Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Birthdays-

Taran Noah Smith - 24
Emma Caulfield - 35
Patricia Arquette - 40
Robin Wright Penn - 42
Julian Lennon - 45




Richard Hatch - 47
JOHN SCHNEIDER - 54
John Havlicek - 68
Shecky Greene - 82
Betty Ford - 90





On this day-

1947 - FRANK SINATRA punched out Lee Mortimer, amusement editor of the "New York Mirror," after Mortimer suggested that Sinatra had been too friendly with gangsters in Havana.

1974 - Even after receiving 3,000 letters a day, much of it hate mail, baseball superstar HANK AARON of the Atlanta Braves, broke BABE RUTH'S lifetime home run record by hitting his 715th in a game against the L.A. Dodgers.


1986 - CLINT EASTWOOD was elected mayor of Carmel, California, by a landslide.


1994 - KURT COBAIN, enough said


1995 - NICOLAS CAGE married PATRICIA ARQUETTE on her 27th Birthday. That lasted 6 years.


2005 - POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND'S funeral took place.







Battle of the Sexes- The ladies won and are now only down by 6, 37-31.




New on DVD Today-



"Lions For Lambs" - starring Tom Cruise as a senator with a new strategy to win the war in Afghanistan and Robert Redford as a professor who inspires two of his students to fight, and possibly die, in that war. It also stars Meryl Streep.


"There Will Be Blood" - starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the story of a California town that suddenly becomes corrupted when oil is found during the turn of the last century.


"Resurrecting the Champ" - starring Josh Hartnett as a struggling sports journalist who meets a homeless guy, Samuel L. Jackson, claiming to be a former boxing legend. Now the only question is, is Sam Jackson really who he claims to be?


"Reservation Road" - starring Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino. It's about a lawyer who kills a boy in a hit-and-run accident and is then hired by the kid's angry father who's determined to find out who killed his son.



$25 Pyramid- I played again today and we got all 5! The jackpot returns to $25 for tomorrow's game.



New TV on DVD Today-

"Rock Of Love: Season 1" . . . a three-disc DVD set.

"Hell's Kitchen: Season 1" . . . a three-disc DVD set. (BEST SHOW ON TV!)

"Nanny 911: Season 1" . . . a four-disc DVD set.

"Matlock: The First Season" . . . a seven-disc DVD set.


"The Cosby Show: Season 7" . . . a three-disc DVD set.

"The Cosby Show: Season 8" . . . a three-disc DVD set of the show's final season.






Fact or Fiction- Our champion Amber had $80 going into today's game and she lost! Dave of Orange City stole her money and now he can make it to $200 tomorrow or you can steal the money from him!

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