Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star
Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for
ten years.

Director Steven Spielberg with E, T.

 
           
               John Herbert Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 13, 2012)

Jonathan Frid, best remembered for portraying vampire Barnabas Collins in the ABC
television series Dark Shadows (1966-1971), died Friday, April 13 of natural causes
at a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

George Rex Graham, founder of Graham’s Magazine,hired Edgar
Allan Poe as a critic and editor in February 1841 at an annual salary
of $800. The magazine was the first to publish Poe’s first detective
story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Poe left Graham’s employ
in April 1842 but still made occasional contributions.

George R. Graham

Title page for Graham’s Magazine, June 1852

Roy Thinnes is a television and film actor best known for his role of
David Vincent in the ABC series The Invaders (1967-1968). He also
portrayed the character Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law 
& Order on NBC in 1990.

Leonard Nimoy as Spock in the original Star Trek series
(1966-1969).

In April 2010, Leonard Nimoy announced his retirement from
playing the Star Trek character Spock. His retirement has not
included voice acting.