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Thursday TV's Big Gimmick…That Worked! The crossover episodes of Grey's Anatomy (15.2 million, per Nielsen estimates) and Private Practice (13 million) put a charge into both shows, and especially Private Practice. With CSI offering up a rerun, Grey's was easily the night's No. 1 show in total viewers and 18-49-year-olds. Thanks, Super Bowl! Even opposite the first half-hour of Grey's, the Super Sunday-exposed The Office (8.4 million) was up over its season average in viewers, and boasted the night's third-highest demo rating. Also Hot: Bones (10.8 million) was an ecstatic Fox's most watched scripted Thursday show in "many years" (i.e., since a Living Single in 1996)....

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Variety is reporting that Halle Berry will star in the upcoming film, Who is Doris Payne?
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The film, about a stylish jewel thief whose career lasted 50 years, will be written and produced by Eunetta T. Boone (Living Single, One on One), and the project is being developed by Justin Berfield (who played Reese on Malcolm in the Middle) and Jason Felts (Blonde Ambition).
So now you may be asking yourself, who is Doris Payne?
Payne is a coal miner's daughter from Slab Fork, West Virginia who realized at an early age that the rude indifference of white shopkeepers could work in her favor.
The L.A. Times reports that Payne stole her first diamond at the age of 27, "hoping to raise money to help her mother leave an abusive husband." Her attractive, stylish demeanor was a distraction that made her "career" possible.
According to The L.A. Times,
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It's time for you to test your celebrity birthday trivia! Today we celebrate the birthdays of an Oscar nominee, an accomplished writer, a 90's icon, and a familiar face from television. He played Adam Monroe in Heroes and is currently staring alongside The Hills hottie Audrina Patridge in Into the Blue 2: The Reef. Each week this writer brings us the most gripping tale of a small town in Texas that centers on their famed football program on Friday Night Lights. This Oscar nominee has a degree in Chemical Engineering and his next film Fighting has him starting alongside Stop-Loss and Step Up star Channing Tatum. Her hit song "Stay" owned the charts back in 1994; plus this recording actress has made appearances on Gossip Girl, The Sarah Silverman Project, and The Nanny and Cupid. Do you think you can name all four birthdays that are being celebrated today? Well, take
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