WILLIAM SHATNER IS 80 TODAY

William-Shatner-Biography 

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William  Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of  
the Star Ship Enterprise, in the Sci-Fi television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969,
Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent
star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. Shatner also played the veteran police sergeant in T.J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. He has since worked as a musician,
author, producer, director, and celebrity pitchman. He has won two Emmy Awards
and a Golden Globe Award.

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William Shatner in The Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”(1963)

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FUNNY MAN CARL REINER IS 89 TODAY

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Carl Reiner, actor, film director/producer, writer and comedian has worked
on a wide range of films and television programs. He has won nine Emmy  
Awards and one Grammy during this career. Reiner has the distinction of  
being the only person to appear on all five incarnations of The Tonight 
Show. Carl Reiner is the father of actor-turned-director, Rob Reiner.

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ACTRESS HOLLY HUNTER IS 53 TODAY

"LITTLE BLACK BOOK" PREMIERE

Holly Hunter made her screen debut in the 1981 horror movie The Burning. She
also starred in The Piano (1993) for which she won the Academy Award for Best
Actress. She has also been nominated for an Oscar for her roles in Broadcast
News
(1987), The Firm (1993), and Thirteen (2003). Hunter has also won two
Emmy Awards with seven nominations and has won a Golden Globe Award
with another six nominations.

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Holly in The Burning

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Holly Hunter in a scene from  the Coen Brothers film Raising
Arizona
(1987)

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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

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Showtime, 2002

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A BIRTHDAY FOR TYNE DALY ~ 65 TODAY

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Actress Tyne Daly is most widely known for her work as Detective Lacey in 
the CBS television series Cagney & Lacey (1982 – 1988). She has won six 
Emmy Awards for her television work.

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Tyne Daly, left, with Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacy

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Daly was in Clint Eastwood’s 1976 film The Enforcer

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