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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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SALLY FIELD IS 65 TODAY

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Sally Margaret Field is known for major roles in TV and film. She won the
Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role for Norma Rae (1979)
and Places in the Heart (1984). Field’s achievements also include three
Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award
for Best Actress.

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The ABC-TV series ran from 1965 to 1966

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Sally Field in The Flying Nun, ABC-TV from 1967-1970

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AWARD WINNING COMMENTATOR HAS DIED

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Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011)

Rooney was hospitalized on October 25th after developing postoperative complications.

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WARFARE SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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Victory at Sea
is a NBC-TV documentary series about naval warfare during
World War ll. The original broadcast aired from Sunday October 26, 1952
to May 3, 1953. The series won an Emmy award in 1954 as “best public
affairs program”. The music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert
Russell Bennett, was made into a record album.

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HEAD COACH ~ JOHN HEISMAN

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The Heisman Trophy

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John William Heisman
(October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936)

John Heisman was a football player and college coach of football, basketball,
and baseball. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coach
in 1954. The Heisman Trophy (shown above), is named for him and is awarded
annually to the season’s most outstanding college football player.

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Head Coach John Heisman (far right) and the team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) football program
in 1896.

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