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August 25, birthdays for Gene Simmons, Regis Philbin, Sean Connery

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August 25, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Kiss bandleader Gene Simmons celebrates his birthday today. AP photo
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Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 237th day of the year.

ON THIS DAY IN 1929, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an article titled, “Nine Makes of Lipstick Contain Benzol, Highly Dangerous, Wynne Finds.”

The article focused on the potential dangers of lipstick.

“’Vanity in this day and age,’ said Dr. Wynne, ‘is openly exploited, and is impossible to combat until we obtain the cooperation of the women themselves,’” the Eagle reported.

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NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include author Martin Amis, who was born in 1949; actress Anne Archer, who was born in 1947; actress Rachel Bilson, who was born in 1981; director Tim Burton, who was born in 1958; actor Sean Connery, who was born in 1930; singer Elvis Costello, who was born in 1954; country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who was born in 1961; author Frederick Forsyth, who was born in 1938; former game show host Monty Hall, who was born in 1923; actor Anthony Heald, who was born in 1944; actress Blake Lively, who was born in 1987; television personality Regis Philbin, who was born in New York City in 1933; chef Rachael Ray, who was born in 1968; actor John Savage, who was born in Long Island on 1949; model Claudia Schiffer, who was born in 1970; jazz musician Wayne Shorter, who was born in 1933; KISS member Gene Simmons, who was born in 1949; actor Alexander Skarsgard, who was born in 1976; actor Tom Skerritt, who was born in 1933; actor Blair Underwood, who was born in 1964; actress Ally Walker, who was born in 1961; actress Joanne Whalley, who was born in 1964; and Poet Laureate of the U.S. Charles Wright, who was born in 1935.

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“THE WIZARD OF OZ” was released on this day in 1939. This motion-picture classic was a musical adaptation of the L. Frank Baum children’s book with both black and white and color sequences. It starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, of which it won two — best original music score and best song, “Over the Rainbow.”

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CITI BIKE IS HOSTING the summer’s only outdoor bike-in movie in Williamsburg featuring the screening of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” tonight at 8 p.m. in the Brooklyn Flea outdoor space (50 Kent St.). Bike New York will also be offering urban bike skills classes from 6 p.m. until the movie begins. For more information and to RSVP, visit citybikenyc.com/events.

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Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.


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