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CASSANDRA ‘’ELVIRA’’ PETERSON IS 60 TODAY

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Actress Cassandra Peterson is best known for her on-screen horror hostess
character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles TV
station KHJ as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie show. During
her teens in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Peterson worked as a  go-go
dancer at a local bar. After graduating from high school, she moved to Las
Vegas, Nevada, where she became a showgirl at The Dunes. She had a
small role as a showgirl in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are
Forever
. Cassandra reportedly dated Elvis Presley for a short.

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TV SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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The Outer Limits
aired on ABC-TV from September 16, 1963 to January 16, 1965
for a total, 49 episodes. The series is similar to the anthology show Twilight Zone,
but with more emphasis on science fiction. The series was revived in 1995 on
Showtime from 1995 to 1999, then again on the Sci-Fi Channel from 1999 until cancellation in 2002.

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STAR WARS ~ NOW ON BLU-RAY!

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The day has arrived, all six epic Star Wars films are available now on
Blu-ray Disc in high definition. The editions come in three variations:
including “Star Wars: The Complete Saga" (containing all six films
plus over 40 hours of bonus footage).

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TOMMY LEE JONES IS 65 TODAY

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Actor Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas and moved to New
York to become an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1969’s A Patriot
for Me
. In 1970, he landed his first film role playing a college student in
Love Story.
His best known films include The Fugitive (1993) and it’s
sequel U.S. Marshals (1998), the Men in Black films (1997 & 2002),
The Hunted
( filmed in Portland -2003), and No Country for Old Men
(2007). A second sequel to Men in Black, Men in Black lll, is scheduled
for release in 2012. Tommy Lee Jones has received three Academy
nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive.

 

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Tommy Lee Jones in
The Fugitive

 

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Jones with costar Will Smith in Men in Black

the hunted 2003
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Sheriff Bell (TOMMY LEE JONES)

Director: Joel & Ethan COEN

Tommy Lee Jones in a scene from No Country For Old men

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TV SERIES PRIMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

 
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Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series ran for three seasons with 82
episodes beginning with the debut on September 15, 1965 and ran till
March 6, 1968. The first season of the show was filmed in black and
white. Lost in Space was created and produced by Irwin Allen for 20th
Century Fox Television.

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