Heath Ledger’s Joker prosthetics test with no makeup on the set of “The Dark Knight” (2008)

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#OTD 1998: The last episode of the comedy #Seinfeld aired. A show about nothing, it was a landmark of popular culture and I thought the show was hilarious. #HollywoodHistory #PopCulture

Michael J Fox and Crispin Glover Shared the screen 2 years before Back to the Future on Family Ties #MichaelJFox #CrispinGlover #FamilyTies #BacktotheFuture #80sTV #HollywoodHistory '

#OTD 1984: Written and directed by #JohnHughes ’, the comedy #SixteenCandles , premiered in theaters 40 years ago. #HollywoodHistory 🎬 #PopCulture

Happy heavenly birthday to the amazing SABU!!

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#OTD 2010: #KathrynBigelow became the first woman to win an #Oscar for best director for the film The Hurt Locker. 🎬 #HollywoodHistory #WomensHistoryMonth

#OTD 2022: The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences banned #WillSmith from attending the #Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of #ChrisRock at the Academy Awards. #HollywoodHistory #PopCulture

TODAY IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY | MAY 8TH

In the year 1912, Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures(@paramountpics) is founded

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This Date in Manka Bros History - May 16, 1917:

The Manka Bros. Moving Picture Studio incorporates and relocates from an egg farm in Panorama City to Burbank, CA.

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#OTD 1994: Actor and comedian #JohnCandy died of a heart attack while filming Wagons East in Durango, Mexico, he was 43-years-old. #HollywoodHistory #PopCulture

#OTD 1986: The action blockbuster #TopGun was released in American theatres, and it made #TomCruise an international star. #HollywoodHistory #PopCulture

#OTD 1983: More than 106 million people tuned in to watch the episode, “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.' The two-hour #MASH finale closed out 11 seasons of the popular TV-show which aired on CBS. #HollywoodHIstory #PopCulture

#OTD 1997: The cult television series #BuffyTheVampireSlayer premiered on the WB. Created by #JossWhedon , the show centered on Buffy Summers, “an alternative feminist icon” who battles vampires, demons, and other assorted supernatural forces of evil. #PopCulture #HollywoodHistory

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a pic of Alfred Hitchock’s driver’s license. #hollywoodhistory

Photo of Capt. Homer Engle and Frank Nelson (Of the tv show I Love Lucy) at the Culver City Vets Memorial Park dated 3 May 1958. This photo was found by LTC
Chamberlin Neff
and was added to our 143rd Field Artillery collection. #militaryHistoey #Hollywoodhistory

Photo of Lucile Ball, Desi Arnaz (Of the tv show I Love Lucy), Capt. Homer Engle at the Culver City Vets Memorial Park dated 3 May 1958. This photo was found by LTC
@CWN_IIIand was added to our 143rd Field Artillery collection. #militaryHistoey #Hollywoodhistory

Boxer Andy “The Hawk” Price and manager Burt Reynolds. In the 70s, Reynolds, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Conrad, and Redd Foxx all invested in boxers (none of whom won a title). Photo: Theo Ehret. #18thandgrand #boxing #olympicauditorium #hollywood #hollywood history #burtreynolds

#OTD 1978: The soap opera #Dallas debuted as a five-part miniseries on CBS television. The program was hugely popular and became a series, running until 1991. texasmonthly.com/the-culture/da… #HollywoodHistory

This is so amazing! One of the kids I grew up with got to meet Cary Grant when he was on vacation in the Sierras! My friend said he was kind and engaging. A true star ⭐️

How elegant is Cary Grant?

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