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JENNIFER ANISTON IS 43 TODAY!

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston is a actress, film director, and producer who gained
wide recognition in the 1990s for her portrayal of Rachel Green on the NBC
television sitcom, Friends (1994-2004). The role earned her an Emmy Award,
Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston’s greatest
successes came with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. She has been selected
to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.

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Jennifer Aniston with Bruce Almighty co-star Jim Carrey

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MONSTER ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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     Lon Chaney, Jr.
(February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973)

Born Creighton Tull Chaney, Lon Chaney was best known for his
roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor,
Lon Chaney. He portrayed Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies
and Lennie Small in Of Mice and Man (1939)

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Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man

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COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS IS 80 TODAY

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The career of John Towner Williams spans almost six decades, composing
some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, 
including the Star Wars Saga, Jaws, Indiana Jones film series, E.T. the Extra- 
Terrestrial,
and Jurassic Park. He has composed the music for all but two of 
Steven Spielberg’s major feature films.  

 

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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921

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LANA TURNER

           Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995)

Lana Turner was discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM
at the age of sixteen, She gained attention in the 1937 film They Won’t
Forget. Turner is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens
as a result of her role in the 1941 horror movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

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DISNEY FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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Pinocchio is a 1940 animated film produced by Walt Disney. It is the
second film in the series of Walt Disney Animated Classics. It was
released in theaters by RKO Pictures. The film won two Academy
Awards, one for Best Original Score and the other for Best Original
Song for “When You Wish Upon a Star”.

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