Today's Highlights:
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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| Holly Hunter |
Spotlight: Happy 50th birthday to actress Holly Hunter. A lot of talent and her share of serendipitous coincidences joined forces to make Hunter a movie star. In 1980, she had just finished appearing in an off-Broadway show when she got stuck in an elevator with playwright Beth Henley. That meeting led to Hunter's Broadway debut in Henley's Crimes of the Heart. Directors Joel and Ethan Coen saw her in Crimes of the Heart and wanted to cast her in their first film, Blood Simple, but Hunter was unavailable. She introduced them to her roommate, Frances McDormand, who ended up getting the role and marrying Joel Coen. Later, Hunter made her feature film debut in the Coen Brothers comedy Raising Arizona.
Question of the Day: What TV series stars Holly Hunter?Holly Hunter stars in the TNT series, Saving Grace. It's the story of an Oklahoma City police officer whose guardian angel comes to save her from herself. More
Word of the day: opprobrious (adj.
- Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets.
- Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: opprobrious conduct.
Usage: Public response to the candidate's opprobrious behavior cost him the election.
Every week, it seems, there is a new scandal in the world of politicians. Take a peek at this week's words about scandals or scandalous behavior.
Today's History:
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Newlyweds John and Yoko Wave their Marriage Certificate |
- "I shall return": was spoken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he left the Philippines during WWII; he did return, two years later (1942)
- John Lennon: wed Yoko Ono in Gibraltar (1969)
- Libby Riddles: became the first woman to win the Iditarod (1985)
- Tokyo subway gas attack: Aum Shinrikyo group released sarin, killing 12 and injuring thousands (1995)
Today's Birthdays:
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- Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906): dramatist, Peer Gynt, A Doll House; authors Carl Reiner (86) and Lois Lowry (71) also share this birth date
- B.F. Skinner (1904-1990): psychologist who studied behaviorism and came up with the Skinner box
- Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911-1991): Nobel Peace Prize-winning statesman from Mexico
- Bobby Orr (60): hockey player, the Boston Bruins
- William Hurt (58): actor, Body Heat, Mr. Brooks; other actors with this birthday include Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) and Hal Linden (77)
- Spike Lee (51): indie-film director of Do the Right Thing, Inside Man; TV producer Paul Junger Witt (65) also has a birthday today
