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MICHAEL CAINE TURNED 78 TODAY

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Sir Michael Caine,(born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite); is an English film
actor and author. He has appeared in over one hundred films and is one of
Britain’s most recognizable and respected actors. Caine is well known for such
films as Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), Academy Award winning roles for
best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and The Cider
House Rules (1999). More recently Michael Caine has played Alfred , the
butler from Batman Begins (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008). Caine is
one of two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting, either lead
or supporting, in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s…the other actor
being Jack Nicholson. In 2000, Caine was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth ll.  

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Michael Caine with Christian Bale, right, in The Dark Knight

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CLASSIC ROCK ‘N ROLL MOVIE PREMIERED ON THIS DATE IN 1956

 

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bill haley and the comets

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BILLY CRYSTAL IS 63 TODAY

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Billy Crystal is an actor, comedian writer/producer, and film director. He gained
prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and
became a popular film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the 
box office comedy successes When Harry Met Sally (1989), and City Slickers
(1991). He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.

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city slickers

BILLY  ACADEMY AWARDS

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WILLIAM H. MACY IS 61 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Actor William Hall Macy, Jr. was nominated for an Academy Award for his role 
as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo (1996). In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, one
for starring in the lead role and one as co-writer of the made-for-TNT film Door
to Door,
a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman
for Watkins here in Portland, Oregon who born with cerebral palsy.

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Macy in Fargo

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William H. Macy with costar Kyra Sedgwick

stealing sinatra
Showtime, 2002

cellular
2005

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WONDER WOMAN DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1974

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Wonder Woman, based on the DC Comic book character of the same  
name, first appeared as a live-action made for television movie on the   
ABC network. The pilot starred Cathy Lee Crosby (above) in the title 
role. The series began in November of 1975 and starred Lynda Carter   
as Wonder Woman. It ran until September, 1979. 

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Lynda Carter

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