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RORY CALHOUN WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1922

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               Rory Calhoun (Francis Timothy McCown) 

                        (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999)

Calhoun was an television and film actor, screenwriter and producer,
best known for his roles in Westerns.

 

The Texan is a Western television series which aired on the CBS
television network from 1958 to 1960. Calhoun plays Bill Longley,
a Confederate
captain from the Civil War, who roams the west
helping people in need.

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VOTED BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

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Kim Novak and James Stewart in Vertigo

The 1958 psychological thriller Vertigo was directed by Alfred Hitchcock
and stars James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes. The initial
release of the film received mixed reviews, but has since garnered acclaim
and is now considered a classic, defining work of Hitchcock’s career. It was
recently named the best film of all time in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics’ pool.

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“QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD” BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1905

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Myrna Loy at age 15

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             Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993)

Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself
fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was
originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian
descent, but her career prospects improved following her portrayal of
Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Her successful pairing with
William Powell resulted in 14 films together, including five subsequent
Thin Man films. In 1937.

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William Powell and Myrna Loy

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SANDRA BULLOCK IS 48 TODAY

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Sandra Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a 
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a
Leading Role
, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for
her role as
Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009). She is listed in
the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-
paid actress, with $56 million.

 

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Sandra Bullock portraying Annie Porter in the 1994 action film Speed

 

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LOUISE FLETCHER IS 78 TODAY

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Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest 

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Actress Louise Fletcher gained  prominence for her performance as Nurse
Ratched
in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, for which she won the
Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading
Role
and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.

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