

Clint Hurdle - Former Major League Baseball player. Outfielder with the American League's Kansas City Royals (1977-1981); and the National League's Cincinnati Reds (1982), New York Mets (1983, 1985, 1987), and St Louis Cardinals (1986). He was the 1st round pick (9th overall) at the age of 17. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1978 Rookie All-Star Team.

Chris Mullin - Basketball player, Two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's basketball, in 1984 in L.A. and 1992 in Barcelona (as part of the celebrated original Dream Team). Teammate on the 1984 and 1992 Olympic basketball team was Michael Jordan. One of only three players to win an Olympic gold medal for USA Basketball as both a collegian (1984) and a professional player (1992). Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing are the others. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

[Citizen Rules]

Today's date was a good day for Muscle Men. I should've been born on today's date:(

Peter Bogdanovich, not only one of the great directors. But the best film commentator I've ever heard.
If you get a chance to listen to a movies DVD extra, movie commentary by Bogdanovich, do it!

[gbgoodies]

Today's date was a good day for Muscle Men. I should've been born on today's date:(

Peter Bogdanovich, not only one of the great directors. But the best film commentator I've ever heard.
If you get a chance to listen to a movies DVD extra, movie commentary by Bogdanovich, do it!


It was a pretty good day for TV too. I love the old Saturday morning Krofft shows, and "Friends" and "The Mentalist" are two of my favorite shows. :)

[Citizen Rules]

I liked those Saturday morning Kroft shows too, especially Land of the Lost.

Speaking ofH.R. Pufnstuf (which I use to watch)...did you know that Penny Marshall auditioned for the role of Witchiepoo?

StagBillie Hayes

[gbgoodies]

I liked those Saturday morning Kroft shows too, especially Land of the Lost.

Speaking ofH.R. Pufnstuf (which I use to watch)...did you know that Penny Marshall auditioned for the role of Witchiepoo?

StagBillie Hayes


No, I didn't know that about Penny Marshall. She might have done a good job as Witchiepoo, but I thought Billie Hayes was great in that role. I loved Jack Wild on that show too. There was something special about him

"H.R. Pufnstuf" was a strange show, but it was a lot of fun. I still watch it every week. It's on one of the cable channels every Saturday morning at something like 6 AM. (I have my DVR set to automatically record it every week, so I don't remember the exact time or channel.)

[Citizen Rules]

You're just a kid at heart!:)

I also use to like "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". The Krofts made some strange but fun shows. I never seen Lidsville. I remember Jack Wild he made the show interesting, him and his magic flute (Jimmy?)

I read that about Penny Marshal a week ago when I was reading random interviews done with her. She said she didn't think she was right for the part and really didn't want it. I guess only her and another actresses showed up for Witchiepoo (who was a great character).

[gbgoodies]

You're just a kid at heart!:)

I also use to like "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". The Krofts made some strange but fun shows. I never seen Lidsville. I remember Jack Wild he made the show interesting, him and his magic flute (Jimmy?)

I read that about Penny Marshal a week ago when I was reading random interviews done with her. She said she didn't think she was right for the part and really didn't want it. I guess only her and another actresses showed up for Witchiepoo (who was a great character).


I love "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". I even have the series on DVD. I've seen a few episodes of "Lidsville", but IMO it's not as good as some of the other Krofft shows. (And the magic flute's name was Freddi. Jimmy was Jack Wild's character's name.)

I met a bunch of the Krofft actors a few years ago when I worked at a special Retro TV themed convention. Many of the actors stayed for a special after-party. I spent most of the night talking to Johnny Whitaker and Jack Wild. It was only about a year or two before Jack Wild died. Both Sid and Marty Krofft were supposed to be there, but only Marty showed up because Sid was sick and couldn't make it. I have a bunch of autographed dolls of H.R. Pufnstuf and Sigmund from that day in my collection.

Butch Patrick (from "Lidsville") was there too, but I had already met him before. He's done a bunch of cons because he also played Eddie Munster.

[Citizen Rules]

Wow! GB, that's way cool and it sounds like you had a great time too.

I just read that Jack Wild passed at 53, too young! Have you seen Oliver! (1968) Jack played The Artful Dodger. I might have seen it but as it's a musical Dickens I should watch it again. Sounds like a fun movie.

[gbgoodies]

Wow! GB, that's way cool and it sounds like you had a great time too.

I just read that Jack Wild passed at 53, too young! Have you seen Oliver! (1968) Jack played The Artful Dodger. I might have seen it but as it's a musical Dickens I should watch it again. Sounds like a fun movie.


Yeah, that con meet and greet was one of my favorites. (I think the only meet and greet that was better was the one with Stan Lee and Henry Winkler.) Jack Wild was such a nice guy, but he was so thin that he looked sick when I met him. (But he didn't seem to be sick at all.)

I love "Oliver!". It's one of my favorite musicals. I even have a bunch of the songs on my mp3 player. Jack Wild is fantastic as the Artful Dodger. IMO he steals the movie.

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GB, now I'm really impressed:), you actually meet somebody who dated Cindy Williams, that's way cool in my book!

I know who Stan Lee is and for the comic fan that would be a thrill to meet him too. I'm going to have to get Oliver! I have such a huge list of 'too watch' movies from this site that I don't think I ever will get to leave the house.;)

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GB, now I'm really impressed:), you actually meet somebody who dated Cindy Williams, that's way cool in my book!

I know who Stan Lee is and for the comic fan that would be a thrill to meet him too. I'm going to have to get Oliver! I have such a huge list of 'too watch' movies from this site that I don't think I ever will get to leave the house.;)


I know the feeling about the huge list of "to watch" movies. I have a long list of movies to watch for the Movie Tournament that I already joined, plus the movies that made the 70s list that I've never heard of that sound interesting, and now I have a whole bunch of movies to watch for the upcoming 60s list, plus some that I want to rewatch before submitting a list.

And on top of that, there's a Top TV Shows list that I'm working on for the TV section here too. No wonder I'm so tired all the time. My eyes never get a chance to rest. :skeptical:

[Citizen Rules]

Ha! Catch you latter, have a good evening.:)

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Ha! Catch you latter, have a good evening.:)

Good night

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Actor/Actress Born Today 31-07-2014

Richard Griffiths

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Wesley Snipes

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Ben Chaplin

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Charlie Carver

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B.J. Novak

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Also born July 31st:

J.K. Rowling - Writer, best known for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

Stanley R. Jaffe - Producer, best known for "Kramer vs. Kramer", "The Bad News Bears" and "Fatal Attraction".

Bill Todman - Producer, best known for the game shows "The Price Is Right", "What's My Line?", "To Tell the Truth" and "The Match Game".

Ted Cassidy - Actor, best known as Lurch, the butler on the TV show "The Addams Family".

Michael Biehn - Actor, best known as Kyle Reese in "The Terminator".

Dean Cain - Actor, best known as Clark Kent / Superman in the TV show ""Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman".

Geoffrey Lewis - Character Actor. He is probably best known for his appearances in Clint Eastwood films, including "Bronco Billy", "High Plains Drifter" and "Every Which Way But Loose".

Barry Van Dyke - Actor, Son of legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke. He is best known as Steve Sloan on the TV show "Diagnosis Murder".

James Read - Actor, best known as George Hazard on the mini-series "North and South", and as Murphy Michaels on the TV show "Remington Steele".

Curt Gowdy - Sportscaster, Was the only play-by-play broadcaster to cover American Football League (AFL) games on both ABC & NBC during its 10-year existence. Sportscaster for the New York Yankees (1949-1951) and Boston Red Sox (1951-1966). "Game of the Week" announcer (1967-1976). Gowdy has broadcast 13 World Series and 16 All-Star Games. First individual sports figure to win a Peabody Award for outstanding Journalism. Won 7 Emmys for sports coverage and 6 Emmys for his TV program The American Sportsman (1965). Ranked #4 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time (January 2009).

Mark Cuban - Bought the Dallas Mavericks basketball team on January 14, 2000. He and Broadcast.com partner Todd Wagner are large stockholders in Lions Gate Entertainment which produces and distributes motion picture and television programming. Has been listed on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list since 2000 with an estimated net worth of 1.3 to 1.9 billion dollars.

Leon Durham - Former Major League Baseball player, first baseman (1980-1989) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1980 Rookie All-Star Team. Named to 1982 and 1983 National League All Star Teams. Member of 1984 National League Eastern Division Champion Chiucago Cubs team.

John Vukovich - Former Major League Baseball player, Infielder for Philadelphia Phillies (1970-1971; 76-77; 79-81), Milwaukee Brewers (1973-1974), and Cincinnati Reds (1975). Member of 1975 World Series Champion Cincinnati Reds team. Member of 1976-1977 National League Eastern Division Champion Philadelphia Phillies teams. Member of 1980 World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies team.

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B.J. Novak

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Happy birthday Ryan.

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Quote: Bill Todman - Producer, best known for the game shows "The Price Is Right", "What's My Line?", "To Tell the Truth" and "The Match Game".

Some great game shows there! One of the 'good things' about having a bad cold and staying home from grade school was laying on the coach all day watching game shows that otherwise I would have never seen.

I never was good at The Price is Right, I mean what does a kid now about the price of groceries anyway???
The Match Game was a hoot, there was always a bit of adult naughtiness in the questions and answers and they great B list celebrities too!

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Quote: Bill Todman - Producer, best known for the game shows "The Price Is Right", "What's My Line?", "To Tell the Truth" and "The Match Game".

Some great game shows there! One of the 'good things' about having a bad cold and staying home from grade school was laying on the coach all day watching game shows that otherwise I would have never seen.

I never was good at The Price is Right, I mean what does a kid now about the price of groceries anyway???
The Match Game was a hoot, there was always a bit of adult naughtiness in the questions and answers and they great B list celebrities too!



I used to love watching game shows, but I stopped watching them when the Game Show Network started doing so much annoying talking during the commercial breaks. It just ruined the fun of the game shows for me. (Now I watch court shows during the day.)

My problem with "The Price is Right" was that the prices on the west coast (where the show was filmed) was never the same as the prices here on the east coast, so I always got the prices wrong. :(

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I looked it up and there's a new Match Game?
I liked the old one with Gene Rayburn. ----Oh look, Richard Dawson is 'embellishing' the facts.....again;)

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Back in the 70s, they tried changing the name of the show every year. I remember "Match Game '73", and then "Match Game '74". I'm not sure how long it lasted before they stopped renaming the show every year.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 1-08-2014

Jason Momoa

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David Wain

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Max Carver

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Demian Bichir

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Sam Mendes

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Also born on August 1st:

Francis Scott Key - He wrote the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry" which was subsequently set to the melody of composer John Stafford Smith's composition "To Anacreon in Heaven" and has gone on to be internationally known as "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the American anthem by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and further confirmed as such by a Congressional resolution signed by President Herbert Hoover in 1931. Moreover, the stanza "In God is Our Trust" was adopted as the national motto by law in 1956. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. The US Navy named a submarine the USS Francis Scott Key in his honor.

Herman Melville - Writer, best known for "Moby Dick". Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 1 August 1984.

Tom Wilson - Writer, Creator of the single-panel newspaper comic "Ziggy".

Michael Stewart - Writer, best known for "Hello, Dolly!" and "Bye Bye Birdie". Won four Tony Awards: two in 1961 for "Bye, Bye Birdie" as Best Author (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical winner; and in 1964 for "Hello, Dolly!," as Best Author (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical winner. He was also nominated on eight other occasions: in 1962, with Helen Deutsch, as Best Author (Musical) and for the book as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Carnival;" in 1975, as Best Book (Musical) for "Mack and Mabel;" in 1977, as Best Book (Musical) and Best Score (lyrics) with Cy Coleman's music for "I Love My Wife;" in 1980, as Best Score (lyrics) with Cy Coleman's music, for "Barnum;" in 1981, as Best Book (Musical) with Mark Bramble for a revival of "42nd Street;" and in 1985, as Best Book (Musical) for "Harrigan 'n' Hart."

J. Lee Thompson - Director, best known for "The Guns of Navarone", "Mackenna's Gold", "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" and "10 to Midnight".

Jack Shea - Director, best known for the TV shows "Sanford and Son", "The Jeffersons", "Silver Spoons" and "Designing Women". President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) from 1997-2002.

Martin Melcher - Producer, best known for "Pillow Talk", "Lover Come Back", "That Touch of Mink", "The Thrill of It All", "Send Me No Flowers" and "With Six You Get Eggroll".

Henry Jones - Actor, best known for "Vertigo", "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", "3:10 to Yuma", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and as Judge Jonathan Dexter on the TV show "Phyllis". He won Broadway's 1958 Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Sunrise at Campobello."

Dom DeLuise - Comedian, Actor, best known for "Blazing Saddles", "Silent Movie", "Fatso", "Smokey and the Bandit II" and "The Cannonball Run".

Arthur Hill - Actor, best known for "The Andromeda Strain" and the TV show "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law".

Terry Kiser - Actor, " best known as Bernie in "Weekend at Bernie's".

Yves Saint-Laurent - French fashion designer who is regarded as one of the greatest names in fashion history.

Jerry Garcia - Singer, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter for The Grateful Dead. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Grateful Dead). In the US, there is a Ben & Jerry's brand of ice cream called "Cherry Garcia".

Joe Elliott - Lead singer of the rock band Def Leppard. Original member of Def Leppard since inception (1977).

Coolio - Rap artist, Singer

Alfonse D'amato - Former U.S. Senator (R-New York) (1991 - 1999).

Jill Trenary - Professinal Figure Skater. 1990 Ladies World Figure Skating champion. Three time U.S. Nationals Ladies Figure Skating champion. Married to Christopher Dean of Olympic skating team Torvill and Dean.

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Actor/Actress Born Today 02-08-2014

Mary-Louise Parker

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Peter O'Toole

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Edward Furlong

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Jacinda Barrett

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Myrna Loy

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Nice Pics LiaBens:)

I actually recognize two of these people (I'm not real up on current actors). Peter O'Toole of course.....and Myrna Loy, (who I've seen in a lot of films). She started in the silent movie era. She was in a hilarious film with Cary Grant called, Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948)

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I'm sorry this is so late, but a car hit an electrical pole near here, and took out the power grid in this whole area. I've had no power all day long. :frustrated:

Also born on August 2nd:

Jack L. Warner - Producer. He founded Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. in 1923 with his brothers Harry M. Warner, Albert Warner, and Sam Warner. Best known for "The Jazz Singer", "Casablanca", "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "To Have and Have Not", "Christmas in Connecticut", "The Big Sleep", "A Star Is Born", "My Fair Lady", "Camelot" and "1776". One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Kevin Smith - Producer, Director, Writer, Actor. Best known for "Clerks", "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy", "Dogma", "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "Jersey Girl".

Wes Craven - Writer, Producer. Best known for "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Hills Have Eyes" and "The People Under the Stairs".

Simon Kinberg - Producer, Writer. Best known for "X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "Elysium".

Bill Scott - Prodicer, Writer, Actor. Best known for "The Bullwinkle Show", "Rocky and His Friends" and "The Dudley Do-Right Show".

Charles Bennett - Writer, Director. Best known for "The 39 Steps", "Sabotage", "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much".

Andrew Gold - Composer. His 1978 hit single, "Thank You For Being a Friend", was later used as the theme for the TV show "The Golden Girls".

Bill Roberts - Director, best known for "Dumbo", "Bambi", "Pinocchio", "Fantasia", "The Three Caballeros" and "Saludos Amigos".

Carroll O'Connor - Actor, best known as Archie Bunker in the TV show "All in the Family", and as Chief Gillespie in the TV show "In the Heat of the Night".

Gary Merrill - Actor, best known for "All About Eve", "Witness to Murder" and the TV show "Young Dr. Kildare".

Nehemiah Persoff - Actor, best known for "The Harder They Fall", "The Wrong Man" and "Some Like It Hot".

Joanna Cassidy - Actress, best known for "Blade Runner", "Under Fire" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

Sam Worthington - Actor, best known for "Avatar", "Terminator Salvation", "Clash of the Titans" and "Man on a Ledge".

Butch Patrick - Actor, best known as Eddie Munster in the TV show "The Munsters", and for the Saturday Morning Krofft TV show "Lidsville".

Hallie Kate Eisenberg - Actress, best known for "Paulie", "Bicentennial Man" and as "the Pepsi Girl" in a series of Pepsi commercials in the early 2000s.

Hank Cochran - Country music singer, songwriter. He was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame in 1974.

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Nice list GB.

If it wasn't for Jack Warner, the movie industry would have been vastly different. The Warner Bros were knowing for doing 'from the headlines' top movies, sort of a 1930s version of the reality show. Oh and Bugs Bunny's home is Warner.:)


Gary Merrill is also known as Mr Davis...as in the husband of Bette Davis. Which could not be an easy gig.;)

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Nice list GB.

If it wasn't for Jack Warner, the movie industry would have been vastly different. The Warner Bros were knowing for doing 'from the headlines' top movies, sort of a 1930s version of the reality show. Oh and Bugs Bunny's home is Warner.:)


Gary Merrill is also known as Mr Davis...as in the husband of Bette Davis. Which could not be an easy gig.;)


Yeah, I was surprised when I saw some of the people who IMDB did not have listed on their home page. Some of these people deserved "top billing" over those who were on their main page. (The people in LiaBens' list.)

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Born on August 3rd:

John Thomas Scopes - A teacher in Tennessee, who, taught a theory of evolution and he fell foul of the state's education laws. His subsequent trial ("The Scopes Monkey Trial") was the inspiration for the play and the film "Inherit the Wind" (1960).

John Landis - Director, best known for "Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "An American Werewolf in London", "Trading Places", "Twilight Zone: The Movie" and "Michael Jackson's Thriller".

Tony Bennett - Singer, Best known for hit ballads like "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (a come back hit released in 1962), and "Rags to Riches" (released in 1954). Received the Pied Piper lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in May 2002. Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1560 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. He was inducted into the 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Arts and Entertainment Industry. When 85-year-old Bennett's album "Duets II" topped the Billboard 200 chart (Sep. 2011), he became the oldest living artist in history to capture the peak position.

Martin Sheen - Actor, best known for "Apocalypse Now", "The Final Countdown", and as President Bartlet on the TV show "The West Wing".

Jean Hagen - Actress, best known as Lina Lamont in "Singin' in the Rain". Also known for "The Asphalt Jungle", "Adam's Rib", and as Danny Thomas' first wife, Margaret Williams, on the TV show "Make Room for Daddy".

Martha Stewart - Producer, best known for the TV show "Martha Stewart Living".

Richard Adler - Songwriter, Composer. His best known songs include "Hernando's Hideaway", "Steam Heat" and "You've Gotta Have Heart". With his collaborator Jerry Ross, won four Tony Awards, two in 1955 for "The Pajama Game" and two in 1956 for "Damn Yankees!," each year as Best Composer and Lyricist and as music and lyrics for the Best Musical winner. He was also Tony-nominated in 1962 as Best Composer for "Kwamina." Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984. He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for "Damn Yankees!", for Outstanding Musical Production of the 1997 season.

James Komack - Producer, Actor. Best known for the TV shows "Mister Roberts", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "Chico and the Man" and "Welcome Back, Kotter".

Tom Whedon - Writer, best known for the TV shows "Captain Kangaroo", "The Electric Company", "Alice" and "It's a Living". Father of Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon and Jed Whedon.

Ray Bloch - Composer, songwriter, conductor, pianist, author and arranger. Best known as the musical director on the TV show "The Honeymooners", as the bandleader on the TV show "The Jackie Gleason Show", and as the composer of the theme music for the TV show "Science Fiction Theatre".

Evangeline Lilly - Actress, best known as Kate Austen on the TV show "Lost".

Michael Ealy - Actor, best known as Dorian on the TV show "Almost Human".

John C. McGinley - Actor, best knwon as Dr. Perry Cox on the TV show "Scrubs".

Jay North - Actor, best known as Dennis Mitchell on the TV show "Dennis the Menace".

Johnny Graham - Performer and composer. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (as a member of Earth Wind & Fire). Earth, Wind, & Fire were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Tom Brady - NFL quarterback. In 2004, he led the New England Patriots to the their second NFL championship in three years with a 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time. In the first two Super Bowls he has played in, Brady was named the Super Bowl MVP, becoming one of only four players in NFL history to win this award more than once. In the course of leading the 2007 Patriots to the first 16-0 regular season finish in NFL history, he set a new NFL record for touchdown passes with 50, breaking the old record of 49 set by Peyton Manning three seasons earlier. He then proceeded to lead the Patriots into Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants. Named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2007. Named the 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player; received 49 of 50 votes cast, with one vote going to Brett Favre. He was the winner of the Associated Press 2010 NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, by unanimous vote. This was the first unanimous vote for this award since the AP began using a nationwide panel of media members. He was awarded the NFL's first unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player after the 2010 season.

Troy Glaus - Leaugue Baseball player. Batted .385 with 3 Home Runs and 8 Runs Batted In in the 2002 World Series against the Giants. Glaus recorded six extra-base hits in the World Series, pacing Barry Bonds. Won the 2002 World Series MVP.

Sid Bream - Former Major Leaugue Baseball player. Member of 1983 and 1985 National League Western Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers teams. Member of 1990 National League Eastern Division Champion Pittsburgh Pirates team. Member of 1991 and 1992 National League Champion Atlanta Braves teams. Member of 1993 National League Western Division Champion Atlanta Braves team.

Kevin Elster - Former Major Leaugue Baseball player. He has a World Series ring with the New York Mets (1986). In the 1988-89 seasons, Elster set the major league record for consecutive games without an error for a shortstop at 88 games.

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 4-08-2014

Billy Bob Thornton

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Meghan Markle

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Abigail Spencer

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Greta Gerwig

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Richard Belzer

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Also born on August 4th:

Barack Obama - 44th President of the United States of America

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She was queen consort of the United Kingdom from her husband's accession in 1936 until his death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, another Queen Elizabeth.

Meg Whitman - Former CEO of eBay.

Louis Armstrong - Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1978 (charter member). Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 (under the category Early Influence). Pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of American Music series, issued 1 September 1995. Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Long Island Hall of Fame in 2008.

Jeff Gordon - NASCAR Driver

Kurt Busch - NASCAR Driver

Cleon Jones - Former MLB Outfielder for the New York Mets. He caught the ball for the last out of the 1969 World Series.

Roger Clemens - Former MLB Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

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Louie Armstrong has 31 acting credits and has appeared in some great films. I've seen him in:

1969 Hello, Dolly!
1956 High Society
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1948 A Song Is Born
1943 Cabin in the Sky
1937 Artists & Models

[LiaBens]

Actor/Actress Born Today 5-08-2014

John Huston

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Jesse Williams

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Mark Strong

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Olivia Holt

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James Gunn

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Also born on August 5th:

Neil Armstrong - Astronaut. On July 20, 1969, at 10:56 pm EDT, he stepped down from the Lunar Excursion Module Eagle and became the first man to set foot on the moon. On Apollo 11 in 1969, with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, became the first men to land on the moon. Astronauts Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted a plaque on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. It reads: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.". Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California on January 14, 1993. Known for the famous quote, (the first words spoken on the moon), "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." (The speech as written by his wife read "That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind." Unfortunately, he forgot the "a" in between "for" and "man", thus changing the meaning.)

Reginald Owen - Actor, best known for "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks".

John Saxon - Character actor, mostly known for many supporting roles in movies and on TV.

Selma Diamond - Actress, best known as the court bailiff on the TV show "Night Court".

Loni Anderson - Actress, best known as Jennifer Marlowe on the TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati".

Maureen McCormick - Actress, best known as Marcia Brady on the TV show "The Brady Bunch".

Jonathan Silverman - Actor, best known for "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs".

Patrick Ewing - Professional NBA basketball player. He played center for the New York Knicks for 15 seasons and was named one of the 50 greatest players in 1996. Two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's basketball, in 1984 in L.A. and 1992 in Barcelona (as part of the celebrated original Dream Team). He was the first ever "lottery pick" in the NBA draft. The New York Knicks won the rights to the first pick (which became Ewing) in the 1986 NBA Draft by means of a "ping-pong ball" lottery involving the teams that had failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs the previous season. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 (first year eligible).

Herb Brooks - Former professional hockey player, coach. Played on the U.S. Olympic Hockey teams in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. Coach of the U.S. Hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005.

John Olerud - Former MLB baseball player. All-American at both 1st base and pitcher, and Baseball America College Player of the Year (1988). Toronto Blue Jays All-Time On-Base Percentage Leader (.395). One of only 91 players in Major League Baseball history who went directly to the majors without playing a game in the minors. Through 16 and a half seasons he's a career .295 with 249 home runs and 1203 RBIs.

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Several notable country music singers/musicians were also born on August 5th:

Vern Gosdin - Country music singer. His song "Chiseled in Stone" won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1989. In addition to "Chiseled in Stone", his other hit songs included "I Can Tell by the Way You Dance", "I'm Still Crazy", and "Set 'em Up, Joe".

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


Mark O'Connor - Country music musician. He plays the violin, guitar, and the mandolin (which he picked up on a lark in the early 80's, winning the World Mandolin Championship soon after). In 1990, he embarked on a solo career, and won numerous CMA Awards the following year for his "The New Nashville Cats" album. In 1992, he released "Heroes, " an album of duets with his violin-playing heroes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ICDIb9b4Kw


(Mark O'Connor playing the fiddle, Steve Wariner singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqF8EEffmRA


Sammi Smith - Country music singer. Her biggest hit was the million-selling definitive version of Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make it Through the Night" which earned her the Grammy for "Best Country Vocalist Performance - Female" and "Single of the Year" from the Country Music Association in 1971. The song was a number one country record in Billboard magazine and also made the pop top ten.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFomOCT71L4

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Good list guys!

Hey it's Marcia's Birthday...Marcia...Marcia...Marcia!

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Born on August 6th:

Lucille Ball - Actress, best known as Lucy Ricardo on the TV show "I Love Lucy". She was the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu Productions. She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6436 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award posthumously in 1990.

Vera Farmiga - Actress, best known as Norma Bates on the TV show "Bates Motel".

M. Night Shyamalan - Director, Writer, Producer. Best known for "The Sixth Sense", Unbreakable" and "Signs".

Andy Warhol - Artist. Pictured on a USA 37¢ commemorative postage stamp issued 9 August 2002.

Alfred Lord Tennyson - Writer, best known for the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade".

Michael Deeley - Producer, best known for "Blade Runner", "The Italian Job" and The Deer Hunter".

Robert Mitchum - Actor, best known for "The Night of the Hunter", "The Story of G.I. Joe", "Out of the Past", "Cape Fear", and much more.

Peter Bonerz - Actor, Director. Best known as Dr. Jerry Robinson on the TV show "The Bob Newhart Show".

Charles Crichton - Director, best known for "A Fish Called Wanda".

Michelle Yeoh - Actress, best known for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Tomorrow Never Dies".

Soleil Moon Frye - Actress, best known for the TV shows "Punky Brewster" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".

Catherine Hicks - Actress, best known for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", and the TV show "7th Heaven"..

Dorian Harewood - Actor, best known for "Full Metal Jacket", "Gothika" and "The Jesse Owens Story".

Moosie Drier - Actor, best known as Howie Borden, (Howard Borden's son), on the TV show "The Bob Newhart Show".

Jonbenet Ramsey - She was only six years old when she was murdered on the night of December 25th, 1996. Her murder remains unsolved. JonBenet held a number of child beauty contest titles, including (in alphabetical order) America's Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan, Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty.

Joran van der Sloot - Cconvicted murderer. He pleaded guilty in Peru to the murder and robbery of Stephany Flores, who was found murdered in his hotel room in Lima on May 30, 2010. Five years earlier, while living in Aruba, Van der Sloot had been the primary suspect in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005, exactly five years before Flores' murder. Van der Sloot was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States for wire fraud and extortion related to Holloway's whereabouts. Holloway's disappearance remains unsolved.

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Born on August 7th:

Stan Freberg - Composer, singer, actor, author, comedian and advertising executive. His popular-song compositions include "John and Marsha" (he did both voices), "St. George and the Dragonet" and "Little Blue Riding Hood". He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Garrison Keillor - Author, storyteller, performance artist, radio host and comedian. Best known for "A Prarie Home Companion". He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994.

Romeo Muller - Writer, best known for "Puff the Magic Dragon", "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Frosty the Snowman", "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and "Jack Frost".

Richard Levinson - Writer, Producer. Best known for the TV shows "Columbo", "Murder, She Wrote", "Ellery Queen" and "Mannix".

Nicholas Ray - Director, best known for "Rebel Without a Cause".

Robert Moore - Director, best known for "Murder by Death" and "The Cheap Detective".

Joseph M. Newman - Director, best known for "This Island Earth" and "Tarzan, the Ape Man".

Kermit Love - Costume designer. He helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch and other Sesame Street (1969) characters. He insisted that he was not the namesake of Kermit the Frog. He began making puppets in 1935 for a Works Progress Administration (WPA) theater. He also designed costumes for Orson Welles' Mercury Theater. He was also a designer for some of ballet's most prominent choreographers, including Twyla Tharp, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine. He also designed costumes and puppets for film and advertising, including the Snuggle bear from the fabric softener commercials.

Charlize Theron - Actress, best known for "Monster".

David Duchovny - Actor, best known for the TV shows "The X Files" and "Californication".

Michael Shannon - Actor, best known for "Man of Steel". and the TV show "Boardwalk Empire".

Wayne Knight - Actor, best known for "Jurassic Park", and for the TV shows "3rd Rock from the Sun" and "Seinfeld".

Maggie Wheeler - Actress, best known as Janice on the TV show "Friends".

John Glover - Actor, best known as Lionel Luthor on the TV show "Smallville".

David Rasche - Actor, best known for the TV show "Sledge Hammer!".

Billie Burke - Actress, best known as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in "The Wizard of Oz".

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer - Actor, best known as Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" comedies.

B.J. Thomas - Singer, best known for "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

Rodney Crowell - Country music singer, songwriter. Best known for the song "Making Memories of Us" which he wrote and recorded. It was written for his wife Claudia, and it was also recorded by Keith Urban - who released it as a single, which became a #1 hit.

Don Larsen - Former MLB Pitcher. Only pitcher in World Series history to throw a no-hitter. On 8 October 1956, Larsen pitched a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers; the New York Yankees won, 2-0. His perfect game in the 1956 World Series was the only no-hitter in the post season for more than fifty years. Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies later no-hit the Cincinnati Reds in the 2010 National League Division Series.

Edgar Renteria - MLB Shortstop. Had series-winning hit in the 1997 World Series.

James Van Allen - American physicist, whose discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts, two zones of radiation encircling Earth, brought about new understanding of cosmic radiation and its effects on Earth. In 1987, President Reagan presented Van Allen with the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement. In 1989, he received the Crafoord Prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm each year for scientific research in areas not recognized by the Nobel Prizes.

Jenny Craig - Weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia and began offering the program in the United States in 1985. The company became a part of Nestlé Nutrition in 2006.

Mata Hari (Born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) - The most infamous double agent in spy history. Debuted her exotic dance act as "Mata Hari" at the Musée Guimet (Paris) on 13 March 1905. She was an overnight sensation. Has been portrayed in films by Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Sylvia Kristel, and Jeanne Moreau. It has been estimated that her espionage activities caused the deaths of 50,000 Allied soldiers. The French arrested Margaretha on February 13 1917 and imprisoned her. She was convicted that summer of spying for an enemy nation and sentenced to death. On October 15 1917, Margaretha Geertruida Zelle faced the firing squad. She refused a blindfold and blew one last kiss to her killers. Mata Hari was killed by a bullet to the heart, and her body was donated to medical science.

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Born on August 8th:

Dustin Hoffman - Actor, best known for "The Graduate", "Midnight Cowboy", "Little Big Man", "Straw Dogs", "All the President's Men", "Marathon Man", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Tootsie", "Rain Man" and much more.

Keith Carradine - Actor, best known for "Nashville", "The Duellists", "Pretty Baby", "The Long Riders".

Esther Williams - Actress, best know for "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "Ziegfeld Follies", "Neptune's Daughter" and "Million Dollar Mermaid". MGM created a special subgenre for her known as "Aqua Musicals". Her movie career played a major role in the promotion of competitive and synchronized swimming, which she is credited with popularizing.

Donald P. Bellisario - Writer, Producer, Director. Best known for the TV shows "Battlestar Galactica", "Tales of the Gold Monkey", "Airwolf", "Magnum, P.I.", "Quantum Leap", "JAG" and "NCIS". Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, March 2nd 2004.

Dino De Laurentiis - Producer, best known for "Barbarella", "Serpico", "Three Days of the Condor", "King Kong" (1976), "The Brink's Job", "Flash Gordon", "Conan the Barbarian" and more.

William Asher - Director, Producer, Writer. Best known for "Beach Blanket Bingo", "Muscle Beach Party", "Bikini Beach", "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini", and the TV shows "Bewitched", "I Love Lucy" and "Alice".

Connie Stevens - Singer, Actress. Best known for the song "Sixteen Reasons" and the novelty song "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb, and for the TV show "Hawaiian Eye".

Sylvia Sidney - Actress, best known for "Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage ", "Fritz Lang's Fury", "You Only Live Once", "Dead End" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine".

Rory Calhoun - Actor, best known for "How to Marry a Millionaire", "With a Song in My Heart" and many western films.

Richard Anderson - Actor, best known as Oscar Goldman on the TV shows "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman".

Don Most - Actor, best known as Ralph Malph on the TV show "Happy Days".

Larry Wilcox - Actor, best known as Officer Jon Baker on the TV show "CHiPs".

Mel Tillis - Country music singer, songwriter. He is known for stuttering, which disappears when he sings. He has had nearly six dozen hits on Billboard magazine's country singles charts between 1958 and 1988. The Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year for 1976. He was awarded the 2011 American National Medal of the Arts for his services to music on February 13, 2012. He wrote the song "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", a hit for Kenny Rogers in 1968. The song was based on a couple who lived near his family home in Florida, who were having marital troubles. Tillis left out of the song the real-life ending: the husband murdered his wife and then killed himself.

Webb Pierce - Country music singer. Recorded his famous hit song, "In the Jailhouse Now" with legendary Nashville session guitarist Hank Garland. It was number 1 on the charts for 21 weeks in a row in 1955. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1600 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

Mark Wills - Country music singer. Best known for the songs "Wish You Were Here", "Jacob's Ladder", "Places I've Never Been", "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "She's in Love" and "Back at One". In 2003, Mark Wills' song "19 Something" was Number One for 7 weeks. It would probably have been there for 9 weeks, but was taken off the air by some stations after the space shuttle tragedy.

The Edge - Guitarist and keyboardist of the Irish rock group, U2.

Roger Federer - Professional tennis player. is the former #1 ranked tennis player in the world, having held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks. Has won 17 Grand Slam titles in the men's singles competition, making him the first man to win at least three separate Grand Slam tournaments four times. After surpassing Jimmy Connors, he holds the all-time record for most consecutive weeks as top-ranked male player (February 2007).

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GB good list as always!

There's an Esther Williams DVD collection. I watched it and was surprised at how natural she was as an actress, some fun movies too. Have you seen any of her movies? I bet you would enjoy them.

Sylvia Sidney, one of my favorite actresses! I'll never forget her performance in City Streets (1931).
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) is the first 3-strip technicolor film to be shot outdoors. Made 3 years before Wizard of Oz too.

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GB good list as always!

There's an Esther Williams DVD collection. I watched it and was surprised at how natural she was as an actress, some fun movies too. Have you seen any of her movies? I bet you would enjoy them.

Sylvia Sidney, one of my favorite actresses! I'll never forget her performance in City Streets (1931).
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) is the first 3-strip technicolor film to be shot outdoors. Made 3 years before Wizard of Oz too.


I've seen a couple of her movies, but not enough. I'll have to fix that when I have more time. (Right now, I'm busy working on movies from 1960 for that list, and I'm surprised at some of the hidden gems that I've found.)

My favorite on today's list is Donald Bellisario. "Quantum Leap" is one of my all-time favorite TV shows. I may even like it more than "Star Trek", (but you didn't hear that from me. :modest: )

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Ha:) what would Mr Spock say to that?

Ya know, I've never seen Quantum Leap. But then I don't have TV. A lot of people really like it so I'm sure it was a good show.

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Ha:) what would Mr Spock say to that?

Ya know, I've never seen Quantum Leap. But then I don't have TV. A lot of people really like it so I'm sure it was a good show.


Shh. Don't tell Mr. Spock. :bashful:

You should definitely watch "Quantum Leap". All five seasons are available on DVD, and they're well worth it. They changed some of the music on the season 2 DVDs due to copyright issues, but since you've never seen the episodes with original music, you probably won't notice.

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Oh great I just hit the back button and erased my post:mad:

I will request Quantum Leap but it won't be for awhile as I just requested Kung Fu and Third Rock From the Sun.

I just finished watching last season 8 of Laverne & Shirley:(
I like that show so much that I watched each season twice.
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Oh great I just hit the back button and erased my post:mad:

I will request Quantum Leap but it won't be for awhile as I just requested Kung Fu and Third Rock From the Sun.



I'm not a big fan of "Kung Fu", but hubby loves it.

"Third Rock From the Sun" is hysterical, especially the 1st season when everything is so new to them, and they're all still trying to figure everything out.

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Born on August 9th:

P.L. Travers - Writer, best known for "Mary Poppins" (based on: The "Mary Poppins" books by)

Daniel Keyes - Writer, best known for "Charly" (novel "Flowers for Algernon")

David Steinberg - Comedian, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor. Best known for "Paternity" and "The Wrong Guy", and the TV shows "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", "The David Steinberg Show", "Designing Women", "The Golden Girls", "Mad About You", "Weeds" and "Curb your Enthusiasm".

McG - Producer, Director. Best known for "Charlie's Angels", "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "We Are Marshall" and "Stolen", and the TV shows "Human Target", "Chuck", "Supernatural" and "Nikita".

Nicole Brown - Producer, best known for "This Is the End", "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist", "50/50", "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and "Last Vegas".

Robert Aldrich - Director, best known for "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", "4 for Texas", "The Flight of the Phoenix", "The Dirty Dozen", "The Longest Yard", "The Frisco Kid" and "...All the Marbles ".

Adam Nimoy - Director, best known for directing episodes of the TV shows "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "The Outer Limits", "Babylon 5", "Sliders" and "The Huntress". Son of Leonard Nimoy.

Robert Shaw - Actor, best known for "From Russia with Love", "The Sting", "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", "Jaws" and "Force 10 from Navarone".

Sam Elliott - Actor, best known for "The Sacketts", "The Shadow Riders", "The Quick and the Dead", "Road House", "Tombstone", "The Big Lebowski", "Hulk", "Ghost Rider" and "Up in the Air".

Melanie Griffith - Actress, best known for "Body Double", "Working Girl", "Something Wild", "Paradise" and "Mulholland Falls". Daughter of Tippi Hedren.

Anna Kendrick - Actress, best known for "Up in the Air", "Twilight" and "Pitch Perfect".

Rhona Mitra - Actress, best known for "Sweet Home Alabama", "Stuck on You", "Shooter", and the TV shows "Gideon's Crossing", "The Practice", "Boston Legal" and "The Last Ship".

Gillian Anderson - Actress, best known as Agent Dana Scully on the TV show "The X Files".

Eric Bana - Actor, best known for "Hulk", "Munich", "Star Trek" and "The Time Traveler's Wife".

Ashley Johnson - Actress, best known as Chrissy Seaver on the TV show "Growing Pains", and for voice roles on the TV shows "Recess" and "Ben 10".

Amanda Bearse - Actress, best known as Marcy D'Arcy on the TV show "Married with Children".

Tommie Agee - Professional MLB player. American League Rookie of the Year in 1966. Hit a tremendous home run into the upper deck in left field at Shea Stadium on April 10, 1969, the only player ever to do so. Played a key role during the Mets' miracle year of 1969. Made two spectacular catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series, preserving a 5-0 Met victory and robbing the Baltimore Orioles of up to five runs.

Deion Sanders - Professional MLB and NFL player. Only man to play in both a World Series and Super Bowl. First man to hit a Major League home run, and score an NFL touchdown in the same week. He first accomplished this feat as a rookie in 1989, with the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Falcons. Only man to play in an NFL football game and in a Major League Baseball game on the same day. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

Whitney Houston - Singer. Her debut album, 'Whitney Houston', was released in 1985 and became the biggest-selling album by a debut artist. Several hit singles, including 'Saving All My Love For You', 'How Will I Know', 'You Give Good Love', and 'The Greatest Love of All', were released from the album, setting her up for a Beatles-beating seven consecutive US number ones. The album itself sold 3 million copies in its first year in the US and went on to sell 25 million worldwide, winning her the first of her six Grammies. Multi-Grammy award winning singer; has had an unequaled run of seven consecutive #1 records (1980s) in the USA, and held the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 for 14 weeks with "I Will Always Love You" from November 28, 1992 to February 27, 1993. She holds the record for winning the most American Music Awards, twenty-six in total. Her single "I Will Always Love You" is the best-selling single by a female artist, and the biggest- selling non-charity single of all time, with world sales of nearly nine million copies.

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My fav for the day is.....Robert Aldrich.

Any director who can direct both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in the same film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, must have a stiff will:eek:

Then he directs Bette Davis again in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Maybe they got along.

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My fav for the day is.....Robert Aldrich.

Any director who can direct both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in the same film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, must have a stiff will:eek:

Then he directs Bette Davis again in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Maybe they got along.


Aldrich is great, but my favorite of his movies is "The Frisco Kid" with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. I don't know why it doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. It's such an underrated movie.

My other favorites for today are Robert Shaw, who was fantastic as Quint in "Jaws", and Whitney Houston. She had such an amazing voice. It's such a shame that she died so young.


And who can forget Adam Nimoy in the Star Trek Blooper Reel, when he shows up on the bridge of the Enterprise, with Vulcan ears and eyebrows, he and walks up to his father and says "Hi Daddy". :laugh:

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Ah good choices, I don't think I seen the pic of little Spock. I haven't seen The Frisco Kid. But I'm going to watch the Jaws movies again, one of these days.

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Ah good choices, I don't think I seen the pic of little Spock. I haven't seen The Frisco Kid. But I'm going to watch the Jaws movies again, one of these days.


You should definitely see "The Frisco Kid". It's one of Gene Wilder's funniest movies, especially if you get all the Jewish references.

And "Jaws" is definitely a movie you should watch again. It's one of Spielberg's best.

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Born on August 10th:

Sam Warner - One of the four Warner brothers. Co-founder of Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., along with older brother Harry M. Warner (president of the company) and younger brothers Albert Warner (treasurer) and Jack L. Warner (executive in charge of production). Sam was the studio's chief executive officer until his death. He was the studio's driving force behind technological innovation, literally dragging his reluctant brothers into the future of film. He was the most in favor of using synchronized sound with movies. He was the driving force behind the studio's partnership with Western Electric to create Vitaphone. Realizing that people wanted to hear movie actors' voices, Sam pushed his brothers to the next level: talkies. The result was The Jazz Singer (1927). Originally, Al Jolson was only supposed to sing. There was to be no dialogue. Jolson insisted on ad-libbing between songs. Sam convinced his brothers to include the ad-libbed scenes and, in fact, it is those few talking scenes that made the movie the sensation it was. Ironically, Sam never saw the revolution he started. He died the day before The Jazz Singer (1927) had its world debut in New York City.

Herbert Hoover - He was the 31st President of the United States (1929 - 1933). Pictured on a 5¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 10 August 1965 (first anniversary of his birthday following his death). He officially opened Manhattan's Empire State Building by pressing a button at the White House that instantly switched on the skyscraper's lights [May 1, 1931].

Walter Lang - Director, best known for "State Fair", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Call Me Madam", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "The King and I", "Desk Set" and "Snow White and the Three Stooges".

Antonio Banderas - Actor, best known for "Evita", "The Mask of Zorro", "Shrek 2" and "Puss in Boots".

JoAnna Garcia Swisher - Actress, best known for the TV shows "Reba", "Privileged", "Better with You" and "Once Upon a Time".

Angie Harmon - Actress, best known for the TV shows "Baywatch Nights", "Law & Order" and "Rizzoli & Isles".

Rosanna Arquette - Actress, best known for "After Hours", "Nobody's Fool" and "Desperately Seeking Susan".

Daniel Hugh Kelly - Actor, best known for the TV show "Hardcastle and McCormick".

Noah Beery Jr. - Actor, best known as Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford on the TV show "The Rockford Files".

Jack Haley - Actor, best known as The Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz".

Rhonda Fleming - Actress, best known for "Spellbound", "Out of the Past", "The Spiral Staircase", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" and "Home Before Dark".

Norma Shearer - Actress, best known for "The Women", "The Divorcee" and "Romeo and Juliet".

Tom Laughlin - Actor, Director, Writer, Producer. Best known for "Billy Jack".

Rick Overton - Comedian, Actor. Best known for "Groundhog Day" and his stand-up comedy at Sci-Fi conventions.

Eddie Fisher - Singer, Actor. Best known for the movie "BUtterfield 8", and the songs "Anytime" (his first big hit), "Oh, My Pa-Pa", "Wish You Were Here", "I Need You Now", "Dungaree Doll", "I'm Walking Behind You", "Heart", "Games That Lovers Play" and "Somebody Like You". Father of Carrie Fisher. He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard for Television at 1724 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Jimmy Dean - Singer, musician, actor and entrepreneur. Best known for the song "Big Bad John", and "Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage," a company he founded and then sold to Consolidated Foods in 1984.

Bobby Hatfield - Singer, Member of 1960s group The Righteous Brothers. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Righteous Brothers) on 10 March 2003.

Ronnie Spector - Singer, Lead singer of the 1960s group, The Ronettes. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Ronettes, on March 12, 2007.

Patti Austin - Singer, Composer. Had a #1 hit recording, (w/James Ingram), with "Baby, Come to Me," in December 1982.

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Born on August 11th:

Steve Wozniak - Inventor. Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. In 1985, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology - the US's highest honor for innovators. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2000.

Dean Zanuck - Producer, Production Executive. Best known for "Road to Perdition", "Deep Impact", "Big Fish", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ".

Alex Haley - Writer, best known for "Malcolm X" and "Roots".

Jim Lee - Comic Book Writer, Illustrator. He illustrated X-men #1, the best-selling comic book of all time with sales of 8 million copies of the first issue. In 1992, he founded WildStorm Productions and co-founded Image Comics along with Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, and Whilce Portacio.

J.F. Lawton - Writer, best known for "Pretty Woman", "Under Siege" and "Chain Reaction".

Raphael Blau - Writer, best known for "Fear Strikes Out" and "Bedtime for Bonzo".

Stuart Rosenberg - Director, best known for "Cool Hand Luke", "The Amityville Horror" and "Brubaker".

Mike Douglas - Actor, Singer, Talk Show Host. Best known as the host of "The Mike Douglas Show". Had a hit recording with "The Men in My Little Girl's Life" in February 1966, reaching #6 on the U.S. charts. "The Mike Douglas Show" was the first syndicated TV show to win an Emmy Award.

Chris Hemsworth - Actor, best known for "Thor", "The Avengers", Snow White and the Huntsman", "Red Dawn", and for the TV show "Home and Away" (an Australian soap opera).

Embeth Davidtz - Actress, best known for "Schindler's List", "Bicentennial Man", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Thir13en Ghosts" and "Matilda".

Chris Messina - Actor, best known for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", "Julie & Julia", "Ruby Sparks", "Argo", and the TV show "The Mindy Project".

Anna Gunn - Actress, best known for the TV shows "Deadwood" and "Breaking Bad".

Viola Davis - Actress, best known for "Traffic", "Solaris", "Syriana", "Far from Heaven", "Antwone Fisher", "Disturbia", "Doubt" and "The Help". She was inducted into The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on June 30, 2009.

Will Friedle - Actor, best known as Eric Matthews on the TV show "Boy Meets World", and for voices in the animated shows "Batman Beyond", "Kim Possible" and "Thundercats".

Ian McDiarmid - Actor, best known as The Emperor in "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi", Senator Palpatine in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith".

Joe Rogan - Actor, best known for the TV shows "NewsRadio" and "Fear Factor".

Lawrence Monoson - Actor, best known for "The Last American Virgin".

Eric Carmen - Singer, Lead singer of '60s rock band The Raspberries. In 1972, he had two successive hits with "The Rasberries": "Go All The Way" and "I Want To Be With You". In 1976 he achieved solo recording success with "All By Myself". His later hits have included "Never Fall In Love Again" , "Make Me Lose Control", and "Hungry Eyes" (from the soundtrack of "Dirty Dancing").

John Conlee - Country Music Singer, songwriter. Best known for the songs "Rose Colored Glasses" and "Backside of Thirty".

Hulk Hogan - Professional Wrestler. He won the WCW Heavyweight Championship six times, and the WWF Championship six times. First pro wrestler on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." Ranked #1 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999) (Pro Wrestling Illustrated 20th Anniversary Special). He is the single most requested celebrity for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. WWE Hall of Famer, inducted in 2005. Elected to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003. He has three movies in the IMDb bottom 100.

Lynn Angell - Wife of David Angell, who was best known as the writer and producer of the TV shows "Cheers", "Frasier" and "Wings". Lynn and her husband were both killed when the plane that they were on, American Airlines flight #11 en route from Boston to Los Angeles, was hijacked and deliberately flown into the World Trade Tower in New York City. They were returning home to California after attending a family wedding in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Claus von Bülow - British socialite who was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von Bülow by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 which left her in a persistent vegetative state for the rest of her life. His conviction in the first trial was reversed and he was found not guilty in both his retrials. He was portrayed by Jeremy Irons in the movie "Reversal of Fortune".

Jerry Falwell - American evangelical Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (now Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, Liberty University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.

[Citizen Rules]

Wow, I need to read more cause the only people I recognize by name is: Alex Haley, Mike Douglas, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Falwell. ( I do recognize some of the others after I read your description of them)

Jerry Falwell was the founder of the infamous Moral Majority. He spent countless hours playing rock music backwards listening for satanic messages. The only message that he ever heard was.....nuts.

[gbgoodies]

Wow, I need to read more cause the only people I recognize by name is: Alex Haley, Mike Douglas, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Falwell. ( I do recognize some of the others after I read your description of them)

Jerry Falwell was the founder of the infamous Moral Majority. He spent countless hours playing rock music backwards listening for satanic messages. The only message that he ever heard was.....nuts.


I'm surprised that you didn't recognize the name Steve Wozniak. He's a big name in the computer industry, and he even made a guest appearance on "The Big Bang Theory" as himself.

The name that jumped off the page for me today was Jim Lee because he's been at a bunch of comic conventions, so I've met him.

[Citizen Rules]

At least I knew who Herbert Hoover was yesterday....umm...he's the guy who invited the upright vacuum right???;)

[gbgoodies]

Born on August 12th:

Cecil B. DeMille - Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Actor. Best known for "Samson and Delilah", "When Worlds Collide", "The Greatest Show on Earth", "The War of the Worlds" and "The Ten Commandments". He was one of the 36 co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). A photograph of DeMille working on the set of Cleopatra (1934) appears in the selvage on the right side of a sheet of 10 USA 37¢ commemorative postage stamps, issued 25 February 2003, celebrating American Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes. The lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globes) is named after him. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for motion pictures at 1725 Vine Street and for radio at 6240 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

William Goldman - Screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author. Best known for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Hot Rock" (screenplay), "The Great Waldo Pepper"(screenplay), "All the President's Men" (screenplay), "Marathon Man", "A Bridge Too Far" (screenplay), "The Princess Bride", "Misery" (screenplay), and "The Ghost and the Darkness". He was an uncredited screenwriter on the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger film "Last Action Hero". He is a two-time Academy Award Winner, and one of the most successful screenwriters and script doctors in Hollywood. Winner of the 1985 Laurel Award for lifetime achievement in screenwriting.

Bob Carroll Jr. - Writer, Producer. Best known for "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", "Yours, Mine & Ours" and the TV show "Alice".

Barré Lyndon - Writer, playwright, screenwriter. Best known for "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse", "The House on 92nd Street" (screenplay), "The Greatest Show on Earth" (screenplay) and "The War of the Worlds" (screenplay).

Alan Marshall - Producer, best known for "Bugsy Malone", "Fame", "Pink Floyd The Wall", "Jacob's Ladder", "Basic Instinct", "Cliffhanger", "Showgirls", "Starship Troopers" and "Hollow Man".

George Hamilton - Actor, best known for "Your Cheatin' Heart" (1964), "Evel Knievel" (1971), "Love at First Bite", "Zorro: The Gay Blade", "Rough Riders" and "A Very Cool Christmas". He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on December 10, 1999. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 12, 2009.

Jane Wyatt - Actress, best known as Spock's mother, Amanda, on the original "Star Trek" TV episode "Journey to Babel" and in the movie "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", and as Margaret Anderson on the TV show "Father Knows Best". She received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1986. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6350 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Dan Curtis - Writer, Director, Producer. Best known for the TV show "Dark Shadows", "The Winds of War", "War and Remembrance", "The Night Stalker", "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Night Stalker".

John Derek - Actor, Director, best known for "The Ten Commandments", "All the King's Men", "Exodus" and "Tarzan, the Ape Man".

Casey Affleck - Actor, best known for "Gone Baby Gone", "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", "Ocean's Eleven", "Ocean's Twelve" and "Ocean's Thirteen". Younger brother of Ben Affleck.

Maggie Lawson - Actress, best known as Juliet O'Hara on the TV show "Psych".

John Cazale - Actor, best known for "The Godfather", "The Godfather: Part II", "The Conversation", "Dog Day Afternoon" and "The Deer Hunter". He appeared in only five feature films in his career, and all of them were nominated for Best Picture.

Bruce Greenwood - Actor, best known for "Double Jeopardy", "Thirteen Days", "Hollywood Homicide", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets", "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness", and the TV shows "St. Elsewhere" and "Nowhere Man".

Sam J. Jones - Actor, best known as Flash Gordon in the cult classic "Flash Gordon" (1980).


Mark Knopfler - Singer, Musician. He started the band Dire Straits in 1977, they were signed to Vertigo Records in 1978 and recorded the album "Dire Straits", which featured their first major hit single, "Sultans of Swing". With his band Dire Straits won Grammys in the following categories: "Money for Nothing" (Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal) (1985); "Brothers in Arms" (Best Music Video, Short Form) (1986). Dire Straits won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Group in 1983. Dire Straits won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Group in 1986. Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Album in 1987. e also wrote the soundtrack to five films, including Local Hero (1983) and The Princess Bride (1987). He was awarded the (OBE) Officer of the Order of British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to music. He has a dinosaur named after him (Masiakasaurus knopfleri) - The researchers who discovered bones from six specimens in Madagascar reported that they found the fossils whilst listening to Dire Straits tapes.

Pat Metheny - Musician, World renowned Jazz guitarist. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, post-bop, latin jazz and jazz fusion. He has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards.

Porter Wagoner - Country music singer. In 1967, he introduced then-obscure singer Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known vocal duo throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. Porter and duet partner Dolly Parton had many hits from 1967-1974. He charted 81 singles from 1954–1983. He also won three Grammy Awards for gospel recordings. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.

Buck Owens - Country music singer. Buck Owens is a true legend in country music. Along with fellow performers Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart, Buck helped popularize the Bakersfield Sound, or honky-tonk infused with electric instrumentation and rock influences. Over a 25-year span, had 21 No. 1 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart. The biggest of those, 1963's "Love's Gonna Live Here," spent 16 weeks at No. 1. He had recorded his own version of "Streets of Bakersfield" in 1972. That album cut became a major No. 1 hit as a duet with Dwight Yoakam in the summer of 1988. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Pete Sampras - Professional Tennis Player. The most successful tennis player of his generation. He has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles. He finished as the #1-ranked ATP men's player a record six seasons in a row from 1993 to 1998. First player ever to serve over 1,000 aces in a pro season in 1993. Tied with William Renshaw for most Wimbledon titles (seven) and with Jimmy Connors for most U. S. Open titles (five) Youngest ever men's U.S. Open champion in 1990; he won the title almost a month after his 19th birthday.

Christy Mathewson - Former Major League Baseball Player. Pitcher for the New York Giants (1900-1915) and Cincinnati Reds (1916). His most famous pitch was the "fadeaway", which is our modern day screwball. Set the National League modern day record for most wins in a season (37). Won three shutouts in the 1905 World Series, (the only pitcher to do so). San Francisco Giants All-Time Strikeouts Leader (2,499), All-Time Innings Pitched Leader (4,771 2/3), All-Time Shutouts Leader (79), All-Time Complete Games Leader (433), All-Time Games Started Leader (550), All-Time ERA Leader (2.12), and All-Time Wins leader (372). National League Triple Crown Award Winner in 1905 and 1908. Helped uncover the attempted fix of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox. In 1936, Mathewson was one of the first five men that were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1965. Inducted into the Bucknell University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.

[gbgoodies]

In honor of William Goldman and Mark Knopfler, who are both celebrating birthdays today:


Instrumental version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgVAA7crk8g


Vocal version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKOcQe5xcY

[Swan]

Today would also be John Cazale's birthday.

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[gbgoodies]

Today would also be John Cazale's birthday.

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He's included in my birthday list posted above.

[gbgoodies]

Born on August 13th:

Alfred Hitchcock - Director, Producer, Writer, Actor. Best known for "Psycho", "Rebecca", "Saboteur", "Frenzy", "Lifeboat", "Dial M for Murder", "Rope", "North by Northwest", "The Birds", "Vertigo", "Marnie", "Suspicion", "Notorious", "Rear Window", "Strangers on a Train", "To Catch a Thief", "Lifeboat", "Shadow of a Doubt", "Spellbound" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much". As of the 5th edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (edited by Steven Jay Schneider), Hitchcock is the most represented director, with 18 films. Tied with Robert Altman and Clarence Brown for the most nominations for best director (five) at the Academy Awards without a win. He directed nine of the American Film Institute's 100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies. He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6506 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 7013 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest Directors Ever!" in 2005. He was voted the Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. The same magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Films of all time includes more films directed by Hitchcock than by any other director, with four. He appears on a 32-cent U.S. postage stamp, in the "Legends of Hollywood" series, that was released 8/3/98 in Los Angeles, California. Appears on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 11 August 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).

David Crane - Writer, Producer. Best known for the TV shows "Dream On", "Jesse", "Veronica's Closet", "Friends", "Joey", "The Class" and "Episodes".

Tom Davis - Writer, Producer, Actor. Best known for the TV show "Saturday Night Live".

Bert Lahr - Actor, best known as The Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz".

Neville Brand - Actor, best known for "Stalag 17", "The George Raft Story", "The Scarface Mob", "Birdman of Alcatraz", and the TV shows "The Untouchables" and "Laredo".

John Slattery - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Jack & Bobby", "Desperate Housewives" and "Mad Men".

Pat Harrington Jr. - Actor, best known as Dwayne Schneider on the TV show "One Day at a Time".

Kevin Tighe - Actor, best known as Paramedic Roy DeSoto on the TV show "Emergency!".

Danny Bonaduce - Actor, bes known as Danny Partridge on the TV show "The Partridge Family".

Quinn Cummings - Actress, best known for "The Goodbye Girl" and the TV show "Family".

Don Ho - Singer, Musician. Best known for his signature song, "Tiny Bubbles" and playing the ukulele. He was the icon of breezy island entertainment, Don Ho became synonymous with Hawaii and all it represented...colorful leis and shirts, festive luaus, strumming ukuleles, flowing palm trees, beautiful hula dancers, and, of course, the song "Tiny Bubbles". A trip to the "Aloha State" seemed incomplete unless capped by a Don Ho performance, a tourist attraction unto itself. He delighted thousands upon thousands for nearly five decades and was dubbed that island's "goodwill ambassador".

Dan Fogelberg - Singer, musician, songwriter, composer. Best known for the songs "Longer", "Leader of the Band", "Same Old Lang Syne", "Hard to Say" and "Run for the Roses".

Fidel Castro - Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba since 1976.

Annie Oakley - Sharpshooter/entertainer who was a major star with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for many years. Her early life was the inspiration for Irving Berlin's play "Annie Get Your Gun" (and the subsequent movie, Annie Get Your Gun (1950). Unlike the play, however, which portrayed Oakley as being loud and boisterous, the real Annie was privately a quiet, soft-spoken woman, who enjoyed relaxing with a book (her husband Frank Butler taught her to read) or giving shooting lessons. Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. She has a celebration in her honor called Annie Oakley Days. It is held outside of Greenville, Ohio, in the Great Darke County Fairgrounds. She was inducted into the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her historical contributions in Nutley, New Jersey. She is pictured on one of a set of twenty 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating Legends of the West, issued 18 October 1994. A set of twenty 19¢ US postcards with pictures of the stamps was issued on the same date.

Andy Griggs - Country music singer. Best known for the songs "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" and "She's More", both which peaked at number 2.

[Hit Girl]

Happy Birthday, Hitch.

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[Citizen Rules]

Love that photo of Hitch!

Good work GB on those list. I NEVER would thought that almost every day well known people were born. I mean....Hitch, Castro, Annie Oakley and Danny Bonaduce all on the same day!

I seen Fidel Castro in a Ester Williams movie Easy To Wed (1946), Castro was an extra in Hollywood before starting his 'career' in Cuba.

[gbgoodies]

Born on August 14th:

Steve Martin - Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer. Best known for "The Jerk", "The Man with Two Brains", "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", "The Lonely Guy", "All of Me", "Father of the Bride", "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "The Pink Panther", and the TV show "Saturday Night Live". He is an accomplished banjo player and appears playing the instrument in Earl Scruggs and Friends video for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," for which he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. This makes him rare in that he has won Grammies for both comedy and music. Contrary to popular belief, he was never a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live". However, he holds the records for guest appearances (25) on the show, hosting (at 15 times, he sets the standard for the SNL "Five Timers Club"), and hosting in a single season (3). He is also the only person to have hosted a season premiere, a season finale, and a Christmas show. He was also scheduled to host for the ill-fated 1980-1981 season, but a writers strike prevented this. He was chosen as #6 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. In 2005, he was the recipient of the 8th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is a member of Mensa.

Gary Larson - Writer, Creater of the syndicated comic strip "The Far Side", which featured surreal humor. He retired from daily panels on 1 January 1995, at which time "The Far Side" was being seen in 1,900 daily and Sunday newspapers worldwide. He has an Owl Louse named after him: Strigiphilus garylarsoni.

Andrew Kevin Walker - Writer, best known for "Se7en", "8MM" and "Sleepy Hollow". He did some uncredited additions to the Fight Club (1999) script. In the final credits of the film the names of the three detectives who try to castrate the Narrator are Detectives Andrew, Kevin and Walker. As script doctor, he did uncredited re-writes on "The Game", "Event Horizon" and "Stir of Echoes".

Brannon Braga - Writer, Producer. Best known for "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Generations", "Star Trek: First Contact", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Star Trek: Enterprise", and the TV shows "24", "FlashForward", "Terra Nova", "Salem" and "Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey". Brannon Braga co-wrote "Star Trek: Generations", the movie which sees the end of the legendary Captain Kirk, and is subsequently blamed for his death. He is reported to have received death threats after the movie's premiere.

David McKenna - Writer, best known for "American History X", "Get Carter" (2000), "Blow", "S.W.A.T.", and the TV show "E-Ring".

Zack Whedon - Writer, best known for "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and "Commentary! The Musical". Brother of Joss Whedon and Jed Whedon, video game music composer.

George Worthing Yates - Writer, best known for "The Lone Ranger" (1938) (original screenplay), "Sinbad, the Sailor", "Them!", "It Came from Beneath the Sea", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers", and "Earth vs the Spider".

Millard Mitchell - Actor, best known as movie-mogul R. F. Simpson in the movie "Singin' in the Rain".

Susan Saint James - Actress, best known for "Love at First Bite", "Carbon Copy" and "How to Beat the High Cost of Living", and the TV shows "McMillan & Wife" and "Kate & Allie". She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1645 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Mila Kunis - Actress, best known for "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", "The Book of Eli", "Black Swan", "Friends with Benefits", "Ted", "Oz the Great and Powerful", the TV show "That '70s Show", and the voice of Meg Griffin on the TV show "Family Guy". Ranked #2 on Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2011. Ranked #5 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 list. She won the 2011 Guys Choice Award "Holy Grail of Hot". Ranked #3 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2012 list. On October 6, 2012, she was named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine. Ranked #2 on Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2013. Ranked #1 in the 2013 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Halle Berry - Actress, best known as Storm in the "X-Men" movies, and for "Monster's Ball", "Die Another Day", "Gothika", "Catwoman", and the TV show "Extant". was ranked No. 1 on People's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times. She was the first African-American actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. Voted the 10th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine in September 2002. She was voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years"in (2005. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 3, 2007. She was named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in 2008.

Catherine Bell - Actress, best known for "Bruce Almighty", "The Good Witch" movies, and the TV shows "JAG" and "Army Wives".

Marcia Gay Harden - Actress, best known for "Pollock", "Mystic River", "Space Cowboys", "Into the Wild", and the TV show "Trophy Wife". She was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2005. She was awarded the 2009 Tony Award for Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "God of Carnage" on Broadway in New York City. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Pollock" at The 73rd Annual Academy Awards on March 25, 2001.

Christopher Gorham - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Popular", "Jake 2.0", "Medical Investigation", "Out of Practice", "Harper's Island", "Ugly Betty" and "Covert Affairs".

Alice Ghostley - Actress, best known for "My Six Loves", "With Six You Get Eggroll", "Rabbit Test" and "Grease", and as Aunt Esmeralda on the TV show "Bewitched".

Antonio Fargas - Actor, best known for "Shaft", "Across 110th Street", "Foxy Brown" and "Huckleberry Finn", and as Huggy Bear on the TV show "Starsky and Hutch".

Susan Olsen - Actress, best known as Cindy Brady on the TV show "The Brady Bunch". She was ranked #34 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

Danielle Steel - Writer, best known for "Jewels", "A Perfect Stranger" and "Family Album". She has written 54 best-selling books. Her works were in the list of best-selling books of the 'New York Times' for 381 consecutive weeks, a fact which brought her an entry into the Guinness Book of Records.

Sarah Brightman - Singer, Best known for the Broadway musical "The Phantom of the Opera", where she originated the role of "Christine Daaé". She is the first artist to have been invited to perform at two Olympic games, first at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and, 16 years later, in Beijing to an estimated four billion people, worldwide. In 2010, she was named by Billboard as the fifth most influential and top-selling classical artist of the 2000s decade in the United States. Composer (and then soon to be husband), Andrew Lloyd Webber, originally wrote the famous Phantom Of The Opera song "The Music Of The Night" for Sarah. It was originally titled "Married Man" with lyrics by British director Trevor Nunn, and sung at Lloyd Webber's yearly festival in the early 80s. At the time of writing and performing it, Lloyd Webber was still married to his first wife.

James Horner - Composer, best knoen for the music for "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock", "Cocoon", "Aliens", "Captain EO", "Willow", "The Land Before Time", "Field of Dreams", "Glory", "The Rocketeer", "Braveheart", "Titanic" and "Avatar". He was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2009 by the International Film Music Critics Association. His score for Titanic (1997) is reportedly the biggest-selling orchestral soundtrack in history. He wrote and conducted a special medley at the World Premiere of 'Titanic 3D' at the Royal Albert Hall, London. He wrote the theme for the Universal Pictures logo used between 1990 and 1997.

Lee Adams - Composer, best known for "Bye Bye Birdie", and the opening theme song for the TV show "All in the Family" ("Those Were the Days"). He won Broadway's Tony Award twice: in 1961, his lyrics as part of a Best Musical win for "Bye, Bye Birdie;" and in 1970, his lyrics as part of a Best Musical win for "Applause." He was also nominated in 1965 for his lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Golden Boy." He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.

David Crosby - Singer, Musician. Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Byrds) in 1991. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of Crosby Stills & Nash). Crosby Stills & Nash were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for 6666 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Connie Smith - Country music singer. She was the first solo female country artist to have a number one record for 8 weeks. No other female country artist has been at number one longer. Her biggest hit was the song "Once A Day" in 1964. One of the Grand Ladies of the Grand Ole Opry. Dolly Parton was quoted as saying "There are only three great singers, Connie Smith, Barbra Streisand and Linda Ronstadt. The rest of us are just pretending."

Magic Johnson - Professional NBA basketball player. He played for Michigan State University (Lansing, MI), 1977-1979. NCAA Division I Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1979). The Sporting News All-America First Team (1979). All-America twice (1978-1979). All-Big Ten twice (1978-1979). Inducted into Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame (1992). Los Angeles Lakers franchise all-time assists leader with 10,141 and all-time steals leader with 1,724. Named NBA MVP three times (1987, 1989, 1990). IBM Award for all-around contributions to team's success (1994). All-NBA First Team nine times (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and Second Team once (1982). NBA All-Rookie Team (1982). J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1992). Selected first overall in 1979 NBA Draft. Led NBA with 3.43 steals per game (1981) and 2.67 steals per game (1982). Holds career record for highest assists per game average with 11.2. Shares career record for most consecutive seasons leading league in steals with 2. NBA Finals MVP three times (1980, 1982, 1987). Holds career playoff record for most assists (2,346). Holds NBA Finals single-series record for highest assist per game average with 14.0 in 1985; and highest assists per game average by a rookie with 8.7 in 1980. Holds NBA Finals single-game records for most points by a rookie with 42 on May 6, 1980 vs. Philadelphia; and most assists in one half with 14 on June 19, 1988 vs. Detroit. Shares NBA Finals single-game record for most assists in one quarter with 8 (he did in four times). Holds single-series playoff record for highest assists per game average with 17.0 in 1985. Shares single-game playoff records for most free throws made in one half with 19 on May 8, 1991 vs. Golden State; most assists with 24 on May 15, 1984 vs. Phoenix; and most assists in one half with 15 on May 3, 1985 vs. Portland. NBA All-Star twelve times (1980, 1982-1992). NBA All-Star MVP twice (1990, 1992). NBA All-Star-Holds career record for most assists with 127; holds career record for most three-point field goals made with 10; and hold single game record for most assists with 22 (1984, OT). Member of U.S. Olympic gold medal team (1992). Enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

Earl Weaver - Former Manager of Baltimore Orioles. Inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1983. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.

Mark Fidrych (nicknamed "The Bird") - Former MLB Pitcher for Detroit Tigers (1976-1980). Named to 1976 and 1977 American League All Star Teams. In 1976, he was the American League Rookie of the Year for leading the league in ERA (2.34) and Complete Games (24). Also had 19 Wins, .679 Won-Loss Percentage, 9.71 Walks and Hits per 9 Innings Pitched, 7.8 Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched, 1.91 Walks per 9 Innings Pitched and 4 Shutouts. He finished 2nd in voting for 1976 American League Cy Young Award. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1976 Rookie All-Star Team. He was the first athlete to appear on the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine, May 1977. He was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in June 2009, two months after his death.

[Hit Girl]

Alma Lucy Reville - Alfred Hitchcock's wife.

[gbgoodies]

Born on August 15th:

Napoléon Bonaparte - The first emperor of France (1804 to 1814, and 1815). He crowned himself Emperor on 2 December 1804. He sold the Louisiana Purchase to Thomas Jefferson for $11,250,000 - $0.05 per acre, plus the United States assumed claims of its citizens against France. He created the Code Napoléon, a codifier of civil law, as opposed to English common law. Louisiana law is based on the Code Napoléon.

Jim Dale - Comedian, Singer, Actor. Best known for the "Carry On" films, "Pete's Dragon", "Hot Lead and Cold Feet", "Unidentified Flying Oddball" and the TV show "Pushing Daisies". He performs the unabridged Harry Potter audio books and is cited twice in the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the most character voices in an audiobook (more than 200) and for voicing the first six "Top Ten" selling audiobooks of all time. He also has won a record nine "Audie" awards. Won the 1980 Tony Award for Actor in a Musical for "Barnum". Nominated three times for the Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama: "Scapino" in 1975, "Joe Egg" in 1985 and "Candide" in 1997. Nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Supporting or Features Actor in a Musical for "Three Penny Opera". He wrote the lyrics to The Seekers' hit "Georgy Girl", which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to British Children's Literature in America.

Julia Child - Chef, Authro, Writer. Best known as the host of her TV show "The French Chef", and the movie "Julie & Julia". Her TV show "The French Chef" ran nationally for ten years and won Peabody and Emmy Awards, including the first Emmy award for an educational program. She was the inspiration in the creation of the Muppet, "the Swedish Chef". On August 19, 2002, her kitchen was opened as an exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. The exhibit ran until February 2004 and became part of the museum's permanent collection. She was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's Hall of Fame. During WWII, she held a job with the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner of the CIA. She started as a clerk and rose to the rank of registrar. Her position put her in control of top secret and other highly sensitive documents. She was part of the team of people who invented shark repellent. Julia's shark repellent is still used by the U.S. Navy. She was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2000 for her services to French culinary arts and the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom 2003.

Nicolas Roeg - Director, best known for "Walkabout", "Don't Look Now" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth". The band Big Audio Dynamite paid tribute to Roeg on the song "E=MC2" on their first album, "This is Big Audio Dynamite". The song is filled with imagery from his movies, including descriptive snippets of "Performance", "Don't Look Now", "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and "Insignificance". Honorary Member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT). He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.

Robert Bolt - Writer, best known for "Lawrence of Arabia" (screenplay), "A Man for All Seasons" (play), "Doctor Zhivago" (screenplay), and "The Bounty" (screenplay). He won two Tony Awards in 1962, as Best Author (Dramatic) and as author of Best Play winner "A Man for All Seasons." He was also nominated in 1972 as author of Best Play nominee "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1972 Queen's Honours List for his services to drama.

Edna Ferber - Writer, best known for "Show Boat", "Cimarron" (novel), "Dinner at Eight" (stage play), and "Giant" (novel). She won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel "So Big" in 1925. George S. Kaufman and her play, "Stage Door," at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play. She is pictured on a USA 83¢ postage stamp issued 29 July 2002.

Ring Lardner Jr. - Writer, best known for "Woman of the Year" (screenplay), "Laura" (uncredited), "The Cincinnati Kid" (screenplay), "MASH" (screenplay), "Semi-Tough" (uncredited), and the TV show "M*A*S*H". He and Michael Kanin won the Oscar in 1942 for their "Woman of the Year" screenplay. He won an Academy Award for MASH (1970), when, ironically, very little of his original script "made it" into the film. He was blacklisted in 1950's; one of the Hollywood Ten, the ten film-makers who refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating subversion in Hollywood and were fined and jailed for the defiance.

Rob Thomas - Writer, Producer. Best known for the TV shows "Veronica Mars", "Cupid" and "90210".

Ethel Barrymore - Screen, stage, and television actress. Best known for "The Nightingale", "None But the Lonely Heart", "The Farmer's Daughter" and "Portrait of Jennie", as well as numerous Broadway stage roles. She and Lionel Barrymore were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister in the acting category. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "None But the Lonely Heart" on March 15, 1945. Sister of Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore. Great-aunt of Drew Barrymore.

Rose Marie - Actress, Singer. Best known as Sally Rogers on the TV show "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and as Myrna Gibbons on the TV show "The Doris Day Show". Rose Marie is a legend of show business with a career stretching over 80 years since her debut as herself in a Vitaphone musical short that appeared on the bill with The Jazz Singer (1927) at its premiere in 1927. She had two separate acting careers - one as "Baby Rose Marie" in the 1920s, and the other, which began in the 1940s. She began performing when she was three years old as "Baby Rose Marie." By the time she was five, she had her own radio show on NBC. Many people could not believe the voice they were hearing actually belonged to a child. Baby Rose Marie also appeared on records and performed in vaudeville as a headliner. One of the acts she appeared with was Edgar Bergen before his Charlie McCarthy ventriloquism act, when he was still a small-timer. She received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 3, 2001.

Larry Mathews - Actor, best known as Ritchie Petrie on the TV show "The Dick Van Dyke Show". He and former co-star Rose Marie, share a birthday (August 15).

Mike Connors - Actor, best known for "Good Neighbor Sam", "Where Love Has Gone", and for the TV show "Mannix".

Janice Rule - Actress, best known for "Bell Book and Candle", "The Chase", "The Ambushers", "The Swimmer", "3 Women" and "American Flyers".

Jennifer Lawrence - Actress, best known for "Winter's Bone", "X-Men: First Class", "The Hunger Games", "Silver Linings Playbook", "American Hustle", and the TV show "The Bill Engvall Show". She appeared in two Sundance Grand Jury Prize winners in a row: Winter's Bone (2010) and Like Crazy (2011). She is the 3rd youngest Oscar nominee for best actress in a leading role, at the age of 20 years 163 days. One of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to Watch 2010. One of People magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World 2011. Voted No. 10 on the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women. On November 30, 2012, she was named "Entertainer of the Year", along with Ben Affleck, by Entertainment Weekly. Named #1 on Askmen's list of the 'Top 99 Most Desirable' famous women for 2013. She became the second youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar upon winning the award for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) on February 24, 2013 (age 22). By age 23, she became the youngest actress to be nominated for three Oscars, including two of them for leading role, one of which she won. Ranked #5 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Ben Affleck - Actor, Producer, Director, Writer. Best known for "Good Will Hunting", "Dazed and Confused", "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy", "Armageddon", "Pearl Harbor", "The Sum of All Fears", "Daredevil", "Hollywoodland", "The Town", "Argo", and as Bruce Wayne / Batman in the upcoming "Justice League" movie. He was named People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2002. Winner of the 2006 Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role in "Hollywoodland". At age 25, he was the youngest person ever to win an Oscar for 'Best Original Screenplay'. He went 15 years without another nomination until 2013, and won 'Best Picture' for Argo (2012). The first director ever to win both the Golden Globe and the Directors Guild awards for Best Director after failing to earn an Oscar nomination for the same work, for Argo (2012). Older brother of actor Casey Affleck.

Debra Messing - Actress, best known for the TV shows "Ned and Stacey", "Will & Grace" and "Smash". In 2002, she was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine. TV Guide picked her as its "Best Dressed Woman" in 2003. Ranked #22 on the TV Guide Network special, Funniest Women on TV (2011).

Anthony Anderson - Actor, best known for "Romeo Must Die", "Big Momma's House", "Exit Wounds", "Barbershop", "Cradle 2 the Grave", "King's Ransom", "The Departed", "Transformers", and the TV show "Law & Order".

Pat Priest - Actress, best known as Marilyn Munster on the TV show "The Munsters".

Bjo Trimble - She and her husband's "Save Star Trek" letter-writing campaign persuaded NBC to renew the original television series for a third season. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenbery hired her as a "fan liaison", and when Star Trek: The Motion Picture was conceived, Roddenberry found a minor role for her as thanks. Trimble has since authored "The Star Trek Concordance: The A to Z Guide to the Classic Original Television Series and Films" (Citadel Press), considered by Star Trek fans to be the most concise reference work on the show ever produced.

Jimmy Webb - Country music singer, songwriter and composer. He wrote the hit songs, "Up, Up and Away" for The 5th Dimension, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Galveston", "Wichita Lineman" and "Where's the Playground, Susie" for Glen Campbell, "MacArthur Park" for Richard Harris, "The Worst Thing That Could Happen" for Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge, "All I Know" for Art Garfunkel, "Adios" and "Easy for You to Say" for Linda Ronstadt, and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" for Joe Cocker. In addition, the ballad "The Highwayman" was a big smash country success when it was covered by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in the late 80s. songs have been either recorded or performed by such diverse artists as Frank Sinatra, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Rosemary Clooney, Reba McEntire, R.E.M., Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Tanya Tucker, Arlo Guthrie and Tony Bennett. Webb's solo albums, "Words and Music", "And So: On", "Letters", "Land's End", "El Mirage", "Angel Heart", "Suspending Disbelief", "Twilight of the Renegades" and "Live and At Large", were all praised by critics. He composed the scores for the films, "Doc", "The Last Unicorn" and "The Hanoi Hilton". In addition, he has scored episodes of the TV shows, "Amazing Stories", "Faerie Tale Theatre" and "Tales from the Crypt". His songs are featured on the soundtracks for the movies "How Sweet It Is!", "American Pop", "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "FernGully: The Last Rainforest", "The Santa Clause", "Get Shorty", "Heat", "The Kid", "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Chicken Little". He is a member of both the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Jimmy Webb was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1999 and subsequently inducted onto the Board of Directors for the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in early 2000. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986. Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters in 1993. As of 2013, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Oscar Peterson - Jazz musician, pianist and composer. As member of the group "Jazz at the Philharmonic" he started touring in the 50s and continued until late in the 60s. He has recorded with the great jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker. Winner of 8 Grammy Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award (1997). Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995. Elected in the International Jazz Hall of Fame. He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on June 23, 1972 and the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on June 25, 1984 for his services to music. Pictured on a Canada 50¢ commemorative postage stamp issued on 15 August 2005, his 80th birthday. He is the first living person, other than a reigning monarch to obtain a commemorative stamp in Canada.

Tom Johnston - Singer, musician, composer. One of the founding members of The Doobie Brothers. As of 2004, the lead singer of The Doobie Brothers (although Patrick Simmons is the lead singer on a few of the hits he wrote). He composed many of their greatest hits including: "Listen to The Music", "Rockin Down the Highway", "Long Train Running", "China Grove" and "The Doctor". He played guitar for the group, and was the main lead singer and guitarist.

Bobby Helms - Singer, songwriter. He wrote and recorded the song "Jingle Bell Rock" with legendary guitar player Hank Garland. During December 1957, he had two hit singles in the Top 10 (US Pop), "My Special Angel" and "Jingle Bell Rock".

Joe Jonas - Singer, Musician. He plays keyboard, guitar, tambourine and lead vocals for The Jonas Brothers.

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Born on August 16th:

James Cameron - Writer, Producer, Director. Best known for "The Terminator", "Aliens", "The Abyss", "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", "Titanic" and "Avatar". First director to film both a $100 million (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) and a $200 million (Titanic) movie. Except for the movie "The Terminator" (1984), all of his films have been nominated for or won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.. He was the first director to make 2 films which have grossed more than $1 billion in the worldwide box office ("Titanic" and "Avatar"). In 2007, he was ranked #3 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. In 2010, his movie Avatar (2009) became the highest grossing movie of all time, not adjusted for inflation. It is also the first movie to gross the 2 billion dollar mark at the box office. Until Avatar (2009), Cameron's previous movie Titanic (1997) was the highest grossing movie of all time for 12 years (also not adjusted for inflation). One of the founders of visual effects company Digital Domain. He has developed a new generation stereo imaging camera called "The Fusion Camera". Member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 18, 2009.

T.E. Lawrence - Writer, best known for "Lawrence of Arabia". He was awarded the C.B. (Companion of Bath) and the D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order Medal but later allegedly declined the Knight Commander of Bath honor.

Robert Culp - Actor, best known for "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice", "Sunday in New York", "PT 109", "The Pelican Brief", and the TV shows "I Spy" and "The Greatest American Hero".

Fess Parker - Actor, best known for "Old Yeller", "Them!", as Davy Crockett in several Disney "Davy Crockett" movies, and as Daniel Boone in the TV show "Daniel Boone". He was named a Disney Legend in 1991.

Steve Carell - Actor, Producer. Best known for "Bruce Almighty", "Bewitched", "Little Miss Sunshine", "Over the Hedge", "Evan Almighty", "Get Smart", "Despicable Me", "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World", "The Way Way Back", and the TV show "The Office".

Timothy Hutton - Actor, best known for "Ordinary People", "Taps", "The Falcon and the Snowman", "Turk 182!", "Deliberate Intent", "5ive Days to Midnight" (mini-series), and the TV show "Leverage". He is the youngest actor to receive an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the movie "Ordinary People" (1980). His father was actor Jim Hutton, star of the TV show "Ellery Queen".

Lesley Ann Warren - Actress, best known for "Cinderella" (1965 TV version), "The Happiest Millionaire", "Love Hate Love", "79 Park Avenue", "Pearl", Betrayal", "Portrait of a Stripper", "Victor Victoria", "A Night in Heaven", "Pure Country", and the TV show "In Plain Sight". She played Lois Lane in a television production of the musical "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!" (1975). She was the youngest actor ever to have attended NY's Actors Studio. She was 17. She was nominated for a "Supporting Actress" Academy Award for "Victor Victoria" (1982). She won the most promising newcomer on Broadway for her work in "110 in the Shade" in 1963.

Julie Newmar - Actress, best known as Catwoman on the TV show "Batman". She was the first actress to portray the DC comics character Catwoman in a live-action adaptation of the Batman series.

Angela Bassett - Actress, best known for " What's Love Got to Do with It", "Malcolm X", "The Jacksons: An American Dream" (mini-series), "Music of the Heart" and "The Rosa Parks Story". She was Oscar-nominated and won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock in "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993). She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz (widow of the slain civil rights pioneer Malcolm X) in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992). She was nominated for an Emmy award for her lead role in "The Rosa Parks Story" (2002). Won the 2002 Lena Horne Award for Outstanding Career Achievements in the Field of Entertainment. Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California in March 20, 2008.

Bob Balaban - Actor, best known for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Midnight Cowboy", Gosford Park", "Capote", "Lady in the Water", "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Ghost World". He was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Inspector General."

Richard Hunt - Actor, Puppeteer . Best known for "The Muppet Movie", and the TV shows "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show" and "Fraggle Rock". He was a major stronghold behind Jim Henson's "Muppets". He helped pave the way for Jim Henson and his company from the 1970s through the early 90s. Famous behind such "Muppets" as 'Scooter', 'Janice', 'Statler', 'Sweetums', and 'Junior Gorg' from "Fraggle Rock".

Frank Gifford - Former Professional football player, Sports announcer, Professional football analyst. Best known for "NFL Monday Night Football". Played halfback/wide receiver/defensive back for the National Football League's New York Giants (1952-1964). Inducted into the California Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1977. He shares a birthday with his wife Kathie Lee Gifford.

Kathie Lee Gifford - Actress, Producer. Best known for the TV show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" and "The Today Show". She shares a birthday with her husband Frank Gifford.

Lorraine Gary - Actress, best known for the "Jaws" movies, "Car Wash" and "1941". Marty McFly's mother in "Back to the Future" was named after her.

Reginald VelJohnson - Actor, best known for "Die Hard", "Like Mike", and the TV shows "Family Matters" and "Hart of Dixie".

George Stults - Actor, best known as Kevin Kinkirk in the TV show "7th Heaven".

Madonna - Singer, Actress, best known for "Desperately Seeking Susan", "Shanghai Surprise", "Who's That Girl", "Dick Tracy", "A League of Their Own" and "Evita". Named one of People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People of 1991', and '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'. Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001". Ranked #8 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Ranked #6 in Life's 100 Greatest Rockers List (March 2002). Voted #3 on the reader-voted Favorite Female List for Rolling Stone Magazine's 2001 Music Awards list. Her Re-Invention Tour was the #1 world tour of 2004 grossing over $125 million. 55 of 56 shows were sold-out. (from 'Billboard Boxscore'). Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at MTV's 2006 TRL Awards (25 February 2006). Ranked #1 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Appears in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records as the female singer with the highest annual earnings. Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [November 2004]. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008.

Eydie Gormé - Singer. Best known for her 1963 Grammy Award-nominated song "Blame it on the Bossa Nova". Her big break came after she joined, "The Tonight Show" in 1953, where she sang solos and sang duets with the up-and-coming Steve Lawrence. The two performed on the show for five years, and married in 1957. After their "Tonight Show" stint, the pair had a short-lived TV show of their own, "The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show". She and her husband Steve Lawrence were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. First cousin of Neil Sedaka. She was a high school classmate of Stanley Kubrick.

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I remember Kathie Lee Gifford doing those Carnival cruise commercials. Pretty good singer, assuming that was her.

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Born on August 17th:

Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, best known for "The Pride of the Yankees", "The Kid from Brooklyn", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "The Bishop's Wife", "Hans Christian Andersen", "Guys and Dolls" and "Porgy and Bess". Famed for his relentless ambition, bad temper and genius for publicity, Samuel Goldwyn became Hollywood's leading "independent" producer, largely because none of his partners could tolerate him for long. In 1917 he merged his production company with All-Star Feature Films Corp., owned by brothers Edgar Selwyn and Archibald Selwyn, creating the Goldwyn Pictures Corp. The symbol of the new company was a reclining lion, surrounded by a banner made from a strip of celluloid film with the words "Ars Gratia Artis" ("Art for Art's Sake") at the top. The trademark adorned the front gate of the studio's Culver City, California, production facilities. He liked the name of the new studio so much that he renamed himself Samuel Goldwyn. He was forced out of the company in 1922. It was merged with Loew's Inc.'s Metro Pictures in 1924 through a stock swap, creating Metro-Goldwyn, which subsequently merged with Louis B. Mayer Productions, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was born.

Robert De Niro - Actor, Producer. Best known for "Bang the Drum Slowly", "Mean Streets", "The Godfather: Part II", "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "The King of Comedy", "Midnight Run", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings", "Cape Fear", "A Bronx Tale", "Analyze This", "Meet the Parents", "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Last Vegas". He is the second actor to win an Oscar for portraying Vito Corleone. He and Marlon Brando are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. Formerly held the World Record for Most Weight Gained for a Movie, in gaining over 60 pounds for his role in "Raging Bull". He was voted as the best actor of all time at FilmFour.com (2002). He was voted the Number 2 greatest movie star of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll, narrowly being beaten by Al Pacino. He was voted the 34th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Ranked #1 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest Living Actor (Gods Among Us)" list (October 2004). In October 1997 he ranked #5 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. In 2005 Premiere Magazine ranked him as #38 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature. As of the 5th edition of "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', De Niro is the most represented actor, with 14 films. One of the five winners of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors. He won an Oscar for playing Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull" (1980), making him one of 13 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007). Received the Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes in January, 2011. He organised the first Tribeca Film Festival in May 2002. He intended to revitalise the Lower Manhattan area after September 11th attacks. He formed his production company, TriBeCa Productions, in 1989. He is very good friends with Sean Penn. The two share the same birthday and would often throw a joint birthday party together.

Sean Penn - Actor, best known for "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "The Falcon and the Snowman", "At Close Range", "Shanghai Surprise", "The Game", "The Thin Red Line", "I Am Sam", "Mystic River" and "Milk". He was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. Ranked #76 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. As of 2005, the only actor to ever receive a Best Actor nomination for a Woody Allen film, besides Allen himself. His performance as "Jeff Spicoli" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is ranked #9 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. He is the 9th person to win 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor. As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. In three consecutive years won acting prizes in the three major film festivals: Berlin Silver Bear Best Actor ("Dead Man Walking") in 1996, Cannes Best Actor ("She's So Lovely") in 1997, and Venice Volpi Cup Best Actor ("Hurlyburly") in 1998 becoming the fastest among the four actors to have accomplished the feat of winning in the aforementioned film festivals. He is very good friends with Robert De Niro. The two share the same birthday and would often throw a joint birthday party together.

Maureen O'Hara - Actress, best known for "Jamaica Inn", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "How Green Was My Valley", "Miracle on 34th Street", "The Quiet Man", "The Parent Trap", "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation", "Spencer's Mountain" and "McLintock!". Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1993. She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture. She became an American citizen on January 25, 1946 but has retained her Irish citizenship. It was the first time in history that the United States government recognized an Irish citizen as Irish. This led to a change in process for all Irish immigrants.

Mae West - Actress, best known for "She Done Him Wrong", "I'm No Angel", "Go West Young Man", "My Little Chickadee" and "Myra Breckinridge". Her films are credited with single-handedly saving failing and debt-ridden Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy in the early 1930s. She was named #15 Actress on The American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Screen Legends. At one point, she was Hollywood's highest paid star. The Coca-Cola bottle was said to have been designed with Mae West's figure as inspiration. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Harve Bennett - Producer, Writer. Best known for "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", and the TV shows "Mod Squad", "Rich Man, Poor Man" (mini-series), "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman" and "Time Trax". Winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Special "A Woman Called Golda" (1982).

John Brahm - Director, best known for directing episodes of the TV shows "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Thriller", "Twilight Zone", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Dr. Kildare", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.". He directed some of the best-loved episodes of these shows, including the classic "Twilight Zone" episodes "Time Enough at Last" and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".

Martha Coolidge - Director, best know for "Valley Girl", "Real Genius", "Lost in Yonkers", "Out to Sea" and "The Prince and Me". In addition to working with talented artists, Coolidge has received many awards for her work. Recognition has included a Best Director "Spirit" Award from the Independent Feature Project West, the "Crystal Award" from Women in Film, the Maverick Award from the LeFemme Film Festival, the distinguished "Robert Aldrich Award" from the Directors Guild of America, the "Breakthrough Award" from Women, Men & Media, and "Lifetime Achievement Awards" from Methodfest, the Dallas Film Festival, a "Big Bear" from the Big Bear Film Festival and the "Award for Artist Excellence in Film" from Rhode Island School of Design. She has been inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame and the Museum of Television and Radio, and also helped found the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Inc. and the IFP. Long active in Directors Guild of America, she was elected its first female president, March 2002.

Glenn Corbett - Actor, best known for "Shenandoah", "Chisum", the TV show "Route 66", and as Zefram Cochrane in the original "Star Trek" TV series episode "Metamorphosis".

Donnie Wahlberg - Actor, best known for "The Sixth Sense", "Saw II", "Band of Brothers" (mini-series), and the TV shows "Boomtown" and "Blue Bloods". At the age of 15, he became a member of the teen vocal group New Kids on the Block, (originally called "NYNUK"). The Boys went on to sell over 70 million albums worldwide, and provoke the spawning of other five-member harmony groups such as Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. He produced, arranged, mixed and co-wrote "Music for the People" and "You Gotta Believe" the 1991 and 1992 hit albums from brother Mark's group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

Robert Joy - Actor, best known as Dr. Sid Hammerback on the TV show "CSI: NY".

David Conrad - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Ghost Whisperer" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.".

Andrew Koenig - Actor, best known as Richard 'Boner' Stabone on the TV show "Growing Pains". Son of actor Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on "Star Trek".

Belinda Carlisle - Singer. Lead singer with The Go-Gos. The Go-Gos first album, 1981's "Beauty And The Beat", spent six weeks at number 1 and they are still the only all-female band ever to have a number 1 album. (Band meaning where all the members play their own instruments). In 1982, the group released the album "Vacation" and set out on a major sell out tour of the states. The album debuted in the top 10 (one of the first albums to ever do so) peaking at number 8. It would eventually go on to sell over 1 million copies though their record company only had it certified as gold. Original member of the legendary punk band The Germs. Ranked #76 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock 'N' Roll. She and The Go-Gos were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6652 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Robin Cousins - Professional Figure Skater. He won the Gold Medal for Figure Skating in the 1980 Olympics. He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the sport of figure skating.

W. Mark Felt - He revealed, at the age of 91, that he was the infamous Deep Throat. He joined the FBI in 1942 and worked his way up to become assistant director to J. Edgar Hoover in 1965, succeeding to the No. 2 position of Associate Director upon Hoover's death. In 1972, after a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, the FBI began investigating the White House for potential cover-up and surveillance activities. Two reporters at the Washington Post, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, pieced together the Watergate conspiracy with the help of an anonymous informant named 'Deep Throat.' Their reporting eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of over two dozen people in the Nixon administration. Woodward and Bernstein, however, kept Deep Throat's identity a closely-guarded secret. For three decades, the identity of Deep Throat was modern journalism's greatest unsolved mystery. Dozens of books speculated on Deep Throat's identity, and a long list of names was guessed over the years. Though he had originally planned for his secret identity to be revealed only after his death, he came forward at his family's urging on May 31, 2005 in a Vanity Fair article. The LA Times Obit for Mr. Felt states that he was an unpaid consultant to the television series "The FBI." from 1965 to 1974.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. - He was the son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. He was elected to Congress from New York's 20th District in a special election held in 1949 and to an additional two full terms.

David Koresh - US cult leader. American leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet. A 1993 raid by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the subsequent siege by the FBI ended with the burning of the Branch Davidian ranch outside of Waco, Texas, in McLennan County. Koresh and 75 others were found dead after the fire.

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Born on August 18th:

Roman Polanski - Director, Producer, Writer and Actor. Best known for "Rosemary's Baby", "Chinatown", "The Tenant", "Tess", "Frantic", "The Pianist" and "The Ghost Writer". In 1969, while he was on out-of-town business, his wife, actress Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by members of Charles Manson's cult family. Shortly before her murder, wife Sharon Tate gave Polanski a copy of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", and he planned to film it with her. When he finally made the movie "Tess", he dedicated it to her. He was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl after plea bargaining, Polanski then served time in prison in California. But prison officials released him sooner than the judge's original sentence had intended. The judge then sought to have Polanski brought to court again for further sentencing. Rather than do so, Polanski fled to Europe to avoid and escape a second arrest and incarceration. After Polanski fled from the American justice, the judge on his case swore to have him behind the bars. Though the judge died in 1989, the director still can't enter the US, otherwise he would be arrested. He has not been back to the United States since 1978. He received his first best director Oscar for the movie "The Pianist" (2002). He won the Best Director Oscar in 2003 for The Pianist (2002) at the age of 69 years and 7 months, making him the oldest person ever to win that award to that point in time. He was voted the 26th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In September 2011, he returned to Zurich, Switzerland, the city where he was arrested in 2009, to finally accept the Zurich Film Festival award for life achievement.

Robert Redford - Actor, Producer, Director. Best known for "Barefoot in the Park", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Hot Rock", "Jeremiah Johnson", "The Way We Were", "The Sting", "The Great Gatsby", "Three Days of the Condor", "All the President's Men", "The Electric Horseman", "The Natural", "Out of Africa", "Lions for Lambs" and "All Is Lost". In 1995, he was chosen by Empire magazine as #4 of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. In 1996, he was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC. In 1997, he was ranked #29 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. He was voted the 30th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 2005, Premiere Magazine ranked him as #17 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their 'Stars in Our Constellation' feature. His performance as the Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is ranked #20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains. This is a ranking he shares with Paul Newman, who portrayed Butch Cassidy. His performance as Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men" is ranked #27 on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes & Villains. This is a ranking he shares with Dustin Hoffman, who portrayed Carl Bernstein. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, which he named after his character from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

Shelley Winters - Actress, best known for "A Double Life", "Cry of the City", "The Great Gatsby" (1949), "A Place in the Sun", "Phone Call from a Stranger", "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Lolita", "Wives and Lovers", "A House Is Not a Home", "A Patch of Blue", "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "The Poseidon Adventure", and as Roseanne Barr's grandmother on the TV show "Roseanne". She was roommates with Marilyn Monroe when they were both starting out in Hollywood. She made her Broadway debut as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" in 1947. She donated her Oscar for "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959) to the Anne Frank museum. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "A Patch of Blue" in 1965. She earned another Oscar nomination for "The Poseidon Adventure" in 1972. She has the distinction of being the highest ranked female performer on The Oracle of Bacon's list of the top 1000 performers based upon their "center of the film universe" average number. Winter's average link number is 2.696842, placing seventeenth on the list. This places her well above Kevin Bacon, who is currently ranked 1161st, despite being the original focus of the quirky game of linking actors through their co-stars.

Patrick Swayze - Actor, best known for "The Outsiders", "Red Dawn", "North and South" (mini-series), "Dirty Dancing", "Road House", "Next of Kin", "Ghost", "Point Break" and "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar". He began his career as a dancer appearing in Disneyland's parades as Prince Charming from "Cinderella" (1950). He he received Golden Globe nominations for his performances in "Dirty Dancing" (1987) and "Ghost" (1990). He was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. He was chosen as People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California in 1999.

Edward Norton - Actor, best known for "Primal Fear", "American History X", "Fight Club", "The Score", "The Illusionist" and "The Incredible Hulk". He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Primal Fear" (1996). He earned his second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actor, for his performance in "American History X" (1998). He already had two Oscar nominations before he was 30. He was voted International Man of the Year (2003) By British GQ Magazine. He won a Village Voice Obie Award for his role in the off-Broadway show Burn This in 2003. He did an uncredited rewrite of the script of Frida (2002).

Martin Mull - Comedian, Actor. Best known for "My Bodyguard", "Mr. Mom", "Clue", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Jingle All the Way", and the TV shows "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Fernwood Tonight", "America 2-Night", "Roseanne", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and "Dads".

Denis Leary - Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer. Best known for "No Cure For Cancer", "The Ref", "Suicide Kings", "Two If by Sea", "Small Soldiers", "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999), "The Amazing Spider-Man", the voice of Diego in the "Ice Age" movies, and the TV show "Rescue Me". He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role on "Rescue Me" (2004). He founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation (LFF) charity in response to the Dec. 3, 1999, warehouse fire that killed six firefighters in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts. His cousin Jeremiah Lucey was among the six heroic firefighters killed. Leary also established LFF projects for New York's Bravest in response to the FDNY's losses in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and in New Orleans to help restore firefighting capabilities destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Alan Mowbray - Actor, best known for "Sherlock Holmes" (1932), "A Study in Scarlet", "Terror by Night", "My Man Godfrey", "Topper", "Topper Takes a Trip", "My Darling Clementine", "Every Girl Should Be Married", "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff", "Once Upon a Honeymoon", "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), "The King and I" and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956). He was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild formed in 1933.

John Aylesworth - Writer, Producer. Best known for the TV shows "The Perry Como Show", "The Jimmy Dean Show", "The Judy Garland Show", "The Julie Andrews Hour", "The Sonny and Cher Show" and "Hee Haw".

Christian Slater - Actor, best known for "The Legend of Billie Jean", "Heathers", "Young Guns II", "Pump Up the Volume", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", "Untamed Heart", "True Romance", "Interview with the Vampire", "Murder in the First", "Bed of Roses", and the TV shows "My Own Worst Enemy", "Breaking In" and "Mind Games". He made his theater debut in the musical "The Music Man" at age 9. In 1995, he was chosen by Empire magazine as #79 of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. No relation to actress Helen Slater, who, ironically, played his sister in the movie "The Legend of Billie Jean".

Madeleine Stowe - Actress, best known for "Stakeout", "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Short Cuts", and the TV show "Revenge". She was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. She was ranked #5 in People's Most Beautiful Women of the World (2012).

Andy Samberg - Actor, best known for "Hot Rod", "Hotel Transylvania" and the TV shows "Saturday Night Live" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine". He is a member of The Lonely Island along with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. The Lonely Island's "Lazy Sunday" video was downloaded over a million times the day after it aired on "Saturday Night Live". The Lonely Island's "Incredibad" was the 8th highest selling Hip Hop album of 2009 in the US. He received a Grammy nomination (as member of The Lonely Island) for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for the song "I'm on a Boat" (feat. T-Pain) in 2010.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Actor, best known as Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable on the TV show "The Cosby Show", and as Malcolm McGee on the TV show "Malcolm & Eddie". He wWas nominated for an Emmy in 1986 for his portrayal of Theo Huxtable on the 1980s hit "The Cosby Show". He was ranked #32 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". He won "Celebrity Poker Showdown" (2003) in record time. The show which usually runs in a two hour slot, only had enough material to fill one hour.

Craig Bierko - Actor, best known for "Cinderella Man", "The Thirteenth Floor", and the TV show "Boston Legal". He played traveling salesman Professor Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" which opened on April 27, 2000. He was later nominated for a Tony for best performance by a leading actor in a musical that same year. In November 2000, he was given title 'Sexiest Broadway Star' by People Magazine. He was originally cast as Chandler in "Friends", but he turned down the role and was replaced by Matthew Perry.

Jesse Pearson - Actor, best known as Conrad Birdie in "Bye Bye Birdie".

Marvin Isley - Singer. Member of The Isley Brothers. Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Isley Brothers) in 1992. He and the Isley Brothers were nominated into the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Entertainment Category.

Max Factor Jr. (Birth name - Frank Factor) - Make-Up Department, best known for "The Great Ziegfeld", "The Good Earth", "The Goldwyn Follies", "The Wizard of Oz", "Knock on Wood", "The Ten Commandments", "The Facts of Life" (1960), and the TV show "I Love Lucy". Max Factor Jr. was the second son of Max Factor, who opened his first wig shop in Razan, Russia in the 1890s. In April 1904 he emigrated to the United States and opened a perfume, make-up, and wig concession at the St. Louis World's Fair. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1908 and Frank joined the family business on Hill St. as early as 1916. By the time his father died, on August 30, 1938, he had created a make-up empire, supplying both Hollywood and Amercan women. Changing his name to Max Factor Jr., Frank became head of the company.

Rosalynn Carter - First lady of the United States (1977-1981). She has been married to Jimmy Carter since July 7, 1946.

Roberto Clemente - Former Major League Baseball player. In 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates obtained Roberto with the # 1 pick of the draft. Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, where he played his entire eighteen year Major League Baseball career from 1955 to 1972. Roberto played in two World Series, batting .310 in 1960 and .414 in 1971. He was the National League Batting Champion four times, was awarded 12 Gold Gloves, selected National League MVP in 1966 and was chosen as the MVP in the 1971 World Series. Known for his hitting prowess on offense and his strong, accurate throwing arm on defense, Roberto Clemente carved out a Hall of Fame career over his 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling a .317 lifetime batting average and collecting an even 3,000 hits. Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Total Bases Leader (4,492). Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Hits Leader (3,000). Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time At Bats Leader (9,454). Tied with Honus Wagner as Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Games Played Leader (2,433). Named to 12 National League All Star Teams (1960-1967 and 1969-1972). He was the first Latino inducted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 1995. He is remembered as one of the greatest athletes and humanitarians of all time. He was killed in a mission-of-mercy plane crash while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua. Clemente was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1973, only the second player to have had the required five-year waiting period before being eligible waived. One of Roberto's dreams, the Roberto Clemente Sports City, is one part of the legacy he left behind. Visitors to Carolina, Puerto Rico are greeted by a twelve foot statue of him as they enter into a 304 acre sports complex. He is pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 17 August 1984.

Marge Schott (Schottzy) - Owner of the Cincinnati Reds, 1984-1999. In 1993, was fined $25,000 and banned from managing for one year by Major League Baseball for racist and anti-Semitic remarks.

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Born on August 19th:

Today is a good day for "Star Trek":
Gene Roddenberry ("The Great Bird of the Galaxy") - Best known as the creator and writer of "Star Trek". Also known for "Pretty Maids All in a Row", "Genesis II", "The Questor Tapes", "Planet Earth", and the TV shows "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Earth: Final Conflict" and "Andromeda". During World War II, he wrote a song lyric "I Wanna Go Home", which became popular. His first television script sale, in 1953, was the episode ''Defense Plant Gambling'' for the series Mr. District Attorney (1954). It was broadcast March 2, 1954. In the science-fiction field, his first was "The Secret Weapon of 117", broadcast March 6, 1956 on the anthology series "Chevron Hall of Stars". Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6683 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 4, 1985. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2010. Shares the same birthday as "Star Trek: The Next Generation" star Jonathan Frakes. He died within 48 hours of screening "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), the last Trek that revolved around his original characters. Some of his ashes were sent up in a rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Jonathan Frakes - Actor, Director. Best known for the mini series "North and South", as Commander William T. Riker in the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and several "Star Trek" movies, and as the voice of David Xanatos in "Gargoyles". He is the only "Star Trek" regular to appear in four different "Star Trek" series, as well as narrate the 1996 "Star Trek: TNG" audio-book "Crossover". Shares the same birthday as "Star Trek" creator, Gene Roddenberry.

Diana Muldaur - Actress, best known "The Other", "McQ", "The Miracle Worker" (1979), as Rosalind Shays on the TV show "L.A. Law", and as Dr. Pulaski on the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation". A former Screen Actors Guild board member, she later went on to become president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She appeared on the original "Star Trek series episodes "Return to Tomorrow" as Dr. Ann Mullhall, and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" as Dr. Miranda Jones, and later she was cast as Dr. Katherine Pulaski on the spinoff series "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The scene where her "L.A. Law" character Rosalind Shays is discovered in bed with her enemy Leland McKenzie, (played by Richard Dysart), was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television (the list originally appeared in the March 1991 issue of EGG magazine).


More actors born today:
Gerald McRaney - Actor, best known for the TV shows "Simon & Simon", "Major Dad", "Jericho" and "House of Cards". He holds the distinction of being the last guest star to meet "Matt Dillon" in a gunfight on the TV show "Gunsmoke", in the episode "Hard Labor", first broadcast February 24, 1975 (he lost).

Jill St. John - Actress, best known for "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker", "Holiday for Lovers", "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?", "Who's Minding the Store?", "Honeymoon Hotel", "Diamonds Are Forever", "Come Blow Your Horn", "Tony Rome", the TV show "Emerald Point N.A.S.", and the mini-series "Around the World in 80 Days". She became the first American Bond Girl when she took on the role of Tiffany Case in "Diamonds Are Forever".

Adam Arkin - Actor, Director. Best known for "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash", "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later", "Hitch", and as Dr. Aaron Shutt on the TV show "Chicago Hope". He was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "I Hate Hamlet". He provided voice acting for the 1983 NPR radio dramatization of "Star Wars". He played "Fixer", one of Luke Skywalker's childhood friends. His father is actor Alan Arkin.

Matthew Perry - Actor, best known for "The Whole Nine Yards", "Fools Rush In", "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon", "She's Out of Control", "Almost Heroes", "Three to Tango", "The Ron Clark Story", "17 Again", and as Chandler Bing on the TV show "Friends". He received a Golden Globe nomination for the TV movie "The Ron Clark Story" (2006). In June 2000, he asked that his name be removed from the Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy list. "Friends" co-stars have all agreed that they would only be nominated in supporting roles. He is the only central cast member of Friends (1994) who has not been nominated for a Razzie. Son of actor John Bennett Perry.

John Stamos - Actor, best known as Blackie Parrish on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital", and as Uncle Jesse Katsopolis on the TV show "Full House". He won two Soap Opera Digest Awards (1982 and 1983) for his performance on "General Hospital". He has played drums occasionally with The Beach Boys since 1985, and directed their "Hot Fun in the Summertime" video. He was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.

Kyra Sedgwick - Actress, best known for "Lemon Sky" (TV movie), "Born on the Fourth of July", "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge", "Miss Rose White", "Singles", "Heart and Souls", "Murder in the First", "Something to Talk About", "Phenomenon", "Something the Lord Made", and the TV show "The Closer". She received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in "Miss Rose White" (1992) and "Something to Talk About" (1995). Received the 1988 Theatre World award for her stage portrayal of Muriel in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah Wilderness". Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 8, 2009. She met her husband, Kevin Bacon, when they played leads in the TV movie "Lemon Sky" (1988).

Peter Gallagher - Actor, best known for "The Idolmaker", "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", "The Player", "Bob Roberts", "Short Cuts", "While You Were Sleeping", "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday", "American Beauty", and the TV shows "The O.C." and "Covert Affairs". Gallagher's character on "The O.C.", Sandy Cohen, was ranked #25 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue]. He was nominated for the 1986 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Featured Actor in a Drama for "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1987).

Kevin Dillon - Actor, best known for "Heaven Help Us", "Platoon", "The Blob" (1988), "The Doors", "A Midnight Clear", "Poseidon", and the TV show "Entourage". He has received both an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role on "Entourage". He is the younger brother of actor, Matt Dillon. Their great-uncle was late cartoonist Alex Raymond, who created Flash Gordon.

Callum Blue - Actor, best known for "Colombiana", "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", the TV show "Related", as Zod on the TV show "Smallville", and as Mason on the TV show "Dead Like Me". He was ranked #16 in SFX Appeal - Top 20 Sexiest Men [November 2003].

Randi Oakes - Actress, best known as Officer Bonnie Clark on the TV show "CHiPs".

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Politicians and Entrepreneurs born on August 19th

Bill Clinton - 42nd President of The United States of America (1993-2001). He was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, then Governor in 1978. He won re-election in 1982, and served until he won the US Presidency in 1992, becoming the 42nd President of the United States, and winning re-election in 1996. Impeached (the equivalent of indicted) by the U.S. House of Representatives, Dec. 1998, for "high crimes and misdemeanors" on a strictly party-line vote (all Republicans voted for it, all Democrats voted against it; since the Republicans controlled the House, the impeachment was approved). He is the second president to be impeached; the first was Andrew Johnson in 1868 (Richard Nixon would likely have faced impeachment, but he resigned before it came to that). Named Time magazine's "Man of the Year 1992". Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue). Named Time magazine's Co-Man of the Year (with Ken Starr) in 1998. Admitted to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky. [August 1998]. Ranked 21st (out of 41) in a survey of the best U.S. presidents. Some historians also rated him last in "moral authority", largely stemming from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and numerous rumored affairs. [February 2000]. His terms in office made him the last US president of the 20th century as well as the first president of the 21st century. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by President Barack Obama. Shares a birthday with Tipper Gore, wife of his former presidential running mate, Al Gore.

Tipper Gore - Wife of Al Gore, who was Vice president of The United States, 20 January 1993 - 20 January 2001. She shares a birthday with his presidential running mate, former President Bill Clinton. She was the person who made CD's have the Parental Advisory Sticker.

Fred Dalton Thompson - Actor, best known for "The Hunt for Red October", "Days of Thunder", "Die Hard 2", "Cape Fear", "In the Line of Fire", and as D.A. Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" and several spinoff series. He was a lawyer/attorney before becoming an actor. He can be seen on the archival footage of the Watergate Hearings in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" (1995). He was one of the active lawyers on the Watergate committee during the trial. When he joined the cast of Law & Order (1990) in the fall of 2002, Thompson (District Attorney Arthur Branch) became the first serving U.S. Senator to take a regular TV acting job. He won a special election to the United States Senate in 1994 and was reelected for a full term in 1996. He did not run for reelection in 2002. A Republican, he represented his home state of Tennessee from 2 December 1994 - 3 January 2003. His term did not end until January 2003.

Malcolm S. Forbes - Founder and publisher of Forbes Magazine, a resource of financial and investment reporting. He volunteered his private 747 to deliver emergency supplies during natural disasters around the world. He was the first man to pilot a hot air balloon over the Great Wall of China. Elected to the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2007 for his services to business enterprise (inaugural election).

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Athletes born on August 19th:

Orville Wright - Aviator, Inventor. Brother of Wilbur Wright. The Wright Brothers are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. From 1905 to 1907, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible. Inducted with his brother Wilbur into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 1981.

Willie Shoemaker - Jockey. He is recognized as the most successful jockey in racing history. Winning his first race in 1949 at age 18, by the time of his retirement in 1990 he had racked up 8,833 victories - among them four Kentucky Derbies, five Belmont Stakes and three Preakness Stakes. He led all American jockeys in wins five times. He was the first jockey to win over $100 million. At the age of 54, he became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. Inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958. Inducted into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1999 (inaugural class).

Bobby Richardson - Former Major League Baseball player. Second Baseman for New York Yankees (1955-1966). Member of 1955, 1957, 1960 and 1963-1964 American League Champion New York Yankees teams. Member of 1956, 1958 and 1961-1962 World Series Champion New York Yankees teams.

Ron Darling - Former Major League Baseball player. He pitched for the Mets, A's and Expos from 1983-1995, was a member of the 1986 World Series Champion N.Y. Mets. He played in the 1985 all-star game. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1984 Rookie All-Star Team.

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Singers born on August 19th:

Lee Ann Womack - Country music singer. Her first country hit was 1997's "Never Again, Again." However, she didn't break into the top 10 of Billboard magazine's country singles chart until later that year with "The Fool," which peaked at No. 2. She continued to score several more top 5 hits during the next two years, including "You've Got to Talk to Me" and "A Little Past Little Rock" (both 1998) and "I'll Think of a Reason Later" (1999). Her only Billboard No. 1 hit is "I Hope You Dance," a five-week No. 1 country hit (and also multi-week No. 1 on the adult contemporary charts). Her 2002 duet with legendary country singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, "Mendocino County Line," was that year's Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year.. Her self-titled album produced her 1st #1 single, 'The Fool'. Her album, 'I Hope You Dance' has sold 3 million copies. Her single 'Does My Ring Burn Your Finger' was named 'Song of the Year' in 2001 by USA Today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw


Clay Walker - Country music singer. Best known for the songs "What's It to You", "Live Until I Die", Dreaming with My Eyes Open", "If I Could Make a Living", "This Woman and This Man", and "Rumor Has It". He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die". His first four studio albums all achieved platinum certification in the United States and his greatest hits collection and fifth studio album were each certified gold. He has charted 30 country singles, including six Number Ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllRA7Hu3e8


Eddy Raven - Country music singer/songwriter. Best known for the songs "I Got Mexico", "Shine, Shine, Shine", "I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live", "In a Letter to You" and "Bayou Boys". He has charted more than thirty-five singles in his career, including six Number One hits, as well as several more Top Ten hits, including seventeen consecutive Top Tens between 1984 and 1990. He has written songs for a wide range of rock and country recording artists, including Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney, Roy Orbison, George Jones, Toby Keith, Waylon Jennings, Lefty Frizzell, Carl Smith, Heather Myles, Brenda Lee, Don Gibson, Faron Young, Jack Greene, Gene Watson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lorrie Morgan, Roy Acuff, Jerry Reed, Oak Ridge Boys, Connie Smith, Charlie Louvin.

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


Gary Chapman - Christian singer/songwriter. His career spans more than 20 years and includes eight Dove Awards, four #1 songs on multiple charts, three Grammy Award nominations, and three years as host of TNN's "Prime Time Country".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0JC3UhDhbk

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Edward Norton - Actor, best known for "Primal Fear", "American History X", "Fight Club", "The Score", "The Illusionist" and "The Incredible Hulk". He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Primal Fear" (1996). He earned his second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actor, for his performance in "American History X" (1998). He already had two Oscar nominations before he was 30. He was voted International Man of the Year (2003) By British GQ Magazine. He won a Village Voice Obie Award for his role in the off-Broadway show Burn This in 2003. He did an uncredited rewrite of the script of Frida (2002).

I'm late best Happy Birthday to my favorite actor !! :) :)

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Born on August 20th:

H.P. Lovecraft - Writer, best known for "Re-Animator" (story "Herbert West, Re-Animator"), "From Beyond" (short story), and "Cthulhu" (book). Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine, among others. Universally considered to be the father of modern horror. The statuette for the World Fantasy Award is a bust of Lovecraft, in honor of his writing. The award is informally referred to as a Howard. He inspired modern-day stories of success such as Stephen King ("The Shining"), John Carpenter ("In the Mouth of Madness"), Robert Bloch ("Psycho"), Clive Barker ("Hellraiser") and Anne Rice ("Interview with the Vampire"). He is notorious as being the 20th Century's most prolific letter writer scripting somewhere between 40,000 to 100,000 letters within his lifetime.

Walter Bernstein - Writer, best known for "The Magnificent Seven" (uncredited), "Fail-Safe", "The Front", "Semi-Tough", "Yanks", "Little Miss Marker" and "The House on Carroll Street". Blacklisted writer in the 50s, a victim of the Republican-led HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), he still continued to write under pseudonyms as did many other blacklisted writers such as Ring Lardner Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and his biggest contribution during that time was probably his writing work with other blacklisted writers Arnold Manoff & Abraham Polonsky on the "You Are There" (1953) TV segments starring Walter Cronkite. He is a recipient of The Writers Guild of America East Lifetime Achievement Award.

David O. Russell - Director, Producer, Writer. Best known for "I Heart Huckabees", "The Fighter", "Silver Linings Playbook" and "American Hustle". The only director to helm two consecutively-released films (Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and American Hustle (2013)) that were nominated for Academy Awards in all acting categories.

Peter Horton - Actor, Producer, Director. Best known for "Children of the Corn", "Side Out", "Singles", and the TV shows "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "thirtysomething". He plays the classical piano, and is also a musical composer. He was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.

Al Roker - Producer, Actor. Best known as the Weather Anchor and the co-anchor on "The Today Show".

Connie Chung - Producer, Newscaster. Best known for "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" and "20/20". She has been married to Maury Povich since December 2, 1984. She is the only person in history (male or female) to have served as a substitute anchor for all three network nightly newscasts ("NBC Nightly News", "CBS Evening News" and "ABC World News Tonight"); as well as all three network morning newscasts ("Today", "CBS This Morning" and "Good Morning America"). She was the first journalist to interview basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive. She was also the first to interview congressman Gary Condit after his intern Chandra Levy disappeared. She was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for General Services.

Alan Reed - Actor, Veteran radio actor. Best known for "The Redhead and the Cowboy", "Here Comes the Groom", "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), "Viva Zapata!", "Lady and the Tramp" (voice), "Marjorie Morningstar", "1001 Arabian Nights" (voice), "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and as the voice of Fred Flintstone on the cartoon "The Flintstones". He created the phrase "Yabba Dabba Doo" for "The Flintstones".

Ray Wise - Actor, best known for "Jeepers Creepers II", "RoboCop" (1987) and "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", "Bob Roberts", and for the TV shows "Twin Peaks" and "Reaper".

Amy Adams - Actress, best known for "Catch Me If You Can", "Junebug", "Enchanted", "Charlie Wilson's War", "Doubt", "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian", "Julie & Julia", "Trouble with the Curve", "Man of Steel", "Her" and "American Hustle". She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for "Junebug" (2005). She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance in "Enchanted" (2007). She received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and a British Academy Film award for her performance in "Doubt" (2008). She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006. She was chosen as one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the world (2008). Her performance as Ashley Johnsten in "Junebug" (2005) was named the 6th best performance of the decade in Paste Magazine's 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade. She was chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

Andrew Garfield - Actor, best known for "The Social Network", "Never Let Me Go", "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". He won the 2004 Manchester Evening News Most Promising Newcomer Theatre Award for his performance in "Kes" at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. He won the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 2006 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He shared the 2007 London Theatre Critics Circle Most Promising Newcomer Award with Connie Fisher. One of Variety Magazine's '10 Actors to Watch' (2007). In 2008, he was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion Board.

James Marsters - Actor, best known as Spike in the TV shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", and as Brainiac / Milton Fine in the TV show "Smallville". He won the Sexiest Male Vampire Award at the Nocturnal 2K Convention in London, England. [July 2000]. He was named #1 of the Top Ten Sexiest Men of the Buffy / Angel universe in a fan poll by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine (2004). He is also a writer in real-life. He and comic book writer/novelist Christopher Golden teamed up in 1999 for Dark Horse Comics' "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike & Dru" comic book tie-in miniseries. It is now reprinted as a graphic novel.

Jonathan Ke Quan - Actor, best known for "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "The Goonies", and the TV shows "Head of the Class". He was number 67 on vh1's The Greatest: 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005). He is now a martial artist and working as a stunt coordinator, recently worked with Jet Li on "The One".

Sam Melville - Actor, best known for "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), "Big Wednesday", and tbe TV shows "The Rookies" and "Scarecrow and Mrs. King". He played Kate Jackson's husband on "The Rookies" (1972) and her ex-husband in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983).

Demi Lovato - Singer, Actress. Best known for "Camp Rock", as Sonny Munroe on the TV show "Sonny with a Chance" and as a judge on the U.S. version of "The X Factor". Her debut album, "Don't Forget", debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. She was voted #54 in the British version of FHM "100 Sexiest Women" List (2011). In 2012, she won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Pop Artist. She was ranked #40 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Jim Reeves - Country music singer, songwriter, composer. Jim Reeves was one of the best of the "Nashville Sound" style country and western singers. The peak of his career came in late 1959-early 1960 with the success of the single "He'll Have To Go", which reached number 2 in the U.S. hit record charts and number 12 in Britain, ultimately reaching three million in sales. His many hits on RCA Victor, now considered country music classics, include "He'll Have to Go", "Four Walls", "Am I Losing You", "Blue Side of Lonesome", "Welcome to My World", "Bimbo", "Distant Drums" and "Mexican Joe". A prolific recording artist, many of his posthumously released songs became hits many years after his death, such as 1970's "Angels Don't Lie". He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry from 1955 until his death. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, 1967. According to Billboard Magazine, Jim had 51 Top 10 hits - 19 after his death.

Isaac Hayes - Composer, Singer. In 1971 he won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for the "Theme from Shaft" (1970) and was nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score for "Shaft". He was the first African American composer to win an Oscar for Best Original Song (1972) for "The Theme from Shaft". Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 9, 2005.

Robert Plant - Singer, Musician. Lead singer and harmonica player of Led Zeppelin. He played in a band called Hobbstweeble prior to Led Zeppelin, and the 'Honeydrippers' after Led Zeppelin. He also had a successful solo singing career. He was ranked #37 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Led Zeppelin were voted the 14th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Led Zeppelin) in 1995. Led Zeppelin were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [November 2006]. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Music.

John Hiatt - Singer, Songwriter, Musician. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including new wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards and has been awarded a variety of other distinctions in the music industry. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres.

Graig Nettles - Former Major League Baseball player. Third Baseman for Minnesota Twins (1967-1969), Cleveland Indians (1970-1972), New York Yankees (1973-1983), San Diego Padres (1984-1986), Atlanta Braves (1987) and Montreal Expos (1988). Member of 1969 American League Western Division Champion Minnesota Twins team. Member of 1976 and 1981 American League Champion New York Yankees teams. Member of 1977 and 1978 World Series Champion New York Yankees teams. Member of 1980 American League Eastern Division Champion New York Yankees team. Member of 1984 National League Champion San Diego Padres team. Named to 4 American League All Star Teams (1975 and 1977-1980) and 1985 National League All Star Team. Won 1977 and 1978 American League Gold Glove Awards at Third Base. Finished 5th in voting for 1977 American League MVP for having 99 Runs, 292 Total Bases, 37 Home Runs, 107 RBI, 64 Extra-Base Hits and 8 Intentional Walks. Finished 6th in voting for 1978 American League MVP for playing in 159 games and having 270 Total Bases, 27 Home Runs, 9 Sacrifice Flies and Grounding into Double Plays 20 times. American League Championship Series MVP in 1981 for having .500 Batting Average (6 for 12), 2 Runs, 2 Doubles, 1 Home Run, 9 RBI and 1 Walk.

Don King - Boxing Promoter. Promoter of over 500 world championship fights-so far. Nearly 100 boxers have earned $1 million or more in Don King Productions-promoted fights-so far. Promoter of boxers Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Mike Tyson, among others. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1997.

Benjamin Harrison - 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). His presidency came between the two nonsuccessive terms of Grover Cleveland. As President, Harrison's most notable accomplishments occurred in foreign affairs, and he sponsored the first Pan-American Conference in 1889 between the US and Latin America. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887. He was the first president to have his voice recorded. It was recorded on a wax cylinder during his second campaign for president. Great-Grandson of Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and grandson of William Henry Harrison who was the 9th U.S. President.

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Born on August 21st:

Friz Freleng (aka I. Freleng) - Producer, Director, Writer, Animator. Best known for "Looney Tunes" and "The Pink Panther" cartoons. He produced some of the most beloved cartoons in America's golden age of animation. He worked as the head animator and oftentimes producer on the two main animation subdivisions established by Warner Brothers, Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies. Though nominated throughout his career for numerous Academy Awards, it wasn't until 1947 that he eventually won the Oscar for "Tweety Pie". Freleng then won Oscars for "Speedy Gonzalez" in 1955, "Birds Anonymous" in 1957, "Knighty Knight Bugs" in 1958, and "The Pink Phinkin" in 1964. The New York Museum of Modern Art honored both Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones in a 1985 retrospective that set attendance records for the institution that remain unbroken to this day. His colleagues during the Warner Brothers years based the character Yosemite Sam on him. It was based on his short stature and his tendency for sudden explosive outbursts.

Peter Weir - Director, Writer, Producer. Best known for "Gallipoli", "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Witness", "The Mosquito Coast", "Dead Poets Society", "Green Card", "The Truman Show", "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and "The Way Back". He was nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for Best Director for "Witness" (1985), "Dead Poets Society" (1989), "The Truman Show" (1998), and "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for "Green Card" (1990). He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Film Industry.

Frank Perry - Director, Producer. Best known for "David and Lisa", "The Swimmer", "Last Summer", "Truman Capote's Trilogy", "Diary of a Mad Housewife", "Mommie Dearest", "Monsignor" and "Hello Again". His first film David and Lisa (1962) was shot on the modest budget of $200,000 and received numerous critical accolades, as well as being a commercial hit. He directed two actresses to Oscar nominations; Catherine Burns was nominated for 'Best Supporting Actress' for "Last Summer" (1969), and Carrie Snodgress was nominated for 'Best Actress' for "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970). He was the half-uncle of pop singer Katy Perry.

Michael Burns - Producer, best known for "Monster's Ball", "Wonderland", "The Final Cut", "Beyond the Sea", "Akeelah and the Bee", "Employee of the Month", "The Spirit" and "Shrink". He has been Vice Chairman of "Lionsgate" since 2000. He and CEO Jon Feltheimer have been the principal architects of Lionsgate's evolution into the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, through organic growth and accretive strategic acquisitions. With the acquisitions of "Artisan Entertainment", "Trimark Holdings" and other available libraries, Lionsgate now has a 5000-title library and an exciting, commercially potent slate of 18 feature film releases a year.

Jack Weston - Actor, best known for "Wait Until Dark", "Cactus Flower", "Please Don't Eat the Daisies", "The Cincinnati Kid", "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), "Fuzz", "Gator", "The Ritz", "The Four Seasons", "Ishtar" and "Dirty Dancing". He was nominated for Broadway's 1981 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for Woody Allen's "The Floating Light Bulb".

Hayden Panettiere - Actress, best known for "Remember the Titans", "Joe Somebody", "Ice Princess", "Bring It On: All or Nothing", "I Love You, Beth Cooper", "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy", and for the TV shows "One Life to Live", "Guiding Light", "Heroes" and "Nashville". On 7/21/98, she was Soap Opera Magazine's star of the week. In 2000, she was Childstarlets.com's Actress of the Year. In 2000, she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for "A Bug's Life" (1998) Read-Along. She is the second-ever recipient of The Wyler Award (which honors a celebrity who has raised awareness of animal issues) for her on-the-ground work to expose Japan's slaughter of dolphins. Voted #6 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2007. Voted #5 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2008. Ranked #13 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list. Ranked #11 in FHM's "Sexiest Women" list in 2008. Ranked #1 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008). Ranked #30 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2010 list. Ranked #12 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Ranked #21 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Ranked #26 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

RJ Mitte - Actor, best known as Walter White, Jr. in the TV show "Breaking Bad". He actually has cerebral palsy, the same condition his character in Breaking Bad (2008) has. However, his real life condition is much milder; he had to learn to walk with crutches and slow down his speech for the role.

Carrie-Anne Moss - Actress, best known for "The Matrix" movies, "Red Planet", "Suspect Zero", "Chocolat", "Memento", "Disturbia" and "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D". She won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Memento" (2000).

Alicia Witt - Actress, best known for "Dune", "Mr. Holland's Opus", "Urban Legend", "Cecil B. DeMented", "Vanilla Sky", "Two Weeks Notice", "The Upside of Anger", "88 Minutes", and for the TV shows "Cybill" and "Justified". She appeared on "That's Incredible!" (1980) at the age of four because of her amazing reading skills. She also performed the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet with the host. In 1994, Witt appeared in the critically acclaimed 'Fun', which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, directed by Rafal Zielinski, depicts a tale of two disturbed young girls whose quest for fun leads them to murder. Witt received the "Special Jury Recognition" Award at Sundance and a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. She is a classically trained pianist. She is also a singer/songwriter who has played shows at venues including Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles and Joe's Pub in New York City. Her mother is Diane Witt, who was in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1988 to 1996 for having the world's longest hair.

Kim Cattrall - Actress, best known for "Police Academy", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Mannequin", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", "Above Suspicion", "15 Minutes", and the TV show and movies "Sex and the City". Named one of People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001". On June 7, 2005, she won a Glammy Award at the British Glamour magazine's Women of the Year Awards held in Berkeley Square Gardens, London, England. She won for Theatre Actress of the Year for her performance in the West End play "Whose Life Is It Anyway?". She received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario on September 12, 2009. She received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University in recognition of her contributions to the dramatic arts (2010).

Kenny Rogers - Singer, Songwriter, Actor. Best known for the movies "Kenny Rogers as The Gambler" and "Six Pack", and the songs "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", "Just Dropped In", "Reuben James", "Lucille", "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes), "Through the Years", "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton), "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton), "Lady" and "Buy Me a Rose". Named "Favorite Singer of All Time" in a 1986 "PM Magazine/USA Today" poll. Voted "Favorite Male Vocalist" in 1989 by "People" magazine readers. He was awarded the Recording Industry Association of America's prestigious Diamond Award, celebrating sales of more than 10 million albums for his "Greatest Hits" album. [March 1999]. His duet, Islands in the Stream, with fellow country singer Dolly Parton was ranked the #1 on CMT 100 greatest country duets of all time. He sang "Lady" with Lionel Richie playing piano. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame [October 27, 2013]. He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." song "We Are The World." He is a well-respected photographer; was invited to the White House to create a portrait of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 1993 CBS-TV special, "A Day in the Life of Country Music" (1993).

Count Basie - Jazz and Big Band Composer, Pianist, Songwriter Bandleader. His songs and instrumentals also include "Good Morning Blues"; "Every Tub"; "John's Idea"; "Basie Boogie"; "Blue and Sentimental"; "Gone With the Wind"; "I Ain't Mad at You"; "Futile Frustration"; "Good Bait"; "Don't You Miss Your Baby?"; "Miss Thing" "Riff Interlude"; "Panassie Stomp: "Shorty George"; "Out the Window"; "Hollywood Jump: "Nobody Knows"; "Swinging at the Daisy Chain"; and "I Left My Baby". Pictured on one of a set of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 11 September 1996, celebrating big band leaders. He was elected to the Down Beat Magazine's Hall of Fame in 1958. Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1981. In his hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey, the Carlton Theater (which opened in 1926) on Monmouth Street was renamed the Count Basie Theatre in 1984 in his honor. He was nominated for the 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Arts and Entertainment. He was inducted into the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Arts and Entertainment. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6508 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Joe Strummer - Former lead singer/guitarist of The Clash. He has been regarded as one of the most talented songwriters of his generation. The Clash were voted the 30th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists by Rolling Stone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Clash) on March10, 2003.

Paris Bennett - Singer. She was a top-five finalist on the fifth season of American Idol.

Wilt Chamberlain - Former Professional Basketball Player. His height (7'1") made him legendary in sports history as arguably the greatest basketball player ever. He spent one year with the Harlem Globetrotters. Unanimous First Team All-America (1957, 1958). The Sporting News First Team All-America (1958). NCAA Tournament MVP (1957). All-Big Seven (1957, 1958). NBA Rookie of the Year (1960). NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968). All-NBA First Team (1960-1962, 1964-1968). All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972). NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972, 1973). NBA Finals MVP (1972). NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960), after scoring 23 points with 25 rebounds. Thirteen-time NBA All-Star (1960-1969, 1971-1973). NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980) and 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Ranks second all-time in scoring with 31,419 points (30.1 ppg) and rebounding 23,924 rebounds (22.9 rpg). Golden State Warriors franchise all-time leading scorer (17,783). Only player to score more than 4000 points in a season (The only other to score more than 3000 is Michael Jordan), is the all-time rebounding leader (and holds the record for rebounds in a season), was the only non-point guard to lead the league in assists, once averaged 50 points together with 25 rebounds per game and has the all-time high in minutes per game, at 45.8. Only player to ever score 100 points in a pro game (1962). He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.

Jim McMahon - Former Professional Football Player. In '80 and '81 he was an All American and led the nation in passing and total offense. While playing college football he set 71 NCAA records. Jim played in the NFL for fifteen years for seven different teams. He led the Chicago Bears to Super Bowl XX victory over the New England Patriots in 1986. He was also a member of Super Bowl XXXI Champion Packers in 1997. He completed 1,492 of 2,573 passes (58%) for 18,148 yards and 100 touchdowns. Also had 338 rushing attempts for 1,631 yards (4.8 yard average) and 16 touchdowns. Ranks 88th on NFL All-Time Passing Attempts List (2,573). Ranks 80th on NFL All-Time Pass Completions List (1,492). Ranks 88th on NFL All-Time Gross Yards Passing List (18,148). Tied with Doug Williams at 100th on NFL All-Time Passing Touchdowns List (100). Ranks 60th on NFL All-Time Times Sacked List (226). Ranks 85th on NFL All-Time Yards Lost List (1,344). Ranks 50th on NFL All-Time Passer Rating List (78.17). In 1998, he was inducted into the Collegiate Football Hall of Fame.

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (Identical twin brothers) - They are known for co-founding HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with Harvard classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for $65 million, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site. They are now venture capitalists, and have led a seed funding round for Bitcoin payment processor BitInstant. In April 2013, the brothers claimed they owned nearly 1% of all Bitcoin in existence at the time. They competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are portrayed by Armie Hammer in "The Social Network" (2010).

Amy Fisher (aka "The Long Island Lolita") - She shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco. She was initially charged with first-degree attempted murder, but eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated assault and served six years in prison. After her parole in 1999, Fisher became a journalist and writer, before embarking on a career as a pornographic actress in 2007. She was played by Alyssa Milano in "Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story" (1993), Noelle Parker in "Amy Fisher: My Story" (1992) and Drew Barrymore in "The Amy Fisher Story" (1993). She won a Press Club Media Award for the prestigious and very competitive category "Column/News" in 2004. This award is voted on by chapters of the highly regarded Society of Professional Journalists.

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Born on August 22nd:

Ray Bradbury - Science Fiction Writer, best known for "The Martian Chronicles" , "Farenheit 451", "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "Dandelion Wine", "The Halloween Tree", "The Illustrated Man", "I Sing The Body Electric", "It Came from Outer Space" (story), "Moby Dick" (1956) (screenplay), and episodes of the TV shows "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Ray Bradbury Theater". His works were translated in more than 40 languages and sold millions of copies around the world. He was awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand in 2007. Recipient of a 2004 National Medal of Arts, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (USA). He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6644 Hollywood Blvd. An asteroid was named in his honor, "9766 Bradbury", and the Apollo astronaut named a crater on the moon "Dandelion Crater", after his novel, "Dandelion Wine". He also received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from Science Fiction Writers of America, an Emmy Award for his work as a writer on "The Halloween Tree", and many other awards and honors. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Julius J. Epstein - Writer, best known for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (screenplay), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited), "Casablanca" (screenplay), "The Battle of Britain", "Mr. Skeffington" (screenplay), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (screenplay), "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (screenplay), "The Tender Trap" (screenplay), "Send Me No Flowers" (screenplay), and "Any Wednesday" (written for the screen by). Twin brother of Philip G. Epstein. Epstein and brother Philip G. Epstein are the only twins to have been awarded Oscars when they won in the writing category for Casablanca (1942). Great uncle of Anya Epstein and her brother Theo Epstein, general manager of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox.

Philip G. Epstein - Writer, best known for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (screenplay), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (contributor to screenplay) (uncredited), "Casablanca" (screenplay), "The Battle of Britain", "Mr. Skeffington" (screenplay), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (screenplay), and "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (screenplay). Twin brother of Julius J. Epstein. Epstein and brother Julius J. Epstein are the only twins to have been awarded Oscars when they won in the writing category for Casablanca (1942). He is the grandfather of Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein (the youngest GM in baseball history, who built the 2004 team than won the first Red Sox World Series victory since 1918, reversing the so-called "curse of the Bambino").

Earl Kress - Writer, best known for "The Fox and the Hound" (story), "Wakko's Wish", "Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes", and episodes of the TV shows "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids", "The Berenstain Bears", "Transformers", "Pound Puppies", "Tiny Toon Adventures", "Animaniacs" and "Pinky and the Brain".

David Chase - Producer, Writer. Best known for the TV shows "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", "The Rockford Files", "I'll Fly Away", "Northern Exposure" and "The Sopranos". He won his first Emmy in 1978, the year "The Rockford Files" won the award for Best Dramatic Series. He won his second Emmy and a Writer's Guild Award for writing the acclaimed TV movie, "Off the Minnesota Strip" (1980). He based Tony Soprano's experience in psychotherapy for depression and anxiety on his own. He often told people stories about the troubled relationship he shared back in New Jersey with his mother. Encouraged to write about it, he found a way to combine a story about his mother with a mob story and a story about psychotherapy, which Chase had also began during this time. This intersection of ideas and themes led Chase to write the landmark pilot script to a show that the Fox network developed, then passed on shooting. HBO then decided to roll the dice with Chase on this odd mixture of mother/son conflict, mobster danger and insecurities about psychological therapy. The result was "The Sopranos" (1999). It has since gone on to become one of the most successful shows to ever come out of a cable network. Chase and his crew have collected Emmy, Golden Globe, Writer's Guild and Director's Guild Awards for the show.

Alfred Gough - Writer, Producer. Best known for "Lethal Weapon 4", "Shanghai Noon", "Showtime", "Spider-Man 2", "Herbie Fully Loaded", "I Am Number Four", and the TV shows "Smallville" and "Charlie's Angels" (2011).

Cecil Kellaway - Actor, best known for "Harvey", "I Married a Witch", "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), "The Luck of the Irish", "Joan of Arc", "Francis Goes to the Races", "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", "The Shaggy Dog", "Tammy Tell Me True", "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "Fitzwilly". He was nominated for two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for "The Luck of the Irish" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". He and character actor Edmund Gwenn were cousins.

Valerie Harper - Actress, best known for "Freebie and the Bean", "Chapter Two", "Blame It on Rio", and for the TV shows "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Rhoda", and "Valerie". She received four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for her work in "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) and "Rhoda" (1974). Before hitting it big as "Rhoda Morgenstern", she maintained a steady roll of supporting player appearances in Broadway musicals throughout the 1960s, appearing with such legends as Jackie Gleason, Robert Morse, Walter Pidgeon, Phyllis Newman, Sydney Chaplin, Orson Bean and Lucille Ball.

Cindy Williams - Actress, best known for "American Graffiti", "The Conversation", "More American Graffiti", and as Shirley Feeney on the TV show "Laverne & Shirley". She was cited as one of the most promising movie personalities of 1973 in John Willis' 1974 Film Annual "Screen World" book. She wrote with Penny Marshall before acting with her. She co-starred with "Laverne & Shirley" cast member Eddie Mekka in a record-breaking tour of "Grease". In [October 2008, she starried in a new production of the Broadway comedy "It Had To Be You" with her "Laverne & Shirley" co-star, Eddie Mekka. Cindy and Penny Marshall each received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a joint ceremony in 2004.

Kristen Wiig - Actress, best known for "Knocked Up", "Adventureland", "Ghost Town", "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story", "Bridesmaids", "Paul", "How to Train Your Dragon", "Despicable Me", "Friends with Kids", and the TV show "Saturday Night Live". She earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Saturday Night Live". In December 2008, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of 15 Great Performances for her various impersonations on "Saturday Night Live". She co-wrote and starred in "Bridesmaids" in 2011. The movie earned two Oscar nominations (Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay), and two Golden Globes nominations (Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Actress). In April 2009, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 Funniest Women in Hollywood. One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Ty Burrell - Actor, best known for "Black Hawk Down", "Dawn of the Dead", "The Incredible Hulk", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets", "Mr. Peabody & Sherman", "Muppets Most Wanted", and the TV shows "Out of Practice", "Back To You" and "Modern Family". He has 4 Emmy nominations and one win, (in 2011), for his role in "Modern Family".

Collin Raye - Country Music Singer. Best known for the songs "Little Rock", "One Boy, One Girl", "Every Second", "That's My Story", "Man of My Word", "My Kind of Girl", "If I Were You", "Love Remains", "On the Verge", "In This Life" and "Love, Me". He made his solo debut in 1991 with the album "All I Can Be", which produced his first Number One hit in "Love, Me". "All I Can Be" was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. Between 1991 and 2007, Raye charted 30 singles on the U.S. country charts; he has also charted twice on the Adult Contemporary format as a duet partner on two Jim Brickman songs. Four of Raye's singles have reached Number One on the Billboard country music charts: 1992's "Love, Me" and "In This Life", 1994's "My Kind of Girl", and 1998's "I Can Still Feel You".

Holly Dunn - Country Music Singer. Best known for the songs "Daddy's Hands", "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going", "Only When I Love", "That's What Your Love Does to Me", "There Goes My Heart Again" and "Love Someone Like Me". She has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which ("Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going") reaching the No. 1 spot. Her brother is country music songwriter Chris Waters, with whom she has co-written much of her recorded material.

Tori Amos - Singer. She has received 7 Grammy nominations, sold close to 20 million albums worldwide (despite recieving little, if any mainstream airplay) and according to VH1, is the 77th greatest woman in rock n' roll history. Ranked #71 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. In May 2007, she was named Epic's Jane Magazine's Artist of the Month. Ranked #77 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

John Lee Hooker - Blues Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist. He won Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Blues Recording, 1990 for "I'm in the Mood" (with Bonnie Raitt), Best Traditional Blues Recording, 1998 for "Don't Look Back", Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1998, "Don't Look Back" (with Van Morrison), and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom Boom" were named to the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's '500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll'. "Boogie Chillen" was included as one of the 'Songs of the Century'. Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He passed away on the same day that legendary actor, Carroll O'Connor did. The coincidental thing about this is that their stars are right next to one another on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Carl Yastrzemski - Former Major League Baseball Player. Boston Red Sox outfielder from 1961-1983. Named to the American League All-Star team 18 times. Elected American League Most Valuable Player in 1967. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, 1995 (charter member). In 1967 became the last player to win the batting triple crown, by leading the American League in batting average (.326), home runs (44), and runs batted in (121). He also led the league in runs scored (112), hits (189), and slugging percentage (.622). When he retired in 1983, Yaz held the American League record for most games played (3,308) and was the only A.L. player to amass 3,000 hits and 400 home runs, finishing up with 3,419 hits and 452 homers to go along with his 1,844 RBI. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1989, his first year of eligibility, with a yes vote from 94% of the voters. He was ranked number 72 on "The Sporting News" List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in 1999.

Paul Molitor - Former Major League Baseball Player. He played for three teams (Brewers, Blue Jays, Twins) in a 20-year MLB career (1978-1998). His most notable accomplishments were a 39-game hitting streak in 1987, being named MVP of the 1993 World Series, and reaching 3,000 career hits in 1996. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1978 Rookie All-Star Team. Toronto Blue Jays All-Time Batting Average Leader (.315). Inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. [July 2004].

James Hillier - Physicist and inventor who developed the electron microscope. He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on April 17, 1997 for his services to science. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1980.

Norman Schwarzkopf - General, US Army (retired). He retired in 1992. Commander of Coalition forces in the Gulf War (1991). Served as Army advisor/Deputy Commander for Operation Urgent Fury in 1983. He was the commander of the battalion (1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment) depicted in the TV movie "Friendly Fire" (1979). Received his fourth star and became a full general in 1988. Given an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II (1991). He was inducted in the 2007 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to the military. As head of the New Jersey State Police, his father Col. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf arrested Bruno Richard Hauptmann in 1934 and oversaw his conviction (1935) and execution (1936) for the infamous kidnap-murder of the baby of American hero Charles Lindbergh.

[Swan]

Happy birthday Ray!

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Born on August 23rd:

Gene Kelly - Actor, Director, Dancer, Singer, Choreographer. Best known for "For Me and My Gal", "Du Barry Was a Lady", "Cover Girl", "Anchors Aweigh", "The Pirate", "The Three Musketeers" (1948), "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "On the Town", "Summer Stock", "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Brigadoon", "It's Always Fair Weather", "Les Girls", "Marjorie Morningstar", "Inherit the Wind", "Xanadu", and as Father Chuck O'Malley on the TV show "Going My Way". The movie "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. Ranked #26 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. He was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1982. A stage version of "Singin' in the Rain" was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 for Outstanding Musical Production, with choreography by Kelly. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was voted the 42nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He was named the #15 greatest actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends list by the American Film Institute. He was dance consultant for Madonna's 1993 "Girlie Show" tour. Inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1992. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. His father was Al Jolson's road manager in the 1920s.

Vera Miles - Actress, best known for "The Searchers", "23 Paces to Baker Street", "Autumn Leaves", "The Wrong Man", "Beau James", "Psycho", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", "Follow Me, Boys!", "Psycho II" and "Into the Night". She was a favorite actress of Alfred Hitchcock after Grace Kelly retired, but pregnancy prevented her from many starring roles. She was portrayed by Jessica Biel in "Hitchcock" (2012). She retired from acting in 1995 after 45 years in the motion picture industry. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1652 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

River Phoenix - Actor, best known for "Explorers", "Stand by Me", "The Mosquito Coast", "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon", "Little Nikita", "Running on Empty", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "I Love You to Death", "My Own Private Idaho", "Sneakers" and "The Thing Called Love". He was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. He earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Running on Empty" (1988). Ranked #86 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. Ranked #69 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003) on Channel 4 (UK). One of GQ's 50 Most Stylish Leading Men of the Past Half Century (2010). He accepted his role in "The Thing Called Love" (1993) in an effort to both show off his musical abilities (he sang, played his own guitar, and wrote his character's songs) and make the transition from playing youths to adults roles. He was a very talented writer, songwriter, and sketch artist. His death is listed as #16 in the top 101 events in E! Television's '101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment'. He and his brother Joaquin Phoenix are the first brothers to be nominated for acting Academy Awards. Brother of Joaquin Phoenix, Summer Phoenix, Rain Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix.

Robert Mulligan - Director, best known for "Fear Strikes Out", "The Rat Race", "The Great Impostor", "Come September", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Inside Daisy Clover", "Up the Down Staircase", "Summer of '42", "Same Time, Next Year", "Kiss Me Goodbye", "Clara's Heart" and "The Man in the Moon". His first job in show business was an entry-level position at CBS. He worked his way up in television, and became a director of Emmy-winning TV movies and live dramas. In the late 1950s, he branched out into films. He directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Natalie Wood, Ruth Gordon and Ellen Burstyn. Peck won an Oscar for "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). Older brother of actor Richard Mulligan.

Roger Avary - Writer, Producer, Director. Best known for "True Romance" (uncredited) , "Pulp Fiction", "The Rules of Attraction" (screenplay), "Silent Hill" and "Beowulf" (screenplay). In 1983, his Super-8mm supernatural thriller "The Worm Turns" won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association Film Expo. In 1994, he was awarded an Academy Award for his work as a writer with Quentin Tarantino on their screenplay for "Pulp Fiction". The screenplay for "Pulp Fiction" earned Avary and Tarantino additional accolades, including a BAFTA, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award, the Chicago Society of Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.

Barbara Eden - Actress, best known for "Flaming Star", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm", "Five Weeks in a Balloon" , "7 Faces of Dr. Lao", "The Brass Bottle", "Harper Valley P.T.A.", and the TV shows "How to Marry a Millionaire", "Harper Valley P.T.A." and "I Dream of Jeannie". People Magazine named her "One of America's 200 Greatest Pop Icons of the 20th Century". She has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7003 Hollywood Boulevard near the front of the world famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre. She was named one of TV Guide's Most Popular Comedy Stars and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Broadcasters Hall of Fame, The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the TV Land Television Network. She was inducted into the California Broadcasting Hall of Fame in a special ceremony July 18, 2003. She had a nightclub act for a while after "I Dream of Jeannie". She was actually a talented singer, and she performed various kinds of songs in her act.

Shelley Long - Actress, best known for "Night Shift", "Losin' It", "Irreconcilable Differences", "The Money Pit", "Outrageous Fortune", "Hello Again", "Troop Beverly Hills", "The Brady Bunch Movie", and as Diane Chambers on the TV shows "Cheers". In Chicago, she became a member of the celebrated Second City troupe, in addition to writing, producing and co-hosting a popular Chicago magazine program called "Sorting It Out" in 1975. The show ran for three years on a local NBC station and won three Emmy Awards for Best Entertainment Show. She was awarded the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Wellsapoppin" at the Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She won an Emmy for 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series' in 1983, a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series' in 1983, for 'Best Actress in a Comedy Series' in 1985, and a Quality TV Award for 'Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series' in 1986 for her role on "Cheers".

Richard Sanders - Actor, best known as Les Nessman on the TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati".

Scott Caan - Actor, best known for "Enemy of the State", "Varsity Blues", "Gone in Sixty Seconds", "Ocean's Eleven", "Ocean's Twelve", "Ocean's Thirteen", and the TV shows "Entourage" and "Hawaii Five-0". He stars in Nicolas Cage's directorial debut, "Sonny" (2002). "Sonny" was the name of Scott"s father's (James Caan) character in "The Godfather" (1972), which is incidentally directed by Nicolas Cage's uncle, Francis Ford Coppola. Son of legendary actor James Caan.

Ray Park - Actor, best known for "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", "X-Men", "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra", "G.I. Joe: Retaliation", and the TV show "Heroes". He holds a second degree black belt in Wushu and came in second place at the 1995 world championships. His first real speaking part came in "X-Men" in the part of Toad. Although his character Darth Maul briefly spoke in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", his voice was dubbed over with that of actor Peter Serafinowicz.

Jay Mohr - Comedian, Actor, Writer. Best known for "Jerry Maguire", "Suicide Kings", "Paulie", "Small Soldiers", "Pay It Forward", and the TV shows "Saturday Night Live", "Ghost Whisperer" and "Gary Unmarried". He first gained national attention while a cast member on "Saturday Night Live", where he became known for his impersonations of such people as Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. He is a frequent guest on the New York City drive-time radio show "Opie & Anthony," where he adds his own commentary on the bizarre in-studio happenings and, of course, throws in the occasional Christopher Walken impersonation. He hosts a sports variety show in the vein of Frank Skinner & David Baddiel's Fantasy Football League (1994), called Mohr Sports (2002), which debuted on ESPN in April 2002. He offers his unique and humorous insights on the world of sports in front of a live studio audience. The 30-minute weekly show features a timely, sports-themed comedy monologue, followed by interviews with athletes and entertainment personalities, remote segments, and musical performances.

Rex Allen Jr. - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Actor. He had several hit singles on Billboard magazine's country singles chart between 1974 and 1984. His best known songs are "Goodbye", "Teardrops in My Heart", "Two Less Lonely People", "I'm Getting Good at Missing You (Solitare)", "No, No, No (I'd Rather Be Free)", "It's Over", and "Dream On Texas Ladies". His relationship with The Nashville Network began in 1992 when his old friends, The Statler Brothers, called and offered him a regular slot on their Saturday night show. When the show premiered in the fall of 1992, it quickly became TNN's highest rated show. After three successful years on "The Statler Brothers Show", TNN asked Rex to consider "spinning off" the most popular segment, "Yesteryear", into its own series. "Yesteryear" debuted on September 30, 1994 and within four weeks became the number 2 rated show on the network with an average viewing audience of more than 28 million people in 58 million households nationally. He returned to "The Statler Brothers Show" in 1996 for two more seasons. The last show he did as a regular was the highest rated show in TNN history.. He e was named Most Promising Male Vocalist by the fan voted Music City News Awards and won the Country Music Magazine Entertainer of the Year. He composed "Arizona", one of the official state songs of the state of Arizona. He was once a rodeo cowboy. Oldest son of western film star Rex Allen, who has a street named in his honor in Willcox, Arizona.

Keith Moon - Singer, Musician. He was the drummer with The Who along with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Who) in 1990. His public image was so pronounced that the Muppet character, Animal, whose credo is "Drums. Women. Food." was inspired by Moon. He has a Blue Plaque at the old Marquee Club, at 90 Wardour Street, London, to celebrate his first show's with The Who, it reads: Keith Moon 1946 - 1978. Legendary rock drummer with 'The Who'. Performed here at the site of the Marquee Club in the 1960s. The plaque at Golders Green, where he was cremated, and then his ashes scattered in in the Gardens of Remembrance, reads: Keith Moon 'Who' drummer. 1946 - 1978 "There is no substitute".

Rick Springfield - Singer, Actor. Best known for "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), "Hard to Hold", "Nick Knight", as "Dr. Noah Drake" on the soap opers "General Hospital", and for the songs "Jessie's Girl", "Don't Talk To Strangers", "Human Touch", "Love Somebody", "Don't Walk Away" and "Bop Til Ya Drop". His single "Jessie's Girl" became a #1 record in the USA. He won a Grammy Award for the song "Jessie's Girl" in 1982. Ranked #12 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (January 23, 2005 issue). He starred in the Las Vegas extravaganza, "EFX-Alive" at the MGM Grand from January 2001 until the show closed on December 31, 2002. He was in the Australian rock band, "Zoot", with Beeb Birtles, who later co-founded one of Australia's most successful rock bands, The Little River Band. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 9, 2014.

Jimi Jamison - Singer, Songwriter. Lead singer for the rock group, Survivor. Best known for the songs "Is This Love?", "Man Against the World", "Burning Heart" (from "Rocky IV"), "High On You", and "The Search Is Over". "Burning Heart" hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, "High On You" hit No. 8 on the Billboard Top 100, and "The Search Is Over" hit No. 4 on the Billboard Top 100. He appeared in an Emmy-nominated TV commercial, along with his band Survivor, for Starbucks in 2004. It was a parody of their most famost song, "Eye of the Tiger". He sang and cowrote "I'm Always Here", the theme song for "Baywatch".

Kobe Bryant - NBA Basketball Player. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets out of high school in 1996, and was traded on Thursday, July 11th, 1996, to the Los Angales Lakers for taller center, Vlade Divac. He made his debut at 18 years, 2 months and 11 days old, the youngest player ever to appear in an NBA game (3 November 1996). He was selected by USA Today and Parade Magazine as the National High School Player of the Year as a senior at Lower Merion H.S. He was also named Naismith Player of the Year, Gatorade Circle of Champions High School Player of the Year and to the McDonald's All-America Team. He won the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Competition. In 1998, he was the youngest player to appear in an NBA All-Star game. NBA All-Star 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002. He was named MVP of the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. He won the 2001 and 2002 Teens Choice Award for favorite male athlete. Led the Los Angeles Lakers to three NBA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In November 2009, he passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Los Angeles Lakers' all-time scorers list, putting him in second place behind only Jerry West.

Henry Lee Lucas (aka "The Confession Killer") - Serial killer who was arrested in Texas and on the basis of his confessions hundreds of unsolved murders attributed to him were officially classified as cleared up. Lucas was convicted of murdering 11 people and condemned to death for a single case with an unidentified victim. He recanted all his statements and a study by the Attorney General of Texas concluded he had falsely confessed; the death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998. He remained in prison until his his death in March of 2001. On January 12, 1960, he stabbed his mother to death after both had been drinking heavily and had had a fight. He was the only man ever to have his death sentence commuted by former Texas Governor George W. Bush.

[gbgoodies]

In honor of Gene Kelly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ

[Citizen Rules]

Happy Birthday Gene!

GB, I know how much you like Gene Kelly, me too...I like anything he was in! He's most beloved number is Singing in the Rain, (if you watch Clockwork Orange you will see a DISTURBING take on that number!)

Gene was in so many entertaining films that it's hard to list just one that's my favorite, heck I like them all!

But this is my all time favorite dance number from any movie. It's very Operatic/Ballet in the way that Gene Kelly and Vere-Ellen perform the number. Gene revised the original choreography to reflect his style. And this is very stylish.

From the movie 'Words and Music' (1948)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaAiKkmjp3c

[gbgoodies]

Happy Birthday Gene!

GB, I know how much you like Gene Kelly, me too...I like anything he was in! He's most beloved number is Singing in the Rain, (if you watch Clockwork Orange you will see a DISTURBING take on that number!)

Gene was in so many entertaining films that it's hard to list just one that's my favorite, heck I like them all!



I've seen A Clockwork Orange, and that scene is one of the things that I hate about the movie, (although there are so many other things to hate about it too).

My local supermarket uses the song "Singin' in the Rain" when they water the fruits and vegetables. Whenever I hear the music start, I know that the fruits and veggies are about to get spritzed with water.

My favorite Gene Kelly musical number is from Brigadoon. What it lacks in his usual extra fancy footwork, it makes up for with grace, style, and his amazing singing voice. :love:

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

[Citizen Rules]

Well shucks! I missed Cindy Williams birthday, yesterday.

Cindy was in my number 1 top choice for MoFo 1970s movies, American Graffiti.

She was also in my favorite TV comedy show, Laverne & Shirley. And yes it's true Cindy dated both The Fonz and Squiggy!

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20200000/Lenny-Laverne-Shirley-Squiggy-laverne-and-shirley-20238207-316-480.jpg
I'll let you all try to figure out who is who in this B&W photo.
http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/robin_williams_1978_01_01.jpg

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Born on August 24th:

Kenny Baker - Actor, best known for "Flash Gordon", "The Elephant Man", "Time Bandits", "Amadeus", "Labyrinth", "Willow", and as R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" movies. He and Anthony Daniels are the only actors to have a role in all six Star Wars movies.

Marlee Matlin - Actress, best known for "Children of a Lesser God", "Dead Silence", "In Her Defense", "When Justice Fails", and the TV shows "Reasonable Doubts", "Picket Fences", "The West Wing", "The L Word" and "Switched at Birth". She lost much of her hearing at the age of 18 months. She is profoundly deaf. Her right ear has complete loss, while her left ear has around 80% loss. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. She is the youngest person to win the Oscar in the Best Actress Category at the age of 21 and 218 days old. She is also the only deaf actor to win an Academy Award. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her film debut in "Children of a Lesser God" (1986). She wwas nominated for an Emmy Award in 1994 for her performance as Laurie Bey in the Picket Fences (1992) episode "Dancing Bandit". She is a spokeswoman for the National Captioning Institute. In 1995, she testified at a congressional hearing and helped get a law passed that requires all TV sets 13 inches or larger to be manufactured with built-in chips to provide closed captioning on their screens; this was a godsend for deaf viewers.

Dave Chappelle - Comedian, Actor. Best known for "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "The Nutty Professor", "Joe's Apartment", "Con Air", "You've Got Mail", "Blue Streak", "Undercover Brother", and "Chappelle's Show". He sits in with Howard Stern when in New York. Chappelle is one of Stern's favorite comedians. Ranked #43 on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Standups of All Time. He is the youngest person to make the list. He made the Forbes Celebrity 100 List with $12 million in earnings.

Charles Rocket - Comedian, Actor. Best known for "Earth Girls Are Easy", "Short Cuts", "Wagons East", "Dumb & Dumber", "Dances with Wolves", "Hocus Pocus", "Fathers' Day", and the TV shows "Saturday Night Live", "Moonlighting" and "Touched by an Angel". Acquired a certain notoriety for uttering the ultimate obscenity on live television during the final moments of the February 21, 1981, episode of Saturday Night Live (1975). Contrary to popular belief, Rocket was not immediately dismissed from the program but was fired with producer Jean Doumanian and all but four cast members (Denny Dillon, Gail Matthius, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo were the exceptions) on March 10, 1981.

Kevin Dunn - Actor, best known for "Mississippi Burning", "Blue Steel", "Ghostbusters II", "The Bonfire of the Vanities", "Hot Shots!", "Chain Reaction", "Godzilla" (1998), "Lions for Lambs", "Unstoppable", "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", and the "Transformers" movies. He is an established and reliable supporting and character actor.

Anne Archer - Actress, best known for "Good Guys Wear Black", "Paradise Alley", "Hero at Large", "Fatal Attraction", "Patriot Games", "Short Cuts", "Clear and Present Danger", "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past", and for the TV shows "Falcon Crest" and "Privileged". She was nominated for an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and the British (BAFTA) Academy Award for her role in "Fatal Attraction" (1987). She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" (1993). Chosen by Empire magazine as #62 of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. Her father, John Archer, played The Shadow on the radio.

Steve Guttenberg - Actor, best known for "Something for Joey", "The Boys from Brazil", "Can't Stop the Music", "Diner", "Cocoon", "Short Circuit", "3 Men and a Baby", "High Spirits", "Zeus and Roxanne", and the "Police Academy" movies. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Steve's co-star in The Boys from Brazil (1978) Gregory Peck sponsored him for academy membership in 1978. According to his autobiography, "The Guttenberg Bible", Steve is tied with Gene Hackman as the Screen Actors Guild member who worked on the most projects between 1980 and 1990. He started the Guttenhouse Project, which provides housing in south Los Angeles for at-risk foster care youth when they turn 18 and have nowhere else to go. Has also organized a campaign to provides glasses for poor children whose families cannot afford eye care. He received the 2,455th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 12, 2011. He shares a birthday with his "Cocoon" co-star Barret Oliver.

Barret Oliver - Actor, best known for "The NeverEnding Story", "Frankenweenie" (1984), "D.A.R.Y.L.", "Cocoon", "Cocoon: The Return" and "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills". He teaches photography in Los Angeles, California. After learning the 19th Century Wet-Plate process from artist Stephen Berkman and studying with master photographers Cole Weston and George Tice, Barret's print work has been part of numerous gallery and museum exhibitions. He has also done the Wet-Plate process in Ireland for a recent Guinness commercial and in Romania for the motion picture Cold Mountain. In addition, he has written articles on photography and contributed to demonstrations and workshops. [February 2004]. He has authored the book "A History of the Woodburytype". He shares a birthday with his "Cocoon" co-star Steve Guttenberg.

Alex O'Loughlin - Actor, best known for "August Rush", "Whiteout", "The Back-up Plan", and the TV shows "Moonlight" and "Hawaii Five-0". He did a lot of his own stunt work in Moonlight (2007) and had some training in Kung fu and and Tai chi in order to prepare for his role. After premiering in the role of Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-0 (2010), BuddyTV, an entertainment website based in Seattle, Washington, USA ranked him #2 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, and #9 on its 2011 list. In August 2013, Los Angeles, California based charity, "Australians in Film" selected him to be honored with their "Breakthrough Award" at a special ceremony to be held in October 2013 in Los Angeles. In 2005, he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute's Best Lead Actor in Television for his role in "Mary Bryant". In 2006, he was nominated for the Logie Awards' Silver Logie in the same category and role.

Stephen Fry - Writer, Actor, Comedian. Best known for "A Fish Called Wanda", "Peter's Friends", "Gosford Park", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005), "V for Vendetta", and on the TV shows "Black-Adder" and "Jeeves and Wooster". He hosted the 2001 and 2002 British Academy Awards (BAFTAS), which have been their 2 most successful years. He narrates the audiobook versions (British releases) of the wildly popular "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling. He was nominated for Broadway's 1987 Tony Award as one of several writers, including the deceased L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber as well as collaborator Mike Ockrent, as Best Book (Musical) for "Me and My Girl." He won the 1998 Sidewise Award for Alternate History for his novel "Making History". Ranked #44 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". He's regarded in the UK as 'Britain's Favourite Teddy Bear' and is a keen teddy bear collector himself.

Joe Regalbuto - Actor, Director. Best known as Frank Fontana on the TV show "Murphy Brown".

Chad Michael Murray - Actor, best known for "The Lone Ranger" (2003 TV movie), "Freaky Friday" (2003), "A Cinderella Story", "House of Wax" (2005), "Fruitvale Station", and the TC shows "Gilmore Girls", "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill". Ranked #22 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).

Rupert Grint - Actor, best known as Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" movies. He and his "Harry Potter" co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson were named #9 on Entertainment Weekly's Best Entertainers of the Year, 2005. He was ranked #16 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars.(2007). On an on-line poll for Popstar Magazine in 2007, he was ranked the number one international celebrity. He was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.

Jean-Michel Jarre - Musician, Composer, Music Producer, Designer. He is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synth-pop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organizer of spectacular outdoor events and concerts, which feature the latest and most innovative in lights, laser displays and fireworks as well as 3D animation and sound. He entered the Guinness book of records in 1979, 1986, 1990 for attracting the largest audience at a concert. In 1986, he staged a memorable state-of-the-art concert in the USA when his collaboration with NASA and Houston City Hall turned the whole city into a spectacular once in a lifetime event for the pleasure of 1,3 million spectators earning him the second entrance to the Guinness Book of World Records. He was the first westerner to perform in the Peoples Republic of China. He was awarded Gdansk's Man Of The Year 2005 Award. Instrumental album of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique in France, for Zoolook in 1985 and again for Rendez-vous in 1986. In 1976, he was named "Personality of The Year" by People magazine (U.S.). In 1971, he became the first composer to introduce electronic music into the sanctuary of the Paris Opera House. His debut album "Oxygene" (1976) is the best selling French album of all time with over 12 million copies sold. Having sold more than 70 million albums he remains one of the most successful entertainers in the world. Minor planet 4422 is named "Jarre" in honor of him.

Cal Ripken Jr. - Former Major League Baseball Player. Shortstop/third baseman for the American League's Baltimore Orioles. Holds major league record for consecutive games played: 2632 (30 May 1982 - 19 September 1998). Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1982 Rookie All-Star Team. 1982 American League Rookie of the Year. 19 time American League All-Star (1983-2001). 2 time All-Star Game MVP (1991, 2001). 2 time American League Most Valuable Player (1983, 1991). 2 time Gold Glove Award winner (1990, 1991). 8 time Silver Slugger Award winner. Baltimore Orioles Career Games Played Leader (3,001). Baltimore Orioles Career At Bats Leader (11,551). Baltimore Orioles Career Runs Leader (1,647). Baltimore Orioles Career Hits Leader (3,184). Baltimore Orioles Career Doubles Leader (603). Baltimore Orioles Career Homerun Leader (431). Baltimore Orioles Career RBI Leader (1,695). Baltimore Orioles Career Total Bases Leader (5,168). Baltimore Orioles Career Walks Leader (1,129). On 6 September 1995 Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive baseball games played . "No. 2,131" was ranked #5 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Most Awesome Sports Moments (of the last 15 years)". [17 July 2005 issue]. Selected to Major League Baseball's All-Century Team as a Shortstop (SS) in 1999. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. Selected by 537 voters and appeared on 98.53 percent of the ballots, to finish with the third-highest percentage behind Tom Seaver (98.84) and Nolan Ryan (98.79). Inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2003. Inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. His father was former baseball player and Orioles manager Cal Ripken Sr.

Vince McMahon - Producer, Writer, Actor, Promoter. Best known for "WWE Monday Night RAW", "WWE Friday Night Smackdown!" and many more Wrestling Events. Owner of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Former WWF Champion. He won the "WWF Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell" (1999). Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The first WWE personality to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was awarded/placed on Friday March 13, 2008.

Yasser Arafat - Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. He was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres Yitzhak Rabin.

Carlo Gambino - Boss of the Gambino crime family, which is named after him. He was known for being low-key and secretive, but unlike other crime lords, he was never convicted of a crime.

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Regis Philbin - TV-talk Show Host, Game-Show Host, Singer, Author, and TV personality. Best known as the host of "Live with Kelly and Michael", "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", "Live! with Regis and Kelly" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999). He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2001. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for "Live with Regis" (tie with Rosie O'Donnell) in 2001. He won the TV Guide Award 'Personality of the Year' in 2001. He won a Daytime Emmy Award: Outstanding Special Class Special for "2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade" (co-host with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest) in 2006. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for "Live with Regis and Kelly" (tie with Dr. Oz) in 2011. On April 10, 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On August 20, 2004, he set the Guinness World Record for "Most Hours on Camera" (15,188 hours). He was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2006. He was inducted into Television Hall of Fame in 2006. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008. In 2009, his Guinness World Record was updated to 16,540.5 hours. On November 18, 2011, he received a key to the City of New York from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to honor his twenty eight year contribution to New York media.

Monty Hall - Actor, TV Host, Game Show Host. Best known as the host of the TV show "Let's Make a Deal". "The Monty Hall problem" is the name of a classic mathematics problem dealing with probability theory, based on a scenario similar to Hall's work in "Let's Make a Deal". He was awarded the OC (Officer of the Order of Canada) by the Governor General of Canada on December 21, 1987 for his services to broadcasting. He received the Ralph Edwards Awards for Service to Broadcasting at the Game Show Congress Convention in Los Angeles, California [2005]. The Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters presented their Diamond Circle Award to him at a luncheon held at the Legendary Sportsman Lodge in 2011. Ranked #4 as Game Show Network's Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time. Ranked #8 on Time Life's 15 Best Game Show Hosts. Inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame on October 13, 2007. He was honored with the Lifetime Title of International Chairman [1981]. He received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on December 14, 1996. He received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario in 2002. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 24, 1973 (the day before his 52nd birthday). He's the father of Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, television writer/director Sharon Hall, and Emmy Award winner television writer/director Richard Hall.

Sean Connery - Actor, Producer. Best known for "Marnie", "The Anderson Tapes", "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Robin and Marian", "A Bridge Too Far", "The Great Train Robbery", "Outland", "Time Bandits", "Highlander", "The Untouchables", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "The Hunt for Red October", "The Rock", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", and as James Bond in "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice". "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Never Say Never Again". He won an Oscar for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' for his performance in "The Untouchables" (1987). Ranked #14 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. Chosen by Empire magazine as #7 of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. He ranked first among the Male British movie actors in the Orange Film Survey of 10,000 voters. Voted Best British Actor of all time in a poll for Sky TV [Feb 2005].. Premiere Magazine ranked him as #36 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005). His performance as James Bond in the 007 films is ranked #5 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. He was voted the 24th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He was voted People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989. Voted 'Sexiest Man of the Century' by People Magazine. He was the recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. on December 5, 1999. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Film Drama. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in an hour-long investiture ceremony at Edinburgh's Holyrood Palace in Scotland on July 5, 2000 . He and his son, actor Jason Connery, have both played Robin Hood. Sean played an aging Robin Hood opposite Audrey Hepburn in Robin and Marian (1976). Jason played Robin Hood, AKA: Robert of Huntingten, in the television series Robin Hood (1984). Jason also played Ian Fleming in the television movie The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990). Fleming was the author of the James Bond novels that made Sean famous in 1962.

Leonard Bernstein - Composer, Conductor, Arranger, Pianist, Educator, Author, TV/Radio Host. He was co-conductor of the New York Philharmonic, 1957-1958, and music director there after 1958. He won an Emmy award for his televised Young People's Concerts. He was the first American to conduct at the La Scala Opera House in Milan, in 1953. He was awarded the Sonning Prize in Denmark, and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He joined ASCAP in 1944, and his chief musical collaborators included Betty Comden, Adolph Green, John Latouche, and Stephen Sondheim. His song compositions include "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "Some Other Time", "I Can Cook, Too", "I Get Carried Away", "Lucky to Be Me", "Ohio", "A Quiet Girl", "It's Love", "A Little Bit in Love", "Wrong Note Rag", "Glitter and Be Gay", "El Dorado", "The Best of All Possible Worlds", "Maria", "Tonight", "Something's Coming", "I Feel Pretty", "Cool", "America", and "Gee, Officer Krupke". Because of his many appearances on television, Bernstein became the most popular and famous conductor in the United States, and one of the most famous in the world, seen and loved by millions of families who tuned in to his pioneering "Young People's Concerts". Through these concerts, children all over the world were introduced to classical music. He was the first conductor to conduct more than 1,000 concerts with the New York Philharmonic. He won three Tony Awards: in 1953, as Best Composer and his music as part of a Best Musical win for "Wonderful Town;" and in 1969, a Special Tony Award. He was also Tony-nominated on two other occasions: in 1957, his music as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Candide;" and in 1958, his music as part of a Best Musical nomination for "West Side Story." Three of his New York Philharmonic albums all won consecutive Grammy Awards between 1962 and 1964, in the category "Best Children's Album". They were "Peter and the Wolf/ Nutcracker Suite", "Carnival of the Animals/ Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", and "Leonard Bernstein Conducts for Young People". Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Ray Heindorf - Songwriter, Composer, Conductor, Arranger. Best known as the musical director and/or orchestrator for many movies, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Night and Day", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "I'll See You in My Dreams", "The Jazz Singer" (1952), "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Calamity Jane", "A Star Is Born" (1954). "The Pajama Game", "Marjorie Morningstar", "Damn Yankees!", "The Music Man", "Finian's Rainbow" and "1776". He composed and/or arranged and conducted music exclusively for Warner Brothers films for nearly forty years. He is one of the few arranger-conductors to have worked on two different film versions of the same musical ("The Desert Song").

Van Johnson - Actor, Singer, Dancer. Best known for "A Guy Named Joe", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", "Till the Clouds Roll By", "In the Good Old Summertime", "Three Guys Named Mike", "When in Rome", "The Caine Mutiny", "Brigadoon", "The Last Time I Saw Paris", "The End of the Affair", "23 Paces to Baker Street", "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", "Wives and Lovers", "Divorce American Style", "Yours, Mine and Ours", "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and the mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man". He made his Broadway debut in 1936 in "New Faces of 1936", (an annual revue that had also introduced Imogene Coca and Henry Fonda in 1934). He appeared in a total of seven Broadway shows, including the original cast production of "Pal Joey" in 1940-41 and last appearing in "La Cage aux Folles" in 1987. He was Gene Kelly's understudy in the Broadway production of "Pal Joey". During the early part of filming the movie "A Guy Named Joe" (1943), he was severely injured in a near-fatal car crash (he had a metal plate inserted in his skull). Endangered of being replaced on the film, the two stars of the picture, Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, insisted that the studio work around his convalescence or they would quit the film. The unusually kind gesture made Van a star following the film's popular release and resulting publicity. In the late 50s and early 1960s Van again capitalized on his musical talents by reinventing himself as a nightclub performer and musical stage star. He made a wonderful Harold Hill in several productions of "The Music Man" and graced a number of musical and light comedy vehicles on the regional and dinner theater circuits, including "Damn Yankees," "Guys and Dolls," "Bells Are Ringing," "On a Clear Day...," "Forty Carats," "Bye Bye Birdie," "There's a Girl in My Soup" and "I Do! I Do!". He received an Emmy nomination for his performance in the mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Tim Burton - Producer, Director, Writer. Best known for "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", "Beetlejuice", "Batman" (1989), "Edward Scissorhands", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Ed Wood", "Mars Attacks!", "Sleepy Hollow", "Planet of the Apes" (2001), "Big Fish", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), "Corpse Bride", "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), "Dark Shadows" and "Frankenweenie". Burton's first job was as an animator for Disney. He worked on such films as "The Fox and the Hound" (1981) and "The Black Cauldron" (1985), but had some creative differences from that of his colleagues. Nevertheless, Disney recognized his talent, and gave him the green light to make "Vincent" (1982), an animated short about a boy who wanted to be just like Vincent Price. Narrated by Price himself, the short was a critical success and won several awards. Burton made a few other short films, including his first live-action film, "Frankenweenie" (1984). A half-hour long twist on the tale of Frankenstein, it was deemed inappropriate for children and wasn't released. He was voted the 49th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly, being the youngest director on this list of 50. Ranked #6 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100].

John Badham - Director, Produce. Best known for "Saturday Night Fever", "Dracula" (1979), "Whose Life Is It Anyway?", "Blue Thunder", "War Games", "American Flyers", "Short Circuit", "Stakeout", "Bird on a Wire", "The Hard Way", "Another Stakeout" and "Nick of Time".

Gene Simmons - Singer, Musician, Actor. Best known as the fire breathing, blood splitting and larger than life co-founder of hard rock supergroup, KISS. As an actor, he is best known for "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" (TV movie), "Runaway", "Trick or Treat", "Detroit Rock City", and the TV show "Gene Simmons: Family Jewels". He is the Co-founder of the famous hard-rock group, KISS, famous for outrageous antics and kabuki-like make-up. Since their first album debuted in 1974, KISS have sold over 80 million albums and played over 2,000 shows to millions of loyal fans (known as the KISS Army) around the globe. He discovered Van Halen in 1977 and produced the demo that got them signed to Warner Brothers Records. KISS was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Kiss has been named in many "Top" lists. Voted #10 on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'. Voted #9 on 'The Greatest Metal Bands' list by MTV. Voted #1 on Hit Paraders's "Top 100 Live Bands". Voted #56 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Voted #26 on Gibson's "50 Greatest American Rock Bands". On April 10, 2014, Kiss was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nearly 15 years after becoming eligible.

Valentine Davies - Writer, best known for "Miracle on 34th Street" (story). "You Were Meant for Me" (original screenplay), "It Happens Every Spring" ('based on a story by' and 'screenplay), "On the Riviera" (screenplay), "The Glenn Miller Story" (written by), "The Benny Goodman Story" and "It Started with a Kiss" (story). President of the Screen Writers Guild from 1949-1950. President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1960-1961. He wrote the outline for "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) while in the Coast Guard in 1944. He was disillusioned with the commercialization of Christmas and thought about what would happen if a real Santa Claus walked into a department store in December.

Walt Kelly - Writer, Animator, best known for the comic strip "Pogo", "Pinocchio", "Fantasia" (segment "The Pastoral Symphony"), "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Dumbo". He created the renowned comic strip "Pogo", which featured an animal cast with adventures set in the Okefenokie Swamp. The strip was known for its biting political humor, and frequently attacked major political figures of the time, especially Senator Joseph McCarthy, who he depicted as "Simple J. Malarky", a shotgun wielding bobcat. The comic strip was also noted for unique speech balloons for select characters to give an impression as to what their "voices" would sound like.

Ted Key - Writer, best known for "The Million Dollar Duck" (story), "Gus" (story), "The Cat from Outer Space" (written by), and the TV shows "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" and "Hazel". He was a magazine cartoonist who created the bossy but lovable maid Hazel in the 1940s. He also created the time-traveling TV cartoon characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman for the cartoon series "Rocky and His Friends.".

T.S. Cook - Writer, best known for "The China Syndrome" (written by). He was a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA).

Michael Rennie - Actor, best known for "I'll Be Your Sweetheart", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Phone Call from a Stranger", "Les Miserables" (1952), "The Robe", "The Lost World", "The Devil's Brigade", and as Harry Lime on the TV show "The Third Man".

Don DeFore - Actor, best known for "A Guy Named Joe", "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", "It Happened on Fifth Avenue", "My Friend Irma", "The Facts of Life", and on the TV shows "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" and "Hazel". He served as president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 1954-1955 and was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955. He appeared on the cover of the 6 October 1962 issue of "TV Guide" with Shirley Booth, his co-star on the TV series "Hazel". He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6804 Hollywood Blvd.

John Savage - Actor, best known for "The Deer Hunter", "The Onion Field", "Hair", "Inside Moves", "The Amateur", "Maria's Lovers", "Salvador", "The Godfather: Part III", "Do the Right Thing", "The Thin Red Line", "Message in a Bottle", and the TV shows "Dark Angel" and "Carnivàle". John Willis' "Screen World" hailed him as one of the 12 promising new actors of 1979 (Vol. 31). He was nominated for 'Best Actor - Foreign' for his work in "The Amateur" (1981). He won the Drama Circle Award for his stage portrayal of Billy Bibbitt in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in the early 1970s.

Tom Skerritt - Actor, best known for "M.A.S.H.", "Ice Castles", "Alien", "The Dead Zone", "Top Gun", "Space Camp", "Maid to Order", "The Big Town", "Big Man on Campus", "The Heist", "Steel Magnolias", "The Rookie" (1990), "A River Runs Through It", "Singles", "Contact", and the TV show "Picket Fences". He won an Emmy in 1994 for his performance as Sheriff Brock in the series "Picket Fences" (1992).

Anthony Heald - Actor, best known for "Teachers", "Outrageous Fortune", "Postcards from the Edge", "The Silence of the Lambs", "The Super", "Whispers in the Dark", "The Pelican Brief", "The Client", "A Time to Kill", "8MM", "Red Dragon", and the TV shows "Boston Public" and "Boston Legal". He was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1988, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical), for a revival of "Anything Goes"; and in 1995, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play), for Terrence McNally's "Love! Valour! Compassion!". He has also lent his voice to audio books as well. He did readings of most of the "Star Wars Expanded Universe" and "New Jedi Order" audio books. By narrating a majority of the expanded universes books he has essentially become the voice of Star Wars. His unique way of delivering the stories and characters of the books have added life to the books in an amazing way.

Blair Underwood - Actor, best known for "Gattaca", "Deep Impact", "The Wishing Tree", "Just Cause", "Asunder", "Rules of Engagement",, "Madea's Family Reunion", and the TV shows "L.A. Law", "City of Angels", "Fatherhood", "LAX", "Dirty Sexy Money", "The Event" and "Ironside". He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the dramatic series, "L.A. Law" (1986). Voted one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2000 and one of TV Guide's most influential faces of the 90s. His support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association won him the 1993 Humanitarian Award, presented by the Los Angeles Chapter of MDA. He is also co-founder of Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA), founded in 1989, which supports a democratic South Africa with equal rights and opportunities for all citizens. He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care".

Blake Lively - Actress, best known for "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", "Accepted", "The Town", "Green Lantern", and the TV show "Gossip Girl". Ranked #43 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list. She was ranked #4 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2010 list. Ranked #1 on Ask Men top 99 "most desirable women" of 2011. Ranked #30 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Ranked as having one of "The Most Beautiful Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #39 in 2010, #68 in 2009, and #85 in 2008. Voted #32 on Ask men's top 99 'most desirable' celebrity women of 2012. Ranked #13 on Askmen's list of the top 99 "most desirable" famous women for 2013.

Claudia Schiffer - Actress, Supermodel. Best known for "David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic", "Friends & Lovers", "Black and White", "Meeting Genevieve", "Zoolander", "Life Without Dick" and "Love Actually". Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. She was ranked #5 in Channel 5's "World's Greatest Supermodel". She holds the record for the supermodel with the most magazine covers, gracing over 1000. Her record is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Jonathan Togo - Actor, best known for "Mystic River", and as Ryan Wolfe on the TV show "CSI: Miami". He has performed in numerous plays, including "Our Country's Good" for which he won the Margaret Thatcher Kazan Award.

Rachel Bilson - Actress, best known for the TV shows "The O.C." and "Hart of Dixie". Named #6 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2005 list. Ranked as #77 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. Ranked #39 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2007 list. Ranked #28 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2008 list. Ranked #49 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Ranked #34 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Alexander Skarsgård - Actor, best known for "Zoolander", "Melancholia", "Straw Dogs" (2011), "Battleship", and the TV shows "Generation Kill" and "True Blood". He was voted the sexiest man in Sweden five times. Ranked #30 on Empire Online list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013. Son of actor Stellan Skarsgård.

Willy DeVille - Singer, Songwriter, Composer. He led the band Mink DeVille from the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s. He was the singer and main composer for the group. His song "Storybook Love" from the movie "The Princess Bride" (1987) was nominated for an Academy Award. Although his commercial success waxed and waned over the years, his legacy as a songwriter has influenced many other musicians such as Mark Knopfler and Peter Wolf.

Billy Ray Cyrus - Singer, Actor. Best known for "Mulholland Drive", "The Spy Next Door", "Sharknado 2: The Second One", the TV shows "Doc" and "Hannah Montana", and the songs "Achy Breaky Heart", "Some Gave All", "Could've Been Me", "Wher'm I Gonna Live?", "She's Not Cryin' Anymore", "In the Heart of a Woman", "Somebody New" and "Words By Heart". He is a multi-platinum selling recording artist, who has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart. His most successful album to date is his debut album "Some Gave All", which has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at number one on the Billboard 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era. It is the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at number one and is also the top-ranking debut album by a male country artist. It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, ("Ropin' the Wind" by Garth Brooks). "Some Gave All" was also the first debut album to enter at number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. "Some Gave All" was also the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies. In his career, he has released 35 charted singles, of which 15 charted in the Top 40. His single "Achy Breaky Heart" became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia. It was also the best-selling single in Australia in 1992, and it was translated into more than 100 languages. Thanks to the video of this hit, the line dance catapulted into the mainstream, becoming a worldwide craze. Father of Miley Cyrus.

Elvis Costello - Singer, Musician, Songwriter. Lead singer and guitarist of Elvis Costello and the Attractions. He is regarded as one of the most influential and popular singer/songwriters in modern music. He plays the guitar, harmonica and piano. He was voted the 30th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Elvis Costello and the Attractions) on 10 March 2003.

Rachael Ray - TV Host, Businesswoman, Celebrity Chef. Author. She hosts the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program "Rachael Ray", and three Food Network series, ("30 Minute Meals", "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels" and "$40 a Day"). Ray wrote cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2006. Her television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards. FHM featured a pictorial of her in the October 2003 issue. She was later voted #92 on FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women of 2004. She has written 14 best-selling cookbooks. She was named #71 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Rollie Fingers - Former Major League Baseball Player. Pitcher for Oakland Athletics (1968-1976), San Diego Padres (1977-1980) and Milwaukee Brewers (1981-1982 and 1984-1985). Member of 1971 and 1975 American League Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics teams. Member of 1972-1974 World Series Champion Oakland Athletics teams. Member of 1981 American League Eastern Division Champion Milwaukee Brewers team. Member of 1982 American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers team. Named to 6 American League All Star Teams (1973-1976 and 1981-1982) and 1978 National League All Star Team. He was named the 1974 World Series MVP for having 1 Win, 1.93 ERA, 2 Saves, 9.3 Innings Pitched, 6 Strikeouts and allowing 8 Hits, 2 Earned Runs and 2 Walks. He won 3 National League Rolaids Relief Awards (1977-1978 and 1980) and 1981 American League Rolaids Relief Award. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

Albert Belle - Former Major League Baseball Player. Outfielder for Cleveland Indians (1989-1996), Chicago White Sox (1997-1998) and Baltimore Orioles (1999-2000). Member of 1995 American League Champion Cleveland Indians team. Member of 1996 American League Central Division Champion Cleveland Indians team. Named to 5 American League All Star Teams (1993-1997). Finished in top 10 in voting for American League MVP from 1993-1996 and 1998. In 1995 led the American League in runs scored (121), doubles (52), home runs 50), runs batted in (126), and slugging percentage (.690). He was the highest paid player in MLB every season from 1997-2000.

George Wallace - Former Governor of Alabama (1962-1966) Candidate for U.S. President (1968, 1972, 1976). In his 1968 independent campaign for President, he received almost enough total votes to throw the decision of choosing the President into the House of Representatives. Richard Nixon won by a narrow margin. While campaigning in Laurel, Maryland in May 1972, Wallace was shot four times by a would-be assassin named Arthur Herman Bremer. Three other people were wounded in the shooting; all survived. The assassination attempt left Wallace paralyzed, as one of the bullets that hit him had lodged in his spinal column. He died the very night Gary Sinise won an Emmy for portraying him in the TNT mini-series "George Wallace" (1997).

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Born on August 26th: (Sorry, I was too busy to list this yesterday.)

Chris Pine - Actor, best known for "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", "Smokin' Aces", "Star Trek" (2009), "Unstoppable", "Rise of the Guardians", "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit". He was ranked #27 on Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30" the actors list (2008). One of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to watch (2008). US Weekly magazine called him "the new Harrison Ford".

Melissa McCarthy - Actress, best known for "The Back-up Plan", "Life as We Know It", "Bridesmaids", "Identity Thief", "The Hangover Part III", "The Heat", "Tammy", and the TV shows "Gilmore Girls", "Samantha Who?" and "Mike & Molly". Cousin of Jenny McCarthy, on whose show, "The Jenny McCarthy Show", Melissa had her film debut in 1997.

Macaulay Culkin - Actor, best known for "Uncle Buck", "My Girl", "The Good Son", "The Nutcracker" (1993), "Getting Even with Dad", "The Pagemaster", "Ri¢hie Ri¢h", "Party Monster", and the "Home Alone" movies. Ranked #2 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". Became the first child actor to ever receive a million dollars for one film, and in a supporting role. The film was "My Girl" (1991). His performance as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990) is ranked #99 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. He was ranked #2 in E's most cutest child stars all grown-up. (2005). Ranked number 2 on the VH1 list 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2012).

Michael Jeter - Actor, best known for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", "Patch Adams", "Jakob the Liar", "The Green Mile", "Jurassic Park III", "Open Range", and the TV show "Evening Shade". He won an Emmy for his portrayal of fragile math teacher Herman Styles on "Evening Shade" (1990). He won Broadway's 1990 Tony as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Grand Hotel, The Musical".

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Born on August 27th:

Ira Levin - Writer, best known for "A Kiss Before Dying" (novel), "No Time for Sergeants" (play), "Rosemary's Baby" (novel), "The Stepford Wives" (novel), "The Boys from Brazil" (novel), "Deathtrap" (play) and "Sliver" (novel). His play "Deathtrap" is the longest-running Broadway mystery. He was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as the author of Best Play nominee "Deathtrap".

G.W. Bailey - Actor, best known for "Rustlers' Rhapsody", "Short Circuit", "Mannequin", the "Police Academy" movies, and the TV shows "M*A*S*H", "St. Elsewhere", "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "The Closer" and "Major Crimes". He has a plaque on the West Texas Hall of Fame which adorns the base at the feet of a statue of rock-n-roll legend Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. The plaques commemorate all musicians and actors from Texas.

Charles Fleischer - Actor, best known for the voice of Roger Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", and for the TV show "Welcome Back, Kotter".

Martha Raye - Actress, best known for the TV shows "The Bugaloos", "The Red Skelton Hour" and "Alice". She received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 1993 by President Bill Clinton. She was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1969 for her work with charities and entertaining U.S. troops. Her estate gave it to the Friars Club in 1997 where she was its first female honorary member.

Tuesday Weld - Actress, best known for "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!", "Because They're Young", "Return to Peyton Place", "Wild in the Country", "The Cincinnati Kid", "Lord Love a Duck", "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", "Author! Author!", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Falling Down", "Intimate Affairs", and the TV show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".

Barbara Bach - Actress, best known for "The Spy Who Loved Me", "Force 10 from Navarone", "Up the Academy", "Caveman" and "Give My Regards to Broad Street". A published interview with her in the late 1970s proclaimed her "Queen of the B-Movies". Her photo was featured on the cover of "Playboy" magazine in January 1981.

Paul Reubens - Actor, best known for "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", "Big Top Pee-wee", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Mystery Men", and the TV show "Pee-wee's Playhouse". Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6562 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in 1988.

Aaron Paul - Actor, best known for "K-PAX", "Mission: Impossible III", "A Long Way Down", "Need for Speed", and on the TV shows "Big Love" and "Breaking Bad". He has been nominated for five times for an Emmy Award, and won three times (2010, 2012 and 2014) for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for his role as Jesse Pinkman on the TV show "Breaking Bad". As of 2014, he's the only actor to win 3 Emmys in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" category.

Sarah Chalke - Actress, best known for "Ernest Goes to School", "Robin of Locksley", "Stand Against Fear", "Chaos Theory", and for the TV shows "Roseanne" and "Scrubs".

Chandra Wilson - Actress, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey on the TV show "Grey's Anatomy". Aside from film and television, she has several New York stage credits. Her portrayal of Bonna Willis in the production of "The Good Times are Killing Me" by Lynda Barry (both at the Second Stage and Minetta Lane Theatres) won her a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance.

Lyndon Johnson - He is one of only four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President, and President. He was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). He was the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 10 April 1937 - 3 January 1949. He served in the U.S. Senate, 3 January 1949 - 3 January 1961. In 1964, Johnson won the Presidency with 61 percent of the vote and had one of the widest popular margin in American history. Pictured on a commemorative four-cent postage label issued by the (now defunct) Independent Postal System of America in 1973.

Ed Gein - Murderer. He was arrested on multiple charges of murder, grave-robbing and cannibalism, but was proclaimed mentally unfit to stand trial. He spent the remainder of his life in a mental hospital. His case influenced the creation of several fictional killers.

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Born on August 28th:


Jack Kirby - He was a major artist in the comic book medium throughout his career, raising standards for illustration and created important and influential characters like Captain America, the Fantastic Four and many other characters for Marvel and DC comics amoung others. His creations have included Captain America, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom and the X-Men.

David Fincher - Director, Producer, Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, Zodiac

Leo Tolstoy - Writer, "Anna Karenina", "War and Peace"

Edmund Joseph - Writer, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Naughty Nineties

Charles Boyer - Actor, The Garden of Allah, History Is Made at Night, Algiers, Love Affair, Gaslight

Donald O'Connor - Actor, Singer, Dancer. Francis (the Talking Mule(, Singin' in the Rain, Call Me Madam, Walking My Baby Back Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SND3v0i9uhE



Ben Gazzara - Actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Road House, The Big Lebowski

Daniel Stern - Actor, Home Alone, City Slickers, "The Wonder Years"

Armie Hammer - Actor, The Social Network, The Lone Ranger

Luis Guzmán - Actor, Boogie Nights, Snake Eyes, The Salton Sea

David Soul - Actor, "Starsky and Hutch", Salem's Lot

Sonny Shroyer - Actor, "The Dukes of Hazzard"

Jason Priestley - Actor,"Beverly Hills, 90210"

Jack Black - Actor, School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda

Quvenzhané Wallis - Actress, Beasts of the Southern Wild, 12 Years a Slave

Emma Samms - Actress, "General Hospital"


Todd Eldredge - U.S. National Men's Figure Skating Champion. World Men's Figure Skating Champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFurTW8OHxM



Lou Piniella - Outfielder for Baltimore Orioles (1964), Cleveland Indians (1968), Kansas City Royals (1969-1973) and New York Yankees (1974-1984). Manager of the New York Yankees (1986-1988), Cincinnati Reds (1990-1992), Seattle Mariners (1993-2002), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003-2005), and Chicago Cubs (2007–2010).

Ron Guidry - Baseball pitcher for the American League's New York Yankees, 1975-1988.

Joel Youngblood - Outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds (1976 and 1989), St. Louis Cardinals (1977), New York Mets (1977-1982), Montreal Expos (1982) and San Francisco Giants (1983-1988). The only major leaguer ever to play for two teams in different cities on the same day.


Wayne Osmond - Second oldest in the original performing Osmond Brothers. Brother of Alan Osmond, Donny Osmond, Jay Osmond, Jimmy Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Virl Osmond, Tom Osmond and Marie Osmond.

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



Shania Twain - Country Music Singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2k-gv6xNE



LeAnn Rimes - Country Music Singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Olo8gzgpC4



Cassadee Pope - Country Music Singer. Winner of the third season of NBC's The Voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjfWYKe3baU

[mrtylerdurden]

Happy birthday David Fincher!

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Also born on August 28th, but this guy deserves his own post:

Scott Hamilton - Retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's Figure Skating. He won four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–1984), four consecutive World Championships (1981–1984) and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. His "signature move" was a backflip, a feat that few other figure skaters could perform and is illegal in USFSA and Olympic competition, but he would include in his exhibition routines to please the crowd. Member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.


If you've never seen him perform, you MUST watch these videos all the way through to the end of the videos. There's nobody better at ice skating/dancing than Scott Hamilton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0RrJgJqAZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r3BHlwEW3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_RKsH4ACQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctev1Yg9XWI

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Born on August 29th:

Michael Jackson - Singer, Songwriter, Dancer. First solo artist to generate four top ten hits on the Billboard charts on one album with "Off the Wall". First artist to generate seven top ten hits (USA) on one album with "Thriller". His 1982 album "Thriller" is the biggest selling album of all time, with confirmed sales of over 51 million, and claimed sales of over 100 million copies worldwide. Sold over 750 million albums worldwide. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of the Jackson 5). Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a solo artist). Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. The Jacksons were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Amazon sold as many Michael Jackson albums in the 24 hours after his death as in the previous 11 years.

Ingrid Bergman - Actress, Casablanca, Gaslight, Spellbound, Notorious, Joan of Arc, Indiscreet, Anastasia, Murder on the Orient Express, Autumn Sonata, A Woman Called Golda. She was named #4 on The Greatest Screen Legends actress list by the American Film Institute. She was voted the 12th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. She was ranked #5 in the Premiere's list of "The 50 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time". In 1999, she was ranked #4 in the American Film Institute's list of greatest female screen legends. Bergman and Sean Connery had topped a list of "Greatest Actors of all Time" compiled by 50,000 readers of German magazine Funk Uhr. In 1960, she became the third performer to win the Triple Crown of Acting: Oscars for Gaslight (1944), Anastasia (1956), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974), a Tony for "Joan of Lorraine" (1947) and Emmys for the "Startime" episode "The Turn of the Screw" (1960), and A Woman Called Golda (1982). Her daughter, Pia Lindström, with first husband Petter Lindstrom, is a television personality and actress. Another daughter, Isabella Rossellini, became a model and actress.

Richard Attenborough - Actor - The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, Doctor Dolittle, Jurassic Park, Miracle on 34th Street (1994). Director - A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, A Chorus Line, Cry Freedom. In 1967 and 1968, he won back-to-back Golden Globe Awards for 'Best Supporting Actor' for The Sand Pebbles (1966), and for Doctor Dolittle (1967). He won another Golden Globe for Best Director, for Gandhi (1982). He won the 1982 Academy Award for Directing for Gandhi (1982), and as the film's producer, he also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Director for A Chorus Line (1985) and Cry Freedom (1987).

William Friedkin - Director, The French Connection, The Exorcist, The Brink's Job, To Live and Die in L.A.

Joel Schumacher - Director, St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, A Time to Kill, Phone Booth, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Number 23

Preston Sturges - Writer, The Great McGinty, The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Unfaithfully Yours

Nancy Holder - Writer. She has written over 50 romance and horror novels, and hundreds of short stories, essays, and articles. Alone and in collaboration with other authors, she has written dozens of tie-in novels related to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), "Angel" (1999), "Highlander" (1992), "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) and "Smallville" (2001). She has received four Bram Stoker Awards for fiction from the Horror Writers Association. She also writes as Laurel Chandler and Wendi Davis.

Sylvia Fine - Songwriter. Lyricist and composer responsible for many of the best known musical routines and songs for her husband, Danny Kaye.

Elliott Gould - Actor, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, M.A.S.H., The Long Goodbye, California Split, Capricorn One, American History X

Charles Gray - Actor, Diamonds Are Forever, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Mirror Crack'd

Isabel Sanford - Actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Love at First Bite, "All in the Family", "The Jeffersons". She was the first African-American woman to win the Emmy award for "Best Actress in a Comedy" for her work on "The Jeffersons" (1975).

Rebecca De Mornay - Actress, Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Trip to Bountiful, Backdraft

Deborah Van Valkenburgh - Actress, The Warriors, "Too Close for Comfort"

Lea Michele - Actress, Singer. "Glee", Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, "Young Cosette" in the original New York production of "Les Misérables".

Charlie Parker - Musician. Along with trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie, he created the sporadic rhythms known as "be bop" in the 1950s. Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979. Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians, 1994.

Robin Leach - Producer. Host, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"

Doug DeCinces - Third Baseman for Baltimore Orioles (1973-1981), California Angels (1982-1987) and St. Louis Cardinals (1987). Inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2006.

Roy Oswalt - Pitcher for the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies. Pitched for the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic Team at the 2000 Sydney Games.

James Brady - White House press secretary for President Ronald Reagan who was shot in the head during John Hinckley's unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Reagan in March 1981. As a result, he challenged the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, by lobbying Congress to enact the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (popularly known as "the Brady Bill"), to demand a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases so that local police can conduct background checks on purchasers. The bill was passed by both houses of Congress in mid-1991.

John McCain - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona from 1983 to 1987. He has been Senior Senator from Arizona since 3 January 1987. He is a second cousin seven times removed of President George Washington and a ninth cousin of Quincy Jones, both through the Washington line.

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Born on August 30th:

Mary Shelley - Writer, "Frankenstein". She wrote the novel "Frankenstein" when she was 19 though she had dreamt of the idea whilst still only 18. Her only novella, "Mathilda," while written in 1819, was not published until 1959. She wrote several historical novels and another science fiction tale "The Last Man" (1826).

Raymond Massey - Actor, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Fountainhead, East of Eden, "I Spy", The Great Impostor, How the West Was Won, "Dr. Kildare", Mackenna's Gold

Fred MacMurray - Actor, Double Indemnity, The Caine Mutiny (1954), The Shaggy Dog, The Apartment, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Follow Me, Boys!, The Happiest Millionaire, "My Three Sons"

Joan Blondell - Actress, The Public Enemy, Topper Returns, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Cincinnati Kid, Support Your Local Gunfighter, "Here Come the Brides", Grease, The Champ

Michael Chiklis - Actor, "The Commish", "The Shield", Fantastic Four, "No Ordinary Family", "Vegas", "American Horror Story"

David Paymer - Actor, Crazy People, City Slickers, Mr. Saturday Night, Quiz Show, Get Shorty, Amistad, The American President, In Good Company

Cameron Diaz - Actress, The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, There's Something About Mary, Charlie's Angels, Shrek

Bill Daily - Actor, "I Dream of Jeannie", The Barefoot Executive, "The Bob Newhart Show",

Shirley Booth - Actress, "Hazel", The Year Without a Santa Claus

Timothy Bottoms - Actor, The Last Picture Show, The Paper Chase, Elephant

Peggy Lipton - Actress, "Mod Squad", "Twin Peaks", The Postman

John Phillips - Singer, Musician, Songwriter. Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the vocal group, The Mamas & the Papas. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of The Mamas and the Papas).

Lewis Black - Comedian, Author, Playwright, Social Critic, Actor. He is known for his comedy style, which often includes simulating a mental breakdown, or an increasingly angry rant, ridiculing history, politics, religion, trends and cultural phenomena.

Warren Buffett - American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. One of the largest shareholders of Coca-Cola, Gillette, Kraft, UPS and American Express, among other large corporations.

Ted Williams - Left Fielder for the Boston Red Sox (1939–1942 and 1946–1960). Eighteen-time All-Star. Hit a home run in his final Major League at-bat. Elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Won six American League batting championships, four home run championships, four RBI titles, led in runs six times, and slugging nine times. Last Major League baseball player to hit .400 (.406 in 1941). American League Most Valuable Player in 1946 & 1949. Named Player of the Decade (1951-1960). Sporting News Player of the Year five times. Boston Red Sox Career Homerun Leader (521). Boston Red Sox Career Walks Leader (2,019). Boston Red Sox Career On-Base Percentage Leader (.481). Boston Red Sox Career Slugging Percentage Leader (.634). Boston Red Sox Career Batting Leader (.344). Inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, 1995 (charter member). Inducted into the ESPN Boston Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class) with Red Auerbach, Larry Bird, Bobby Orr, and Bill Russell. Pictured on one of a set of 4 USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamps issued 20 July 2013, celebrating Major League Baseball All-Stars. Price on day of issue was 45¢. Has a freeway in San Diego named after him. Has a tunnel in Boston named after him. He is considered by many to be the best hitter in baseball history.

Tug McGraw - Pitched in major leagues for the New York Mets (1965-1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (1975-1984). Member of 1969 World Series Champion New York Mets team. Member of 1973 National League Champion New York Mets team. Member of 1976-1978 National League Eastern Division Champion Philadelphia Phillies teams. Member of 1980 World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies team. Member of 1983 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies team. Named to 1972 and 1975 National League All Star Teams. Coined the phrase "You Gotta Believe" while with the Mets in 1973. The Mets, who had been in last place much of the season, ended up going to the World Series. Joined the Phillies for the 1975 season and became one of the city's most beloved sports figures in his ten seasons there. Struck out Willie Wilson to end the 1980 World Series, the only one ever won by the Phillies until 2008. Father of country music superstar Tim McGraw.

Kitty Wells - Country Music Singer. In 1952, became the first female country singer to have a solo No. 1 hit on Billboard magazine's country charts, with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels". Her other two Billboard country No. 1 hits were "One By One" (1954, duet with Red Foley) and "Heartbreak USA" (1961). Her 1955 hit, "Makin' Believe," holds the record for most weeks at No. 2 on Billboard's country charts (15 weeks) without going to No. 1. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976. Received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991, the first female country singer so honored. Inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall Of Fame in 2002.

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Born on August 31st:

Alan Jay Lerner - Writer, Lyricist, Composer. Royal Wedding, Brigadoon, An American in Paris, Gigi, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Paint Your Wagon, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. He earned two Oscars as the screenplay writer for "An American in Paris" (1951) and "Gigi" (1958), and a Grammy for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1970). He has won three Tony Awards, all in collaboration with Frederick Loewe: two in 1957 for "My Fair Lady," as Best Author (Musical) and for his book and lyrics as part of a Best Musical win; and one in 1974 for "Gigi" as Best Score, his lyrics with Loewe's music. He has been nominated three other times, always in collaboration with someone other than Loew. In 1963, as Best Composer and Lyricist in collaboration with Burton Lane for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever;" in 1970, his book and lyrics with music by André Previn as parts of a Best Musical nomination for "Coco" and in 1979 for Best Score, his lyrics with Lane's music, for "Carmelina". Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.

Frederic March - Actor. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Death Takes a Holiday, Les Misérables (1935), Anna Karenina, A Star Is Born, I Married a Witch, The Best Years of Our Lives, Death of a Salesman, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. He was nominated for the Academy Award five times, and he won the Oscar for Best Actor for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931) and "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). He won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Dramatic), the first in 1947 for his performance in Ruth Gordon's "Years Ago," an award shared with José Ferrer for "Cyrano de Bergerac," and the second, ten years later, in 1957, for his landmark performance in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night." He was also nominated in the same category in 1962 for Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon".

Richard Gere - Actor. Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Unfaithful, Chicago, Shall We Dance?, Nights in Rodanthe. He was picked by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991, and as their Sexiest Man Alive in 1999.

Marc Webb - Director. (500) Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

James Coburn - Actor. Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Charade, Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, The President's Analyst, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.

Buddy Hackett - Comedian, Actor. Everything's Ducky, The Music Man, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Love Bug, Scrooged, The Little Mermaid, Paulie. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 2000.

John Cameron - Producer. Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, Bad Santa, Friday Night Lights, The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

Mike Erwin - Actor. Hulk, "Everwood", "Jack & Bobby", Chaos Theory, American Pie 2.

Jonathan LaPaglia - Actor. "Seven Days", "The District", "Cold Case". Brother of actor Anthony LaPaglia.

Richard Basehart - Actor. He Walked by Night, The Road, Moby Dick, The Brothers Karamazov, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", Being There, "Knight Rider".

Arthur Godfrey - Radio and TV Host. "The Arthur Godfrey Show", "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout". He was known for finding and grooming young, undiscovered talent. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988. Inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2001. He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard; for Recording at 6616 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 1559 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Marcia Clark - District Attorney for Los Angeles County. She was the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case. Prior to the O.J. Simpson murder trial, her most high-profile prosecution was in 1991, when she prosecuted Robert John Bardo for the murder of television star Rebecca Schaeffer.

Julie Brown - Actress. Singer. Earth Girls Are Easy, Clueless, Camp Rock. She wrote and performed a satirical pop song called "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" in the 1980s. She sang the songs "Brand New Girl" and "Cause I'm a Blonde" for the movie "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988).

Deborah (Debbie) Gibson - Singer. "Only In My Dreams, "Foolish Beat", "Lost In Your Eyes". She was the youngest person ever to write, produce and perform a #1 single ("Foolish Beat"). She has sold over 16 million albums worldwide. Her extraordinary career has garnered her #1 Billboard hits, Platinum albums, ASCAP Songwriter of the Year honors, sold-out audiences around the world and rave reviews for her starring roles on Broadway.

Frank Robinson - Major League Baseball Player/Manager. Played for the National League's Cincinnati Reds (1956-1965) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1972); and for the American League's Baltimore Orioles (1966-1971), California Angels (1973-1974), and Cleveland Indians (1974-1976). Played for 1961 National League Champion Cincinnati Reds team. Played for 1966 and 1970 World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles teams. Played for 1969 and 1971 American League Champion Baltimore Orioles teams. He was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game 12 times. Manager of the American League's Cleveland Indians (1975-1976) and Baltimore Orioles (1988-1991); and the National League's San Francisco Giants (1981-1984), and Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2002-2004/2005-2006). He was a two-time Most Valuable Player (Cincinnati Reds in 1961, Baltimore Orioles in 1966), the first player to win the award with two different teams in different leagues. He won the Triple Crown in 1966, leading the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in, to go along with the MVP award. He was the first African-American to manage in the major leagues in 1975. Inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame with Brooks Robinson in 1977 (charter inductees). Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Hideo Nomo - Major League Baseball Pitcher. Known for his tornado-like delivery in which he turns his back on the hitter before throwing the ball. Pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995-1998; 2002-2004), New York Mets (1998), Milwaukee Brewers (1999), Detroit Tigers (2000), Boston Red Sox (2001), Tampa Bay Rays (2005). In 1995, he led the National League in strikeouts (236). In 2001, he led the American League in strikeouts (220). Named to Baseball Digest's Rookie All-Star Team, and National League Rookie of the Year in 1995.

Andrew Phillip Cunanan - Serial Killer. He murdered at least five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, during a three-month period in 1997. On June 12, 1997, Cunanan became the 449th fugitive to be listed by the FBI on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The killing spree ended with Cunanan's suicide. He was 27 years old.

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 1st:

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Writer. "Tarzan of the Apes" (novel), "The People That Time Forgot", John Carter of Mars (story "A Princess of Mars"). He wrote 91 novels, 26 of which were about Tarzan. The city of Tarzana, California, where Burroughs spent the last years of his life, was named in honor of his most famous creation, Tarzan. Pictured on a nondeminated ("forever") USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 17 August 2012 in Tarzana, California. The initial issue price was 45¢. By the time of his death in 1950, he was the world's best-selling author. Great-grandfather of film director Wes Anderson.

Lily Tomlin - Actress. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", Nashville, Nine to Five, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, All of Me, Short Cuts, "Murphy Brown", Tea with Mussolini, I Heart Huckabees, A Prairie Home Companion, "The West Wing". She was nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' in 1976 for her performance in "Nashville". She won a Grammy Award for the comedy album "This is a Recording" in 1971. She won Tony Awards in 1977, a special Award, and in 1986, the Best Actress (Play) Award for her one-woman show "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe". She won the Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for Humor in 2003.

Yvonne De Carlo - Actress. Salome Where She Danced, Brute Force, Criss Cross, The Desert Hawk, Scarlet Angel, The Ten Commandments, "The Munsters". She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6124 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6715 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Anne Ramsey - Actress. Goin' South, Any Which Way You Can, The Goonies, Throw Momma from the Train. She received an Academy Award nomination in 1987 for 'Best Supporting Actress' for her performance in "Throw Momma from the Train".

James Rebhorn - Actor. Regarding Henry, My Cousin Vinny, Guarding Tess, Blank Check, 8 Seconds, Scent of a Woman, Lorenzo's Oil, White Squall, Independence Day, The Game, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Real Steel, "White Collar", "Homeland".

Richard Farnsworth - Actor. Comes a Horseman, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, The Grey Fox, The Natural, Rhinestone, Into the Night, The Two Jakes, Misery, The Getaway, The Straight Story. He was a stuntman who, after more than 40 years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor. When he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "Comes a Horseman" (1978), it came as a surprise to many in the industry that this "newcomer" had been around since the 1930s. He was a co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association in 1961. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1997.

Don Stroud - Actor. The Buddy Holly Story, "Mrs. Columbo", The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, "The New Mike Hammer", "The New Dragnet", Django Unchained. He played his own drums and recorded music live for "The Buddy Holly Story" (1978).

Scott Speedman - Actor. "Felicity", Underworld, xXx: State of the Union, Good Neighbors, The Vow, "Last Resort"

Susan Backlinie - Actress. Jaws, 1941. She is the swimmer in the opening scene who becomes the first victim of the shark in "Jaws" (1975). She later spoofed this scene in Spielberg's "1941" (1979) but encounters a Japanese sub instead of a toothy fish.

Michelle Meyrink - Actress. The Outsiders, Valley Girl, Revenge of the Nerds, Real Genius, Permanent Record.

George Maharis - Actor. "Route 66", The Sword and the Sorcerer

Phil McGraw (aka Dr. Phil) - Author, Psychologist, TV Host. In 2004 the children's TV series "Sesame Street" introduced the puppet "Dr. Feel" in his honor.

Alan M. Dershowitz - Criminal defense attorney. Professor of Criminal Law, Harvard University. His high-profile clients have included, Claus von Bülow, Patricia Hearst, Leona Helmsley, O.J. Simpson, Harry Reems, Jim Bakker, and Mike Tyson. He told the story of the Claus von Bülow case in his book, "Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case" (1985), which was turned into a movie in 1990. Dershowitz was played by actor Ron Silver, and Dershowitz himself had a cameo role as a judge. He shares a birthday with his client's wife, Sunny von Bulow.

Martha Sunny von Bulow (aka Sunny von Bulow) - American heiress and socialite. Her husband, Claus von Bülow, was tried and found guilty of two counts of attempted murder of Sunny via insulin injections. The alleged second attempt put her in an irreversible coma on December 21, 1980. On April 27, 1984, the Rhode Island State Supreme Court reversed the convictions and ordered a new trial based on evidence presented by von Bülow's attorney, Alan M. Dershowitz. On June 10, 1985, a jury acquitted von Bülow of all charges. The story was dramatized in the book and movie, "Reversal of Fortune". She shares a birthday with her husband's lawyer, Alan M. Dershowitz.

Conway Twitty - Country Music Singer. Best known for the songs "Hello Darlin'", "You've Never Been This Far Before", "Slow Hand", "The Rose", "That's My Job", "Tight Fittin' Jeans", "I Don't Know A Thing About Love (The Moon Song)", "Saturday Night Special", "It's Only Make Believe", "Don't Call Him a Cowboy", and "Crazy in Love". One of the most successful country performers of all time. He was the only singer to have 55 No. 1 hits in his career until George Strait eventually eclipsed the long-held record. Also included in his incredible string of hits were his duets with Loretta Lynn. Of the 12 duets they released together, every one of them made the top 10 of Billboard's country singles chart, with five going to No. 1 -- "After the Fire is Gone" and "Lead Me On" (both 1971); "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" (1973); "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" (1974); and "Feelin's" (1975). Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998. Posthumous inductee into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Boxcar Willie - Country Music Singer. He is best known for singing in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat. He sold more than 100 million records, tapes and CDs worldwide. In 1981, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry as its 60th member. First cousin of Tommy Lee Jones.

Barry Gibb - Singer, Songwriter. Guitarist and singer of The Bee Gees Best known for the songs "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Nights on Broadway", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever". The Bee Gees won the 1997 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. The Bee Gees won the 2005 Q Lifetime Achievement Award. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994 with brothers Robin and Maurice. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of The Bee Gees). Awarded a CBE, or Commander of the Order of British Empire, by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year's Eve Honors List 2001. He and The Bee Gees were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6845 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Older brother of Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb and Andy Gibb.

Gloria Estefan - Singer, Songwriter. Best known for the songs "Conga", "Words Get in the Way", "Bad Boy", "Anything for You", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". Her band is The Miami Sound Machine. She is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with an estimated 100 million records sold worldwide. She has won seven Grammy Awards and is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music. Ranked #81 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Rocky Marciano - Professional Boxer. At the end of his career he was undefeated 49-0, with 43 of his victories coming by knockouts. He won his first 16 fights by knockout. Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1980. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990.

Garry Maddox - Major League Basbeall Player. Centerfielder for San Franciso Giants (1972-1975) and Philadelphia Phillies (1975-1986) Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1972 Rookie All-Star Team. He won eight consecutive Gold Gloves from 1975-1982. Centerfielder for 1980 World Champion and 1983 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Frank Lee Morris - Criminal. One of several inmates who made it into San Francisco Bay in an escape from Alcatraz prison on the night of June 11, 1962. However, all available evidence indicates that all drowned in the bay before they could reach land in San Francisco.

[Citizen Rules]

GBG, I like reading your Birthday list, very interesting.

I hope you don't mind when I comment sometimes. No one else really ever does. I'm surprised that other MoFo'ers don't post an interesting comment or observation on some of these people. It would be neat to read some comments.

Just for fun:) Mine are:

Edgar Rice Burroughs - I'm currently watching all of the Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies. Great fun and interesting on how the Tarzan character changes from the early 1930s through WWII and into the late 1940s. It's like a reflection of what American society was going through at the time.

Yvonne De Carlo - A very underrated actresses. I just saw her in a lively role in Buccaneer's Girl (1950). Yvonne made the movie.

Frank Lee Morris - Watch the episode of Myth Busters. They recreate the escape from Alcatraz and prove it was indeed possible to make it. They did it!

[gbgoodies]

[B]GBG, I like reading your Birthday list, very interesting.

I hope you don't mind when I comment sometimes. No one else really ever does. I'm surprised that other MoFo'ers don't post an interesting comment or observation on some of these people. It would be neat to read some comments.

Just for fun:)



I like when you comment on the birthday list. I wish more people would comment when they see that some of their favorites are on the list.


I know that there are a lot of fans of the director Wes Anderson here on MoFo. I wonder how many of them read that little bit of trivia at the end of the info about Edgar Rice Burroughs. (For those who missed it, Edgar Rice Burroughs was the great-grandfather of film director Wes Anderson.)


My favorite today is Conway Twitty. He was an amazing country music singer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR4KcO_MovE

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

[Swan]

(For those who missed it, Edgar Rice Burroughs was the great-grandfather of film director Wes Anderson.)

Holy crap I never knew this.

[Citizen Rules]

Holy Moly to those jeans up there:D

I just looked up Wes Anderson, I've never seen any of his films. Heard of them though. I put a few of them on my TWL.

[The Gunslinger45]

Holy hell! Those pants are missing some serious fabric!

[gbgoodies]

Holy Moly to those jeans up there:D

Holy hell! Those pants are missing some serious fabric!


That video was posted for the singer, not the picture. Isn't anyone listening to the song? :skeptical:

Back when that song was a hit, the local country music DJ, (Scott Carpenter), recorded his own version of the song "Tight Fittin' Jeans", but he changed the lyrics so the song was about a fat guy wearing tight fittin' jeans, instead of a pretty girl wearing tight fittin' jeans. :laugh:

[jrs]

My neighbor in Florida was born today. lol :p

[Godoggo]

That video was posted for the singer, not the picture. Isn't anyone listening to the song? :skeptical:

Back when that song was a hit, the local country music DJ, (Scott Carpenter), recorded his own version of the song "Tight Fittin' Jeans", but he changed the lyrics so the song was about a fat guy wearing tight fittin' jeans, instead of a pretty girl wearing tight fittin' jeans. :laugh:

I like that song, but my favorite of his is "Only Make Believe". I love that song.

[gbgoodies]

I like that song, but my favorite of his is "Only Make Believe". I love that song.


My favorite Conway Twitty songs are "That's My Job" (posted above), and "The Moon Song":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHUmda0-wUQ

[Godoggo]

I haven't heard The Moon Song. I'll give it a listen.

[gbgoodies]

I haven't heard The Moon Song. I'll give it a listen.


You may know it as "I Don't Know A Thing About Love", but it's also known as "The Moon Song". Let me know what you think of it.

On the day Conway Twitty died in 1993, the local country music radio station played his songs all day long, even though they had pretty much stopped playing his music for several years, in favor of "new country". A friend of mine called the radio station that day to thank them for playing his music, and then added that it was a shame that he had to die for them to play his music.

Her comment must have had an impact on the DJ because after that, the radio station added a lot of oldies to their playlist.

[Swan]

;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU6KFnGF9M8

[gbgoodies]

;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU6KFnGF9M8


That's a pretty song, but it's a different song. I think I've heard that before. Was it in one of the song tournaments?

[Eunoia Parodies]

That's a pretty song, but it's a different song. I think I've heard that before. Was it in one of the song tournaments?

Great song

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 2nd:

Hal Ashby - Director. Harold and Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There, Let's Spend the Night Together, The Slugger's Wife, 8 Million Ways to Die. He started as an assistant film editor, and worked his way up to directing. A highlight of his film editing career was winning an Oscar for the landmark film "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). He directed 10 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Lee Grant, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Jack Warden, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Melvyn Douglas and Peter Sellers. Grant, Fonda, Voight and Douglas won Oscars for their performances in one of his movies.

Mel Stuart - Director. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Four Days in November, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy, Brenda Starr, Ruby and Oswald, Sophia Loren: Her Own Story, Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond. He has directed or produced over 180 films including movies of the week. First cousin of Stan Lee.

Vincent Patar - Director, Writer, Animator. A Town Called Panic, Ernest & Celestine. He has won 14 awards, and been nominated for an additional 3 awards.

Harvey Levin - Producer, Lawyer, Legal Analyst, Ccelebrity Reporter. "Celebrity Justice", "The People's Court", "TMZ on TV". Executive Producer of TMZ. He is the founder of celebrity gossip website TMZ.com. Admitted to the State Bar of California (18 December 1975). He has been an inactive member of the State Bar since 1 January 1996.

Robert Shapiro - Civil Litigator and Senior Partner in a Los Angeles-based law firm. He is best known for being part of the defense team which successfully defended O.J. Simpson in 1995 from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman in 1994. He defended Christian Brando, the son of Marlon Brando, on charges of murdering his sister Cheyenne's boyfriend Dag Drollett. He has represented famous athletes, including Darryl Strawberry, José Canseco, and Vince Coleman, as well as other celebrities such as Johnny Carson, Linda Lovelace, and the Kardashians.

Samuel A. Peeples - Writer. "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Rough Riders", "The Tall Man", "The Legend of Jesse James", "Lancer", "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Jason of Star Command", "The New Adventures of Flash Gordon", Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (story, uncredited). He began his writing career with Western novels but later became a television script writer and series creator. His western novels include The Hanging Hills 1953); Johnny Sundance 1953); Desert Showdown (1954); The Marshal Of Medicine Bend (1954); The Lobo Horseman (1955); The Call of the Gun (1955); The Man from Andersonville (1956); Terror At Tres Alamos (1956); and Doc Colt (1957). He later wrote The Man Who Died Twice (1976). In science fiction circles, he is best remembered as the originator of the now famous "Star Trek" phrase, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' as the title of the series' second pilot.

Barbara Jo Allen - Actress, Comedienne, Writer. Sleeping Beauty, Melody and Moonlight, Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Hi, Neighbor, Buy Me That Town, Girl Rush. She's best known for the animated Disney classic "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) in which she voiced Fauna, the green "good fairy" character. She was essentially a radio artist, but she also appeared in over 50 pictures. She originated and became synonymous with the talky, shrill-voiced, man-hungry spinster "Vera Vague," a WWII creation in the late 1930s. She kept the name throughout much of her career and was often billed as such. She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1639 Vine Street and for Motion Pictures at 1720 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Mark Harmon - Actor. "240-Robert", "Flamingo Road", The Deliberate Stranger, "St. Elsewhere", Summer School, The Presidio, Stealing Home, Worth Winning, "Reasonable Doubts", "Chicago Hope", Freaky Friday, Chasing Liberty, "NCIS". In 1986, he was chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. In 2011, he was voted the fourth most popular actor on prime time television. He received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 1, 2012. He played quarterback for UCLA Bruins, 1972-1973 winning National Football Foundation Award for all-round excellence. His father, Tom Harmon, played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and won the 1940 Heisman Trophy emblematic of the best player in the nation. He had two famous brothers-in-laws, car magnate John DeLorean and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ricky Nelson.

Keanu Reeves - Actor. Permanent Record, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, My Own Private Idaho, Speed, Johnny Mnemonic, A Walk in the Clouds, The Devil's Advocate, The Matrix, Sweet November, Hard Ball, Constantine, A Scanner Darkly, The Lake House, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). Ranked #23 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#17). He received a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on January 31st , 2005.

Salma Hayek - Actress. Fools Rush In, 54, Dogma, Wild Wild West, Frida, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, After the Sunset, Grown Ups, Puss in Boots, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Savages, Here Comes the Boom. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1996, 2003 and 2008. She was ranked 8th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001). She was the second Latin American actress to be nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award, for her performance in "Frida" (2002).

Christa McAuliffe - First Civilian in Space. She was a history teacher in Concord, New Hampshire who was selected from over 11,000 other teacher applicants to be the first civilian in space as part of the Teacher in Space Program. She was to teach two 15-minute class sessions from the Challenger space shuttle via satellite. She was killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster. An episode of "Punky Brewster" was made to help children cope with her loss. Her ashes are interred in Arlington National Cemetary along with the rest of the Challenger crew. There is also a memorial for her and her crew in Atchinson, Kansas. A middle school is named in her memory on Garnett Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A planetarium in Concord, NH is named after her.

Peter Ueberroth - Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989. During the course of his stint as commissioner, Ueberroth reinstated two Hall of Famers, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, who had been banned from working for Major League Baseball (by Bowie Kuhn) because of their associations with gambling casinos. He initiated the investigation against Pete Rose's betting habits. In 1985, Ueberroth's first full year in office, the League Championship Series expanded from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven series. At his urging, the Chicago Cubs chose to install lights at Wrigley Field rather than reimburse the leagues for lost night-game revenues. He was the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee. He served as the organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. Due to the success of the games, he was named Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1984.

Jimmy Connors - Professional Tennis Player. He won the NCAA singles tennis championship in 1971 while playing for the University of California. He holds the ATP men's pro tennis tour records for singles tournament titles (109), singles' match wins at Wimbledon (84) and the U.S. Open (98), and singles' tournament titles in one season (14 in 1974). He won 8 Grand Slam tournament titles: Australian Open (1974), Wimbledon (1974, 1982), and U.S. Open (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983). Tied with Pete Sampras for most men's U.S. Open titles with five. After celebrating his 39th birthday, he became the oldest U.S. Open semifinalist ever in 1991. He lost in the semi-finals to Jim Courier.

Terry Bradshaw - Former professional football player. Played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1970-1983). Two time Super Bowl MVP with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1979 and 1980). Pittsburgh Steelers all-time leader in Passing Yards (27,989) and Passing Touchdowns (212). Pittsburgh Steelers all-time leader for Passing Yards in a season (3,724 in 1979) and Passing Touchdowns in a Season (28 in 1978). Shares Pittsburgh Steelers record for most passing touchdowns in single game (5). Ranks 36th on NFL All-Time Passing Attempts List (3,901). Ranks 44th on NFL All-Time Pass Completions List (2,025). Ranks 35th on NFL All-Time Gross Yards Passing List (27,989). Ranks 19th on NFL All-Time Passes Intercepted List (210). Ranks 22nd on NFL All-Time Touchdown Passes List (212). Ranks 33rd on NFL All-Time Times Sacked List (307). Ranks 20th on NFL All-Time Yards Lost List (2,694). Elected to the Football Hall Of Fame in 1989. Shares a birthday with fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson.

Eric Dickerson - Former professional football player. Running back for the Los Angeles Rams (1983-1986), Indianapolis Colts (1987-1991), Los Angeles Raiders (1992) and Atlanta Falcons (1993). Holds NFL rookie record for most yards from scrimmage in a season (2,212 in 1983). Ranks 7th on NFL All-Time Rushing Attempts List (2,996). Ranks 6th on NFL All-Time Rushing Yardage List (13,259). Ranks 40th on NFL All-Time Rushing Average List (4.426). Ranks 9th on NFL All-Time Rushing Touchdowns List (90). Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Shares a birthday with fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member Terry Bradshaw.

[Citizen Rules]

Samuel A. Peeples - Writer. "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before"... best remembered as the originator of the now famous "Star Trek" phrase, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'

The saying that 'you learn something new ever day' is true!
I'm a big ST fan.....BUT I never knew Peeples coined the phrase, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'.

GBG, thank you for including: Christa McAuliffe - First Civilian in Space....She was killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

I didn't even recognize her name in your BD list, but I'm glad I read the paragraph on her. I'll remember the day that Challenger was lost in a fiery explosion, forever.

[gbgoodies]

Samuel A. Peeples - Writer. "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before"... best remembered as the originator of the now famous "Star Trek" phrase, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'

The saying that 'you learn something new ever day' is true!
I'm a big ST fan.....BUT I never knew Peeples coined the phrase, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'.

GBG, thank you for including: Christa McAuliffe - First Civilian in Space....She was killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

I didn't even recognize her name in your BD list, but I'm glad I read the paragraph on her. I'll remember the day that Challenger was lost in a fiery explosion, forever.


I didn't know that about Star Trek's "Where No Man" phrase either until I read about it today. I always just assumed that Roddenberry coined that phrase. :shrug:


I recognized Christa McAuliffe's name immediately when I read it on today's birthday list on IMDB. I still remember watching the shuttle tragedy as it happened. At the time, I was very interested in the space program, and I had even recently spoken to Nichelle Nichols (who recruited Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut) about the Space Program, and she offered to help me get involved if I was interested. (Sadly, I never followed up with it.)

[rauldc14]

Didn't know Mel Stuart and Stan Lee were cousins :up:

[gbgoodies]

Didn't know Mel Stuart and Stan Lee were cousins :up:


See, you learn something new every day on the "Born Today" thread. :up:

That's why I enjoy reading all the birthdays on IMDB's birthday list everyday. There's so much interesting information.

[Citizen Rules]

GBG, I didn't know that you followed the 80s space program so closely. I know you have mentioned talking to some ST people at conventions, but pretty amazing talking to Uhura about space!


What I remember about the Challenger disaster was the news media crucifying NASA for repeatedly scrubbing the launches. It was a hot news story about just how much money NASA 'wasted' each time they scrapped a scheduled Challenger launch.

This went on for many days. Each time the media hyped the story of NASA being inept. I think that finally NASA officials became concerned about losing funding from Congress and went ahead with the launch in too cold of temperatures. We know the results of that launch.

[gbgoodies]

GBG, I didn't know that you followed the 80s space program so closely. I know you have mentioned talking to some ST people at conventions, but pretty amazing talking to Uhura about space!


What I remember about the Challenger disaster was the news media crucifying NASA for repeatedly scrubbing the launches. It was a hot news story about just how much money NASA 'wasted' each time they scrapped a scheduled Challenger launch.

This went on for many days. Each time the media hyped the story of NASA being inept. I think that finally NASA officials became concerned about losing funding from Congress and went ahead with the launch in too cold of temperatures. We know the results of that launch.


I remember the news blaming NASA as well. but it always bothered me more that there were so many kids watching that tragedy live. Many schools had set up TVs in the classrooms because of the Teacher in Space program, and I can't even imagine how hard that sight must have been for the kids who were watching it as it happened.

I was supposed to be at work that day, but my boss let me come in late so I could watch the shuttle launch.

[Citizen Rules]

Poor kids! I can't even image.

I wonder if there's anyone here who was a kid at that time and watched it live on TV at school?

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 3rd:

Eileen Brennan - Actress. The Last Picture Show, The Sting, At Long Last Love, The Night That Panicked America, Murder by Death, The Cheap Detective, The Great Smokey Roadblock, Private Benjamin, Clue, Texasville, White Palace. She earned a "best supporting actress" Oscar nomination for her performance in the movie Private Benjamin (1980), and she earned both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for the same role in the TV series "Private Benjamin" (1981). She won an Obie Award in 1959 for her performance as the title role in the off-Broadway operetta "Little Mary Sunshine". She was among an esteemed group of eight other thespians who won the Theatre World Award in 1959 for "Promising New Personality", including Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, Carol Burnett and a very young Patty Duke.

Alan Ladd - Actor. Shane, This Gun for Hire, Lucky Jordan, The Blue Dahlia, Calcutta, Wild Harvest, Beyond Glory, The Great Gatsby (1949), The Iron Mistress, Botany Bay, The McConnell Story, The Proud Rebel. He had an uncredited role as a reporter in the classic Citizen Kane (1941). In 1945, he ranked fourth in a "Modern Screen" magazine popularity poll among readers. He ranked tenth in popularity in a poll of movie fans conducted by the "Motion Picture Herald" in 1947. From 1948-1950, he ranked number one in that poll. In 1954 he and Barbara Stanwyck won the top spots in "Modern Screen" magazine's Star of Stars Award competition as the most popular actors among fans in the previous ten years. He was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of superhero Green Lantern/Alan Scott (created in 1940). Ladd was 27 years old at the point. Scott's full name is Alan Ladd Wellington Scott. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1601 Vine Street.

Charlie Sheen - Actor. Red Dawn, Silence of the Heart, Lucas, Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, Eight Men Out, Major League, Hot Shots!, The Three Musketeers (1993), "Spin City", "Two and a Half Men", "Anger Management". Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. Before his Two and a Half Men (2003) termination, Charlie Sheen was the highest paid actor on a primetime series in the history of television. During that time he was making $2 million per episode. Son of actor Martin Sheen. Brother of actor Emilio Estevez and Renée Estevez and Ramon Estevez. Former brother-in-law of Paula Abdul.

Joseph Stern - Producer. "Cagney & Lacey", No Man's Land, Dad, "Law & Order", "Other Mothers", "Our America", "Judging Amy". He has produced over 250 episodes of television, as well as numerous specials and films. He produced the pilot of the long running hit show "Law & Order", and served as the Executive Producer for the first three seasons. He has been nominated for six Emmy Awards. His groundbreaking CBS special, "Other Mothers," about alternative lifestyles, was honored with seven Emmy nominations and three wins. He produced "Our America," for Showtime. It was selected to play at Sundance and it went on to win the coveted Humanitas Award and four Emmy nominations. No producer has been honored as much in Los Angeles theater. His over 200 awards, 40 of which are Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards, are the most in history. He has produced over 45 plays and is the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards.

Valerie Perrine - Actress. Lenny, Superman, Superman II, The Electric Horseman, Can't Stop the Music, What Women Want. She had a small, but memorable role in the movie "The Cannonball Run" as the Female Cop Pulling Over Lamborghini Babes. She was the first woman to purposely display her nipples on American network television during the May 4, 1973, broadcast of Bruce Jay Friedman's play "Steambath" (1973) shown on Hollywood Television Theater (PBS). She was seen taking a shower from all sides. Only a few PBS stations were adventurous enough to carry the program.

Merritt Butrick - Actor. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Zapped!, "Square Pegs", Fright Night Part 2. He is one of only 31 actors and actresses to have worked on both the original Star Trek, (Star Trek II and Star Trek III), and then in one of the spin-offs. (He was in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Symbiosis"). After his untimely death, a photograph of him as Dr. David Marcus was featured in a scene from "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991).

Nick Wechsler - Actor. "Team Knight Rider", "Roswell", "Revenge". He was Nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2002 for his role as Kyle Valenti in the TV series "Roswell". He also has a lot of experience in theatre. His work on stage includes roles in stage productions of "Rebel Without a Cause," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Waiting for Godot," "Hansel and Gretel," "Pippin," "Asleep on the Wind," "Harvey," "You Can't Take it with You" and "The Actor's Nightmare".

Garrett Hedlund - Actor. Troy. Friday Night Lights, Four Brothers, Eragon, Country Strong, TRON: Legacy, Inside Llewyn Davis. He was nominated for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male for "Troy" in the 2004 Teen Choice Awards. Named the #8 Sexiest Man by Glamour magazine in 2011.

Mort Walker - Writer. "Beetle Bailey". He created comic-strip "Beetle Bailey" in 1950. He also created "Hi and Lois" with Dik Browne in 1954. The comic strip "Beetle Bailey" started out as a rip-off of the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" but then became the most famous strip to depict life in the army.

Hank Thompson - Country Music Singer, Songwriter. He helped popularize the style of music called Western Swing, a combination of big-band sound with fiddle and steel guitar. He became known as "the King of Western Swing". He had 29 Top Ten hits between 1948 and 1975. His band won Billboard Magazine's Touring Band of the Year award 14 consecutive times. With his background in electronics, he was an innovator, with several firsts to his credit: first act to tour with a sound and lighting system; first with corporate tour sponsorship; first to record a live album ("Live at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas", 1960); first country music show to play Vegas; and first to record in hi-fi stereo. His television show, locally produced in Oklahoma City in the early fifties, 'The Hank Thompson Show' was the first variety show telecast in color. October 8 is "Hank Thompson Day" in his hometown Waco, Texas. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. The 1987 novel "Crazy Heart" by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009 Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges.

Eddie Stanky - Former Major League Baseball Player. Second baseman with the National League's Chicago Cubs (1943-1944), Brooklyn Dodgers (1944-1947), Boston Braves (1948-1949), New York Giants (1950-1951) and St. Louis Browns (1952-1953). Selected to Major League Baseball's National League All-Star team three times (1947, 1948 and 1950). Member of 1947 National League Champion Brooklyn Dodgers team. Member of 1948 National League Champion Boston Braves team. Member of 1951 National League Champion New York Giants team. Manager of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals (1952-1955); and American League's Chicago White Sox (1966-1968).

James 'Whitey' Bulger - Convicted murderer and former organized crime figure who was indicted for 19 murders. On December 23, 1994, after being tipped off by his former FBI handler about a pending indictment under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Bulger fled Boston and went into hiding. For 16 years, he remained at large. For 12 of those years, Bulger was prominently listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, 2nd behind Osama bin Laden. He was captured on June 22, 2011 in Santa Monica, California. He is currently incarcerated for life at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona. The character of Frank Costello in "The Departed" (2006) is partly based on him.

Albert DeSalvo (aka The Boston Strangler) - He confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", the murderer of thirteen women in the Boston area, however his murder confession has been disputed. He was imprisoned as the "Green Man" for a series of rapes. In 1967 His lawyer F. Lee Bailey cut a deal for life imprisonment for the "Green Man" crimes. In 1973 DeSalvo was found stabbed to death in his prison by a fellow inmate. Whether he was the real "Boston Stangler" will probably never be known.

[Citizen Rules]

My pick for the day is Alan Ladd.

He starred, along with Veronica Lake, in one of my all time favorite Film Noirs, This Gun For Hire.

Which I watched only a couple months ago. An extremely powerful character portrayal of a loner hit man.

The opening sequences are terse.
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[gbgoodies]

The only person who really stands out for me on today's list is Hank Thompson. He was ahead of his time, and he changed the sound of country music. He was a big influence on one of my all-time favorite singers, George Strait.

I was a fan of Charlie Sheen until he messed up "Two and a Half Men" with his ridiculous antics.

And I think Nick Wechsler is a very underrated actor. I loved him in "Roswell", and he's great in "Revenge" too.

[Citizen Rules]

As you can tell I don't know diddle about music or sports. I do think I've heard of George Strait.

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 4th:

Howard Morris - Actor, Director. Director - "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Hogan's Heroes", Who's Minding the Mint?, With Six You Get Eggroll, Don't Drink the Water, Goin' Coconuts. Voice Director - "Galaxy High School", "Bionic Six", "Police Academy: The Animated Series". Actor - Boys' Night Out, 40 Pounds of Trouble, The Nutty Professor, "The Andy Griffith Show", Way... Way Out, High Anxiety, History of the World: Part I. Voice Actor - "Beetle Bailey", "The Flintstones", "The Peter Potamus Show", "The Magilla Gorilla Show", Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, "The Atom Ant Show", "Archie's Funhouse", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Alvin & the Chipmunks", "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo", "Galaxy High School", "The Jetsons", The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound, "Police Academy: The Series", "Garfield and Friends", "Cow and Chicken". He he has been a main staple of the Hanna-Barbera Productions vocal team, offering hundreds and hundreds of voices. He directed the classic black-and-white pilot of TV's "Get Smart" in 1965. In the 1970s, he directed some McDonaldland commercials featuring Ronald, the Hamburglar, Mayor McCheese, and friends. Morris also performed the voice of Mayor McCheese throughout the decade. He served as the voice of the Qantas Airlines Koala for the airline's famous television commercials during the 1980s. He is also known as the voices of Atom Ant in "The Atom Ant Show", Beetle Bailey and General Halftrack in "Beetle Bailey and His Friends", and Jughead Jones and Big Moose Mason in "The Archie Show".

Jan Svankmajer - Director. Darkness Light Darkness, Jídlo. He began making short films in 1964, and continued working in the same medium for over twenty years, when he finally achieved his long-held ambition to make a feature film based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" ("Alice" in 1988). He has also exhibited his drawings, collages and 'tactile sculptures', many of which were produced in the mid-1970s, when he was temporarily banned from film-making by the Czech authorities. He has been a card-carrying member of the Prague Surrealist Group since 1969.

Mitzi Gaynor - Actress, Singer, Dancer. My Blue Heaven (1950), There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, The Joker Is Wild, Les Girls, South Pacific. Her best performance was arguably her show-stopping appearance at the 39th Academy Awards (1967), where her singing and dancing "Georgy Girl" stopped the show. The Academy had a hard time getting the audience to sit down and stop applauding. She also hosted a string of successful annual musical TV specials in the late 1960s and early 1970s that earned her 16 Emmy nominations. She was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe Award for her performance in "South Pacific".

Dick York - Actor. My Sister Eileen, The Last Blitzkrieg, They Came to Cordura, Inherit the Wind, "Going My Way", "Bewitched". He is best remembered as the first "Darrin Stephens" on the long-running TV series "Bewitched". He left the series in 1969 due to a chronic back ailment. (He injured his back while working on the 1959 film "They Came to Cordura".) At the age of 15, York was the star of the network radio program "That Brewster Boy". His first work on Broadway was a supporting role in "Tea and Sympathy" (1953) starring John Kerr and Deborah Kerr. His success in this play led to a contract with Columbia Pictures. He appeared six times on the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series, but never met the famed director in person. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy Series during the fourth season of "Bewitched".

Damon Wayans - Comedian, Writer, Producer, Actor. Earth Girls Are Easy, Mo' Money, Blankman, Major Payne, "In Living Color", "My Wife and Kids". He co-created the TV-show "In Living Color", for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards for acting and directing. He received four International Press Academy "Golden Satellite Award" nominations for his role in the series "My Wife and Kids". His character on "My Wife and Kids", Michael Kyle, was ranked #27 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue]. Brother of Dwayne Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kim Wayans, Nadia Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. Also has sisters Elvira, Diedre, and Vonnie. Cousin of Craig Wayans. Uncle of Damien Dante Wayans.

John DiMaggio - Voice Actor. Castle in the Sky (English version), Pom Poko (English version), Princess Mononoke (English version), Dr. Dolittle 2, Final Fantasy X (English version), "Samurai Jack", Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time, "Father of the Pride", "What's New, Scooby-Doo?", "Jackie Chan Adventures", "Duck Dodgers", The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry, Barnyard, "American Dragon: Jake Long", "Kim Possible", "Ben 10", Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five, "The Spectacular Spider-Man", Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, "Back at the Barnyard", "Chowder", "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse, Wreck-It Ralph, "Generator Rex", "The Penguins of Madagascar", "Futurama", Lego Marvel Super Heroes (Video game), "Pound Puppies", "Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters", "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness", "Adventure Time". He is a very talented beatboxer, as seen by some of his work on Futurama. His inspiration for Bender was Slim Pickens from "Blazing Saddles" and his friend from college, who would do improvisations of an old man who liked sausage. He once performed stand-up comedy at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Michael Berryman - Actor. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hills Have Eyes, Weird Science, Saturday the 14th Strikes Back, The Guyver, Double Dragon. He is best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the Wes Craven horror film "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977). He suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth, which gives him a brutish look just right for horror movies. The condition is rare, inherited and incurable. He generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters. He was discovered by George Pal. He appeared in Motley Crue's "Smokin in the boys room" video.

Leonard Frey - Actor. The Boys in the Band, Fiddler on the Roof, Up the Academy, "Best of the West", "Mr. Smith", "Mr. Sunshine". He earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Motel, the timid tailor, in "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971). Although he is best known for his portrayal of "Motel" in the movie "Fiddler on the Roof", he originally played "Mendel", the rabbi's son, in the 1964 Broadway show. He was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "The National Health." He was nominated for a 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Guest Artist for his role in "Two-Part Invention" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Khandi Alexander - Actress, Dancer, Choreographer. Menace II Society, What's Love Got to Do with It, Poetic Justice, There's Something About Mary, "NewsRadio", "ER", "CSI: Miami", "Treme", "Scandal". She worked with Whitney Houston, choreographing the singer's international tours.

Judith Ivey - Actress. The Lonely Guy, Harry & Son, The Woman in Red, The Long Hot Summer (1985), Brighton Beach Memoirs, Hello Again, "Down Home", "Designing Women", "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans", "The Critic", The Devil's Advocate, A Life Less Ordinary, Mystery, Alaska, "Stephen King's Rose Red", Flags of Our Fathers. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37. She has twice won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play): in 1983 for "Steaming" and in 1985 for David Rabe's "Hurlyburly." She was also nominated as Best Actress (Play) in 1992 for "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard". She was nominated for a 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Goodbye People" at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She was nominated for a 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award for Solo Performance for the play, "The Lady With All the Answers" at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2004 in Austin, Texas.

Richard S. Castellano - Actor. Lovers and Other Strangers, The Godfather, Incident on a Dark Street, "Joe and Sons", Night of the Juggler. He received a 'Best Supporting Actor' nomination for his performance in "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970). He was nominated for Broadway's 1969 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) a part he recreated in an Oscar nominated performance in the film version of the same name, "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970). His widow, Ardell Sheridan published a book in 2002 detailing his contributions in the making of The Godfather (1972). Able to recall true-life experiences growing up in a mob family, Richard's experiences helped Francis Ford Coppola when needing to tighten up the script. The book states that Richard kept an inexperienced Al Pacino from getting fired by making slight adjustments in Pacino's characterization as Michael Corleone that not only helped Pacino keep his job, but enhanced the complexity of his character. Castellano was also instrumental in helping Marlon Brando understand Vito Corleone's motivations, but reports that their relationship suffered due to Brando's bruised ego. According to the book, Richard was the only other actor who was considered for Don Corleone's role after Brando's screen test for the part. Both Richard and Ardell rewrote the Genco Oil scene when the version written by Francis Ford Coppola wasn't working. Nephew of Paul Castellano, who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family.

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - Actor. Cooley High, "Welcome Back, Kotter", The Sojourner, "Roots" (mini-series), L.A. Heat, "Alien Nation", The Jacksons: An American Dream.

Drew Pinsky (aka Dr. Drew) - Board-certified Internist, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Radio and TV Personality. "Loveline" (radio show), "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew", "Sober House", "Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew". Dr. Drew is one of the most listened to doctors in America. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Loveline" where he has been taking calls from listeners since 1984. Dr. Drew is a practicing physician who is board certified in internal and addiction medicine. Dr. Drew and Vh1 teamed up for the first reality TV series to depict the process of overcoming addiction. "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" was critically acclaimed by the addiction community for pulling back the veil of secrecy about what goes on in rehabilitation programs. He has been profiled in Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Muscle & Fitness. He was named one of the top 10 Real Sexiest Men by O Magazine, and one of the top 10 Silver Foxes by OK Magazine.

Beyoncé Knowles - Singer, Songwriter. Lead singer of the singing group Destiny's Child. She was the first female artist to reach number one position on both singles and albums chart simultaneously in the United States and the United Kingdom. She won the Brit Awards Best International Female Solo Artist. In 2001, she became the first African-American woman to ever win the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award. Won 5 Grammys, including Best Contemporary R & B Album for "Dangerously In Love". She took home the most awards for the 2004 show. She was voted number 1 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties. Ranked #7 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). One of People Magazine's "50 Most beautiful People" for most wanted lips (2004). Ranked #1 on E!'s 50 Steamiest Southern Stars. Named #17 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. Nominated twice for International Female Artist of the Year (2007 and 2009), NRJ Music Awards, France. Won Best International Female Artist, NRJ Radio Awards, Europe. Chosen by American music-magazine, "Billboard", as Woman of the Year. She won three awards for Best Female Artist, Best Song (for "Halo") and Best Video (for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"). She won the most awards at the 2009 ceremony. She was also nominated for Best Live Act. MTV Europe Music Awards. Her victory at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards (Jan. 31, 2010) set a record for a female artist: 6 Grammy wins in a single year, including Song of The Year (for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for "Halo"), Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song and Best Contemporary R&B Album (for "I Am... Sasha Fierce"). She and Destiny's Child were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California [March 28, 2006].

[gbgoodies]

This guy was also born on September 4th, but as a lifelong New York Mets fan, I wanted to give him his own post:

Mike Piazza - Former Major League Baseball Player. Catcher for Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and the Oakland Athletics. A 12-time All-Star, he has been described as the best offensive catcher of all time, and holds the record for home runs hit by a catcher, with a career total of 427. When he was 12 years old, he received personal hitting instruction from Hall of Famer Ted Williams. His first at bat was a home run. 1993 National League Rookie of the Year. Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1993 Rookie All-Star Team. In 1999, he signed a recordbreaking 7-year, $91 million contract with the New York Mets. He had at least one RBI in 15 consecutive games for the New York Mets in 2000, the second-longest RBI streak ever. He holds single-season record for highest batting average by a catcher (100 or more games) .362 (1997). He won a record 10 consecutive Louisville Silver Slugger Awards. The award is given annually to the best offensive player at each position in each league. New York Mets All-Time Slugging Percentage Leader (.573).

On September 21, 2001, ten days after the terrorist attacks of September 11 Mike Piazza hit a home run in the first professional sporting event in New York City since the attacks, giving the Mets a 3-2 lead over the Braves. Piazza made a return to Shea Stadium during the "Shea Goodbye" closing ceremony on September 28, 2008, where he received the final pitch in the history of the stadium from Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. Piazza and Seaver were also afforded the immense honor of officially "closing" Shea when they walked off together into the center field exit and closed the door on the park after waving goodbye to the capacity crowd. On April 13, 2009 Piazza received the first pitch in Citi Field history from Seaver before the Mets opening game against the San Diego Padres.

He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame on September 29, 2013.


September 21, 2001:

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[Swan]

Happy birthday Jan! One of the best stop-motion animators for sure, and all those guys are inspirations to me.

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[Citizen Rules]

Bewitched is one of my all time favorite TV shows and the original cast with Dick York is my favorite.

I remember this one time wondering what had ever happened to Dick York and it was like days latter that Entertainment Tonight did a story on him.

He couldn't leave his bed as his spine was fused. He had a long beard sort of like an older Howard Hughes. And he looked to be in pain. But you know what Dick York did with his days stuck in bed?

He called around to various restaurants and grocery stores to ask them to donate food to various food relief charities. He was deeply involved in this effort and helped to feed a lot of people.
Shortly after I seen him on TV, I heard that he had passed.

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[gbgoodies]

Bewitched is one of my all time favorite TV shows and the original cast with Dick York is my favorite.

I remember this one time wondering what had ever happened to Dick York and it was like days latter that Entertainment Tonight did a story on him.

He couldn't leave his bed as his spine was fused. He had a long beard sort of like an older Howard Hughes. And he looked to be in pain. But you know what Dick York did with his days stuck in bed?

He called around to various restaurants and grocery stores to ask them to donate food to various food relief charities. He was deeply involved in this effort and helped to feed a lot of people.
Shortly after I seen him on TV, I heard that he had passed.

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I read about Dick York and his charity when I was reading about his birthday. He actually made phone calls to get donations while he was lying down on the couch because he was unable to walk around. It sounds like he was a really great person.

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 5th:

Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, Writer, Production Manager. The Public Enemy, Three on a Match, 42nd Street, Moulin Rouge (1934), Born to Be Bad, Les Misérables (1935), The Call of the Wild, In Old Chicago, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, The Grapes of Wrath, The Mark of Zorro (1940), How Green Was My Valley, Lifeboat, Leave Her to Heaven, It Happens Every Spring, Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), All About Eve, People Will Talk, Carousel, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The King and I, The Sun Also Rises, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!. He was hired by Warner Bros. in 1924 as a writer on Rin Tin Tin pictures at a little less than $500 per week. By the end of 1925 he had been promoted to executive in charge of production at a salary of $5000 per week. By 1933 he split with Warner's--- it was inevitable that Zanuck would eventually leave the studio--- he had long simmering rifts with Harry M. Warner, who largely controlled the studio's finances and a burning desire to run his own studio. In 1933, he formed 20th Century Pictures with the help of the affable Joseph M. Schenck, who arranged for financing (acting as an intermediary for Louis B. Mayer, who wanted his then-marginally uninspired son-in-law, William Goetz to be out from under him - the financing came with minor strings attached) from Bank of America and Herbert J. Yates' Consolidated Film Laboratories. Zanuck merged his company with the ailing Fox Studio in 1935, shrewdly acquiring their theatrical network in the deal. He carefully built up a small roster of profitable stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche and above them all, Shirley Temple, who would single-handedly keep his fledgling studio afloat during its infancy. Zanuck would achieve his greatest success as head of 20th Century Fox and maintain control there well into the 1950s. He was the prime promoter of the CinemaScope anamorphic widescreen system. Many exhibitors were afraid to make the significant investment required to install CinemaScope equipment in case it was only a short-lived fad, like 3-D. He pledged that all future 20th Century-Fox releases would be in CinemaScope (or an other compatible process). He is the only person who received three AMPAS Irving Thalberg Memorial Awards; the Academy no longer gives more then one Memorial Award to one person.

Jack Valenti - Longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Executives Branch). He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1952, he co-founded the advertising/political consulting agency of Weekley & Valenti. His agency was in charge of the press during the visit of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Johnson to Texas. Valenti was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Within hours of the murder of John F. Kennedy, Valenti was on Air Force One flying back to Washington, the first newly hired special assistant to the new President. On June 1, 1966, Valenti resigned his White House post to become only the third man in MPAA history to become its leader.

Werner Herzog - Director, Writer, Producer. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Heart of Glass, Stroszek, Fitzcarraldo, Invincible, Grizzly Man, The Wild Blue Yonder. Herzog once promised to eat his shoe if a young American film student went out and actually made the film he was always only talking about. The young student was Errol Morris, who met the challenge with his off-beat 1978 pet cemetery documentary "Gates of Heaven" (1978) (and went on to make "The Thin Blue Line" (1988)). Herzog makes good on his promise in the film "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (1980), directed by Les Blank. He was voted the 35th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He is the only feature-film director to have made a film on every continent. He received a lifetime achievement award, the Pardo d'onore, from the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2013, only four months after being similarly honored for his lifetime achievement in cinema by the German Film Academy in April 2013. His documentary entitled "From One Second to the Next," which explores the consequences of texting while driving, had its premiere August 8, 2013 in Los Angeles. It was sponsored by several major mobile phone companies.

Bob Newhart - Comedian, Actor. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Cold Turkey, The Rescuers, The Rescuers Down Under, "The Bob Newhart Show", Little Miss Marker, First Family, "Newhart", "Bob", In & Out, "George & Leo", Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Elf, "The Librarian" TV movies, Horrible Bosses, "The Big Bang Theory". His 1960 comedy album "The Buttoned-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" went to #1 on the charts, beating out Elvis Presley and The Sound of Music original Broadway cast album. The album won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for 1960. He was awarded a Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for comedy. He was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award in the best spoken word album category for his album "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!". He won an Emmy Award in 2013 for 'Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series' for his the role of Arthur Jeffries and Professor Proton in "The Big Bang Theory" episode "The Proton Resurgence". He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014 for recurring in that same role on "The Big Bang Theory". He insisted that there never be any children for his character to be the father of in each of his television series. "I told the creators I didn't want any children, because I didn't want it to be a show about 'How stupid Daddy is, but we love him so much, let's get him out of the trouble he's gotten himself into.'" In the sixth year of Newhart's CBS series, "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972), the writers wrote a script in which Emily Hartley was pregnant. When Newhart was asked his opinion of the script, he said, "It's very funny. Who are you going to get to play Bob?".

Michael Keaton - Actor. "Working Stiffs", Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, Gung Ho, The Squeeze, Beetlejuice, Clean and Sober, The Dream Team, Batman, Batman Returns, Pacific Heights, One Good Cop, Multiplicity, Jackie Brown, Desperate Measures, Jack Frost, Game 6, White Noise, Herbie Fully Loaded, Cars, Toy Story 3, Penthouse North, RoboCop (2014), Need for Speed (2014). He decided to change his name when he began acting because there was already a Michael Douglas in movies and a Mike Douglas in broadcasting. While he uses a stage name, he has never legally changed his name to Michael Keaton. He started his career as a stagehand in "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", (he operated "Picture, Picture"), and in 2004 he produced a documentary on Mr. Rogers, "Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor".

William Devane - Actor. McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Missiles of October, Family Plot, Marathon Man, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Rolling Thunder, Yanks, "From Here to Eternity", The Preppie Murder, "Knots Landing", "Phenom", Payback, "Early Edition", Space Cowboys, Hollow Man, Race to Space, The Dark Knight Rises, the "Jesse Stone" TV movies, "24", "24: Live Another Day". Best-known for political roles, largely because of his Kennedyesque looks and mannerisms. He played the President of the United States in "Stargate SG-1" (1997), "Stargate: Continuum" (2008), "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) and "24" (2001). Also played the Secretary of State in "The West Wing" (1999).

Raquel Welch - Actress. Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Fathom, Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero!, 100 Rifles, Myra Breckinridge, Fuzz, The Three Musketeers (1973), Mother, Jugs & Speed, Legally Blonde, Forget About It. Among her many beauty contest titles were "Miss Photogenic", "Miss Contour" and "Miss Maid of California" - all won while she was in her teens. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#18) (1995). The poster from the movie "One Million Years B.C." of her wearing a furry prehistoric bikini was the best-selling pin-up poster of that time. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 8, 1996. Her daughter, Tahnee Welch, co-starred in the movie "Cocoon" (1985) with Tyrone Power Jr., the son of actor Tyrone Power.

George Lazenby - Actor. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Universal Soldier, The Kentucky Fried Movie, Never Too Young to Die, The Evil Inside Me, Gettysburg. Except for TV commercials, he had no previous acting experience when he was cast as James Bond. He quit the role of James Bond right before the premiere of his only film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), citing he would get other acting roles, and that his Bond contract, which was fourteen pages thick, was too demanding on him. ond producer Albert R. Broccoli, remarked that Lazenby could have been the best Bond had he not quit after just one film. He was the youngest actor to play James Bond, being 30 when On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) was released. He was a martial arts instructor in the Australian army, and holds more than one black belt in the martial arts. He studied martial arts under Bruce Lee himself. He was the #1 male fashion model in the world from 1964 to 1968. He is an accomplished skier and he had won two skiing contests in Australia before becoming James Bond.

Dennis Dugan - Actor, Director. Unidentified Flying Oddball, The Howling, Can't Buy Me Love, She's Having a Baby, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, Parenthood, Problem Child, Happy Gilmore, The Benchwarmers, Grown Ups. His films have grossed over 1 Billion Dollars. On "Moonlighting" (1985), he played Walter Bishop, the man Maddie Hayes (played by Cybill Shepherd) married over charismatic detective David Addison (Bruce Willis) in a 1988 episode. When Dennis was directing the final episode of "Moonlighting", the actor playing Cy (the god of all TV executives), Ronny Graham, became ill. Dugan put on the costume and did the scene. As an in-joke for the fans of the show, he was billed as "Walter Bishop" - the character he had played the year before. An accomplished painter, he's had several gallery shows in the Los Angeles area.

Rose McGowan - Actress. Scream, Jawbreaker, Monkeybone, Strange Hearts, The Black Dahlia, "Charmed", Grindhouse, Planet Terror, Death Proof. She was nominated at the 1995 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Debut Performance in "The Doom Generation". She did all her own stunts in the horror movie Scream (1996). Ranked #39 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Ranked #44 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Ranked #14 on Wizard magazine's 'Sexiest Women of TV' list (March 2008). She ran away at age 9 to escape the Children of God cult that her parents were a part of. River Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, Summer Phoenix, Rain Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix were also child members of Children of God.

Kat Graham - Actress. The Parent Trap (1998), Johnson Family Vacation, 17 Again, The Roommate, "The Vampire Diaries".

Freddie Mercury - Singer, Songwriter. Lead singer and keyboard player of the rock group Queen. He had a vocal range of 4 octaves. He wrote the hits "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody To Love", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". He used a piano as a headboard for his bed and taught himself to play the piano backwards so if a song idea popped into his head when lying in bed, he could reach backwards and play it or record it. Queen won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution in 1990. All four members of the band came to the stage to accept the award. It was Mercury's last appearance in front of an audience. Queen won the 1992 Brit Award for British Single for their song "These Are The Days of Our Lives" and Mercury was the posthumous winner of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. His song "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) was named Britain's favourite pop single of all time on 2002 in a poll by Guinness World Records (GWR). More than 31,000 people voted in the poll for GWR's "British Hit Singles" book. He came in 58th place in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. [2002]. Queen were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [November 2004]. He designed Queen's famous crest using his and his fellow band mates' birth signs: Two lions for Roger and John (Leo), a crab for Brian (Cancer), and two fairies for himself (Virgo). He loved cats, and owned many of them. The song "Delilah" is written about his favorite cat. His baby photo won photograph of the year in 1947 in his hometown. He was an avid and fastidious philatelist (stamp collector). His extensive collection is still exhibited at stamp shows world-wide as being under the estate of his birth name, (Farrokh Bomi Bulsara). Queen was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He was voted the No.1 'Greatest Singer In Rock' by Classic Rock magazine (May 2009/Issue 131). Queen's performance at Live Aid (1985) was voted the "World's Greatest Concert" in a 2005 poll for Channel 4 in the U.K. In September 2010, he was named as "The Greatest Rock Legend Of All Time" in a poll for OnePoll.com, beating the King of Rock N'Roll, Elvis Presley, into second place. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a member of Queen). Freddie and Eric Carr (second drummer for KISS) passed away within hours of each other on the very same day of November 24, 1991.

Bill Mazeroski - Former Major League Baseball Player. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956-1972). He was an 8-time Gold Glove winner at second base during his career. He was the hero of the 1960 World Series, hitting a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 off Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry to win the game, 10-9, and the Series, 4 games to 3. A plaque in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park marks the spot where the ball landed. Inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 2001. Inducted into the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference in 2004. Inducted into the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2004. Inducted into The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

Jesse James - Notorious western outlaw. He fought during the Civil War with a Confederate guerrilla band called Quantrill's Raiders. They were responsible for the infamous burning of Lawrence, Kansas, and the massacre of many of its residents. Jesse and his brother Frank James were among the band's few survivors, and they later formed a gang that was also known for its ruthlessness and indiscriminate killings. A "dead or alive" reward was placed on the brothers. Jesse was eventually murdered by two members of his own gang for the reward, and Frank surrendered to the authorities and served a stretch in prison. He killed 17 people and was involved in the deaths of another 180. Moments before being shot, he removed his pistols and walked across the room to clean a picture with dust on it. This has led to the theory that James knew the Fords intended to kill him and chose not to fight. Of all the many films made about his life, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007) is considered to be the most accurate. Father of Jesse James Jr., who played him in two movies.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WERNER!!!!

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Born on September 6th:

Jane Curtin - Comedian, Actress. "Saturday Night Live", How to Beat the High Co$t of Living, "Kate & Allie", Coneheads, Antz, "3rd Rock from the Sun", The Shaggy Dog (2006), "The Librarian" movies, I Love You, Man, I Don't Know How She Does It, The Heat, "Unforgettable". She was one of the original "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" for NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. She won back-to-back Emmy Awards for 'Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series' on the 1980s sitcom "Kate & Allie". She was included on a 1986 list of the "Top Prime Time Actors and Actresses of All Time".

Jeff Foxworthy - Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer. "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "Blue Collar TV", "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?", Racing Stripes, The Fox and the Hound 2, The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, "Bounty Hunters". He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1979, and went on to work for IBM in Georgia, but on a dare from friends, he did a few minutes of comedy at an Atlanta comedy club. A few months later, he quit his job and started on the stand-up comedy road. He is best known as a comedian for his "You might be a redneck" jokes. He is a member of (and perhaps unofficial leader of) the Blue Collar Comedy group that also includes his friends Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White. He won the American Comedy Award in 1990 for 'Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic'. He has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, and he won the People's Choice Award in 1996 for 'Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series', (tied with Drew Carey). He was nominated for a CableACE Award in 1994 for his Stand-Up Comedy Special "Jeff Foxworthy: Check Your Neck". His cousin is actor and filmmaker Eric Bruno Borgman.

Michael Gordon - Director. Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood, Cyrano de Bergerac, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Pillow Talk, Portrait in Black, Boys' Night Out, For Love or Money (1963), Move Over, Darling, Texas Across the River. He broke into films in 1940 as a dialogue director, then became a film editor. He directed his first feature in 1942. He started out with low-budget crime thrillers, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s turned out several well-crafted dramas, notably "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950), which garnered José Ferrer an Academy Award. He was blacklisted in th 1950s by the anti-Communist hysteria, led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. His grandson is actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Tommy Lee Wallace - Director, Writer. Amityville II: The Possession, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Fright Night Part 2, Stephen King's "It" (mini-series), John Carpenter's "Vampires: Los Muertos". Although he has worked in diverse genres, he is best known for his contribution to the horror film, most notably its many sequels. He won a CableACE Award in 1991 for 'Writing a Movie or Miniseries' for "El Diablo".

Felix Salten - Writer. Bambi (novel "Bambi"), The Shaggy Dog (novel "The Hound of Florence"), Bambi II (book "Bambi, A Life in the Woods"). Austrian writer, best known as the original author of "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" (1923), which was adapted for the screen by Larry Morey for Disney in 1942.

Jo Anne Worley - Comedienne, Actress. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "Love, American Style", The Shaggy D.A., The Gift of the Magi, Nutcracker Fantasy, "Wuzzles", Beauty and the Beast, Belle's Magical World, A Goofy Movie. She was discovered by talk-show host Merv Griffin while showcasing her nightclub act in Greenwich Village. Her many musical tours have included, notably, "Gypsy" as Mama Rose, "The Wizard of Oz" as the Wicked Witch, and "Mame" as the title socialite. In addition, Jo Anne has found marvelous vehicles in "The Pirates of Penzance," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Anything Goes," "Nunsense," "Grease!," "Call Me Madam," and "Annie". Her non-singing theater resume includes "Luv," "Same Time, Next Year," "Lovers and Other Strangers," "Moon Over Buffalo," "Steel Magnolias," and the female version of "The Odd Couple". Over the years, she has situated herself nicely into night clubs, musical theater productions, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and even cartoons.

Swoosie Kurtz - Actress. Slap Shot, The World According to Garp, "Love, Sidney", Against All Odds, Wildcats, Bright Lights, Big City, Dangerous Liaisons, Stanley & Iris, And the Band Played On, Reality Bites, "Sisters", Liar Liar, Cruel Intentions, The Rules of Attraction, "Pushing Daisies", "Mike & Molly". She has twice won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play): in 1981 for "The Fifth of July" and in 1986 for "The House of Blue Leaves." She was also nominated two other times: in 1978 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Tartuffe," and in 2004 as Best Actress (Play) for "Frozen". She collected Broadway's "triple crown" (the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards) for her portrayal of Gwen in Lanford Wilson's "The Fifth of July". She was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress in a Principal Role for her performance in "The Philanthropist", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "Heartbreak House". She has been nominated for an Emmy Award eight times, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She won an Emmy Award for her guest-starring performance on Carol Burnett's comedy series "Carol & Company" in 1990.

Anne Lockhart - Actress. "Battlestar Galactica" (1978-1979), "Diagnosis Murder", "Chicago Fire". She had minor uncredited or voice roles in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 10 to Midnight, Risky Business, The Little Mermaid, City Slickers, Basic Instinct, Osmosis Jones, Bolt, The Time Traveler's Wife, Tangled, "The West Wing", "Law & Order". In addition to her long list of film and television credits, Anne has had a prolific career as a voice actress since 1975. Mostly uncredited, she currently remains one of the most 'in-demand' voices in Hollywood. An accomplished stage actress, she made her stage debut at age 18 in New York ('40 Carats'). It was followed by multiple national tours of other theatrical productions. As well as appearing in contemporary and classical works, she is an accomplished Shakespearean actress, having appeared in many productions of the Bard's work. She founded and continues to serve on the Board of the 'Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival' in CA. As a writer, among other stage and film work, she has performed her original one woman piece on 'Frenchy McCormick' across the country since 1999. She is the fourth generation of performers in her family to carry the Lockhart name. She is the daughter of actress June Lockhart from "Lost in Space", her grandparents are Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, and her great-grandfather is professional concert singer, John Coates Lockhart.

Michael Winslow - Comedian, Actor. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams, Tag: The Assassination Game, the "Police Academy" movies, Gremlins (voice of Mogwai / Gremlins), Grandview, U.S.A., Spaceballs. He is known for his ability to make realistic sound effects using only his voice. His "Police Academy" character of Larvelle Jones is the only character to appear in all the installments of "Police Academy", including all seven movies, the cartoon, and the TV series. He won top honors on "The Gong Show" twice.

Justin Whalin - Actor. The Dead Pool, "Charles in Charge", Child's Play 3, Serial Mom, "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman", Dungeons & Dragons. He was nominated for an American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Award in 1996 for 'Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role' for "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman". He won an Emmy Award in 1994 for 'Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special' for his performance in the CBS Schoolbreak Special "Other Mothers".

Roger Waters - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist, singer and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the group's bassist and co-lead vocalist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist and conceptual leader. He is partially tone-deaf. He uses earpieces in concert to help him sing. When he was in Pink Floyd, he used to have his bass guitars tuned by keyboardist Rick Wright. His father, Eric Fletcher Waters, was killed in World War II in 1944 in Anzio, Italy. His death proved to be a huge inspiration on Pink Floyd's music, particularly on the albums "The Wall" (1979) and "The Final Cut" (1983). His 1987 solo album "Radio K.A.O.S." came in 24th on Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time. [March 2003]. Pink Floyd's 1973 album, "Dark Side of the Moon", topped Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time. Their 1979 album, "The Wall", came in tenth and their 1983 album, "The Final Cut", came in 21st on the list. [March 2003]. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Pink Floyd) in 1996. Pink Floyd were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. (16 November 2005).

Mel McDaniel - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Musician. He started as a demo singer and songwriter for Combine Music. In 1976, he signed with Capitol Records and released his first single "Have a Dream on Me". His career took off in 1981 with the hit song "Louisiana Saturday Night". He had his only #1 country hit with the song "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" in 1985. His other notable country hits from the 1980's are "Stand Up", "Right in the Palm of Your Hand", "Take Me to the Country", "Big Ole Brew", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and "Real Good Feel Good Song". He was made a member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 11, 1986, and he made frequent appearances on the show. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

David Allan Coe - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Musician. As a singer, his biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". As a songwriter, his best-known compositions are the No. 1 hits "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" (sung by Tanya Tucker), and "Take This Job and Shove It" (sung by Johnny Paycheck). The latter inspired a hit movie, and both Coe and Paycheck had minor parts in the film.

Joseph P. Kennedy - Patriarch of the famous Kennedy political family. He had a brief Hollywood career. He was one of the first financiers to play a leading role in the movie industry. He created RKO Pictures in 1928 by combining his Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO) theater chains, Film Booking Office of America (FBO) film production studio and the American Pathé film studio and distribution unit with the Radio Corporation of America's (RCA) Photophone Division. RKO Pictures, under Kennedy's management, made an $8-million offer (approximately $107 million in 2012 dollars) to Alexander Pantages for his chain of theaters in order to boost RKO's exhibition operations. (The Pantages Theater chain consisted of 63 premier, financially robust theaters that were the dominant movie exhibitor and vaudeville circuit in North America west of the Mississippi River.) After Pantages declined the $8-million offer, Kennedy stopped distributing RKO films to Pantages. Despite the pressure, Pantages declined to knuckle under and sell out. Father of the US President John F. Kennedy, Senators Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and producer Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Four of his nine children died before him: Joseph Jr. was killed in a W.W.II plane crash in 1944. Kathleen died in a plane crash in 1948. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Grandfather of Maria Shriver, Robert Shriver, Rory Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Kennedy, and Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

Chris Christie - Governor of the State of New Jersey (January 19, 2010 - present). Former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (2002-2008). One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (2013). He was seen as a potential candidate in the 2012 presidential election, and though not running, he was the keynote speaker at the 2012 Republican National Convention. He is viewed as a potential presidential candidate in 2016.

Pippa Middleton - Sister-in-law of Prince William Windsor. Younger sister of Kate Middleton, at whose wedding to Prince William she acted as Maid of Honour.

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I swear Jane Curtin and Kate Mulgrew share the same DNA.
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And everyone knows who Capt Janeway looks like.

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I swear Jane Curtin and Kate Mulgrew share the same DNA.
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And everyone knows who Capt Janeway looks like.



I never noticed it before, but they do look very similar in those pictures.

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Similar onscreen personalities and facial expressions too.

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I loved Jane Curtin when she was on SNL, especially the News Commentaries with Dan Aykroyd. She was great in "3rd Rock from the Sun" too.

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Born on September 7th:

Elia Kazan - Director. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Gentleman's Agreement, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd, Splendor in the Grass, The Last Tycoon. He directed the Broadway plays "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". He received two Academy Awards for Best Director, for the films "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) and "On the Waterfront" (1954). His selection for an Honorary Oscar angered many in the filmmaking community on account of his being among the first to cooperate with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee in 1952, which led to the blacklisting that ruined many careers in Hollywood because of their political beliefs. Kazan won three Tony Awards for Best Director: for Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" in 1947; for for Miller's "Death of a Salesman" in 1949; and for Archibald Macleish's "J.B." in 1959. He was also nominated for Tony Awards four other times: as Best Director, for Tennessee Williams's play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1956; as Best Director and co-producer of the Best Play nominee, William Inge's "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" in 1958; and as Best Director (Dramatic) for Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth" in 1960. He founded the Actors' Studio in 1947 along with Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis.

Alex Kurtzman - Producer, Writer. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys", The Legend of Zorro (2005), Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, Star Trek (2009), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Cowboys & Aliens, "Fringe", Now You See Me, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ender's Game, "Hawaii Five-0" (2010-2014), "Sleepy Hollow",

Samuel Goldwyn Jr. - Producer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The Young Lovers, Once Bitten, Fatal Beauty, Mystic Pizza, The Program, The Preacher's Wife, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Producers Branch) [1999-2002]. Son of Samuel Goldwyn and Frances Howard. Father of Tony Goldwyn and John Goldwyn.

Peter Lawford - Actor. The White Cliffs of Dover, The Canterville Ghost, The Picture of Dorian Gray, It Happened in Brooklyn, Easter Parade, Little Women, Royal Wedding, It Should Happen to You, "Dear Phoebe", "The Thin Man", Ocean's Eleven, Advise & Consent, The Longest Day, Hook, Line and Sinker. He was a frequent and accomplished guest on the game show "Password All-Stars". He was the all-time champion at the "lightning round", prompting 5 out of 5 correct guesses in only 12 seconds. Member of the "Clan" or "Rat Pack," with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. He and the other members of the Rat Pack were banned from Marilyn Monroe's funeral by Joe DiMaggio. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Ex-brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Sargent Shriver and Robert F. Kennedy. Uncle of Maria Shriver. He became a United States citizen in early 1960 so that he could vote for his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy in the presidential election later that year. In the poignant photograph of John Kennedy Jr. saluting the casket of his assassinated father outside St. Matthews Cathedral (Washington) following funeral mass, Lawford is standing between Ted Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy (25 November 1963).

Don Messick - Voice Actor. "The Ruff & Reddy Show", "Quick Draw McGraw", "The Huckleberry Hound Show", "The Yogi Bear Show", "Top Cat", "Jonny Quest", "The Peter Potamus Show", "The Magilla Gorilla Show", "The Flintstones", "The Atom Ant Show", "Wacky Races", "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", Charlotte's Web, "The Fantastic Four", "Challenge of the SuperFriends", "The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang", "The Transformers", "The Jetsons", "Pound Puppies", "Smurfs", "Tiny Toon Adventures". He was the original voice of Scooby-Doo from the popular animated Scooby-Doo series, a role he carried on throughout many incarnations. He was also best known as the voices of Pixie Mouse on "The Huckleberry Hound Show", Boo Boo on "The Yogi Bear Show", Bamm-Bamm on "The Flintstones", Atom Ant on "The Atom Ant Show", Muttley on "Wacky Races", Astro on "The Jetsons", Papa Smurf on "Smurfs", and Hamton J. Pig on "Tiny Toon Adventures".

Julie Kavner - Actress. "Rhoda", Revenge of the Stepford Wives, National Lampoon's Movie Madness, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, New York Stories, "The Tracey Ullman Show", Awakenings, Forget Paris, Click, "The Simpsons", The Simpsons Movie. She is best known as Brenda on "Rhoda", and as the voice of "Marge Simpson" on the TV show "The Simpsons". She went in to audition for a guest spot on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". They loved her, but felt she wasn't right for the part. When "Rhoda" was created, they knew they wanted her for the part of Brenda. The role was written with her in mind. She made her first great personal hit in Los Angeles "Little Theatre" in Robert Patrick's "Cheep Theatricks" singing a mock-ecological song called "Don't Poison the Piranhas". She will not allow cameras to film her doing the voices of "The Simpsons" characters.

Corbin Bernsen - Actor. Hello Again, Major League, Major League II, Disorganized Crime, "L.A. Law", Radioland Murders, Tales from the Hood, The Great White Hype, Menno's Mind, Major League: Back to the Minors, The Company You Keep, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Last Sunset, "Psych". He earned two Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for his work in "L.A. Law". During the late 80's and early 90's, he appeared on over 50 magazine covers. Artist Wayne Barlowe picked Bernsen to be his model for a series of paintings used as cover art for science fiction paperbacks, most notably Keith Laumer's "James Bond in Space" Retief series.

Toby Jones - Actor. Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Victoria & Albert, "Elizabeth I", Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Finding Neverland, Infamous, The Painted Veil, The Mist, Frost/Nixon, Oliver Stone's W., Captain America: The First Avenger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Adventures of Tintin, The Hunger Games, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Girl, Muppets Most Wanted. He was awarded the 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role of 2001 for his performance in "The Play What I Wrote" at the Wyndham Theatre, London. He won the London Film Critics Circle "Best British Actor" for his portrayal of Truman Capote. He played Truman Capote in "Infamous", and then went on to play Swifty Lazar, Truman Capote's agent, in "Frost/Nixon". He also played Alfred Hitchcock in "The Girl".

Michael Emerson - Actor. The Laramie Project, Unfaithful, Saw, The Legend of Zorro (2005), "Lost", Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, "Person of Interest". He is a stage actor who makes occasional films. He worked as a freelance illustrator for publications like The Boston Globe and The New York Times. He did not start acting professionally until he was 32 years old.

Evan Rachel Wood - Actress. Practical Magic, "Once and Again", S1m0ne, Thirteen, The Upside of Anger, Down in the Valley, Across the Universe, The Wrestler, Whatever Works, The Ides of March. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama', and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role' for her performance in "Thirteen" (2003). At the time of this SAG nomination, she was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category. She received a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her portrayal of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" (2011). She sings two songs on the "School's Out" Christmas album: "Christmas Isn't Christmas" and "Silver and Gold". She became the highest paid actress in music video history for her appearance in boyfriend Marilyn Manson's video for "Heart-Shaped Glasses". In 2003, Vogue Magazine named her one of the "It Girls of Hollywood". In 2008, she was ranked #7 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. In 2009, she was ranked #1 in Venus Zine's 25 Under 25 ladies list. Ranked #31 in the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women.

Oliver Hudson - Actor. "Dawson's Creek", "The Mountain", Carolina Moon, Strange Wilderness, "Rules of Engagement", Grown Ups 2, "Nashville". He was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002. Son of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson. Older brother of Kate Hudson. His ex-brother in-law is Chris Robinson, who is the lead singer of The Black Crowes. His ex-stepmother was actress Cindy Williams. She was married to his dad, Bill Hudson.

Devon Sawa - Actor. Casper, Little Giants, Night of the Twisters, Robin of Locksley, The Boys Club, Wild America, Idle Hands, Final Destination, The Guilty, "Nikita". He got the part of Stan in the Eminem video of the same name because Dr. Dre saw him in "Final Destination" (2000) and loved it. He did his own stunts in Extreme Ops (2002), including the part where he is under the train filming his friends.

Tom Everett Scott - Actor. That Thing You Do!, An American Werewolf in Paris, Dead Man on Campus, Air Buddies, Snow Buddies, Because I Said So, Race to Witch Mountain, Mars Needs Moms, "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups, Parental Guidance, "Southland". In the 2003 off-Broadway play "Touch," Scott's character opened the show with a 30-minute monologue.

Shannon Elizabeth - Actress. American Pie, American Pie 2, Scary Movie, Tomcats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Thir13en Ghosts, Love Actually, Johnson Family Vacation, American Reunion. She starred as singer Enrique Iglesias's love interest in the video for his third American single, "Be With You". Voted the 8th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine [September 2002]. Ranked #29 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Buddy Holly - Singer, Songwriter. Buddy's group was The Crickets and they stayed together after his death. He died when his chartered plane (N 3794 N) crashed. Also on board and killed in the crash were Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). His date of death (February 3, 1959) was forever immortalized as "The Day the Music Died" in the song "American Pie" by Don McLean. Waylon Jennings was part of Buddy's backup group and was supposed to be on the fateful flight but, instead, allowed The Big Bopper, who was sick, to take his place. He was voted the 13th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (charter member) and the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986. Posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. In recognition for his achievements, the city of Lubbock erected a life-size statue of Holly next to the convention center. The statue shows Holly strumming his Fender Stratocaster guitar and tapping his heel (he tapped his heel instead of his toe) which also serves as a monument to the West Texas Hall of Fame. At the base of Holly's feet, there are plaques with the names of famous Texans. He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California on what would have been his 75th birthday [September 7, 2011]. He is pictured on one of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued in booklet form 16 June 1993. This Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues set of stamps also honored Otis Redding, Dinah Washington and Elvis Presley.

Gloria Gaynor - Singer. Her hit single, I Will Survive, has been not only been a disco-themed song frequently played in nightclubs; it has been played frequently for various causes (e.g. benefits for AIDS, or in Gay/Lesbian gatherings). Her 1979 #1 hit "I Will Survive" was awarded the first and only Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980 (the category was discontinued upon disco's fall into disrepair). Her 1979 disco hit, "I Will Survive", was named the #1 song on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs, while "Never Can Say Goodbye" landed at #51. Her song "I Never Knew" with remixes by Hex Hector reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart (2002). Her song "Just Keep Thinking About You" with remixes by Jonathan Peters and Almighty reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart (2001). Gloria Gaynor Day was held in the City of Newark on November 7, 2008.

Chrissie Hynde - Singer, Songwriter, Musician. Lead singer, guitarist and song writer of the band The Pretenders. Ranked #7 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Ranked #89 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. She gave the famed lock necklace to Sid Vicious as a gift. She is an active member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and she helped set up PETA headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.

Michael Feinstein - Singer, Pianist, and Music Revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs. Feinstein is also a multi-platinum-selling, five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist. He started playing piano by ear at age 5. Took piano lessons for a couple of months until his teacher became angered that he wasn't reading the music she gave him to play. Since Michael's mother saw no problem with her son's method, she took him out of lessons and allowed him to enjoy music his own way. He has a talent for finding "lost," older songs, and breathing new life into them, thereby preserving great music for future generations. Member of the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board.

Grandma Moses - Artist who began her career at age 77. Copy of detail from her painting 'July Fourth' is pictured on a 6¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in her honor, 11 September 1968.

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Born on September 8th:

Peter Sellers - Actor, Singer. The Ladykillers (1955), The Mouse That Roared, Lolita, The Pink Panther, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, A Shot in the Dark, What's New Pussycat, Alice in Wonderland (1966), Casino Royale (1967), The Party, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, There's a Girl in My Soup, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Murder by Death, The Revenge of the Pink Panther, The Prisoner of Zenda, Being There, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu. He was the first actor to be nominated for a single Academy award (best actor) for a film in which he potrayed three different characters in the same film for "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964). He was ranked #84 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]. He was voted the 41st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine. His performance as "Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964) is ranked #75 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. His performance as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the "Pink Panther" franchise is ranked #67 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. His performance as Chance the Gardener in "Being There" (1979) is ranked #49 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. He enjoyed success in the UK music charts, with "Any Old Iron" reaching 17 in 1957 and a cover of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" released in 1965 and reaching 14. His duet with Sophia Loren, "Goodness Gracious Me," was released in 1960 and reached the top four. Also with Loren, "Bangers and Mash" peaked at 22 in the UK charts in 1961. He was the first male to appear on the cover of Playboy Magazine, in April 1964. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1966 for his services to drama.

Sid Caesar - Comedian, Saxophonist, Composer, Actor, Musician. - "Your Show of Shows", "The Sid Caesar Show", It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Mouse That Roared, A Guide for the Married Man, Ten from Your Show of Shows, Airport 1975, Silent Movie, The Cheap Detective, Grease, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, The Munsters' Revenge, History of the World: Part I, Cannonball Run II, Vegas Vacation, Comic Book: The Movie. He made his Broadway debut performing in the 1948 revue "Make Mine Manhattan", which featured "The Five Dollar Date", one of Sid's first original pieces in which he sang, acted, double-talked, pantomimed and wrote the music. He performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris). He sang the lead role in "Little Me" on Broadway. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his popular song compositions include "I Wrote This Song for Your Birthday" and "Was That You?". Voted the United States' Best Comedian by Motion Picture Daily's TV poll in 1951 and 1952. Also won Best Comedy Team (with Imogene Coca) in 1953. Received the Sylvania Award in 1958 for his work in television. He was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Little Me". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1985.

Frank Cady - Actor. When Worlds Collide, Rear Window, The Bad Seed, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Million Dollar Duck, "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres". He played the same character (Sam Drucker) in three different television series: "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies". He is one of only three co-stars of Petticoat Junction (1963) who stayed with the series for its entire seven-year run. He had a history as a film, stage and television actor long before those shows. He appeared on some radio programs including "Gunsmoke". In 1984, he received a call from Orson Welles asking him to appear in an upcoming film, "The Cradle Will Rock". Sadly, the picture was pushed back and Welles died before it could be shot.

Brad Silberling - Director, Producer. Casper, City of Angels, Moonlight Mile, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 10 Items or Less, Land of the Lost. He wrote and directed the 2002 film "Moonlight Mile" based on his own experiences after the tragic murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer, in 1989.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Actor. The Lion King, Pom Poko (voice: English version), Tom and Huck, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Wild America, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Walking Across Egypt, "Home Improvement". He has done voice overs for cartoons and video games such as "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The Adventures of Spot", "The Ivy Cottage", and "Scooter's Magic Castle". He was the first actor to win the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" in 1999 for his memorable nine year role as Randy Taylor on "Home Improvement". Ranked #25 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".

Christopher Connelly - Actor. "Peyton Place", Incident in San Francisco, Benji, Hawmps!, Kit Carson and the Mountain Men, Incredible Rocky Mountain Race, "The Martian Chronicles", Liar's Moon, Manhattan Baby, Foxtrap, The Messenger, Strike Commando. In the TV series Paper Moon (1974), he recreated the role of "Moses Pray", originally portrayed in the 1972 film version by Ryan O'Neal, his Peyton Place (1964) costar.

Heather Thomas - Actress. Zapped!, "The Fall Guy", Cyclone, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, My Giant. Best known by the public for her starring role as Jody Banks on "The Fall Guy". She was voted "Favorite Female Newcomer" in 1982 by readers of US magazine.

David Arquette - Actor. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Airheads, Scream (1 - 4), RPM, Never Been Kissed, Muppets from Space, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Eight Legged Freaks, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D, "Jake and the Never Land Pirates". On "WCW Thunder" on 4/27/00, he became the WCW Heavyweight Champion in a special tag match, pitting him and his partner Diamond Dallas Page against Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. The stipulation was that whoever got the pin would become champ, and after his involvement in previous matches, Arquette was able to pin Bischoff and win the title. He was the 1-800-CALL-ATT Guy. Younger brother of Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Patricia Arquette and Rosanna Arquette. Jennifer Aniston is the godmother of his daughter, Coco Arquette. She co-starred with his wife, Courteney Cox, on "Friends".

Martin Freeman - Actor. Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Hot Fuzz, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, "The Office", The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The World's End, "Fargo", "Sherlock".

Mark Lindsay Chapman - Actor. American Gothic, "Swamp Thing", Titanic (1997), Bram Stoker's The Mummy, Beethoven's 4th, Chapter 27. He lost an early starring role as John Lennon in "John and Yoko: A Love Story" (1985) due to the similarity of his name with Lennon's murderer Mark David Chapman. He later played Lennon in "Chapter 27" (2007), about Mark David Chapman's interpretation of "A Catcher in the Rye" as an order to kill John Lennon.

Jimmie Rodgers - Country Music Singer. He was known as "The Singing Brakeman", "The Blue Yodeler", and "The Father of Country Music". He was one of the first country music superstars and pioneers. He was known for his rhythmic yodeling. When the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1961, he was one of the first three to be inducted. He was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and, as an early influence, to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. His song "Blue Yodel No. 9" was selected as one of 'The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll'. He was ranked No. 33 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music in 2003. Pictured on a 13¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts and Artists series, issued in his honor 24 May 1978.

Pink - Singer, Songwriter. She co-wrote many songs on her debut, "Can't Take Me Home", which went multi-platinum by the end of 2000. It included the Top 10 hit, "There You Go", which was certified a gold single. Her hit song "There You Go" was dubbed the "I Will Survive" for the new millennium by Teen People magazine. She was voted one of Choice USA's "Top 30 Under 30" activists for reproductive freedom in 2004. Ranked #36 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Ranked #57 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. She has won two Grammy Awards for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" in 2002 ("Lady Marmalade") and "Best Female Rock Performance" in 2004 ("Trouble"). Her album "M!ssundaztood" (2001), sold over 13 million copies worldwide.

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With the Country Music Song Tournament just starting, I thought this person deserved her own post.

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Patsy Cline - Country Music Singer. Best known for the songs "Crazy", "Walkin' After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", "Sweet Dreams", and "She's Got You". Her winning appearance on "Talent Scouts" in 1957 froze the applause meter used to judge contestants. She won first place and became a regular on the show for the next two weeks. "Walkin' After Midnight" was released as a single and put Patsy on the top ten charts of country and pop music. Recorded 102 songs during her six-year career. In 1960, she was invited to join the Grand Old Opry. She performed at a Country Music show at Carnegie Hall in 1961 (a novel concept at the time). Ranked #11 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Ranked #1 of the 40 greatest women in country music. In March 1963, Patsy traveled from Nashville to Kansas City, where on March 5, 1963, she appeared at a benefit concert for the family of disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call, who had been killed in a traffic accident earlier that year. Immediately after her performance, she boarded a small plane back to Nashville along with country-western performers Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes. Approximatelly 85 miles west of Nashville, the plane ran into turbulence and crashed. There were no survivors. Shorly before her death, Patsy recorded the single "Sweet Dreams", which became #5 on the country charts after her untimely death at age 30. In 1973, (ten years after her death), Patsy Cline was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the first female soloist chosen for the honor. She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6160 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 3, 1999. Pictured on one of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, featuring Country & Western music. This set of stamps also honored Hank Williams, Bob Wills and The Carter Family. Issued 25 September 1993 in sheet and booklet formats.


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Born on September 9th:

Cliff Robertson - Actor. "Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers", Picnic, Autumn Leaves, Gidget, All in a Night's Work, Underworld U.S.A., The Interns, My Six Loves, PT 109, Sunday in New York, The Best Man, Love Has Many Faces, The Honey Pot, The Devil's Brigade, Charly, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, Three Days of the Condor, Midway, Obsession, Dominique, The Pilot, Star 80, Class, Brainstorm, "Falcon Crest", Escape from L.A., Spider-Man. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Charly". He was personally chosen by John F. Kennedy to portray a World War II US Navy Lieutenant Kennedy in "PT 109" (1963). He was responsible for unraveling a major studio fraud in the 1970s, which led to the downfall of powerful Columbia Pictures president David Begelman. The morality of Hollywood was such that it did more short-term harm to Robertson's career than to Begelman's, who soon after was hired to run MGM. The full story is told in David McClintick's 1982 bestseller, "Indecent Exposure". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 17, 1986.

Bill Persky - Writer, Producer, Director. "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Good Morning, World", "That Girl", "Lotsa Luck", "Kate & Allie". He won two Emmy Awards (in 1964 and 1967), for Outstanding Writing for "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and he was nominated for a third Emmy in 1966. He was also nominated five Emmy Awards for "Kate & Allie", and he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in 1985 for "Kate & Allie". He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1966 for 'Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety' for "The Julie Andrews Show". He won an Emmy Award in 1967 for 'Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety' for "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special". He won an Emmy Award in 1969 for 'Outstanding Variety or Musical Program' for "The Bill Cosby Special".

James Hilton - Writer. Camille (screenplay), Lost Horizon (novel), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (novel), Foreign Correspondent (dialogue), Mrs. Miniver (screenplay), Random Harvest (based upon the novel by), So Well Remembered (novel). British novelist and Hollywood scenarist whose "Lost Horizon" gave the English language the word 'Shangri-La' (the name of an imaginary Himalayan paradise). He is best remembered, however, for "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (whose lead character was inspired by his own father) and "Random Harvest". He was the host of CBS Radio's "The Hallmark Playhouse" (1948-1953).

Arthur Freed - Songwriter, Producer. Songwriter - The Broadway Melody of 1929, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, Going Hollywood, Hollywood Party, Broadway Melody of 1936, Broadway Melody of 1938, Singin' in the Rain. Producer - The Wizard of Oz (uncredited), For Me and My Gal, Du Barry Was a Lady, Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies, Till the Clouds Roll By, The Pirate, Easter Parade, Words and Music, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, On the Town, Annie Get Your Gun, Royal Wedding, Show Boat, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, Brigadoon, It's Always Fair Weather, Gigi, Bells Are Ringing, Light in the Piazza (uncredited). He performed in vaudeville with Louis Silvers, with whom he wrote revues for New York restaurants. During World War I, he staged military shows, then managed a theatre, eventually producing his own musical shows, finally joining MGM under contract. His Academy Award winning films include "An American in Paris" (1951), "Gigi" (1958). In 1964, he became President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was the legendary producer of many memorable classic movie musicals during the Golden Age of MGM, many featuring his own his compositions. Many clips from Arthur Freed's films were celebrated in the very popular films "That's Entertainment!" (1974), "That's Entertainment, Part II" (1976), and "That's Entertainment! III" (1994). Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.

Tom Wopat - Actor, Singer. "The Dukes of Hazzard", Christmas Comes to Willow Creek, "Cybill", Jonah Hex, Django Unchained. He released his first country album in 1983. In musical theater, he's played the lead roles in "Carousel", "City of Angels", "Guys and Dolls", "Annie Get Your Gun", "42nd Street" and "Chicago". In 1999, he earned a Tony nomination for his performance as Frank Butler in the Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun", In 2005 he more than held his own in his first straight-acting Broadway part as part of the excellent ensemble in the Tony-winning (for "Best Revival of a Play") production of "Glengarry Glen Ross" starring acting heavyweights Alan Alda and Liev Schreiber. That same year Wopat embarked on a 33-date national "Over The Rainbow" tour with Faith Prince featuring the gorgeous songs of Harold Arlen, a tour that included Carnegie Hall.

Adam Sandler - Actor, Producer, Writed, Comedian. "Saturday Night Live", Airheads, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Punch-Drunk Love, Mr. Deeds, Eight Crazy Nights, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Spanglish, The Longest Yard (2005), Click, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Bedtime Stories, Grown Ups, Zookeeper, Jack and Jill, That's My Boy, Hotel Transylvania, Grown Ups 2, Blended. He writes and produces many of his own films, and he has composed songs for several of them, including "The Wedding Singer". He has had several of his songs placed on the "Billboard" charts, including the classic "The Chanukah Song". His comedy album "Stan and Judy's Kid" set a record for most albums sold by a comedy album in its first week. It debuted at #16 on the Billboard charts. All three of his previous comedy albums have gone platinum. His production company, Happy Madison, is named after two of his films, Happy Gilmore (1996) and Billy Madison (1995). Ranked #35 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #43 the previous two years. Ranked #24 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #24 in 2005 as well. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 2011.

Hugh Grant - Actor. Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Nine Months, Sense and Sensibility, Notting Hill, Mickey Blue Eyes, Bridget Jones's Diary, About a Boy, Two Weeks Notice, Love Actually, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, American Dreamz, Music and Lyrics, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Cloud Atlas. He won a Golden Globe Award, as well as a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994). He was nominated for the European Audience Award for his performance in "Love Actually" (2003). His production company is called "Simian Films" -- so named by Elizabeth Hurley because she has said that he resembles an ape or a monkey. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#43). Voted fourth in the Orange 2001 Film Survey of Greatest British film actors. Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother was Hugh's piano teacher when he was a child.

Goran Visnjic - Actor. Rounders, Practical Magic, The Deep End, Ice Age, Elektra, "ER", The Deep, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dark Hearts, "Extant". He was named People magazine's Sexiest Import (1999). He was the youngest actor to be chosen for the coveted title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet, he portrayed the doomed Prince for 6 years from 1993 to 2000, at the internationally acclaimed Dubrovnik Summer Theatre Festival in Croatia, winning several coveted Orlando Awards (the equivalent of the Tony Award). Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Named as the Best Croatian actor in 2004 for his role in the movie "Long Dark Night", according to the votes of the famous Croatian newspaper "Vecernji list". Named "One of TV's Sexiest Men" in June 5-11 2005 TV Guide. On June 19, 2005 he received Croatia's highest cultural honor, the Vladimir Nazor award for "Best Realization of a Theatrical Performance Film" for his performance in the Pula Film Festival award-winning film, "Long Dark Night" (2004). Each year the "Vladimir Nazor" is awarded to the nation's top artists in the areas of: literature, music, painting and sculpture, theater, film and architecture. Ranked #18 in Croatian-based monthly film magazine "Hollywood" in 'Best Croatian Male Movie Stars of All Time' list. (November 2005). Ranked #1 in Croatian Internet IskonPortal Magazine's "Top 10 Sexiest Croatian Movie Stars of 2005" list. (January, 2005).

Henry Thomas - Actor. Raggedy Man, The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Misunderstood, Cloak & Dagger, Murder One, Psycho IV: The Beginning, Fire in the Sky, Legends of the Fall, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Suicide Kings, Happy Face Murders, All the Pretty Horses, Gangs of New York, Dear John, The Last Ride, "Betrayal". Ranked #24 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". He was ranked #4 in E's 50 cutest child stars all grown-up (2005). Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 7, 2013 in Austin, Texas.

Michelle Williams - Actress. "Dawson's Creek", Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Dick, The United States of Leland, Brokeback Mountain, Deception, Wendy and Lucy, Synecdoche, New York, Blue Valentine, Shutter Island, My Week with Marilyn, Oz the Great and Powerful. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006 for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role' for her performance in "Brokeback Mountain". In 2011, she received her first Academy Award nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' for "Blue Valentine". She followed this in 2012 with an Academy Award nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' for her performance in "My Week with Marilyn". She won a Golden Globe Award in 2012 for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical' for her performance in "My Week with Marilyn". She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards in 2006 for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture' for "Brokeback Mountain", and in 2011 for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama' for "Blue Valentine". In 1999, she was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21". In 2000, she was on Entertainment Weekly's annual 'It List'. At age 16, she won the Robbins Trading Company World Cup Championship of Futures Trading by turning $10,000 into $100,000. It is the second highest profit in the tournament's history. In 2003, she was one of ELLE girl's 25 Favorite Hot, Young, Talented New Stars. She was in a relationship with Heath Ledger, having met on the set of "Brokeback Mountain" (June 2004-September 2007). They were both nominated for Oscars for their performances in the film.

Jeffrey Combs - Actor. The Man with Two Brains, Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dead Man Walking, Bride of Re-Animator, The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), Trancers II, The Frighteners, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", House on Haunted Hill, Contagion, Feardotcom, Beyond Re-Animator, "Star Trek: Enterprise", "The 4400", Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation, Would You Rather, "Transformers Prime". He has played five different clones of the same character (Weyoun) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); he also played two other roles on the show. Also played two roles (so far) on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), an Andorian and a Ferengi. "Star Trek: Enterprise" executive producer Manny Coto and writer Michael Sussman have both stated that had the show been renewed for a fifth season, Combs would have been made a regular cast member. He has starred in 5 movies based on H.P. Lovecraft stories. He was named "the first Lovecraftian actor" by fans of writer H.P. Lovecraft, for his frequent appearances in movies based on Lovecraft's writings, including a portrayal of Lovecraft himself, in "Necronomicon: Book of Dead" (1993), and also for his involvement in other "HPL projects".

Topol - Actor. El Dorado, Cast a Giant Shadow, Before Winter Comes, Fiddler on the Roof, The Public Eye, Flash Gordon (1980), For Your Eyes Only, "The Winds of War", "War and Remembrance". He was on active duty with the Israeli army when he was nominated for an Oscar for "Fiddler on the Roof" in early 1972. He was granted leave so he could attend the ceremony in Los Angeles that year. In the late 1980s he toured the US in a stage revival of "Fiddler on the Roof." Unlike when he made the movie in 1971, he was Tevye's age by this time. The part of wife Golde was played by Rosalind Harris, who had played daughter Tzeitel in the movie. His daughter, Anat, played the role of "Chava" in a 1995 production of "Fiddler on the Roof" alongside her father. He was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of "Fiddler on the Roof," a role he had previously played twenty years earlier in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971). He has appeared in over 2500 stage performances as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof". He was the first Israeli actor ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Neil Hamilton - Actor. The White Rose, Beau Geste, The Great Gatsby (1926), The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, The Dawn Patrol, The Great Lover, Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932), Here Comes the Groom, I Married a Spy, Too Many Women, Brewster's Millions (1945), Good Neighbor Sam, Batman: The Movie, "Batman". He got his first film role in 1918, but received his big break from D.W. Griffith in "The White Rose" (1923). After performing in several more Griffith films, Hamilton was signed by Paramount in the late 1920s and soon became one of that studio's most popular leading men. His rugged good looks and sophisticated demeanor kept him steadily employed, and he worked for just about every studio in Hollywood, from glittering MGM to rock-bottom PRC. He is probably best known to modern-day audiences, however, as Police Commissioner Gordon in the TV series "Batman" (1966). He was the only member of the supporting cast of "Batman" to be in every single episode of the series. He made 268 films, both sound and silent, and played opposite such stars as Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Constance Bennett, Ann Sothern and Jean Arthur. Strikingly handsome in his youth, he modeled as the Arrow (Shirt) Collar Man, and received more fan mail in the 1920s than box-office king Rudolph Valentino. He appeared on the Thanksgiving Day cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1918, marching beside (and hungrily eyeing) a turkey. He is a distant cousin of Margaret Hamilton.

Robert Desiderio - Actor. Oh, God! You Devil, "Heart of the City", "Knots Landing", Gross Anatomy, "Cheers". A notable player in both day-time and prime-time soaps, he has lately been used extensively for voiceover work. He met his wife Judith Light when they were both on the soap opera "One Life to Live" in the early 1980s.

Angela Cartwright - Actress. "Make Room for Daddy", "Lost in Space", The Sound of Music, "Make Room for Granddaddy", Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, High School U.S.A. She did her own singing in The Sound of Music. At her studio in Studio City, California, she is curator of an exclusively black & white photography gallery and is a founding member of the 4260 Black & White Photography Guild. Younger sister of Veronica Cartwright, sister-in-law of Richard Compton. Distant cousin of "The Sound of Music" co-star Heather Menzies-Urich.

Zoe Kazan - Actress. Fracture, Me and Orson Welles, Revolutionary Road, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, It's Complicated, Ruby Sparks, In Your Eyes. She was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue (May 2010). as considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue (May 2010). She made her Broadway debut in January 2008, playing Marie in "Come Back, Little Sheba", at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Biltmore Theatre, NYC).

Otis Redding - Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Arranger, Talent Scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in popular music and a major artist in soul and rhythm and blues. His singing style was powerfully influential among soul artists of 1960s. He was the first artist to have a number one hit posthumously on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart with his recording of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Volt 157). The song was recorded only three days before his death. He was voted the 21st Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. Voted the eighth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008. Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. He was one of the performers featured on a set of stamps of rock and blues legends issued by the U.S. Postal Service in June 1993.

Billy Preston - Musician. Sometimes labeled The Fifth Beatle. He was the only guest musician to receive credit on a record by The Beatles. He was invited by George Harrison to join The Beatles (whom he'd met on tour years earlier) in the studio, as they filmed and recorded Let It Be (1970). The reason given was because the project was being done live, without overdubs, and they wanted a second keyboardist; his soulful style would complement the rhythm-and-blues songs they'd grown up on (and were reaching back to) perfectly. While he was never considered for permanent membership in The Beatles (despite stories to the contrary), he did continue his involvement with them through the end of the 1960s. Preston released two solo albums through Apple Records (The Beatles' label), collaborated with George Harrison on "All Things Must Pass" and "The Concert for Bangladesh", and later appeared in the all-star Beatles tribute "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", as the title character Sgt. Pepper. He began performing with Mahalia Jackson when he was just 10 years old.

Joe Theismann - Former NFL Football Player, NFL Football Analyst for ESPN. Former quarterback for the Washington Redskins. Chosen as one of the 70 greatest Washington Redskins (June 2002). He finished second to Stanford's Jim Plunkett in the 1970 Heisman Trophy voting. He still holds Notre Dame's single-game record for most passing yards with 526 against USC in 1970. He was awarded the 1982 NFL Man of the Year, which is awarded for community service and excellence on the field. 1983 AP NFL MVP., 1983 AP Offensive Player of the Year. MVP of 1984 Pro Bowl., Washington Redskins All-Time Passing Yards Leader (25,206). He was nominated for the 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contribution to Sports. He was nominated for the 2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Sports. He was inducted into the 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services and contributions to Sports.

Todd Zeile - Producer, Former MLB Baseball Player. He is the co-executive producer of Charlie Sheen's TV show "Anger Management", and the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen". He has played for 11 teams and retired October 3, 2004 after spending 16 years in the Major Leagues. He has hit a home run with 11 different teams (the Major League Record). He hit a home run at Shea Stadium in his final at bat in the major leagues against the Montreal Expos. He holds the record for most home runs by a player with the last name starting with the letter "Z" (253). He is directly descended from early U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

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This guy was also born on September 9th, but he deserves his own post:

Michael Bublé - Singer, Songwriter. He received two Genie Award nominations in 2000 for songs he wrote for the film "Here's to Life!". His self-titled debut album came out February 12, 2003 and has since won several music awards and incredible worldwide success. His debut self-titled CD released in 2003 hit the best-selling charts in more than 15 countries and went Quadruple Platinum in Canada. He won Best New Artist at the Canadian Juno Awards (April, 2004). The U.S. Billboard ranks "It's Time" as the Best Selling Jazz recording of 2005 and chose him as the #1 Jazz Artist. His self-penned single "Home" reached #1 at Pop and AC radio in Canada and #1 at AC radio in the United States. He set the record in 2005 at The Sydney Opera House for the most tickets sold in one day ever. He won 4 Juno Awards (2006) for Best Single of the Year "Home", Best Album of the Year "It's Time", Best Artist of the Year, and Best Pop Album of the Year "It's Time". He won 3 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards (2006) for Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year "It's Time", and Best Original Composition "Home". in 2006, he received Grammy Award nominations for 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' for "It's Time", and 'Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist' for the song "Can't Buy Me Love". When Michael's 2006 Valentine's Day EP - "With Love, Michael Buble"- was released only for a week, the album reached Gold status selling 500,000 copies. The album also became the biggest selling CD Hallmark has ever released, selling in excess of 3 million copies. On March 19 2007, his self-penned single "Everything", from album Call Me Irresponsible, made the highest debut in the history of the BDS AC (adult contemporary) charts. In its first week at Canadian radio, "Everything" debuted at #3 on the BDS Mainstream AC Audience chart, and a week later it reached #1 Airplay. Also in its first week, it was aired over 300 times on 43 Radio Stations, reaching an estimated audience in Canada of over 5.2 million listeners. In 2007, he received a Grammy Award-nomination for 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' for "Caught in the Act". In 2008, he won a Grammy Award for 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' for "Call Me Irresponsible", and he was nominated for 'Best Male Pop Vocal Performance' for the song "Everything". In 2008, he received a Brit Awards nomination for Best International Male Solo Artist. He is an international singing sensation. He has gone multi-platinum in over 15 countries. In 2005, he traveled the world over a dozen times, performing sold-out shows throughout the U.S., Europe (including a sold-out performance at the prestigious London's Royal Albert Hall), Asia, and Australia. His self-titled debut went multi-platinum, and his multi-platinum CD, "It's Time" (which included the No. 1 Buble-penned smash single "Home") sold over 5.5 million CDs worldwide. As of October 2006, "It's Time" went 6 times Platinum in Canada, 4 times Platinum in Australia and Italy, double Platinum in Singapore and USA. Platinum in the UK, Austria, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Switzerland, Taiwan and South Africa. Gold status in Belgium, France, Philippines, Sweden and Thailand. As of 2007, "It's Time" remained on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums Charts for a staggering two years and in the No. 1 slot for over 80 weeks, holding the all time record for highest number of weeks at No. 1 by any artist. The internationally acclaimed hit original song "Home" reached No. 1 on charts in more than 10 countries, including Japan, Canada and Italy. "It's Time" was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards and was the Bestselling Traditional Jazz Album of 2005. His self-penned single, "Home" has the distinction of being the most-heard song on Canadian radio in 2005, reaching an audience estimated to exceed 382 million people.

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My quickie admonishments.

Cliff Robertson - Stared in what I consider to be the most hard hitting, realistic dramatic movie ever made. And no it was not on the above list.

Arthur Freed - The world would not be as joyous with out the powerful Arthur Freed Production team, creating during the MGM classic years.

Jeffrey Combs - The best reoccurring guest star the Star Trek franchise ever had.

James Hilton - Writer. Camille (screenplay), Lost Horizon (novel), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (novel), Foreign Correspondent (dialogue), Mrs. Miniver (screenplay), Random Harvest (based upon the novel by), So Well Remembered (novel). WOW! Those are some of the best movies from the 30s and 40s.

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My quickie admonishments.

Cliff Robertson - Starred in what I consider to be the most hard hitting, realistic dramatic movie ever made. And no it was not on the above list.



What movie? I'm a big fan of Cliff Robertson, ever since I saw him in Charly back when I was in Junior High School. My favorite Cliff Robertson movie is Sunday in New York.

[Citizen Rules]

Days of Wine and Roses, Playhouse 90 (1958)

A lot of fine, gut wrenching drama came out of Playhouse 90 TV broadcast. And people think of TV in the late 50s as Howdy Dowdy.

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Days of Wine and Roses, Playhouse 90 (1958)

A lot of fine, gut wrenching drama came out of Playhouse 90 TV broadcast. And people think of TV in the late 50s as Howdy Dowdy.


I didn't include that in Cliff Robertson's list because I've never seen it.
But I found it online, and I'll watch it tonight. :)

[Citizen Rules]

Cool that you're going to watch it. But let me give you a caveat.

The story is much darker than the Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick movie version. Also it's a Kinescope recording which is literally a movie camera filming the TV monitor when the show was first broadcast.

This results in strange side to side rolling when the show pans left or right. That's due to the curvature of the TV monitor screen. And the overall quality of the video to DVD is poor.

(Note, like most of my post that is completely off the top of my head without any goggling research. So I might not have described the process 100%, but you get the general idea of a Kinescope.)

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Cool that you're going to watch it. But let me give you a caveat.

The story is much darker than the Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick movie version. Also it's a Kinescope recording which is literally a movie camera filming the TV monitor when the show was first broadcast.

This results in strange side to side rolling when the show pans left or right. That's due to the curvature of the TV monitor screen. And the overall quality of the video to DVD is poor.

(Note, like most of my post that is completely off the top of my head without any goggling research. So I might not have described the process 100%, but you get the general idea of a Kinescope.)


Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep all of that in mind when I watch it later.

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Born on September 10th:

Robert Wise - Director, Producer, Editor. The Magnificent Ambersons (additional sequences, uncredited), The Curse of the Cat People, The Body Snatcher, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Desert Rats, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Run Silent, Run Deep, West Side Story, The Haunting (1963), The Sound of Music, The Sand Pebbles, Star!, The Andromeda Strain, The Hindenburg, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. At age 19, the avid moviegoer came into the film business through an odd job at RKO Radio Pictures. A head sound effects editor at the studio recognized Wise's talent, and made Wise his protégé. Around 1941, Orson Welles was in need of an editor for "Citizen Kane", and Wise did a splendid job. After collaborating closely and happily on the editing of "Citizen Kane" with Orson Welles, Wise was assigned to edit "The Magnificent Ambersons". When Welles left the country following the filming of that film, Though Wise initially refused the assignment in respect of Welles' vision, he relented and allowed RKO put him in charge of a drastic editing of Ambersons that would result in a new ending and over 40 minutes of Welles' film being lost forever. For this, Welles greatly resented Wise for most of his life... until 1984, when they reconciled publicly by shaking hands on stage when the Directors Guild of America honored Welles with its Lifetime Achievement Award. From 1971-1975, he was President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), and later also headed the Special Projects Committee for 24 years. From 1985-1988, he was the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He received the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. In 1962, his movie "West Side Story" won the Oscar for Best Picture, and he won for Best Director. In 1966, his movie "The Sound of Music" won the Oscar for Best Picture, and he won for Best Director. In 1967, his movie "The Sand Pebbles" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, and he won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award five times for Best Director. When he and Jerome Robbins won the Best Director Oscar in 1962 for "West Side Story", it was the first time that a directing Oscar was shared among collaborators. He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture. He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C. (1992). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Bo Goldman - Screenwriter. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Rose, Melvin and Howard, Shoot the Moon, Swing Shift (uncredited), The Flamingo Kid (uncredited), Little Nikita, Scent of a Woman, City Hall, Meet Joe Black. He is one of the most honored screenwriters in motion picture history. He has been the recipient of two Academy Awards, a New York Film Critics Award, two Writers Guild Awards, three Golden Globes, additional Academy Award and Writers Guild nominations and, ultimately, the Guild's life achievement Award - The Laurel. His first film, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", won all five top Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. He also received the Writers Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for his work on the film. His second movie, "The Rose", was nominated for four Academy Awards, followed by his original screenplay, "Melvin and Howard", which earned him his second Oscar, second Writers Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Screenplay of the Year. He earned his third Writers Guild nomination for his first screenplay, "Shoot the Moon". He received his third Academy Award nomination and his third Golden Globe Award for "Scent of a Woman".

Chris Columbus - Director, Writer, Producer. Director - Adventures in Babysitting, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Mrs. Doubtfire, Nine Months, Stepmom, Bicentennial Man, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rent, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Writer - Reckless, Gremlins, The Goonies, Young Sherlock Holmes, Heartbreak Hotel, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Nine Months, Christmas with the Kranks. Producer - Nine Months, Jingle All the Way, Stepmom, Bicentennial Man, Monkeybone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Christmas with the Kranks, Fantastic Four, Rent, Night at the Museum, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Help, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. After graduating from NYU Film School, he tried to sell his script, "Gremlins", with no success, until Steven Spielberg optioned it. It was originally written as a dark satire of "It's a Wonderful Life". In the original script, "Gremlins" was meant to be a much darker horror film in which the mother was decapitated, the family dog was eaten, and the adorable Mogwai "Gizmo" actually turned into the infamous Gremlin "Stripe". He had a cameo in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" as a man in the toy store. He was holding his daughter Eleanor Columbus. In 2012, his film "The Help" was nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Motion Picture of the Year'.

Guy Ritchie - Director, Producer, Writer. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Swept Away, Suspect, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes (2009), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Ten British distributors turned down his debut film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" before the film eventually was released in the UK in 1998 and the US in 1999. The film put Ritchie on the map as one of the hottest rising filmmakers of the time, and launched the careers of actors Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, and Vinnie Jones, among others. Robbie Williams' song, "She's Madonna", is about him and how he broke up with his former partner, to be with Madonna.

Edmond O'Brien - Actor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fighter Squadron, An Act of Murder, White Heat, D.O.A. (1950), The Redhead and the Cowboy, Julius Caesar, The Shanghai Story, The Barefoot Contessa, Pete Kelly's Blues, A Cry in the Night, Up Periscope!, "Johnny Midnight", The Great Impostor, Moon Pilot, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Longest Day, Seven Days in May, "The Long, Hot Summer", Fantastic Voyage, The Wild Bunch, Lucky Luciano. He learned the craft of performance as a magician, reportedly tutored by neighbor Harry Houdini. He made his Broadway debut at the age of 21 in 1936 and, later that year, played "The Gravedigger" in the great Shakespearean actor John Gielgud's legendary production of "Hamlet". Four years later, he would play "Mercutio" to the "Romeo" of another legendary Shakespearean, Laurence Olivier, in Olivier's 1940 Brodway production of "Romeo & Juliet". He worked with another magician, Orson Welles, in the Mercury Theater's production of "Julius Caesar", appearing as "Mark Antony". He would later play "Casca" in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's film of the play, Julius Caesar in 1953. He won an Academy Award for 'Best Supporting Actor' for his role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), and also received a 'Best Supporting Actor' Oscar nomination for his role in "Seven Days in May" (1964).

Colin Firth - Actor. Valmont, "Pride and Prejudice", The English Patient, Fever Pitch, Shakespeare in Love, Blackadder Back & Forth, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hope Springs, What a Girl Wants, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Love Actually, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Nanny McPhee, Mamma Mia!, Dorian Gray, The King's Speech, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and a BAFTA nomination for is portrayal of "Robert Lawrence" in the 1989 TV production "Tumbledown". He also received a BAFTA nomination for "Mr. Darcy" in the 1995 TV version of "Pride and Prejudice" (1995). In 2011, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his commanding leading role, playing British King George VI in "The King's Speech". He was on People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list (2001). He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. He is one of only 9 actors to win the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance.

Amy Irving - Actress. Carrie, The Fury, Honeysuckle Rose, The Competition, Yentl, Micki + Maude, Crossing Delancey, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Deconstructing Harry, One Tough Cop, The Rage: Carrie 2, Traffic, Tuck Everlasting, Hide and Seek. She made her off-Broadway debut at the age of 17 and, from that moment to date, she received critical acclaim, appearing in such plays as: "Heartbreak House" (1983), "The Road to Mecca" (1988), "Broken Glass" (1994), "The Three Sisters" (1997), "The Guys" (2002), "Ghosts" (2002) and "Celadine" (2004), among others. In 1983, she received an Oscar nomination for her performance in "Yentl". She received Golden Globe nominations for hre performances in "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna "(1986) and "Crossing Delancey" (1988). Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31 (1979). As a favor for Robert Zemeckis, she sung "Why Don't You Do Right?" for sultry heroine Jessica Rabbit in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". She did not receive a paycheck for her work. She and Willie Nelson started a relationship on the set of "Honeysuckle Rose" (despite his marriage). However, Irving later left Nelson for Steven Spielberg. Sas originally going to play Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but split from her director boyfriend at the time Steven Spielberg who was responsible for the film. The two later got together again in around 1984. Her prenuptial agreement with filmmaker Steven Spielberg netted her an estimated $100m when the couple separated in 1989.

Philip Baker Hall - Actor. Midnight Run, Say Anything..., Ghostbusters II, Eye for an Eye, Hard Eight, Air Force One, Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Rush Hour, Psycho (1998), Cradle Will Rock, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Rules of Engagement, The Sum of All Fears, A Gentleman's Game, Dogville, Bruce Almighty, In Good Company, The Matador, The Amityville Horror (2005), The Zodiac (2005), The Shaggy Dog (2006), Zodiac (2007), Mr. Popper's Penguins, 50/50, Argo (uncredited), Clear History, Bad Words. He did not start acting until he was 30 years old. He starred alone in Robert Altman's "Secret Honor" (1984), a fictional account of Richard Nixon's life after the White House, making him one of the few actors to ever carry an entire film. He appeared in "The Zodiac" (2005) and "Zodiac" (2007), both about the serial killer nicknamed the Zodiac Killer.

Sean O'Bryan - Actor. Frankie and Johnny, Heart and Souls, Exit to Eden, Phenomenon, Dear God, Out to Sea, I'll Be Home for Christmas, The Princess Diaries, Big Fat Liar, Raising Helen, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Deck the Halls, Yes Man, "Persons Unknown", Playing for Keeps, Olympus Has Fallen.

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson - Actor, Producer. The "Bloodfist" movies, Ring of Fire, Future Kick, Batman Forever, Cyber Tracker, Night Hunter, Terminal Rush, Inferno, Whatever It Takes, Moving Target, Stealing Harvard. He is considered the greatest kick-boxing champion in the sport's history. In a career which spanned 4 decades, he won 11 world kick-boxing championships, among them the WKA, STAR, WKC, PKO Lightheavyweight World Championships, WKA, STAR, ISKA World Cruiserweight Titles, and the WKA and STAR Super-Lightheavyweight World Championships. He posted a record of 72-5-2 with 47 wins by knockout. He has 10 titles in three different weight divisions. He was named Fighter of the Year three times in Blackbelt Magazine. He was the World Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion for twelve consecutive years.

Ryan Phillippe - Actor. White Squall, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 54, Cruel Intentions, The Way of the Gun, Antitrust, Gosford Park, The I Inside, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers, Stop-Loss, MacGruber, The Lincoln Lawyer, "Damages". His acting career began with the soap opera "One Life to Live". His character, Billy Douglas, was U.S. daytime television's first gay teenager. Billy struggled with coming out issues and the town's anti-gay reactions. He gained 25 pounds of muscle and stopped shaving for 3 months for his role as Parker in "The Way of the Gun". His son, Deacon Reese, was named for his distant relative, Charles Louis "Deacon" Phillipe, who pitched and won the first World Series game ever, in 1903, beating Cy Young, as well as for Hall of Fame football player Deacon Jones. He runs a production company, Lucid Films, with David E. Siegel and fellow actors Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.

Bill O'Reilly - Political Commentator, News Reporter, Author. His early career included anchor jobs in Scranton, Denver, Portland, Hartford, and Boston. In this time he won an Emmy and was praised for excellence in investigative reporting. He worked as a WEBS anchor and won a second Emmy before earning the spot of correspondent for CBS network news. He later worked as a correspondent and assignment reporter for ABC. He became a news star when he was an anchor on "Inside Addition" where he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall and the murder of Joel Steinberg. In 1996, O'Reilly launched "The O'Reilly Factor" the show he has anchored for 17 years. Since then he has used his show to report top political stories and it has become the #1 Cable News Show on TV. He has said he receives about 30,000 e-mails a day for his show "The O'Reilly Factor".

Charles Kuralt - Journalist, TV Anchor. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite", and later as the first anchor of "CBS News Sunday Morning", a position he held for fifteen years. His "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes", and in 1975, the award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian".

Arnold Palmer - Professional Golfer. Chairman of the Board of The Golf Channel. Named "Athlete of the Decade" (1960s) by the Associated Press. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame in 2009. Inducted into the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame in 1971. Inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Golf Hall of Fame in 2013 (inaugural class). The Arnold Palmer Award is presented annually to the medallist at the NCAA Championships in Divisions I, II and III.

Roger Maris - Former MLB Baseball Player. Played Major League Baseball for four different teams from 1957 to 1968. Member of three World Series championship teams. 1960 & 1961 American League Most Valuable Player. Broke Babe Ruth's Major League home run record by hitting 61 home runs in 1961. Record stood for 37 years, three years longer than Ruth's. His number 9 was retired by the New York Yankees, in 1984, one of 14 numbers retired by the Yanks. The Yankees honored Maris with a monument plaque in their historic Monument Park, located in the outfield of Yankee Stadium. The movie 61* is the story of his 1961 season.

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Born on September 11th:

Brian De Palma - Director, Writer, Producer. Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie (1976), The Fury, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, Body Double, The Untouchables, Casualties of War, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Raising Cain, Carlito's Way, Mission: Impossible, Snake Eyes, Mission to Mars, The Black Dahlia. His movie "Carrie" (1976) was a massive success, and earned the two lead females (Laurie and Spacek) Oscar nominations. He bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother's suspicions. In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening "scrawl," a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" (1977). He is a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen and directed him in the music video "Dancing in the Dark". He received a special thanks credit in "Mean Streets" (1973) for introducing Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to one another.

O. Henry - Writer. The Ransom of Red Chief, The Gift of the Magi, The Marionettes, The Green Door, The Cisco Kid, "The O. Henry Playhouse", Ruthless People (story "The Ransom of Red Chief"). In 1902, he wrote a story a week for the New York World, and also for other publishers. His first collection of stories was "Cabbages and Kings" (1904). The next collection, "The Four Million" (1906), included his well-known stories "The Gift of the Magi", "The Skylight Room" and "The Green Door". One of his last stories, "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1910), is perhaps the best known of his works. O. Henry is credited for creation of The Cisco Kid, whose character alludes to Robin Hood and Don Quixote.

Harry Connick Jr. - Singer, Musician, Composer, Actor. Memphis Belle, Little Man Tate, Copycat, Independence Day, Hope Floats, The Iron Giant, My Dog Skip, South Pacific (2001), Life Without Dick, Mickey, The Happy Elf, "Will & Grace", P.S. I Love You, Living Proof, Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2, "American Idol" (Judge). Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 42. Because of his style of singing, so similar to Frank Sinatra, he was given the nickname "The Vice-Chairman of the Board." Sinatra had nothing but praise for Connick, and referred to him simply as "The Kid". He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "The Pajama Game". He wrote the score and sang several songs for the the soundtrack of "When Harry Met Sally...", which went multi-platinum. While bringing back swing and big band music, he has earned one gold, four platinum and three multi-platinum albums, plus two Grammy Awards.

Herbert Lom - Actor. The Young Mr. Pitt, War and Peace (1956), Dual Alibi, The Ladykillers (1955), Fire Down Below (1957), Spartacus, El Cid, The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Mysterious Island, the "Pink Panther" films, Asylum, And Now the Screaming Starts!, Count Dracula (1970), Ten Little Indians (1974), Hopscotch, The Dead Zone, Ten Little Indians (1989). He has had an interesting film career, playing Napoleon Bonaparte in "The Young Mr. Pitt" (1942), The Phantom (Professor L. Petrie) in "The Phantom of the Opera" (1962), Professor Abraham Van Helsing in "Count Dracula" (1970) and Captain Nemo in "Mysterious Island" (1961). He will probably be best-remembered for his portrayal of Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss, Commissioner Charles Dreyfus, in the "Pink Panther" films.

Lola Falana - Singer, Dancer, Actress. She was discovered by Sammy Davis Jr., who gave her a featured role in his 1964 Broadway musical "Golden Boy". In 1979 she became the highest-paid entertainer in Las Vegas, thus earning her the title "First Lady of Las Vegas". She performed her signature song "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" during her Las Vegas shows. She was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Doctor Jazz". She recorded on Reprise Records, the label owned by Frank Sinatra. In 1970, Falana made her American film debut in "The Liberation of L.B. Jones" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for 'New Star Of The Year - Actress' for her performance. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; after a brief period of (1987) remission, her MS returned in 1996. She has recovered sufficiently from her bad attack of multiple sclerosis in 1996, which sent her to her parents' home in Philadelphia, to make her own home in her beloved Las Vegas. [June 2006].

Tony Gilroy - Screenwriter. The Cutting Edge, Dolores Claiborne, Extreme Measures, The Devil's Advocate, Armageddon, Proof of Life, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Michael Clayton. He directed 3 actors in Oscar nominated performances: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, and Tilda Swinton. Swinton won for her performance in "Michael Clayton". His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter.

Ian Abercrombie - Actor. The Prisoner of Zenda, The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood, The Ice Pirates, Firewalker, Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge, The Public Eye, Army of Darkness, Addams Family Values, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mousehunt, Wild Wild West, "Birds of Prey", "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", "Wizards of Waverly Place". He made his American stage debut in 1955 in a production of "Stalag 17" with Jason Robards and Jules Munshin. For the past 40 years, his theatrical work highlights have included; "As You Like It", "Hamlet", "Misalliance", "The Good Doctor", "The Way Of The World", "Mary Stuart", "Crucifer Of Blood", "Journey's End", "The Wrong Box", "The Cocktail Party", "Bert & Maisy", "Other Places", "Bent", "Natural Causes", "The Vortex", "Rough Crossing", "Africa", "Road & Lettice" and "Lovage". He received awards for his work in "Sweet Prince" with Keir Dullea, "Teeth N'smiles", "A Doll's House" with Linda Purl and "The Arcata Promise" opposite Anthony Hopkins. He also received acclaim for the one-man show "Jean Cocteau - A Mirror Image". He serves on the Board of Directors of BAFTA-LA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and on the Western Board of The Actor's Fund of America. Cousin of John Abercrombie, Jazz Guitarist, ECM Recording Star.

Virginia Madsen - Actress. Electric Dreams, Dune, Fire with Fire, Creator, Highlander II: The Quickening, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Rainmaker, The Haunting (1999), "American Dreams", Sideways, Firewall, A Prairie Home Companion, The Number 23, Father of Invention, Hatfields & McCoys, "Witches of East End". She was voted one of the most beautiful actresses in 1986. She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in the film, "Sideways". Her brother is actor Michael Madsen.

Kristy McNichol - Actress. "Apple's Way", "Family", The End, Little Darlings, Blinded by the Light, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Only When I Laugh, White Dog, The Pirate Movie, Just the Way You Are, "Empty Nest". She won 2 Emmy awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as "Buddy" in the TV series "Family". She won a People's Choice Award for her performance in "Little Darlings". She earned her a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Neil Simon's "Only When I Laugh". She is also a singer. Albums include "The Pirate Movie" soundtrack, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" soundtrack and The RCA Kristy and Jimmy McNichol album. Ranked #49 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". She dropped out of acting because she was sick and tired of acting, wanted to have an average life, and one thing she pursued was going to school to learn how to style hair. Younger sister of Jimmy McNichol.

Earl Holliman - Actor. Forbidden Planet, Giant, The Rainmaker (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Visit to a Small Planet, "Hotel de Paree", "Wide Country", The Sons of Katie Elder, "Police Woman", Sharky's Machine, "The Thorn Birds", "Delta", "NightMan". He won a Golden Globe for his support performance as a girl-crazy brother in "The Rainmaker" (1956). He had an entire host segment of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (found in episode 418 - Attack of the Eye Creatures) dedicated to him and his career wherein Joel Hodgson stated, "Earl Holliman: who would have been William Shatner, had there not already been one.". He played the main character in the very first "Twilight Zone" episode to be telecast, "Where is Everybody?" (October 2, 1959).

Roxann Dawson - Actress, Director, Producer. A Chorus Line, Guilty by Suspicion, Mortal Sins, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, "Star Trek: Voyager". She told TV Guide in its 1995 "Star Trek: Voyager" premiere issue how she cried from the shock of seeing herself in Michael Westmore's Klingon make-up, but got more comfortable with it. Her first role was as Diana Morales in the Broadway production of "A Chorus Line". During her acting career, she performed in numerous productions including plays at Circle Reoertory Theatre, where she was a member and Julie Taymor's "The Tempest", George Abbott's"Tropicana", "Six Characters in Search of An Author", "Accelerando", "Rose Tattoo", "Daughters", among others.

Amy Madigan - Actress. Streets of Fire, Places in the Heart, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, The Dark Half, In the Name of the People, Pollock, The Laramie Project, "Carnivàle", Doppelgänger, Gone Baby Gone, Living Proof. In the early 1970s, Amy was featured in Playboy Magazine wearing only jelly, to promote her music band, Jelly. She won a Drama Logue Award for starring the Los Angeles Theater Center production of "Stevie Wants To Play The Blues". Amy, along with husband Ed Harris, were among a strong minority of attendees of the 2000 Acadamy Awards who refused to applaud during director Elia Kazan's acceptance of his honorary Oscar. They were protesting Kazan's contribution to the Hollywood blacklisting during the Cold War.

Anne Ramsay - Actress. A League of Their Own, Critters 4: They're Invading Your Space, The Final Cut, "Mad About You", Planet of the Apes (2001), "Related", "Dexter", Off the Ledge, "Hawthorne", "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer.

Tyler Hoechlin - Actor. The Road to Perdition, "7th Heaven", Solstice, Hall Pass, "Teen Wolf". He was a member of the U.S. baseball team at the Pan-American games at age 9.

Ludacris - Singer, Actor. 2 Fast 2 Furious, Crash, Hustle & Flow, Fred Claus, RocknRolla, Max Payne, No Strings Attached, Fast Five, New Year's Eve, Fast & Furious 6, "Rising Star" (Judge). In 2000, he got his breakthrough with his album, titled "Back for the First Time", which reached 3x platinum. All albums following have either been 2x or 3x platinum. Before becoming a rapper, he worked as an intern (and eventually DJ) for Hot 97.5 (now 107.9) FM in Atlanta. Cousin of singer Monica Arnold and Katt Williams.

Tommy Shaw - Singer, Musician, Songwriter. Best known for singing lead and playing guitar on some of the biggest hits by the band Styx. He was a member of Damn Yankees. Released an album with Night Rangers Jack Blades called "Shaw/Blades". He wrote the song "Girls with Guns" for the TV series "Miami Vice".

Mickey Hart - Musician. Percussionist for the 'Grateful Dead'. Has also done some solo projects on the Rykodisc label. In 1991, he produced the album "Planet Drum", which remained at #1 on the Billboard World Music chart for 26 weeks, and received the first ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Founder of world beat band "Mickey Hart's Mystery Box". Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Grateful Dead)in 1994. Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2009.

Tom Landry - Former NFL football player and coach. Head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, 1960-1988. Career record: 270 wins, 178 losses, 6 ties. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League (NFL) history, creating many new formations and methods. He invented the now popular 4–3 defense, and the "flex defense" system made famous by the "Doomsday Defense" squads he created during his 29 year tenure with the Dallas Cowboys. His 29 years as the coach of one team are an NFL record, along with his 20 consecutive winning seasons. He won two Super Bowl titles (VI, XII), 5 NFC titles, 13 Divisional titles, and compiled a 270-178-6 record, the 3rd most wins of all time for an NFL coach. His 20 career playoff victories are the most of any coach in NFL history. He was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1966 and the NFC Coach of the Year in 1975. His most impressive professional accomplishment is his 20 consecutive winning seasons (1966–1985), an NFL record that remains unbroken and unchallenged. From 1966 to 1982 Dallas played in 12 NFL or NFC Championship games, a span of 17 years. More impressive is the Cowboys' appearance in 10 NFC Championship games in the 13-year span from 1970 to 1982. Leading the Cowboys to 3 Super Bowl appearances in four years between 1975 and 1978, and five in nine years between 1970 and 1978, and being on television more than any other NFL team is what spawned the title of "America's Team". He was added to the Dallas Cowboy's Ring of Honor in 1993, but instead of having a football helmet beside his name, they put a side view of his trademark fedora hat next to it. Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. Inducted into the ESPN Dallas Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class) with Nolan Ryan, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, and Roger Staubach. When Landry died, every NFL team sent a representative to his funeral.

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Born on September 12th:

Maurice Chevalier - Actor, Singer. The Love Parade, The Big Pond, Playboy of Paris, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Merry Widow, The Beloved Vagabond, A Royal Affair, Love in the Afternoon, Gigi, Count Your Blessings, Can-Can, A Breath of Scandal, In Search of the Castaways, Panic Button, I'd Rather Be Rich, Monkeys, Go Home!. His first working job was as an acrobat, until a serious accident ended that career. Introduced his theme song, "Louise", in his first U.S. film, "Innocents of Paris" (1929). He made "Gigi" in 1958, from which he took his signature songs, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "I Remember it Well". He also received a special Oscar that year. In 1970, he sang the title song for Walt Disney's "The AristoCats". This marked his last contribution to the film industry.

Ian Holm - Actor. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), Oh! What a Lovely War, Nicholas and Alexandra, Mary, Queen of Scots, The Homecoming, Robin and Marian, Alien, Chariots of Fire, Time Bandits, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Brazil, Henry V (1989), Hamlet (1990), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), The Fifth Element, A Life Less Ordinary, From Hell, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Day After Tomorrow, The Aviator, Ratatouille, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Sir Ian Holm is an Academy Award-nominated British film and stage actor who was a star of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and played more than 100 roles in films and on television. In 1969, he won his first BAFTA Film Award 'Best Supporting Actor' for "The Bofors Gun", then followed a flow of awards and nominations for his numerous works in film and on television. He was nominated for Oscar for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' for his performance in "Chariots of Fire". He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1990, and Knight Bachelor of the British Empire in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. He was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of the 1997 season for his performance in "King Lear" at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe stage. He was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Moonlight". He was awarded the 1993 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor in "Moonlight". His wife, Penelope Wilton, was awarded Best Actress for "The Deep Blue Sea" at the same awards ceremony. He was awarded the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Actor for his performance in "King Lear" at the Royal National Theatre. He was awarded the 1997 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in "King Lear". He won Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming", a role he recreated in the 1973 film version with the same title, "The Homecoming".

Hans Zimmer - Composer. He is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents, having first enjoyed success in the world of pop music as a member of The Buggles. The group's single "Video Killed the Radio Star" became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to be aired on MTV (August 1, 1981). He earned his first Academy Award Nomination for 'Best Original Score' for "Rain Man " in 1988. The next year, he composed the score for another Best Picture Oscar recipient, "Driving Miss Daisy". He cemented his position as a pre-eminent talent with the award-winning score for "The Lion King" in 1994. The soundtrack has sold over 15 million copies, and earned him an Academy Award for 'Best Original Score', a Golden Globe, an American Music Award, a Tony, and two Grammy Awards. In total, Zimmer's work has been nominated for 7 Golden Globes, 7 Grammys and seven Oscars for "Rain Man" (1988), "Gladiator" (2000), "The Lion King" (1994), "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "The The Preacher's Wife" (1996), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "The Prince of Egypt" (1998), and "The Last Samurai" (2003). His additional honors and awards include the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition from the National Board of Review, and the Frederick Loewe Award in 2003 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He has also received ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2000, "Gladiator" became one of the best selling film score albums of all time. "The Last Samurai" marked his 100th score.

Desmond Llewelyn - Actor. Since 1963, he has appeared as Q in every Eon Productions Bond film, except "Live and Let Die" (1973). He was omitted from "Live and Let Die" because producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli felt that too much was being made of the gadgets and they would play it down. Llewelyn said he "was quite disappointed" at being left out of "Live and Let Die". Fans, however, missed Q, and he got a call shortly after the release of "Live and Let Die" telling him that he would be in the next Bond film, "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). He died shortly after the release of "The World Is Not Enough" (1999). Ironically, he admitted on Ireland's Gerry Ryan Radio Show in May 1999 that he, "Q" (aka Major Boothroyd), personally detested gadgets. Despite being the longest recurring actor in the 007 franchise, appearing in 17 films, his on screen time is only a little more than 30 minutes in total. He did not appear in "Never Say Never Again" (1983) with Sean Connery, as this was not an official EON production. He holds the distinction of being in more James Bond movies than anyone else. He appeared in his role as "Q"/"Major Boothroyd" in 17 James Bond movies. He is the only actor to have worked with the first 5 official James Bonds. Before his death, he had stated that he thought Timothy Dalton was the closest to Ian Fleming's vision of Bond.

Edward Binns - Actor. Without Warning!, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, 12 Angry Men, Young and Dangerous, Compulsion, North by Northwest, "Brenner", Heller in Pink Tights, Judgment at Nuremberg, Fail-Safe (1964), The Americanization of Emily, The Plainsman, Patton, "It Takes a Thief", The Tell-Tale Heart, Night Moves, Oliver's Story, The Pilot, The Verdict, Whatever It Takes. He was among the first to join the newly established Actors Studio in 1947, which effectively paved the way for future opportunities. He made his Broadway stage debut in 1947 in the play "Command Decision". At the peak of his popularity, he starred in his own police series, "Brenner" (1959), which had a five-year run on CBS. Before he became a much sought-after general purpose actor, utilised in literally hundreds of early live television shows, his career suffered a serious setback. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy witch hunts as a suspected communist sympathiser. This turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. A Brooklyn alderwoman with the same surname (not related) had been a member of the Communist Party, but the blacklisting was not expunged for another two years. He had numerous excellent TV credits to his name, and worked as a narrator, voicing commercials for Amtrak and United Way.

Jennifer Hudson - Singer, Actress. "American Idol", Dreamgirls, Sex and the City: The Movie, The Secret Life of Bees, Winnie Mandela, The Three Stooges, "Smash", Black Nativity. She is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author. She was one of the twelve finalists on the third season of the FOX TV series "American Idol" in 2004. She came in as the sixth runner-up. She won awards from the National Board of Review, New York Film Critics, Phoenix Film Critics Society, Golden Satellite, Golden Globe, the British Film and the coveted Oscar for her performance in "Dreamgirls". She earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for "Best Actress" for her performance in "Winnie Mandela". She was the first contestant from "American Idol" to be nominated and win an Academy Award. She is one of a very few actors to receive an Oscar for their debut performance. Her 2008 debut self-titled record won a Grammy Award for "Best R & B Album," which was presented by one of Hudson's idols, Whitney Houston. She also received three additional nominations including "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance," "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" and "Best R&B Song." The album then went on to win three awards at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards including "Best Album." The RIAA Gold Certified album entered Billboard's Top 200 at No. 2 and marked the biggest first week sales for an R&B female entry since 2004 and has since sold over 1.1 million albums worldwide. Her album, "I Remember Me" debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 and R&B Albums charts and has since been certified RIAA Gold in the U.S. She went on to receive a 2012 Billboard Music Award nomination for Top R&B Album as well as taking home two 2012 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Album. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6262 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 13, 2013.

Paul Walker - Actor. Meet the Deedles, Pleasantville, Varsity Blues, She's All That, The Skulls, The Fast and the Furious, Joy Ride, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Timeline, Running Scared, Eight Below, Flags of Our Fathers, The Lazarus Project, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Hours, Fast & Furious 6, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Brick Mansions. He was chosen to be one of the young stars featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue in April 2000. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Persons in the world in 2001. He was a professional race car driver, and worked with AE Performance. The driver in the fatal crash that killed Paul Walker was 38-year-old Roger Rodas. Rodas was the CEO of automotive company Always Evolving, and they were in Walker's 2005 Porsche Carrera GT when Roger lost control of the car and struck a tree. Walker was one of Always Evolving's owners, and Rodas was a former race car driver.

Emmy Rossum - Actress, Singer. The Audrey Hepburn Story, Mystic River, The Day After Tomorrow, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Poseidon, Beautiful Creatures, "Shameless". After passing an audition at the Metropolitan Opera when she was 7 years old, Rossum performed in more than 20 operas in six different languages at Lincoln Center, alongside such figures as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. She was directed by Franco Zeffirelli in "Carmen". She made her theatrical feature debut in the indie film "Songcatcher" (2000), which won the Special Jury Award for 'Outstanding Ensemble Performance' at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000. She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination in the category of 'Best Debut Performance' for her performance. She won 'Best Young Actress' in 2004 Critic's Choice Awards. She earned a a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in "The Phantom of the Opera". She was ranked #48 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2010 list.

Peter Scolari - Actor. "Bosom Buddies", The Ryan White Story, "Newhart", Camp Nowhere, That Thing You Do!, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show", Sorority Boys, The Polar Express, Suburban Girl, "Girls". He was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series' for his performance in "Newhart" three years in a row, (1987-1989). He is an accomplished juggler and is skilled in circus arts. He dreamed of being a professional baseball player but an elbow injury ended that dream. He met his ex-wife Cathy Trien in Boston in 1996, while performing in a production of "Grease".

Ben McKenzie - Actor. Junebug, 88 Minutes, "The O.C.", Johnny Got His Gun, Batman: Year One (voice), "Southland". He was voted one of InStyle's "10 Hottest Bachelors Of Summer" in July 2005, placing at number 10. He was the voice of Bruce Wayne / Batman in the animated movie "Batman: Year One", and he will soon be seen as Detective James Gordon in the upcoming Batman-themed TV series "Gotham". He is the only actor to have played both Bruce Wayne/Batman and his ally Commissioner James ''Jim'' Gordon.

Joe Pantoliano - Actor. The Idolmaker, Monsignor, Risky Business, Eddie and the Cruisers, The Mean Season, The Goonies, Running Scared, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, The Fugitive, Bad Boys, Bound, U.S. Marshals, Memento, Daredevil, "The Handler", "The Sopranos", Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. He received two SAG Award nominations and won an Emmy Award for his work on "The Sopranos". He appeared as Eddie Valiant in an early animation test for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

Amy Yasbeck - Actress. Pretty Woman, Problem Child, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Mask, Home for the Holidays, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, "Wings", "Alright Already", Royal Reunion, Little Women, Big Cars. As a child, she was featured on the cover of the Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven. She starred with husband John Ritter in an episode of "The Cosby Show" eight years prior to their marriage. Stepmother of actor Jason Ritter.

Louis C.K. - Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Editor. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "Late Show with David Letterman", "The Dana Carvey Show", "The Chris Rock Show", Down to Earth, Pootie Tang, "Cedric the Entertainer Presents", "Saturday Night Live", "Louie", and several "Louis C.K." TV specials.

George Jones - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Musician. In 1959, he had his first number one on the Billboard country chart with "White Lightnin'". During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists, including 14 number one country hits. In 2012, Jones received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award. He is considered by many experts to be among the finest, if not the finest, country music singer of all time. His 1980 No. 1 hit, "He Stopped Loving Her Today," ranks as the all-time greatest country song, according to several fan polls. His most famous duet partner was Tammy Wynette, his third wife. Together, they released a string of duet hits which included the No. 1 hits "We're Gonna Hold On" (1973), "Golden Ring" (1976) and "Near You" (1977). He was awarded the 2002 U.S. National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts. Elected to the Country Music Association's Hall of Fame in 1992.

Barry White - Singer, Composer, Songwriter. He is a 3-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image. His greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring soul, funk, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits, "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe". During the course of his career in the music business, he achieved 106 gold albums worldwide, 41 of which also attained platinum status. He had 20 gold and 10 platinum singles, with worldwide records sales in excess of 100 million, he is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. "Love's Theme" (which he recorded with the Love Unlimited Orchestra) was used by ABC Sports for many years as the theme music for its golf coverage. Ranked #78 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame on September 20, 2004. He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 12, 2013.

Jennifer Nettles - Country Music Singer, Songwriter. Member of Sugarland. She received the 'Independent Musician of the Year' award for 2001. Sugarland was nominated for a Grammy award for 'Best New Artist' in 2006. A duet performance with rock band Bon Jovi, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", reached No. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The video for the song won a CMT Music Award in 2006 for Collaborative Video Of The Year. In February 2007, Nettles and Bon Jovi won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. In 2008, Sugarland received three Grammy Award nominations. They won awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group. In 2009, Sugarland received two nominations from the Academy of Country Music for Top Vocal Duo and Vocal Event of the Year for "Life in a Northern Town". On the April 5, 2009 awards show, Sugarland was presented with the Vocal Duo of the Year award, ending Brooks & Dunn's nine-year run. She also received a Milestone award, presented to her by Reba McEntire.

[Citizen Rules]

I wonder how many here have seen The Smiling Lieutenant?

It's a wonderful Pre-Code romantic comedy, well done by Ernst Lubitsch. Both Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert are superb in it. Maurice had such a distinct style of singing that he's often parodied by others in older films and vintage cartoons.

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 13th:

Roald Dahl - Writer. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", You Only Live Twice (screenplay), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (screenplay), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (book and screenplay), "Tales of the Unexpected", The BFG (novel), The Witches (book), James and the Giant Peach (based on the book by), Matilda (book), Three Little Pigs (writer), Fantastic Mr. Fox (novel), Baa Baa Black Sheep (story). He was a famous short story writer who became one of the most successful and beloved children's writers of all time. He also wrote several screenplays. He wrote two novels, two autobiographies, nineteen children's books, and many short story collections, the most notable being "Kiss Kiss" (1959) and "Switch Bitch" (1974). He often made up nonsense words like "Mugglewump", "Vermicious Knids", "Oompa Loompa", "Fleshlump eater", etc. He is credited with coining the term 'Gremlin' during the Second World War. These were little men who lived inside fighter plane engines, causing them to stall at the worst possible time. His only son, Theo Dahl, suffered a brain injury when his baby carriage was struck by a taxi when the boy was just four-months old. The most serious of his injuries was hydrocephalus (commonly known as water on the brain). Dahl got together with a pair of friends - a neurosurgeon and an engineer - and created a device called the Wade-Dahl-Till valve to alleviate cranial pressure. Theo recovered before the device was perfected, but the device allowed thousands of others suffering from hydrocephalus to recover from their injuries, also. When his first wife, actress Patricia Neal, started suffering a series of devastating strokes in 1965, he was appalled at the lack of effective rehabilitation. He subsequently designed techniques that restored her to full functionality after the doctors had told him she would never recover. His techniques are now standard procedure throughout the world in the numerous treatments of victims of a stroke. Honored by a set of British commemorative postage stamps issued 10 January 2012. The stamps feature illustrations by Quentin Blake, which were originally used in the following children's books by Dahl: "Fantastic Mr. Fox", "The Twits", "The Witches", "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda", and "The BFG".

Frank Marshall - Producer, Director. Paper Moon, The Last Waltz, The Warriors, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, Fandango, The Goonies, Back to the Future, Young Sherlock Holmes, The Color Purple, The Money Pit, An American Tail, "Amazing Stories", Innerspace, Empire of the Sun, *batteries not included, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Land Before Time, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Always, Cape Fear, Hook, Noises Off..., A Wish for Wings That Work, "Tiny Toon Adventures", Swing Kids, The Indian in the Cupboard, The Sixth Sense, The Bourne Identity, Mr 3000, Ponyo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, War Horse. He was one of the founders of Amblin Entertainment with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company which has a contract with DreamWorks Studios. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of co-chair at Lucasfilm. He has received five Oscar nominations as a producer for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008), "Seabiscuit" (2003), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "The Color Purple" (1985), and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). As part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, Marshall directed a documentary about Olympian Johann Olav Koss entitled "Right to Play" (the name of Koss's humanitarian organisation). He is a former VP, member of the board of directors and member of the Executive Committee of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). He was awarded the Olympic Shield in 2005, and inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class of 2008 for his years of service to the USOC. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Achievement Award, the UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award and the California Mentor Initiative's Leadership Award.

Don Bluth - Director, Producer, Writer, Animator. The Secret of NIMH, Dragon's Lair (VG, producer), Space Ace (VG, producer), An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-A-Doodle, Thumbelina (1994, screenplay), A Troll in Central Park, The Pebble and the Penguin, Titan A.E., Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent. Don Bluth worked with Disney on the classic motion pictures "Sleeping Beauty", "The Sword in the Stone", "Robin Hood", and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too". He was one of the chief animators at Disney to come to the mantle after the great one's death. He eventually became the animation director for such films as "The Rescuers" (1977) and "Pete's Dragon" (1977). Unfortunately, the quality of animation that Disney was producing at this point was not up to par with the great works of Disney, and there was rumor that the production unit at Disney might be shut down indefinitely. In retaliation, Bluth and several other animators led a walkout, and went off to form their own independent animation firm. He created the video games Dragon's Lair (1983) and Space Ace (1983), both of which allowed the player to control an actual cartoon. He has been an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976.

Maurice Jarre - Composer, Conductor. The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, The Professionals, Grand Prix, The Damned, The Only Game in Town, Plaza Suite, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Ash Wednesday, Mandingo, The Man Who Would Be King, The Last Tycoon, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, "Shogun" (mini-series), Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, Taps, The Year of Living Dangerously, Dreamscape, A Passage to India, Witness, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Mosquito Coast, No Way Out, Fatal Attraction, Gorillas in the Mist, Dead Poets Society, Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, A Walk in the Clouds. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning three for 'Best Original Score' for "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), and "A Passage to India" (1984). He also won four Golden Globes, two BAFTA Awards, and a Grammy Award. Three of his compositions spent a total of 42 weeks on the UK singles chart. The biggest hit was "Somewhere My Love" (to his tune "Lara's Theme", with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster), which reached Number 14 in 1966 and spent 38 weeks on the chart. The American Film Institute ranked his score for "Lawrence of Arabia" at #3 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for "Doctor Zhivago", "A Passage to India", and "Ryan's Daughter" were also nominated for the list. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is the father of the electronic music composer Jean Michel Jarre.

Fred Silverman - Producer. He worked as an executive at the CBS, ABC and NBC networks, and was responsible for bringing to television such programs as the series "Scooby-Doo", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "All in the Family", "M*A*S*H", "The Jeffersons", "Kojak", "The Waltons", "Charlie's Angels", "Laverne & Shirley", "The Love Boat", "Donny and Marie" "Soap", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Hill Street Blues", "St. Elsewhere", "Cheers", "Matlock" and "Diagnosis Murder", as well as the mini-series "Roots" (1977) and "Shogun" (1980). He was the Program Executive, WGN-TV, Chicago, 1959-1963. Vice President of Daytime, CBS; 1965-1970. Vice President of Programs, CBS; 1970-1975. President, ABC Entertainment, 1975-1978. President & CEO, NBC; 1978-1981. Independent Producer, 1981-Present. He promoted Brandon Tartikoff to President of Entertainment and laid the groundwork for NBC's turnaround in the 80s. The fictional character name, of Fred Jones, "Freddie", in "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" was named after him. In 1995, he was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of excellence and innovation in creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television. In 1999, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

Richard Kiel - Actor. The Phantom Planet, "The Twilight Zone" episode "To Serve Man", Lassie's Great Adventure, Skidoo, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, The Longest Yard, "Barbary Coast", Silver Streak, The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone, Moonraker, So Fine, Cannonball Run II, Pale Rider, Happy Gilmore, Inspector Gadget, Tangled. Towering 7' 2" tall actor who has cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchman, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for playing Jaws, a giant and seemingly unstoppable assassin with steel teeth who battled James Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker". He appeared in a National Geographic special produced by David L. Wolper in which he portrayed Big Foot. He was offered the role of Darth Vader, but turned it down in favor of playing Jaws. He preferred Jaws because he felt he could bring more to the role, where Vader would have confined his performance by acting behind a mask.

Claudette Colbert - Actress. The Lady Lies, The Hole in the Wall, Manslaughter, Honor Among Lovers, The Sign of the Cross, The Phantom President, Tonight Is Ours, Cleopatra (1934), It Happened One Night, Private Worlds, The Gilded Lily, Drums Along the Mohawk, No Time for Love, Since You Went Away, Texas Lady, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles. She was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Marriage-Go-Round". In 1934, she won the Oscar for 'Best Actress' for her performance in "It Happened One Night". In 1935, she was nominated for the Oscar again for "Private Worlds". In 1944, she picked up her third Oscar nomination for 'Best Actress' for her performance in "Since You Went Away". By 1938, she was the highest paid star in Hollywood. She received a Golden Globe award for the TV movie, "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" in 1987. In 1989, she was presented with a Life Achievement award from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She was named #12 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends.

Dick Haymes - Actor, Singer. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, uncredited), Du Barry Was a Lady (uncredited), Irish Eyes Are Smiling, State Fair (1945), Do You Love Me, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, One Touch of Venus, Words and Music, All Ashore, Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood. Some of his more popular recordings include "The More I See You," "How Blue the Night," "For You, For Me, Forever More," "Speak Low," and "Another Night Like This." He starred in radio series "I Fly Anything" in late 1940s/early 1950s. He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1724 Vine Street and for Radio at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Jacqueline Bisset - Actress. Casino Royale, Two for the Road, The Detective, Bullitt, Airport, The Mephisto Waltz, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, Murder on the Orient Express, The Spiral Staircase, The Deep, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Class, Anna Karenina (1985), "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story", Wild Orchid, The Sleepy Time Gal, Carolina Moon. She received Golden Globe nominations for her roles in "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" and "Under the Volcano". In 1996, she was nominated for a César award, the French equivalent of the Oscar, for her role in "La Cérémonie". When she accepted her Golden Globe Award for 'Best Supporting Actress' for her role in the British TV series "Dancing on the Edge" (2013), she reminded the audience that it had been "46 years" since she had last been honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, as the 'Best Newcomer' in 1969.

Jean Smart - Actress. "Teachers Only", Flashpoint, Protocol, Fire with Fire, Project X, "Designing Women", Baby Talk, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, The Brady Bunch Movie, Whisper of the Heart (voice: English version), "High Society", The Odd Couple II, Snow Day, The Kid, Sweet Home Alabama, "In-Laws", Bringing Down the House, "Kim Possible", Garden State, "The District", I Heart Huckabees, "24", "Samantha Who?", Youth in Revolt, "$#*! My Dad Says", "Harry's Law", Hope Springs. Her first professional season was with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she performed in "Much Ado About Nothing," among others. During this time she built up a strong resumé in regional theater with such companies as the Hartford Stage Company, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Alaska Repertory Theatre and Alliance Theatre. Her first significant break came with a starring role in the potent, critically-acclaimed lesbian drama "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove," which earned her an Off-Broadway Drama Desk nomination in 1980. She capped this honor with a Los Angeles Drama Critics award in 1983 when she repeated her triumph on the West Coast. She earned a Tony nomination for her part in the Broadway farce "The Man Who Came to Dinner" opposite Nathan Lane, and on TV won bookend Emmy awards for her guest appearances on the sitcom "Frasier". She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her part in "Guinevere" in 1999.

Barbara Bain - Actress. "Mission: Impossible", "Space: 1999", The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, Panic, American Gun. She is probably best known for her work in the landmark television series "Mission: Impossible", for which she became the first actress in the history of television to receive three consecutive Emmy Awards for 'Best Dramatic Actress' (1967, 1968, 1969). Her stage work has garnered her Los Angeles Critic's Circle and DramaLogue Awards for her work on Arthur Kopit's "Wings", Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" and Eugène Ionesco's "The Chairs". She was presented with the California Lottery's "Hero in Education" Award by actor Kurtwood Smith on "The Big Spin" show on December 18, 2004. The award was for creating an all-volunteer literacy program called "Bookpals" twelve years ago that has now expanded to 21 cities, where over 100,000 children are currently read to each week. Lifetime Member of the prestigious Actors Studio.

Nell Carter - Actress, Singer. Hair, "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo", Modern Problems, "Gimme a Break!", "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper", The Grass Harp, We Wish You a Merry Christmas. She made her Broadway debut in "Soon" a two-act musical show that lasted two days and included such up-and-comers as Richard Gere, Peter Allen and Barry Bostwick. Other musical roles came with "Dude" (1972), "Be Kind to People Week" (1975) and "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" (1976). She made a star-making leap when she was cast alongside Armelia McQueen, Charlayne Woodard, André De Shields and Ken Page in the 1978 ensemble revue, "Ain't Misbehavin'", a musical catalogue of Fats Waller songs. The stellar quintet ran for nearly four years and the scene-stealing Carter, with such show-stopping songs as "Mean to Me" and "Cash for Your Trash", received a multitude of awards, including the Theatre World, Drama Desk, Obie and Tony. The show was taped for TV in 1982 for which Carter also nabbed the Emmy, and a Broadway revival with all five performers reunited was restaged in 1988. She earned two Emmy nominations for "Best Actress in a Comedy" for her role in "Gimme a Break!". She played Miss Hannigan in the 20th Anniversary revival of "Annie" from January of 1997 to January of 1998.

Geri Jewell - Actress. Two of a Kind, "The Facts of Life", "The Young and the Restless", "Deadwood". She was the first actress/comedienne with cerebral palsy with a recurring role on a TV series, "The Facts of Life" (1979).

Ben Savage - Actor. "Dear John", "Boy Meets World", "Girl Meets World". Best known for his role as Cory Matthews on "Boy Meets World" and "Girl Meets World". Along with Rider Strong, he is one of only two actors to appear in all 158 episodes of "Boy Meets World". In 1998, he won an Ovation Award for Best Actor for his part in the play "Unexpected Tenderness". He's the younger brother of Fred Savage, the star of "The Wonder Years".

Mel Tormé - Singer, Musician, Composer, Arranger, Actor, Author. A professional singer at the age of three, he was a genuine musical prodigy. As a teenager, he played the drums in Chico Marx's band and earned the nickname "The Velvet Fog" because of his smooth, mellow high baritone voice. In the 1940s, he formed his own group, the Mel-Tones, one of the first jazz-influenced vocal groups. As a solo musician, he had a number one hit in 1949 called "Careless Love" and several additional hits. He also acted in films and wrote several books, including biographies of Judy Garland and Buddy Rich. He is often referred to by Harry Anderson's character in the TV series "Night Court". Actor Harry Anderson, both on the show and in real life, claims to be a huge fan of Torme. He won Best Jazz Vocalist Grammy Awards in 1982 and 1983. He is known for "scatting" during a song. He wrote more than 250 songs, several of which became jazz standards. He also often wrote the arrangements for the songs he sang. He composed the music and co-wrote the lyrics, (with Bob Wells), for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"). Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1990. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Ray Charles (not THAT Ray Charles) - Singer, Composer, Conductor, Songwriter, Arranger, and the Director of the Ray Charles Singers. The Ray Charles Singers were featured on Perry Como's records, radio shows and television shows for 35 years. The Ray Charles Singers are also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s and 1960s. As a vocalist, Charles, along with Julia Rinker Miller, is known for singing the theme song to the television series "Three's Company" ("Come and Knock on Our Door"). As a songwriter, Charles is best known for the choral anthem "Fifty Nifty United States," in which he set the names of the states to music in alphabetical order. (It was originally written for "The Perry Como Show".) He continues to serve as a musical consultant to television programs, most notably for the last 31 years on the "Kennedy Center Honors". He is acknowledged as an authority on American popular music. He has won two Emmy Awards for special musical material, music and lyrics for two comedy specials: "The Funny Side of Marriage" and "The First Nine Months". In 2004, he received the Irwin Kostal Tribute Award from ASMAC. In 2012, he was honored as a Broadcasting Legend by the Pacific Pioneers. In 2013, he received the Foundation Life in Music Award from ASCAP.

Bill Monroe - Singer, Songwriter, Musician. He helped create the style of music known as bluegrass. His performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as The Father of Bluegrass. His band was called "The Bluegrass Boys" in tribute to his home state of Kentucky, the bluegrass state - the music took its designation from the band. He performed in the White House for four presidents. In 1989, he won the first Grammy ever given for bluegrass music for his album "Southern Flavor". In 2003, CMT had Bill Monroe ranked No. 16 on CMT's '40 Greatest Men of Country Music'. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970. He was inducted into the the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971. He was an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (under the category Early Influence).

Peter Cetera - Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer. He was an original member of the rock band Chicago, before launching a successful solo career. As a solo artist, he has scored six Top-40 singles, including two that reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Best known for the #1 hit songs "If You Leave Me Now", "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", "Glory of Love", and the songs "25 or 6 to 4", "Baby, What A Big Surprise", "Love Me Tomorrow", "You're the Inspiration", "Stay the Night", "Hard Habit to Break" and "Along Comes a Women". His first solo single, "Glory of Love", (the theme to the movie "The Karate Kid, Part II"), was a #1 hit in the U.S. in 1986, and achieved similar success throughout the world. It went on to win an ASCAP Award for Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures and a BMI Film & TV Award for Most Performed Song from a Film. It was also nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Song, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Male Artist. His solo album, "Solitude/Solitaire", which was released in 1986, sold over 1 million copies and produced another #1 hit single, "The Next Time I Fall", a duet with Amy Grant, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group'. His third solo album, "One More Story", who contained the No. 4 hit single "One Good Woman" and "Save Me", the original opening theme for the television show "Baywatch". In 1989, he recorded a duet with Cher called "After All", which was included on the soundtrack of the movie "Chances Are", and reached #6 on the US charts. His 1992 album "World Falling Down" featured the Adult Contemporary #1 hit, "Restless Heart", and the hit singles "Even a Fool Can See" and "Feels Like Heaven", a duet with Chaka Khan. He and Chicago were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6438 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Fiona Apple - Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Poet. In 1996, she received a Grammy Award for 'Best Female Rock Vocal Performance' for her debut album, Tidal, plus she received an additional six nominations for the single "Criminal". Her second album, titled "When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right", holds the record for the longest album title ever. Her 3rd album, "Extraordinary Machine", was completed in 2003 but Sony Music delayed the release and eventually decided not to ever release the album based on the projection that it would not sell. Fiona left Sony Music. Fiona's fans protested by mailing apples to Sony Music headquarters and finally the album was released in 2005. She was ranked #84 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. In October 2005, her album "Extraordinary Machine" debuted at #7 on the U.S. charts, her highest debut.

Bernie Williams - Former MLB Baseball Player. Centerfielder for the New York Yankees from 1991 - 2006. Known for his cat-like speed and diving catches, not to mention a strong bat, he has played a key role in the Yankees' five pennants and four World Series titles in six years (1996-2001). He was a five-time MLB All-Star and won four Gold Glove Awards. He also won the Silver Slugger Award and American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1996. He retired with a .297 batting average, 287 home runs, 1,257 runs batted in (RBI), 1,366 runs scored, and 449 doubles. He is also a classically trained guitarist. Following his retirement from baseball, he has released two jazz albums. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009.

Michael Johnson - Retired Olympic Sprinter. He is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals. He holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m. He holds the world's best time at the 300 m. His 200 m time of 19.32 at the 1996 Summer Olympics stood as the record for over 12 years. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world record in the indoor 400 m. He is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200 meter dash and 400 meter dash events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He won gold medals in the 4x400m relay (Barcelona - 92) and 400m in Sydney (2000).

[Swan]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FIONA APPLE!!!!!!!!

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[gbgoodies]

I thought that if anyone commented here today, it would have been about Roald Dahl, Frank Marshall or Don Bluth.

[Citizen Rules]

Nope...my comment is on one fine actresses, Claudette Colbert.

In almost every movie I've seen her in she sparkles. She's one of the most under appreciated actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age.

So Proudly We Hail, is one of my favorite movies.

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[gbgoodies]

Nope...my comment is on one fine actresses, Claudette Colbert.

In almost every movie I've seen her in she sparkles. She's one of the most under appreciated actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age.

So Proudly We Hail, is one of my favorite movies.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Claudette_Colbert_in_I_Cover_the_Waterfront_2.jpg


I haven't seen a lot of her movies, but I thought Claudette Colbert was wonderful in It Happened One Night.

[Citizen Rules]

I think you would enjoy most of them as they have a charming quality to them. The one I mentioned is a little more edger as it's a WWII film. It has one of best performances by Veronica Lake.

BTW did you ever watch Days of Wine and Roses? I didn't see you mention it.

[gbgoodies]

I think you would enjoy most of them as they have a charming quality to them. The one I mentioned is a little more edger as it's a WWII film. It has one of best performances by Veronica Lake.

BTW did you ever watch Days of Wine and Roses? I didn't see you mention it.


I downloaded it, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I'll probably watch it the same night I re-watch the movie Days of Wine and Roses for the 1962 list.

I had to finish up some movies for the 1961 list first. Then I got distracted by the Country Music Song Tournament, and the Folk Music Song Tournament that started today, and ABC Family is airing a bunch of animated movies today, so I'm re-watching some of them for the animation list. (I forgot how much I loved Despicable Me. :) )

I don't know where everyone else finds the time to watch and listen to all this stuff, and still get anything else done. :shrug:

[Citizen Rules]

I never have time to watch much and yet...I still never get anything done.:(

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 14th:

Hal B. Wallis - Producer. Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, This Is the Army, Sorry, Wrong Number, Come Back, Little Sheba, The Rose Tattoo, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, King Creole, G.I. Blues, All in a Night's Work, Blue Hawaii, The Sons of Katie Elder, Barefoot in the Park, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he was involved with the production of more than 400 feature-length movies. Among his financial hits as an independent producer were the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies, and several of Elvis Presley's movies. He received sixteen Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, winning for "Casablanca" in 1943. For his consistently high quality of motion picture production, he was twice honored with the Academy Awards' Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He was also nominated for seven Golden Globe awards, twice winning awards for Best Picture. In 1975, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

Clayton Moore - Actor. Best remembered as TV's "The Lone Ranger". Beginning with "Perils of Nyoka" (1942), he eventually became 'King of the Serials' at Republic Studios appearing in more than cliffhanger star Buster Crabbe. During this period, he also worked in many B westerns earning his acting chops along side Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Jay Silverheels. He starred in television's "The Lone Ranger" from 1949-1952 and 1953-1957. He appeared as The Lone Ranger welcoming guests to Frontierland on Disneyland's opening day July 17, 1955. He was a stuntman for many years before becoming "The Lone Ranger". During 1952 when the producers of "The Lone Ranger" replaced him for a year with John Hart due to a salary dispute, he appeared under the name of Rex Moore as a "Ryker" in "Shane". It was a brief part consisting of a memorable fight scene between Shane and the Ryker family. His legacy to the entertainment industry and western film genre has been cemented with the installation of his legendary mask in the Smithsonian, his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and a United States Postage Stamp bearing his image alongside Silver. He appears as The Lone Ranger, with his horse Silver, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring "The Lone Ranger", issued August 11, 2009. He is the only person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame with both his name AND the character he was famous for playing. His star says, "Clayton Moore, The Lone Ranger". He was inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame in 1982. He received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1990. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1990. He was inducted into the Golden Valley [Minnesota] Hall of Fame in 2013. He was born on the 100th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, (September 14, 1914). His Lone Ranger mask is on permanent display in the Museum of American Popular Culture at the Smithsonian Institution and is considered one of their 101 Greatest Objects. In 1988, when his pair of Colt 45s were stolen, he was given an unprecedented legal courtesy by the State District judge who allowed Moore to testify in his trademark white hat and dark glasses explaining, "I didn't want to be the one to reveal the identity of the Lone Ranger!".

Sam Neill - Actor. Sleeping Dogs, My Brilliant Career, Omen III: The Final Conflict, "Reilly: Ace of Spies", A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Jurassic Park, The Piano, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Event Horizon, The Horse Whisperer, "Merlin" (mini-series), Bicentennial Man, Jurassic Park III, "The Tudors", "Crusoe", Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, The Vow, "Alcatraz", Escape Plan, A Long Way Down, "Old School". Awarded the O.B.E. for Service to Acting (1993). He was named "Best Actor on British Television" for Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Australian Film Institute Award "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" for A Cry in the Dark (1988) (aka "Cry in the Dark (1988)"). He is one of the three founders of Huntaway Films, along with his good friends John Clarke and Jay Cassells. He owns a winery, Two Paddocks, in the Central Otago region of New Zealand. It was started in 1993. His vineyard is in the Gibbston Valley, Otago. His wine is a Pinot Noir called Two Paddocks. He has been appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM). When knighthoods were returned to the New Zealand Honours System in 2009, those with DCNZM or higher honours were given the option of converting them into knighthoods. he chose not to do this, saying the title of Sir was "just far too grand, by far".

Tyler Perry - Director, Writer, Producer, Actor. Madea's Family Reunion, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Madea's Class Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, Why Did I Get Married?, "House of Payne", Meet the Browns, Madea's Big Happy Family, For Colored Girls, Why Did I Get Married Too?, A Madea Christmas, Madea's Witness Protection, Good Deeds, Alex Cross, Madea Gets a Job, "Love Thy Neighbor", "For Better or Worse", "The Haves and the Have Nots", Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. He has been writing plays since he was 18. Before becoming a successful film-maker, he was already the owner of a successful play company that tours the country and caters to African-Americans. His plays are also recorded and sold as DVDs. In 2007, he was ranked #7 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

Walter Koenig - Actor, Writer. The original "Star Trek" TV series and movies, The Questor Tapes, Moontrap, Deadly Weapon, Sworn to Justice, "Babylon 5". A one character piece that Koenig wrote and performed entitled "You're Never Alone when You're a Schizophrenic" was a finalist in the 1996 New York Film Festival awards. He performed in a new radio broadcast version of "War of the Worlds" in tribute to both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles. The radio play was recorded in front of a live studio audience on the 60th Anniversary of the original "War of the Worlds" broadcast. Walter Koenig stars and Dick Rodstein plays Orson Welles. His stage career spans thirty years and includes stops in New York with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Quince) and "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (Oldest Son). In Chicago, he guested in "Make a Million" (Johnny) opposite Jackie Coogan and on the road, from Arizon to Philadelphia , Mark Lenard (Sarek: Spock's father) and he performed in the short plays "Box and Cox" (Box) and "Actors" (Dave). They also toured in a two character play, "The Boys in Autumn", the comedy-drama about the reunion of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn forty years later. He also starred as Larry the Liquidator in "Other People's Money" in Reno, Nevada. His Los Angeles productions include "Steambath" (God), "The White House Murder Case" (Captain Weems), "Night Must Fall" (Danny), "La Ronde" (Gentleman), "The Typist and the Tiger" (Paul), and "The Deputy" (Jacobson) among almost two dozen others ("Blood Wedding", "The Collection", et al.). Directorial credits include "Hotel Paradiso" for Company of Angles, "Beckett" for Theatre 40, "America Hurrah!" at the Oxford Theater, "Twelve Angry Men" at the Rita Hayworth Theatre, "Matrix" at the Gascon Theatre Institute, and "Three by Ten" at Actor's Alley. He has written for the TV shows "The Powers of Matthew Star", "Family", "Land of the Lost", and the animated "Star Trek: The Animated Series". He was cast as Chekov on "Star Trek" because of his resemblance to Davy Jones. The producers were hoping to attract a younger audience, including girls. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6679 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 10, 2012. His son, Andrew Koenig, committed suicide on February 14, 2010.

Bruce Hyde - Actor. Best known as Lt. Kevin Riley in the original "Star Trek" episodes "The Naked Time" and "The Conscience of the King". Besides the regulars and those who played Enterprise crew members, he is one of only three actors to play the same character in more than one episode of the original "Star Trek" series. He still acts regularly in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud areas. Recently he has served as Artistic Director for Theatre L'Homme Dieu, SCSU's summer theater in Alexandria, Minnesota. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Actress. Father of the Bride, Porco Rosso (voice: English version), Indian Summer, Father of the Bride Part II, "Relativity", "The 10th Kingdom" (mini-series), Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story, How to Eat Fried Worms, We Are Marshall, "According to Jim", "Nashville", "Two and a Half Men". Older sister of Ashley Williams. She has been married to country singer Brad Paisley since March 15, 2003. Her wedding was featured in the February 2004 issue of In Style Magazine, and also on the ABC special, Celebrity Weddings: In Style (2006).

Mary Crosby - Actress. Ice Pirates, Tapeheads, The Legend of Zorro, "Dallas". She is the daughter of Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant. She received her Actor's Equity card at the age of four and made her first professional appearances in the company of her siblings in her father's popular Christmas-season TV specials of the 60s and 70s. She is best known as the person who shot J.R. in her role of Kristen Shepherd, in "Dallas" (1978). Aunt of "Star Trek: TNG" actress, Denise Crosby.

Amy Winehouse - Singer, Songwriter. She was a five-time Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter known for such hits as 'Rehab' and 'You Know I'm No Good' among her other works. At age 19, she recorded her debut, "Frank" (2003), which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, "Back to Black", led to five 2008 Grammy Awards, tying the record at that time for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made her the first British female to win five Grammys, including three of the general field "Big Four" awards: 'Best New Artist', 'Record of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. She won three Ivor Novello Awards: in 2004, Best Contemporary Song for "Stronger Than Me"; in 2007, Best Contemporary Song again, this time for "Rehab"; and in 2008, Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game". She won the 2007 Brit Award for Best British Female artist, having also been nominated for Best British Album, with "Back to Black". She died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011. Her album "Back to Black" posthumously became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century, at that point. In 2012, she was ranked 26th on VH1's '100 Greatest Women In Music'. She died at age 27, making her a member of the "27 Club". The "27 Club" is a group of prominent musicians who have died at the age of 27. Other members include: The Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, guitarist Jimi Hendrix, singer Janis Joplin, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Beth Nielsen Chapman - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Musician. She wrote songs for several artists, including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Tanya Tucker, and top-10 hits for artists including Trisha Yearwood, Highway 101, and Don Williams. Her co-written song, "This Kiss", performed by Faith Hill, garnered her a Grammy nomination in 1998. Her songs can be heard in many film soundtracks, including "The Prince of Egypt", "Message in a Bottle" and "Calendar Girls", as well as episodes of TV's "Dawson's Creek", "Touched by an Angel", "Providence" and "Felicity". She has charted eight singles on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary Singles chart. She is tied for first place (with Marilyn Maye) as the artist with the most charted Adult Contemporary hits without ever reaching the Billboard Hot 100.

Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman - Singer, Musician, Game Show Host. Best known as a member of the band Sha Na Na. He graduated from New York's prestigious Juilliard School of Music. He was a VJ on the music channel VH-1 during its first two years. He hosted the "Hollywood Squares" half of the "Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour". He tours extensively with his Bowzer and the Stingrays group at fairs, amusement parks, cruise ships, malt shoppes and conventions all over the world. They headline "Bowzer's Ultimate Milkshake Party".

[Citizen Rules]

Impressive list. You got the producer of some of the greatest films ever made. AND 2 Star Trek alumni.

"One more time..." I guess the director though no more!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0134867b57dc970c-pi

'K for Koenig'...get it?
http://trekcore.com/interviews/images/bester_big.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Impressive list. You got the producer of some of the greatest films ever made. AND 2 Star Trek alumni.

"One more time..." I guess the director though no more!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0134867b57dc970c-pi



I almost didn't include Bruce Hyde on the list because most people probably have no idea who he is, but I've met him several times, and he's a super nice guy. There was even a petition at one time to bring his character back in one of the "Star Trek" movies. :)

And in contrast, I've also met Walter Koenig several times, and he's not such a nice guy. He's a talented guy, but he's got a swelled head. He seems to think that he was the star of "Star Trek".

[gbgoodies]

Hey Rules, you may be interested in hearing this. I haven't listened to it yet, but it's on my list.

This radio play was recorded in front of a live studio audience on the 60th Anniversary of the original War of the Worlds broadcast. Walter Koenig (Chekov from "Star Trek") stars and Dick Rodstein plays Orson Welles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG1gJgRhPic

[Citizen Rules]

Thanks for posting the video, I will listen to it. I just need a hour block of time, but hopefully soon. It looks interesting.

Koenig is not so nice? See then you would love/hate him in Babylon 5. He plays an arrogant, control freak, bad guy. He does the role quite well

[gbgoodies]

Born on September 15th:

Agatha Christie - Writer, Crime Novelist, Short Story Writer, Playwright. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, "The Mousetrap". The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 4 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books. Her novel, "And Then There Were None", is also published as "Ten Little Indians" and is the #1 bestseller. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award, and in the same year "Witness for the Prosecution" was given an Edgar Award by the MWA for Best Play. Most of her books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work. In 1926, she disappeared for ten days. Disappearance remains unexplained. She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971 for her services to literature. In 2013, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" was voted the best crime novel ever by 600 fellow writers of the Crime Writers' Association.

Jean Renoir - French Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films "Grand Illusion" (1937) and "The Rules of the Game" (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics as the fourth greatest director of all time. He was voted the 12th-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly magazine, making him the highest-rated French filmmaker on the list. Orson Welles frequently cited him as the greatest film director of all time. Charlie Chaplin named him as "the greatest film director in the world". His film "La Grande Illusion" was banned in Germany, and later in Italy, after having won the "Best Artistic Ensemble" award at the Venice Film Festival. It was the first foreign language film to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture. His film "The Southerner" is often regarded as his best American film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Directing for this movie. His film "The River", his first color film, won the International Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951. In 1975, he received a lifetime Academy Award for his contribution to the motion picture industry. That same year a retrospective of his work was shown at the National Film Theatre in London. On his death, fellow director and friend Orson Welles wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times, entitled "Jean Renoir: The Greatest of all Directors". He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6212 Hollywood Blvd.

Carlo Rambaldi - Special Effects. King Kong (1976), Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Conan the Destroyer, Dune, and many horror movies in the 1960s and 1970s. He is most famous for designing the title character of the film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) and the mechanical head-effects for the creature in "Alien" (1979). For each of them, Rambaldi won an Oscar for Visual Effects. In addition to the two Oscars for Visual Effects, he also won a third Special Achievement Academy Award for visual effects in "King Kong" (1976) He had the distinction of being the first special effects artist to be required to prove that his work on a film was not 'real'. Dog-mutilation scenes in the 1971 film "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin" were so convincingly visceral that its director, Lucio Fulci, was prosecuted for offences relating to animal cruelty. Fulci would have served a two-year prison sentence had Rambaldi not exhibited the film's array of props to a courtroom, proving that the scene was not filmed using real animals.

Oliver Stone - Director, Producer, Writer. Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Any Given Sunday, World Trade Center, W., Savages. He is a three-time Oscar winner, and the films he directed have been nominated for 31 Academy Awards, including eight for acting, six for screen writing, and three for directing. He wrote many screenplays for films such as "Midnight Express", "Conan the Barbarian", and "Scarface" (1983). He won his first Oscar for "Midnight Express" in 1978. In 1986, he directed the political film "Salvador" starring Oscar-nominated James Woods. He won his first Oscar for directing the movie "Platoon" , which won Best Picture, and Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe received Oscar nominations for their roles in the movie. He directed Michael Douglas in his Oscar winning performance in the critically acclaimed movie "Wall Street". He directed Tom Cruise in an Oscar-nominated role in "Born on the Fourth of July", for which he also won an Academy Award for Directing. His movie "JFK" earned eight Oscar nominations. He directed Anthony Hopkins and Joan Allen in Oscar-nominated performances in the movie "Nixon, for which Stone received his sixth Oscar nomination for Screenwriting. He produced the movie "Reversal of Fortune" in 1990, which won Jeremy Irons an Oscar and also nominated the director for an Oscar. He was voted the 43rd Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In Vietnam, he won the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart with First Oak Leaf Cluster. He shares the exact same birthday as his good friend and the star of some his films, Tommy Lee Jones. Both were born on September 15, 1946.

Tommy Lee Jones - Actor. Love Story, Eyes of Laura Mars, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Executioner's Song, Nate and Hayes, "Lonesome Dove", JFK, Under Siege, The Fugitive, The Client, Natural Born Killers, Batman Forever, Men in Black, U.S. Marshals, Small Soldiers, Double Jeopardy, Space Cowboys, No Country for Old Men, The Sunset Limited, Captain America: The First Avenger, Lincoln. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film "The Fugitive". In 1980, he earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn's husband, Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn, in the popular "Coal Miner's Daughter". In 1983, he received an Emmy for Best Actor for his performance as murderer Gary Gilmore in a TV adaptation of Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song". In 1989, he earned another Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Texas Ranger lawman Woodrow F. Call in the acclaimed television mini-series "Lonesome Dove". He writes most of his own most memorable lines in his films. He and Al Gore were roommates while the two were students at Harvard University. He is a first cousin of country singer Boxcar Willie. He shares the exact same birthday as his good friend and director of some his films, Oliver Stone. Both were born on September 15, 1946.

Jackie Cooper - Actor, Director, Producer. Skippy, The Champ (1931), The Bowery, Treasure Island, Peck's Bad Boy, The Return of Frank James, Ziegfeld Girl, "The People's Choice", Everything's Ducky, "Hennesey", Calhoun: County Agent, The Love Machine, Journey Into Fear, Superman, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. He was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. At age 9, he was the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for the film "Skippy" (1931). Until 2004, he was the only actor to earn a Best Actor/Actress nomination for an Academy Award before his/her 18th birthday. He holds the Oscar record for the youngest performer nominated in a leading role. He has held this record for 83 years (1931–2014). He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1507 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Fay Wray - Actress. The Wedding March, Thunderbolt, Master of Men, Doctor X, The Vampire Bat, King Kong (1933), Once to Every Woman, Viva Villa!, Alias Bulldog Drummond, The Pride of the Family. She is best remembered as the "beauty who killed the beast" in "King Kong". She is regarded as Hollywood's first "scream queen". In 1926, the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers selected 13 young starlets it deemed most likely to succeed in pictures. Fay was chosen as one of these starlets, along with Janet Gaynor and Mary Astor. She was nominated to be WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Star of 1926. The movie "King Kong" (1933) was named one of the 100 greatest films of all time by the American Film Institute in 1998. In January 2003, a 95-year-old Fay Wray was awarded the "Legend in Film" Award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival when she appeared there in person to celebrate Rick McKay's film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003), which she also appeared in. She is referenced twice in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). During the Floorshow, Frank says, 'Whatever happened to Fay Wray/that delicate, satin-draped frame/as it clung to her thigh, how I started to cry/cause I wanted to be dressed just the same'; and in the opening song: 'then something went wrong/for Fay Wray and King Kong/they got caught in a celluloid jam'. She is pictured on one of four 51¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring "Canadians in Hollywood" issued 22 May 2006. She was guest of honor in 1991, at the 60th birthday of the Empire State Building in New York City. On August 10, 2004, two days after her death, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City (scene of the climax from her most popular film, "King Kong" (1933), were dimmed for 15 minutes in her memory.

James Fenimore Cooper - Writer. Best known for the novel "The Last of the Mohicans". His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the "Leatherstocking Tales". He is pictured on the 2¢ US postage stamp in the Famous American/Authors series, issued 29 January 1940. The James Fenimore Cooper Memorial Prize at New York University is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of journalism. In 2013, he was inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame.

Norm Crosby - Comedian, Actor. "The Joey Bishop Show", "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show", "Everything Goes", "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour", "The Comedy Shop", Amore!, Eight Crazy Nights, Farce of the Penguins, Grown Ups 2. He is a stand-up comedian who is best known for intentionally using malapropisms in his stand-up routines, and comically Mangling the English Language. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Crosby became a commercial pitchman for Anheuser-Busch Natural Light beer. From 1983 until the program's disassociation with Jerry Lewis, Norm Crosby co-hosted and contributed to the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6560 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Nipsey Russell - Comedian, Actor, Game Show Panelist. "Car 54, Where Are You?", "Barefoot in the Park", The Wiz, Nemo, Wildcats, Car 54, Where Are You?. His appearances were distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as "the poet laureate of television." He also had a leading role in the film version of "The Wiz" as the Tin Man. He was also a frequent guest on the long-running "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" series. He had a singing/dancing background. He danced with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. He recorded several "party" albums. He was one of the first African-American to be a regular on game shows ("To Tell the Truth"), and one of the first black game show hosts with NBC's "Your Number's Up".

Henry Silva - Actor. Ocean's Eleven (1960), Cinderfella, The Manchurian Candidate, The Return of Mr. Moto, The Plainsman, Assassination, Never a Dull Moment, Day of the Assassin, Sharky's Machine, Chained Heat, Cannonball Run II, Code of Silence, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, Bulletproof, Above the Law, Dick Tracy, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Ocean's Eleven (2001). In 1965, an Italian film producer made Silva an offer to star as a hero for a change and he moved his family overseas. Silva's turning-point picture was a spaghetti western, "The Hills Run Red", which made him a hot box-office commodity in Spain, Italy, Germany, and France. Between 1966 and 1977 he starred or co-starred in at least 25 movies, the majority of which were mafia tales, spaghetti westerns or police tales of some sort, where he normally played the villain or hitman, or the dark hero, or a combination of the two. He retired from acting in 2001 after 50 years in the motion picture industry.

Henry Darrow - Actor. "The High Chaparral", "Harry O", Halloween with the New Addams Family, Walk Proud, Attica, "The New Adventures of Zorro", Losin' It, The Hitcher (1986), "Santa Barbara", "Zorro", Maverick, "The Bold and the Beautiful", Runaway Jury. In the late 1960s, Henry Darrow was THE ultimate Latin heartthrob on television. With a smooth, ingratiating style and a killer smile that brightened up the small screen, he also hit a cultural acting landmark as the first Hispanic actor to portray Zorro on TV. He earned a daytime Emmy for his role on "Santa Barbara" after joining the cast in 1989. He was the first actor to be involved with three different productions of Zorro, and he is also the first Latino to play the role of Zorro for television. He was the voice of Zorro/Don Diego in the animated series "The New Adventures of Zorro" (1981) (which was broadcast as part of "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour"). He then starred as the elderly Zorro/Don Diego in the series "Zorro and Son" (1983). Then he was Don Alejandro, Don Diego's father, in "Zorro" (1990) for three of its four seasons. He played Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro in "Zorro and Son" (1983) and his father Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" (1990).

Tom Hardy - Actor. "Band of Brothers", Black Hawk Down, Star Trek: Nemesis, Layer Cake, Sucker Punch, RocknRolla, Inception, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lawless, The Dark Knight Rises, Locke. He won "The Big Breakfast's Find Me a Supermodel" competition at age 21 in 1998 (and with it a brief contract with Models One). He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affliate for his performance in "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings", performed at the Hampstead Theatre. He was awarded the 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performances in "Blood" and "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings" performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs and Hampstead Theatre. In 2007, he received a best actor BAFTA nomination for his performance in the BBC adaptation of Alexander Masters' bestselling biography "Stuart: A Life Backwards". He won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Bronson" in 2008. In 2009, Hardy was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch". Ranked #17 on Empire Online list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013.

Merlin Olsen - Actor, Former NFL Football Player. Mitchell, A Fire in the Sky, "Little House on the Prairie", "Father Murphy", "Aaron's Way". He was original member of the Los Angeles Rams "Fearsome Foursome". He played defensive tackle for Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, 1962-1976. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Ron Shelton - Writer, Director, Producer. Writer - Under Fire, The Best of Times, Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, Cobb, The Great White Hype, Tin Cup, Hollywood Homicide, Bad Boys II. Director - Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, Cobb, Tin Cup, Hollywood Homicide. Producer - The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Blue Chips, Open Season, No Vacancy, Hollywood Homicide. He played five seasons of minor-league baseball in the Baltimore Orioles farm system; highest level reached was with the Rochester Red Wings in the Triple-A International League.

Josh Charles - Actor. Hairspray, Dead Poets Society, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Muppets from Space, "Sports Night", S.W.A.T., "The Good Wife". In May 2004, he appeared in the US premiere of Neil LaBute's play "The Distance From Here". The cast won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble. In January 2006, he was in the world-premiere of 'Richard Greenberg''s play "The Well-Appointed Room" at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, IL. In May 2006, he performed in Caryl Churchill's "A Number" at the ACT Theater in San Francisco, CA. In December 2007, he performed in the world-premiere of 'Adam Bock''s "The Receptionist" at the Manhattan Theater Club.

Wendie Jo Sperber - Actress. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Corvette Summer, 1941, Used Cars, "Bosom Buddies", "Private Benjamin", Bachelor Party, Moving Violations, Back to the Future, "Babes", "Hearts Afire", Sorority Boys. She was the founder of weSPARK cancer support group (www.weSPARK.org). In 1998, she helped the United States Post Service unveil and promote a breast cancer stamp. She was named 1999 Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women, received The Namaste Spirit Award 2003 from the Namaste Interfaith Center, the 2004 Mordecai Kaplan Award for Distinguished Service by the University of Judaism, and was honored by the Jennifer Diamond Foundation. As late as September, 2005, she sponsored and hosted the "Wendie Jo Sperber's 7th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic and 4th Annual Mah Jongg Tournament" in Santa Barbara. Upon her death, former TV co-star Tom Hanks deliver a moving tribute to Wendie: "The memory of Wendie Jo is that of a walking inspiration. She met the challenges of her illness with love, cheer, joy, altruism through weSPARK, and an unstoppable supply of Goodness. We are going to miss her as surely as we are all better for knowing her."

Danny Nucci - Actor. "Falcon Crest", Alive, Crimson Tide, The Rock, Eraser, Titanic, The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Friends & Lovers, "Snoops", "10-8: Officers on Duty", World Trade Center, "The Fosters".

Roy Acuff - Country Music Singer, Musician. Known as the "King of Country Music," Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, and he remained one of the Opry's key figures and promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, Acuff co-founded the first major Nashville-based country music publishing company, Acuff-Rose Music, which signed acts such as Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and The Everly Brothers. He recorded many golden classic country hits. The songs "Wabash Cannonball" and "Great Speckle Bird" were recorded at his first session in 1936. He had one of the earliest hit versions of "The Tennesee Waltz". He won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 for his contributions to the music industry. He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1991 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C. In 1962, he became the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Before Acuff, you had to be dead to be elected.) He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Dan Marino - Former NFL Football Player. Despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history. Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino led the Dolphins to the playoffs ten times in his seventeen-season career. He was the Miami Dolphins All Time Leader in Passing Yards (61,381). All-Time NFL Leader in Pass Attempts (8,358). All-Time NFL Leader in Pass Completions (4,967). All-Time NFL Leader in Gross Yards Passing (61,343). All-Time NFL Leader in Touchdown Passes (420). Ranks 7th on NFL All-Time Passes Intercepted List (252). Ranks 40th on NFL All-Time Times Sacked List (271). Ranks 47th on NFL All-Time Yards Lost List (1,940). Ranks 11th on NFL All-Time Passer Rating List (86.38). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 (first year of eligibility).

Gaylord Perry - Former MLB Baseball Player. Pitcher for San Francisco Giants (1962-1971), Cleveland Indians (1972-1975), Texas Rangers (1975-1977 and 1980), San Diego Padres (1978-1979), New York Yankees (1980), Atlanta Braves (1981), Seattle Mariners (1982-1983) and Kansas City Royals (1983). Member of 1962 National League Champion San Francisco Giants team. Member of 1971 National League Western Division Champion San Francisco Giants team. Member of 1980 American League Eastern Division Champion New York Yankees team. Named to 3 National League All Star Teams (1966, 1970 and 1979) and 2 National League All Star Teams (1972 and 1974). He won 1972 American League Cy Young Award and finished 6th in voting for American League MVP. Finished 2nd in voting to Bob Gibson for 1970 National League Cy Young Award. He won the National League Cy Young award in 1978 at 40 years of age with the San Diego Padres, posting a 21-6 record. At that time, he was the oldest Cy Young winner. He pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on September 17, 1968, beating them 1-0. Ray Washburn of the Cardinals pitched a no-hitter against the Giants at Candlestick the very next day, beating them 2-0 - the only time in baseball history that no-hitters were ever thrown on consecutive days. Like most pitchers, Perry was not renowned for his hitting ability, and in his sophomore season of 1963, he is said to have joked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." Other variants on the story say that someone else said it about him, but either way, on July 20, 1969, just minutes after the Apollo 11 spacecraft carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, Perry hit the first home run of his career. San Diego Padres All-Time Win-Loss % Leader (.660). Texas Rangers All-Time ERA Leader (3.26). Inducted into the Limestone College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.

William Howard Taft - He was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930). He is the only person to have served in both of these offices. First President of 48 contiguous states. At well over 300 pounds he was the heaviest of all of the American Presidents. Once he famously became stuck in the White House bathtub and had to be pried out. Afterwards a wider tub, built especially for him, was installed. He is the only former president ever to have sworn in a new president into office. In 1923 he swore in Calvin Coolidge while serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pictured on a US 4¢ regular series postage stamp issued 4 June 1930. Pictured on the 50¢ US postage stamp in the Presidential Series, issued 8 December 1938. He is one of two presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetary, (the other being John F. Kennedy). Seventh cousin twice removed of President Richard Nixon. In 1914, he awarded the winner's cup in a fat-baby contest to the then one-year-old Lloyd Bridges.

Prince Harry Windsor - Prince Henry of Wales. He is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. His paternal grandparents are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was third in line to succeed his grandmother; he is currently fourth in line. Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001". He has two private secretaries just to deal with his love letters.

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4 second video, Fay Wray screaming, you can guess the movie.
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Fay Wray from the early 2-Strip Technicolor film The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1930). Once considered a lost film but found in Jack Warners personal safe after he died. Now restored. Great movie.
She looks like Kate Winslet here....
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I just realized how contracted her pupils are. She's in very bright light.

I heard that the amount of studio lighting back in the 1930s for a techincolor film was extreme. So bright in fact that some of the cast of Wizard Of Oz claimed it damaged their eyes.

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I thought today was a fantastic day for celebrity birthdays.

Agatha Christie, James Fenimore Cooper, Oliver Stone, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray, Norm Crosby, Nipsey Russell, and Roy Acuff were all born on this day in history.

And knowing my dislike for foreign films, I would bet that most people thought I would miss Jean Renoir's birthday today.

My personal favorite is Carlo Rambaldi. I remember seeing some documentaries about the making of E.T., and hearing about him designing E.T. I didn't know that he also did the creature in Alien.

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Born on September 16th:

Lauren Bacall - Actress. To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, Key Largo, How to Marry a Millionaire, Designing Woman, Sex and the Single Girl, Murder on the Orient Express, The Shootist, The Fan, Misery, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dogville, Howl's Moving Castle (voice: English version), Ernest & Celestine (voice: English version). In 1995, she was chosen by Empire magazine as #6 on the list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. Ranked #20 in the AFI's top 25 Actress Legends. In October 1997, she was ranked #11 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. She was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942. She won a Tony Award in 1970 for her role as Margo Channing in the Broadway production of "Applause", a musical based on the movie, "All About Eve". She won a Tony Award in 1981 as Best Actress (Musical) for "Woman of the Year", based on a movie of the same name. She was mentioned along with late husband Humphrey Bogart in the 1981 song "Key Largo" ("We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall"). At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together "To Have and Have Not": ("You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow."). A well respected actress for the past sixty years, she had only been nominated once for an Academy Award. She was 73 when she was nominated for "The Mirror Has Two Faces" in 1996. She also earned her a Golden Globe Award for her performance in "The Mirror Has Two Faces" in 1996. In 1999, she was ranked 20th out of the 25 actresses on the AFI's '100 Years...100 Stars' list by the American Film Institute. In 2009, she was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures." She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street on February 8, 1960. She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on January 10, 1997. She was the second name entered on IMDB, just after Fred Astaire (nm0000001) and just before Brigitte Bardot (nm0000003).

David Copperfield - Illusionist. He has been described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. He is best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion. His career of over 30 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a knighthood by the French government. He has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. His television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. He has so far sold 40 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion, which is more than any other solo entertainer in history. He played the character of "Ken the Magician" in the 1980 horror film "Terror Train". He also made an uncredited appearance in the 1994 film "Prêt-à-Porter". The Society of American Magicians named him the "Magician of the Century" and "King of Magic". He was named "Magician of the Year" in 1980 and 1987 by the Academy of Magical Arts. He was the first living illusionist to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His face graces the postage stamps of six different countries, making him the only living magician to receive this honor. He was the youngest person ever to be admitted to the Society of American Magicians. At age 16, he taught magic at New York University. He owns the buzz saw version of the "sawing a woman in half" illusion that used to belong to Orson Welles. Welles used to saw Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe in half.

Allen Funt - TV Producer, Director, Writer, TV Personality, Songwriter. He is best known as the creator and host of "Candid Camera" from the 1940s to 1980s. He invented hidden camera style comedy programming. He joined ASCAP in 1961, and his popular-song compositions include "Too Many Samples", "Hot-Tempered Girl From Texas", "Lost in the Lost and Found", "Round Trip to Nowhere", "No Substitutions Please", and "Recipe for a Disgusting Cake". He once helped to avert a potentially disasterous situation simply by being in the right place at the right time. In the early 1970s, a plane on which Funt was a passenger was hijacked to Cuba. The passengers, having seen Funt board the plane, assumed that it was all an elaborate "Candid Camera" gag, thoroughly confounding the hijackers by laughing at and, in one case, applauding their actions. After the incident, in which no one was hurt, the FAA offered to give Funt a citation for bravery. Funt turned it down, claiming that he was just a passenger like anyone else, and more nervous than anyone else because he knew the situation WASN'T a joke.

Anne Francis - Actress. Susan Slept Here, So Young, So Bad, Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle, Forbidden Planet, The Crowded Sky, "Honey West", Funny Girl, Hook, Line and Sinker, Impasse. Her TV series "Honey West" (1965–1966) which was the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title. She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the series. She earned a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nomination for her role in "Honey West". In 2005, TV Guide ranked she #18 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

George Chakiris - Dancer, Singer, Actor. West Side Story, Is Paris Burning?, The Young Girls of Rochefort, "Dallas", "Superboy". He had uncredited appearances, usually as a dancer, in The Great Caruso, Stars and Stripes Forever, Call Me Madam, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Brigadoon, White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business, Meet Me in Las Vegas, and Flower Drum Song. In 1958 he traveled to New York hoping for a Broadway "break." Hearing that Jerome Robbins was casting the London company of "West Side Story", he auditioned and was awarded the co-starring role of Riff. He played the part for almost two years on the West End stage before acting, singing and dancing as Bernardo in the Robert Wise film version in 1961. His performance in "West Side Story" in 191 earned him a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His nightclub career has earned rave reviews at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe. He has released several records, "George Chakiris", "Memories Are Made of These", "The Gershwin Song Book", and "West Side Story's Dynamic...". He has appeared in several plays and stage musicals. He appeared in "The King and I" in the US in 1995, and he performed the role of Rochester in "Jane Eyre" in Britain. He hit #110 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts with "Maria" in October of 1962. He was at the hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, celebrating the 50th anniversary of 'West Side Story' with co-stars Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn

Ed Begley Jr. - Actor. Now You See Him, Now You Don't, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", Goin' South, Transylvania 6-5000, "St. Elsewhere", The Accidental Tourist, She-Devil, Addams Family Reunion, Auto Focus, A Mighty Wind, "7th Heaven", Next of Kin, Pineapple Express, "Gary Unmarried", "Arrested Development". He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series "St. Elsewhere", for which he received an Emmy nomination during each viewing season. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch) since 2000. He played Boba Fett in the NPR radio dramatization of "Return of the Jedi".

Mickey Rourke - Actor. Body Heat, Diner, Rumble Fish, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Nine 1/2 Weeks, Angel Heart, Wild Orchid, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Sin City, The Wrestler, Iron Man 2, The Expendables. He was an amateur boxer from 1964 to 1973, and he compiled an amateur boxing record of 27 wins (17 by knockout) and 3 defeats. At one point, he reportedly scored 12 consecutive first-round knockouts. He became a professional boxer in 1991 but retired in 1995. He won a Golden Globe Award for his role as Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler (2008). He was nominated for Best Actor as well.

Christopher Rich - Actor. "The Charmings", Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again, Flight of the Intruder, The Joy Luck Club, "The George Carlin Show", "Murphy Brown", "Reba", "Melissa & Joey".

Amy Poehler - Actress. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, "Saturday Night Live", Mean Girls, Blades of Glory, Shrek the Third, Mr. Woodcock, Horton Hears a Who!, Monsters vs. Aliens, "Parks and Recreation". She was promoted from featured player to full cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the middle of her first year on the show (2001-2002). The only other SNL cast member to have this distinction is Eddie Murphy during the 1980-1981 season. Wife of Will Arnett, GOB on "Arrested Development". She has a recurring role on the show as GOB's "accidental" wife. Nominated in the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, "Parks & Recreation", at The Women's Image Network (WIN) Awards 2012.

Jennifer Tilly - Actress. Johnny Be Good, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Bullets Over Broadway, Liar Liar, Music from Another Room, Bride of Chucky, Monsters, Inc., The Haunted Mansion, "Out of Practice", "Family Guy". She earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway". She won a Theater World Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in off-Broadway's "One Shoe Off" and starred on Broadway in the 2001 revival of "The Women" (which was later taped for, and broadcast on, PBS). She also received a Dramalogue Award for her work in the play, "Vanities". She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress for her role in Showtime's made-for-TV film, "Heads", and a nomination for a Cable ACE Award for her work on "It's Garry Shandling's Show". She ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1995. Older sister of actress Meg Tilly.

Nick Jonas - Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Musician. He is best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a band formed with he and his brothers Kevin and Joe. He plays the electric and acoustic guitar, piano, and the drums. At the age of 7, he began performing on Broadway.[13][14] He had acted in several plays, including "A Christmas Carol" (in 2000 as Tiny Tim and Scrooge at eight), "Annie Get Your Gun" (in 2001 as Little Jake), "Beauty and the Beast" (in 2002 as Chip), and "Les Misérables" (in 2003 as Gavroche). He was the final Gavroche in the musical "Les Miserables" when it closed on Broadway after 18 years. He played the role for the final 9 months of the show which closed on May 18, 2003. He lived his dream of playing Marius Pontmercy in the musical "Les Miserables". He played the role in London's West End at the Queens Theater for 5 weeks starting June 21, 2010. He then returned to play the role for the 25th Anniversary Concert in London at The O2 on October 3, 2010. He starred in the Disney Channel original series "JONAS L.A." as Nick Lucas, alongside his brothers. He also starred in the Disney Channel original movie "Camp Rock" and "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam". He has appeared in films such as "Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian" and "Careful What You Wish For".

B.B. King - Singer, Songwriter, Musician. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. (He was previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list). He was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1990 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6771 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Richard Marx - Singer, Somgwriter, Musician. He is in the record books for being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. His record sales worldwide exceed 30 million. He had a stream of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard". Although some of his major hit songs were ballads, many of his songs had a classic rock style, such as "Don't Mean Nothing", "Should've Known Better", "Satisfied", and "Too Late To Say Goodbye". Aside from songs that he's written and recorded for himself, he has written, co-written, and produced successful tracks for other artists such as "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross. The latter song won several Grammy Awards. His 14th and latest chart topper, "Long Hot Summer," performed by Keith Urban, gave Marx the distinction of having a song he wrote or co-wrote top the charts in four different decades. In June 1987, his debut album yielded four hit singles and sold nearly four million copies in the US. The debut single, "Don't Mean Nothing", had been released the previous month and climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #1 on Billboard's Album Rock charts. The next two singles, "Should’ve Known Better" and "Endless Summer Nights" reached #3 and #2, respectively. The fourth single release, "Hold On to the Nights", earned Marx his first #1 Pop single. He was the first male artist to reach the Top 3 with four singles from a debut album. In 1988, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Vocal Performance - Solo' for "Don’t Mean Nothing". In May 1989, second album, "Repeat Offender", reached the #1 spot on Billboard's Album chart. It went triple platinum within a few months and eventually sold over 5 million US copies. The first two singles, "Satisfied" and the platinum-selling "Right Here Waiting," both reached #1, completing a string of three consecutive No. 1 singles. When the third single from Repeat Offender, "Angelia" climbed to #4, Marx became the first solo artist to reach the Top 5 with his first seven singles. He received his second Grammy nomination in 1990 for "Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male" for "Right Here Waiting". In 1991, he released his third consecutive platinum album "Rush Street". In 1994, he released "Paid Vacation", and scored his fourth consecutive platinum album.

Marc Anthony - Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. He is a two-time Grammy winner and a four-time Latin Grammy winner who has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Chair's Award. He also received the "2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award" on September 16, 2009. He ranked #76 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. His 1995 album, "Todo a su tiempo", won he a Billboard award for 'Hot Tropical Artist of the Year'. The album was also nominated for a Grammy Award. His television special "Marc Anthony: The Concert from Madison Square Garden" was broadcast on HBO on Valentine's Day 2000, and was nominated for 'Music Special of the Year' from TV Guide. In 1999, his song "I Need To Know" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Terry McBride - Country Music Singer, Songwriter. Lead vocalist and bass guitarist in the band McBride & the Ride. The group recorded six studio albums and charted more than ten singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. As a songwriter, McBride has won 12 awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated. He wrote he #1 hits "If You See Him/If You See Her" (recorded by Ronnie Dunn and Reba McEntire,) and "Play Something Country". In addition, McBride co-wrote Josh Gracin's 2005 single "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)".

Robin Yount - Former MLB Baseball Player. He was a shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974–1993). He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1974 Rookie All-Star Team. He won two American League Most Valuable Player awards. In his best season, 1982, the Brewers made a World Series appearance. In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Orel Hershiser - Former MLB Baseball Player. Pitcher for the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers (1983-1994 & 2000), San Francisco Giants (1998), and New York Mets (1999); and the American League's Cleveland Indians (1995-1997). In 1988 he broke Don Drysdale's famous record of 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings and now holds the record with 59. In 1988 led the National League in wins (23), complete games (15), shutouts (8). He was a three-time All-Star and won the Gold Glove, Cy Young Award, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award and World Series Most Valuable Player with the Dodgers in 1988. After retiring in 2000, he became an analyst for ESPN before becoming a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985. He was inducted into the Albuquerque [New Mexico] Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Tim Raines - Former MLB Baseball Player. Outfielder for Montreal Expos (1979-1990, 2001), Chicago White Sox (1991-1995), New York Yankees (1996-1998), Oakland Athletics (1999), Baltimore Orioles (2001), and Florida Marlins (2002). He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1981 Rookie All-Star Team. He is one of only four players to steal 800 bases in a career. He is the 1986 NL batting champion, a seven-time All-Star, and four-time stolen base champion. He won two World Series championships with the Yankees (1996 and 1998). Member of 1993 American League Western Division Champion Chicago White Sox team. Member of 1994 American League Central Division Champion Chicago White Sox team. Montreal Expos All-Time Walks Leader (793). Montreal Expos All-Time Stolen Base Leader (635). Montreal Expos All-Time Triples Leader (82). Montreal Expos All-Time Runs Leader (947). 1987 All Star Game MVP.

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"Just one more thing..."

Also born on September 16th:

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Peter Falk - Actor. Murder, Inc., Pocketful of Miracles, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Robin and the 7 Hoods, The Great Race, "The Trials of O'Brien", Brigadoon (TV-1966), Luv, A Woman Under the Influence, Murder by Death, Mikey and Nicky, The Cheap Detective, The Brink's Job, The In-Laws, ...All the Marbles, The Princess Bride, "Columbo". In 1961, he became the first actor nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year, receiving best supporting nominations for the movie "Murder, Inc." and the television series "The Law and Mr. Jones". He followed up in 1962 by being doubly nominated again for supporting actor for the movie "Pocketful of Miracles" and best actor (he won) for "The Price of Tomatoes", an episode of "The Dick Powell Theatre". He won the Emmy Award four times for his role as "Columbo". In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk number 21 on its '50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time' list. He was awarded Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture of France in March 1996. His right eye was surgically removed at the age of three, because of cancer. Once when he was playing in a Little League game, the umpire called him out. Falk thought that he was safe. He pulled his glass eye out of its socket and handed it to the umpire, telling him, "Here, I think you might need this.". When actors are required to move from one location to another during filming on a sound stage, the exact spot they are to move to is marked on the floor, usually with a piece of tape. This is to ensure that they stand in the area that is preset for the correct camera angle, lighting, sound, etc. Part of Falk's trademark behavior as Columbo was out of necessity, as he pretended to scratch or touch his forehead over his left eye. In reality, he blocked the camera view of his good eye, so as he was looking down, he could locate the tape on the floor. That is how his trademark "pensive Columbo look" got its start. In 2005, he had a street renamed after him in his hometown of Ossining, New York. To unveil the Peter Falk Place street sign, he pulled off a trademark raincoat covering the sign. He has inspired at least two Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Dick Dastardly in "Wacky Races" was based on Falk's Max Meen from "The Great Race", and Mumbly, the detective dog on "The New Tom & Jerry Show" was loosely based on Columbo. He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6654 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 25, 2013.

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I bet you can guess who my daily comment is on? Lauren Bacall? Jennifer Tilly?





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I bet you can guess who my daily comment is on? Lauren Bacall? Jennifer Tilly?

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I expected your fave today to be Lauren Bacall, but that looks like a young Ed Begley Jr. in that picture with Cindy Williams. I haven't seen it in a long time, but did he play her brother on "Laverne & Shirley"?

I have a few faves today, but my top two are David Copperfield and Peter Falk. I also love Richard Marx, and I thought George Chakiris was fantastic in West Side Story.

And you probably don't recognize the name, but I also like Terry McBride of McBride and the Ride. They had some great country songs a while back.

This is my favorite McBride and the Ride song. It's called "Sacred Ground".

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

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He was Shirley's brother, Bobby Feeney. Very good in that episode too.

Of course Star Trek Voyager fans love-to-hate him as the evil computer mogul Henry Starling, sort of a Bill Gates but with much more edge.

So tell me why you like about Peter Falk? I know you've mentioned him before and you gave him his own show case too.:) Have you seen him in movies or Colombo? or plays? It seems to me he did a lot of theater?

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He was Shirley's brother, Bobby Feeney. Very good in that episode too.

Of course Star Trek Voyager fans love-to-hate him as the evil computer mogul Henry Starling, sort of a Bill Gates but with much more edge.

So tell me why you like about Peter Falk? I know you've mentioned him before and you gave him his own show case too.:) Have you seen him in movies or Colombo? or plays? It seems to me he did a lot of theater?


I haven't seen Peter Falk in any plays, but I've seen a bunch of his movies. Murder, Inc. made my 1960 Top 10 list because of him. The movie was good, but not great, but he was great in it. I loved him in The Great Race, Murder by Death, The Brink's Job, The In-Laws, Luv, A Woman Under the Influence, and The Princess Bride. And "Columbo" is one of my all-time favorite TV shows, and it will definitely be on my upcoming TV list.

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Born on September 17th:

Anne Bancroft - Actress. The Miracle Worker, The Pumpkin Eater, The Graduate, The Turning Point, Agnes of God, Young Winston, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, To Be or Not to Be, 84 Charing Cross Road, Point of No Return, Home for the Holidays, Great Expectations, Antz, Keeping the Faith, Heartbreakers, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Miracle Worker". She received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her performance in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone". Throughout her career, she won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards, and several other awards and nominations. She and her future husband Mel Brooks met on the set of a talk show, and Mel later paid a woman who worked on the show to tell him which restaurant Anne was going to eat at that night so he could "accidentally" bump into her again and strike up a conversation. She, her husband Mel Brooks, and their son Max Brooks all are Emmy-winners. In 1999, she became the 15th performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. She won the 'Best Actress' Oscar for "The Miracle Worker" (1962), the 'Best Supporting Actress in a Play' Tony Awards for "Two for the Seesaw" (1958) and "The Miracle Worker" (1960), and the 'Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie' Emmy for "Deep in My Heart" (1999). She was also Tony nominated in 1978 as Best Actress (Play) for "Golda", in which she played the title character, Golda Meir. Her performance as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" (1967) is ranked #47 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Roddy McDowall - Actor. How Green Was My Valley, My Friend Flicka, Lassie Come Home, The White Cliffs of Dover, Macbeth (1948), Midnight Lace, The Longest Day, Cleopatra, That Darn Cat!, Lord Love a Duck, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Planet of the Apes, Hello Down There, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Poseidon Adventure, The Cat from Outer Space, Scavenger Hunt, Class of 1984, "Tales of the Gold Monkey", Fright Night (1985), "Around the World in 80 Days" (mini-series), A Bug's Life. In 1944, he was voted the number one "star of tomorrow". He won an Emmy Award in 1961 for "NBC's Sunday Showcase", and a Tony Award in 1961 for "The Fighting Cock". He is well remembered for his soulful performances in heavy makeup as various "chimpanzee" characters in four of the Planet of the Apes films (1968–1973) and in the 1974 TV series that followed. During one guest appearance on The Carol Burnett Show, he came out onto the stage in his "Planet of the Apes" makeup and performed a love duet with Carol. In December 1998, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) honored him for his acting career and critically acclaimed photography by naming its photo archive after him. The collection, which includes several million negatives and stills, will be known as the Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive at the Margaret Herrick Library. A clerical error on the part of 20th Century-Fox cost McDowall a likely Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his role as Caesar Augustus Octavian in "Cleopatra" (1963). The studio erroneously listed him as a leading player rather than a supporting one. When 20th Century-Fox asked the Academy to correct the error, it refused, saying the ballots already were at the printer. 20th Century-Fox then published an open letter in the trade papers, apologizing to McDowall: "We feel that it is important that the industry realize that your electric performance as Octavian in "Cleopatra", which was unanimously singled out by the critics as one of the best supporting performances by an actor this year, is not eligible for an Academy Award nomination in that category... due to a regrettable error on the part of 20th Century-Fox.". On March 10, 1965, he attended the Los Angeles premiere of "The Sound of Music" as the date of the movie's star, Julie Andrews. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6632 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Bryan Singer - Producer, Director, Writer. The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil, X-Men, X2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, "Dirty Sexy Money", X-Men: First Class, Mockingbird Lane, "House M.D.", Jack the Giant Slayer, X-Men: Days of Future Past. One of his favorite movies is the thriller film "Jaws" (1975). His production company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, is named after a line said by Chief Martin Brody in the film. He is a huge fan of the original "Star Trek" series and has a cameo appearance in "Star Trek: Nemesis" as a crewman on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. He ranked #46 on Premiere magazine's 2006 "Power 50" list. Cousin of actors Marc Singer and Lori Singer.

Baz Luhrmann - Director, Writer. Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge! (known as "The Red Curtain Trilogy"), Australia, The Great Gatsby (2013). In 2004, he directed the world's most expensive advertisement for Chanel No 5, a 4-minute short film titled "No 5: The Film" starring Nicole Kidman and Rodrigo Santoro. The film ad, about a fairy-tale romance in which Chanel is part of the story but is not what the story is about, cost £18 million and made Kidman a Guinness World Record holder for highest paid actress in a commercial (she netted $3.71 million). Varying length versions of the film ad were shown on television, and - a first for Chanel - in movie theaters. Kidman wore £17m worth of real gems. He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society in film direction and production.

John Ritter - Actor. "The Waltons", "Three's Company", "Three's a Crowd", Hero at Large, The Comeback Kid, Skin Deep, "Hooperman", Problem Child, The Dreamer of Oz, Noises Off..., Stay Tuned, "Hearts Afire", Sling Blade, "Clifford the Big Red Dog", "8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter", Bad Santa. His first appearance on TV was in 1966 as a contestant on "The Dating Game" where he won a vacation to Lake Havasu, Arizona. For his role in "Three's Company", he was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series' twice, and won once. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for 'Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy' for his role in "Three's Company" twice, and he won once. He was nominated for three more Emmy Awards, in 1988, 1999 and 2004, and two more Golden Globe Awards in 1987 and 1988. He was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award four years in a row, (2001-2004), for 'Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program' for the voice of "Clifford the Big Red Dog". He was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Best Actor in a Comedy' for "8 Simple Rules" one year after his death. He starred with his wife, Amy Yasbeck, in an episode of "The Cosby Show" eight years prior to their marriage. Coincidently, they played a husband and wife expecting their first child. His character on "8 Simple Rules" was ranked #48 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [June 20, 2004 issue]. He was the son of legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter. He was the father of actor Jason Ritter. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 28, 1983.

Kyle Chandler - Actor. Pure Country, "Homefront", "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III", Mulholland Falls, "Early Edition", "What About Joan", King Kong (2005), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), "Friday Night Lights", Super 8, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, The Wolf of Wall Street. He has worked steadily in television and is best remembered as the minor league ballplayer "Jeff Metcalf" in the drama "Homefront" or as "Gary Hobson" on "Early Edition". His work on "Homefront" led to a role in George Strait's feature film "Pure Country", and a small part in "Mulholland Falls". He received one of the faux "Bruce Baxter" posters from "King Kong" as a souvenir. His wife hung it up in their bedroom. As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: "Argo" (2012), "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012) and "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013). "Argo" (2012) won in the category. He had a star near Orion's Belt named for him in September 2007.

Paul Benedict - Actor. "Sesame Street", Cold Turkey, They Might Be Giants, Jeremiah Johnson, Up the Sandbox, The Front Page, The Goodbye Girl, The Electric Grandmother, "The Blue and the Gray" (mini-series), The Man with Two Brains, This Is Spinal Tap, "The Jeffersons", Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Sibling Rivalry, The Addams Family, A Mighty Wind. He began his acting career in the Theater Company of Boston, where his colleagues included then-unknowns Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino. In August 1996, he played opposite Al Pacino in the 2-man Broadway play "Hughie" by Eugene O'Neill. In 2000, he appeared as Mayor Shinn in "The Music Man" on Broadway. He grew up in Boston and attended Suffolk University, but in an interview, he said he was constantly mistaken for being British because of his work on "The Jeffersons" as Harry Bentley.

Cassandra Peterson - Actress. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. She began her career at age 17 as the youngest showgirl in Las Vegas history in the show "Vive Les Girls" at the Dunes Hotel. She worked in several Italian films, including Federico Fellini's "Roma" (1972) and performed throughout Europe as lead singer of an Italian rock band. In 1981, she auditioned for the part of "horror hostess on a local Los Angeles television station. Her show, "Movie Macabre" and her newly created character, Elvira, became an overnight sensation. She has spent over three decades solidifying the Elvira brand and building it into an international cult icon that has become synonymous with Halloween and the horror genre. In 1997, she was ranked #1 of Sci-Fi's Sexiest B-Queens, by Femme Fatales magazine. She is the stripper in the background on the cover of Tom Waits' album "Small Change". She was inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2012, as her character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Rita Rudner - Comedianne, Writer, Actress. Gleaming the Cube, Peter's Friends, A Weekend in the Country, Love Hurts. She originally moved to New York from Miami at age 15 to study ballet and pursue a career as a Broadway dancer. She decided to go for comedy because women's stand-up was a less competitive field in 1980. Her first big break was being booked on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in January 1988. She appeared in several Broadway shows, including the now-legendary original productions of "Follies" and "Mack & Mabel". She has recorded several award-winning comedy specials, most notably "Rita Rudner: Born to Be Mild", "Rita Rudner: Married Without Children" for HBO, and "Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas" for PBS in 2008 (now available on DVD). She is the author of the books "I Still Have It; I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It", "Naked Beneath My Clothes", and the novels "Tickled Pink" and "Turning The Tables". Since 2001, Rudner has performed almost exclusively in Las Vegas, selling over one million tickets. She moved to a larger theater at The Venetian in January 2011. She created and hosted the syndicated improvisational comedy show "Ask Rita", which mimicked the format of a talk/advice show, and for which she received a Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Television and Radio.

Hank Williams (aka Hank Sr.) - Country Music Singer, Songwriter, Musician. His best known songs include "Move It on Over", "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Lovesick Blues", "Why Don't You Love Me", "Hey, Good Lookin'", "Cold, Cold Heart", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)", "Honky Tonk Blues", "Jambalaya", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive". He is regarded as one of the most significant and influential singers and songwriters of the 20th Century. He recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that would place in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked number one. He was asked to join the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, where he made his stage debut on June 11, 1949. Father of Hank Williams Jr.. There is a Hank Williams festival each June in Georgiana, Alabama. A life-size statue of him holding a guitar stands in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, across the street from City Hall, the site of many of his concerts, and the site of his funeral. Even after his death in 1953, Hank Sr. continued to score major country hits. That year, his hit "Kaw-Liga" spent 13 weeks at No. 1 atop the Billboard magazine country charts. It was the No. 1 country song of the year in 1953. More than 35 years after his death, his son, Hank Jr., helped produce a father and son "duet" using one of the elder Hank's obscure acetate recordings. Hank Jr. dubbed in his father's vocals under a new, neo-classic country music bed, sang a verse of his own, and released the single. The song, "There's a Tear in My Beer", went to No. 7 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart in 1989. He is pictured on one of four 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, featuring Country & Western music. This set of stamps also honored Patsy Cline, Bob Wills, and The Carter Family. Issued September 25, 1993 in sheet and booklet formats. He is pictured on a 29¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of American Music series, issued June 9, 1993. In 1994, he was ranked Number 1 on Life Magazine's list of "The 100 Most Important People in Country Music". He was voted the 74th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) inducted his song "Hey, Good Lookin'" into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Country Music Hall of Fame inducted him into the Walkway of Stars (1969). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1949. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6400 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Orlando Cepeda - Former MLB Baseball Player. First Baseman for San Francisco Giants (1958-1966), St. Louis Cardinals (1966-1968), Atlanta Braves (1969-1972), Oakland Athletics (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974). Member of 1962 National League Champion San Francisco Giants team. Member of 1967 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals team. Member of 1968 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals team. Member of 1969 National League Western Division Champion Atlanta Braves team. Member of 1972 World Series Champion Oakland Athletics team. He was selected to play in seven Major League Baseball All-Star Games during his career, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to start one. He was the 1958 National League Rookie of the Year for leading league in Doubles (38) and Sacrifice Flies (9) and having .312 Batting Average, .512 Slugging Percentage, 603 At Bats, 88 Runs, 188 Hits, 309 Total Bases, 25 Home Runs, 96 RBI, 84 Strikeouts, 15 Stolen Bases and 67 Extra-Base Hits. He was the 1967 National League MVP for leading league in RBI (111) and being hit by pitch (12). Also had .325 batting average, .399 On-base percentage, .524 slugging percentage, 91 runs, 183 hits, 295 total bases, 37 doubles, 25 home runs, 62 extra-base hits, 257 times on base and 7 sacrifice flies. He finished 2nd in voting to Frank Robinson for 1961 National League MVP for leading League in Home Runs (46), RBI (142) and having .311 Batting Average, .609 Slugging Percentage, 585 At Bats, 105 Runs, 182 Hits, 356 Total Bases, 28 Doubles, 91 Strikeouts, 12 Stolen Bases, 78 Extra-Base Hits, Hit by Pitch 9 times in 152 Games. He was the first winner of the American League's Outstanding Designated Hitter Award in 1973. He batted .300 or better 10 times in the 14 seasons he appeared in over 100 games, much of it played in what is now called the "Second Deadball Era". He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

John Franco - Former MLB Baseball Player. Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Houston Astros. For 14 of his 20 seasons, he played for the New York Mets, serving as team captain in his final years with the team. He pitched two no-hitters in his freshman year at St. John's University. He was inducted into the St. John's University Sports Hall of Fame in January, 1998. His 1,119 career games pitched is an NL record, and is ranked third in major league history. His 424 career saves ranked second in major league history when he retired, and remains the most by a left-hander. In April, 1996, exactly 12 years after he gained his first MLB save, Franco became the first left-hander to record 300 saves. He won the National League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award in 1988 and 1990. On June 3, 2012, in a ceremony at Citi Field, Franco was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

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Born on September 18th:

Greta Garbo - Actress. Flesh and the Devil, Anna Christie, Romance, Mata Hari, Grand Hotel, Anna Karenina, Camille, Ninotchka, Two-Faced Woman. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1930, a performer could receive a single nomination for their work in more than one film. Garbo received her nomination for her work in both "Anna Christie" and "Romance". In 1937, she was nominated for "Camille". In 1939, she was nominated for "Ninotchka". In 1954, she was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances". She twice received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for "Anna Karenina", and "Camille". In a 1950 Daily Variety opinion poll, Garbo was voted 'Best Actress of the Half Century'. In 1997, she was ranked #38 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. She was voted the 25th Greatest Movie Star of All Time by Entertainment Weekly. She was voted the 8th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine. She was named #5 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends. Her performance as Ninotchka in "Ninotchka" is ranked #25 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). Her performance as Ninotchka in "Ninotchka" is ranked #53 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Pictured on a 37¢ USA commemorative postage stamp issued 23 September 2005, five days after her 100th birthday. On the same day, Sweden issued a 10kr stamp with the same design. On 6 April 2011, Sveriges Riksbank, (the central bank of Sweden), announced that Garbo's portrait will be featured on the 100 krona banknote, beginning in 2014–15. Except at the very beginning of her career, she granted no interviews, signed no autographs, attended no premieres, and answered no fan mail. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard. She was once designated the most beautiful woman who ever lived by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Frankie Avalon - Actor, Singer. As a singer, he is best known for the songs "Venus" (5 weeks at #1), "Why" (#1 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Just Ask Your Heart" (U.S. #7), "I'll Wait for You" (U.S. #15), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (U.S. #8), "A Boy Without a Girl" (U.S. #10), and "Beauty School Dropout" from the 1978 movie "Grease". As an actor, he is best known for the popular "beach party" comedy films with Annette Funicello. He also had straight dramatic parts in the John Wayne historical western film The Alamo, as well as the science-fiction story Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). The 1980 film The Idolmaker, was a thinly-disguised biography of Avalon ("Tommy Dee" in the film), as well as 1950s teenage star Fabian Forte (called "Caesare" in the film), along with songwriter/producer Bob Marcucci (called "Vinnie Vacarri"). He had the last #1 hit of the 1950s with the ballad,"Why". Due to the popularity of the movie "Grease" and its soundtrack, he considers "Beauty School Dropout" to be his most popular song. He met Michael Wayne's wife, Gretchen Wayne (aka Gretchen Diebel), on the set of the John Wayne film The Alamo. Four years later, he married beauty pageant winner Kathryn Diebel, Gretchen's sister. So, he is part of the extended John Wayne family.

June Foray - Voice Actress. Cinderella, Peter Pan, The Snow Queen (1957, voice: English version), "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", "Off to See the Wizard", "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour", "The Dudley Do-Right Show", The Little Drummer Boy, Frosty the Snowman, The Cricket in Times Square, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Yankee Doodle Cricket, "Alvin & the Chipmunks", "Smurfs", Who Framed Roger Rabbit, "DuckTales", "Adventures of the Gummi Bears", "Garfield and Friends", Mulan, "The Looney Tunes Show". She is best known as the voice of such animated characters as Lucifer from Cinderella, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Witch Hazel, Granny, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick and Magica De Spell. Her most famous voice was that of Granny (in the "Tweety and Sylvester" series). Unfortunately, since Mel Blanc's contract called for exclusive voice credit on these cartoons, she never received credit for all the voices she did. ASIFA-Hollywood (the USA chapter of Le Association Internationale du Film D'Animation) has named an award in her honor. "The June Foray Award" is given each year to "an individual who has made a significant and benevolent impact on the art and industry of animation". She co-starred on CBS Radio's "The Stan Freberg Show" in 1957. She was the voice for both the "Talky Tina" doll and Mattel's "Chatty Cathy" doll. In 2012, Foray received her first Emmy Award nomination, and won in the category of Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her role as Mrs. Cauldron on "The Garfield Show". At age 94, she is the oldest entertainer to be nominated for, and to win an Emmy Award. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 7, 2000.

Jack Warden - Actor. From Here to Eternity, 12 Angry Men, Darby's Rangers, Run Silent, Run Deep, "The Wackiest Ship in the Army", "N.Y.P.D.", Brian's Song, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Shampoo, All the President's Men, Heaven Can Wait, The Champ (1979), Being There, Used Cars, "The Bad News Bears", The Great Muppet Caper, The Verdict, "Crazy Like a Fox", The Presidio, Problem Child, While You Were Sleeping, Bulworth. He boxed as a welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello" in his youth. He fought on the same card as Charles Durning in Madison Square Garden. He won an Emmy Award playing football coach George Halas in "Brian's Song" in 1971. He received Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor for his performances in "Shampoo" (1975) and "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series' for "Crazy Like a Fox" in 1985 and 1986. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).

James Gandolfini - Actor. True Romance, Mr. Wonderful, Get Shorty, The Juror, 8MM, The Man Who Wasn't There, "The Sopranos", The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Where the Wild Things Are, Zero Dark Thirty, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. He began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. He is best remembered as mob boss Tony from "The Sopranos". He was named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001", He was voted "best-looking" in high school. He was nominated for the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance for a Leading Actor in a Play for "God of Carnage". He was inducted into the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and the Entertainment category.

Fred Willard - Actor, Comedian. Silver Streak, Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), "Fernwood Tonight", "America 2-Night", How to Beat the High Co$t of Living, National Lampoon's Movie Madness, This Is Spinal Tap, Roxanne, "D.C. Follies", Permanent Midnight, Idle Hands, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, A Mighty Wind, American Wedding, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, "Everybody Loves Raymond", WALL·E, "Back to You", Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. He got his start performing in a comedy duo with Vic Greco and spent a year at Chicago's famed Second City. He was a founding member of the improvisational comedy group Ace Trucking Company. He has appeared on "The Tonight Show" over 80 times, as both a guest and a participant in a skit. He completed a sold-out run of his one-man show, "Fred Willard: Alone At Last!" (with a cast of 12) and received two Los Angeles Artistic Director Awards, for Best Comedy and Best Production.

Robert Blake - Actor. The "Our Gang" comedies, the "Red Ryder" films, PT 109, The Greatest Story Ever Told, This Property Is Condemned, In Cold Blood, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, "Baretta", Coast to Coast, Hell Town, Lost Highway. He began acting as a child actor as Mickey in the "Our Gang" comedies using his real name Mickey Gubitosi. In 1940, he took on the stage name Bobby Blake, and played the Indian sidekick Little Beaver in the "Red Ryder" series of Westerns. He received accolades for his performance as a killer who goes to the gallows in 1967's "In Cold Blood". To prepare for the role of Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins had watched Blake's performance in "In Cold Blood" several times. He won an Emmy Award for "Baretta" in 1975, and was nominated for a second Emmy for "Baretta" in 1977. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special' for "Blood Feud" in 1983. He earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in "Judgment Day: The John List Story" in 1993.

James Marsden - Actor. "Second Noah", Disturbing Behavior, Gossip, X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Zoolander, "Ally McBeal", The Notebook, Superman Returns, Hairspray (2007), Enchanted, 27 Dresses, Hop, Robot & Frank, "30 Rock", Lee Daniels' The Butler, X-Men: Days of Future Past. His first big break came when he became the lead on the short-lived ABC series, "Second Noah" in 1996. He is best known for his role as Cyclops in the "X-Men" movie franchise. He wore lifts for most of his scenes in the "X-Men" movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6' 3" compared to a 5' 3" Wolverine. In actuality, Marsden is under 6 feet tall, slightly shorter than Famke Janssen (as his love interest, (Jean Grey) and approximately 4 inches inches shorter than Hugh Jackman (who played Wolverine). He is an accomplished singer who sang several songs in the movies "Hairspray" and "Enchanted".

Jason Sudeikis - Actor. Meet Bill, What Happens in Vegas, The Bounty Hunter, "30 Rock", Horrible Bosses, Epic, "Saturday Night Live", "The Cleveland Show", We're the Millers. He was a performer with the competitive improvisational comedy troupe ComedySportz, in the '90s. He was a member of Second City Las Vegas before getting hired as a writer on "Saturday Night Live". His uncle is actor George Wendt.

Jada Pinkett Smith - Actress, Producer, Singer. "A Different World", A Low Down Dirty Shame, The Nutty Professor (1996), Princess Mononoke (voice: English version), Scream 2, Ali, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Collateral, Madagascar, "Hawthorne". She majored in dance and choreography at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where one of her classmates was Tupac Shakur. She was Miss Maryland in 1988. In 2000, she was voted by the readers of Black Men Magazine as one of the 10 sexiest women of the year. She is the lead singer of the pop/rock band Wicked Wisdom. She and her husband, Will Smith, opened a Planet Hollywood in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, in March of 1998.

Aisha Tyler - Actress, TV Host, Comedianne. "Friends", "24", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Ghost Whisperer", The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), Balls of Fury, Bedtime Stories, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", "Archer", "The Talk". She was named #72 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list. She was featured as #61 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement in 2002. She has her own podcast called "Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler" and regularly invites comedian friends to be guests.

Lance Armstrong - Former Professional Road Racing Cyclist. He was classified as having won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005 before he was disqualified from all those races and banned from competitive cycling for life, for doping offenses by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2012. A cancer survivor, he is the founder of the Livestrong Foundation, originally called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which provides support for cancer patients. He won the Iron Kids Triathlon at 13, and became a professional triathlete when he was 16. He was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 2002. He was the winner of the ESPY award for Best Male Athlete four consecutive times, from 2003 to 2006. Armstrong's "Tour de Lance" (i.e., winning his first Tour de France on 25 July 1999) was ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Most Awesome Sports Moments (of the last 15 years)". [17 July 2005 issue]. He was Triathlon magazine's Rookie of the Year in 1988. Through his foundation, has sold yellow "Live Strong" bracelets to raise money for cancer research. He has sold over 40 million of them worldwide at $1 each. He is the seventh cousin of Katie Couric and Emily Couric, and sixth cousin of Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff.

Ryne Sandberg (aka "Ryno") - Former MLB Baseball Player. Second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs (1981-1997). He was named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1982 Rookie All-Star Team. He was a 10-time National League All-Star, a 9-Time Gold Glove winner, and the 1984 National League Most Valuable Player. His career .989 fielding percentage is a major-league record at second base. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. He became "interim manager" of the Philadelphia Phillies in August 2013. He was officially named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on September 22, 2013, making him the only Hall of Fame player managing in the league.

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Happy Birthday to Frankie Avalon :)

Venus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4spEihrWpPM


Why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8865u919tQ

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I liked those Frankie and Annette beach movies. But felt sorry for poor Frankie....Annette was such a tease.:cool:

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I liked those Frankie and Annette beach movies. But felt sorry for poor Frankie....Annette was such a tease.:cool:


The beach movies were fun movies, but they weren't great. I love his voice, and his song "Venus" is one of my all-time favorite songs.

Do you remember when Frankie Avalon guest starred on "Happy Days" as himself?

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Gee, I should remember that but I don't remember him on Happy Days.

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Gee, I should remember that but I don't remember him on Happy Days.


The episode was in season 9, episode 15, and it was called "Poobah Doo Dah". Al is in charge of organizing the variety show at Howard's lodge, and he says that he can get his distant cousin, Frankie Avalon, to perform. When Frankie Avalon is late, Fonzie has to go on stage and pretend to be him until he arrives.

The funniest part is when Fonzie is lip-synching to the song "Why", and the record skips. Fonzie has to slow down and speed up to match the speed of the record.

Eventually Franklie Avalon shows up, and he meets his cousin Al on stage for the first time. Then he performs "Venus".

It's one of my favorite "Happy Days" episodes because Frankie Avalon is on it, and he sings. :)