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By Stuart Mason Hi! As one of the owners, just wanted to let everyone know that I have been advised by our hosting company, Godaddy, that our website has outgrown its current platform and has to be to a new C-panel and server. Our website in its current platform can’t upload anymore photos…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Wednesday November 19, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), known professionally as Meg Ryan, is an American actress. Known for playing quirky, charismatic women since the late 1980s, Ryan is particularly recognized for her leading roles in romantic comedies, a genre she dominated during the 1980s and 1990s. Dubbed “America’s Sweetheart” by…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Tuesday November 18, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty, a role…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Monday November 17, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is known for starring in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Sunday November 16, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Margalit Ruth “Maggie” Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She has five Golden Globe nominations with one win, two Academy Award nominations and two Emmy…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Saturday November 15, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COOMONS Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two BAFTA Awards. His acting career…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Friday November 14, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Thursday November 13, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Adrienne Monique Coleman (born November 13, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies. She was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She started her acting career in theater and television at a young age in Columbia, South Carolina. She trained at…
Read MoreOscar-nominated actor Sally Kirkland dead at 84
By Bianca Sierra FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sally Kirkland Jr. (October 31, 1941 – November 11, 2025) was an American actress and producer. A one-time member of Andy Warhol‘s The Factory, she was in 1960s New York avant-garde theater. She appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during a 60-year career. Kirkland was the daughter of Sally…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Wednesday November 12, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist, sportswriter, and novelist Scott Young, Neil embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often backed by the band Crazy…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Monday November 10, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. She has made multiple appearances on Forbes‘s year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to Miami and then New York City, where a casting director discovered her and signed her for an…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Sunday November 9, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won two Critics’ Choice Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Blonsky has starred as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge (2010), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination,…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Saturday November 8, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alfre Woodard (/ˈælfri ˈwʊdərd/ AL-free WUUD-ərd; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards. In 2020, The New…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Friday November 7, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roberta Joan Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions, which grew to incorporate elements of pop, jazz, rock, and other genres. Among her accolades…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Tuesday November 4, 2025
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jeffrey Lee Probst (/proʊbst/; born November 4, 1961) is an American television presenter and producer and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the Emmy Award–winning host of the American version of the reality television show Survivor since 2000. He was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk show…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Sunday November 2, 2025; Turn clocks back today
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang (stylised in all lowercase), is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Her hits include the songs “Constant Craving” and “Miss Chatelaine“. A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Friday October 31, 2025
By Clarice Burger FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Thursday October 30, 2025
By Chopper Cooper FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMOSN Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco‘s psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman…
Read MoreJune Lockhart, known for her roles on Lost In Space, Lassie and General Hospital, dies at 100
By Carmenlita Castillo FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS June Kathleen Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025) was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily in 1950s and 1960s television and with performances on stage and in film.…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Wednesday October 29, 2025
By Clarice Burger FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke (long course). Beard’s success has earned her the American Swimmer of the Year…
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