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Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History August 28, 2013:Armie Hammer - Leann Rimes - Shania Twain

Kyle Massey - 22  (Chubby lil Disney Channel star who was the runner-up on the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars".)

Armie Hammer - 25  (He played the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network" and Prince Alcott in "Mirror Mirror". he was in the BOMB THE LONE RANGER

LEANN RIMES - 31  (SEXY COUNTRY SUPERSTAR and Homewrecker)

Jason Priestley - 44  (Bad race car driver..was a hunk once)

Jack Black - 44  (Chubby star.)

-Billy Boyd - 45  (One of the four hobbits from the original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  He played Pippin.  "The Hobbit" is going to be a trilogy too, but Pippin's not in it.  The first movie in the "Hobbit" trilogy hits theaters in December.)

SHANIA TWAIN - 48  (Country superstar.  The name Shania is Ojibway Indian for "I'm on my way."  That Dumbass   producer Mutt Lange had her, cheated on her and lost her.)

Amanda Tapping - 48  (Samantha Carter on "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate Atlantis".)

JENNIFER COOLIDGE - 52  (Stifler's mom in the "American Pie" movies.)

Emma Samms - 53  (Former soap minx in the '80s."General Hospital" or "Dynasty".)

SCOTT HAMILTON!!! - 55 (Old-school Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater . . . and TESTICULAR HERO OF THE DAY.  Beat down nad cancer.)

Daniel Stern - 56  (Adult voice of Kevin on "The Wonder Years" and the voice of "Dilbert".  Was in "City Slickers" and as Joe Pesci's bumbling partner in "Home Alone".)

Wayne Osmond - 62

DAVID SOUL!!! - 70  (HUTCH OF "STARSKY & HUTCH".)

Ken Jenkins, Actor ("Scrubs"), turns 73

Roxie Roker - (1929 - 1995)  (Helen Willis on "The Jeffersons".  She was responsible for the black half of Lenny Kravitz.  Her husband, Sy Kravitz, was responsible for the Jewish half.)

Nancy Kulp - (1921 - 1991)  ( Jane Hathaway on "Beverly Hillbillies".)

Ben Gazzara, (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012),

1922 The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City.

1955 Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Miss., by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. He was found murdered three days later.

1961 - "Please Mr. Postman" was released by the Marvelettes.

1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary performed "Blowin' In The Wind" before Civil Rights marchers who had gathered in Washington to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak.

1968    Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

1981 John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Ronald Reagan.

1984 - The Jacksons’ Victory Tour broke the record for concert ticket sales. The group surpassed the 1.1 million mark in only two months.

1986 - Tina Turner was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

1996 Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.

1996 Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced after 15 years of marriage.

2005 New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina.

2008 Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a speech at Invesco Field in Denver.

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History August 27, 2013:Pee Wee Herman- Barbara Bach - Daryl Dragon

DARYL DRAGON- 71  (THE CAPTAIN OF CAPTAIN & TENNILLE!!!)

PEE-WEE HERMAN! - 61  (A.k.a. Paul Reubens.  He was caught happily pleasuring himself in an adult movie theater, and for that, the fascists who run the Hollywood Walk of Fame ripped out Pee-Wee's star.)  (But Pee Wee got the last laugh,  doing a brand new Pee Wee flick!!!)

Alexa Vega - 25  ( Carmen in the "Spy Kids" movies.  She grew up into quite the minx and as an adult she starred in "Repo! The Genetic Opera" . . . and on David Cassidy's ABC Family show "Ruby and the Rockits".)

Sarah Chalke - 37  (She went from being the lame, SECOND Becky on "Roseanne" to playing the  hot Dr. Elliot Reid on "Scrubs".  only in Hollywood)

Mase - 39  (Puffy's protégé who left the rap game for five years to become a preacher..)

 Jimmy Pop - 41  (Bloodhound Gang clown-ass.)

The Great Khali - 41  (WWE Rassler who played the ENORMOUS Indian guy in "Get Smart", "MacGruber" and Adam Sandler's version of "The Longest Yard".)

Tony Kanal - 43  (Bassist in No Doubt.  This FOOL used to nail Gwen Stefani.  Then HE dumped HER?!?  No Doubt's hit "Don't Speak" is about their breakup.)

Chandra Wilson - 44  ( Dr. Miranda Bailey on "Grey's Anatomy".)
 
Taylor Wayne - 45  (Mattress actress who's starred in 222 damn fine films, including "A League Of Their Moans", "Taylor Wayne's World", "Wild Wild Chest 3", "Breast Friends", "Cat-Fight Club" and "Assault With a Friendly Weapon".  She was also one of the many bimbo chicks in Gene Simmons' "Firestarter" video.)

Bobo - 45  (Cypress Hill)

"Downtown" Julie Brown - 50  (Former obnoxious cockney MTV Vee-Jay.   resting comfortably under the Rock of Obscurity .)

Glen Matlock - 57  (Bassist with the Sex Pistols before and after Sid Vicious.)

ALEX LIFESON - 60  ( GUITARIST OF RUSH.)

Jeff Cook - 64  (Alabama)

Sergeant Slaughter - 65  (Old-school WWF rassler, G.I. Joe action figure AND innovator of THE COBRA CLUTCH. )  

HARRY REEMS - 66  (Man-whore star of "Deep Throat".  He starred in 179 other fine films including "Erecter Sex 3 AND 4", "Whore Of The Worlds", "Asses to Asses, Lust to Lust" and "For Your Thighs Only".He was living the dream but he gave it all up to marry a religious woman.  He sells real estate   now in Park City, Utah. Whichmeans he must be Mormon or something.)
  
Barbara Bach - 66  (Wife of Ringo Starr.  She's probably hated by MILLIONS of Japanese women who lust after her man.  Ringo's BIG in Japan, ya know. She was also a  Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me".)
 

Tuesday Weld - 70  (Had a drinking problem at age 10, started making the-beast-with-two-backs at age 11 and tried to commit suicide at the ripe old age of 12.  That was before she became  Thalia Menninger on "The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis".)

1965 - THE BEATLES hung out with ELVIS PRESLEY for three hours at Elvis' Beverly Hills mansion.  Elvis later said he didn't remember meeting them.  CLASSIC.

1967 - BRIAN EPSTEIN, manager of THE BEATLES, was found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.

1976 - The U.S. Open Tennis Championship barred 43-year-old RENEE RICHARDS from competition because she used to be Dr. RICHARD Raskind.  "He-she" refused to take a chromosome test to prove "he-she" was a female.  Richard/Renee later did play on the women's tour for four years then coached super-lesbian MARTINA NAVRATILOVA.

1982 - RICKEY HENDERSON, of the Oakland A's, stole four bases in a game to break LOU BROCK'S record of 118 steals in one season.  He finally retired from baseball in 2003.

1982 - "Zapped!" was released and the mega-watt partnership of SCOTT BAIO and WILLIE AAMES was born!!! 

1984 - PRESIDENT REAGAN announced that schoolteacher CHRISTA MCAULIFFE would be the first private citizen to fly aboard the space shuttle.  She was killed when the space shuttle CHALLENGER exploded in January 1986.(Teacher Barbara Morgan, who was McAuliffe's backup for that flight, 
"completed the mission", so to speak, by being part of the successful space shuttle Endeavour mission in August of 2007.)

1990 - The Great STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN and members of ERIC CLAPTON'S entourage died in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin.

1991 - The album "Love Hurts", by CHER, featuring her classic cover of the title track by Nazareth, was certified Gold.

1992 - JOHN LENNON'S handwritten lyrics to "A Day In The Life" sold at auction for $87,000.

1996 - GREG MORRIS (--the agent of color on the original "Mission Impossible" series) passed away from cancer at the age of 62.

1997 - "The Gambler", by Kenny Rogers, went Five-Times Platinum.

1998 - JAMES "Double-A (beep-beep) M-C-O" BROLIN FINALLY got his muchdeserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2005 - Someone tried to ASSASSINATE SUGE KNIGHT at a party hosted by KANYE WEST.  Suge did NOT die.  He was only shot in the leg.

2007 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty in Richmond, Va., to a federal dogfighting charge.

2008 Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

 

 

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History August 26, 2013: Chris Pine - Melissa McCarthy - Macaulay Culkin

Keke Palmer - 20  ("Akeelah and the Bee" star . . . Ice Cube's football-playing niece in "The Longshots" . . . and the star of the Nickelodeon show "True Jackson V.P.")

Dylan O'Brien - 22  (Stiles on MTV's "Teen Wolf".)

Chris Pine - 33  (He is the young super hot stud James Kirk in the "Star Trek" prequels.Was also the Stud from "The Princess Diaries 2" and the Lindsay Lohan movie "Just My Luck". )

Macaulay Culkin - 33  (Is he slowly killing himself with heroin and painkillers?)

Thalia - 42  (The new and improved upgraded Mrs. Tommy Mottola.)

Melissa McCarthy - 43  ( "Mike and Molly" and "Bridesmaids".)

Adrian Young - 43  (No Doubt's drummer.)

Chris Burke - 47  (Corky from "Life Goes On".)

Tom Ridge, Former director of homeland security, turns 67 ( think his ass is orange?)

VALERIE SIMPSON - 67  (The surviving half OF the AWESOME ASHFORD & SIMPSON. )

Geraldine Ferraro - 1935 - 2011)  (First woman nominated for vice president.)

Michael Jeter - Would have been 60 - (1952 - 2003) (whom your kids may know better as Elmo's mime-like buddy, the 2nd Mr. Noodle on "Sesame Street". I MISS YOU, MR. NOODLE.)  

MOTHER TERESA - (1910 - 1997)

1907 - HARRY HOUDINI jumped off a bridge over the San Francisco Bay with his hands tied to a 75-pound ball-and chain.  He swam to the surface in less than two minutes minus said attachments.It was a trick.

1920 - The 19th Amendment, GUARANTEEING AMERICAN WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, was declared in effect.

1946 - NORMA JEAN BAKER signed a contract with 20th Century Fox.  She soon changed her first name to Marilyn after dancer Marilyn Miller . . . and her last name to her mother's maiden name, Monroe. She used to have relations with lots of famous men..

1953 - The CLASSIC sci-fi movie "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" .was released ( not the Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg version )

1968 - The BEATLES released "HEY JUDE".  The song was #1 for NINE weeks  longer than any of the band's other hits.

1970 - JIMI HENDRIX made his last public appearance, at England's Isle of Wight Pop Festival.  He shared top billing with BOB DYLAN, JONI MITCHELL, and RICHIE HAVENS.  Jimi would die less than a month later.

1974 - CHARLES LINDBERGH, the first man to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, died at his home in Hawaii at the age of 72.

1986 - TED KNIGHT the genius who played Ted Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" AND Henry Rush, animator of Cosmic Cow on "Too Close For Comfort", died of cancer at the age of 62.

1987 - SONNY BONO announced he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California.  To his critics he said, quote, "I've never been qualified for anything I've done."  Because of his truth-telling skills, he won.  But because of his skiing skills, he is no longer with us. WHAT TREE?

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History August 24, 2013:Chad michael murray- Cal Ripkin - Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint - 25  (Harry's Ginger buddy, Ron Weasley, in the "Harry Potter" movies . . .

Chad Michael Murray - 32  (The "One Tree Hill" and "Freaky Friday" stud ) almost NAKED PICS HERE

Dave Chappelle - 40  (Funny-ass brotha who WAS crack-head Tyrone Biggums and blind-black white supremacist Clayton Bigsby.He gave up $50 MILLION and quit his TV Show" while the third season was in production, because he wasn't feelin' it.  .)

David Gregory, Broadcast journalist ("Meet the Press"), turns 43.. he's like 7 foot or something.

Ashley Nicole - 47  (Mattress actress who's starred in 90 fine ass films, including . . . "Wild Wild Chest", "Bonfire of the Panties", "Three Men And A Hooker", "DougieHoser M.D.", "Loads Of Fun" AND "Things That Go Hump In The Night".)
 
Marlee Matlin - 48  (Oscar winner and Apprentice contestant)

Reggie Miller - 48  (Retired NBA all-star who looks like a Ferengi from "Star Trek".)

Craig Kilborn - 51  (The original host of "The Daily Show" who went on to host "The Late Late Show" until 2004..and then kinda vanished..but is supposedly coming back)

David Koechner - 51  (Champ Kind in "Anchorman", Todd Packer on "The Office" . . . and  . . . Rick, the pilot, in "Snakes On A Plane".)

Mark Bedford - 52  (Bassist in Madness.  Biggest hits:  "Our House" AND "House Of Fun".)

Cal Ripken, Jr. - 53  (. He didn't miss a day of work for 16 YEARS. Of course he only worked from April through September.) 

Linda Hogan - 54  (The Cougar hungry ex-wife of Hulk Hogan.has 21-year-old boyfriend.)

STEVE GUTTENBERG - 55  ("Police Academy" star.)

Joe Regalbuto, Actor ("Murphy Brown"), turns 63

Anne Archer, Actress, turns 66

KENNY BAKER - 79  (3-foot-8-inch star who plays R2-D2 in all the "Star Wars" movies . . . AND Paploo the Ewok in "Return Of The Jedi".)

79 Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people died.

1572 The slaughter of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.

1814 British forces invaded Washington, D.C., and set fire to the Capitol and the White House.

1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours.

1949 The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.

1954 The Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.

1968 France became the world's fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.

1970 A bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison, killing a researcher.

1981 Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of rock musician John Lennon.

1989 Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the game for gambling.

2006 The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a planet, demoting it to the status of a "dwarf planet."

2007 A judge in Inverness, Fla., sentenced John Evander Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive.

2007 James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.

2007 The NFL suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for his involvement in dogfighting.

Linda Ronstadt Reveals She Has Parkinson's Disease and Can No Longer Sing

Sending her lots of good thoughts....

Legendary singer Linda Ronstadt, 67, told AARP today that she “can’t sing a note” because she suffers from Parkinson’s disease. Diagnosed eight months ago, Ronstadt began to show symptoms as long as eight years ago. But she ascribed her inability to sing to a tick bite (“my health has never recovered since then”), and believed the shaking in her hands resulted from shoulder surgery.

In a wide-ranging interview with AARP’s music writer Alanna Nash to be published on aarp.org next week, Ronstadt revealed how she discovered that “there was something wrong” with her voice.

“I couldn’t sing,” she told Nash, “and I couldn’t figure out why. I knew it was mechanical. I knew it had to do with the muscles, but I thought it might have also had something to do with the tick disease that I had. And it didn’t occur to me to go to a neurologist. I think I’ve had it for seven or eight years already, because of the symptoms that I’ve had. Then I had a shoulder operation, so I thought that’s why my hands were trembling.

“Parkinson’s is very hard to diagnose, so when I finally went to a neurologist and he said, ‘Oh, you have Parkinson’s disease,’ I was completely shocked. I wouldn’t have suspected that in a million, billion years.

“No one can sing with Parkinson’s disease,” Ronstadt said. “No matter how hard you try.”

MORE HERE.

(Posted by Schmooze Correspondent Mary Wallace)