AOL Turns 25

Hollywood
Perhaps nothing served to seal AOL's iconic status more than the release of the film You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as two people who meet, court and fall in love via email. The film's title and the script's clever use of the site's email greeting introduced millions to the idea of the living life via the web and made AOL a virtual household name.

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