11/20/2008 1:40:47 PM

November 20th

Actress Nadine Velazquez is 30.

Actress-comedian Kaye Ballard is 83.
Actress Estelle Parsons is 81.
TV personality Richard Dawson is 76.
Comedian Dick Smothers is 70.
Singer Norman Greenbaum is 66.
Actress Veronica Hamel is 65.
Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 62.
Actor Samuel E. Wright is 62.
Musician Joe Walsh is 61.
Actor Richard Masur is 60.
Actress Bo Derek is 52.
Actress Sean Young is 49.
Actress Ming-Na is 45.
Rapper Mike D (Beastie Boys) is 43.
Actress Marisa Ryan is 34.
Country singer Dierks Bentley is 33.
Actor Joshua Gomez is 33.
Country singer Josh Turner is 31.

Entertainment History

November 16th - November 22nd

1954: ABC Radio-TV bans "Mambo Italiano" by Rosemary Clooney for what it calls "offensive lyrics."

1956: Elvis Presley's film debut, Love Me Tender, opens in New York.

1960: Patsy Cline records the song "I Fall to Pieces" in Nashville.

1965: Bob Dylan marries former model Sara Lowndes. The marriage isn't made public until February.

1994: The Rolling Stones broadcast a 20-minute segment of their show in Dallas live over the Internet. They are the first major band to do so.

1995: Actor Tony Randall marries Heather Harlan, an understudy in one of his plays. He is 75, she 25.

2000: Actor Michael Douglas marries actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in New York.

2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone opens nationwide. It brings in a record $90 million its first weekend.

Say it ain't so: Paris and Benji are done

Posted on Thursday Nov 20, 2008
by Associated Press

Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up.

Tags: benji madden, good charlotte, joel madden, nicole richie, paris hilton
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Twilight Q&A: Robert Pattinson talks hair, music and sudden fame

Posted on Tuesday Nov 18, 2008
by Andrea Miller - Cineplex Entertainment

Twilighters, calling your response to our Q&A “enthusiastic” would be an understatement. You weren’t afraid to share how much you TOTES LOVE Stephenie Meyer’s (im)mortal characters, the books and, of course, the actors behind the steamy vampire lore.

Tags: edward cullen, robert pattinson, stephenie meyer, twilight
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Fans flock to LA premiere of 'Twilight'

Posted on Tuesday Nov 18, 2008
by Associated Press

Hundreds of shrieking fans - mostly teenage girls - lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of Twilight.

Tags: catherine hardwicke, edward cullen, kristen stewart, robert pattinson, stephenie meyer, twilight
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This sure isn’t Disney’s Pinocchio

Posted on Monday Nov 17, 2008
by Cineplex Entertainment

Not heeding the warning that was Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro, the visionary director behind Oscar-winning fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth, has decided that the world needs another remake about the boy made of wood, reports Variety.com.