Susan Kohner (November 11, 1936) is an American actress who worked in film and television. She played Sarah Jane, a young African-American woman attempting to “pass” as white, in Imitation of Life (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She won two Golden Globe awards for her performance. [Wikipedia]
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By the time my sister spoke those words, “I still haven’t figured out how to be two places at once,” I realized that within the walls of our JCC, I had been doing exactly that: physically in one place, yet emotionally, spiritually, and relationally in many. [Betzy Lynch]
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With everyone gathered around the dinner table reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish in Episode 4 and lighting a yahrzeit candle in memory of family patriarch Ben Silver, my soul felt seen. With Boston Blue, showrunners Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis have successfully delivered a show that is both immediately familiar and surprisingly ambitious. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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November is known as Men’s Health Awareness Month. About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But each person’s risk may vary, based on age, race/ethnicity, and other factors. [Cailin Acosta]
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Mike Nichols (November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. [Wikipedia]
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Ackerman then performed her one-woman show Flowers Aren’t Enough, portraying Michal, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship. The 50-minute performance, followed by a 30-minute discussion, is based on real stories and has been staged more than 2,500 times across seven continents. [Cailin Acosta]
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The movie 31 Candles stars Jonah Feingold as 30-year-old Leo Kadner, who is short and dyslexic, and the woman of his romantic fantasies, Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey), who at 6’ 1 ½ is too tall for most male partners as well as for the roles she seeks on Broadway. [Donald H. Harrison]
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David Schwimmer (November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends (1994–2004), for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. [Wikipedia]
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Jerry Tucker (November 1, 1925 – November 23, 2016) was an American child actor, most notable for having played the “rich kid” in the Our Gang short subjects series semi-regularly from 1931 to 1938. [Wikipedia]
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Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. [Wikipedia]
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Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. [Wikipedia]
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Lamplighters Community Theatre treats audiences to a very thought provoking, tense play about an historic visit between Danish physicist Neils Bohr (Steve Murdock) and his young friend and mentee, Werner Heisenberg (Jim Miller). The play explores not only the relationship between the two men, but the interplay of science, politics, history and ethics. [Eva Trieger]
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Joaquin Phoenix (October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Widely described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation and known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters in independent film, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. [Wikipedia]
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Ivan Reitman (October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian film director and producer. He was known for his comedy films, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. [Wikipedia]
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