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With the 4th of July holiday weekend in full-swing I just wanted to take a second to wish both America and Olivia de Havilland a very happy birthday!

Ms. de Havilland turned 100 on Friday and America is 240 tomorrow! Fireworks for everyone!

Be Well,
Steve

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'Gone With the Wind' actress Olivia de Havilland turns 100
The last surviving actress of Hollywood's Golden Era, Olivia de Havilland, turns 100 on Friday.

De Havilland, most known for her role as Melanie Hamilton in the Civil War epic Gone With the Wind, is considered a pioneer in Tinsel Town, paving the way for actors - men and women alike - to take control of their careers.

She was born to British parents in Tokyo and moved to the United States at the age of three, settling outside San Francisco with her mother and sister, Joan, who would later become rival actress Joan Fontaine.

De Havilland's mother remarried, and in response to her stepfather's demand that she quit the school play or never come back, de Havilland moved out of her home and in with friends. She was 16.

"I went off to school with my decision made," she said in a speech in 2001. "I spent that night and several more with friends of my mother's, went on with the play, and never again slept in the house."

De Havilland's big break came during a community production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and three months later she was under contract with Warner Bros., working on a film adaptation of the play.

From there she would land roles that portrayed her as the good girl, most often opposite her eight-time co-star Errol Flynn. Their first pairing was in 1935's Captain Blood, which was nominated for four Academy Awards and set the stage for a life-long friendship - and rumored love affair - between de Havilland and Flynn.

Her most famous role came opposite Vivien Leigh in 1939's Gone With the Wind in which de Havilland once again played the good girl, this time to Leigh's emotional and wild Scarlett O'Hara. De Havilland's performance earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

De Havilland forever changed the Hollywood landscape when she challenged the law that allowed studios to tack time onto an actor's contract. Bette Davis attempted to sue Warner Bros. in the 1930s, but was unsuccessful in her attempt to change the practice.

De Havilland, however, took the studio to court in 1943 and won. The decision resulted in California Labor Code Section 2855, known as the De Havilland Law, which prohibits studios for contracting actors for more than seven years.

When actor and musician Jared Leto and his band 30 Seconds to Mars used the law to maneuver a contract issue in 2009, de Havilland sent him a personal note.

Upon retirement, de Havilland took up residence in Paris where she remains.

In a 53 year career, de Havilland starred in 49 films and collected two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy and was honored with an Academy tribute in 2006 .


LOOSE LIPS:
"I would probably say don't go too fast ... Put yourself first, and just breathe. Be happy and always be grateful for the moment you have in front of you. Be here, now."
--Lindsay Lohan, on the advice she would have given to her younger self during her Parent Trap days, to Vanity Fair



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Samuel L. Jackson believes his 'Star Wars' character Mace Windu is still alive
Samuel L. Jackson believes his Star Wars character, Jedi Master Mace Windu is still alive.

Jackson revealed his theory while answering a question regarding Windu's death during a recent Q&A session with fans on Twitter.

"As in most Star Wars movies, it was George Lucas' idea to kill Mace Windu," Jackson explained in a short video. "In my mind, I'm not dead," he continued. "Jedi can fall incredibly high distances and not die."

Windu was last seen in Lucas' 2005 prequel trilogy finale, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith seemingly falling to his death after he was betrayed by Anakin Skywalker during a battle with The Emperor.

Jackson further elaborated on his theory while appearing on Entertainment Weekly Radio Wednesday stating, "Jedi can fall from amazing distances. And there's a history of one-handed Jedi so why not?"

The actor even spoke to Lucas about Windu possibly being alive and laying low following Episode III just as Obi-Wan Kenobi did on Tatooine. "George is like, 'I'm okay with that. You can be alive,'" he shared.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles would be honoring Jackson with the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment. The prize will be bestowed at this year's British Academy Britannia Awards on Oct. 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.


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Harry Potter alum Tom Felton is moving from Hogwarts to Central City as he takes on a regular role in Season 3 of The CW's hit The Flash.

Felton joins the cast as character Julian Dorn, a crime scene investigator at the Central City Police Department, who thinks there's more to Barry "The Flash" Allen than meets the eye.

Not much is known about Dorn since he's not a DC Comics character, though it's suspected that he will be crucial to the show's alternate reality Flashpoint story line.

Felton starred in all eight Harry Potter films as sneering bully Draco Malfoy, and in the first season of TNT's Murder in the First. He also had roles in Labyrinth and Full Circle.

New episodes of The Flash premiere on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. on The CW.