CHRISTIAN BALE IS 37 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Christian (Charles Philip) Bale is an English actor who, In addition to starring
in big budget Hollywood  films,  has played in films produced by independent
producers and art houses. Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13,
when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg’s 1987 film Empire
of the Sun. He has
recently received critical acclaim for his performance in
The Fighter
(2010),earning him several awards including the Golden Globe
for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and a  nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Christian Bale as a lost English boy in a Japanese interment
camp during World War ll. 

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                  Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight (2008)

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                Psychological thriller,The Machinist (2004)

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KATHARINE ROSS IS 71 TODAY

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Katharine Juliet Ross is a  film and stage actress. she is best known for her role as Elaine Robinson in the 1967 film The Graduate, opposite Dustin Hoffman, and her role as Etta Place in 1969’s , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, along with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Katharine won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her part in 1977’s Voyage of the Damned. She is also an established author of several published children’s books. 

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        Katharine Ross with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

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Paul Newman and Katharine Ross in a scene from Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid

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JUDY NORTON TAYLOR IS 53 TODAY

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Judy Norton Taylor is an actress, singer, and director. She is
best known for her role as the oldest daughter, Mary Ellen, on
The Waltons  series which aired on CBS-TV from September 
14, 1972 to June 4, 1981. Judy is also a veteran of the stage,
where she made her first appearance at the age of 7.

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                              Taylor as Mary Ellen Walton

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JAMES CROMWELL IS 71 TODAY

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James Oliver Cromwell  is a  film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe (1995), for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, L.A. Confidential (1997), The Green Mils (1999), and in the television series Six Feet Under (2003-2005). He has been nominated for an Oscar, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career.

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                                                Cromwell in Babe

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      James Cromwell as George H.W. Bush in the Oliver Stone film W. (2008)

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EDDIE VAN HALEN IS 56 TODAY

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Edward "Eddie" Van Halen is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on march 12, 2007.
The All Music Guide has described Eddie Van Halen as "Second to only Jimi Hendrix…undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.”

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