Thursday, 26 June 2008

That Was the Week That Was

Entertainment highlights during the week of June 22-28:


1951: The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.


1969: Actress Judy Garland died of a drug overdose. She was 47.


1977: Elvis Presley performed his last concert, in Indianapolis.


1984: Prince released his "Purple Rain" album.


1987: Dancer Fred Astaire died at the age of 88.


1990: Joan Rivers won her first Daytime Emmy Award as a talk show host.


1992: Billy Joel received his high school diploma. Twenty-five years earlier, he had overslept and missed his English and gym finals.


1993: Actress Julia Roberts married singer Lyle Lovett. They divorced in 1995.


1995: Actor Hugh Grant was arrested for engaging in "lewd conduct" with a prostitute in a rented BMW in Los Angeles.


1997: Actor Jim Carrey and actress Lauren Holly split up. They had been married for 10 months.


2003: Actor Adam Sandler married longtime girlfriend Jackie Titone.


2006: Nicole Kidman married Keith Urban in Sydney, Australia.








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