Archive for February, 2011

FIRST ISSUE OF NEWSWEEK ON THIS DATE IN 1933

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The first issue of NEWSWEEK (above) featured seven photographs from the week’s news on the cover.

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RENE RUSSO TURNED 57 TODAY

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Rene Marie Russo is a former model turned actress. Russo made her
television series debut in 1987, with a supporting role in the ABC series
Sable.Two years later, she made her debut in film as the girlfriend of the
Tom Berenger character in Major League (1989) . Her breakthrough role
is generally considered to be her part as internal affairs detective Lorna
Cole in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).

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Rene Russo with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 3

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Rene Russo in a scene from Major League

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Rene with Clint Eastwood from the film In The Line of Fire

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ACTOR LEN LESSER DEAD AT 88

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Len Lesser, the veteran character actor best known
for his role as Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld," has died. He was 88. Lesser’s family
said in a statement that the actor died Wednesday in Burbank, California
from cancer-related pneumonia.

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MAYOR TERRY SHRUNK MEETS WITH REPORTERS IN 1957

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Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk , left, is shown here with KGW-TVs Tom Dargan, center, and reporter Ivan Smith, far right. Schrunk held the news conference to deny bribery allegations following a gambling raid in 1955 when he was still sheriff of multnomah County.

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PORTLAND’S TINY DUMONT FROM 1950

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