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Performed by Michelle Alexander October 2016 Winning Short Story Watermelon Eating Contest  by Teri B Clark Get to know the winning writer: What is your short story about? The Watermelon Eating Contest takes a humorous look at small town culture and competition. What genres would you say this story story…

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Watch the October 2016 Winning Novel Reading. Reading performed by actor Michelle Alexander The Pessary  by Juliet M  Nevins, MD Get to know the winning writer: What is your NOVEL about? This novella was inspired by the many women, family and friends, whose lives have been touched by sexual violence.…

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David Walton  Born: October 27, 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA Married to: Majandra Delfino (18 March 2011 – present) (2 children) That’s what I like about acting. You don’t know where you’ll be in year. My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I…

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Troy Gentile Born: October 27, 1993 [observation, 2014] I’m trying to establish myself as a young adult now. I’m no longer the chubby kid in the wheelchair [Bad News Bears (2005)] or the young Jack Black [Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)]. I’ve seen how you can hit…

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Patrick Fugit Born: October 27, 1982 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA There are these girls who live in Maryland: they’re the Patrick Super Fan Club Association of America. They’ve sent me videotapes of themselves just eating and talking about Hanson, and a loaf of bread that was really moldy…

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John Cleese Born: October 27, 1939 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK I think marriage should be like dog licences. I think you should have to renew marriage licences every five years, unless you have children. And I think before you have children you should have to go and pass various…

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Peter Firth Born: October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK I didn’t really capitalise on that early success because I had high artistic ideals and they didn’t involve commercial cinema. That said, becoming an international film star takes its toll – there’s a price to be paid for being…

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Robert Picardo Born: October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA His thoughts on Star Trek: I came to the Star Trek franchise a little late. I got into it, I married a woman who’s a big Star Trek fan, so, even though I was not into it when I was…

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Ivan Reitman Born: October 27, 1946 in Komárno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic] Married to: Geneviève Robert (12 September 1976 – present) (3 children) [on current comedy, 2013] The world has become more abrasive, possibly because of social media. But people said that about us. The sexuality seems to have lessened.…

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Roberto Benigni Born: October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy Married to: Nicoletta Braschi (26 December 1991 – present) [on winning the Best Actor Academy Award for Life Is Beautiful (1997) after already accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award as its director] “Thank you. This…