By Lucy Santiago
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed John Michael “J.D.” Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the Netflix series BoJack Horseman (2017, 2020).
In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State in which he also starred. Additionally, he wrote the screenplay and compiled the soundtrack album. He shot the film in his home state of New Jersey with a budget of $2.5 million. The film made over $35 million at the box office and was praised by critics, leading it to gain a cult following. He won numerous awards for his directing work and also won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. In 2014, Braff directed his second film, Wish I Was Here, which he partially funded with a Kickstarter campaign.
Braff has appeared on stage in the dark comedy All New People, in which he starred, and also wrote. The play premiered in New York City in 2011 before playing in London’s West End. He also played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen‘s Bullets Over Broadway in 2014.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Where did the phrase “mad as a hatter” come from? Why was the “hatter” considered mad?
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Morning star
Puzzle of the Day
What kind of gum do bees chew?
Died
- King Richard I (English monarch, called Richard the Lionheart) –
- Raphael (artist) –
- Tammy Wynette (American country music singer ) –
- Victor Argo (actor) –
- Niki Sullivan (guitarist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets) –
- Prince Rainier III of Monaco –
- Corin Redgrave (actor) –
- Thomas Kinkade (painter; often referred to as Painter of Light”“) –
- Mickey Rooney (actor) –
- James Best (actor; best known as Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard) –
Born
- Raphael (artist) –
- Gerry Mulligan (jazz musician) –
- Billy Dee Williams (actor) –
- John Ratzenberger (actor) –
- Marilu Henner (actress) –
- Bret Boone (baseball player) –
- Paul Rudd (actor) –
- Lou Merloni (baseball player) –
- Zach Braff (actor) –
- Peyton List (actress) –
- Twin mongoose lemurs (born at Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida) –
Events
- Brigham Young, the Mormon Church leader, married his 27th and last wife–
- Snow-melting apparatus patented–
- Vancouver, British Columbia, was incorporated–
- The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece–
- Admiral Robert Peary and his African-American assistant Matthew Henson reached what was believed to be the North Pole–
- The U.S. declared war on Germany (WW I)–
- Bakery manager, Jimmy Dewar, invented a cream filled sponge cake, now known as the Twinkie–
- The first Tony Awards were presented at a dinner in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Easter Sunday–
- Paramount Pictures signed Elvis Presley to a three-movie contract just five days after his first screen test–
- Intelsat-1 (nicknamed Early Bird), the world’s first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, was launched from Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral) in Florida–
- Microsoft released Windows 3.1–
- UConn’s women’s basketball team completed a championship sweep for the school by beating Tennessee 70-61 for the NCAA women’s title. The victory followed UConn’s win over Georgia Tech in the men’s championship game the previous night, making Connecticut the first Division I school to sweep both titles–
- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck central Italy–
Weather
- A blizzard in New York and throughout New England brought high winds and up to 30 inches of snow–
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