Category Archives: Birthday

Happy 85th birthday, Marilyn Monroe

By doris | Published: June 4, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.com One of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic moments in a career that seemed filled with them was when she sang a breathy “Happy birthday, Mister President” in 1962. But who sang to her? Today would have been the blonde bombshell’s own 85th birthday.

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Liz Taylor celebrates 79th birthday in hospital

By doris | Published: February 28, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for Elizabeth Taylor says the two-time Oscar winner will spend her birthday watching the Academy Awards in a Los Angeles hospital room, where she’s recovering from treatment for congestive heart failure. Sally Morrison says Taylor will be rooting for “The King’s Speech” to win Hollywood’s highest honor. [...]

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‘The Flintstones’ turns 50

By doris | Published: October 1, 2010

Full Story atMarquee.Blog.CNN.com They are perhaps more recognizable among children as the funny-looking characters that adorn their daily multivitamin, but today “The “Flintstones” are 50! At first we thought, “How can a family that lived circa 1,000,000 B.C. be just 50?” But then we remembered it was a fictional cartoon. Hanna-Barbera’s “Flintstones” TV series premiered [...]

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Happy 50th birthday, ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’

By doris | Published: November 27, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Fifty years ago, Jay Ward’s animated moose and squirrel duo, “Rocky & Bullwinkle,” debuted on ABC, forever changing the way the world looked at animated television. His daughter, Tiffany Ward, continues her father’s legacy as executive producer of the feature films “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, “Dudley Do-Right” [...]

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Michael Jackson will be buried on his birthday

By doris | Published: August 19, 2009

Full Story atDallasNews.com Michael Jackson will be buried in a private service at Forest Lawn-Glendale on Aug. 29, a spokesman said in a prepared statement Tuesday. Guests will be limited to family and close friends. Details about the burial and the whereabouts of Jackson’s body have been tightly guarded. The announcement came a day after [...]

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