http://martiniinthemorning.com/ en-gb 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 wireboy125@nospam.com hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1074.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1073.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1072.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1071.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1070.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1069.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Tease story here...Rest of story here...and continues here... if more space is needed... http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1068.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Today is Sunday June 23, 2013On This Day 1868 - Christopher L. Sholes of Wisconsin patented his type-writer.1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off on a 'round-the-world airplane flight aboard the "Winnie Mae".1938 - Marineland opened near St. Augustine, Florida.1941 - "Front Page Farrell" was first heard on Mutual radio.1941 - Lena Horne recorded "St. Louis Blues" for Victor launching her singing career.1947 - "Wendy Warren and the News" debuted on CBS.1961 - The Antarctic Treaty, signed by twelve nations in 1959, took effect. It guaranteed Antarctica would be used for peaceful, scientific purposes only.1993 - Lorena Bobbitt injured her husband with a butcher knife.Birthdays - June 231876 - Irvin S. (Shrewsbury) Cobb (humorist: Old Judge Priest, Those Times and These, A Laugh a Day; autobiography: Exit Laughing; died Mar 11, 1944)1894 - Dr. Alfred Kinsey (sexual behavior researcher: The Kinsey Report, The Sexual Behavior in the Human Male; died Aug 25, 1956)1910 - Jean (-Marie-Lucien-Pierre) Anouilh (playwright: Becket, Antigone; died Oct 3, 1987)1910 - Edward P. Morgan (radio/TV reporter: ABC: Edward P. Morgan and the News; commentator: Ford Foundation-funded Public Broadcasting Laboratory; died Jan 27, 1993)1916 - Irene Worth (Tony Award-winning actress: Sweet Bird of Youth [1976], Tiny Alice [1965]; Lost in Yonkers; died Mar 10, 2002)1925 - Larry Blyden (Ivan Lawrence Blieden) (actor: Harry's Girls; TV moderator: What's My Line [1972-75]; died June 6, 1975)1927 - Bob (Robert Louis) Fosse (Oscar Award-winning director: Cabaret [1972]; Tony Award-winning choreographer: Big Deal [1986], Dancin' [1978], Sweet Charity [1966], Little Me [1963], Bob Fosse [1959], Damn Yankees [1956], The Pajama Game [1955]; director/choreographer: Pippin [1973]; Emmy Award-winning director: Singer Presents Liza with a ‘Z' [1972-73]; autobiographical film: All That Jazz; died Sep 23, 1987)1929 - June Carter Cash (Grammy Award-winning country singer [w/husband, Johnny Cash]: Jackson, If I were a Carpenter; songwriter: Ring of Fire; died May 15, 2003)1940 - Adam Faith (Terence Nelhams) (singer: Somebody Else's Baby, How about That, Lonely Pup in a Christmas Shop, The Time Has Come; actor: Minder, Down an Alley Full of Cats, Stardust, Budgie, Mix Me a Person, Beat Girl; died Mar 8, 2003)1943 - James Levine (conductor: Cleveland Orchestra, New York Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra)1944 - Rosetta Hightower (singer: group: The Orlons: The Wah Watusi, Don't Hang Up, South Street)1946 - Ted Shackelford (actor: Knots Landing, Dallas)1947 - Bryan Brown (actor: Breaker Morant, Full Body Massage, Blame It on the Bellboy, F/X series, Dead in the Water, Gorillas in the Mist, Cocktail, A Town like Alice, The Thorn Birds, The Winter of Our Dreams, Palm Beach, The Irishman)1948 - Clarence Thomas (U.S. Supreme Court Justice)1957 - Frances McDormand (actress: Fargo, Blood Simple, Mississippi Burning, The Wonder Boys, Almost Famous)1959 - Duane Whitaker (actor: Pulp Fiction, Hobgoblins, Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter, Tales from the Hood, Within the Rock, Spoiler, Tempest Eye)1962 - Billy Wirth (actor: The Lost Boys, Body Snatchers, Venus Rising, Space Marines, Relax... It's Just Sex; producer: MacArthur Park)1972 - Selma Blair (actress: In & Out, Cruel Intentions, Kill Me Later, The Sweetest Thing)Top of the Charts - June 231950My Foolish Heart - The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra (vocal: Eileen Wilson)Bewitched - The Bill Snyder OrchestraThe Old Piano Roll Blues - Hoagy Carmichael & Cass DaleyI'll Sail My Ship Alone - Moon Mullican1958All I Have to Do is Dream - The Everly BrothersThe Purple People Eater - Sheb WooleyHard Headed Woman - Elvis PresleyGuess Things Happen that Way - Johnny Cash http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1067.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Today is Saturday June 22, 2013On This Day 1832 - J.I. Howe patented the pin machine.1846 - Adolphe Sax patented his new musical instrument in Paris - the Saxophone.1874 - Andrew Taylor Still began the practice known as osteopathy.1939 - Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell duetted on "An Apple for the Teacher" on Decca.1942 - V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was first sent. V-Mail was designed to reduce mail cargo space to and from armed services members. Written on special paper, they were opened at the post office, censored and photographed. One roll of film contained 1,500 letters.1964 - Barbra Streisand signed a 10-year contract with CBS-TV for about $200,000 a year.1985 - "People" magazine took a death count in Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo." 44 people killed directly. An average of one body every 2.1 minutes. Also 70 explosions killed an undetermined number of people...Birthdays - June 221906 - Billy (Samuel) Wilder (Academy Award-winning director: The Apartment [1960], The Lost Weekend [1945]; Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17, Witness for the Prosecution, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like it Hot, Sabrina, Irma La Douce, The Front Page, Buddy, Buddy; died Mar 27, 2002)1907 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (aviator, author: Gift from the Sea; married to Charles; mother of kidnapped Charles Jr.; died Feb 7, 2001)1909 - Michael Todd (Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen) (producer: Oklahoma!, Around the World in 80 Days; developed [w/American Optical Company] Todd-AO system using 65mm cine cameras at 30 fps and wide angle photgraphy [approx 150 degrees]; husband of Elizabeth Taylor; killed in plane crash Mar 22, 1958)1921 - Gower Champion (Tony Award-winning choreographer: 42nd Street [1981], The Happy Time [1968], Hello Dolly! [1964], Bye-Bye Birdie [1961], Lend an Ear [1949]; actor, dancer: Lovely to Look At, Show Boat, Mr. Music; died Aug 25, 1980)1921 - Joseph Papp (Papirofsky) (Pulitzer Prize-winning [3] producer; also winner of 28 Tony awards and 6 New York Critics Circle Awards; over 400 productions including: Hair, A Chorus Line, Two Gentlemen of Verona, That Championship Season; died Oct 31, 1991)1922 - Bill Blass (fashion designer; died Jun 12, 2002)1928 - Ralph Waite (actor: The Waltons, Roots, Cliffhanger, The Bodyguard, Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces)1930 - Roy Drusky (DJ, songwriter: Alone with You, Country Girl, Anymore; singer: Three Hearts in a Tangle, Peel Me a Nanner, Another, Yes Mr. Peters [w/Priscilla Mitchell]; films: The Golden Guitar, Forty-Acre Feud; died Sep 23, 2004)1933 - Diane Feinstein (Goldman) (politician: U.S. Senator from California)1936 - Kris Kristofferson (songwriter: Me & Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Help Me Make It Through the Night; singer: Loving Her was Easier, Why Me; actor: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, A Star is Born, Semi- Tough, Fire Down Below, Dance with Me, Limbo, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town)1941 - Ed Bradley (news correspondent: 60 Minutes; host: Street Stories; died Nov 9, 2006)1941 - Michael Lerner (actor: Radioland Murders, Omen 4: The Awakening, Barton Fink, Eight Men Out, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Candidate)1941 - Barry Serafin (news reporter: ABC News)1943 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor: The Russia House, Quo Vadis, Out of Africa, Kindergarten, Never Say Never Again, The Salzburg Connection)1944 - Peter Asher (singer: group: Peter and Gordon: A World Without Love, I Go To Pieces, True Love Ways, Lady Godiva, Sunday for Tea; record producer)1947 - Howard Kaylan (Kaplan) (singer: group: The Turtles: Happy Together, She'd Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me; duo: Flo & Eddie: back-up for: Bruce Springsteen, The Knack, etc.)1948 - Todd Rundgren (singer: We Gotta Get You a Woman, I Saw the Light, Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends; groups: Nazz, Utopia; producer: Meat Loaf, Badfinger, Grand Funk Railroad)1949 - Alan Osmond (singer: group: The Osmonds/The Osmond Brothers: One Bad Apple, Any Time, Merrill and Jessica, You're Here to Remember, I'm Here to Forget)1949 - Meryl (Mary Louise) Streep (Academy Award-winning actress: Sophie's Choice [1982], [supporting actress] Kramer vs. Kramer [1979]; Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, Death Becomes Her, Bridges of Madison County, The River Wild, Music of the Heart)1949 - Lindsay Wagner (actress: The Bionic Woman, The Paper Chase, Fire in the Dark, Nurses on the Line, The Second Wind)1953 - Cyndi Lauper (Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper) (Grammy Award-winning singer [1984]: Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Time After Time, True Colors; actress: Mad About You, Life with Mikey)1954 - Freddie Prinze (Preutzel) (comedian, actor: Chico and the Man; died Jan 29, 1977)1955 - Green Gartside (singer: group: Scritti Politti: LPs: Anomie & Bonhomie, Cupid & Psyche 85, Provision, Songs To Remember)1957 - Gary Beers (musician: bass, singer: group: INXS: Just Keep Walking, The One Thing, Original Sin, Melting in the Sun, This Time)1958 - Bruce Campbell (actor: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Tornado!, The Hudsucker Proxy, Army of Darkness, Sundown, Maniac Cop series, Evil Dead series)1960 - Tracy (Jo) Pollan (actress: Family Ties, A Stranger Among Us; married to actor Michael J. Fox)1961 - Jimmy Somerville (musician: keyboards, singer: groups: The Committee, Communards: You are My World, Don't Leave Me This Way; Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy, Why, It Ain't Necessarily So, I Feel Love)1964 - Amy Brenneman (actress: Judging Amy, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Middle Ages, Fear, Heat, Casper, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her)1964 - Tommy Cunningham (musician: drums: group: Wet Wet Wet: Angel Eyes [Home And Away], Somewhere Somehow, Wishing I Was Lucky)Top of the Charts - June 221949Again - Gordon JenkinsSome Enchanted Evening - Perry ComoBali Ha'i - Perry ComoOne Kiss Too Many - Eddy Arnold1957Love Letters in the Sand - Pat BooneTeddy Bear - Elvis PresleyI Like Your Kind of Love - Andy WilliamsFour Walls - Jim Reeves http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/news.php?item.1066.1 2013-06-18T09:26:44-07:00 Lauren Today is Friday June 21, 2013On This Day 1788 - The colony of New Hampshire became the 9th U.S. state.1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for the reaping machine.1853 - Dr. Russell L. Hawes patented the envelope folding machine.1859 - Andrew Lanergan of Boston, MA received the first rocket patent.1913 - Georgia Broadwick was the first woman to parachute from an airplane.1940 - Richard M. Nixon married Thelma Catherine ‘Pat' Ryan.1941 - Wayne King and orchestra recorded "Time Was" for Victor.1948 - Columbia Records offered a Vinylite long-playing record that could hold 23 minutes of music on each side.1954 - "The Railroad Hour" hosted by Gordon MacRae was heard for the last time on NBC.1958 - Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" - his first million-seller, was released by Atco Records.1999 - America Online announced a $1.5 billion investment in DirecTV creator Hughes Electronics Corp.2007 - After dating for eighteen years, Tony Bennett marries teacher Susan Crow.Birthdays - June 211731 - Martha Washington (Dandridge Custis) (first First Lady of the U.S., wife of 1st U.S. President George Washington; died May 22, 1802)1903 - Al Hirschfeld (caricaturist: hid name of his daughter, Nina, in each of his drawings; died Jan 20, 2003)1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre (philosopher, writer: Being and Nothingness; playwright: No Exit, The Flies, The Age of Reason; rejected Nobel Prize for literature [1964]; died Apr 15, 1980)1921 - Judy Holliday (Tuvim) (actress: Adam's Rib, Bells are Ringing, Born Yesterday, It Should Happen to You; died June 7, 1965)1921 - Jane (Ernestine) Russell (actress: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Outlaw, Paleface, The Road to Bali; activist for homeless children)1925 - Maureen Stapleton (Academy Award-winning actress: Reds [1981]; A View from the Bridge, Bye, Bye Birdie, Cocoon: The Return; theatre at Hudson Valley Community College name for her; died Mar 13, 2006)1927 - Carl Stokes (politician: first black elected mayor of a major city: Cleveland [1967, 1969]; Cleveland Municipal Court Judge; died Apr 3, 1996)1929 - Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic) (jazz singer: LPs: Helen Merrill, Brownie, Clear Out of This World, Dream of You; Swing Journal readers' poll: Best American Jazz Singer [1989])1932 - O.C. (Ocie Lee) Smith (singer: Little Green Apples, Daddy's Little Man, Lighthouse, Slow Walk, The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp; vocalist for Count Basie Orchestra)1938 - Ron Ely (Ronald Pierce) (actor: Tarzan, Slavers, Doc Savage; host: Miss America Pageant)1940 - Mariette Hartley (actress: Encino Man, Silence of the Heart, Improper Channels; TV hostess; commercials: Polaroid)1941 - Joe Flaherty (Emmy Award-winning writer: SCTV Network 90 [1983]; actor: Second City TV, Maniac Mansion. Happy Gilmore, A Pig's Tale, Who's Harry Crumb, Back to the Future, Part 2, Speed Zone, Stripes, Used Cars, Tunnelvision)1944 - Ray Davies (musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Kinks: You Really Got Me, All Day & All of the Night, Tired of Waiting, A Well Respected Man, Sunny Afternoon, Lola)1947 - Meredith Baxter (actress: Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie, Til Murder Do Us Part)1947 - Michael Gross (actor: Family Ties, Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, In the Heat of Passion 2: Unfaithful)1948 - Joey Molland (musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: groups: Natural Gas, Badfinger: Day After Day, No Matter What, Baby Blue)1950 - Joey Kramer (musician: drums: group: Aerosmith: LPs: Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw the Line, Night in the Ruts)1951 - Nils Lofgren (musician: guitar, keyboards, singer, songwriter: Back It Up, Keith Don't Go [Ode to the Glimmer Twin], Beggars Day, No Mercy, Secrets in the Street, Delivery Night; groups: Grin, E Street Band)1954 - Robert Pastorelli (actor: I Married a Centerfold, Beverly Hills Cop II, Murphy Brown, Dances with Wolves, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Striking Distance, Eraser, South Pacific [2001]; died Mar 8, 2004)1957 - Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist: Bloom County, Outland)1958 - Eric Douglas (actor: The Flamingo Kid, Delta Force 3: The Killing Game; died July 6, 2004)1964 - Sammi Davis-Voss (actress: The Lair of the White Worm, Hope and Glory, Homefront)1964 - Doug Savant (actor: Melrose Place, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Shaking the Tree, Red Surf, Masquerade, Godzilla [1998])1973 - Juliette Lewis (actress: Cape Fear, Husbands and Wives, Natural Born Killers, Romeo is Bleeding, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, My Stepmother is an Alien, Too Young to Die, I Married Dora)1982 - Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor) (Prince William of Wales: first future king of England born in a hospital)Top of the Charts - June 211948Nature Boy - Nat King ColeToolie Oolie Doolie - The Andrews SistersYou Can't Be True, Dear - The Ken Griffin Orchestra (vocal: Jerry Wayne)Texarkana Baby - Eddy Arnold1956The Wayward Wind - Gogi GrantI Almost Lost My Mind - Pat BooneTransfusion - Nervous NorvusCrazy Arms - Ray Price