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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). |
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| Posted: | August 28, 2010 |
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Born in Chicago to Irish immigrants, Quinn and his siblings were raised both in the US and their native land. Quinn specializes in portraying sensitive, intelligent characters and has worked alongside great artists such as John Lithgow, Liam Neeson, Johnny Depp... |
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| Posted: | March 11, 2011 |
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Bladder cancer is a malignancy of the organ that stores urine. Like other cancers, it has the ability to spread to other parts of the body. Over 14,000 people died from this disease in 2010. |
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| Posted: | March 13, 2011 |
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Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film "Marty". |
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| Posted: | March 23, 2011 |
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James Dean is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. |
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| Posted: | July 6, 2011 |
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In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gregory Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at #12. Peck is remembered, among others, for his breakthrough performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird." |
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| Posted: | July 10, 2011 |
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Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." |
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| Posted: | February 6, 2011 |
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Over 200,000 cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed each year. People over 50 years of age are more commonly affected. Its incidence year after year is increasing. |
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| Posted: | March 13, 2011 |
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An American film icon, Charlton Heston will forever be remembered for his stunning performances in films like El Cid, The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes and Ben-Hur. |
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| Posted: | July 9, 2011 |
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Being youngest winner for Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the age of 29, Adrien Brody is known to have had a long way to go before he finally made a name for himself. Among his famous movies are The Pianist, Predators, and King Kong. |
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| Posted: | March 11, 2011 |
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Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer after skin cancer. It is also the second most common cause of death in men. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 230,000 cases are diagnosed each year. |
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| Posted: | March 13, 2011 |
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Kirk Douglas (December 9, 1916) is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Spartacus (1960), and Lonely Are the Brave (1962). |
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| Posted: | March 22, 2011 |
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Donald Gibb (born August 4, 1954), sometimes credited as Don Gibb, is an American actor with an imposing 6ft-4in frame, best known for portraying the large, dimwitted fraternity brother "Ogre" in several installments of the Revenge of the Nerds film series. |
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| Posted: | April 1, 2011 |
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This 6ft 5in (1.96 m) tall actor was one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of his time. Rock Hudson was also one of the first major Hollywood celebrities to die from an AIDS-related illness. |
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| Posted: | July 9, 2011 |
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Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. |
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| Posted: | August 2, 2010 |
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Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor and film director of the silent film era. |
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| Posted: | April 15, 2011 |
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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. He has garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro. |
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| Posted: | February 10, 2011 |
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Anthony Perkins a.k.a. Tony Perkins was famous for the roles in which he portrayed a psycho. Among his famous movies are "Psycho" and "Friendly Persuasion". He also wrote a screenplay, acted in theaters, and released music albums. |
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| Posted: | March 15, 2011 |
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From the beginning of James Stewart's career in 1935 through his final theatrical project in 1991, he appeared in 92 films, television programs and shorts. He appeared in many landmark and critically acclaimed films, including such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window, The Spirit of St. Louis and Vertigo. |
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| Posted: | July 9, 2011 |
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