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History of Saint Valentine's Day, Invention and Debut - Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. February 14

2011-01-22T11:52:00.000-08:00

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.

The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines").

The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae).

Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome, and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.

Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino).

The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.

No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the 14th century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were utterly lost.

In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14." The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Second Vatican Council calendar.

More info: Valentine's Day & St Valentine History

We want the Remake of Mazinger Z

2011-01-01T06:08:00.001-08:00

I write this post to ask for the Remake of Mazinger Z.

Who is with me?

I am imaging something like this:

Golf Debut - The first golf match

2010-09-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

The first known international foursome,

Leith Links, 1681. The Duke of York (later James VII) partnered John Paterson against two English noblemen.

The origin of golf is unclear and open to debate. Some historians trace the sport back to the Roman game of paganica, in which participants used a bent stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. One theory asserts that paganica spread throughout Europe as the Romans conquered most of the continent, during the first century B.C., and eventually evolved into the modern game. Others cite chuiwan ("chui" means striking and "wan" means small ball) as the progenitor, a Chinese game played between the eighth and 14th centuries. A Ming Dynasty scroll dating back to 1368 entitled "The Autumn Banquet", shows a member of the Chinese Imperial court swinging what appears to be a golf club at a small ball with the aim of sinking it into a hole. The game is thought to have been introduced into Europe during the Middle Ages. Another early game that resembled modern golf was known as cambuca in England and chambot in France. This game was, in turn, exported to the Low Countries, Germany, and England (where it was called pall-mall, pronounced “pell mell”). Some observers, however, believe that golf descended from the Persian game, chaugán. In addition, kolven (a game involving a ball and curved bats) was played annually in Loenen, Netherlands, beginning in 1297, to commemorate the capture of the assassin of Floris V, a year earlier.

According to the most widely accepted account, however, the modern game originated in Scotland around the 12th century, with shepherds knocking stones into rabbit holes on the current site of the Old Course at St Andrews.

More Info: Wikipedia - Golf

Other site: http://www.golf-information.info/asian-origin-of-golf.html

Other site: Palos de golf

Luciana Aymar debut in Fisherton Club in Rosario

2010-09-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

Luciana Paula Aymar (born August 10, 1977 in Rosario) is an Argentine field hockey professional. She plays as an attacker, and is the only player to receive the FIH World player of the year award six times. She is known for her ability to beat opposing players using her strong dribbling skills, for which she has been compared with Argentine football (soccer) legend Diego Maradona.

Lucha Aymar started playing at age seven at the local Fisherton Club in Rosario, moving to Jockey Club de Rosario six years later. She began training with the junior national team, for which she had to travel every other day to Buenos Aires. In 1997 she was part of the side which won the Pan American Games Junior Championship, and a year later had her debut with the senior team, finishing fourth at the World Cup.

Aymar is part of a generation in Argentine hockey that has won several international tournaments from the 1999 Pan American Games on, including an Olympic silver medal, and three Champions Trophies. Nicknamed La Maga ("The Magician"), her outstanding performances have driven her to be chosen as the FIH player of the year six times, four more than hockey legend Alyson Annan. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fuente: Wikipedia - Lucha Aymar

FIFA World Cup South Africa Debut on 11 June 2010

2010-05-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

The first match is Mexico vs South Africa in Johannesburgo - JSC

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.

This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup. Italy are the defending champions. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.

Colon Theater - Teatro Colon - Argentina

2010-05-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

The Teatro Colón (Spanish) (Columbus Theatre) is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, considered one of the best five opera houses in the world. It was opened on the 25th of May, 1908 with Verdi's Aïda. The theatre was closed for refurbishment from October 2006 to May 2010. It has already presented its program for the 2010 season, which started on the 24th of May.

Text from Wikipedia: Teatro Colón

Lionel Messi Debut in Grandoli, Newell's Old Boys and Barcelona

2010-05-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

Messi playing in Grandoli (Rosario - Argentina)

At the age of five, Messi started playing football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father Jorge. In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys who were based in his home city Rosario. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. Primera División club River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment, as it cost $900 a month. Carles Rexach, the sporting director of Barcelona, had been made aware of his talent as Messi had relatives in Lleida, Catalonia, and Messi and his father were able to arrange a trial. Barcelona signed him after watching him play, offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to Spain. His family moved to Europe and he started in the club's youth teams.

Barcelona:

Messi playing in Barcelona (Spain)

Messi made his official debut for the first team in a friendly match against Porto on 16 November 2003 (at 16 years and 145 days). Less than a year later, Frank Rijkaard let him make his league debut against Espanyol on 16 October 2004 (at 17 years and 114 days), becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga (a record broken by team mate Bojan Krkić in September 2007). When he scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete on 1 May 2005, Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to ever score in a La Liga game for Barcelona until 2007 when Bojan Krkić broke this record, scoring from a Messi assist. Messi said about his ex-coach Rijkaard: "I never forget that Rijkaard has launched me. That he gave me confidence as I only sixteen, seventeen years was."

source: Wikipedia - Lionel Messi

Avatar (film) 10 december 2009 London - premiere

2010-01-24T17:53:00.000-08:00

Avatar is a 2009 science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang. The film is set in the year 2154 on Pandora, a moon in the Alpha Centauri star system. Humans are engaged in mining Pandora's reserves of a precious mineral, called unobtanium, while the Na'vi, a race of indigenous humanoids, resist the colonists' expansion, which threatens the continued existence of the Na'vi and the Pandoran ecosystem. The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi bodies used by a few of the film's human characters to interact with the Na'vi.
Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page scriptment for the film. Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Titanic, for a planned release in 1999, but according to Cameron, the technology was not yet available to portray his vision of the film. Work on the language for the film's extraterrestrial race began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the script and fictional universe in early 2006.
The film was released in traditional 2-D, as well as in 3-D, using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, and IMAX 3D formats. Avatar is officially budgeted at $237 million; other estimates put the cost at $280–310 million to produce and $150 million for marketing. The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.
Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released on December 18, 2009, in North America to critical acclaim and commercial success. It grossed $27 million on its opening day domestically (in the United States and Canada) and $77 million domestically on its opening weekend. It opened two days earlier internationally and grossed $232 million worldwide in its first five days of international release. Within three weeks of its release, it had grossed over $1 billion worldwide. It currently stands as the second-highest-grossing film of all time, exceeded only by Cameron's previous film Titanic. Due to the film's success, Cameron reported the possibility of two sequels.

source: wikipedia - Avatar (2009 film)

Barcode Debut in 1952

2009-10-07T04:13:00.001-07:00

Google screenshot October 7, 2009

In 1932 business student Wallace Flint of Harvard Business School wrote a thesis promoting an "automated grocery store" using punch cards, which customers would hand to a clerk, who would load them into a reader, causing flow racks to deliver the desired products, after which an itemized bill would automatically be produced. In spite of its promise, punch card systems were expensive, and the country was in the midst of the Great Depression, and the idea was never implemented.

In 1948 Bernard Silver (1924–62), a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, overheard the president of a local food chain asking one of the deans to research a system to automatically read product information during checkout. Silver told his friends Norman Joseph Woodland (1921-) and Jordin Johanson about the request, and the three started working on a variety of systems. Their first working system used ultraviolet ink, but this proved to fade and was fairly expensive.

Convinced that the system was workable with further development, Woodland quit his position at Drexel, moved into his father's apartment in Florida, and continued working on the system. His next inspiration came from Morse code, and he formed his first barcode from sand on the beach when "I just extended the dots and dashes downwards and made narrow lines and wide lines out of them." To read them, he adapted technology from optical soundtracks in movies, using a 500-watt light bulb shining through the paper onto an RCA935 photomultiplier tube (from a movie projector) on the far side. He later decided that the system would work better if it were printed as a circle instead of a line, allowing it to be scanned in any direction.

On 20 October 1949 they filed a patent application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method", in which they described both the linear and bullseye printing patterns, as well as the mechanical and electronic systems needed to read the code. The patent was issued on 7 October 1952 as US Patent 2,612,994. In 1951 Woodland and Johanson moved to IBM and continually tried to interest IBM in developing the system. The company eventually commissioned a report on the idea, which concluded that it was both feasible and interesting, but that processing the resulting information would require equipment that was some time off in the future.

In 1952 Philco purchased their patent, and then sold it to RCA the same year. In 1962 Silver died in a car accident.

Source: Wikipedia - Barcode

Penelope Cruz debut - La fuerza del Destino 1988

2009-10-03T15:58:00.000-07:00

Penelope Cruz in the video of the group Mecano: La fuerza del destino

Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem in Jamón, Jamón

Cruz first achieved fame when she appeared in the video for "La fuerza del destino" for the Spanish synthpop group Mecano. She later started a relationship with Nacho Cano, a member of the group. A TV presenter for the teen-oriented program La Quinta Marcha, she also had early exposure in Série Rose, an erotic French TV serial. In one episode she played the role of a blind prostitute and in another played a young noblewoman pretending to be a young nobleman in a comedy of errors. She also directed Nacho Cano's video of "El waltz de los locos", in 1994.

Cruz's first major films were Jamón, jamón and Belle Époque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 1997, she starred as Sofía Pangia, alongside Eduardo Noriega, in Open Your Eyes, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, while in 1999 she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother, which also won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 2000 she appeared with Matt Damon in All the Pretty Horses.

For Cruz, the early 2000s were a period of mediocre reviews and mixed commercial success. In late 2001, she appeared in the film Vanilla Sky, the Hollywood remake of Open Your Eyes. Returning to Europe, in 2004, Cruz learned Italian (she already spoke Spanish, French, and English) to star in the film Don't Move. She earned critical praise for her role and earned the coveted David di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

In 2006, she co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek, in the film Bandidas. That same year, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. She shared a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival with five of her co-stars, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. The latter of these nominations made her the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

In May 2007, it was announced that Penélope and her sister Mónica would be designing a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain Mango. On July 7, 2007, Cruz presented at Live Earth. In late 2007, she starred in the Jaume de Laiguana-directed video for her brother's first single, named "Cosas que contar", along with her friend Mía Maestro and her sister Mónica. Cruz had previously shown a keen interest in fashion and is a model for L'Oréal and its "Telescopic" mascara.

In 2008, Cruz appeared with Sir Ben Kingsley in fellow Spaniard Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, earning her critical praise for an English-speaking role. The film was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite award for her performance.

In 2008, she starred in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena, Javier Bardem's mentally unstable ex-wife. Her performance received wide critical praise. For the role, Cruz received her second Academy Award Nomination, and later won for Best Supporting Actress,^[10] making her only the second Spanish actor to win an Academy Award, a year after her boyfriend, Javier Bardem, won for No Country for Old Men. She became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, and one of the only actors besides Robert De Niro and Ingrid Bergman to win the Oscar for a role speaking two different languages. Besides the Oscar, Cruz won the BAFTA, the Independent Spirit Award, the National Board of Review Award, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She also earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her role.

Cruz again collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar in his film Los Abrazos Rotos, which is slated to be released in the U.S. in November 2009. She will also be featured in the film version of the musical Nine along with other Oscar winners Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Jamón, jamón	Silvia	Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress Nominated — Spanish Actors Union Newcomer Award
1992	Belle Époque	Luz	Spanish Actors Union Award for Supporting Performance (Secundario Cine)
1993	For Love, Only for Love	Mary	Per amore, solo per amore
	The Greek Labyrinth	Elise	El Laberinto griego
	The Rebel	Enza	La Ribelle
1994	Alegre ma non troppo	Salomé
1994	Todo es mentira	Lucía
1995	Entre rojas	Lucía
1995	El Efecto mariposa	Party guest
1996	La Celestina	Melibea
	Brujas	Patricia
	Más que amor, frenesí
1997	Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health	Younger Diana / Diana's daughter	El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
	Open Your Eyes	Sofía	Abre los ojos
	Live Flesh	Isabel Plaza Caballero	Carne trémula Nominated — Spanish Actors Union Award for Performance in a Minor Role (Reparto Cine)
	Hjørne af paradis, Et	Doña Helena
1998	The Girl of Your Dreams	Macarena	La niña de tus ojos Goya Award for Best Actress Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) Spanish Actors Union Award for Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
	"The Hi-Lo Country"	Josepha	Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
	Don Juan	Mathurine
1999	All About My Mother	Sister María Rosa Sanz	Todo sobre mi madre
2000	All the Pretty Horses	Alejandra Villarreal
2000	Woman on Top	Isabella Oliveira
2001	Blow	Mirtha Jung
	Don't Tempt Me	Carmen Ramos	Bendito infierno
	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Pelagia	Nominated — European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress
	Vanilla Sky	Sofia Serrano	Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
2002	Waking up in Reno	Brenda
2003	Fanfan la tulipe	Adeline La Franchise	Nominated — European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress
2003	Gothika	Chloe Sava
2004	Head in the Clouds	Mia
	Don't Move	Italia	Non ti muovere David di Donatello Award for Best Actress European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress
	Noel	Nina Vasquez
2005	Sahara	Eva Rojas
2006	Chromophobia	Gloria
	Bandidas	María Álvarez
	Volver	Raimunda	European Film Award for Best Actress Goya Award for Best Actress Cannes Award Best Actress shared with Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) Spanish Actors Union Award for Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Leading Female Actor
2007	The Good Night	Anna
2007	Manolete	Antoñita "Lupe" Sino
2008	Elegy	Consuela Castillo	Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award also for Vicky Christina Barcelona Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	María Elena	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award also for Elegy Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated — Critics Choice Award Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Female Actor
2009	G-Force	Juarez (voice)
	Broken Embraces	Magdalena	Los abrazos rotos
	Nine	Carla Albanese	post-production

Source: Wikipedia - Penelope Cruz

First Olympic Games - 1896 in Athens, Greece

2009-10-02T16:56:00.000-07:00

The opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first Olympic Games held in the Modern era. Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, consequently Athens was perceived to be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games. It was unanimously chosen as the host city during a congress organized by Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue and historian, in Paris, on June 23, 1894. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was also established during this congress.

Despite many obstacles and setbacks, the 1896 Olympics were regarded as a great success. The Games had the largest international participation of any sporting event to that date. Panathinaiko Stadium, the first big stadium in the modern world, overflowed with the largest crowd ever to watch a sporting event. The highlight for the Greeks was the marathon victory by their compatriot Spiridon Louis. The most successful competitor was German wrestler and gymnast Carl Schuhmann, who won four gold medals.

After the Games, Coubertin and the IOC were petitioned by several prominent figures including Greece's King George and some of the American competitors in Athens, to hold all the following Games in Athens. However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, except for the Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics, some 108 years later.

Olympic Games History:

Year	Summer Olympic Games		Winter Olympic Games		Youth Olympic Games
Year	Olympiad	Host city	No.	Host city	No.	Host City
1896	I	Athens, Greece
1900	II	Paris, France
1904	III	St. Louis, United States^[147]
1906	III^[148]	Athens, Greece
1908	IV	London, United Kingdom
1912	V	Stockholm, Sweden
1916	VI^[149]	Berlin, Germany
1920	VII	Antwerp, Belgium
1924	VIII	Paris, France	I	Chamonix, France
1928	IX	Amsterdam, Netherlands	II	St. Moritz, Switzerland
1932	X	Los Angeles, United States	III	Lake Placid, United States
1936	XI	Berlin, Germany	IV	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1940	XII^[150]	Tokyo, Japan→ Helsinki, Finland	V^[150]	Sapporo, Japan→ St. Moritz, Switzerland→ Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1944	XIII^[150]	London, United Kingdom	V^[150]	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1948	XIV	London, United Kingdom	V	St. Moritz, Switzerland
1952	XV	Helsinki, Finland	VI	Oslo, Norway
1956	XVI	Melbourne, Australia + Stockholm, Sweden^[151]	VII	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1960	XVII	Rome, Italy	VIII	Squaw Valley, United States
1964	XVIII	Tokyo, Japan	IX	Innsbruck, Austria
1968	XIX	Mexico City, Mexico	X	Grenoble, France
1972	XX	Munich, West Germany	XI	Sapporo, Japan
1976	XXI	Montreal, Canada	XII	Innsbruck, Austria
1980	XXII	Moscow, Soviet Union	XIII	Lake Placid, United States
1984	XXIII	Los Angeles, United States	XIV	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1988	XXIV	Seoul, South Korea	XV	Calgary, Canada
1992	XXV	Barcelona, Spain	XVI	Albertville, France
1994			XVII	Lillehammer, Norway
1996	XXVI	Atlanta, United States
1998			XVIII	Nagano, Japan
2000	XXVII	Sydney, Australia
2002			XIX	Salt Lake City, United States
2004	XXVIII	Athens, Greece
2006			XX	Turin, Italy
2008	XXIX	Beijing, China^[152]^[153]
2010			XXI	Vancouver, Canada	I (summer)	Singapore
2012	XXX	London, United Kingdom			I (winter)	Innsbruck, Austria
2014			XXII	Sochi, Russia
2016	XXXI	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018			XXIII	To be announced

Source: Wikipedia - 1896 Sumer Olympics

Brad Pitt Debut - 1987 (No Way Out)

2009-09-20T08:07:00.000-07:00

Born December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, the eldest of three children in a devoutly Southern Baptist family. His father, Bill Pitt, owned a trucking company and his mother, Jane Pitt, was a family counselor.

While struggling in Los Angeles, Pitt took on various occasional jobs. These jobs ranged from chauffeur, to dressing up as an El Pollo Loco chicken to pay for his acting classes.

He began studying with acting coach Roy London.
Brad Pitt began his onscreen acting career in 1987 with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out, No Man's Land, and Less Than Zero.
He made his television debut with a guest appearance on the American ABC sitcom Growing Pains. Between December 1987 and February 1988 he appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, portraying Randy, the boyfriend of Shalane McCall's character, Charlie Wade. Pitt described the character as "an idiot boyfriend who gets caught in the hay".
He later said about his scenes with McCall: "It was real sweaty-palms time for me. It was kind of wild, because I'd never even met her before." Pitt made a guest appearance on the FOX police drama 21 Jump Street later in 1988.

Furthermore in the same year, he performed in his first leading role within a film, The Dark Side of the Sun, a Yugoslavian-U.S. co-production. He portrayed a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a skin condition. The film was shelved due to the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence and was not released until 1997.
In 1989, Pitt appeared in two motion pictures. The first was in a supporting role in the comedy Happy Together, and the second was in a featured role in the horror film Cutting Class, his first film to reach theaters.
He also made television guest appearances on Head of the Class, Freddy's Nightmares, Thirtysomething, and (for a second time) Growing Pains.
Pitt was cast in the NBC television movie Too Young to Die? in 1990, a story about an abused teenager given the death penalty for murder. Pitt portrayed the part of Billy Canton, a drug addict who takes advantage of a runaway young woman, portrayed by Juliette Lewis. Entertainment Weekly's film reviewer wrote: "Pitt is a magnificent slimeball as her hoody boyfriend; looking and sounding like a malevolent John Cougar Mellencamp, he's really scary."

That year, he also co-starred in the short-lived FOX dramatic series Glory Days, a stint that lasted for six episodes, and appeared in a supporting role in the HBO television movie The Image.
Pitt's next onscreen appearance was in the 1991 film Across the Tracks; he portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner. The character deals with his criminal brother, played by Ricky Schroder.
Pitt soon attracted broader public attention with a supporting role in the 1991 road film Thelma & Louise. He portrayed J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma (Geena Davis). His love scene with Davis has been cited as the moment that defined Pitt as a sex symbol.
After the success of Thelma & Louise, Pitt starred opposite Catherine Keener and Nick Cave in Johnny Suede (1991), a low-budget film about an aspiring rock star.
In 1992, he appeared in Cool World, before starring as Paul Maclean in Robert Redford's 1992 biographical film A River Runs Through It; his portrayal of the character has been described as a "career-making" performance, admitting that he felt a "bit of pressure" when making the film. He added that it was one of his "weakest performances ... It's so weird that it ended up being the one that I got the most attention for." When asked about working with Redford, Pitt said, "It's like tennis: When you play with somebody better than you, your game gets better."

Pitt reunited with his Too Young to Die? co-star Juliette Lewis in the 1993 road film Kalifornia by portraying Early Grayce, a serial killer and the boyfriend of Lewis's character. In his review of the film, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers described Pitt's performance as "outstanding, all boyish charm and then a snort that exudes pure menace". Later that year, Pitt won a ShoWest Award for Male Star of Tomorrow.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	No Way Out	Officer at party
	No Man's Land	Waiter
	Less Than Zero	Partygoer
	Growing Pains	Jeff	TV series (two episodes: "Who's Zoomin' Who?" and "Feet of Clay" [1989])
	Dallas	Randy	TV series (four episodes)
1988	21 Jump Street	Peter	TV series (one episode: "Best Years of Your Life")
1989	Happy Together	Brian
	Cutting Class	Dwight Ingalls
	Head of the Class	Chuck	TV series (one episode: "Partners")
1990	The Image	Cameraman	TV movie
	Too Young to Die?	Billy Canton	TV movie
	Glory Days	Walker Lovejoy	TV series (six episodes)
1991	Across the Tracks	Joe Maloney
	Thelma & Louise	J.D.
	Johnny Suede	Johnny Suede
1992	Contact	Cox
	Cool World	Detective Frank Harris
	A River Runs Through It	Paul Maclean
1993	Kalifornia	Early Grayce
1993	True Romance	Floyd
1994	The Favor	Elliott Fowler
	Interview with the Vampire	Louis de Pointe du Lac	MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo shared with Tom Cruise Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Legends of the Fall	Tristan Ludlow	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1995	Seven	David Mills	MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo shared with Morgan Freeman Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male
1995	Twelve Monkeys	Jeffrey Goines	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1996	Sleepers	Michael Sullivan
1997	The Devil's Own	Francis "Frankie" Austin McQuire/Rory Devaney
	Seven Years in Tibet	Heinrich Harrer
	The Dark Side of the Sun	Rick
1998	Meet Joe Black	Joe Black/Man in the Coffee Shop
1999	Fight Club	Tyler Durden
1999	Being John Malkovich	Himself	Cameo
2000	Snatch	Mickey O'Neil	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2001	The Mexican	Jerry Welbach
	Spy Game	Tom Bishop
	Ocean's Eleven	Rusty Ryan	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	Friends	Will Colbert	TV series (one episode: "The One with the Rumor") Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2002	Full Frontal	Himself
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Brad, Bachelor #1
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Sinbad	Voice actor
2003	Abby Singer	Himself	Cameo
2004	Troy	Achilles	Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor, Drama/Action Adventure Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight shared with Eric Bana Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male
2004	Ocean's Twelve	Rusty Ryan	Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	John Smith	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight shared with Angelina Jolie Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Angelina Jolie
2006	Babel	Richard	Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Palm Springs International Film Festival for Best Cast Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Rusty Ryan
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Jesse James	Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Best Actor
2008	Burn After Reading	Chad Feldheimer	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Benjamin Button	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Lt. Aldo Raine	post-production
2010	The Tree of Life	Mr. O'Brien	post-production
2010	The Lost City of Z	Col. Percy Fawcett	pre-production

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Juan Martin del Potro Debut

2009-09-15T03:21:00.000-07:00

Juan Martin del Potro wins US Open 2009

Del Potro was born in Tandil, Argentina. His father Daniel del Potro, played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is aveterinarian. His mother Patricia is a teacher and he has a younger sister named Julieta. Del Potro speaks Spanish and knows some Italian and English. Aside from tennis, he enjoys playing football and supports the Boca Juniors team in Argentina and Juventus in Italy. He would often dedicate time to both sports during his childhood. Italian international footballer Mauro Camoranesi remains a close friend of Del Potro.

He began playing tennis at age seven with coach Marcelo Gómez (who also coached Tandil-born players Juan Mónaco,Mariano Zabaleta and Máximo González). Del Potro’s talent was discovered by Italian ex-tennis professional Ugo Colombini, who accompanied him through the initial phases of his young career, and is still today his agent and close friend.

2003

At the age of 14, Del Potro received wildcards to three ITF Circuit events in Argentina, where he lost in the first round of each.

2004

In 2004, Del Potro won his first professional match, at the age of 15, at the ITF Circuit event in Buenos Aires by defeating Matias Niemiz, he then went on to lose in the second round. Later that year, Del Potro reached the quarterfinals of the ITF Circuit event in Campinas, Brazil. He also reached the finals in the Argentina Cup and Campionati Internazionali D'Italia Junior tournaments.

2005

Del Potro began the year by reaching the finals of the ITF Junior Circuit called "Copa del Café" (Coffee Bowl) in Costa Rica, which he lost to Robin Haase. He was a crowd favorite and was widely known for his short temper.

He went on to reach the quarterfinals of the ITF Circuit event in El Salvador. At the age of 16, he reached his second professional singles final at the International Casablanca Cup in Mexico where he lost to Darko Madjarovski. He also won consecutive titles at two Junior ITF Circuit events in Santiago, Chile, including the 26th International Junior tournament. He won his third title in his home country by defeating Damian Patriarca at the ITF Circuit event in Cordoba, Argentina.

After turning pro later that year, he reached the final of the Campos do Jordao Challenger in Brazil where he lost to André Sá. At age 17, he won the Montevideo Challengerby defeating Boris Pašanski in the finals. That same year, he also attempted to qualify for his first Grand Slam at the US Open. After ending 2005 ranked #1,077 in the world, Del Potro jumped over 900 positions, largely due to winning three Futures tournaments.

2006

In February, Del Potro played his first ATP tour event in Viña del Mar where he defeated Albert Portas in the first round before losing to Fernando González in the second round. Later, he won the Aguascalientes Challenger by defeating Sergio Roitman in the final.

Del Potro qualified for the main draw of his first Grand Slam in the 2006 French Open, at the age of 17, where he lost in the opening round to former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero. Later that year, he reached the quarterfinals of the ATP event in Umag, Croatia where he lost to the eventual champion, Stanislas Wawrinka. In Spain, he won the Segovia Challenger by defeating Benjamin Becker in the finals.

Del Potro qualified for his first US Open in 2006, where he lost in the first round to Alejandro Falla. He went on to qualify for his first ATP Masters Series tournament in Spain where he lost in the first round to Joachim Johansson. Having received an invitation, thanks to Roger Federer, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland where he lost to the eventual runner-up Fernando González.

2007

Del Potro began the year by reaching his first semifinal in ATP Adelaide, Australia, where he lost to Chris Guccione. He would then reach the second round of theAustralian Open where he had to retire in his match against Fernando González in the fifth set.

On February 11, Del Potro played for Argentina at the first round of the Davis Cup against Austria winning the 4th and definite rubber, giving Argentina the classification for the quarterfinals.

He reached the second round of the Pacific Life Open and went on to reach the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open where he defeated Jonas Björkman, Marcos Baghdatis, and Mikhail Youzhny before falling to Rafael Nadal. In May, he lost in the first round of the French Open to eventual champion, Nadal.

In his first grass court event, Del Potro reached the second round at Queen's Club where he lost to Nadal. He also reached the quarterfinals in Nottingham the following week where he lost to Croatian, Ivo Karlović. At his inaugural Wimbledon, he defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round before losing to eventual champion Federer in the second round.

Del Potro qualified for the ATP Masters Series event in Cincinnati where he reached the third round before losing to Carlos Moya. He partnered with Travis Parrott to win the doubles title at the ATP event in Indianapolis. At the US Open, he defeated Nicolas Mahut and Jürgen Melzer before losing to eventual finalist Novak Djoković in the third round in straight sets. He also reached the third round of the Madrid Masters before losing to eventual champion David Nalbandian.

2008

The Argentine enjoyed his best season to date in 2008, winning four titles and finishing in the Top 10 for the first time. He also finished as the country's number one player and the highest ranked South American, ahead of David Nalbandian. Del Potro started the season, losing in the first round in Adelaide to Michael Russel and then made it to the second round of the Australian Open in January, retiring in his match against David Ferrer due to an injury. Del Potro returned to the circuit in March, winning his first match against Jesse Levine, 7–5, 6–1 at the Sony Ericsson Open. In June, he reached the semi-finals of the Ordina Open, losing to eventual winner Ferrer in straight sets.

After losing in the second round of Wimbledon, an outstanding summer followed for the Argentine. Del Potro won his first career ATP tour title at the Mercedes Cup inStuttgart, defeating Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the final. A week later, Del Potro reached his second career ATP Tour final at the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, where he beat local hope and sixth seed Jürgen Melzer 6–2, 6–1, in less than an hour, to claim his second title in two weeks. He won his third consecutive title at theCountrywide Classic in Los Angeles, beating Andy Roddick in 6–1, 7–6(2) in the final. A fourth consecutive title followed a week later in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic inWashington D.C., where he recorded a 6–3, 6–3 victory over Viktor Troicki, becoming the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments.

At the 2008 US Open, del Potro progressed to the third round, where he won his first match to five sets in the circuit against Gilles Simon to reach the last 16. He went on to defeat Kei Nishikori in straight sets. In the quarter-finals, he was stopped by Andy Murray, losing in four tight sets after almost four hours. By reaching the quarter-finals, he achieved a career best result at a Grand Slam. He was defeated after 23 consecutive victories: the second longest winning streak in 2008 and the longest winning streak by a player outside the top 10 in the last 20 years.

He was selected to play the Davis Cup tie between Argentina and Russia, which took place on September 19–21. He won his first singles match against Nikolay Davydenko in three sets 6–1, 6–4, 6–2. He also won the fifth and deciding match against Igor Andreevin straight sets 6–4, 6–2, 6–1, booking Argentina a place in the final.

At the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, he made the final by defeating number 11 seed Jarkko Nieminen, number one seed and defending champion David Ferrer, and number four seed Richard Gasquet. He was defeated by Tomáš Berdych 6–1, 6–4 in the final. After the match, both Berdych and del Potro commented that he was not playing his best tennis.

At the Madrid Masters he lost in the quarter-finals in straight sets to Federer. He reached the semifinals of his next tournament, the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, before losing to countryman David Nalbandian, and was beaten by Nalbandian again, in the second round of the Paris Masters. This left del Potro's qualification for the Tennis Masters Cup out of his hands; fortunately for him, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat James Blake in the semifinals, which was enough to ensure his place at the year-end event.

Del Potro won one match at the Masters Cup, against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but lost his other two matches, against the higher ranked Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko, meaning that he exited the tournament in the round robin stage. This was his last event of the year on the ATP Tour. He went on to lose one rubber in theDavis Cup final, against Feliciano Lopez, as his team succumbed to a 3–1 loss against Spain. He was forced to withdraw from his second match due to a thigh injury.

2009

At the 2009 French Open, Del Potro made the semi-finals, losing to eventual champion Federer

At the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, Del Potro was the top seed for the tournament. He defeated American Sam Querreyin the final 6–4, 6–4 to win the title, the fifth of his career. Seeded eighth at the Australian Open, Del Potro lost in straight sets to Federer in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–0, 6–0.

At the BNP Paribas Open, as the sixth seed Del Potro advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was eventually defeated by world no. 1 Nadal 6–2, 6–4. Del Potro avenged that loss the following week at the Sony Ericsson Open, where he came back from a double break down in the third set at 0–3 to defeat Nadal in the quarterfinals 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(3). This was the first time Del Potro had defeated Nadal. Despite a 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 loss in the semi-finals to Murray, Del Potro reached a career high of world number five.

In the clay court season, Del Potro was eliminated in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters by Ivan Ljubicic. In Rome, Del Potro advanced to the quarterfinals where he was defeated by defending champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Del Potro then played at the 2009 Madrid Masters. After defeating Murray for the first time in the quarter-finals, he lost to Federer in the semi-finals 6–3, 6–4.

At the French Open, Del Potro defeated Michael Llodra, Viktor Troicki, Igor Andreev, and the number nine seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga en route to the quarterfinals. He then defeated three-time former quarterfinalist Tommy Robredo to get to his first semi-final. He was defeated in a close semi-final 3–6, 7–6 (7-2), 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, by eventual champion Federer. Prior to this encounter, Del Potro had never taken a set off Federer in their 5 previous career meetings.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, his poor grass court form from the past continued on, as he went down to unseeded Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 7–5, 7–5 in the second round. A few weeks later, he defeated Hewitt in Washington 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(2), and also beat Fernando González 7–6(2), 6–3 en route to the final. He successfully defended his title against top seeded Wimbledon-finalist Andy Roddick 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(6) to win his second tournament of the year, and become the first player sinceAndre Agassi (1998–1999) to win back-to-back Washington titles.

He played the following week at the Masters 1000 in Montreal, where he was seeded sixth, defeating world number two Nadal in the quarter-finals 7–6(5), 6–1; this was his second win in a row over Nadal. He then defeated Roddick in the semi-finals 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, saving a match point, to advance to his first Masters 1000 final, and improve his head-to-head record against Roddick to 3–0. In the final, he lost against Murray 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 6–1. He withdrew from the next Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati due to fatigue.

Seeded sixth at the 2009 US Open, Del Potro began by defeating Mónaco and Melzer in straight sets, before dropping a set but defeating Daniel Köllerer to reach the 4th round. He defeated a resurgent Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 to advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. Del Potro would then advance to his first hard court semi-final by defeating Marin Cilic 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1. Del Potro was down a set and a break, before winning 17 of the final 20 games, and breaking Cilic's serve 8 times in the last three sets. His advance to the semi-finals ensured his return to the top five in the world rankings. He then defeated world No. 3 and reigning Australian Open champion Nadal 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the semi-finals to reach his first Grand Slam final. This was his third consecutive victory over Nadal, and made him the first Argentine to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Mariano Puerta at the 2005 French Open.Del Potro went one better, rallying from down a set and a break to defeat World No. 1 and five-time defending U.S. Open champion Federer 3–6, 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2; this was his first victory over Federer after six previous defeats, and Federer's first loss in the US Open since 2003. He is the first non-European to win a Grand Slam since Gaston Gaudio in 2004, and the second South American male to win the US Open (the first being Guillermo Vilas in 1977). He became the first player since countryman David Nalbandian to defeat Federer at the US Open, the first player other than Nadal to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final, and the first player to defeat both Nadal and Federer in the same Grand Slam tournament. At six feet and six inches, he is also the tallest ever Grand Slam champion.

source: wikipedia - Juan Martin del Potro

Spiderman Debut in Amazing Fantasy 15 in August 1962

2009-08-29T07:05:00.001-07:00

Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). Cover art by Jack Kirby (penciller) & Steve Ditko (inker).

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962), and was created by scripter and editor Stan Lee and designed by artists and plotters Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.

In 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting about for a new superhero idea. He said that the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in teenage demand for comic books, and the desire to create a character with whom teens could identify. In his autobiography, Lee cites the non-superhuman pulp magazine crime fighter The Spider as a great influence, and in a multitude of print and video interviews, Lee stated he was further inspired by seeing a spider climb up a wall-—adding in his autobiography that he has told that story so often he has become unsure of whether or not this is true.

Looking back on the creation of Spider-Man, Tom DeFalco stated he did not believe that Spider-Man would have been given a chance in today's comics world, where new characters are vetted with test audiences and marketers. At that time, however, Lee had to get only the consent of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman for the character's approval.

In a 1986 interview, Lee described in detail his arguments to overcome Goodman's objections.Goodman eventually agreed to let Lee try out Spider-Man in the upcoming final issue of the canceled science-fiction and supernatural anthology series Amazing Adult Fantasy, which was renamed Amazing Fantasy for that single issue, #15 (August 1962).

Spiderman 3 Debut May 1, 2007

Spiderman 4 release date: 6 May 2011 (USA)

My Creation Picture - Spiderman against balls

My Creation Picture - Spiderman against balls scene 2

Spider in a Door - Museum of Natural Science (Buenos Aires - Argentina)

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Melanie Griffith debut at nine month old as Extra in Smith! on 1969

2009-08-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

Griffith began work at just nine months old in a commercial and later became an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973).

Her first major role was in Night Moves (1975) in which she did several racy nude scenes at the age of 17.

This drew attention to her and typecast her as a sexy nymphet in films such as Smile, The Drowning Pool as Schuyler Devereaux (both also 1975) and One on One (1977).

Griffith reportedly turned down many parts in some popular movies, including the role of Iris in Taxi Driver, the lead role in Carrie, Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon and Sarah Connor in The Terminator.

Complete information: Melanie Griffith Biography

Maradona prefessional debut and early days

2009-08-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

Diego Armando Maradona was born in Lanús, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires - Argentina, to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province.

He was the first son after three daughters. He has two younger brothers, Hugo (el Turco) and Eduardo (Lalo), both of whom were also professional football players. At age 10, Maradona was spotted by a talent scout while he was playing in his neighborhood club Estrella Roja.

He became a staple of Los Cebollitas (The Little Onions), the junior team of Buenos Aires's Argentinos Juniors.

As a 12-year-old ball boy, he amused spectators by showing his wizardry with the ball during the halftime intermissions of first division games.

In 20 October 1976, Maradona made his professional debut with Argentinos Juniors, ten days before his sixteenth birthday.

Maradona - Argentinos Juniors

He made his full international debut at age 16, against Hungary on 27 February 1977.

27 February 1977 - Maradona international Debut

At age 18, he played the World Youth Championship for Argentina, and was the star of the tournament, shining in their 3–1 final win over the Soviet Union.

Maradona played his first World Cup tournament in 1982 Maradona captained the Argentine national team to victory in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, winning the final in Mexico against West Germany. Throughout the 1986 World Cup, Maradona asserted his dominance and was the most dynamic player of the tournament.

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Ashley Greene Debut

2009-08-11T07:51:00.000-07:00

Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School before transferring to Wolfson High School when she was in tenth grade. She moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has one sibling, an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with her parents.

Greene is good friends with her Twilight co-stars, particularly Kellan Lutz, whom she knew before filming the movie.

Greene initially planned to become a model, but was told that she wasn't tall enough to be a runway model and should instead focus on commercials. After taking commercial and acting classes, she fell in love with acting and realized that she preferred it over modeling. Greene thus graduated high school early at the age of 17 and moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career. Since then, she has appeared as a guest on many popular television programs, such as Punk'd and Crossing Jordan. Greene's big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Alice Cullen in Twilight, a film based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. Greene will be reuniting with her Twilight co-star Kellan Lutz in the upcoming movie Warrior. She will also reprise her role as Alice in the 2009 sequel to Twilight, New Moon, and 2010's Eclipse. Greene will also be starring in an upcoming thriller film, Summer's Blood, which is set to be released in summer 2009.

Punk'd in imdb

source: Ashley Green - Wikipedia

Nicolas Cage Debut in American Film Brubaker in 1980

2009-08-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

In order to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage early in his career. Since his cameo role in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), with Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He tried out for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film The Outsiders, based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married.

Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy Moonstruck, also starring Cher; The Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy Raising Arizona; David Lynch's 1990 offbeat film Wild at Heart; a lead role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 New York City paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead; and Ridley Scott's 2003 quirky drama Matchstick Men, in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.

More info: wikipedia Nicolas Cage

Megan Fox acting debut in 2001 film Holiday in the Sun

2009-08-01T07:04:00.000-07:00

When Megan Fox was 16, she made her acting debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as the spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen). The film was released Direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001.
In 2002 Fox landed the lead main role as Ione Star on the television series Ocean Ave. The series lasted two seasons, from 2002-2003 and Fox appeared in 122 one-hour-long episodes. Fox also served as an uncredited extra in Bad Boys II in 2003.
Also in 2002, she guest-starred on What I Like About You, appearing in the episode "Like a Virgin (Kinda)".
In 2004 Fox guest-starred on Two and a Half Men in the episode "Carmel Filters and Pheromones". Also in 2004, Fox made her film debut in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-starring opposite Lindsay Lohan. In the film Fox plays a supporting role Carla Santi, a rival of Lola (Lindsay Lohan).
Also in 2004, Fox was cast as a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi in the role. In 2006 the television show was canceled due to poor ratings. Fox appeared in 36 episodes from seasons 2 to 3.

more information: wikipedia - Megan Fox

The Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson Debut

2009-07-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

The Jackson five

"Michael began his musical career at the age of 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 who formed in 1964. In these early years the Jackson 5, Jackie, Jermaine,Tito,Marlon and lead singer Michael played local clubs and bars in Gary Indiana and moving further afield as there talents grew and they could compete in bigger competitions."

"The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Founding group members Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael formed the group after performing in an early incarnation called The Jackson Brothers, which originally consisted of a trio of the three older brothers. Active from 1966 to 1989, the Jacksons played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, pop and later disco. During their six-year Motown tenure, The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest pop-music phenomena of the 1970s, and the band served as the launching pad for the solo careers of their lead singers Jermaine and Michael, the latter brother later transforming his early Motown solo fame into greater success as an adult artist."

source: All Michael Jackson Biography History Bio, The Jackson Five

Tom Welling Debut

2009-07-06T09:35:00.000-07:00

In 1998, Tom Welling was discovered by a catalogue camera scout at a party in Nantucket who suggested he try modeling. In 2000, Welling relocated to Los Angeles where he modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein and other print ad campaigns, while pursuing an acting career. He appeared in some commercials and a music video. Welling's first major acting role was as karate teacher Rob Meltzer, a younger love interest of Amy Brenneman's character on the CBS series Judging Amy, that aired in 2001. Welling also had a small role in UPN's Special Unit 2, and he also appeared in the debut episode of the FOX sitcom Undeclared.

He was cast in the television series Smallville, after a nationwide search for an actor to play Clark Kent. Smallville explores the early years of Clark growing up, in the times before he is Superman. The pilot aired in October 2001, and became the highest rated debut for The WB, with 8.4 million viewers. He told TV Guide that he originally turned down the lead role twice, but after reading the script, decided to take the job. Like Christopher Reeve, he was not a big Superman fan prior to being cast as Clark Kent, and in fact continues to not read Superman comics. He was named one of People magazine’s "Breakthrough Stars of 2001", and also won the Teen Choice Award as "Choice Breakout Star (Male)" in 2002 for his role as Clark Kent.

In December 2003, Welling played Charlie Baker, the oldest son in a family of 12 children in the film Cheaper by the Dozen, a remake of the 1950 original. The film also starred Steve Martin and Hilary Duff. In 2005, Welling appeared in two films. He played Nick Castle in The Fog, a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name. He also reprised his role as Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Despite internet rumors, Welling was not considered for the part of Superman in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Welling also marked his directorial debut in 2006, with the season five episode of Smallville, "Fragile". He directed a second episode during season six, Hydro, also the show's 150th episode, "Apocalypse", and the episode "Injustice" in season 8. He also played Bizarro and a young Jor-El on Smallville.

Welling has the distinction of having portrayed the Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman character for more filmed content than any other actor.

via: wikipedia Tom Welling

Kristin Kreuk Debut as an actress on 2001 in Edgemont

2009-06-09T12:56:00.000-07:00

Kristin Kreuk as Laurel Yeung in Edgemont

Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Kreuk trained in gymnastics at the national level until high school but quit in 11th grade due to scoliosis. She attended Edith Cavell Elementary School and Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver.
She had plans to study psychology, environmental science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser University when a casting director for the CBC TV series Edgemont contacted her secondary school, looking for an exotic-looking girl to play the part of a Chinese Canadian, Laurel Yeung on the Vancouver-shot show. Kreuk's drama teacher convinced Kreuk, who had no previous acting experience other than in musicals at her high school, to audition for the role. To her surprise, she won the part.

2001	Snow White	Snow White	Television movie
2001–2005	Edgemont	Laurel Yeung	Television series
2001-2008 & 2009	Smallville	Lana Lang	Television series
2004	Eurotrip	Fiona	Cameo appearance
2004	Legend of Earthsea	Tenar	Miniseries
2006	Dream Princess	Princess	Short film
2007	Partition	Naseem Khan	Film
2009	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Chun-Li	Film
2010	Ben Hur	Tirzar	Miniseries

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Debut of the new Microsoft Search Engine: Bing (3 june 2009)

2009-06-09T12:29:00.000-07:00

Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search) is a web search engine, Microsoft's current incarnation of its search technology. Bing is a replacement for Live Search; it went fully online on June 3, 2009.

Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered, and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results), based on semantic technology from PowerSet which Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook, and e-mail.

The new search engine Bing here

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Angels & Demons Debut May 2009

2009-05-15T12:27:00.000-07:00

"Angels & Demons is a bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books in 2000. It revolves around the quest of fictional Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon to uncover the mysteries of a secret society called the Illuminati and to unravel a plot to annihilate Vatican City using destructive antimatter. The book uses the idea of a historical conflict between science and religion, particularly that between the Illuminati and the Roman Catholic Church."

more info about Angels & Deamons in wikipedia

The official movie site: Angels And Demons Movie

Evangeline Lilly (Kate in Lost)

2009-05-15T10:46:00.000-07:00

"Evangeline Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia, by Ford modeling agency. Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University of British Columbia tuition and expenses. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she was never actually a fashion model, working instead with their acting branch.

She was previously featured in several provocative television commercials for LiveLinks Chatline, a service billed as the "best place to meet local singles for dating, friendship, or phone chat"; her image is still used to promote the service. She also appeared on G4's Judgment Day. She appeared uncredited in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker, and in several episodes of Smallville as an extra. She also had a guest appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004). Lilly's first speaking role was on Lost. She also appeared in the 2003 teenager film The Lizzie McGuire Movie as an (uncredited) Italian police officer.

When Lilly was cast as Kate in Lost, her main concern was acquiring a work visa to enter the United States. With production literally days away and no news about the visa, casting directors were forced to grudgingly begin re-casting the role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared but she arrived on set a day late."

more info about Evangeline Lilly in wikipedia

Madonna Like a Virgin (Madonna Debut in 1982)

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Madonna Debut in 1982...

Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire Records, a label belonging to Warner Bros. Records. Her first release was "Everybody" on April 24, 1982. Her debut album, Madonna was primarily produced by Reggie Lucas.

Madonna's look and manner of dress, performances and music videos, became influential among young girls and women. Defined by lace tops, skirts over capri pants, fishnet stockings, jewelry bearing the Christian cross, and bleached hair, it became a female fashion trend in the 1980s. Her follow up album, Like a Virgin, became her first number one album on the U.S. albums chart; its commercial performance was buoyed by the success of its title track, "Like a Virgin", which reached number one in the U.S. with a six week stay at the top. The album sold 12 million copies worldwide, eight of which in the U.S. She performed the song at the first MTV Video Music Awards, wearing her then-trademark "Boy Toy" belt. Like a Virgin is listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fameas one of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.

source: wikipedia

Elvis Presley Debut on the Louisiana Hayride - October 16, 1954

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Elvis Presley Debut on Louisiana hayride

april 23, 1955 Louisiana Hayride

He appear for the first time on the Louisiana Hayride, a live Saturday night country music radio show originating in Shreveport, Louisiana, broadcast over KWKH Radio. The show is the Grand Ole Opry's chief competitor, carried by 190 stations in thirteen states. This leads to regular appearances on the Hayride and, in November, Elvis signs a one-year contract for fifty-two Saturday night appearances. This is a great break, but as Elvis’ popularity grows, his commitment to the Hayride prevents him from traveling much outside the South to further his career on a larger scale.

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The Rolling Stones Debut at the Marquee Club on 12 July 1962

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On 12 July 1962 the group played their first formal gig at the Marquee Club, billed as "The Rollin' Stones". The line-up was Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart on piano, Taylor on bass and Tony Chapman on drums. Jones intended for the band to play primarily Chicago blues, but Jagger and Richards brought the rock & roll of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley to the band. Bassist Bill Wyman joined in December and drummer Charlie Watts the following January to form the Stones' long-standing rhythm section.

The Rolling Stones' first manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, booked the band to play at his Crawdaddy Club for what became an eight-month residency. A young ex-publicist of The Beatles, Andrew Loog Oldham, signed the band to a management deal with his partner and veteran booker Eric Easton in early May 1963. (Gomelsky, who had no written agreement with the band, was not consulted.) George Harrison, meanwhile, recommended to Decca Records' Dick Rowe - who had famously turned down the Beatles - that he should give The Rolling Stones a recording contract.

The band embarked on their first UK tour in July 1963 and played their first gig outside of Greater London on Saturday 13 July at the Outlook Club in Middlesbrough for which they were paid £40; they shared the billing that night with The Hollies.

The Rolling Stones in the 1960s. From left: Jagger, Jones, Richards, Wyman and Watts.

After signing The Rolling Stones to a tape-lease deal with Decca, Oldham and Easton booked the band on their first big UK tour in the autumn of 1963. They were billed as a supporting act for American stars including Bo Diddley, Little Richard and The Everly Brothers; the opportunity to study these artists at work was an important "training ground" for the young band's stagecraft.

Prior to this tour, in July 1963, the band's first single, Chuck Berry's "Come On" reached number 21 in the UK. In November 1963, the Rolling Stones had a bigger hit with a rendition of the Lennon/McCartney composition "I Wanna Be Your Man", which went to number 12 on the UK charts.

Oldham crafted the band's image of long-haired tearaways "into the opposite of what The Beatles [were] doing". The band was touring the UK constantly, and made numerous television appearances; their next single, a frantic cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" was a top three hit.

Their first album The Rolling Stones, (issued in the US as England's Newest Hit Makers) was composed primarily of covers drawn from the band's live repertoire. The LP also included a Jagger/Richards original - "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" - and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge, the name used for songs composed by the entire group.

The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June 1964 was, in Bill Wyman's words, "a disaster. When we arrived, we didn't have a hit record [there] or anything going for us." When the band appeared on Dean Martin's TV variety show The Hollywood Palace, Martin mocked both their hair and their performance. During the tour, however, they did a two-day recording session at Chess Studios in Chicago, where many of their musical heroes recorded. These sessions included what would become The Rolling Stones' first UK chart-topper: their cover of Bobby and Shirley Womack's "It's All Over Now".

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The Beatles Debuts in America in the Ed Sullivan Show

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The Beatles first appearance in America, in the Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964

Iphone 3g Debut on July 11 2008

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At Apple WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs reveals the iPhone 3G with faster download speeds, longer battery life, GPS, a lower price, and a near worldwide release on July 11.