ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Actor Dennis Quaid (pictured) turns 71 today, Twilight actress Kristen Stewart turns 35, Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon turns 60 and singer Jesse McCartney turns 39. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo was born on this day in 1933. He died, aged 88, on 4 September 2021.
Today in 2024 marked the South African premiere of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company, first staged on Broadway in 1970. Durban’s KickstArt theatre company opened the production at Durban’s Elizabeth SneddonTheatre on this day, with Steven Stead directing and Bryan Hiles in the lead role of troubled bachelor Bobby.
On this day in 1953, Warner Brothers premiered the first 3D movie, House of Wax, while on this day in 1962, the musical West Side Story took the Oscar for best picture. And on this day in 1979, at the 51st Oscars ceremony, The Deer Hunter took the Best Picture statuette.
In this day in 1984, the Best Picture Oscar went to Terms of Endearment, starring Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine.
On this day in 1976, I Won’t Give Up by SA act Bruce Millar rose to the top of South Africa’s Springbok Radio chart, where it stayed put for six weeks. Just saying…
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