11/19/2008 6:04:54 PM   
 
 
 Celebrity Birthdays

November 19th

 

Actress Meg Ryan is 47.


Actor Alan Young is 89.
Talk show host Larry King is 75.
Talk show host Dick Cavett is 72.
Media mogul Ted Turner is 70.
Newsman Garrick Utley is 69.
Actor Dan Haggerty is 67.
Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 66.
Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 59.
Actor Robert Beltran is 55.
Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 54.
Journalist Ann Curry is 52.
Actress Allison Janney is 48.
Actress Jodie Foster is 46.
Actress Terry Farrell is 45.
Singer Tony Rich is 37.
Rapper Lil' Mo is 31.

 
 Entertainment History

November 16th - November 22nd


1954: ABC Radio-TV bans "Mambo Italiano" by Rosemary Clooney for what it calls "offensive lyrics."


1956: Elvis Presley's film debut, Love Me Tender, opens in New York.

1960: Patsy Cline records the song "I Fall to Pieces" in Nashville.


1965: Bob Dylan marries former model Sara Lowndes. The marriage isn't made public until February.


1994: The Rolling Stones broadcast a 20-minute segment of their show in Dallas live over the Internet. They are the first major band to do so.


1995: Actor Tony Randall marries Heather Harlan, an understudy in one of his plays. He is 75, she 25.


2000: Actor Michael Douglas marries actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in New York.


2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone opens nationwide. It brings in a record $90 million its first weekend.

Twilight Q&A: Robert Pattinson talks hair, music and sudden fame

Posted on Tuesday Nov 18, 2008
by Andrea Miller - Cineplex Entertainment

Twilighters, calling your response to our Q&A “enthusiastic” would be an understatement. You weren’t afraid to share how much you TOTES LOVE Stephenie Meyer’s (im)mortal characters, the books and, of course, the actors behind the steamy vampire lore.

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Fans flock to LA premiere of 'Twilight'

Posted on Tuesday Nov 18, 2008
by Associated Press

Hundreds of shrieking fans - mostly teenage girls - lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of Twilight.

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This sure isn’t Disney’s Pinocchio

Posted on Monday Nov 17, 2008
by Cineplex Entertainment

Not heeding the warning that was Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro, the visionary director behind Oscar-winning fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth, has decided that the world needs another remake about the boy made of wood, reports Variety.com.

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Bond finds 'Solace' in $70.4M box office debut

Posted on Monday Nov 17, 2008
by Associated Press

James Bond's quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million.

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Kanye West arrested in England

Posted on Friday Nov 14, 2008
by Associated Press

Rapper Kanye West was arrested after a fracas outside a nightclub but released without charge, British media reported Friday.

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 Famous

Cover Story: Olga Kurylenko & Gemma Arterton
Double Your Pleasure

Burned by the death of his double-crossing girlfriend Vesper Lynd, James Bond may never love again. But that doesn’t mean he can’t have some fun. Enter the franchise’s two new Bond Girls, Ukrainian spitfire Olga Kurylenko and English acting phenom Gemma Arterton.

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 Famous Kids

Not-so Superdog to the Rescue!

A canine TV star discovers he’s just a regular pooch in the animated film Bolt

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