Happy birthday Claudia Christian, born August 10

Happy birthday Claudia Christian, born August 10, 1965.

Claudia Ann Christian (born Claudia Ann Coghlan) is an American actress, writer, singer, musician and director, known for her role as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.

She also voiced several characters for “Skyrim”, the fifth video game in Elder Scrolls series.

Christian’s first role on television was a guest appearance on Dallas, followed by a series regular role as Melody Hughes on the short-lived drama Berrenger’s.

She performed feature film roles such as a stripper possessed by an alien serial killer in The Hidden (1987), a police department psychologist Susan Riley in Maniac Cop 2 and as model Hexina in Hexed (1993).

In Highlander The Series she played Katherine in the episode “Two of Hearts”.

She posed nude for Playboy magazine in October 1999, appeared in two episodes of Freaks and Geeks in 2000, and appeared in the 2002 She Spies episode, “Spy vs Spy”.

In 2004, she returned to the live stage (and to Laguna Beach, California, where she had attended high school), starring in the United States Premiere of Michael Weller’s play What the Night is For, with Kip Gilman, directed by Richard Stein, at the Laguna Playhouse.

She starred in the BBC comedy series, Broken News in 2005.

She also plays Janine Foster, mother of Peri Brown, in the Doctor Who audio drama “The Reaping”, produced by Big Finish Productions released in the United Kingdom in September 2006.

She voices Anne Manx in the full cast recordings for the Radio Repertory Company of America.

Christian appeared in the Showtime series Look: The Series.

She also had a music career, having released a solo album, Once Upon a Time, a single, “Taboo”, a collaboration with Claudia Cummings, Claudia Squared, and a collaboration with some of the other cast members of Babylon 5 on the album The Be Five.

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Today In Nerd History August 10

William Shatner records Star Trek’s “Space… the final frontier!” monologue in 1966.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension had a limited release in 1984.
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Red Dawn was released in 1984.
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Air America was released in 1990.
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Flatliners was released in 1990.
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Claudia Christian was born in 1965.
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Antonio Banderas was born in 1960.
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Rosanna Arquette was born in 1959.

Daniel Hugh Kelly was born in 1952.
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Jeff Corey was born in 1914.
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Hubie Kerns was born in 1920.
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Carl Byrd was born in 1935.
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Evan Evagora was born in 1996.
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Yuki Shimoda was born in 1921.

Sean Blakemore was born in 1967.
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Richard Cansino was born in 1953.
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Carlos Palomino was born in 1949.
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Today In Nerd History August 9

Book Lovers Day

My Science Project was released in 1985.
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Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure was released in 1985.
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Summer Rental was released in 1985.
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Whitney Houston was born in 1963.
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Sam Elliott was born in 1944.
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Melanie Griffith was born in 1957.
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Gillian Anderson was born in 1968.
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Robert Shaw was born in 1927.
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Amanda McBroom was born in 1947.
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Eric Bana was born in 1968.
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Amanda Bearse was born in 1958.

Rhona Mitra was born in 1976.

Liz Vassey was born in 1972.
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Adam Nimoy was born in 1956.
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Vanessa Morley was born in 1986.
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Linda Meiklejohn was born in 1943.

Don J. Long was born in 1947.
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Jay M. Leggett was born in 1963.
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Ryan Bollman was born in 1972.
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Olivia Newton-John has passed away.

Remembering Olivia Newton-John, born September 26, 1948 and passed away August 8, 2022.

Olivia Newton-John was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She was a four-time Grammy award winner who had amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated 100 million records, making her one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time.

She starred in Grease, which featured one of the most successful soundtracks in Hollywood history.

She was a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues.

She was an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts.

Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.

She passed away from breast cancer at the age of 73.

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Xanadu was released August 8, 1980.

In this movie, a struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.

Stars Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly and Michael Beck.

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Filming starts “on Vulcan” for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”.

AUGUST 8, 1978: First day of filming on Vulcan (Yellowstone National Park) for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”.

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Today In Nerd History August 8

The first day of filming “on Vulcan” for Star Trek the Motion Picture was in 1978.
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Xanadu was released in 1980.
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Transformers: The Movie was released in 1986.
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Donald Bellisario was born in 1935.
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Nita Talbot was born in 1930.
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Richard Anderson was born in 1926.
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Dustin Hoffman was born in 1937.
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Don Most was born in 1953.
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Rory Calhoun was born in 1922.
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Larry Wilcox was born in 1947.
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Peyton List was born in 1986.
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Keith Carradine was born in 1949.
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Branscombe Richmond was born in 1955.
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Brooke Bundy was born in 1944.
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Reginald Lal Singh was born in 1905.
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Lynn Salvatori was born in 1954.
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Adam Roarke was born in 1937.
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Anne Wheaton was born in 1969.
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Vince Deadrick was born in 1932.
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Happy birthday Nifa and Nishan Hindes, born August 7

Happy birthday Nifa and Nishan Hindes, born August 7, 1979.

They are British identical twin models who have had tv appearances on shows such as Sex & Chocolate and The Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, as well as in the tv movie Homer’s The Odyssey. They were also cast in a small roles in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, as the twin twi’lek slaves of the pod racer, Sebulba.

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Happy birthday Bill Lithgow, born August 7

Happy birthday Bill Lithgow, born August 7, 1939.

He played Doctor Pran Tainer in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Inheritance”.

He was also in the tv drama The Fantastic Seven (1979) and in the tv comedy Drop-Out Father (1982).

He had supporting parts in Dead in the Water (2006), A Beautiful Life (2008) and The Inner Circle (2009).

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Happy birthday Shannon Cochran, born August 7

Happy birthday Shannon Cochran, born August 7, 1958.

She played Kalita in the Star Trek The Next Generation episode “Preemptive Strike” and the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Defiant”. She played Lady Sirella in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “You Are Cordially Invited”. She played Senator Tal’aura in Star Trek Nemesis.

She has guest-starred in episodes of ER, Frasier, NYPD Blue, Seinfeld, Full House, The Office, Fringe (2010), Off the Map (2011), Desperate Housewives (2011), Scandal (2012-2013), NCIS (2014) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2015).

She had earlier worked with her on-screen husband J.G. Hertzler in the “Treasure Island” show at the Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas. She is probably best known for her role as Anna Morgan in the mystery thriller The Ring (2002).

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