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Good morning, it?s Monday January 11 and it?s almost going to feel balmy this afternoon. Ninety-nine years ago today, the most famous singer in Western Swing was born in Central Texas. Do you know who he was?
Today is Monday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2010. There are 354 days left in the year. On Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18- hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that made her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
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Today is Monday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2010. There are 354 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that made her the first woman to fly solo
Published: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:03 a.m. Today is Monday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2010. There are 354 days left in the year.
Hollywood enjoyed a record-breaking 2009 with smashes like "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," "Up," "Twilight: New Moon," "The Hangover," "Avatar" and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
Deadline is a 2009 movie starring Brittany Murphy. Directed by Sean McConville, other actors in the movie are Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard, Marc Blucas. The movie is a physiological thriller. The movie is facing a lot of heat these days as teams are removing the ?Deadline? box art from the kiosk displays. Brittany Murphy posters are [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Brittany Murphy Poster ...
Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Blucas, an educator who is divorced from Blucas's father, a school superintendent.1 After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, he became the star center on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan. He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.2
After Blucas failed to make it into the NBA, he moved to England, where he played professional basketball for a year with British Basketball League's Manchester Giants. He later decided to become a lawyer, but changed his mind and went into acting instead.3
Career
Blucas's first television role was in the television movieInflammable, made in 1995. From there, he found roles in both television and film. He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Ross's Pleasantville (1998). However, he finally landed his first major role in 1999, as Agent Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedon's time. Whedon asked him to audition again, and he received the part two weeks later.4 He played Buffy's love interest until 2000.