BILLY CRYSTAL IS 63 TODAY

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Billy Crystal is an actor, comedian writer/producer, and film director. He gained
prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and
became a popular film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the 
box office comedy successes When Harry Met Sally (1989), and City Slickers
(1991). He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.

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BILLY  ACADEMY AWARDS

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A BIRTHDAY FOR SHARON STONE ~ 53 TODAY

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Sharon Stone actress, film producer, and former fashon model achieved huge
recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct in 1992. She was
nominated for an Academy Award fro Best Actress and won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress in a motion Picture for her 1995 performance in Casino.

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Sharon Stone in the famous scene from Basic Instinct

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DANIEL CRAIG IS 43 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Daniel W. Craig is an English actor and film producer. His early breakthrough
performances were in the films Layer Cake (2004), Some Voices (2000), and
Lora Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). Craig became well known internationally after
he was cast as the sixth actor to portray secret agent, 007 James Bond in the
film series. He made his début as the character in the 2006 film, Casino Royale 
and was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for 
his portrayal in the film.

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RON HOWARD TURNED 57 TODAY

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Ron Howard, actor, director, and producer came to prominence as a child actor,
playing Opie Taylor in the CBS-TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to
1969 and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days
on ABC from 1974 – 1984. Ron made film appearances in American Grafiti in
1973 and in The Shootist in 1976 with John Wayne. He made his directorial
debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto.

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Ron Howard as Opie in The Andy Griffith Show

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Ron In Happy Days

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Actor Ron Howard behind the wheel in a scene from American Graffiti

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Director Ron behind the camera

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‘’THE KING OF MOTOWN’’ IS 71 TODAY

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William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is a R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record
producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures
associated with Motown, second only to the company’s founder,Berry Gordy. As
an original member of Motown Record’s first vocal group The Miracles and as a
solo artist, Robinson made thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960
and 1987.

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