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Born on December 25th:

Rick Berman - TV producer who is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the "Star Trek" series, including "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and "Star Trek: Voyager", and several of the "Star Trek" theatrical productions, and for succeeding Gene Roddenberry as head of the "Star Trek" franchise, until the cancellation of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2005. He started his career as an independent film producer, director, and writer, making documentaries and industrial films. Among his clients were the United Nations and the United States Information Agency. By 1977, he had traveled to over 90 countries making films for these organizations. From 1977 to 1982, he was the senior producer of the PBS series "The Big Blue Marble", which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series. Between 1982 and 1984, he was an independent producer, working on projects that included the HBO series "What on Earth", and the PBS series "The Primal Mind". In 1984, he joined Paramount as the director of current programming, overseeing shows such as "Cheers" and "Family Ties". He was also executive director of dramatic programming, overseeing shows such as the mini-series "Space" and the ABC series "MacGyver". In 1987, Roddenberry selected him to help create "Star Trek: The Next Generation". He co-created "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" with Michael Piller, and "Star Trek: Voyager" with Piller and Jeri Taylor. In 2001, he co-created "Enterprise" (retitled "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2003) with Brannon Braga. He was also lead producer on the four "Star Trek: Next Generation" feature films, Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis. He received both producer and story credit on all four films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award, and five Hugo Awards for the various "Star Trek" TV shows and movies.

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Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry on the set of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

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Noel Langley - Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and is one of the three credited screenwriters for the film. Some of the changes that he introduced to story are the inclusion of the actors playing the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion characters as farmhands in the sepia tone Kansas sequences, as well as changing the color of Dorothy's shoes from silver to ruby. He also introduced Miss Almira Gulch, the Wicked Witch's Kansas counterpart. He wrote a screenplay for a second Oz film, based on "The Marvelous Land of Oz", which was never produced. He also worked on many British films including the film noir They Made Me a Fugitive, the Alastair Sim Scrooge, The Pickwick Papers, Ivanhoe, and The Prisoner of Zenda. In 1962, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Written American Musical for Snow White and the Three Stooges.

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Lew Grade - TV producer whose production company, ITC Entertainment, was responsible for the iconic 1960s British TV series "The Saint" and "The Prisoner". He acquired the independent production company AP Films in 1962, which produced the popular children's marionette adventure series "Thunderbirds" among others. AP Films also produced three feature films, and the live-action sci-fi series "Space: 1999". He was also the force behind the private British TV broadcasting network ATV, which featured extravagant 'quality' productions such as a live broadcast of "Tosca" from La Scala starring Maria Callas, which took up an entire evening's broadcast time. He produced director 'Franco Zefferelli' 's award-winning 1977 TV mini-series "Jesus of Nazareth". As a movie producer, he helped finance the big screen incarnation of "The Muppet Show", for which he was immortalized by Jim Henson, who made a Muppet in his image, Dr Bunsen Honeydew. Henson also used Grade for the character of movie mogul Lew Lord, (played by Orson Welles), in The Muppet Movie. He and his brother Leslie Grade founded a talent agency in 1933, which grew into the largest in the UK. With their partner Joe Collins, (the father of Joan and Jackie Collins), the agency eventually represented some of the biggest and most prestigious stars in British show business, including Sir Ralph Richardson and Lord Laurence Olivier. In 1969, he was Knighted for his services towards promoting international trade, and in 1976, he was made a life peer (a Baron).

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Sissy Spacek - Actress and singer who is best known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Holly Sargis in Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands, and as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie, which is based on the first novel by Stephen King. She has been nominated for six Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in the movies Carrie, Coal Miner's Daughter, Missing, The River, Crimes of the Heart, and In the Bedroom. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as country star Loretta Lynn in the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter. and she also earned a Grammy Award nomination for the song "Coal Miner's Daughter" from the film's soundtrack. She has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, and she won the award three times for Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter, Crimes of the Heart, and In the Bedroom. Her other films include 3 Women, Raggedy Man, JFK, Affliction, The Straight Story, Nine Lives, and The Help. She has also been nominated for three Emmy Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. In 2001, she was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin, Texas. On August 1, 2011, she received a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

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Gary Sandy - Actor who is best known for his role as program director Andy Travis on the TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati". On stage, he played The Pirate King in Broadway's "The Pirates of Penzance", Billy Flynn in "Chicago", Harold Hill in "The Music Man", and Will Rogers in "Will Rogers Follies". In the 1980s, he starred in a stage production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" opposite Jean Stapleton and Marion Ross, and in the early 2000s, he starred opposite Ann-Margret in a stage production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". One of his finest hours on stage was in the challenging one-man 1985 production "Billy Bishop Goes to War", in which he enacted 17 roles.

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Cab Calloway - Jazz singer and bandleader who was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City. He was a master of energetic scat singing, and he led one of the United States' most popular big bands from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. In 1931, his record "Minnie the Moocher" was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. His other popular song compositions include "Are You Hep to That Jive?", "Lady With the Fan", "Zaz Zuh Zaz", "Chinese Rhythm", "Are You In Love With Me Again?", "That Man's Here Again", "Peck-A-Doodle-Doo", "I Like Music", "Rustle of Swing", "Three Swings and Out", "The Jumpin' Jive", "Boog It", "Come on with the Come-on", "Silly Old Moon", "Sunset", "Rhapsody in Rhumba", "Are You All Reet?", "Hi-De-Ho Man", "Levee Lullaby", "Let's Go, Joe", "Geechy Joe", and "Hot Air". He was the inspiration for the character of Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D.C. In 1987, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. In 2008, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE



Jimmy Buffett - Singer, songwriter, author, actor, and businessman who is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle, and the often humorous things he has experienced throughout his life. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, he has recorded hit songs including "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday". He has earned 8 Gold Albums and 9 Platinum or Multi-Platinum Albums. His song "Margaritaville" was ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century". In 2003, he partnered in a partial duet with Alan Jackson for the song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", a number-one hit on the country charts. This song won the 2003 Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year. He is also a best-selling writer, and he is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best-known songs, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and "Margaritaville". He owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant concept with OSI Restaurant Partners, (parent of Outback Steakhouse), which operates the chain under a licensing agreement with Buffett. He has a devoted base of fans known as "Parrotheads".

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Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville

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

Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJi4bln-hHQ



Annie Lennox - Scottish singer, songwriter who achieved international success in the 1980s with fellow musician Dave Stewart as the Eurythmics. In 1992, she embarked on a solo career with her debut album, "Diva", which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". She has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, "The Annie Lennox Collection". She is the most recognized female artist at the Brit Awards, winning a total of eight awards, including Best British Female Artist six times. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions". She won four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, she received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1, and Rolling Stone named her one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2012, she was rated No. 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. She has earned the distinction of "most successful female British artist in UK music history". Including her work with the Eurythmics, she sold over 80 million records worldwide. In 2005, Eurythmics were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music, and being an integral part of British music culture.

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Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

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Barbara Mandrell - Country music singer who was the first performer to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice. She also won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" twice. She is known for a series of Top 10 hits and TV shows in the 1970s and 1980s that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. Her Billboard #1 hits include "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "Years", "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song), "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools". She has also received numerous industry awards and accolades, including Grammy Awards in 1982 and 1983 for her gospel recordings. In 1982, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a TV series - Comedy/Musical' for her TV show "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters". In 1999, she was elected into the Country-Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In 2014, she was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Barbara Mandrell - I Was Country (When Country Wasn't Cool)

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Barbara Mandrell - Sleeping Single In A Double Bed

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Steve Wariner - Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released eighteen studio albums, and charted more than fifty singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including ten Number One hits: "All Roads Lead to You", "Some Fools Never Learn", "You Can Dream of Me", "Life's Highway", "Small Town Girl", "The Weekend", "Lynda", "Where Did I Go Wrong", and "I Got Dreams", and "What If I Said", a duet with Anita Cochran from her album "Back to You". Three of his studio albums have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping 500,000 copies in the United States. In addition to writing or co-writing most of his own songs, he has also written songs for other artists, including #1 hits for Clint Black and Garth Brooks, as well as singles for Bryan White and Keith Urban. He won four Grammy Awards: one for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and three for Best Country Instrumental. He was one of only four guitar players in the world to be given the "Certified Guitar Player" (CGP) award by Chet Atkins. In 1996, he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2008, he was inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville. In 2011, he was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.

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Steve Wariner - On Christmas Morning

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

Steve Wariner - What I Didn't Do

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Steve Wariner - I Should Be With You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYH8nIGGvRs

Steve Wariner - A Woman Loves

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Alannah Myles - Canadian singer, songwriter whose 1990 single "Black Velvet", (which is about Elvis Presley), reached #1 for two weeks (with a bullet) on the U.S. Billboard Top 40 Chart, and became a worldwide hit. It also won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Her first record, "Alannah Myles", achieved top 10 hits in several countries around the world including "Love Is", "Still Got This Thing for You", and her #1 hit in Canada, "Lover of Mine". Her first album sold upwards of six million copies internationally, and was awarded the Diamond Award for sales of over one million units. She is the only Canadian debut artist to attain that award. In 1992, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance Female for the song "Rockinghorse".

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Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

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Nellie Fox - Former MLB second baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros from 1947 through 1965. He was the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1959, and he was an AL All-Star for 12 seasons (15 games). From 1952-1961, he led American League second basemen in putouts for 10 consecutive seasons. From 1952-1960, he led American League second basemen in fielding chances accepted for 9 consecutive seasons. He led American League second basemen in fielding percentage six times. In 1957, 1959, and 1960, he won the Gold Glove Award. From August 7, 1955 - September 3, 1960, he played 798 consecutive games at second base. He hit for a .288 career batting average, 2663 hits, 35 home runs and 790 runs batted in. In 9,232 at-bats, he struck out only 216 times. After his playing career was over, Fox coached the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. In 1997, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Rickey Henderson - Former MLB left fielder who played for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. He is widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. He was a ten-time American League (AL) All-Star, and he was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1990. He was a 12-time stolen base champion who led the league in runs five times. He holds the single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982), and is the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done so three times. His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 by Lou Brock. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance.

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I always think of Cab Calloway in one of my favorite movies, The Blues Brothers.

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Born on December 26th:

Caroll Spinney - Puppeteer and cartoonist, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney, who is best known for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street". While in the Air Force, using the pseudonym Ed Spinney, he wrote and illustrated "Harvey", a comic strip about military life, and he animated a series of black-and-white cartoons called "Crazy Crayon". He joined "Sesame Street" for the inaugural season in 1969, and his characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch have maintained integral roles in the show over the decades. As Big Bird/Oscar, he has conducted orchestras across the US and Canada, including the Boston Pops, as well as visited the White House multiple times. He has provided the characters' voices on dozens of albums. During the 1980s there was discussion about sending Big Bird into space to teach children about the U.S. space program. However, they were unable to figure out how to operate Big Bird in zero gravity, so the decision was made to send a teacher instead, which resulted in Christa McAuliffe being selected instead of him. In the 1970s, he was one of many puppeteers of a Muppet named Baby Monster, who was an "anything monster" Muppet played by various Muppeteers until Brian Muehl took over the character in 1980, and the character was given the name Elmo. He won four Daytime Emmy Awards for his portrayals on the series and two Grammy Awards for his related recordings. On April 24,1994, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. In 2000, he received the Library of Congress' Living Legend Award. In 2006, he received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards.

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Caroll Spinney in 1969

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Richard Widmark - Actor who was typecast in villainous or anti-hero roles in film noirs early in his career, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns, mainstream dramas and horror films, among others. In 1948, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death, for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His movies include The Street with No Name, Yellow Sky, Panic in the Streets, Night and the City, The Alamo, Two Rode Together, Cheyenne Autumn, and Murder on the Orient Express. He is possibly best known as the prosecutor in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg. In 1955, he appeared on TV as himself in an episode of "I Love Lucy". In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1949, his hand and footprints were cast in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater. On February 8, 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. He was the father-in-law of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax.

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Steve Allen - TV personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer, who although he got his start in radio, he is best known for his TV career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts". He later became the first host of "The Tonight Show", where he was instrumental in innovating the concept of the TV talk show. Thereafter, he hosted numerous game and variety shows, including "The Steve Allen Show", "I've Got a Secret", and "The New Steve Allen Show", and he was a regular panel member on the CBS show "What's My Line?". He was nominated for eight Emmy Awards. He was also a pianist and a composer, having written over 14,000 songs, some of which were recorded by Perry Como, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Les Brown, and Gloria Lynne. In 1963, he won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition for his song "The Gravy Waltz". He also wrote more than 50 books. He has a Hollywood theater named in his honor. On February 8, 1960, he received two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Television at 1720 Vine Street, and another for Radio at 1537 Vine Street.

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Elisha Cook Jr. - Character actor who is probably best remembered as the "gunsel" Wilmer, who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, but his acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in films such as The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing, House on Haunted Hill, and Rosemary's Baby. He received his nickname "Hollywood's Lightest Heavy" from playing cowardly villains in his movies. He is best remembered by Star Trek fans as lawyer Samuel T. Cogley in the "Star Trek" original series episode "Court Martial".

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Jared Leto - Actor, singer, songwriter, and director who first achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the 1994 TV series "My So-Called Life". He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt, and he received first notable critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine. His movies include The Thin Red Line, Fight Club, American Psycho, Urban Legend, Panic Room, Alexander, Lord of War, Lonely Hearts, Chapter 27, and Mr. Nobody. In 2000, he earned critical acclaim for portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream. In 2014, he won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as numerous other awards, for his performance as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club. He is also the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his older brother Shannon Leto. As of September 2014, the band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide.

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Alan King - Actor and comedian who is known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. In the movies, he often portrayed a gangster, as in Casino, Night and the City, I, the Jury, and Cat's Eye. He was a regular guest host for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", he hosted the Oscars in 1972, and he was the MC for President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. He was also the long-standing host of the New York Friar's Club celebrity roasts. In 1988, he was the first recipient of the award for American Jewish humor from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. The award was ultimately renamed in his honor.

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Alan King on David Letterman in 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yyMAdbrpE



John Walsh - TV personality, criminal investigator, human and victim rights advocate, and the host and creator of the TV show "America's Most Wanted". He is known for his anti-crime activism and his extreme hatred of criminals, with which he became involved following the murder of his son, Adam, in 1981. After his son's murder, he and his wife Revé organized a political campaign to help missing and exploited children. Despite bureaucratic and legislative problems, their efforts eventually led to the creation of the Missing Children Act of 1982, and the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. Primarily, it focuses on a national sex offender registry, tough penalties for not registering as a sex offender following release into society, and access by citizens to state websites that track sex offenders. By the late 1980s, many malls, department stores, supermarkets, and other such retailers have adopted what is known as a "Code Adam", which means, if a child is lost or missing, all doors are to be locked and a store employee is posted at every exit, while a description of the child is generally broadcast over the intercom system. In 1988, launched the Fox TV show "America's Most Wanted", which was the longest-running crime reality show in Fox's history and had contributed to the capture of more than 1,000 fugitives. In 2008, John Walsh was awarded the Operation Kids 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. for his dedication to protecting children and to raise funds for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which he co-founded with his wife. He is also part owner of the Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, D.C.

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Chris Daughtry - Singer and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry, and as the fourth-place contestant on the fifth season of "American Idol". He is the third most successful "American Idol" contestant in terms of record sales. Daughtry's self-titled debut album became the fastest selling debut rock album in Nielsen Soundscan history, selling more than one million copies after just five weeks of release. Daughtry has been nominated for four Grammy Awards including Best Rock Album ("Daughtry"), Best Rock Song ("It's Not Over"), Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ("It's Not Over"), and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ("Home").

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Daughtry - Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bnX-6sJZBw

Daughtry - It's Not Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ92eyxnxmQ



Phil Spector - Record producer, songwriter, and the originator of the Wall of Sound production method, who became infamous as the subject of two trials for murder and a second-degree conviction. At the height of his career, he was a pioneer of the 1960s girl-group sound, and he produced more than twenty-five Top 40 hits from 1960 to 1965, writing or co-writing many of them. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. In 1997, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #63 on their list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2009, he was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra, California home. He is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life.

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Carlton Fisk - Retired MLB catcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (1969, 1971–1980) and the Chicago White Sox (1981–1993). In 1972, he was the first player to be unanimously voted American League Rookie of the Year. He is best remembered for "waving fair" his game-winning home run in the 12th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. He was voted to the All-Star team 11 times, and he won three Silver Slugger Awards as the best offensive player at his position. In 2000, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. In 2000, he was elected to the Chicago White Sox All-Century Team. In 1997, the Chicago White Sox retired his uniform number "72", and in 2000, the Boston Red Sox retired his uniform number "27". He is one of only eight people to have their uniform number retired by at least two teams, and one of only three to have different numbers retired by two teams. He is the only Red Sox player to have his number retired without having finished his career with the Red Sox. In 2004, he was named the greatest New Hampshire Athlete of All Time.

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Carlton Fisk: World Series Home Run

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Ozzie Smith - Former MLB shortstop, nicknamed "The Wizard" and "The Wizard of Oz" for his defensive brilliance, who played for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996. He is known for his ritual backflip before Opening Days, All-Star Games, and postseason games. He was a 15-time All-Star who accumulated 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases during his career. In 1987, he won the NL Silver Slugger Award as the best-hitting shortstop. From 1980–1992, he won the NL Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons. In 1985, he won the fifth game of the National League Championship Series with a homerun in the ninth-inning, and he was named the National League Championship Series MVP. In 2002, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He was also elected to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2014. His uniform number (No. 1) was retired by the Cardinals. His son is 2005 "American Idol" Top 10 finalist Nikko Smith.

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Ozzie Smith Backflip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpQT_z1OoEI

[gbgoodies]

Born on December 27th:

Marlene Dietrich - German-American actress and singer whose performance as Lola-Lola in the 1930 film The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and earned her a contract with Paramount Pictures in the U.S. She remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express and Desire capitalized on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest-paid actresses of the era. In 1931, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Morocco. In 1958, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Witness for the Prosecution. She was voted the 43rd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the 9th greatest female star of all time. On February 8, 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6400 Hollywood Blvd.

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Sydney Greenstreet - Actor who is best known for his films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. His other movies include Background to Danger, Passage to Marseille, The Mask of Dimitrios, The Conspirators, Hollywood Canteen, Three Strangers, The Verdict (1946), Devotion, Christmas in Connecticut, Flamingo Road, and Malaya. In 1950 and 1951, he played Nero Wolfe on the NBC radio program "The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe". In 1942, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Maltese Falcon. His characters in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca were the inspiration for the Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt. At one point during the production, a fez was placed on the final Jabba's head, to make him look like Greenstreet.

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Gérard Depardieu - French actor who is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He won the César Award for Best Actor twice, for The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card. After he received huge critical acclaim for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, he went on to act in many big budget Hollywood movies. He also received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Cyrano de Bergerac. With 16 nominations, he has received more César nominations than any other actor. He has played several characters from classic French literature including the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Porthos in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo (1998), and Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (2000). His other movies include Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), and Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012).

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John Amos - Actor who is best known for his role as James Evans, Sr. on the 1970s TV series "Good Times". His television work includes roles in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", the miniseries "Roots", for which he received an Emmy nomination, and a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on "The West Wing". He also played the father of Will Smith's character's girlfriend, Lisa Wilkes, in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". In a career that spans four decades, he has also appeared on Broadway and in numerous movies including Let's Do It Again, The World's Greatest Athlete, Coming to America, Lock Up, American Flyers, The Beastmaster and Die Hard 2. He has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and NAACP Image Award. He was considered the best role model for black men with families in America. He has the distinction of winning more TV Land Awards than anyone, taking home trophies for his roles on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Good Times", and the TV miniseries "Roots".

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Tovah Feldshuh - Actress, singer and playwright who made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1973 musical "Cyrano" starring Christopher Plummer. She also appeared in the title role in "Yentl" both off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center and later on Broadway. She has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award four times: as Best Actress (Play) in 1976 for "Yentl", and in 2004 for "Golda's Balcony," her one-woman show about Golda Meir; as Best Actress (Musical) in 1979 for "Sarava"; and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1989 for "Lend Me a Tenor". She made her cabaret debut at the Algonquin Hotel Oak Room with her act, "Tovah: Crossovah! From Broadway to Cabaret", which was followed by "Tovah: Out of Her Mind!". The Boston Globe selected her as "Best Cabaret Artist of 2000". She penned the one-woman play "Tallulah Hallelujah!", about actress Tallulah Bankhead, in which she also starred. In 1973, she appeared on TV in a supporting role in "Scream, Pretty Peggy". In 1976, she also had a supporting role in "Ryan's Hope", and she later portrayed Katharine Hepburn in "The Amazing Howard Hughes". She came to international prominence as Helena Slomova in the 1978 mini-series "Holocaust", for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series'. She also had a recurring role as defense attorney Danielle Melnick on "Law & Order", for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series'. Her film appearances include Lady in the Water, Happy Accidents, Brewster's Millions, The Idolmaker, The Blue Iguana, The Believer, and Kissing Jessica Stein.

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Aaron Stanford - Actor who is best known for his roles as Pyro in X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, as Doug in the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, and as Birkhoff in the TV series "Nikita". His first major film role was in the low-budget indie film Tadpole (2002), in which he plays Oscar Grubman, a precocious 15-year-old with a crush on his stepmother, played by Sigourney Weaver. In 2001 and 2002, he appeared multiple times on the TV series "Third Watch" as Russian teen Sergei. In 2002, he was named as one of Daily Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch", and he was included on Entertainment Weekly's "It List". In 2006, he won the "One To Watch" award at the Young Hollywood Awards. In 2007, he played the title role of Will Traveler in the short-lived TV series "Traveler".

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Emilie de Ravin - Actress who is best known for her roles as Tess Harding on "Roswell", as Claire Littleton on the ABC drama "Lost", and as Belle on the ABC drama "Once Upon a Time". She starred as Brendan Frye's heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend Emily in the neo-noir film Brick. Her other film credits include Santa's Slay, The Hills Have Eyes, Ball Don't Lie, and Remember Me. She also had a small cameo appearance in Public Enemies.

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Eva LaRue - Actress who is best known for her roles as Dr. Maria Santos on "All My Children", and as Detective Natalia Boa Vista in "CSI: Miami". She was half of "All My Children" supercouple Edmund and Maria. In 1997, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for 'Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series' for "All My Children". In 2004, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for 'Outstanding Original Song' for composing the song "Dance Again with You". From 1994-2003, she was nominated fro four Soap Opera Digest Awards for her work on "All My Children". In 2005, she had a recurring role on the TV sitcom "George Lopez" as Linda Lorenzo, George Lopez's "Long Lost" sister.

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Heather O'Rourke - Child actress who is best known for her role as Carol Anne Freeling in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist and two of its sequels. From 1982 to 1983, she had a recurring role on the TV sitcom "Happy Days". From 1983-1987, she was nominated for five Young Artist Awards, winning the award in 1985 for 'Best Young Actress - Guest in a Television Series' for "Webster". She was ranked #65 on VH1's '100 Greatest Kid Actors' special. Her line, "They're here", ranked #69 on the 'AFI'S TOP 100 Movie Quotes' special. She also holds the distinction of being the youngest (age 5 at the time) actor/actress to utter the line that made the list. In 1980, she appeared on the doll box for Mattel's "My First Barbie".

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Masi Oka - Japanese-American actor and digital effects artist who is best known for his role as Hiro Nakamura on NBC's "Heroes", and as coroner Max Bergman in CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" reboot. In 1987, at 12 years old, he was featured on the cover of Time titled "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids". His IQ has been reported at over 180. His first job after his college graduation was at Industrial Light & Magic, George Lucas's motion picture visual special effects company. He worked on the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 2006, he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination, and an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "Heroes". He was the only actor on "Heroes" to be nominated for both awards.

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Bill Goldberg - Actor, former football player and former professional wrestler who is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1997 and 2001, and in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2003 and 2004. He is notable for his lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition. The official count is listed as 173–0, though the legitimacy of this figure has been questioned. He is recognized by WWE as the only undefeated world champion in the history of sports entertainment. He is a WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a World Heavyweight Champion in WWE. He is also a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, and a WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bret Hart). He played pro football with the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams, and then he signed with the Carolina Panthers before his football career was ended by an abdominal injury. As an actor, he is known for the movies The Longest Yard, Ready to Rumble, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In 2010, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

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[cricket]

Happy Birthday to the great John Walsh and Carlton Fisk!

I like that Ava chick too based on that pic.

[Citizen Rules]

Elisha Cook Jr....Wow, I never knew that the same actor who was in The Maltese Falcon, was also in Star Trek, Court Martial. I've only seen The Maltese Falcon once I need to see it again.

Sydney Greenstreet...one of my favorite character actors...and if I watch The Maltese Falcon again I can see him.

Richard Widmark...GBG do you remember years ago when I had Widmark as my avatar?

[honeykid]

I remember Dina Meyer from the show "Birds of Prey". That was a very underrated show.

I'm sure that I've seen Dina Meyer in "Friends", because I've seen every episode numerous times, but I can't seem to remember her in it. Who did she play?
She played Kate in Friends. She's the actress that Joey falls in love with when they're doing a terrible play together. She's the first woman he's wanted that didn't want him, leading to one of my favourite exchanges from that season. It goes something like this.

Chandler - So your saying that this is the first woman you've wanted that didn't want you back?

Joey - Yeah. Oh my God! Is this what it's like to be you?!

I bought Birds Of Prey on the strength that she was in it. :o

[gbgoodies]

Elisha Cook Jr....Wow, I never knew that the same actor who was in The Maltese Falcon, was also in Star Trek, Court Martial. I've only seen The Maltese Falcon once I need to see it again.

Sydney Greenstreet...one of my favorite character actors...and if I watch The Maltese Falcon again I can see him.

Richard Widmark...GBG do you remember years ago when I had Widmark as my avatar?


"Court Martial" is one of the my favorite "Star Trek" episodes. I'm surprised that you didn't know that Elisha Cook Jr. was in both "Star Trek" and The Maltese Falcon.

I don't remember you ever having a Richard Widmark avatar. I always remember you having Orson Welles. (I know that because I've always pictured you looking like Orson Welles in my mind. :) ) I loved Richard Widmark when he was on "I Love Lucy", and he played himself.

[gbgoodies]

She played Kate in Friends. She's the actress that Joey falls in love with when they're doing a terrible play together. She's the first woman he's wanted that didn't want him, leading to one of my favourite exchanges from that season. It goes something like this.

Chandler - So your saying that this is the first woman you've wanted that didn't want you back?

Joey - Yeah. Oh my God! Is this what it's like to be you?!

I bought Birds Of Prey on the strength that she was in it. :o


I remember Kate in "Friends". I didn't know that she was the same actress that was in "Birds of Prey". She was great in "Birds of Prey". I loved that show. I was so upset when it was cancelled. :(

[gbgoodies]

Born on December 28th:

Maggie Smith - Actress who has received two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award. In addition, she has also received several honororary awards, including two more BAFTAs, the Special Award in 1993 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996. Her best known films include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, California Suite, Travels with My Aunt, A Room with a View, Gosford Park, Tea with Mussolini, Death on the Nile, Clash of the Titans, Hook, Sister Act, The First Wives Club, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and the Harry Potter film series. She currently stars as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on "Downton Abbey", for which she has won a Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild awards and two consecutive Emmy awards.

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Denzel Washington - Actor who has received two Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1989 film Glory, and for Best Actor for the 2001 film Training Day. His best known films include A Soldier's Story, Cry Freedom, Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X, Philadelphia, The Pelican Brief, Crimson Tide, The Hurricane, The Manchurian Candidate, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Flight, and The Equalizer.

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Nichelle Nichols - Actress who is best known for her role of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the TV series "Star Trek", as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of Commander. Her "Star Trek" character was one of the first African American female characters on American television who was not portrayed as a servant. It was a groundbreaking role in U.S society at the time. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. personally praised her work on the show and asked her to remain when she was considering leaving the series.

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Lew Ayres - Actor who is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the 1930 film classic All Quiet on the Western Front, and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies.

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Martin Milner - Actor who is best known for his roles as Tod Stiles in the TV series "Route 66", and as Officer Peter Joseph "Pete" Malloy in the TV series "Adam-12".

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F.W. Murnau - German film director of the silent era whose best known work is his 1922 film Nosferatu, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula".

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Woodrow Wilson - The 28th President of the United States, from March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1921, who came up with the famous term "The Great Melting Pot" referring to the United States of America.

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Richard Clayderman - French pianist who has released numerous albums including instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music.

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Richard Clayderman - Beautiful Melodies

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



John Legend - Singer, songwriter who has won nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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John Legend - All of Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=450p7goxZqg



David Archuleta - Singer who in 2007, at only 16 years old, was one of the youngest contestants on the 7th season of "American Idol", finishing in 2nd place.

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David Archuleta - Imagine (American Idol Performance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmaU7BXssEc



Joe Diffie - Country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs.

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Joe Diffie - A Night To Remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-d9f_BS594

Joe Diffie - Third Rock From The Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAa0IGCXCw


Ray Knight - Former MLB Third Baseman/First Baseman who was the 1986 World Series MVP.

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Bill "The Spaceman" Lee - Former left handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos who was one of the most colorful players in major league baseball history.

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[cricket]

Denzel and Spaceman Lee rule!

F**k Ray Knight and the Mets!

[gbgoodies]

Denzel and Spaceman Lee rule!

F**k Ray Knight and the Mets!


I didn't think that anyone else would remember "Spaceman", but I wanted to include him anyway.

Still not a Mets fan, huh? ;)

[cricket]

The only time I root for the Mets is when they play the Yankees.

[gbgoodies]

The only time I root for the Mets is when they play the Yankees.



That's funny. That's the only time that I root for Boston. ;)

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[gbgoodies]

Born on December 29th:

Mary Tyler Moore - Actress who is best known for her roles as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis on the TV 1970s sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and as Laura Petrie on the 1960s TV sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show". She also appeared in a number of films, most notably 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie and 1980's Ordinary People, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a special Tony Award for her performance in "Whose Life Is It Anyway?", and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. In addition, as a producer she received nominations for Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards, and she won a Tony Award for Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical. In 1984, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award. In 1986, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In 1992, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2011, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award. On May 8, 2002, a bronze statue capturing her character Mary's signature hat-toss went on display at the Minneapolis intersection where the scene for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was originally filmed. She was on hand for the ceremony, and she tossed her hat, but this time, into an appreciative downtown crowd.

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Ted Danson - Actor who is best known for his roles as the womanizing former baseball player and bartender Sam Malone in the TV sitcom "Cheers", and as Dr. John Becker on the sitcom "Becker". He is currently starring as Shift Supervisor D.B. Russell in the CBS drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom "Curb Your Enthusiasm", starred alongside Glenn Close in the legal drama "Damages", and he was a regular on the HBO comedy series "Bored to Death". He has been nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination; one American Comedy Award and he received a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked 2nd in TV Guide's list of the Top 25 Television Stars.

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Dina Merrill - Actress who has acted in 22 motion pictures, including Desk Set, Operation Petticoat (with Cary Grant, who had been married to her cousin, Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton), The Sundowners, Butterfield 8, The Young Savages, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, I'll Take Sweden, Just Tell Me What You Want, Caddyshack II, True Colors, The Player, and Milk and Money. She appeared regularly as a guest star on numerous TV shows in the 1960s, notably as a campy villain, "Calamity Jan" in a 1968 episode of "Batman" alongside her then-husband, Cliff Robertson. On January 11, 1960, she made the cover of Life magazine as an actress, socialite and model. In 2005, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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George Marshall - Director who was active through the first six decades of movie history, although few of his films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again, The Sheepman, and How the West Was Won being the biggest exceptions. He co-directed How the West Was Won with John Ford and Henry Hathaway, handling the railroad segment, which featured a celebrated buffalo stampede sequence. For his contribution to the film industry, he has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7048 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1975, he was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame three days before his death.

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Jon Voight - Actor who came to prominence in the late 1960s with his performance as a would-be gigolo in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in the 1972 film Deliverance, as a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in the 1978 film Coming Home, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, and a penniless ex-boxing champion in the 1979 remake of The Champ. He has won one Academy Award, out of four nominations, and four Golden Globe Awards, out of ten nominations. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. His younger brother is songwriter Wes Voight who, under the alias Chip Taylor, wrote The Troggs' 1966 smash hit "Wild Thing".

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Jude Law - Actor who has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that began with his early successes such as Gattaca in 1997, and The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. He is known for his roles as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, as Hugo's father in Hugo, and in the title role in Dom Hemingway. His other movies include Enemy at the Gates, Road to Perdition, I Heart Huckabees, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Alfie, and The Aviator. He is one of three actors, along with Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp, to take over acting responsibilities in the Terry Gilliam project The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus following Heath Ledger's death. In 1999, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in 2000 he won a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Cold Mountain. In 2006, he was ranked as one of the top ten most bankable film stars in Hollywood. In 2007, he received an Honorary César, and he was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

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Inga Swenson - Actress who is best known for her role as Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and acerbic German cook (later Head Housekeeper and Budget Director) in the TV sitcom "Benson". She also appeared in a multi-episode stint as Ingrid Svenson, birth mother of Corinne Tate (Diana Canova), on the TV sitcom "Soap", which had the same producers. The thick accent required of the character led many fans at the time to mistakenly believe she was actually German, when in real life she speaks perfect English. Early in her career, she had supporting roles in the films Advise and Consent and The Miracle Worker, in which she played Helen Keller's mother.

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Paula Poundstone - Stand-up comedian who is known for her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy. She rose to fame with a series of one hour HBO comedy specials and her backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and she is now heard on National Public Radio's (NPR) weekly news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me", internationally on NPR Worldwide, and on the Internet via podcast, and tours across the country performing standup comedy.

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Paula Poundstone on "David Letterman"

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Jessica Andrews - Country music singer who, at age 15, made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, (now Hot Country Songs), charts with the single "I Will Be There for You" from the soundtrack to the DreamWorks Animation film The Prince of Egypt. Her biggest chart success was the No. 1 country hit "Who I Am" in 2001.

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Jessica Andrews - Who I Am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9zYKLepCw

Jessica Andrews - Unbreakable Heart

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[cricket]

Happy Birthday Jon Voight and Ted Danson!

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[Citizen Rules]

My Birthday favorite?

Dina Merrill - I just seen her in The Courtship of Eddie's Father but she was a brunette in that. She had to dye her hair dark for that role and Stella Stevens who was also a blonde had to go redhead. Only Shirley Jones, (also a blonde) got to keep her own hair color.....and why do I think no one cares about any of that.:(

[gbgoodies]

Born on December 30th:

Rudyard Kipling - Writer whose best known works include "The Jungle Book", "Captains Courageous", and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King". His poems include "Mandalay", "Gunga Din", "The Gods of the Copybook Headings", "The White Man's Burden", and "If...". In 1995, his poem "If ..". was voted England's favorite poem. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was both the youngest (42) and the first English-speaking writer to win the prize. He wrote two short stories, "With the Night Mail" and "As Easy As A.B.C.", which are considered two of the earliest works of contemporary science fiction.

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James Burrows - TV writer and director who has directed many shows, including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Rhoda", "Laverne & Shirley", "Taxi", "Cheers" (which he also co-created), "The Hogan Family", "Dear John", "Wings", "Frasier", "Friends", "NewsRadio", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "Dharma & Greg", "Caroline in the City", "Will & Grace", "The Class", "Two and a Half Men", "The Big Bang Theory", "Mike & Molly", "2 Broke Girls", and "The Millers". His style is best known for his comic timing, complex blocking for actors, and incorporating more sophisticated lighting in television studio shoots. He is also credited for expanding the typical multi-camera television shoot from three to four cameras. He has been nominated for fifteen Directors Guild of America awards, and for an Emmy Award every year between 1980 and 2005, except 1997. He has won 5 times as a director.

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Bryan Burk - Film and TV producer who has frequently collaborated with J. J. Abrams, and is the co-founder of his production company Bad Robot Production. The TV series he's worked with Abrams on include, "Alias", "What About Brian", "Lost", "Fringe", "Person of Interest", and "Alcatraz". He has also served as a producer for Abrams' feature films, Cloverfield, Star Trek, Super 8, and Star Trek Into Darkness. He is set to produce Abrams' next feature, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Carol Reed - English film director who is best known for Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, and Oliver!. In 1968, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award, and he won the Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!. He was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Director for The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. In 1953, he became only the second British film director to be knighted for his craft. He was the uncle of actor Oliver Reed.

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Russ Tamblyn - Actor and dancer who is best known for his performance as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang, in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story, and as the title role in the 1958 film Tom Thumb. He is also known for appearing in such films as Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, The War of the Gargantuas, Peyton Place and The Haunting, as well as for his portrayal of Dr. Lawrence Jacoby in the TV drama "Twin Peaks". In 1997, he made a one-shot guest appearance on "General Hospital" in a song-and-dance sketch that featured his daughter, Amber Tamblyn. In 1957, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male. In 1958, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Peyton Place.

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West Side Story - Gee Officer Krupke!

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Jack Lord - Actor who is best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the TV series :Hawaii Five-O" from 1968 to 1980. He was the first actor to play the recurring character Felix Leiter in Dr. No, the first James Bond film. In 1962, he starred as series namesake "Stoney Burke", a rodeo cowboy from Mission Ridge, South Dakota. He was considered for the part of Captain Kirk in "Star Trek", but was rejected by Gene Roddenberry and Desilu Studios because he wanted to also be co-producer, and own a percentage of the series. He was also an accomplished artist. Two of his paintings were acquired by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum of Modern Art.

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Joseph Bologna - Screenwriter and actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay , (with his wife Renée Taylor), for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers. In 1971, the couple again collaborated to write and perform in the movie Made for Each Other. His other film credits include roles in Cops and Robbers, Honor Thy Father, The Big Bus, Chapter Two, My Favorite Year, and Transylvania 6-5000. From 1996 to 1998, he voice-acted the character Inspector Dan Turpin, a hot-headed police officer modeled after Jack Kirby, in several episodes of "Superman: The Animated Series". In 2006, he was the voice of Mr Start in Ice Age: The Meltdown.

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Tracey Ullman - Actress and comedian who starred in her own TV comedy series, "The Tracey Ullman Show", from 1987 until 1990. She later produced programs for HBO, including "Tracey Takes On..." from 1996 through 1999, for which she garnered numerous awards. Her most recent sketch comedy series, "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union", ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime. She has also appeared in several feature films including Give My Regards to Broad Street, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bullets over Broadway, Corpse Bride, and Into the Woods. Her series "Tracey Ullman Show" won eight Emmy Awards, numerous CableACE Awards and a host of other media awards. In 1999, she had a recurring role as an unconventional psychotherapist in "Ally McBeal", a role that won her an Emmy Award and American Comedy Award. She has been nominated for five Golden Globe Award, 23 Emmy Awards, and two BAFTA Awards. The phenomenally successful animated series "The Simpsons" is actually a spin-off of "The Tracey Ullman Show". The animated show began as 30 second segments aired between comedy sketches.

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Fred Ward - Actor who began his film career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. His other movie roles include The Right Stuff, Remo Williams, his self-produced movie Miami Blues, Tremors, Henry & June, The Player, Short Cuts, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Tremors II: Aftershocks, and Chain Reaction, as well as character roles in many action, drama, comedy, thriller, TV and b-movies. In 1990, he was ranked #9 by Action Film magazine as one of the 10 Top Action Film Stars.

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Jack Riley - Comedic character actor who is probably most recognizable as the neurotic and selfish patient Elliot Carlin from the 1970s TV sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show", and as the voice of Stu Pickles in "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up!". He appeared in the films Catch-22, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!. He also became a minor staple in Mel Brooks's spoofs, including Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and History of the World: Part I to his credit.

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Eliza Dushku - Actress who is best known for her TV role as Faith on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff series "Angel", and for starring in two Fox series, "Tru Calling" and "Dollhouse". She is also known for her roles in films, including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as her voice work on video games. She has a lead role in an online animated "motion comic" series, titled "Torchwood: Web of Lies", which is based on the BBC series "Torchwood: Miracle Day". She also guest-starred in an episode of CBS' comedy "The Big Bang Theory" as FBI Special Agent Angela Page.

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Kristin Kreuk - Actress who is best known for her roles as Lana Lang in the Superman-inspired TV series "Smallville", as Laurel Yeung in the Canadian teen drama "Edgemont", and as Catherine Chandler in the CW's reboot of the series "Beauty & the Beast". She has also starred in movies such as Snow White: The Fairest of Them All, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, and Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy. In 2009, appeared in a multi-episode arc in season three of "Chuck". She played Hannah, a computer troubleshooter who joins the Buy More Nerd Herd after being laid off from her previous job.

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Jason Behr - Actor who had a recurring role in the WB teen series "Dawson's Creek", and starred in the TV series "Roswell", for which he was twice nominated for a Saturn Award. He was in the films The Shipping News, and the American remake of the Japanese horror film The Grudge. He has also had a series of guest appearances in various television shows like "Step by Step", "The Profiler", "7th Heaven", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "JAG". In 2002, he won the Young Hollywood Award for Standout Performance by a Young Actor – Male for The Shipping News.

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Meredith Monroe - Actress who is best known as Andie McPhee on the WB teen series "Dawson's Creek", and as Haley Hotchner on the crime drama "Criminal Minds".

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Matt Lauer - TV journalist who is best known as the host of NBC's "The Today Show" since 1997, and as a contributor for NBC's "Dateline NBC". He was previously a news anchor for "The Today Show" in 1994, and anchor for WNBC in New York City. He was also host of "PM Magazine", and he worked for ESPN in the 1980s as a sideline reporter. He has been nominated for 13 Daytime Emmy Awards, winning five Emmy Awards. He was also nominated for an additional three News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

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Bert Parks - Actor, singer, and radio and television announcer who is best known for hosting the annual Miss America Pageant from 1955 to 1979. His recording of "There She Is, Miss America" was used each year in the Miss America scholarship pageant until 2012 as the new reigning titleholder takes her walk down the runway in her newly earned crown.

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Singers, musicians, athletes, etc. born on December 30th:

Davy Jones - Singer-songwriter, musician, and actor who is best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees, and co-star of the 1960s TV series "The Monkees". His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of "Oliver!", as well as a cameo role in an episode of the TV show "The Brady Bunch". In 2005, he was ranked #9 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols". His popularity with teenage girls led to the casting of lookalike Walter Koenig by the producers of "Star Trek", who were looking to attract a younger, more female audience. Because of his popularity with The Monkees, another singer named David Jones was forced to change his name to David Bowie. The Monkees have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He shares a birthday with fellow Monkees bandmate Michael Nesmith.

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Monkees - Daydream Believer

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Michael Nesmith - Musician, songwriter, actor, and producer who is best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees, and co-star of the 1960s TV series "The Monkees". He is a songwriter, including the song "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadt, and executive producer of the 1984 cult film Repo Man. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, "Elephant Parts". He invented the idea for what became MTV. He sold the idea to Time-Warner and created a proof of concept for 24 hour music television in the form of 6 half hour shows called "Pop Clips". Time-Warner aired "Popclips" on Nickelodeon Channel for testing and it was an instant hit. The Monkees have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6675 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. He shares a birthday with fellow Monkees bandmate Davy Jones. His mother, Bette Nesmith, was a legal secretary in Houston, Texas. Due to her hobby of painting, she came up with the idea and invented Liquid Paper typing correction fluid, and made an enormous fortune overnight.

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The Monkees - I'm a Believer

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Bo Diddley - R&B vocalist, guitarist and songwriter who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll, and rock, influencing a host of acts. He was known for his technical innovations, including his trademark rectangular guitar. He received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, and a Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

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Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love

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Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

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Del Shannon - Rock and roll singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 #1 hit, "Runaway". In 1999, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Del Shannon - Runaway

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Patti Smith - Singer-songwriter, poet and punk musician who was a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album "Horses". Her best known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen, and reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. She was ranked #15 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir, "Just Kids". In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Patti Smith ~ Because The Night

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Suzy Bogguss - Country music singer who won the Top New Female Vocalist of the Year Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1988, and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1992.

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Suzy Bogguss - Letting Go

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Tiger Woods - Professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance, winning the tournament by 12 strokes. He has broken numerous golf records, including being the youngest #1 golfer ever at the age of 21 years and 24 weeks in his 42nd week as a professional. He was the world #1 golfer for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record eleven times. He has won 14 professional major golf championships, and 79 PGA Tour events. He was named Golf Digest Player of the Year, Golf World Player of the Year, Golfweek National Amateur of the Year, Golf World Man of the Year, and Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus College Player of the Year awards. He was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1996 and 2000, making him the first athlete to win the award twice.

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LeBron James - Professional NBA basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers who was the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. He has won two NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, two NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has also been selected to 10 NBA All-Star teams, 10 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams, and is the Cavaliers' all-time leading scorer. In 2004, he won an Olympic Bronze Medal for USA for Basketball. In 2012, he won an Olympic Gold Medal for USA for Basketball.

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Sandy Koufax - Former MLB pitcher who played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955-1966. He was a six-time all-star pitcher who won the Cy Young Award for the best pitcher in professional baseball in 1963, 1965 and 1966. He was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young award multiple times. In 1972, he was the youngest player ever inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame when he was only 36 years old. In 1979, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 1993, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

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Heidi Fleiss - Former madam who ran a prostitution ring based in Los Angeles, California, and is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam". She played matchmaker to the richest men in the world, carefully pairing them with women tailored to their fantasies, making all the financial and travel arrangements, and keeping 40 percent of the fee for herself. Her high-class hookers once commanded $1,500-a-night from high-rolling celebrity clients. In June 1993, she was arrested at her home by the LAPD.

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Ah, Eliza Dushku. :love: One of the sexiest women I've ever seen.

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Born on December 31st:

Nicholas Sparks - Novelist, screenwriter and producer who has published 17 novels and a non-fiction book. Nine of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted as films: Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, The Lucky One, Safe Haven, and The Best of Me. His younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks, who died at the age of 33 from a brain tumor was the inspiration for the main character in his novel "A Walk to Remember".

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Taylor Hackford - Film producer and director, and the former president of the Directors Guild of America, who is best known for the movie An Officer and a Gentleman, The Idolmaker, Against All Odds, White Nights, and Ray. He has also directed music videos, including "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins, and "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie. In 1979, he received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father. In 2004, he received two Oscar nominations for the Ray Charles biopic Ray. In 2005, he was awarded the Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing. Since 1997, he has been married to Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren, who he met when he was directing her in White Nights.

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Ben Kingsley - Actor who is best known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA and London Film Critics' Circle Awards. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List, Sexy Beast, Lucky Number Slevin, Shutter Island, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Hugo, and Iron Man 3. In 1993, his performance as "Itzhak Stern" in the movie, Schindler's List earned him a BAFTA nomination. In 1998, he was nominated for the Screen Actors' Guild Award for his performance as "Sweeney Todd" in the TV movie, The Tale of Sweeney Todd. In 2001, he won a Screen Actors' Guild Award for his performance as "Otto Frank" in the TV movie Anne Frank: The Whole Story. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. In 2013, he received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles 'Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment'. In 2010, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Anthony Hopkins - Actor who is best known for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and its sequel Hannibal, and the prequel Red Dragon. His other notable films include The Lion in Winter, The Mask of Zorro, The Bounty, Meet Joe Black, The Elephant Man, Magic, 84 Charing Cross Road, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Legends of the Fall, Thor, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon, The World's Fastest Indian, Instinct, and Fracture. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and seven BAFTA Awards. In addition to his Oscar, he has also won three BAFTA Awards, two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1997, he was ranked #57 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. In 1999, he was selected by an Entertainment Weekly on-line movie poll as the Best Modern Actor, and the Best Villain for his role as Hannibal Lecter. His Oscar-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs was ranked #15 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time, and ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in its compilation of the 100 Years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. In 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2008, he was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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Jason Robards Sr. - Stage and screen actor who appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. He was the father of Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards, Jr.. He was consistently billed as "Jason Robards", as his more famous son, also named Jason Robards, did not come into prominence until the end of the elder Robards' career. He is only referred to as Jason Robards, Sr. in retrospect.

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Bebe Neuwirth - Actress, musician and dancer who is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife (later ex-wife), on both the TV sitcom "Cheers" (in a starring role), and its spin-off "Frasier" (in a recurring guest role). On stage, she won two Tony Awards for her roles as Nickie in the revival of "Sweet Charity", and as Velma Kelly in the revival of "Chicago". She is also known for her role as Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" musical. She currently stars as Nadine Tolliver in the TV show "Madam Secretary". She has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, winning twice for Best Supporting Actress for her role on "Cheers". She has won two Emmys, two Tonys, two Drama Desks, an LA Drama Critics Circle award, an Astaire Award, an Outer Critics Circle award, among other awards. Star Trek fans will remember her as Nurse Lanel in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "First Contact".

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Bebe Neuwirth as Nurse Lanel in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "First Contact".


Val Kilmer - Actor who became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as the blockbuster action film Top Gun (1986), and the swords and sorcery fantasy film Willow (1988). Some of his other notable film roles include Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Doc Holliday in the western Tombstone (1993), armed robber Chris Shiherilis in Michael Mann's crime saga Heat (1995), Bruce Wayne/Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995), Simon Templar in The Saint (1997), and a meth-using informant in the 2002 crime thriller The Salton Sea. At the time he was accepted, he was at the time the youngest student ever accepted into Juilliard's drama department. He did his own singing while playing Jim Morrison in The Doors. The real members of the band said they had difficulty distinguishing Kilmer's voice from that of Morrison's. In 1997, he was ranked #62 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. He is the second cousin of journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer.

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James Remar - Actor who played Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in "Sex and the City", Ajax in The Warriors, homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the 1982 thriller 48 Hrs., Dutch Shultz in The Cotton Club, Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Giuseppe Salvatore in "Vampire Diaries", and Harry Morgan in "Dexter". He won the 8th annual SAG award as a member of the Outstanding Comedy Ensemble for his work in "Sex and the City". He has been nominated for the SAG Award and the Emmy Award as a member of the ensemble cast of "Dexter". In 2013, he was honored with the Saturn Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his work in Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror.

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Tim Matheson - Actor and director who is best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy National Lampoon's Animal House, and as Vice President John Hoynes in the NBC drama "The West Wing". He has also had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character in the cartoon "Jonny Quest", and the voice of Jace in the original animated series of "Space Ghost". He played the role of the oldest son, Mike Beardsley, in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours. His other movies include Steven Spielberg's 1941, the 1983 Mel Brooks movie To Be or Not to Be, and the comedies Up the Creek, and Fletch. He played a con man who claims to be Carol Brady's thought-to-be-dead husband in A Very Brady Sequel, and the father of the title character in Van Wilder. He has directed episodes of "Third Watch", "Ed", "The Twilight Zone", "Cold Case", "Without a Trace", "The West Wing", "Psych", "The Good Guys", "Shark", "White Collar", "Criminal Minds", "Suits", "Burn Notice" (on which he also performed in a recurring role), and the pilot episode of "Covert Affairs". He earned two Emmy award nominations for Best Guest Star in a Drama Series for "The West Wing".

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Barbara Carrera - Actress who is best known for her roles as Bond girl Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again, and as Angelica Nero on the soap opera "Dallas". She first appeared in minor roles taking advantage of her exotic features in The Master Gunfighter, Embryo, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. She is also known for her roles as Clay Basket in the 1978 miniseries "Centennial", as the sexy villainous doctor in I, the Jury, as the love interest of Texas Ranger Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade, and as Emma Coe in the 1988 miniseries "Emma: Queen of the South Seas". In 1976, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for 'Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female' for her role in The Master Gunfighter. In 1984, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Never Say Never Again.

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[gbgoodies]

Singers and musicians born on December 31st:

John Denver - Singer, songwriter and actor who began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s, and was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s, and one of its best-selling artists. He recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed, with total sales of over 33 million. His music appeared on a variety of charts, including country and western, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him twelve gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders". In 1979, he was a guest star on "The Muppet Show", which was the beginning of the lifelong friendship between Denver and Jim Henson that spawned two television specials with The Muppets. He also starred in the 1977 film Oh, God! opposite George Burns. He was nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy in 1975 for 'Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music' for "An Evening with John Denver". In 1975, he won the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award. In 1997, he recorded a children's train album for Sony Wonder, titled "All Aboard!" for which he won a posthumous Best Musical Album For Children Grammy Award. In 1996, he was inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2007, the Colorado state legislature also adopted "Rocky Mountain High" as one of its state songs. In 2014, the West Virginia Legislature approved a resolution to make "Take Me Home, Country Roads" the official state song of West Virginia. On April 21, 2011, John Denver became the first inductee into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. On October 24, 2014, he was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard. He was killed on Sunday, October 12, 1997, when the plane he was piloting crashed into Monterey Bay. He was cremated, and his ashes spread over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He was the uncle of the twin babies who played "Oscar" in the 1989 film Ghostbusters II, William T. Deutschendorf and Henry J. Deutschendorf II.

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John Denver - Shanghai Breezes

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

John Denver - Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZmsQ0Gr4bY

John Denver - Dreamland Express

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sq62MQN4C8



Donna Summer - Singer, songwriter who was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart, and she charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 12-month period. She has sold over 130 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following with hit songs including "I Feel Love", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "On the Radio". She charted 30 #1 hits (singles and albums) on the Billboard Pop/R&B,Disco/Dance, Album charts combined, over a period of 33 years. She was the first black woman to be nominated for an MTV Video Music Award. In May 2012, it was announced that her song "I Feel Love" was included in the list of preserved recordings at the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. She was a five-time Grammy winner who in 1979 was the first artist to win the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female for "Hot Stuff", as well as the first-ever recipient of the Grammy for Best Dance Recording for "Carry On". In 2004, she became one of the first inductees, as both an Artist Inductee and a Record Inductee (for 1977's "I Feel Love"), into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On March 18, 1992, she was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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Donna Summer - On The Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8bBWl7KQc

Donna Summer - Last Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqZY8P42pLo

Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaaxld1ugu0



Rex Allen - Actor, singer and songwriter who was known as the Arizona Cowboy. Beginning in 1950, he starred as himself in 19 of Hollywood's Western movies. He was one of the top-ten box office draws of the day, and his character was depicted in comic books. On screen, he personified the clean cut, God-fearing American hero of the wild West who wore a white Stetson hat, loved his faithful horse Koko, and had a loyal buddy who shared his adventures. His comic relief sidekick in first few pictures was Buddy Ebsen and then character actor Slim Pickens. He was best known as the narrator in more than 80 Walt Disney nature and Western film productions. He was the original voice of the "father" character in Walt Disney's "Carousel of Progress" attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He provided the narration for the 1973 Hanna-Barbera animated film Charlotte's Web. He was also the voice behind Purina Dog Chow commercials for many years. On August 20, 1975, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In 1983, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. His horse was named Koko "The Miracle Horse of the Movies". He was the father of Rex Allen Jr., a former country music star who was also a regular on "The Statler Brothers" syndicated TV show.

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Rex Allen Sr. - Lazy River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh48Ifg13MI

Rex Allen - Son, Don't Go Near The Indians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsLaTC6bGdo



Andy Summers - Musician who is best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police. He has also recorded 12 solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores. He won five Grammy Awards including one for Best Rock Instrumental for "Behind My Camel". In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him as the 85th Greatest Guitarist of All Time. He was voted the #1 pop guitarist for five years in Guitar Player Magazine before being inducted into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police).

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Andy Summers - Police Guitar Riffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlvs64eB6w0



George Thorogood - Blues singer and rock musican who became a staple of 1980s rock radio with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It On Over", "Who Do You Love?" and "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". With his band, the Delaware Destroyers, he has released over 20 albums, of which two have been certified Platinum and six have been certified Gold. He has sold 15 million albums worldwide. In 2012, he was named one of The 50 Most Influential Delawareans of the Past 50 Years.

http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/kompolt-media/ebaycelebrity/photo_assets/IndyPage/ThorogoodIndy.jpg

George Thorogood And The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhJ69mD7xI

[honeykid]

Lots of people I like in the post today. :) I've always loved Bebe Neuwirth. Also, while I was aware that Nicholas Sparks were all, basically, the same. I had no idea that the posters for the film adaptations were, too. :D Makes sense, though.

[gbgoodies]

I loved Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith on "Cheers" and Frasier". She was even hysterical when she made a guest appearance on "Wings" as Lilith. I really wanted to see her in "The Addams Family" on Broadway, but I never got a chance to go see it. I heard she was amazing in it.

I love most of the movies based on Nicholas Sparks books, although I haven't read the actual books.

[cricket]

Happy belated Birthday to the great Heidi Fleiss!

[gbgoodies]

I was hoping that someone else would accept the challenge and pick up this thread, but it looks like nobody wants to keep this thread going. :(

I just don't have the time anymore to do this properly everyday, so this will most likely be my last post of birthday people here, and it's scaled down quite a bit, without all the info, but it's better than nothing.


Born on January 1st:

Dana Andrews - Actor who is best known for his role as war veteran Fred Derry in the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives.

http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Dana-Andrews-1948.jpg


Frank Langella - Actor who is known for his role as the title character in the 1979 movie Dracula. He has won three Tony Awards, two Obie Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2008 film Frost/Nixon.

http://victorianachronists.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dracula1979x-460x349.jpg

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/frank-langella-dave-photo.jpg

http://www.daxgraphs.co.uk/star%20trek%20ds9/frank%20langella.jpg
Frank Langella as Jaro Essa in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".


Stanley Kamel - Actor who is best known for his role as Dr. Charles Kroger on the TV series "Monk".

http://www.eviltwinltd.com/Monk/graphics/stanley/stanleytribute.png

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=19133&stc=1&d=1420159038
Stanley Kamel as Kosinski in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where No One Has Gone Before".


J.D. Salinger - Writer who is best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye".

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/02/salinger-201102/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_contai/cn_image.size.salinger-01.jpg


George Lutz - His 28 days at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, provided the bases for The Amityville Horror.

http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.48775.1273627657!/image/25964075.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/25964075.jpg


J. Edgar Hoover - The first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States from May 19, 1924 until his death on May 2, 1972.

http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/j_edgar_hoover_img.jpg

[Citizen Rules]

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to gbgoodies for doing this thread.

I've had a lot of fun with it. I know she has put a lot of hard work into it.
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[honeykid]

You've done a great job here, gbg. I was thinking of putting this up for thread of the year nomination just because of the amount of work you put in. :)

[gbgoodies]

Thanks for the praise. It's nice to know that my work is appreciated.

Hopefully I'll be able to pop in every once in a while and bump the thread if someone really important has a birthday, but there's no guarantee about this.

If anyone else wants to bump this once in a while, or even take it over completely, that would be great too. :)

[Citizen Rules]

And a Happy Birthday to one of the great Film Noir actors...Dana Andrews. Known for these classic Noirs:
Laura 1944
Fallen Angel 1945
Boomerang 1947
Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
Edge of Doom 1950
While the City Sleeps 1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956

[gbgoodies]

And a Happy Birthday to one of the great Film Noir actors...Dana Andrews. Known for these classic Noirs:
Laura 1944
Fallen Angel 1945
Boomerang 1947
Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
Edge of Doom 1950
While the City Sleeps 1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956


I expected him to be your favorite from today's list. :)

[Citizen Rules]

I thought this guy was one of the more colorful guest stars on Star Trek TNG.

[gbgoodies]

I thought this guy was one of the more colorful guest stars on Star Trek TNG.


I also loved Stanley Kamel on "Monk" as Monk's psychiatrist.

[Citizen Rules]

Never seen Monk. He seems like a good actor. And damn that was suppose to be a large picture inserted by the Attachments paper too. I swear it's big on my computer, I'm not sure why it's small.

[gbgoodies]

Never seen Monk. He seems like a good actor. And damn that was suppose to be a large picture inserted by the Attachments paper too. I swear it's big on my computer, I'm not sure why it's small.


It was probably an image from wiki cookies, (or something like that). They show up big on screen, and then when you use them as an attachment, they shrink for some reason.

If you right-click and download the large image, and then upload it as an attachment, it will show up here as the full size image. (Then you can delete it from your computer if you don't want to save it.)

[gbgoodies]

I know it's a bit late, but I was looking through the list of people who were born on Jan 2nd, and I just wanted to mention a few people:



Jack Hanna - Zookeeper who is one of the most notable animal experts in the United States. He has appeared on many talk shows including "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". He has also been the host of several syndicated television shows.

http://www.lakesideohio.com/assets/img/events/Hoover_Entertainment/jack_hanna.jpg

http://www.baynews9.com/content/dam/news/images/2013/08/jack-hanna-coming-to--sea-world.jpg


George Barris - Designer and builder of many famous custom cars. You may not know his name, but you definitely know his cars.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/wot/holy-smokes-batmobile-goes-for-4-2-million-at-barrett-jackson-auction-318341/59331340/george-barris-inside-1966-batmobile.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/1960s_Batmobile_(FMC).jpg

http://superradnow.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/monkeemobile-original.jpg

http://www.legacydiecast.com/product_images/amm951-gb.jpg


Roger Miller - Singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs. His most recognized tunes included the chart-topping country/pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me" and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era.

Roger Miller - King of the Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_hPTN50UE

Roger Miller - You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skFWsc_-i14

Roger Miller - Dang Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg7DcCI39GY

[gbgoodies]

Here's a short list of some people who were born on Jan 3rd:

J.R.R. Tolkien - Author of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit".

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Sergio Leone - Director, producer, writer best known for the Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sergio_Leone_743.jpg


John Sturges - Director best known for the movies Bad Day at Black Rock, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Ice Station Zebra.

http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/john_sturges.jpg


Glen A. Larson - TV producer, writer, and creator of the shows Battlestar Galactica, Quincy, M.E., The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, B. J. and the Bear, The Fall Guy, Magnum, P.I. and Knight Rider.

http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/images_content/2014/GlenA-Larson.jpg


Ray Milland - My favorite of his movies is Dial M for Murder, but I also love The Lost Weekend and The Uninvited.

http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/Ray-Milland.jpg


Mel Gibson - Do I really have to list his movies?

http://www.ncregister.com/images/uploads/Mel_Gibson_Smiling.jpg


Victoria Principal - Best known for the nighttime soap opera "Dallas".

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Dabney Coleman - He was in so many great movies, that I wouldn't know where to start. War Games, Cloak & Dagger, 9 To 5, Tootsie, On Golden Pond, etc.

http://news.kjosy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Tootsie-Dabney-Coleman.jpg


Victor Borge - Danish comedian, conductor and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane". In 1999, he received Kennedy Center Honors.

https://icanrunaminute.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/0479_victor-borge.jpg


Stephen Stills - Musician who is best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young).

http://www.theuncool.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stills.jpg

Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3ruuml-R4

Crosby Stills & Nash - Southern Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBsnopTVmo

[Citizen Rules]

George Barris - Designer and builder of many famous custom cars. You may not know his name, but you definitely know his cars.....I knew his name;) and I recognized those cars too. Very cool pics.

BTW he did a 'his and hers' Sonny and Cher, 1966 Mustang convertibles.
http://image.mustangandfords.com/f/78673137+w620+re0/sonny-cher-ford-mustangs.jpg

[gbgoodies]

.....I knew his name;) and I recognized those cars too. Very cool pics.

BTW he did a 'his and hers' Sonny and Cher, 1966 Mustang convertibles.
http://image.mustangandfords.com/f/78673137+w620+re0/sonny-cher-ford-mustangs.jpg


He did a lot of great cars including Black Beauty from "The Green Hornet", The Car from the movie The Car, and much more. I only chose a few of his most recognizable cars for pics.

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 4th:

Sterling Holloway - Actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company, well known for his distinctive tenor voice and is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, the title character in Winnie the Pooh, Kaa in The Jungle Book and Roquefort in The Aristocats.

http://sittinonabackyardfence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sterling-holloway-1934.jpg


Barbara Rush - Actress who is best known for her roles as Marsha Russell on "Peyton Place", as Eudora Weldon on "Flamingo Road", and as Ruth Camden on "7th Heaven". She is also known for the movies When Worlds Collide, It Came from Outer Space, Magnificent Obsession, Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, and Strangers When We Meet.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Barbara_Rush.jpg


Dyan Cannon - Actress who has appeared in many movies including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Heaven Can Wait, Honeysuckle Rose, Author! Author!, Deathtrap, and Caddyshack II.

http://nosejobsurgerybeforeafter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dyan-Cannon-Plastic-Surgery.jpg


Matt Frewer - Actor ans comedian who is known for portraying the 1980s icon "Max Headroom", the retired villain Moloch in the film adaptation of Watchmen, and Doctor Leekie in the Canadian science fiction drama "Orphan Black".

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/942975170/400px-Mattfrewer.jpg

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Matt Frewer as Berlinghoff Rasmussen in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "A Matter of Time".


Dave Foley - Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director and producer best known for his work in "The Kids in the Hall" and "NewsRadio".

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Sorrell Booke - Actor who is best known for his role as the corpulent, corrupt politician Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg in the television show "The Dukes of Hazzard".

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IGN_HBsfZao/UP7aaK_8AXI/AAAAAAAAbBE/Msqubix1pMs/s1600/boss+hogg.jpg


John Bennett Perry - Actor who is known for playing the clean-shaven "sailor" in the Old Spice commercials of the 1970s and 1980s. He has appeared in numerous films and television programs, including Independence Day, George of the Jungle, The West Wing, L.A. Law, Days of our Lives, Little House on the Prairie, 240-Robert, Nakia, Falcon Crest, Murder, She Wrote and Magnum, P.I.. He is the father of actor Matthew Perry.

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Jeremy Licht - Child actor best known for Twilight Zone: The Movie, and "Valerie" (aka "The Hogan Family").

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Deana Carter - Country music singer

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Deana+Carter+Arrivals+ASCAP+Country+Music+9vdPl3emP0Cl.jpg

Deana Carter - Once Upon a December (from the movie Anastasia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNQRGiD3LFo

Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up06CryWQpE



Patty Loveless - Country music singer

http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2006/06/07/pattyloveless7_h_j.jpg

Patty Loveless - Blame It On Your Lyin' Cheatin' Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eopNLWRW0IM

Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx0kPNEIY1M


Tom Thumb - (Also known as General Tom Thumb) - A dwarf who achieved great fame as a midget performer under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum.

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/a-Stratton-on-chair.jpg


James Bond - Author of an ornithological book named "Birds of the West Indies". In 1952, when Ian Fleming started writing his first James Bond novel, he was searching for a name for the hero of his book. He then saw that book in his bookshelf, and decided to use the author's name, "James Bond". He didn't know that his name had been used as the name of the secret agent in 'Ian Fleming"'s novels until the early 1960s when he read an interview with him in which Fleming explained how he came up with the name James Bond.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/James_Bond_1974.jpg

[Citizen Rules]

Sterling Holloway - Great character actor. I have seen him in lots of older films from the 1940s and he was on Gilligan's Island too.

Barbara Rush - Shirley Feeney's mother once claimed to look like Barbara Rush, she didn't.

[gbgoodies]

Sterling Holloway - Great character actor. I have seen him in lots of older films from the 1940s and he was on Gilligan's Island too.

Barbara Rush - Shirley Feeney's mother once claimed to look like Barbara Rush, she didn't.


I vaguely remember seeing Sterling Holloway on "Gilligan's Island". I can hear his voice in my head, but I've been trying to figure out where I had seen him, and that was probably it.

Do you remember who played Shirley Feeney's mother on "Laverne & Shirley"?

[Citizen Rules]

Sterling has a very distinct voice. Pat Caroll... aka Lily Feeney.

[gbgoodies]

Sterling has a very distinct voice. Pat Caroll... aka Lily Feeney.


I agree. Pat Carroll doesn't look anything like Barbara Rush.

[Citizen Rules]

Na...that was the joke. Shirley's mom was self centered and belittling to Shirley. She claimed to look like Barbara Rush circa 1961....no way!

[gbgoodies]

Na...that was the joke. Shirley's mom was self centered and belittling to Shirley. She claimed to look like Barbara Rush circa 1961....no way!


I haven't seen "Laverne & Shirley" in many years so I don't remember specific stuff like that from the show. I remember most of the main characters pretty well.

I'll probably buy it on DVD someday if I can find it at a good price.

[gbgoodies]

Here's a quick list of the birthdays for Jan 5th:

Jack Hannah - Animator, writer and director of animated shorts including most of the shorts featuring Donald Duck in the post-war era along with all starring Chip 'n Dale and Humphrey the Bear; he also directed some shorts starring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Pluto and some minor Walt Disney characters. He also directed a number of films featuring Woody Woodpecker and some minor characters, and he was Assistant Director for the TV series "The Woody Woodpecker Show".

http://disneydetail.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/vlcsnap-2013-01-04-20h02m46s143.png


Robert Duvall - Actor who was nominated for six Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies), six Golden Globes (winning four), and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award.

http://images.politico.com/global/2012/08/120806_celebs_robertduvall_ap_400_605.jpg


Diane Keaton - Actress best known for her films with Woody Allen, beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Diane_Keaton_by_Firooz_Zahedi.jpg


Jane Wyman - Actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1948 film Johnny Belinda, and later in life achieved a new level of success in the 1980s as the aging wine country matriarch Angela Channing on "Falcon Crest". She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan.

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/jane-wyman-1944-everett.jpg


George Reeves - Actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s TV show "Adventures of Superman". He is also know for his role as Stuart Tarleton (incorrectly listed in the film's credits as Brent Tarleton), one of Scarlett O'Hara's suitors in Gone with the Wind.

http://cecilbuffington.com/images/superman-george-reeves.jpg


Bradley Cooper - Actor who is known for The Hangover trilogy, the action-comedy The A-Team, the thriller Limitless, and the crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines. His work in Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BradleyCooper_900-600-11-29-12.jpg


Ricky Paull Goldin - Soap opera star. (I only included him because he went to my high school, and he briefly dated my sister before he became famous.)

http://www.rickypaullgoldin.com/images/rpg6.jpg

[cricket]

Happy Birthday Tom Thumb! Midgets make me very happy.

Happy Birthday Boss Hog!

Happy Birthday Bradley Cooper! You will always be Phil.

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 6th:

Danny Thomas - Comedian, actor and producer, whose career spanned five decades. He was best known for starring in the TV sitcom "Make Room for Daddy" (also known as "The Danny Thomas Show"). He was the producer (with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling among his partners) of the TV shows "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Andy Griffith Show", and "The Mod Squad". He often appeared in cameos on shows he produced, including his portrayal of the tuxedoed, droll alien Kolak, from the planet Twilo, in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" science-fiction spoof, "It May Look Like a Walnut". In 1990, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He was the father of Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas, and Tony Thomas.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Danny_Thomas_1957.JPG

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/753/dt2.JPG
Danny Thomas as Kolak from Twilo in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" episode "It May Look Like a Walnut".


Capucine - French fashion model and actress who appeared in 36 films and 17 television productions between 1948 and 1990. She is best known for her comedic roles in The Pink Panther (1963) and What's New Pussycat? (1965).

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Eddie Redmayne - Actor who is best known for his roles as Marius Pontmercy in the 2012 musical film Les Miserables, and as Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biographical drama film The Theory of Everything.

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Rowan Atkinson - English actor, comedian, and screenwriter who is best known for his work on the sitcoms "Mr. Bean" and "Blackadder".

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Loretta Young - Actress who won the 1948 Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the 1947 film The Farmer's Daughter, and received an Oscar nomination for her role in Come to the Stable, in 1949. She also starred in "The Loretta Young Show" from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards.

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Bonnie Franklin - Award-winning actress who is best known for her role as divorced mother Ms. Ann Romano in the TV series "One Day at a Time" (1975–1984).

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Vic Tayback - Actor who is best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples in both the 1974 movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and in the TV series "Alice", which ran from 1976 to 1985. He was the only actor of the original film to reprise his role in the series.

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Vic Tayback as Jojo Krako in the "Star Trek" original series episode, "A Piece of the Action".


Danny Pintauro - Child actor who is best known for his role as Jonathan Bower on the TV sitcom "Who's the Boss?", and his role in the 1983 film Cujo.

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Tom Mix - Actor in many early Western movies who appeared in 291 films between 1909 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.

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Earl Scruggs - Musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called "Scruggs style") that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. He is also known for the song "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network TV hit "The Beverly Hillbillies", in the early 1960s.

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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkRkGCm4atE

Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin - Dueling Banjos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqd7mXvHupU



Ralph Branca - Former MLB Pitcher who is best remembered for one famous relief appearance in a 1951 NL playoff game at the Polo Grounds against the crosstown rival New York Giants, when he surrendered a walk-off home run known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to Bobby Thomson, giving the Giants the pennant.

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[Citizen Rules]

Hey it's Capucine....I seen her in something recently. I forget what, I just remember her name. She was quite striking in the movie.

Loretta Young, what a beauty. I've never seen her TV show, but I want to watch it.

[gbgoodies]

Hey it's Capucine....I seen her in something recently. I forget what, I just remember her name. She was quite striking in the movie.

Loretta Young, what a beauty. I've never seen her TV show, but I want to watch it.


I saw Capucine in The Pink Panther recently when I was working on my 1963 movies list. I think I've seen her in a few other movies too, but I'd have to look her up n IMDB to see what movies they were.

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 7th:

Charles Addams - Cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters in his New Yorker cartoons became known as "The Addams Family", and they were the basis for spin-offs in several other forms of media, including the popular 1960s TV series "The Addams Family".

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Gene L. Coon - Screenwriter and TV producer who is best remembered for his work on the original "Star Trek" series. His credited creations for Star Trek include the Klingons and the Organian Peace Treaty (in "Errand of Mercy"), Khan Noonien Singh (in "Space Seed"), Zefram Cochrane (in "Metamorphosis"), the Prime Directive in "The Return of the Archons" and "Bread and Circuses", the United Federation of Planets in "Arena", and Starfleet Command in "Court Martial". Since he also had the position of doing rewrites for scripts, his work touches many more episodes. He also mentored the young David Gerrold and helped him polish the script for the episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". Other popular "Star Trek" episodes that he wrote include "The Devil in the Dark", "Arena", and "A Taste of Armageddon". He is credited with much of the character development of Star Trek's characters, much of the humor of "Star Trek", and the disagreements between Spock and McCoy. In the closing credits of the 1999 "Star Trek" tribute film Free Enterprise, he is referred to as “The Forgotten Gene” (in comparison to the recognition received by his close friend and collaborator, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry).

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Nicolas Cage - Actor who won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas. He starred in films such as Valley Girl, Racing with the Moon, Birdy, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Rock, Face/Off, Con Air, City of Angels, and National Treasure.

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Jeremy Renner - Actor who is best known for his role in The Hurt Locker, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and for playing Hawkeye in Marvel's The Avengers. He also appeared in the films Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, The Bourne Legacy, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, and American Hustle.

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Dustin Diamond - Actor who is best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in the TV shows "Saved by the Bell", "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" and "Saved by the Bell: The New Class".

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David Caruso - Actor who is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series "CSI: Miami", and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama "NYPD Blue". He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life.

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Erin Gray - Actress who is best known for her roles as Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction TV series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", and as Kate Summers in the TV sitcom "Silver Spoons".

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Alan Napier - Actor who had a long film career, but he is best known as Alfred the butler in the 1960s live-action "Batman" TV series.

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Butterfly McQueen - Actress who is best known as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

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Kenny Loggins - Singer, songwriter and guitarist who is known for soft rock music beginning in the 1970s, and later for writing and performing for movie soundtracks in the 1980s.

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Kenny Loggins - Footloose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltrMfT4Qz5Y

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (from the movie Top Gun)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E

[Citizen Rules]

Is it just me or does Gene L. Coon look like Bill Paxton? Scroll down for pic.
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=19384&stc=1&d=1420686951

Bill Paxton
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[cricket]

Happy Birthday to the great Cage!:cage:

Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, one of my favorite up and coming actors!

[gbgoodies]

Is it just me or does Gene L. Coon look like Bill Paxton? Scroll down for pic.
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=19384&stc=1&d=1420686951

Bill Paxton
http://www.the-reelgillman.com/news/bill_paxton.jpg


I didn't notice it until you mentioned it, but yes, he does kind of look a bit like Bill Paxton.

[Swan]

David Caruso - Actor who is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series "CSI: Miami", and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama "NYPD Blue". He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life.

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They say it's your birthday... well, it's my birthday too.

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[gbgoodies]

Happy Birthday to the great Cage!:cage:

Happy Birthday to Jeremy Renner, one of my favorite up and coming actors!


I'm not a fan of Nicolas Cage, but I agree with you about Jeremy Renner. I haven't seen him in a lot of movies, but I've liked him in the ones I've seen.

[gbgoodies]

They say it's your birthday... well, it's my birthday too.

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I was sad when "CSI: Miami" was cancelled, but I was shocked and thrilled to find out that "CSI: NY" was renewed that year in its place. Everyone was speculating that only one of the two "CSI" spinoffs would get renewed, and I was sure that "CSI: Miami" was going to get the renewal. I like all three of the "CSI" shows.

[Choo Yao Chuen]

Happy Birthday too all.
And thanks for making the world a more entertaining place to live in.

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 10th:

Ray Bolger - Actor, singer and dancer best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

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Sal Mineo - Actor who is best known for his performance as John "Plato" Crawford opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his roles in Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.

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Bernard Lee - Actor who has appeared in over one hundred films, as well as on stage and television dramatizations, often playing military characters or policemen. Highlights of his career include The Third Man, The Blue Lamp, The Battle of the River Plate and Whistle Down the Wind. He is best remembered as 'M' in the the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films.

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James Lapine - Stage director, filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for "Into the Woods", "Falsettos", and "Passion". He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.

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Paul Henreid - Actor who is best known for his roles as Jeremiah Durrance opposite Bette Davis in Now, Voyager, and as Victor Laszlo opposite Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one (for film) at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard and the other (for television) at 1722 Vine Street.

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Jim Croce - Singer, songwriter whose singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" were both number one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. His hit songs "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" and "I Got a Name" were all released posthumously. In 1990, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle

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

Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBVVt5qfO18



Rod Stewart - British singer who has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and sold over 100 million records worldwide.

Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hphwfq1wLJs

Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y1iUyeK4fc



Pat Benatar - Singer best known for her Top 10 hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong" and "Invincible".

Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield

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

Pat Benatar - We Belong

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

[VFN]

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

[VFN]

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

[gbgoodies]

Thanks for the videos, VFN. :up:

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 11th:

Grant Tinker - Former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986, co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and television producer. He is the former husband of actress Mary Tyler Moore. During hi tenure in NBC's top position, the network regained ratings and produced popular shows like "The Cosby Show", "Family Ties", "The Golden Girls", "Cheers, "Night Court", and "Hill Street Blues". In 1997, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

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David L. Wolper - Producer who was responsible for shows such as "Roots", "The Thorn Birds", "North & South", "L.A. Confidential", and the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series including "Biography" (1961–63), "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" (TV), "Appointment with Destiny" (TV series), "This is Elvis", "Four Days in November", "Imagine: John Lennon", "Visions of Eight" (1973), and others. He directed the 1959 documentary "The Race for Space", which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award.

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Jerome Bixby - Writer who is best known for his work in science fiction. He is most famous for the 1953 story "It's a Good Life" which was the basis for a 1961 episode of "The Twilight Zone", and which was included in the 1983 movie Twilight Zone: The Movie. He also wrote four episodes for the original "Star Trek" series: "Mirror, Mirror", "Day of the Dove", "Requiem for Methuselah", and "By Any Other Name". He co-wrote, (with Otto Klement), the story upon which the classic sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage, TV series, and novel by Isaac Asimov were based. His final work was the screenplay for the 2007 cult sci-fi film The Man From Earth.

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Rod Taylor - Actor who appeared in over 50 films, including The Time Machine, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Do Not Disturb, The Glass Bottom Boat, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers. He played a series of support roles in The Catered Affair, Raintree County, and Ask Any Girl. He had a significant role in the 1958 movie Separate Tables, which won Oscars for two of its stars, David Niven and Wendy Hiller. He also made a strong impression guest-starring in a 1959 episode of "The Twilight Zone" titled “And When the Sky Was Opened”.

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Lionel Stander - Actor in films, radio, theater and television who is best known for his role as Max, the loyal butler, cook, and chauffeur to the wealthy, amateur detectives on the TV series "Hart to Hart", for which he won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV".

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Jason Connery - Actor who portrayed Robin Hood (a role his father had taken on in the film Robin and Marian) in the final season of the TV series "Robin of Sherwood" in 1986. He also portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 television drama "Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming". (Fleming created the James Bond character, which was the role that made his father Sean Connery a star.)

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Felix Silla - Actor and stuntman who is best known for his role as the costumed character of "Cousin Itt" on the TV sitcom "The Addams Family". He also appeared in many other classic character roles including Litvak, the maniacal, miniature Hitler who menaces George Segal in The Black Bird, the robot Twiki in the TV series "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", a Talosian in the original "Star Trek" pilot episode "The Cage", and an Ewok in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

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Felix Silla as a Talosian in the original "Star Trek" pilot episode "The Cage"


Carroll Shelby - Developer of the Ford Mustang Shelby and Cobra. He partnered with Lee A. Iacoccca of Ford in 1964 to create a high performance Mustang version for racing. In January 1965, the first Shelby Mustang made it's debut. He was also a racecar driver on the Grand Prix circuit. In 1992, he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. In 1991, after seeing two children die because they didn't get needed organs, he founded the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation which financed organ transplants for children, and expanded to provide educational assistance for young people.

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Naomi Judd - Country music singer and songwriter who, with her daughter, Wynonna Judd, formed the highly successful singing duo known as "the Judds". As country music's most famous mother–daughter team, The Judds scored twenty top-10 hits (including fifteen at number one) and went undefeated for eight consecutive years at all three major country music awards shows. In addition, the duo won five Grammy Awards and a vast array of other awards and honors. As a songwriter, Naomi also won a Grammy for country song of the year with the Judds' hit "Love Can Build a Bridge".

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The Judds - Mama He's Crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsT0wtNGGk

The Judds - Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E88RUqyjts



Mary J. Blige - Singer, songwriter who has received nine Grammy Awards, in addition to receiving a record of thirty Grammy nominations, eight of her albums have reached multi-platinum status in the United States. Having sold more than 50 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide, Billboard ranked her as the most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years.

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Mary J. Blige - Be Without You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNaPX6MKlU



Victoria Peterson - Musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the 80s rock band The Bangles.

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The Bangles - Eternal Flame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoOFn3wQV4

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 12th:

John Lasseter - Animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and the chief creative officer at Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. He directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Cars, and Cars 2. He has won two Academy Awards, for Animated Short Film (for Tin Toy), as well as a Special Achievement Award (for Toy Story).

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Jack London - Writer whose most famous works include "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang", both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in the stories "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in "The Sea Wolf". On January 11, 1986, he was honored by the United States Postal Service with a 25¢ Great Americans series postage stamp.

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Kirstie Alley - Actress and comedian who is best known for her role as Rebecca Howe in the TV series "Cheers", for which she won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991. She is also known for her role as Mollie Ubriacco in the Look Who's Talking film series, and as the Vulcan Starfleet officer Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

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Howard Stern - Radio and TV personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer who is best known for his nationally syndicated radio show. In 2004, Stern signed a deal with Sirius worth $500 million, making him one of the highest-paid figures in radio history. In 2012, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. He has hosted and produced numerous late night television shows, pay-per-view events, and home videos. His two books, "Private Parts" and "Miss America" entered the The New York Times Best Seller list at number one. He has served as a judge on America's Got Talent since 2012.

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Ricky Van Shelton - Country music singer who charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including ten Number One hits: "Somebody Lied", "Life Turned Her That Way", 'Don't We All Have the Right", "I'll Leave This World Loving You", "From a Jack to a King" (a cover of the Ned Miller hit), "Living Proof", "I've Cried My Last Tear for You", "Rockin' Years" (a duet with Dolly Parton), "I Am a Simple Man", and "Keep It Between the Lines", plus seven more of his singles have landed in the Top Ten on the same chart. He released nine studio albums, of which his first four have all been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Ricky Van Shelton - Somebody Lied

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXSg5HPs5tk

Ricky Van Shelton - Life Turned Her That Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PWP80YfMT0



William Lee Golden - The baritone singer in the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. (He's the guy with the long hair and beard.)

The Oak Ridge Boys - American Made (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8UEnNrJR6Y

The Oak Ridge Boys - Y'all Come Back Saloon (Live)

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



Ray Price - One of the best male voices of country music. Some of his best known recordings include "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996.

Ray Price - For the Good Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhq2tN0NymM

Ray Price - Heartaches By The Number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjEuu9tiZaY



Tex Ritter - Country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, He was the father of actor John Ritter, and the grandfather of actor Jason Ritter. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the recording industry at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard. He and his son John Ritter were the first father-and-son pair to be so honored in different categories. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas.

Tex Ritter - The Streets of Laredo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgl4vAl9ERc

Tex Ritter - High Noon

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

[honeykid]

I love Kirstie Alley. Absolutely love her. :love:

[gbgoodies]

Born on Jan 13th:

Brandon Tartikoff - TV executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as "Hill Street Blues", "L.A. Law", "Law & Order", "ALF", "Family Ties", "The Cosby Show", "Cheers", "Wings", "Seinfeld", "Miami Vice", "The Golden Girls", "Knight Rider", "The A-Team", "Saved by the Bell", "St. Elsewhere", "Night Court", "Hunter", "Highway to Heaven", "Matlock", "Remington Steele", "A Different World", "227", and "Empty Nest". As the chairman of Paramount Pictures, he was also involved in the creation of the series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". He was the Former President of NBC, Former Chairman of Paramount Pictures, Former President and Chairman of New World Communications, and Former AOL Online Entertainment Chairman.

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Gwen Verdon - Actress and dancer who won four Tony awards for her musical comedy performances, and served as uncredited choreographers assistant and specialty dance coach for both theater and film. She is best known for her role as Lola in the 1958 movie Damn Yankees. In 1981, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Gwen Verdon singing "Whatever Lola Wants" from the movie Damn Yankees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kjQmgm0r4g



Robert Stack - Actor who is best known for starring as Eliot Ness in the TV series "The Untouchables", and hosting the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries". He parodied his own persona in comedies such as 1941, Airplane!, Caddyshack II, Beavis and Butt-head Do America and BASEketball.

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Charles Nelson Reilly - Actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher who is best known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children's television, and cartoons, and as a game show panelist. He is best known as a fixture of game shows, primarily due to his appearances as a regular panelist on the television game show "Match Game". He was one of the longest-running guests, and often engaged in petty, hilarious arguments with fellow regular Brett Somers (the two generally sat next to each other on the show, Somers in the upper middle seat and Reilly in the upper right-hand seat). From 1968 to 1970, he appeared as uptight Claymore Gregg on the television series "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir". In 1971, he appeared as the evil magician Hoodoo in "Lidsville".

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Rip Taylor - Actor and comedian who appeared on "The Jackie Gleason Show" in several guest appearances in the 1963-64 season as "the crying comedian", and worked as a voice performer in the 1970s NBC cartoon series "Here Comes the Grump" as the title character, and in the second "The Addams Family" cartoon series as Uncle Fester. He was also a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters", playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, he was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on game shows such as "Hollywood Squares", "To Tell the Truth", and "The Gong Show", and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on "The Match Game".

http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2012/01/23/previews/Rip%20Taylor-IHA-001511.jpg


Orlando Bloom - Actor who is best known for his roles as Legolas in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the The Hobbit trilogy, as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, as Paris in Troy, and as Balian de Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven.

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Liam Hemsworth - Australian actor who played the role of Josh Taylor in the soap opera "Neighbours", and as Marcus on the children's TV series "The Elephant Princess". In 2010, he starred in the American film The Last Song, and in 2012, he starred as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games film series. His older brothers, Luke and Chris, are also actors.

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Patrick Dempsey - Actor who is best known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd ("Dr. McDreamy") on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy". He also had early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in his early 20s, including Can't Buy Me Love and Loverboy.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Actress, comedian, and producer who is best known for her TV roles as Elaine Benes in "Seinfeld", as Christine Campbell in "The New Adventures of Old Christine", and as Selina Meyer in "Veep".

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Richard Moll - Actor and voice artist who is best known for his role as Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom "Night Court". He has also done extensive work as a voice actor, typically using his deep voice to portray villainous characters in animation and video games.

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William B. Davis - Actor who is best known as The Smoking Man on "The X-Files".

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Trace Adkins - Country music singer who is known for his distinctive baritone singing voice. He has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hits "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You're Gonna Miss This". In addition, his song "I Left Something Turned on at Home" went to No. 1 on Canada's country chart. All but one of his studio albums have received gold or platinum certification in the United States. His highest-selling to date is 2005's "Songs About Me", which has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping two million copies.

Trace Adkins - Every Light In The House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72AVXpeo_ZI

Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNVguvNE7qc

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 15th:

Margaret O'Brien - Actress who was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award as the outstanding child actress of 1944 for her role as "Tootie" in Meet Me in St. Louis. In 1960, she received two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Motion Pictures at 6606 Hollywood Blvd., and one for Television at 1634 Vine Street.

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Lloyd Bridges - Actor who is best known for his roles as as Mike Nelson in the TV series "Sea Hunt", and as control tower supervisor Steve McCroskey in the 1980 movie Airplane!. He appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges.

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Phyllis Coates - Actress who is best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men, and in the first season of the TV series "Adventures of Superman".

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Joanne Linville - She is best known as the Romulan commander in the "Star Trek" original series episode "The Enterprise Incident". Se was the first actress to play a female Romulan in the Star Trek franchise.

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Joanne Linville as the Romulan commander in the "Star Trek" original series episode "The Enterprise Incident".


Charo - Spanish-American actress, comedian, and flamenco guitarist who is best known for her flamboyant stage presence, her provocative outfits, and her trademark phrase, "cuchi-cuchi".

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[Sexy Celebrity]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARO!!!!!

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 16th:

John Carpenter - Director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer who has worked in numerous film genres, but he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s. His best known films include Halloween, Escape from New York, and Starman. Many of his films from the 1970s and the 1980s such as Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, and They Live have since been seen as cult classics, and Carpenter has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker.

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Ethel Merman - Actress and singer who is best known for her belting voice and her roles in musical theater. She has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Some People", "Rose's Turn", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "It's De-Lovely", "Friendship", "You're the Top", "Anything Goes", and "There's No Business Like Show Business", which later became her theme song.

Ethel Merman - Medley of her Hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGkFDQ42hA



Ronnie Milsap - Country music singer and pianist who was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He was country music's first successful blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He won six Grammy Awards and has forty No. 1 country hits. In 2014, he was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Ronnie Milsap - It Was Almost Like A Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbeQa2hmznk

Ronnie Milsap - Stranger In My House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvxQ57BvAQQ



Dizzy Dean - Former MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Browns. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. After his playing career, he became a popular television sports commentator. In 1953m he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. When the Cardinals reopened the team Hall of Fame in 2014, Dean was inducted among the inaugural class.

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Albert Pujols - Dominican-American MLB first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He previously played with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he received three National League (NL) MVP awards and was a nine-time MLB All-Star. As a rookie for the Cardinals in 2001, he was unanimously voted the NL Rookie of the Year. He played for the Cardinals for 11 seasons, contributing to two World Series championships in 2006 and 2011. He is a six-time Silver Slugger who has twice led the NL in home runs, and he has also led the NL once each in batting average, doubles and RBI. He is significantly above-average in career regular season batting average (.317), walk rate (12.1%), and isolated power (.217).

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A.J. Foyt - (He is 80 years old today.) Retired racecar driver who is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He won the International Race of Champions all-star racing series in 1976 and 1977. In the NASCAR stock car circuit, he won the 1964 Firecracker 400 and the 1972 Daytona 500. He survived three major crashes that caused serious injuries, and narrowly escaped a fourth. His success has led to his induction in numerous Motorsports Falls of Fame.

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[cricket]

Happy Birthday John Carpenter!

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 18th:

Cary Grant - Actor who is known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks". He is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He was known for comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films include Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Arsenic and Old Lace, Notorious, An Affair to Remember, North by Northwest, and Charade. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Penny Serenade and None But the Lonely Heart), and five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1970, he was presented an Honorary Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues".

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Danny Kaye - Actor, singer, dancer, and comedian whose performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. He starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, White Christmas, and The Court Jester. His films were popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling".

http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/danny-kaye-1945.jpg

Danny Kaye - The Dodgers Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB0ZTyrgT9U



A.A. Milne - English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. He was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. In 2006, Winnie the Pooh received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the 80th birthday of Milne's creation.

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Oliver Hardy - Comic actor who was famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted 25 years, from 1927 to 1951.

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Kevin Costner - Actor, singer, producer and director who has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award, and has been nominated for three BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. His notable roles include Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, Crash Davis in Bull Durham, Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Lt. John J. Dunbar in Dances with Wolves, Jim Garrison in JFK, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard and Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his role as Devil Anse Hatfield in "Hatfields & McCoys".

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Jesse L. Martin - Actor and singer who originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in "Rent". He played NYPD detective Ed Green on "Law & Order" from 1999 to 2008, and he currently plays police Detective Joe West on the CW's "The Flash".

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Paul Freeman - Actor who is best known for his role as rival archaeologist René Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark, as the evil wine baron, Gustav Reibmann on season 4 of "Falcon Crest", and as the evil villain, Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

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Bobby Goldsboro - Pop and country singer-songwriter who had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No. 1 hit "Honey", which sold over one million copies in the United States.

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Bobby Goldsboro - Honey

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



Mark Collie - Country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor who has won awards and acclaim for his music, his acting and his philanthropy. His singing career has included five major-label albums: four for MCA Nashville and one for Giant Records. Sixteen of his singles have charted on Hot Country Songs, including the top ten hits "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" and "Born to Love You". He has also written songs for Aaron Tippin, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and JT Hodges. His acting career includes roles in Fire Down Below, The Punisher, and Kill Switch.

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Mark Collie - Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgh73v4mVc

Mark Collie - Let Her Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lz14vwe5Ss



Mark Messier - Canadian former professional ice hockey center of the NHL, and former special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He is considered one of the greatest NHL players of all time. He is second on the all-time career lists for regular season points (1887), playoff points (295) and regular season games played (1756). He won six Stanley Cups, five with the Oilers and one with the Rangers, and is the only player to captain two different professional teams to championships. He twice won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player, in 1990 and 1992, and in 1984 he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player during the playoffs. He is a 15-time NHL All-Star. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility.

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[VFN]

Nice work here, gb.

[gbgoodies]

Nice work here, gb.


Thanks. I almost skipped today because I've been so busy, but I saw some of my favorites, (Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, Kevin Costner and Mark Collie), on today's list, so I had to make sure to post today.

[Citizen Rules]

Happy Birthday! to my movie favorite, Cary Grant.

Not to forget the guy who's in all the 3 hour movies, Kevin Costner

and Danny Kaye, my favorite Danny Kaye film is, The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Funny, witty and great to look it.


Oliver Hardy too, funny guy!

[gbgoodies]

Happy Birthday! to my movie favorite, Cary Grant.

Not to forget the guy who's in all the 3 hour movies, Kevin Costner

and Danny Kaye, my favorite Danny Kaye film is, The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Funny, witty and great to look it.


Oliver Hardy too, funny guy!


I've never been a big Laurel and Hardy fan, but I love your other three favorites, especially Cary Grant. :up:

[cricket]

Happy Birthday Cary Grant and Kevin Costner!

[gbgoodies]

I decided to change my profile banner in honor of Cary Grant's birthday. What do you think?

[Citizen Rules]

Did anybody ever go to Shakey's Pizza back in the 70s? They use to play old silent movies on a big screen. That's where I first seen Laurel and Hardy.

[Citizen Rules]

Very nice banner! I like the way you made a montage of his movies.

[gbgoodies]

Did anybody ever go to Shakey's Pizza back in the 70s? They use to play old silent movies on a big screen. That's where I first seen Laurel and Hardy.


I've never heard of Shakey's Pizza, but we have a few Burger Kings around here that have updated their restaurants to have a nostalgic look and feel. They have pictures of movie stars all over the walls, and the booths in the center of the restaurant are designed to look like old cars from the 50s.

[gbgoodies]

Very nice banner! I like the way you made a montage of his movies.


Thanks. I threw it together pretty fast, but I tried to include most of my favorites of his movies. Hopefully I didn't miss any because it will probably be a pain to edit that again.

[Citizen Rules]

That sounds cool. We have Burger Kings but I don't know what they look like on the inside.

But yah, that's what Shakey's was like. Brick walls, rough wooden tables and silent movies, the servers wore old fashion striped vest and white brimmed hats. They're gone from my area but I just found out they're not out of business.......I learn something new every day:)

[MovieGal]

Born on January 18th:

Danny Kaye - Actor, singer, dancer, and comedian whose performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. He starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, White Christmas, and The Court Jester. His films were popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling".

http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/danny-kaye-1945.jpg

Danny Kaye - The Dodgers Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB0ZTyrgT9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwdroXuL8A

[Citizen Rules]

You don't have enough room on the banner to include all of his good movies!

I was just looking at IMDB, he's made a lot of films. Cary goes all the way back to 1932. The oldest one I've seen is Merrily We Go To Hell and Blonde Venus both from 1932. Have you seen him in the Mae West film She Did Him Wrong? That's a good one.

[MovieGal]

Born on January 18th:

A.A. Milne - English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. He was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. In 2006, Winnie the Pooh received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the 80th birthday of Milne's creation.

http://readtoleadtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/winnie.png

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

[gbgoodies]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwdroXuL8A


Danny Kaye was great in everything he did, wasn't he?

My mom went to his high school, and she used to tell me stories about how his principal always told him that he wouldn't amount to anything, so whenever he came back to Brooklyn to perform, he would always say a special "Hello" to his principal.

[MovieGal]

Danny Kaye was great in everything he did, wasn't he?

My mom went to his high school, and she used to tell me stories about how his principal always told him that he wouldn't amount to anything, so whenever he came back to Brooklyn to perform, he would always say a special "Hello" to his principal.

Danny Kaye is one of my favorite actors/singer/dancers... "Hans Christian Andersen" was a great film.. and I have always been a fan of the actual Hans Christian Andersen.....

[gbgoodies]

You don't have enough room on the banner to include all of his good movies!

I was just looking at IMDB, he's made a lot of films. Cary goes all the way back to 1932. The oldest one I've seen is Merrily We Go To Hell and Blonde Venus both from 1932. Have you seen him in the Mae West film She Did Him Wrong? That's a good one.


I've seen She Did Him Wrong, but not recently. My favorites of his movies are basically all the ones shown in my profile banner, but if I had to pick only a few, I would probably choose Arsenic and Old Lace, An Affair to Remember, North By Northwest, and Charade, but he made so many great movies that it's hard to narrow it down like that.

[gbgoodies]

Danny Kaye is one of my favorite actors/singer/dancers... "Hans Christian Andersen" was a great film.. and I have always been a fan of the actual Hans Christian Andersen.....


I love Hans Christian Andersen. I have a DV-R of it from way back when TCM aired it.

[gbgoodies]

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


This is my favorite Pooh character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFyz73MRcg

[MovieGal]

As far as "Winnie The Pooh" .. I have been a fan for as long as I can remember.. My mother used to work for the Sears store/warehouse here in Kansas City and we had every color of the "Winnie The Pooh" footed pajamas.. and as I got older....I started collecting the snow globes from the Disney Store and I have a nice boxed Winnie the Pooh as well as watches, tshirts and a jacket.... My children grew up with him as well....

http://www.winniethepoohcollection.com/images/box.jpg

[gbgoodies]

As far as "Winnie The Pooh" .. I have been a fan for as long as I can remember.. My mother used to work for the Sears store/warehouse here in Kansas City and we had every color of the "Winnie The Pooh" footed pajamas.. and as I got older....I started collecting the snow globes from the Disney Store and I have a nice boxed Winnie the Pooh as well as watches, tshirts and a jacket.... My children grew up with him as well....

http://www.winniethepoohcollection.com/images/box.jpg


We sell collectibles, and a lot of them are Winnie the Pooh. We had a really nice snowglobe of Winnie the Pooh and some of his friends sitting in an upside-down umbrella. Unfortunately it got broken on the way to a show, and the outer glass shattered. I took the inside part of it out, cleaned it up, and made a cute, little statue out of it.

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 19th:

Michael Crawford - British actor and singer who is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 1970s British sitcom, "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (which made him a household name), as well as for originating the title role in "The Phantom of the Opera". He won the Olivier Award for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his performance of the title role in "Barnum", as well as numerous awards for his performance in the title role in "Phantom of the Opera". In 1988, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 2014, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

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Michael Crawford sings Music of the Night at the 1991 Tony Awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cHyI1dotA

Michael Crawford - West Side Story Medley: Maria/Tonight/Somewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6_xDH-dac



Edgar Allan Poe - Author who is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, including "The Raven", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Tell-Tale Heart". The Mystery Writers of America have named their awards for excellence in the genre the "Edgars" in his honor.

https://www.poemuseum.org/images/bruckmann-poe-portrait.jpg


Richard Lester - Director who is best known for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s, and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lester-juggernaut.jpg


Jean Stapleton - Actress who is best known for her role as Edith Bunker, the long-suffering, yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) and mother of Gloria Stivic (played by Sally Struthers), on the 1970s sitcom "All in the Family", for which she won three Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Tippi Hedren - Actress who made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, followed by the title role Marnie. In 1964, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress, (shared with Ursula Andress and Elke Sommer). In 2003, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

http://expatspost.com/wp-content/uploads/14-tippi-hedren-blue.jpg


Nicholas Colasanto - Actor who is best known for his role as Coach Ernie Pantusso in the TV sitcom "Cheers".

http://www.eyeopening.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nicholas-colasanto.jpg


Logan Lerman - Actor who is best known for playing the title role in the fantasy-adventure Percy Jackson films. He also appeared in the TV series "Jack & Bobby", and the movies The Butterfly Effect, Hoot, 3:10 to Yuma, The Number 23, Meet Bill, The Three Musketeers (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Noah and Fury.

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Desi Arnaz Jr. - Actor and musician who is the son of entertainers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the brother of actress Lucie Arnaz. His birth was one of the most publicized in TV history. His parents were the stars of the American television situation comedy "I Love Lucy", and Ball's pregnancy was part of the storyline, considered daring in those times. The same day Lucy gave birth to Desi Jr., the fictional Lucy Ricardo gave birth to "Little Ricky". As a testament to how interested the American public was in Lucy's TV baby, Desi Arnaz Jr. appeared on the cover on the very first issue of TV Guide with a title that read: "Lucy's $50,000,000 baby".

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Dolly Parton - Country music singer, songwriter who is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, and digital downloads during her career have topped 100 million worldwide. She has garnered 8 Grammy Awards, 2 Academy Award nominations, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 7 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards, and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. She has received 46 Grammy nominations. She has composed over 3,000 songs, the best known of which include "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", "9 to 5", and "My Tennessee Mountain Home". Parton is also one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. In 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actress, she starred in 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Steel Magnolias, Wild Texas Wind, Gnomeo & Juliet, Straight Talk, Unlikely Angel, Blue Valley Songbird, and Joyful Noise.

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Dolly Parton - Jolene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0eeSoU35wM



Janis Joplin - Singer, songwriter whose popular songs include: "Down on Me", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Cry Baby", "Mercedes Benz", and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee". In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked her number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in 2008, she was ranked number 28 on its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 1995, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee

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



Phil Everly - Singer who, along with his brother Donald "Don" Everly, were best known as The Everly Brothers. They were country-influenced rock and roll singers, known for steel-string guitar and close harmony singing. Their best hit songs included "Bye Bye Love", "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", "Cathy's Clown", and "When Will I Be Loved". In 1986, they were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2001, they were elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmjPAb-v4Nw



Robert Palmer - Singer, songwriter and musician who found success both in his solo career and with Power Station, and had Top 10 songs in both the UK and the US. He received a number of awards throughout his career, including two Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, an MTV Video Music Award, and was twice nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male.

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE



Thomas Kinkade - Painter who is known as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light". He is known for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. It has been estimated that 1 in every 20 American homes owns a copy of one of his paintings. He received many awards for his works, including multiple National Association of Limited Edition Dealers (NALED) awards for Artist of the Year and Graphic Artist of the Year, and his art was named Lithograph of the Year nine times. In 2002, he was inducted into the California Tourism Hall of Fame as an individual who has influenced the public's perception of tourism in California through his images of California sights. In 2004, he received an award from NALED recognizing him as the Most Award Winning Artist in the Past 25 Years.

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Jim Morris - Former professional baseball player known for his brief MLB pitching career. He was a high school science teacher and baseball coach at Reagan County High School in Big Lake, Texas. In the spring of 1999, he made a promise to his team that he would try out for Major League Baseball if his team won the District Championship, something the team had never accomplished before. His team won the title, and Morris kept his promise by attending a Tampa Bay Devil Rays tryout. At the age of 35, he signed a professional contract with the Devil Rays organization. The 2002 Disney movie The Rookie was about his climb to the big leagues. He was portrayed in the film by actor Dennis Quaid.

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Jim Morris (left), and Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris in The Rookie (right)


Jon Matlack - Former MLB left-handed pitcher who was one of the "Big Three" pitchers the New York Mets were built around in the 1970s, along with Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. He was the fourth overall pick by the New York Mets in the 1967 MLB Draft. He was the 1972 NL Rookie of the Year, a 3-Time All-Star (1974–1976), and the 1975 MLB All-Star Game MVP. He also pitched for the Texas Rangers.

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[Citizen Rules]

My BDay favorite
Edgar Allan Poe, I read a collection of his most famous short stories in grade school. Very different and kinda hard for a kid to grasp.

[gbgoodies]

My BDay favorite
Edgar Allan Poe, I read a collection of his most famous short stories in grade school. Very different and kinda hard for a kid to grasp.


I like him too, but my favorite today is Michael Crawford. I saw him on Broadway in "Phantom", and I've loved him ever since then. I think I've watched the DVD of him in "Barnum" well over 100 times.

[gbgoodies]

I also love Thomas Kinkade's artwork. I didn't know that he did Disney paintings until today.

[Citizen Rules]

Oh! you seen Phantom on Broadway so cool! I bet that was amazing. I've never seen a big show live, but I can image the impact that live theater would have. I bet you saved you ticked stubs:D

[gbgoodies]

Oh! you seen Phantom on Broadway so cool! I bet that was amazing. I've never seen a big show live, but I can image the impact that live theater would have. I bet you saved you ticked stubs:D


I have a box somewhere in the attic with a lot of ticket stubs from Broadway shows, concerts, baseball games, etc. But I don't save movie ticket stubs.

I used to go to a lot of Broadway shows, but I haven't had much time to go in the last few years. I saw "Barnum" on Broadway back in the 1980s, but it starred Jim Dale, not Michael Crawford. Dale was great, but Crawford is better.

[honeykid]

Good ol' Janis. Loved her stuff. And Tippi Hedren has a Hollywood star? Blimey! They really do just give them out to anyone, don't they?

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 20th:

George Burns - Comedian, award-winning actor and best-selling writer who was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. While he is possibly best known for his TV show "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show" with his wife Gracie Allen, his career was resurrected at age 79 as an amiable, beloved and unusually active old comedian in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in the 1977 film Oh, God!, playing the omnipotent title role. He continued to work until shortly before his death, in 1996, at the age of 100.

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Arte Johnson - Comic actor who was a regular on the TV series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". His best-remembered character was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting", sometimes followed by, "but stupid" or "but not very funny". He is also known for his movie roles in the films The President's Analyst and Love At First Bite., as a voice actor in many cartoons, and as a semi-regular celebrity guest panelist on "The Gong Show".

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Colin Clive - English actor who is best known for his role as Dr. Frankenstein in two Universal Frankenstein films, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Who could forget Colin Clive's "It's Alive! It's Alive!" as he melted to the floor mumbling the same over and over in ecstasy after his success at animating the Monster in the first sound version of Frankenstein.

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Patricia Neal - Actress who is best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still, wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2003, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Tom Baker - English actor who is best known for his role as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series "Doctor Who", which he played from 1974 to 1981. He returned to the show in the 50th anniversary special in 2013 playing a character who calls himself The Curator. In a 2005 poll, his voice was found to be the fourth most recognizable in Britain.

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Bill Maher - Political satirist, writer, producer, political commentator, TV host, actor, media critic, and stand-up comedian who is best known as the host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher", and the late-night talk show "Politically Incorrect", originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC. In 2005, he was ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. On September 14, 2010, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Lorenzo Lamas - Actor who is best known for his roles as Lance Cumson on the 1980s soap opera "Falcon Crest", as Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama "Renegade", and as Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera "The Bold and The Beautiful". He also had a supporting role in the 1978 film Grease. He is the son of actor Fernando Lamas.

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Rainn Wilson - Actor who is best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the egomaniac Dwight Schrute on the American version of the TV comedy "The Office". He also directed three episodes of "The Office", the Season 6 "The Cover-Up", the Season 7 "Classy Christmas", and the Season 8 "Get the Girl". He also voiced the alien villain, Gallaxhar in the 2009 animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens.

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Paul Stanley - Hard rock guitarist and singer who is best known as a member of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's highest-charting hits. His Kiss persona is the "Starchild" character. Hit Parader ranked him 18th on their list of Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. A Gibson.com Readers Poll also named him 13th on their list of Top 25 Frontmen.

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KISS - I Was Made For Lovin' You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7isxoTIeYM



Slim Whitman - Country music and western music singer, songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth high three octave range falsetto. His 1955 hit single "Rose Marie" held the Guinness World Record for the longest time at number one on the UK Singles Chart for 36 years, (until Bryan Adams broke the record in 1991). In the US his "Indian Love Call" (1952) and "Secret Love" (1953) both reached No. 2 on the Billboard country chart. The 1996 film Mars Attacks! features Whitman's rendition of "Indian Love Call" as a weapon against alien invaders.

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Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBuk1HXcz1k



John Michael Montgomery - Country music singer who has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts, of which seven have reached #1, ("I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", and "The Little Girl"), and 13 more have reached the top 10. His songs "I Swear" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" were named by Billboard as the top country songs of 1994 and 1995, respectively. His brother Eddie is one-half of the country duo Montgomery Gentry.

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John Michael Montgomery - Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD4bAUJulf4

John Michael Montgomery - Life's A Dance

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



Buzz Aldrin - American engineer and former astronaut who was the second person to walk on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history on July 21, 1969. He is also a former U.S. Air Force officer and a Command Pilot.

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[Swan]

Now I know what it feels like to be God!

Happy birthday, Colin Clive.

[boolaa]

I really love Tom Cruise.

[MovieGal]

Born on January 20th:

Tom Baker - English actor who is best known for his role as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series "Doctor Who", which he played from 1974 to 1981. He returned to the show in the 50th anniversary special in 2013 playing a character who calls himself The Curator. In a 2005 poll, his voice was found to be the fourth most recognizable in Britain.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoC1VUdavE

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 24th:

David Gerrold - Science fiction screenwriter and novelist who is best known for his script for the popular original "Star Trek" episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", and for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series "Land of the Lost". He is also for his novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.

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John Romita, Sr. - Comic-book artist who is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man. His first work for Marvel was inking Jack Kirby's cover and Don Heck's interior pencils on the superhero-team comic The Avengers #23 (Dec. 1965). In 2002, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. He is the father of comic-book artist John Romita, Jr.

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Leonard Goldberg - Producer who served as head of programming for ABC, and was president of 20th Century Fox. He is known for producing several highly acclaimed TV films, including the Peabody Award-winning 1971 TV movie Brian's Song, the 1976 TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble starring John Travolta, and the 1984 Emmy-winning TV movie Something About Amelia. He also produced a string of hit TV series while in partnership with Aaron Spelling; the best-known being Charlie's Angels, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, and Family. While he was the president of 20th Century Fox, the studio produced such critically acclaimed hit films as Broadcast News, Big, Die Hard, Wall Street, and Working Girl. Under his own banner, he produced the successful motion picture features WarGames, Sleeping with the Enemy, Double Jeopardy, and Charlie's Angels. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Ernest Borgnine - Actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. On TV, he played Quinton McHale in the TV series "McHale's Navy", and he co-starred in the mid-1980s action series "Airwolf", in addition to a wide variety of other roles. he earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series "ER". He was also the original voice of Mermaid Man on "SpongeBob SquarePants" from 1999 to 2012. In 1996, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1998, the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars dedicated a Golden Palm Star to him. On 8 February 1960, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. In 2011, he was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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John Belushi - Comedian, actor, and musician who is best known for his intense energy and raucous attitude, which he displayed as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live", in his role in the film Animal House, and in his recordings and performances as one of the The Blues Brothers. He died on the morning of March 5, 1982 in Hollywood, California at the Chateau Marmont, after being injected with and accidentally overdosing on a mixture of cocaine and heroin (a "speedball") at the age of 33. He was posthumously honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on April 1, 2004.

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Nastassja Kinski - German actress and former model who has appeared in more than sixty films in Europe and the United States. Her starring roles include the title character in the 1979 film Tess, for which she won a Golden Globe Award, and her role in the 1984 film Paris, Texas, which won numerous awards. She is the daughter of the actor Klaus Kinski.

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Sharon Tate - Actress who was known for her starring role as Jennifer North in the 1967 cult classic, Valley of the Dolls, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers. In 1968, she married Roman Polanski, her director and co-star in The Fearless Vampire Killers. On August 9, 1969, she was murdered by the Manson Family. She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with the couple's son when she was killed. Her last completed film, 12+1, (co-starring Orson Welles), was released in 1969 after her death.

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Mary Lou Retton - Retired American gymnast who won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Her performance made her one of the most popular athletes in the United States.

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Warren Zevon - Singer, songwriter and musician who was known for the dark and somewhat outlandish sense of humor in his lyrics. His best-known compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Johnny Strikes Up the Band". He died on September 7, 2003, and his last album, "The Wind" was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2003. He received five posthumous Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year for the ballad "Keep Me In Your Heart". The Wind won two Grammys, with the album itself receiving the award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, while "Disorder in the House", Zevon's duet with Bruce Springsteen, was awarded Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. These posthumous awards were the first Grammy Awards of Zevon's thirty-plus year career.

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Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSc8qVMjKM



Doug Kershaw - Fiddle player, singer and songwriter who has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts. In 1970, he contributed a violin part to Arlo Guthrie's record single "Alice's Rock and Roll Restaurant". In 1971, he had a dramatically significant musical cameo in the movie Zachariah, starring Don Johnson and John Rubinstein. In 2009, he was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. His third cousin is country music star Sammy Kershaw.

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Doug Kershaw - Orange Blossom Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy-bDmK4puA



Aaron Neville - R&B singer and musician who has had four Platinum-certified albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that went to #1 on Billboard's Adult contemporary chart. His debut single, "Tell It Like It Is", from 1966, was #1 on the Soul chart for five weeks. He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as The Neville Brothers and is the father of singer/keyboards player Ivan Neville.

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Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kjR487TwI



Ray Stevens - Country and pop singer, songwriter and comedian who is known for his hit comedy songs including "Harry the Hairy Ape", "Funny Man", the original recording of "Santa Claus Is Watching You", "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills", "Ahab the Arab", "The Streak", and "Sittin' Up with the Dead". He has 11 Grammy nominations and won two Grammy Awards: one for "Everything Is Beautiful" and one for the arrangement of his country and western version of the jazz standard "Misty". In 1980, he was was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame.

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Ray Stevens - The Streak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzoUu7w-YM



Matthew Wilder - Musician, composer and record producer who is best known for his hit song "Break My Stride", which peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 chart from January 21 - February 4, 1984. For the Disney film Mulan, he was the singing voice of the character of Ling, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Music Score, (along with David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith), for his work on that film.

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Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy46iOwWQiE

[Citizen Rules]

Last time I watched Valley of the Dolls I couldn't help thinking about how tragedy would soon befall Sharon Tate. I think that is the only movie I seen her in.:(

[gbgoodies]

Last time I watched Valley of the Dolls I couldn't help thinking about how tragedy would soon befall Sharon Tate. I think that is the only movie I seen her in.:(


No love for "Star Trek" writer David Gerrold? :confused:

[Citizen Rules]

Ha! well he's not as hot as Sharon Tate. But yah, I was going to make a follow up post.

David Gerrold - Science fiction screenwriter and novelist who is best known for his script for the popular original "Star Trek" episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", and for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series "Land of the Lost". He is also for his novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.

The Trouble With Tribbles is the funnest of all Star Trek episodes, IMO of course. Though Piece of the Action, has it's own style of fun. I'm impressed that he created the Sleestaks. I use to love Land of the Lost.

I never heard of, "The Martian Child", have you seen the movie? if so any good?

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[gbgoodies]

I never heard of, "The Martian Child", have you seen the movie? if so any good?



I saw The Martian Child a while back. It was cute, but not great. As I recall, the kid was annoying, but the movie was mostly forgettable.

[Citizen Rules]

Ahh, thanks, I'll skip it then.

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 26th:

Paul Newman - Actor who won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, six Golden Globe Awards (including three honorary ones), a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. He married actress Joanne Woodward in 1958, and they remained married for 50 years, until his death. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of 2014, these donations exceeded US$400 million.

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Ellen DeGeneres - Comedian, TV host, actress, writer, and TV producer who was the star of the popular sitcom "Ellen" from 1994 to 1998, and has hosted her syndicated talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" since 2003As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong (1996), appeared in EDtv (1999), and The Love Letter (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated film Finding Nemo (2003), for which she was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first time an actress won a Saturn Award for a voice performance. In 2010 she was a judge on "American Idol" for its ninth season. She has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys. She has authored three books, and started her own record company, Eleveneleven. She has won 13 Emmys, 14 People's Choice Awards, and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. .

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Scott Glenn - Actor whose roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and The Wise Man in Sucker Punch (2011).

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Vito Scotti - Character actor who was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances, in a career spanning 50 years. He was known for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Born of Italian heritage, he was seen playing everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor.

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Charles Lane - Character actor whose career spanned 64 years and more than 250 movies. He appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour" and "The Lucy Show".

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Joan Leslie - Retired American actress who appeared in such films as High Sierra, Sergeant York and Yankee Doodle Dandy. On August 12, 2006, she received a Golden Boot Award for her contributions to the genre of Western television and movies. On 8 February 1960, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.

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William Hopper - Actor who is best remembered for playing private detective Paul Drake in more than 250 episodes of the TV series "Perry Mason", and for his role as the father of Natalie Wood's character in Rebel Without a Cause.

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Maria von Trapp - The stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story served as the inspiration for a 1956 German film that in turn inspired the Broadway musical The Sound of Music (1959) and the 1965 film of the same name.

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Colin O'Donoghue - Irish actor and musician known for his role as Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the TV show "Once Upon a Time", and his role as Michael Kovak in "The Rite".

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Bob Uecker - Retired American Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian and actor. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson. On TV, he played father/sportswriter George Owens on the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere". Since 1971 Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts. In 2001, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was inducted into the Celebrity Wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.

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Wayne Gretzky - Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. He is the leading point-scorer in NHL history, with more assists than any other player has points, and is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season – a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, and six All-Star records. He still holds many of his NHL records.

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Douglas MacArthur - American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

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Edward "Eddie" Van Halen - Musician and songwriter who is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest guitarists, and one of the most influential rock guitarists of the 20th century. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him as #8 in the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists. In 2012, he was voted in a Guitar World magazine reader's poll as #1 of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

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Van Halen - Jump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM



Anita Baker - Singer, songwriter who rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling album, "Rapture", which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". To date, she has won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album to her credit.

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Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUSddpvB4X0



Andrew Ridgeley - English singer, songwriter and guitarist who was a member (with George Michael) of the music duo Wham!. Wham! produced four number one singles between 1984 and 1985: 'Wake Me Up Before You G-Go', 'Freedom', 'I'm Your Man', and 'The Edge of Heaven'. They would have had five consecutive number 1 records but 'Last Christmas / Everything She Wants' was partially eclipsed by the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas'.

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Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A

[honeykid]

He had all that fame and money from being "the other bloke in Wham!" and ended up with the best looking girl from Bananarama. Some guys really do have all the luck, don't they? :D

[Citizen Rules]

I don't know which one he married but the best looking banana in the bunch is the one in the middle.:D

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[honeykid]

I can't see that pic.

[Citizen Rules]

That's strange, I can see it and I refreshed the page too.

Same pic, different source

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[honeykid]

Yep, that's Keren. :yup: Told you she was the best looking one. :D

[Citizen Rules]

You got good taste!!!

Back in the 80s me and my friends would watch MTV and argue who got the dark haired one. The answer

NONE OF US!:D

[gbgoodies]

Born on January 27th:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Influential composer of the Classical era who composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western art music is profound.

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Jerome Kern - American composer of musical theatre and popular music who wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Long Ago (and Far Away)" and "Who?". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg. He was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, and won twice. Seven nominations were for Best Original Song; these included a posthumous nomination in each of 1945 and 1946. One nomination was in 1945 for Best Original Music Score. He was not eligible for any Tony Awards, which were not created until 1947. In 1970, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Ross Bagdasarian - Pianist, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer who was best known as the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks. He was better known by his stage name David Seville. He wrote the songs "Come On-a My House", "Witch Doctor", and "Chipmunk Song".

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Marc Daniels - Director who is best known for directing over a dozen episodes of the original "Star Trek" TV series, (including the episodes "Mirror, Mirror" and "Space Seed"), and writing the episode "One of Our Planets is Missing" of the "Star Trek" animated series. He also directed CBS' first dramatic anthology program, "Ford Theater", mastering live television direction, and the first 38 episodes of "I Love Lucy". He has been credited, along with cinematographer Karl Freund, with introducing the three-camera technique of filming as opposed to the conventional one-camera. He was nominated for three Emmy awards and three Directors Guild of America awards.

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Frank Miller - Writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark comic book stories and graphic novels such as Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300. He also directed the film version of The Spirit, shared directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and produced the film 300. He is also known for creating the comic book character Elektra. He won six Eisner Awards, four Kirby Awards, three Harvey Awards, and in 2006, he received The Comic-Con Icon Award.

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Philip Rosenthal - TV writer and producer who is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer for the TV sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond".

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Alan Cumming - Actor who is best known for his roles in the movies Emma, GoldenEye, Spy Kids, and X2. He also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery!" for PBS, and he appears on the TV series "The Good Wife", for which he has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. His London stage appearances include "Hamlet", the Maniac in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in "Bent", and the National Theatre of Scotland's "The Bacchae". On Broadway he has appeared in "The Threepenny Opera", as the master of ceremonies in "Cabaret" (for which he won a Tony Award), and "Design for Living".

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James Cromwell - Actor whose films include Babe, (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Star Trek: First Contact, L.A. Confidential, The Green Mile, Space Cowboys, The Sum of All Fears, W., The Artist, and the TV series "Six Feet Under", "24", and "American Horror Story: Asylum". He has been nominated for an Oscar, four Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He won the 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role in Still Mine, and the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in "American Horror Story: Asylum".

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James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact.


Patton Oswalt - Comedian, writer, actor and voice actor who is best known for his roles as Spencer Olchin in the TV sitcom "The King of Queens", and for voicing Remy in the film Ratatouille. As of September 2013, he narrates the TV series "The Goldbergs", and he currently plays the recurring role of Agent Koenig on the TV series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and as his brothers Eric and Billy Koenig.

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Donna Reed - Actress who is best known for her roles as Mary Hatch Bailey in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, as Lorene Burke in the 1953 war drama From Here to Eternity, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and as Donna Stone, an American middle class mother in the TV sitcom "The Donna Reed Show", for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star in 1963. Shas a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1610 Vine Street.

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Troy Donahue - Actor and singer who is known for his roles in the movies A Summer Place, Parrish, Susan Slade, Rome Adventure, Palm Springs Weekend, and A Distant Trumpet. He is also known for his roles in the TV series "Surfside 6" and "Hawaiian Eye". In 1960, he was named by Film Daily as one of the five "finds" of the year.

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Howard McNear - Character actor who is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in the TV series "The Andy Griffith Show", and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's "Gunsmoke" from 1952–1961.

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Tracy Lawrence - Country music singer, songwriter who has had more than thirty singles on the Billboard country music charts. Of these, eight have reached number one: "Sticks and Stones", "Alibis", "Can't Break It to My Heart", "My Second Home", "If the Good Die Young", "Texas Tornado", "Time Marches On", and "Find Out Who Your Friends Are". He has released nine studio albums, three compilations, a live album, and a Christmas album.

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Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BfYlKGh_w

[Citizen Rules]

Every time I see James Cromwell I have this awe like reverence, like some quasi-religious experience. Not of the actor himself, but what he represents. I'm sure you know what I mean.

[gbgoodies]

Every time I see James Cromwell I have this awe like reverence, like some quasi-religious experience. Not of the actor himself, but what he represents. I'm sure you know what I mean.


Yeah, I understand. He's done so many great roles, but I'll always remember him as Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact.

[gbgoodies]

It's a little bit late for January 28th, but I just wanted to do this quick post to say Happy Birthday to Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the greatest ballet dancers in history. He can even hold his own in other types of dance with people like Liza Minnelli and Gregory Hines.


"The Nutcracker" (1977)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v57WBaqCCMY


Baryshnikov on Broadway with Liza Minnelli (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPSYEhhYef0


Baryshnikov dances Sinatra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiiQ99NzAFQ


Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzSqRCvzb8


Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines in White Nights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDGVHy5iTM

[gbgoodies]

Born on February 8th:

James Dean - Actor who is known for his roles in the movies Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant. He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and is the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star on their AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.

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Jack Lemmon - Actor who was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in more than 60 films, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Actor), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won Best Actor at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men, and Grumpier Old Men.

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John Grisham - Author who is best known for his popular legal thrillers. including The Firm, The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and A Time to Kill.

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Jules Verne - Writer who is best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.

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Lana Turner - Actress who is best known for her appearances in the films Love Finds Andy Hardy, Ziegfeld Girl, Somewhere I'll Find You, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), The Bad and the Beautiful, Imitation of Life and Peyton Place, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Mary Steenburgen - Actress whose film appearances include Parenthood, Back to the Future Part III, Philadelphia, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Time After Time, Elf, The Brave One, Step Brothers, The Proposal and The Help. She received a Golden Globe nomination for the 1981 film Ragtime, a BAFTA TV Award nomination for the 1985 TV miniseries Tender is the Night and an Emmy Award nomination for the 1988 TV film The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's 1980 film Melvin and Howard.

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Nick Nolte - Actor who has appeared in films such as The Deep, 48 Hrs., Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Another 48 Hrs., Teachers, The Prince of Tides, Cape Fear, and Hulk. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor.

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Seth Green - Actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director who is the creator and executive producer and most-frequent voice on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken".

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Gary Coleman - Child actor who is best known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in "Diff'rent Strokes".

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Jack Larson - Actor who is best known for his portrayal of photographer/cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the TV series "Adventures of Superman".

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Robert Klein - Stand-up comedian, singer and actor.

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Audrey Meadows - Actress best known for her role as the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy "The Honeymooners".

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Ethan Phillips - Actor best known for his TV roles as Neelix on "Star Trek: Voyager", and as PR man Pete Downey on "Benson".

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Ted Koppel - Broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for "Nightline".

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Vince Neil - Lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.

Mötley Crüe - Home Sweet Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAZ60xA9wo



Dan Seals

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Dan Seals - God Must Be A Cowboy At Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-UP26qH9Jc

Dan Seals - Addicted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sju7osFbV9w

[gbgoodies]

No love for anyone on this list? I'm shocked! This is one of the best days for birthdays all year long.

[DougPacino]

Born on 9th of February:
Joe Pesci is an American actor, comedian and musician
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