KEVIN COSTNER HAS TURNED 56 TODAY

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Kevin Michael Costner is an actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe awards.. Costner’s roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film Dances with Wolves (1990), Jim Garrison in JFK (1991), Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989), and Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987). Costner earned a B.A. in business from California State University, Fullerton, in 1978.

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   Kevin behind the camera directing Dances With Wolves

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Kevin Costner singing with his band Kevin Costner and Modern West

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ROBERT DUVALL TURNED 80 TODAY

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Robert Duvall received a Best Actor Academy Award for his role
in Tender Mercies (1983).  He was also awarded two Emmy Awards,
and four Golden Globe Awards during his busy film career.

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      Robert Duvall as Arthur “Boo” Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird

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                 Robert in a scene from The Godfather (1972)

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   Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979)

               “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”!

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Duvall played Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholic country
singer in Tender Mercies.

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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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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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