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MAJOR 3-D FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1953

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House of Wax is a horror film starring vincent Price, (pictured below). It is a remake of Warners’ Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). It was the first 3-D color feature from a major Hollywood studio. The general release of House of Wax was on April 25, 1953.  

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Vincent Price with Phyllis Kirk in a scene from House of Wax

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KATEE SACKHOFF IS 31 TODAY

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Actress Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon
and grew up in St. Helens. She graduated from Sunset High School in
Beaverton in 1998. Katee is mainly known for playing Captain Kara
“Starbuck” Thrace on the Sci Fi channel’s television program Battlestar
Galactica
. In 2004 she was nominated for a Saturn Award in the "Best
Supporting Actress in a Television Series" category for her work in the
Battlestar Galactica miniseries. In May 2006, she won the Saturn Award
for the same role. She starred in the eighth season of 24 on FOX as
Dana Walsh. In the fall of 2010, Sackhoff joined the cast of CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation
as Detective Reed.

 

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LEONARD NIMOY IS 80 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Leonard Simon Nimoy is a actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. His most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series 1966–1969, multiple films, television and video game sequels. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in the 1952 boxing movie Kid Monk Baroni . In 1965, he made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot, "The
Cage", and would go on to play the character of Mr. Spock until 1969, followed by
seven further films and a number of guest slots in various sequels. His character of
Spock resulted in three Emmy Award nominations; TV Guide named Spock one of the
50 greatest TV characters. Nimoy also had a recurring role in Mission: Impossible as 
well as several well-received stage appearances.

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Spock giving the Vulcan salute (Live long and prosper Leonard)

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WILLIAM SHATNER IS 80 TODAY

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William  Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of  
the Star Ship Enterprise, in the Sci-Fi television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969,
Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent
star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. Shatner also played the veteran police sergeant in T.J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. He has since worked as a musician,
author, producer, director, and celebrity pitchman. He has won two Emmy Awards
and a Golden Globe Award.

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William Shatner in The Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”(1963)

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GARY OLDMAN ~ 53 TODAY

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Gary Oldman, an English actor, filmmaker and musician, well-known to audiences for his portrayals of dark and morally ambiguous characters. He has starred in films such as  JFK (1991), Dracula (1992),The Fifth Element (1997), and the Batman film series (2005 & 2008). He has come to be regarded as one of film’s most diverse actors, and has been cited as an influence by a number of successful actors. Oldman has received Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA Award nominations for his acting work, and has been described as one of the greatest actors never nominated for an Academy Award.

 
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Gary Oldman is Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK

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Oldman playing Dracula

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Gary as Zorg in The Fifth Element

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