MILESTONES: October 4, birthdays for Susan Sarandon, Derrick Rose, Alicia Silverstone
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor ARMOND ASSANTE, who was born in 1949; actress CAITRIONA BALFE, who was born in 1979; actor ABRAHAM BENRUBI, who was born in 1969; author JACKIE COLLINS, who was born in 1941; actress RACHEL LEIGH COOK, who was born in 1979; singer and actor CLIFTON DAVIS, who was born in 1945; former U.S. Secretary of Defense CHUCK HAGEL, who was born in 1946; actress DAKOTA JOHNSON, who was born in 1989; former baseball player and manager TONY LA RUSSA JR., who was born in 1944; novelist ANNE RICE, who was born in 1941; basketball player DERRICK ROSE, who was born in 1988; Oscar-winning actress SUSAN SARANDON, who was born in New York in 1946; actress ALICIA SILVERSTONE, who was born in 1976; Oscar-winning actor CRISTOPHER WALTZ, who was born in 1956; and baseball manager and former player JIMMY WILLIAMS, who was born in 1943.
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“THE ALVIN SHOW” PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1961. The prime-time cartoon was based on Ross Bagdasarian’s novelty group the Chipmunks, which began as recordings with speeded-up vocals. In the series, the three chipmunks, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, sang and had adventures with their songwriter-manager, David Seville. “Alvin” was more successful as a Saturday-morning cartoon. It returned in reruns in 1979, prompted a sequel, “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” in 1983, and inspired a series of feature films.