Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. The
daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the sister of actress
Gracie Otto, she began acting at age nineteen, and has performed in a
variety of low-budget and major studio films. Her first major film
appearance was in the 1986 film Emma's War, in which she played a
teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II.
After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, she
gained Hollywood's attention after appearing in supporting roles in The
Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). Her breakthrough
role came in 2002, when she portrayed Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings
trilogy. Her private life, including her relationships with actors
Richard Roxburgh and Peter O'Brien, has been discussed in the media. In
2008, she starred in the now-cancelled American television series
Cashmere Mafia and will appear in the film In Her Skin.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1779:
English explorer James Cook was killed during a fight against Native
Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook>
1876:
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell and electrical engineer Elisha Gray each
filed a patent for the telephone, starting a controversy on who
invented the telecommunications device first.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_controversy>
1919:
The first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War took place
near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War>
1989:
A fatwa was issued for the execution of Salman Rushdie for authoring
The Satanic Verses, a novel Islamic fundamentalists considered
blasphemous.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy>
2005:
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated when
explosives were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George
Hotel in Beirut, sparking the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafic_Hariri>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
huggable (adj):
Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/huggable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
''How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach,
when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of
everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men
strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the
passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a
love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears,
of all my life! — and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning>
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