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Five News Stories of the Day
Break-Ups Are Harder Than Ever . . . Thanks to Social Media (Story)
A Puppy That Can't Walk Befriended a Pigeon That Can't Fly at an Animal Shelter . . . and Their Viral Photos Are Bringing in Big Donations (Story)
A 36-Year-Old Woman Repeatedly Calls 911 After Her Parents Stopped Paying for Her Cell Phone (Story)
Al Pacino's Girlfriend Broke Up with Him Because He's Old and Cheap (Story)
A New Service Helps You Trick Robocalls and Instantly Sue Them for $3,000 (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The concept for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" came from a music manager named Benny Medina who grew up poor in East Los Angeles, became friends with a rich kid from Beverly Hills and moved in with the family.
2. Steven Spielberg bought the rights to "Jurassic Park" just a few hours before James Cameron tried to get them. Cameron says if he'd made the movie it would've been, quote, "nastier, much nastier."
3. The reason there's a top 40 for songs is because jukeboxes in the '50s used to hold exactly 40 songs.
4. In the original version of "Snow White", the story ends with the evil queen being forced to put on burning hot iron shoes and dance in them until she died.
5. St. Louis hosted the third Olympics, which were in 1904. They lasted five months and only 11 other countries sent athletes so the U.S. dominated. They won 239 medals while no other country even won 15.
Celebrity Birthdays
Millie Bobby Brown is 16. Eleven on "Stranger Things".
Jackson Pace is 21. Gage on "The Walking Dead", and Chris Brody on "Homeland".
Victoria Justice is 27. Janet in Fox's "Rocky Horror" remake. You'd remember her as Lindy Sampson on MTV's "Eye Candy" and as Tori Vega on "Victorious".
Ophelia Lovibond is 34. Kitty, Sherlock's tortured protégé on "Elementary". She's also The Collector's slave Carina in "Guardians of the Galaxy".
Haylie Duff is 35. Hilary's big sister. You might know her as Sandy on "7th Heaven" . . . or as Summer, the stuck-up girl who lost to Pedro in "Napoleon Dynamite".
Arielle Kebbel is 35. Architect Gia Matteo in "Fifty Shades Freed". She was also Vanessa Shaw on the new "90210", Lexi on "The Vampire Diaries", and hitwoman Olivia Charity on "Midnight Texas".
Bellamy Young is 50. President Mellie Grant on "Scandal".
Benicio Del Toro is 53.
Justine Bateman is 54. She's Jason Bateman's big sister. She played Mallory Keaton on "Family Ties" but she hasn't done much since.
Seal is 57.
Leslie David Baker is 62. He's Stanley Hudson on "The Office".
Jeff Daniels is 65.
Tony Iommi is 72. He recently wrapped up an amazing career with Black Sabbath. Fact: Iommi is the only original member to appear on every Sabbath album.
Paul Dean is 74. Biggest hits include "Working for the Weekend", "Turn Me Loose", "Hot Girls In Love", and the "Top Gun" power ballad, "Heaven in Your Eyes".
Smokey Robinson is 80. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. His classic hits with the Miracles include "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "I Second That Emotion", "The Tracks of My Tears", and "The Tears of a Clown"
Five News Stories of the Day
Break-Ups Are Harder Than Ever . . . Thanks to Social Media (Story)
A Puppy That Can't Walk Befriended a Pigeon That Can't Fly at an Animal Shelter . . . and Their Viral Photos Are Bringing in Big Donations (Story)
A 36-Year-Old Woman Repeatedly Calls 911 After Her Parents Stopped Paying for Her Cell Phone (Story)
Al Pacino's Girlfriend Broke Up with Him Because He's Old and Cheap (Story)
A New Service Helps You Trick Robocalls and Instantly Sue Them for $3,000 (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The concept for "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" came from a music manager named Benny Medina who grew up poor in East Los Angeles, became friends with a rich kid from Beverly Hills and moved in with the family.
2. Steven Spielberg bought the rights to "Jurassic Park" just a few hours before James Cameron tried to get them. Cameron says if he'd made the movie it would've been, quote, "nastier, much nastier."
3. The reason there's a top 40 for songs is because jukeboxes in the '50s used to hold exactly 40 songs.
4. In the original version of "Snow White", the story ends with the evil queen being forced to put on burning hot iron shoes and dance in them until she died.
5. St. Louis hosted the third Olympics, which were in 1904. They lasted five months and only 11 other countries sent athletes so the U.S. dominated. They won 239 medals while no other country even won 15.
Celebrity Birthdays
Millie Bobby Brown is 16. Eleven on "Stranger Things".
Jackson Pace is 21. Gage on "The Walking Dead", and Chris Brody on "Homeland".
Victoria Justice is 27. Janet in Fox's "Rocky Horror" remake. You'd remember her as Lindy Sampson on MTV's "Eye Candy" and as Tori Vega on "Victorious".
Ophelia Lovibond is 34. Kitty, Sherlock's tortured protégé on "Elementary". She's also The Collector's slave Carina in "Guardians of the Galaxy".
Haylie Duff is 35. Hilary's big sister. You might know her as Sandy on "7th Heaven" . . . or as Summer, the stuck-up girl who lost to Pedro in "Napoleon Dynamite".
Arielle Kebbel is 35. Architect Gia Matteo in "Fifty Shades Freed". She was also Vanessa Shaw on the new "90210", Lexi on "The Vampire Diaries", and hitwoman Olivia Charity on "Midnight Texas".
Bellamy Young is 50. President Mellie Grant on "Scandal".
Benicio Del Toro is 53.
Justine Bateman is 54. She's Jason Bateman's big sister. She played Mallory Keaton on "Family Ties" but she hasn't done much since.
Seal is 57.
Leslie David Baker is 62. He's Stanley Hudson on "The Office".
Jeff Daniels is 65.
Tony Iommi is 72. He recently wrapped up an amazing career with Black Sabbath. Fact: Iommi is the only original member to appear on every Sabbath album.
Paul Dean is 74. Biggest hits include "Working for the Weekend", "Turn Me Loose", "Hot Girls In Love", and the "Top Gun" power ballad, "Heaven in Your Eyes".
Smokey Robinson is 80. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. His classic hits with the Miracles include "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "I Second That Emotion", "The Tracks of My Tears", and "The Tears of a Clown"
