Today's Highlights:
Sunday, March 9, 2008
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| Juliette Binoche |
Spotlight: Happy 44th birthday to France's highest-paid actress, Juliette Binoche. Though she is currently starring with Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life, Binoche has been hesitant to "go Hollywood" in her career choices. She turned down a starring role in Jurassic Park in 1993 in favor of making Trois Couleurs: Bleu — a role that brought her a César Award for best actress. In 2000, after Binoche accepted the lead role in Chocolat, the film adapted from Joanne Harris' book, she turned up uninvited on the doorstep of Harris' home in Yorkshire. They spent the weekend together, discussing the book and the film. Binoche's performance as chocolatier Vianne Rocher brought her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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"I love all of it; I want a black one, a white one, a milky one. I want all of it. I'm very flexible about chocolate."
Question of the Day: How do you find a celebrity's fan mail address?You can contact a celebrity through his agent or media source. For example, let's say you want to contact an author. You can check the website of the author's publisher for contact information. Most likely it will be the address of the publisher's publicity department. The publisher will then forward your letter to the author. Most often you will receive a form letter back from the author thanking you for writing. But now and then you will receive a personal letter or even a phone call! I actually had my favorite author call me on the phone a month ago. More
Word of the day: muliebrity (n.
Usage: Vanderbilt University presents an annual Muliebrity Prize to the undergraduate "who demonstrates leadership in activities that contribute to the achievements, interests and goals of women and girls, or that promote equity."
March is Women's History Month in the US. This week's words all have something to do with the female gender.
Today's History:
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Edward Murrow (left) at Work With His Editor |
- Edward R. Murrow: criticized Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist campaign on See It Now (1954)
- Barbie: Mattel's doll debuted at a toy fair (1959)
- New York Times v. Sullivan: the US Supreme Court protected the press from libel suits by public figures unless there was actual malice (1964)
Today's Birthdays:
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| Charles Gibson |
- Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512): Italian explorer and cartographer after whom the Americas are named; another explorer born on this date include first human in space Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)
- Bobby Fischer (1943-2008): grand master in chess
- Charles Gibson (65): broadcast journalist, anchor of ABC-TV's World News Tonight
- Brittany Snow (22): actor, Hairspray; actor Raul Julia (1940-1994) was also born on this date
- Lil' Bow Wow (21): rapper/actor who got his nickname from Snoop Dogg; rapper Chingy (28) also celebrates his birthday today
