BERNADETTE PETERS IS 63 TODAY

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Bernadette Peters is an actress, singer and children’s book author whose
career has spanned five decades. She starred in musical theater, films, and     
television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings. She is one of 
the most critically-acclaimed Broadway performers, having received nominations for
seven Tony Awards, winning two, and eight Drama Desk Awards, winning three. Of 
the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred, four have won Grammy Awards.

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Bernadette Peters with Steve Martin in The Jerk (1979)

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JUSTINE BATEMAN HAS TURNED 45

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Justine Tanya Bateman is an actress, writer, and producer. Her television
career included a regular role as Mallory Keaton on the CBS sitcom Family
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from 1982 until 1989. She was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a
Golden Globe Award. Bateman currently runs a digital media production and 
consulting company called Section 5. 

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FIRST ISSUE OF NEWSWEEK ON THIS DATE IN 1933

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The first issue of NEWSWEEK (above) featured seven photographs from the week’s news on the cover.

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PATTY ANDREWS IS 93 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Patty Andrews (pictured recently above on the right with actress Joan Leslie) was
the lead singer of The Andrews Sisters, an extremely popular and successful close
harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted
of three actual sisters…Patty, Laverne, and Maxene Andrews (shown below). They
were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Their biggest  hit was
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. 

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The Andrews Sisters from left to right, LaVerne, Patty, and Maxene

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