Columbia disaster remembered at Space Mirror Memorial
NASA employee Sheryl Keller of Melbourne Florida places a flower at the Space Mirror Memorial near Orlando on the second anniversary of the Columbia disaster. Seven astronauts died in the accident including Commander Rick Husband Pilot Willie McCool Kalpana Chawla David Brown Laurel Clark Michael Anderson and Ilan Ramon.
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Sheryl Keller
Melbourne
Fla
Kennedy Space Center
Orlando
Rick Husband
Willie” McCool
Kalpana Chawla
David Brown
Laurel Clark
Michael Anderson
Ilan Ramon
Abdul misses her own voice and music career
Paula Abdul, known as a friendly judge on American Idol, says she misses singing and choreography. At 42 she reflects on her past as a Janet Jackson choreographer and Laker Girl and notes she wants to return to music despite past multi million selling albums.
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Knight Ridder
Paula Abdul
Abdul
Bloom and Bosworth End Their Romance After Nearly Three Years
Hollywood couple Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth break up after dating since spring 2002. Their rep says they took time apart due to work schedules and remain close, and the split was mutual. Bloom gained fame in Lord of the Rings and Troy, Bosworth from Blue Crush and Beyond the Sea.
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Associated Press Hollywood
Orlando Bloom
Kate Bosworth
People Magazine
Robin Baum
Bloom
Troy
Bosworth
Sandra Dee
Crooner
Bobby Darin
DiCaprio Wins Santa Barbara Lifetime Honor
Leonardo DiCaprio accepted the Platinum Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival marking its 20th anniversary. The actor, age 30, has already earned a Golden Globe and SAG nomination for The Aviator and is up for an Oscar, despite critics joking about a lifetime achievement label.
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Knight Ridder
Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio
Screen Actors’ Guild
Keanu Reeves Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Keanu Reeves, known for Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure The Matrix Speed and Point Break, is honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard near Speed filming. He recalls starting acting at 15 in Canada and notes Constantine upcoming release.
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Keanu Reeves
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Associated Press
Bill & Ted
Reeves
Idaho
Hollywood Boulevard
Canada
Notable Black Trailblazers and Public Figures Die
Boce Barlow Jr. 89 Hartford first black Connecticut judge in 1957 and first black state senator nine years later dies in Maryland. Mary Beck 96 Clinton Township first woman Detroit City Council member dies. Horace Hagedorn 89 Long Island founder Miracle-Gro dies at home. Robbie Lee Williams 87 Los Angeles mother of Billy Preston and inspiration for You Are So Beautiful to Me dies.
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Associated Press
Boce Barlow Jr
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Maryland
Mary Beck
Clinton Township
Mich
Detroit
Horace Hagedorn
Long Island
N.Y
Miracle-Gro Plant Food
The
Scotts Co
Robbie Lee Williams
Notable birthdays listed for entertainers and musicians
Actress Elaine Stritch Tom Smothers Graham Nash Bo Hopkins Farrah Fawcett Ross Valory Christie Brinkley Counting Crows member Shakira Howard Bellamy Michael Talbott Ben Mize marked as birthday today in a brief notice of celebrity birthdays across film music and modeling fields.
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Elaine Stritch
Tom Smothers
Graham Nash
Bo Hopkins
Farrah Fawcett
Ross Valery
Journey
Christie Brinkley
Counting Crows
Shakira
Howard Bellamy
Bellamy Brothers
Michael Talbott
Ben Mize
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