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Highlights from this week in entertainment history

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 12, 2008

1951 The sitcom I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, premieres on CBS.

1954 Director Cecil B. DeMille starts filming The Ten Commandments in Egypt. The movie features a cast of more than 25,000.

1965 The Who records "My Generation" in London.

1966 Hollywood Squares premieres on NBC.

1976 Ike and Tina Turner split up as a musical act.

1996 Madonna gives birth to Lourdes Maria, her first child.

2006 Country singer Sara Evans quits Dancing With the Stars and files for divorce from her husband of 13 years.

2007 Drew Carey takes over as host for The Price Is Right, succeeding Bob Barker, who hosted the show for more than 35 years.

Says he

I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV screen or the cover of your magazine. I want you to make a baby to something I wrote. I want you to clean your kitchen on Sunday to this, ride in your car, go to work. ... That's my goal." Soul singer Maxwell, who's returning with a new album after a seven-year recording break.

Birthdays

Chris Wallace, 61 ... Chris Botti, 46 ... Hugh Jackman (The X-Men), 40 ... Kirk Cameron, 38CONTRIBUTORS: news services

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