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BARBARA RUSH IS 84 TODAY

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Stage, film, and TV actress Barbara Rush made her screen debut
in the 1951 movie The Goldbergs. She won the Golden Globe
Award for Most Promising Newcomer-Female for her role in 
1953 science fiction classic IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE.

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TV SHOW INSPIRED BY I LOVE LUCY

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My Little Margie premiered on CBS as a summer sitcom replacement   
for I love Lucy in 1952, sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes.The show
alternated TV networks between CBS and NBC until the final episode 
aired in 1955.

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My Little Margie starred Gale Storm (left) as Margie Albright
and former silent film star Charles Farrell ( right) played her
father Vern Albright.

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FAMED ACTOR DIES AT 64

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Pete Postlethwaite died Sunday following a long
battle with cancer. He was a veteren of the Royal
Shakespeare Company along with other acting 
companies. Steven Spielberg once called Pete
”the best actor in the world” after working
with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park 
(1997). Postlethwaite was nominated for an 
Oscar for his role in In The Name of the
Father
(1993).

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Pete Postlethwaite in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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Postletheaite with Daniel Day Lewis in a scene from
In the Name of the Father.

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ACTRESS ANNE FRANCIS, DEAD AT 80

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        Anne Francis died Sunday of natural cause at a nursing home in  
        Santa Barbara, California. She was most remembered for her
        role in the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956). Her
        career began at the early age of eleven on Broadway.  
 
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        Anne Francis with “Robby” the robot in Forbidden Planet 

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       Anne as a mannequin in the 1960 Twilight Zone episode 
       The After Hours.

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CUBA GOODING, JR. IS 43 TODAY

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Cuba Gooding, Jr. won an Academy Award for Best
Actor for his character, Rod Tidwell in the 1996 film 
Jerry Maguire.

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Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Tom Cruise from Jerry Maguire

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                     ‘’SHOW ME THE MONEY’’!!!

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Cuba played Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear
in the above 2000 film. Some exterior locations were shot 
in downtown Portland.

 

 

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