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🦖 NAME THE 1993 DINOSAUR BLOCKBUSTER! 🦖 Released in the UK on this day in 1993, this was the film that made SAM NEILL a permanent part of movie history. We lost Sam only a few days ago, and it still feels wrong to write that. He was never the loudest star in the room, never the obvious Hollywood showman, but that was exactly his strength. As Dr Alan Grant, he gave the impossible a human centre: dry humour, wary intelligence, muddy boots, and that unforgettable mix of terror and wonder when cinema’s dinosaurs first came thundering back to life. But Sam Neill was never just “the Jurassic Park man.” Born in Northern Ireland and raised in New Zealand, he built one of the most quietly impressive screen careers of the last 50 years. Sleeping Dogs made him a major New Zealand presence. My Brilliant Career showed his romantic restraint. Possession proved he could go strange, intense and fearless. Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, The Piano, In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon all showed different sides of him: elegant, haunted, funny, unnerving, decent, dangerous when required. Later, he brought that same lived-in authority to Peaky Blinders, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and countless smaller roles where he somehow made the whole thing feel more grounded just by turning up. Off screen, he seemed just as loved: warm, dry, self-mocking, a vineyard man, a reader, a friend to half the acting world, and one of those rare performers people spoke about with real affection rather than routine praise. He gave blockbuster cinema one of its great calm centres, but he also gave us far more than that: wit, grace, oddness, intelligence and a beautifully unforced humanity. Thank you, Sam. You were one of the good ones.

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  The answer is Jurassic Park — the 1993 dinosaur blockbuster that turned Sam Neill into a permanent part of movie history.   One important correction before we begin: Sam …

🦖 NAME THE 1993 DINOSAUR BLOCKBUSTER! 🦖 Released in the UK on this day in 1993, this was the film that made SAM NEILL a permanent part of movie history. We lost Sam only a few days ago, and it still feels wrong to write that. He was never the loudest star in the room, never the obvious Hollywood showman, but that was exactly his strength. As Dr Alan Grant, he gave the impossible a human centre: dry humour, wary intelligence, muddy boots, and that unforgettable mix of terror and wonder when cinema’s dinosaurs first came thundering back to life. But Sam Neill was never just “the Jurassic Park man.” Born in Northern Ireland and raised in New Zealand, he built one of the most quietly impressive screen careers of the last 50 years. Sleeping Dogs made him a major New Zealand presence. My Brilliant Career showed his romantic restraint. Possession proved he could go strange, intense and fearless. Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, The Piano, In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon all showed different sides of him: elegant, haunted, funny, unnerving, decent, dangerous when required. Later, he brought that same lived-in authority to Peaky Blinders, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and countless smaller roles where he somehow made the whole thing feel more grounded just by turning up. Off screen, he seemed just as loved: warm, dry, self-mocking, a vineyard man, a reader, a friend to half the acting world, and one of those rare performers people spoke about with real affection rather than routine praise. He gave blockbuster cinema one of its great calm centres, but he also gave us far more than that: wit, grace, oddness, intelligence and a beautifully unforced humanity. Thank you, Sam. You were one of the good ones. Read More
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  The answer is Jurassic Park — the 1993 dinosaur blockbuster that turned Sam Neill into a permanent part of movie history.   One important correction before we begin: Sam …

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NAME THE 80s SITCOM STAR IN THIS 1981 PORTRAIT! Photographed on this day in 1981, who is the actress pictured just as she was stepping into one of American television’s biggest sitcoms? As the smart, blonde nurse who joined the chaotic apartment after Suzanne Somers’ exit, she brought a fresh spark to the show’s mix of misunderstandings, double takes and prime-time farce. Can you name her?

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The actress in that 1981 portrait is Jenilee Harrison — the actress who became one of the most recognizable faces of Three’s Company during the early 1980s.   Here’s a …

NAME THE 80s SITCOM STAR IN THIS 1981 PORTRAIT! Photographed on this day in 1981, who is the actress pictured just as she was stepping into one of American television’s biggest sitcoms? As the smart, blonde nurse who joined the chaotic apartment after Suzanne Somers’ exit, she brought a fresh spark to the show’s mix of misunderstandings, double takes and prime-time farce. Can you name her? Read More
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NAME THE 80s SITCOM STAR IN THIS 1981 PORTRAIT! Photographed on this day in 1981, who is the actress pictured just as she was stepping into one of American television’s biggest sitcoms? As the smart, blonde nurse who joined the chaotic apartment after Suzanne Somers’ exit, she brought a fresh spark to the show’s mix of misunderstandings, double takes and prime-time farce. Can you name her?

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The actress in that 1981 portrait is Jenilee Harrison — the actress who became one of the most recognizable faces of Three’s Company during the early 1980s.   Here’s a …

NAME THE 80s SITCOM STAR IN THIS 1981 PORTRAIT! Photographed on this day in 1981, who is the actress pictured just as she was stepping into one of American television’s biggest sitcoms? As the smart, blonde nurse who joined the chaotic apartment after Suzanne Somers’ exit, she brought a fresh spark to the show’s mix of misunderstandings, double takes and prime-time farce. Can you name her? Read More
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NAME THE VERONICA MARS AND FROZEN STAR! Celebrating her 46th birthday today, who is the actress pictured here in 2005, right around the time she became a cult TV favourite as the sharp, fearless teenage detective in Veronica Mars? She later became known to millions as the voice of Anna in Frozen, then showed off her quick comic timing all over again in The Good Place. Can you name her?

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The actress is Kristen Bell.   Celebrating her 46th birthday today (July 18, 2026), Bell is the star who became a cult television icon as Veronica Mars and later won …

NAME THE VERONICA MARS AND FROZEN STAR! Celebrating her 46th birthday today, who is the actress pictured here in 2005, right around the time she became a cult TV favourite as the sharp, fearless teenage detective in Veronica Mars? She later became known to millions as the voice of Anna in Frozen, then showed off her quick comic timing all over again in The Good Place. Can you name her? Read More
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NAME THE VERONICA MARS AND FROZEN STAR! Celebrating her 46th birthday today, who is the actress pictured here in 2005, right around the time she became a cult TV favourite as the sharp, fearless teenage detective in Veronica Mars? She later became known to millions as the voice of Anna in Frozen, then showed off her quick comic timing all over again in The Good Place. Can you name her?

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The actress is Kristen Bell.   Celebrating her 46th birthday today (July 18, 2026), Bell is the star who became a cult television icon as Veronica Mars and later won …

NAME THE VERONICA MARS AND FROZEN STAR! Celebrating her 46th birthday today, who is the actress pictured here in 2005, right around the time she became a cult TV favourite as the sharp, fearless teenage detective in Veronica Mars? She later became known to millions as the voice of Anna in Frozen, then showed off her quick comic timing all over again in The Good Place. Can you name her? Read More