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NANCY KWAN IS 72 TODAY

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At the age of 20, Nancy Kwan received the starring role of a beautiful and free- 
spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax, played by  
William Holden in the 1960 film The World of Suzie Wong. The next year Nancy
was in the Broadway musical film Flower Drum Song and soon became one of 
Hollywood’s most visible Eurasian actresses.

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TINA FEY IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY ~ 41 TODAY

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Tina Fey is a actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work
on the NBC comedy  series Saturday Night Live, the series 30 Rock also
on NBC. Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-
based improvisational group The Second City. She later joined Saturday
Night Live as a writer, becoming head writer and a performer, known for  
her role as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment (shown below).

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Tina Fey (left) as Sarah Palin in SNL sketch with Amy Poehler.

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Tina Fey at the Saturday Night live WEEKENDUPDATE desk.

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ACTRESS ZSA ZSA GABOR IN A COMA

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Zsa Zsa Gabor has slipped into a coma after being rushed to an L.A. hospital
yesterday for emergency stomach surgery to repair a infection caused by a
feeding tube. Her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt said the 94-year-old
film star has been unresponsive since 2 a.m. this morning.

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MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN (17 MAY 1911 – 23 JUNE 1998)

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Maureen O’Sullivan with co-star Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan the
Ape Man
(1932).


 

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O’Sullivan was considered Irelands first film star.

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DENNIS HOPPER ~ (MAY 17, 1936 – MAY 29, 2010)

 

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Dennis Hopper directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an
award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer. Hopper made his debut
on film in two roles with James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and
Giant
(1956).

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Dennis Hopper in Rebel Without a Cause.

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Hopper as he appeared in Apocalypse Now (1979).

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