JOHN VOIGHT TURNED 72 TODAY

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John Voight received his first Academy Award nomination for his
performance in MIDNIGHT COWBOY,1969’s Best Picture winner.

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                                      (1972)

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John won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role  
in this 1978 film.

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DENZEL WASHINGTON IS 56 TODAY

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Denzel won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1990 for
his role in GLORY. He also won a second Oscar for Best Actor in
2002 for his work in TRAINING DAY. Washington has also been
awarded two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.

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SINATRA OPPOSING ANTI-SEMITISM IN 1945

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Frank Sinatra’s appearance in this film was part of a
ten-minute short opposing anti-Semitism and racial
prejudice at the end of World War ll. It received an
honorary Academy Award and a special Golden
Globe Award in 1946.

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HUMPHREY BOGART WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1899

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          The American Film Institute ranks Bogart as the greatest male 
          star in the history of American cinema.

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                   Academy Award winner, Best Picture of 1943.

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BRAD PITT IS CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY 47 TODAY

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Brad Pitt’s first big role in a major Hollywood film was
playing the cowboy hitchhiker in Ridley’s Scott’s 1991
road movie THELMA & LOUISE. It was one of the
highest-grossing films of that year and won six
Academy Award nominations, and received an
Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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Brad’s first leading role was in Robert Redford’s 1992
film, shown above. It won the Academy Award for Best
Cinematography.

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