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Before They Were Stars: Jose Bautista Hits His First Career Home Run in 2006
If you’re Canadian, you don’t have to be a huge baseball fan to be familiar with the name “Jose Bautista” right now, as he became one of our country’s biggest heroes last week after hitting a monster home run to help … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 8-Year Old Ariana Grande Sings the National Anthem at an NHL Game
There’s quite a bit of footage out there of popular female recording stars singing the “Star Spangled Banner” at sporting events before they hit puberty and found game, including Taylor Swift and Christina Aguilera. Now here’s some footage of eight-year … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Sandra Bullock Auditions in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo_eQ-s4PtE Here’s some rare audition footage of Sandra Bullock in 1991 when she was starting to establish herself as an actress, but was not yet a star. She does an amusing Jersey accent here and apparently, the movie she was … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Katy Perry as a Backup Singer on “The Tonight Show”
It’s no big secret that Katy Perry was raised in a strict religious household and started off her singing career by performing Christian gospel music. In 2006, Katy got her first major mainstream exposure when she became a backup singer … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Robert Zemeckis Directs “A Field of Honor”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjx-WXg0Mvg To commemorate the Shouts from the Back Row podcast we’ll posting later today about Robert Zemeckis, here is A Field of Honor, a 14-minute student short film he directed in 1973 while attending the University of Southern California’s School … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Tom Hiddleston in a Stage Production of “Cymbeline”
Tom Hiddleston spent the first several years of his career mainly doing made-for-TV movies, but his stock really started to rise in 2007 when he played the dual roles of Posthumus Leonatus and Cloten in a Cheek by Jowl stage … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Bowie Gives an Early Interview
This audio clip is one of the rarest and earliest existing David Bowie interviews. In 1966, the musician had split off from his band, Davie Jones and the King Bees, and officially changed his stage name to “David Bowie”. Success … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Daniel Craig on “Zorro”
Want a rare opportunity to see Zorro square off with James Bond? Zorro was a syndicated TV series which aired on The Family Channel in the early nineties and the title role was played by Duncan Regehr, who is best … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Michael Richards on “Faerie Tale Theatre”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSuBOpWtlCY Faerie Tale Theatre was a children’s anthology TV series which aired during the 1980s and featured live-action adaptations of fairy tales starring big-name actors. The first episode was “Tale of the Frog Prince” which was written and directed by … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jerry Seinfeld Does Stand-Up on “Celebrity Cabaret”
Celebrity Cabaret was a short-lived syndicated TV show which was filmed in Long Island in 1977 and featured a wide variety of performers on each episode. One particular episode, it made history by featuring the first television appearance of an … Continue reading
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