Entertainment History
On Aug. 7, 1963, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello's first movie
together, "Beach Party," was released. In 1970, "Soul Train" made its
debut on a Chicago TV station. In 1974, actress Faye Dunaway married
singer Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band. They divorced five years later.
In 1986, a judge in Los Angeles dismissed a lawsuit against Ozzy
Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who
killed himself while listening to Osbourne's "Suicide Solution. Also in
1986, actor Tom Selleck married Jillie Mack. In 1990, Marlon Brando's
son Christian pleaded innocent in the murder of his half-sister's
boyfriend. In 1991, charges of assault and property damage were filed
against Axl Rose in connection with a riot during a Guns N' Roses
concert in the St. Louis area. In 1995, rapper LL Cool J married Simone
Johnson. In 2011, singer Gavin DeGraw was attacked by a group of
unknown assailants in New York. He suffered a concussion, a broken nose
and black eyes. Today's Birthdays: Actress Verna Bloom ("Animal House")
is 78. Humorist Garrison Keillor is 74. Singer B.J. Thomas is 74. Actor
John Glover is 72. Actor David Rasche is 72. Country singer Rodney
Crowell is 66. Actor Wayne Knight ("Seinfeld") is 61. Singer Bruce
Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 58. Actor David Duchovny
("Californication," 'The X-Files") is 56. Actress Delane Matthews
("Dave's World") is 55. Actor Harold Perrineau ("Lost," 'Oz") is 53.
Jazz pianist Marcus Roberts is 53. Country singer Raul Malo of The
Mavericks is 51. Actor David Mann ("Madea" films) is 50. Actress
Charlize Theron (shar-LEEZ' THAIR'-en) is 41. Drummer Barry Kerch of
Shinedown is 40.
