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WILL FERRELL ~ 44th BIRTHDAY TODAY

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Will Ferrell back in 1986 at the Winter Ball at University High School in Irvine, California

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John William "Will" Ferrell is a comedian,impressionist, actor, and writer. He 
first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC
sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He has starred in the comedy
films Anchorman (2004), Talladega Nights (2006), and Blades of Glory
(2007).

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Will Ferrell in Anchorman

 

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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"Mona Lisa" was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the
Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey,U.S.A. (1950). The song won
the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950.The arrangement
was  by Nelson Riddle with Les Baxter and his Orchestra. Nat King  
Cole’s soundtrack version spent eight weeks at number on the
Billboard singles chart. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame in 1992. 

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SHOUT WITH GLEE! JANE LYNCH IS 51 TODAY

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Jane’s high school photo

 

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Jane Marie Lynch is a comedienne, actress and singer. Since 2009,
she has played the role of Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy
series Glee for which she has won an Emmy Award a well as a Golden
Globe Award. She has also appeared in comedy films such as Best in
Show (2000) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005).

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Jane Lynch as therapist Dr. Linda Freeman in Two And A Half Men

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ACTOR ROBERTS BLOSSOM ~ DEAD AT 87

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – Character actor Roberts Blossom, who played
the white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in the movie "Home Alone," has
died at age 87 in Southern California.

Daughter Deborah Blossom tells the Los Angeles Times that her father died
of natural causes July 8 at a Santa Monica nursing home.

Blossom starred on Broadway, as well as in television and movies. He won
three Obie Awards for his off-Broadway work.

Movie credits include "The Hospital," "Slaughterhouse-Five," "The Great
Gatsby,” "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Escape From Alcatraz,"
"Resurrection" and "Doc Hollywood.”

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PATRICK STEWART’S 71st BIRTHDAY TODAY

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Patrick Stewart as a baby with his mother Gladys

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Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, is an English film, television and stage actor,
and university chancellor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre
and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his
television and film roles, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the series
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Syndication, 1987-1994), Professor
Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series. Stewart is also the voice of
Avery Bullock in American Dad on Fox TV.


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Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard

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Stewart recording the voice of his character in  American Dad

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Avery Bullock

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