Your Day in Pop Culture (Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013)
This Day in Pop Culture History
1484: William Caxton prints an English translation of Aesop's Fables. Elementary school teachers everywhere rejoice.
1830: The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, N.Y. Eighty years later, those South Park guys would use it to get one step closer to their EGOTs.
Famous People Have Birthdays Too
1874: Robert Frost, the poet you always claim is your favorite
1916: Sterling Hayden, actor (The Killing, Dr. Strangelove, Godfather)
1931: Leonard Nimoy, Spock (What do you mean he isn't actually Spock?)
1934: Alan Arkin, actor (Catch-22, Argo, Little Miss Sunshine)
1940: James Caan, actor (Godfather, Rollerball, Brian's Song, Elf)
1944: Diana Ross, singer (The Supremes)
1948: Steven Tyler, musician (Aerosmith). Your mom probably knows him as that woman who was an American Idol judge
1950: Martin Short, comedian (Father of the Bride, SCTV)
1959: Chris Hansen, journalist (To Catch a Predator)
1960: Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing)
1972: Leslie Mann, Judd Apatow's wife, also an actress (The Cable Guy, Knocked Up)
1985: Kiera Knightley, actress and Natalie Portman double (The Phantom Menace, Pride and Prejudice, Atonement)
Who's On What Tonight: Your Guide to Late-Night TV
CONAN: Spring Breakers' Vanessa Hudgens, iCarly's Jerry Trainor, Emily Heller
LETTERMAN: NBC News' Brian William, National Grocery Bagging champion Andrew Borracchini, singer Pegi Young
KIMMEL: Entourage's Jeremy Piven
LENO: American Idol's Keith Urban, butter lover Paula Deen, music group Django Django
FALLON: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's Ice-T, Talking Dead's Chris Hardwick, music group Little Green Cars
FERGUSON: Scrubs' Sarah Chalke, author Lawrence Block
New on Blu-Ray
Lincoln: A film about the greatest president in history featuring one of the greatest acting performances in history.
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt as a mob clean-up guy sounds much cooler in theory.
The Sandlot: 20th Anniversary Edition: Yes, it's been 20 years since The Sandlot came out. We're all really, really old.
Veep: The Complete First Season: They have to find a way for Joe Biden to guest star on this, right?
Your Day in Pop Culture (Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013)
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