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Thank You for Smoking (FILM)  Mar. 17, 2006
ABC 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV)  May. 19, 2003
Holiday at Pops 2001 (TV)  Dec. 15, 2001

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A multi-talented blonde TV personality, Lunden is best known for her hosting duties on ABC's "Good Morning America". She started her broadcasting career in 1973 as a weathergirl and consumer reporter at KCRA-TV in her....
A multi-talented blonde TV personality, Lunden is best known for her hosting duties on ABC's "Good Morning America". She started her broadcasting career in 1973 as a weathergirl and consumer reporter at KCRA-TV in her hometown of Sacramento. Within six months, Lunden was promoted to co-anchor of the noon news broadcast. In 1975, she moved to WABC-TV in NYC and the following year she co-anchored the weekend newscasts. Lunden began her association with ABC's "Good Morning America" in 1976 as a consumer reporter. She began to act as substitute host from 1978 to 1980, when she became a permanent host. Her contract at the time caused some controversy for its child care clause that allowed her to bring her children to work and required the network to provide a nursery.

Lunden expanded her hosting duties to include two additional series on parenting, the Lifetime cable series the award-winning "Mother's Day" (1984) and the syndicated "Everyday With Joan Lunden" (1989). Despite having appeared in one film, "Macho Callahan" in the non-speaking role of a saloon keeper, Lunden turned down the opportunity to appear in Robert Benton's "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979). She had made cameo appearances as herself in "What About Bob?" (1991) and "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home" (1995). Lunden has authored several books on parenting and also hosted videos dealing with parenting and fitness.

On September 5, 1997, after twenty years with "Good Morning America", Lunden left the show to pursue other interests. Reportedly, she would continue to host specials for ABC as well as possibly contribute to the network's newsmagazines, although Lunden did not rule out the possibility of appearing in a sitcom.



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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 19, 2000 -- He won’t be back. Cinemascape.com reports today that director James Cameron has confirmed once again that he will not be involved in any further "Terminator" films. While attending the premiere of "U-571" recently, Cameron was asked about his potential participation in "Terminator 3." Cameron replied, "Not gonna do it." Additionally, rec...




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