Stand-up comedian Jerome (Jerry) Allen Seinfeld is 65 today.
Comedian James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is 69 today.
Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show on NBC from May 25, 1992, to
May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010 until ending
on February 6, 2014.
Jay Leno Gets the Last Laugh With Jimmy Fallon on his ‘Tonight
Show’ Exit Week.
Jay leno’s car collection.
Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi
( April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937
Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer,
known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio
transmission, development of Marconi’s law, and a
radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor
of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics
with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their
contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
Actor Alfredo James Pacino is 78 years old today.
Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman. He is also
known for his starring roles in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995),
Scarface (1983), and Serpico (1973).
1992
John Joseph (Jack) Nicholson
Popular actor Jack Nicholson is known for playing dark characters such as
Jack Torrance in “The Shining” (1980) and Frank Costello in “The Departed”
(2006). He won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles in “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “As Good As it Gets” (1997) and for
Best Supporting Actor in “Terms of Endearment” (1983). He also received
praise for his roles in “Chinatown” (1974) and “About Schmidt” (2002) and
for portraying the Joker in 1989’s “Batman”.
Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown”.
The Joker
(Fox News) – A replica of the Wagon Queen Family Truckster from the classic
1985 comedy film “Vacation” was auctioned this past weekend for $100,100.
The wood-paneled green machine crossed the block at the Barrett-Jackson
Palm Beach event.
It’s based on a 1981 Ford LTD rather than a 1979 Country Squire, like the
movie car was, but is an otherwise convincing recreation that includes
Wagon Queen badging and offensive graffiti on the rear fender.
The price paid was pretty remarkable, considering a car purported to be one
of the five that were built for the film received a high bid of just $35,000 at a
2013 Mecum Auctions event. That car’s authenticity was not confirmed, but
one that was definitely used in the making of the movie is on display at the
Historic Auto Attractions museum in Roscoe, Ill., which might make for a
good destination for the owner of the Barrett-Jackson car.