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AL PACINO TURNED 73 TODAY

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is famous for playing mobsters, including
Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy (1972-1974-1990) and Tony
Montana
in Scarface (1983). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor
in 1992 for his performance as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman.




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HAYLEY MILLS HAS TURNED 67

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Mills began her acting career as a child, winning the BAFTA Award for Most
Promising Newcomer
for Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for
Pollyanna (1960) and
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year/Actress
in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in several Walt Disney films
and is perhaps best known for her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in
the Disney production The Parent Trap (1961). Hayley is the daughter of
Sir John Mills and the sister of actress Juliet Mills.

     

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HIT RECORD RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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“Strangers In The Night” reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
chart and the Easy Listening chart. it was the title song for Sinatra’s 1966
album Strangers in the Night, which became his most commercially
successful album. It won him the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop
Vocal Performance
and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in
1967.

 

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OMAR SHARIF IS 81 TODAY

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Omar Sharif (Michel Demitri Shalhoub) is an Egyptian actor who
has starred in such
Hollywood films as Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968). He was nominated
for an
Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.

 

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FORMER ROCKER IS PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE

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(Fox News) – Forty-five years ago, Yank Barry was belting out “Louie, Louie”
with iconic band The Kingsmen (1968-1970). Cut to 2013, and he’s a third-
time Nobel Peace Prize nominee with very real prospects of joining the ranks
of past winners including The Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa. Barry was
nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

The philanthropist along with his friend and partner Muhammad Ali have fed
over 910,000,000 documented meals to the needy around the world over
the last twenty years. Barry, 65, said “I was very surprised. It was gratifying,”

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Yank Barry and Muhammad Ali shown with the Gusi Peace
Prize in 2011.

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