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OFFICIAL RELEASE ON THIS DAY IN 1977
Annie Hall was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in March 1977, before
its official release. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and along with
winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, it received Oscars in three other categories: two for Allen (Best Director and, with Brickman, Best Original
Screenplay), and Keaton for Best Actress. The film additionally won four
BAFTA awards and a Golden Globe. It ranks 31st on AFI’s list of the top
feature films in American cinema and fourth on their list of top comedy films.
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971)
Lloyd was an actor, comedian, film director/ producer, screenwriter,
and stunt performer who is most famous for his silent comedy films. He
ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most
popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd made
nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies", between 1914 and
1947.
HELPING IMPROVE RURAL EDUCATION
STARR INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Paul McCartney (left) and Ringo Starr during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.
(AP) – Ringo Starr was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a little help
from one of his famous friends.
The mop-topped drummer who kept the beat for the Beatles, Starr was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday night during a ceremony jammed with scintillating performances and touching moments.
Starr was the last of the Beatles to be inducted for his individual work, getting in after band mates Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. He was always the fourth Beatle — John, Paul, George … and Ringo — but now he’s been immortalized
as a front man.
Starr was inducted along with Green Day, underground-icon Lou Reed, Joan Jett
and The Blackhearts, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, guitarist Stevie Ray
Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The "5” Royales.
The 74-year-old Starr was inducted by McCartney, who said he could always count
on Starr to have his back on every song.
The Class of 2015 exhibit at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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