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Welcome:
AKA:
Barbara Jill Walters
Birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts
Brangelina Conquers Cannes
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the big stars of Cannes this week. Jolie, pregnant with twins, was radiant in a parrot green gown and ready to premiere Kung Fu Panda.
Glamor Girls
We offer you these ladies as proof that old Hollywood style glamor lives on.
A unique, pioneering, and potent presence in contemporary American broadcast news, information, and just plain chat; a figure who has been admitted into the holy of holies but would sometimes just as soon worship at more earthbound sites; a woman who oddly combines a middle-aged brand of glamour with professionalism and even a certain integrity; a personality who is at once a canny, ambitious, intelligent, self-assured network figurehead and a campy, dish-the-dirt diva--all these things and more are Barbara Walters. The daughter of the man who founded the famous "Latin Quarter" nightclubs first
Began her career as a writer for local East Coast TV stations
1961
Worked as a writer and researcher for NBC's "Today" show
Become that show's regular "Today Girl"
1966
Appeared on an episodic basis on NBC's "Today"
1972
Was the only woman reporter in the press group which accompanied President Nixon on his historic trip to China
1974
Co-anchored (with Jim Hartz) NBC's "Today"
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