Today is the 132nd birthday of Charlie Chaplin. His comedic timing and on-screen brilliance are often imitated, but never have they been completely duplicated. Watch
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Happy 132nd Birthday Thomas Hart Benton
Today is the 132nd birthday of the artist Thomas Hart Benton. His work portrays full narratives that draw the viewer in and get them to
Happy 569th Birthday Leonardo da Vinci
Today is the 569th birthday of the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Years ago, I was lucky enough to see his notebook in person
Happy 88th Birthday Jean-Paul Belmondo
Today is the 88th birthday of the crown prince of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) film movement: Jean-Paul Belmondo. Eschewing the popular subject matters
Happy 121st Birthday Spencer Tracy
Today is the 121st birthday of the actor Spencer Tracey. Have you seen Adam’s Rib or Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? or Woman of the
Happy 113th Birthday Bette Davis
Today is the 113th birthday of Bette Davis. You have seen All About Eve, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, and maybe even Hush, Hush Sweet
To Catch a Predator: Easter Bunny Edition
Today is Easter, the day I celebrate horrible Easter Bunny photos while telling myself that this year, I will not eat another jelly bean until Halloween. So
Happy 89th Birthday Anthony Perkins
Today is the 88th birthday of the actor/director/singer Anthony Perkins. You’ve obviously seen Psycho, but have you seen Pretty Poison or Murder on the Orient
Happy 82nd Birthday Ali MacGraw
Today is the 82nd birthday of a true original, Ali MacGraw. She didn’t only represent the late 60s and early 70s Bohemian-meets-American-Prep style: she was
Happy 97th Birthday Sarah Vaughan
Today is the 97th birthday of arguably one of the very best jazz singers of the last century: Sarah Vaughan. Our local public radio station
Happy 60th Birthday Leigh Bowery
Today is the 60th birthday of visionary, artist, and quite possibly alien from the future Leigh Bowery. It is very brave to make your life
Happy 133rd Birthday Gerald Murphy
Today is the 133rd birthday of one half of one of the most elegant couples of the Jazz-Age-Lost-Generation-Paris-in-the-1920s: Gerald Murphy. I think that I first
