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Five News Stories of the Day
Five Ways to Relax for National Relaxation Day this Weekend (Story)
41% of Us Have Had Conversations with Our Pets in Lockdown (Story)
AMC Is Reopening Its Theaters . . . and Movies Will Cost 15 Cents? (Story)
One in 20 People Would Give Up Their Best Friends to Never Pay Taxes Again (Story)
A Drunk Guy Running from the Cops Mistakes an Unmarked Police Car for a Taxi . . . And Hops In (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. John Steinbeck was late turning in his manuscript for "Of Mice and Men" . . . because his DOG ate an early draft.
2. Real ninjas didn't wear all black . . . they wore dark blue, because it was a more effective way to blend in at night.
3. Jack Black's mother, Judith Love Cohen, was an engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope.
4. Until 1966, NBA teams could claim players who went to college within 50 miles of their arena BEFORE the draft. That's how teams managed to grab players including Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson.
5. The House of Representatives expanded to 435 members in 1911, when the population was 94 million. Today there are still 435 members, and the population is around 330 million.
Celebrity Birthdays
Brianna Hildebrand is 24. Negasonic Teenage Warhead in "Deadpool" and "Deadpool 2". Now she's a kleptomaniac on a Netflix series called "Trinkets".
Tim Tebow is 33.
Mila Kunis is 37.
Al Shearer is 43. MTV "TRL" VJ and "Punk'd" field agent.
Christopher Gorham is 46. Debby Ryan's lawyer in that controversial new Netflix series "Insatiable". He was also "Jake 2.0", Piper Perabo's handler on "Covert Affairs", and Betty's ex-boyfriend Henry on "Ugly Betty".
Catherine Bell is 52. Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie on "J.A.G." and Cassie Nightingale on Hallmark's "Good Witch".
Halle Berry is 54.
Susan Olsen is 59. Cindy on "The Brady Bunch".
Sarah Brightman is 60. Christine in "Phantom of the Opera". When her ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the musical version of "Phantom", he was already planning to cast her as Christine . . . and wrote "The Music of the Night" just for her.
Marcia Gay Harden is 61. Oscar winner.
Magic Johnson is 61.
Rusty Wallace is 64. NASCAR redneck. He drove the #2 Dodge Intrepid for Miller Lite.
Jackée Harry is 64. The mom on "Sister Sister", JoAnn Payne on "Tyler Perry's House of Payne", and Sandra Clark on the '80s sitcom "227".
Bob Backlund is 71. WWE Hall of Famer and world champ from 1978 to 1983 . . . then again for three days in 1994.
Joseph Marcell is 72. Geoffrey on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
Danielle Steel is 73. Chick book author.
Antonio Fargas is 74. Huggy Bear on "Starsky & Hutch", Flyguy in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and last, but not least, Doodlebug Simkins in "Cleopatra Jones"!
Susan Saint James is 74. "Wife" on "McMillian & Wife", starring HIV-positive Rock Hudson. She later became Kate on "Kate & Allie".
Steve Martin is 75.
David Crosby is 79.
Lynne Cheney is 79. Wife of a heart-attack machine.
Dash Crofts is 80. Seals & Crofts. Biggest hits: 1972's "Summer Breeze", 1973's "Diamond Girl", and 1976's "Get Closer".
Five News Stories of the Day
Five Ways to Relax for National Relaxation Day this Weekend (Story)
41% of Us Have Had Conversations with Our Pets in Lockdown (Story)
AMC Is Reopening Its Theaters . . . and Movies Will Cost 15 Cents? (Story)
One in 20 People Would Give Up Their Best Friends to Never Pay Taxes Again (Story)
A Drunk Guy Running from the Cops Mistakes an Unmarked Police Car for a Taxi . . . And Hops In (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. John Steinbeck was late turning in his manuscript for "Of Mice and Men" . . . because his DOG ate an early draft.
2. Real ninjas didn't wear all black . . . they wore dark blue, because it was a more effective way to blend in at night.
3. Jack Black's mother, Judith Love Cohen, was an engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope.
4. Until 1966, NBA teams could claim players who went to college within 50 miles of their arena BEFORE the draft. That's how teams managed to grab players including Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson.
5. The House of Representatives expanded to 435 members in 1911, when the population was 94 million. Today there are still 435 members, and the population is around 330 million.
Celebrity Birthdays
Brianna Hildebrand is 24. Negasonic Teenage Warhead in "Deadpool" and "Deadpool 2". Now she's a kleptomaniac on a Netflix series called "Trinkets".
Tim Tebow is 33.
Mila Kunis is 37.
Al Shearer is 43. MTV "TRL" VJ and "Punk'd" field agent.
Christopher Gorham is 46. Debby Ryan's lawyer in that controversial new Netflix series "Insatiable". He was also "Jake 2.0", Piper Perabo's handler on "Covert Affairs", and Betty's ex-boyfriend Henry on "Ugly Betty".
Catherine Bell is 52. Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie on "J.A.G." and Cassie Nightingale on Hallmark's "Good Witch".
Halle Berry is 54.
Susan Olsen is 59. Cindy on "The Brady Bunch".
Sarah Brightman is 60. Christine in "Phantom of the Opera". When her ex-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the musical version of "Phantom", he was already planning to cast her as Christine . . . and wrote "The Music of the Night" just for her.
Marcia Gay Harden is 61. Oscar winner.
Magic Johnson is 61.
Rusty Wallace is 64. NASCAR redneck. He drove the #2 Dodge Intrepid for Miller Lite.
Jackée Harry is 64. The mom on "Sister Sister", JoAnn Payne on "Tyler Perry's House of Payne", and Sandra Clark on the '80s sitcom "227".
Bob Backlund is 71. WWE Hall of Famer and world champ from 1978 to 1983 . . . then again for three days in 1994.
Joseph Marcell is 72. Geoffrey on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
Danielle Steel is 73. Chick book author.
Antonio Fargas is 74. Huggy Bear on "Starsky & Hutch", Flyguy in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and last, but not least, Doodlebug Simkins in "Cleopatra Jones"!
Susan Saint James is 74. "Wife" on "McMillian & Wife", starring HIV-positive Rock Hudson. She later became Kate on "Kate & Allie".
Steve Martin is 75.
David Crosby is 79.
Lynne Cheney is 79. Wife of a heart-attack machine.
Dash Crofts is 80. Seals & Crofts. Biggest hits: 1972's "Summer Breeze", 1973's "Diamond Girl", and 1976's "Get Closer".
