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Monday, March 18, 2019

Vanessa Williams

Our Daily Grace!!! 

March 18, 1963 – On this day, Vanessa Williams was born and world was graced. 

Vanessa Williams is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first woman of African-American descent to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in 1983. 

"Colors of the Wind" was a song for the Disney movie Pocahontas was sung by Vanessa Williams. It received a mostly positive reception from critics, with a number of them citing it as one of the best songs from a film. The song would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. 

In celebration of the birthday of Vanessa Williams, Amazing Grace is metamorphosed into Pocahontas. 

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Sunday, March 17, 2019

John Boyega

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March 17, 1992 – On this day, John Boyega was born and world was graced. 

John Boyega is an English actor known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its 2017 sequel Star Wars: The Last Jedi, respectively the seventh and eighth films of the Star Wars series. Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role as Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block. 

Boyega's other credits include historical drama film Detroit (2017), the science fiction film Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), four episodes of the television series 24: Live Another Day and the drama Imperial Dreams (2014). Boyega received the BAFTA Rising Star Awardin 2016. 

In celebration of the birthday of John Boyega, Amazing Grace is metamorphosed into Finn. 

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Jerry Lewis

Our Daily Grace!!! 

March 16, 1926 – On this day, Jerry Lewis was born and world was graced. 

Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, screenwriter and humanitarian, whose career spanned eight decades and was nicknamed "The King of Comedy". He was known for his partnership with Dean Martin as the groundbreaking act of Martin and Lewis. 

The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film which was directed by, co-written by and starred by the multi-talented Jerry Lewis. 

As one of the most successful performers in show business, with worldwide box office receipts of his films in excess of $800 million, Lewis received global acclaim for his unique ability and style with both comedy and drama. As part of Martin and Lewis and as a solo actor, he was voted Hollywood's top box-office draw from 1951 to 1965, in later years as the sole comedian. 

 In celebration of the birthday of Jerry Lewis, Amazing Grace is metamorphosed into the Errand Boy. 

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Friday, March 15, 2019

Eva Longoria

Our Daily Grace!!!  

March 15, 1975 – On this day, Eva Longoria was born and the world was graced. 

Eva Longoria is an American actress, producer, director, activist and businesswoman. After a series of guest roles on several television series, Longoria was first recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, on which she starred from 2001 to 2003. She is perhaps best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 to 2012 and for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. She has also appeared in The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008), For Greater Glory (2012), Frontera (2014), Lowriders(2016) and Overboard (2018). From 2015 to 2016, Longoria starred as Ana Sofia Calderón on the short-lived NBC sitcom Telenovela, and served as an executive producer for the Lifetime television series Devious Maids. She has also been involved with social issue documentaries as an executive producer including Food Chains and The Harvest. 

Longoria has also appeared in several advertising campaigns and has been named one of Hollywood's most beautiful women by several publications, including People en Español and People magazines. She currently holds modeling contracts with L'Oréal, Hanes, and New York & Co, among others. 

In celebration of the birthday Eva Longoria, Amazing Grace is transformed as Gabrielle Solis. 

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

Stephen Curry

Our Daily Grace!!! 

March 14, 1988 – On this day, Stephen Curry was born and world was graced. 

Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for theGolden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star, he has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly employ the three-point shot as part of their winning strategy. 

Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and older brother of current NBA player Seth Curry. He played college basketball for Davidson. There, he was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year and set the all-time scoring record for both Davidson and the Southern Conference. During his sophomore year, he also set the single-season NCAA record for three-pointers made. 

The 2012–13 season saw Curry and teammate Klay Thompson earn the nickname of the Splash Brothers, with the pair going on to set the NBA record for combined three-pointers in a season with 484 in 2013–14, a record they broke the following season (525) and again in the 2015–16 season (678). 

In celebration of the birthday of Stephen Curry, Amazing Grace is metamorphosed into the one half of the Splash Brothers. 

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Albert Einstein

Our Daily Grace!!!

March 14, 1879 – On this day, Albert Einstein was born and the world was graced. 

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 non-scientific work. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with "genius". 

In celebration of the birthday Albert Einstein, Amazing Grace is transformed as one of the smartest if not the smartest human being that ever lived. 

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