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LEONARDO DICAPRIO TURNED 37 TODAY

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DiCaprio, Leonardo

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is a actor and film producer. He has received many
awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Academy Awards,
Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. DiCaprio began his career appearing in TV commercials and soon landed roles in shows
such as the ABC sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut
in the sci-fi/horror comedy Critters 3 (1991). DiCaprio’s first major role was in This
Boy’s Life
(1993).

 

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Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, in
Clint Eastwood’s current biopic J. Edgar.

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NEW TO DVD AND BLU-RAY THIS WEEK!

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The Jurassic Park Trilogy (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park,
and Jurassic Park III) one of the biggest movie trilogies of all time is
now available in both 3 Disc Blu-ray and 4 Disc DVD editions.  
 

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A DISNEY DEBUT, 57 YEARS AGO TODAY

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Walt Disney

The first of the Walt Disney anthology television series premiered on ABC,
Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show was originally hosted by
Walt Disney himself presenting a series of cartoons and other material from
the studio library. One-hour edits of recent Disney films were also aired and
occasionally, educational segments would be featured. The television series
continued to be produced by the Walt Disney Company under several titles
until 2008.

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Filming a segment of Disneyland with Walt

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TV Guide

 

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GUNFIGHT TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1881

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The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was approximately a 30-second gunfight that took
place in the afternoon of Wednesday October 26, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona.Tom
and Frank McLaury along with Billy Clanton were killed; Morgan and Virgil Earp and
John “Doc” Holliday were wounded and survived. Wyatt Earp was unharmed. It is regarded as the most legendary gunfight in the history of the Old West.  

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The 1957 film based on the historical event

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DISNEY SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1957

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The action/adventure drama series Zorro was produced by Walt Disney. It was
based on the well-known fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The series premiered on Thursday October 10, 1957 with the final network broadcast on June 2, 1959. A total of seventy-eight episodes were produced.

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Guy Williams (left) with Portland’s TV cowboy Heck Harper during a 1958 visit    

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