Archive for September, 2011

STAR WARS ~ NOW ON BLU-RAY!

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The day has arrived, all six epic Star Wars films are available now on
Blu-ray Disc in high definition. The editions come in three variations:
including “Star Wars: The Complete Saga" (containing all six films
plus over 40 hours of bonus footage).

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B.B. KING IS 86 YEARS OLD TODAY

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B.B. King ("B.B." short for Blues Boy), has been ranked at No. 3 on Rolling
Stone’s list of “100 greatest guitarists of all time”. King has been inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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SHINDIG! DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1964

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Shindig! is an American musical variety series which was seen on ABC-TV
from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy
O’Neill, a Los Angeles disc jockey. He created the show along with his wife
Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. One of the performers
on the first show was Donna Loren (below clip). It was her first of many
appearances on Shindig!.
 

 

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Donna Loren today

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LAUREN BACALL HAS TURNED 87 TODAY

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Lauren_Bacall today

Actress Lauren Bacall ( born Betty Joan Perske) became a leading lady in
the 1944 film To Have And Have Not which starred her husband Humphrey
Bogart. She appeared in The Big Sleep (1946), and How Marry a Millionaire
(1943), just to name a few. Becall also worked in the Broadway musical
Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the film The Mirror Has
Two Faces
(1996)  earned her a Golden Globe Award as well an Academy
Award nomination.  In 1999, she was ranked #20 of the 25 actresses on the
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list. Lauren Bacall was selected by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award
at the inaugural Governors Awards in 2009.

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall from To Have and To have Not

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‘’CHIPS’’ PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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CHiPs
is a television drama series produced by MGM Studios that
originally aired on NBC-TV from September 15, 1977, to July 17,
1983 (139 episodes ). Although the show finished production in
1983, many regions did not complete their runs of the series until
the later 1980s, in some cases almost ten years after the show
had first appeared. The show starred Erik Estrada as Officer
Frank “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his partner,
Officer Jon Baker. 

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Erik Estrada                                              Larry Wilcox

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