James (Jim) Eugene Carrey is 61 years old today. The Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist first gained recognition in
1990, after landing a role in the sketch comedy television series
In Living Color (1990–1994). He broke out as a star in motion
pictures with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb
and Dumber (all 1994).
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 20230)
ROME (AP) — Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved
international film stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed
“the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one
her movies, died at a clinic in Rome on Monday. She was 95.
The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide details. But Lollobrigida
had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.
She returned home and said she had quickly resumed walking.
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Earl Boen ( August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023)
Earl Boen, best known for his roles in the Terminator movies,
passed away Thursday in Hawaii.
Alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Boen appeared in three
of the Terminator films. According to Variety, the voice and
character actor was 81 years old and had been diagnosed
with stage four lung cancer in the fall. Boen was an actor
who wasn’t a household name for many, yet he worked
consistently in film and television. Boen retired from on-
camera work in 2003 but nevertheless continued to do voice-
over until he officially retired from all acting work in 2017.
Boen as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator (1984)
On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie
screening took place at the Grand Café in Paris. The film
was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French
brothers who developed a camera-projector called the
Cinematographe. The Lumiere brothers unveiled their
invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film
showing workers leaving the Lumiere factory (above).
On December 28, the entrepreneurial siblings screened
a series of short scenes from everyday French life and
charged admission for the first time.
The Garand Café in Paris.
The Lumiere Brothers
The Lumiere Cinematographe.
Radio City Music Hall, one of the world’s most celebrated and architecturally significant entertainment venues, opened in the
heart of midtown Manhattan amid great fanfare on this day in
history, Dec. 27, 1932.
Since its opening, more than 300 million people have gone to
Radio City to enjoy movies, stage shows, concerts and special
events.
The Radio City Rockettes, the iconic high-kicking dance
troupe that performs at the theater.
