Leonardo DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he was among the world's highest-paid actors for eight years. DiCaprio was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time in a 2022 readers' poll by Empire. He began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials and achieved international stardom with the blockbuster film Titanic (1997). Among his most successful films are Blood Diamond (2006), Inception (2010), Django Unchained (2012), The Revenant (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), as well as his many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, including The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Beyond film, he regularly promotes environmental causes. (This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Leonardo DiCaprio.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1880:
Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly was hanged in spite of sympathizers holding rallies for his reprieve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly
1918:
Józef Piłsudski, appointed the commander-in-chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council, was entrusted with the creation a national government for the newly independent Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski
1926:
The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway_System
1934:
The Shrine of Remembrance, a memorial to all Australians who have served in war, opened in Melbourne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
single out: (transitive) To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/single_out
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. --Kurt Vonnegut https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut