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5 random things that happened on this day, December 8th, in showbiz history
1861 Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès born in Paris to boot factory owners. He would eventually become a stage magician and then in the early days of the silent era, a popular filmmaker. He is often regarded as the father of visual effects so he really ought to be more canonized given that that's the kind of movie the public cares most about for many many years now. You might recall Ben Kingsley played him in Scorsese's Hugo.
Gene Kelly, Meryl Streep, and Matthias Schoenaerts after the jump...
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