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JEFF BRIDGES IS 62 YEARS OLD TODAY!

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Young Jeff Bridges with his father Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt

Jeff Bridges today

Actor Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
portrayal of Otis “Bad” Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. His career began
when he worked as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau
Bridges in the syndicated television series Sea Hunt (1958-1961).The best
known films by Jeff Bridges include Tron (1982), John Carpenter’s Starman
(1984), The Big Lebowski (1998), and Iron Man (2008). Bridges earned his
sixth Academy Award nomination for his role of Rooster Cogburn in the 2010
Coen brothers remake of True Grit.


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Bridges from The Last Picture Show (1970)

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Jeff in The Big Lebowski

 

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Jeff as Rooster Cogburn, True Grit

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THE ‘’SCREAM QUEEN’’ TURNED 53 TODAY

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Halloween, 1978

Jamie Lee Curtis 2011

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, to actor Tony Curtis 
and actress Janet Leigh. Although known for her starring roles in several horror films  
early in her career, including Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), her recent work spans many genres and has won her BAFTA and Golden Globe awards. 

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jammie lee curtis in the fog

TrueLies
1994

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AUTHOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1850

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seven year old robert louis stevenson  
 Robert Louis Stevenson, age 7                           
                                                                                                               

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                                 Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

                        (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894)

Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, best-known for the books Treasure Island, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.

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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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1993

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1997

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

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FIRST RADIO SCI-FI SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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BUCK ROGERS
Actor Carl Frank in a publicity photo

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Matt Crowley

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BUCK ROGERS (Carl Frank) AND WILMA DEERING (Adele Ronson)

Three years after bringing science fiction to the world of comic strips, Buck
Rogers in the 25th Century
was brought to CBS radio on November 7, 1932. It
Originally aired from New York and broadcast four times weekly, initially at 7:15
P.M. and later moved to an earlier "children’s hour". Actors Matt Crowley and
Carl Frank (above) along with Curtis Arnall and John Larkin all voiced Buck
Rogers at various times. The beautiful and strong-willed Wilma Deering was
portrayed by Adele Ronson, and the brilliant scientist-inventor Dr. Huer
was played by Edgar Stehli.

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