Happy Birthday actor Brian Austin Green
Born: July 15, 1973 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA
Married to: Megan Fox (24 June 2010 – present) (2 children)
The only other person present at his sunset wedding ceremony on the beach in Hawaii, to Megan Fox, besides the couple and the priest, was his son Kassius.
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Happy Birthday actor Scott Foley
Born: July 15, 1972 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Married to:
Marika Dominczyk (5 June 2007 – present) (3 children)
Jennifer Garner (19 October 2000 – 30 March 2004) (divorced)
Was cast as Ben on Felicity (1998) but the producers could not find anyone to play Noel, so they asked him to take that role while they found a different actor for Ben.
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Happy Birthday actor Forest Whitaker
Born: July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas, USA
Married to:
Keisha Whitaker (4 May 1996 – present) (2 children)
His left eye, which can not open fully due to the hereditary condition ptosis.
Often plays characters that are, or are inspired by, historical figures
Often plays military/political/law enforcement roles
| Platoon 1986 dir. Oliver Stone Starring Charlie Sheen Willem DaFoe |
 PHENOMENON1996 dir. Jon Turteltaub Starring: John Travolta Kyra Sedgwick |
 Panic Room 2002 dir. David Fincher Starring Jodie Foster Kristin Stewart |
 Vantage Point 2008 Directed by Pete Travis Starring Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox |
| Street Kings 2008 Directed by David Ayer Starring Keanu Reeves Whitaker |
 Where the Wild Things Are dir. Spike Jonze Stars: Max Records Catherine O’Hara Whitaker |
 Our Family Wedding MOVIE REVIEW dir. Rick Famuyiwa Stars America Ferrera Forest Whitaker |
 Repo Men dir. Miguel Sapochnik Stars Jude Law Forest Whitaker |
 THE AIR I BREATHE2007 dir. Jieho Lee Starring: Kevin Bacon Forest Whitaker |
 BLOODSPORT1988 dir. Newt Arnold Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme Donald Gibb |
| FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 1982 dir. Amy Heckerling Starring: Sean Penn Ray Walston |
 A DARK TRUTH2013 dir. Damian Lee Stars: Andy Garcia Kim Coates |
 THE LAST STAND2013 dir. Jee-woon Kim Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger Eduardo Noriega |
 THE BUTLER2013 dir. Lee Daniels Stars: Forest Whitaker Oprah Winfrey |
 OUT OF THE FURNACE2013 dir. Scott Cooper Stars: Christian Bale Casey Affleck |
 THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND2006 dir. Kevin Macdonald Stars: James McAvoy Forest Whitaker |
 BLACK NATIVITY2013 dir. Kasi Lemmons Stars: Forest Whitaker Angela Bassett |
Happy Birthday actor Lana Parrilla
Born: July 15, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Married to: Fred di Blasio (5 July 2014 – present)
QUOTES:
I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre… It’s funny – I don’t have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week.
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Happy Birthday actor Taylor Kinney
Born: July 15, 1981 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
QUOTES:
Being on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ feels almost like a game you play when you’re a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I’d take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
If ‘Chicago Fire’ goes for a long run, maybe I’ll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can’t throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I’m not big on ‘things,’ though, so I don’t own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn’t know where to put them.
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 THE OTHER WOMAN2014 dir. Nick Cassavetes Stars: Cameron Diaz Leslie Mann |
 ZERO DARK 30 2012 dir. Kathryn Bigelow Stars: Chris Pratt Jessica Chastain |
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Happy Birthday actor Diane Kruger
Born: July 15, 1976 in Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
QUOTES:
With Wolfgang Petersen, we were always the only two ready at time and the first on the set during the filming of Troy (2004). The German rigour without a doubt.
It was something strange for me, to kiss Orlando. I was so embarassed! It is not as fun as people think to shoot love scenes. You feel vulnerable, and there are about 100 people looking at you.
 UNKNOWNdir. Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Liam Neeson Diane Kruger |
 Inglourious Basterds2009 dir. Tarantino Starring Brad Pitt Mike Myers |
 National Treasure: Book of SecretsDirected by Jon Turteltaub Starring Cage Jon Voight |
 THE HOST2013 dir. Andrew Niccol Stars: Saoirse Ronan Diane Kruger |
Happy Birthday Travis Fimmel
Born: July 15, 1979 in nr. Echuca, Victoria, Australia
One Calvin Klein billboard ad featuring him caused such a commotion on a busy London street that it was removed after an auto club claimed that women drivers were slowing down to ogle the billboard, triggering accidents and traffic jams.
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LAST CAB TO DARWIN (Australia 2015) ****
Directed by Jeremy Simms
Starring: Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith
Review by Gilbert Seah
Based on the 2003 stage play by Reg Cribb, LAST CAB TO DARWIN is the story of a cab driver, Rex (Michael Caton). Rex who is diagnosed with stomach cancer, drives thousands of miles to Darwin in the Northern Territories where euthanasia is just legalized in order to to die with dignity. Rex is an unsavoury character and leaves behind the only woman Polly (Ningali Lawford-Wolf) who loves him.
This is the kind of subject that audiences turn away from. This might be the reason the film was hardly noticed when premiering at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The characters in Australian films are often harsh and crude, the landscape bleak and racism existent. But surprisingly, this film ends up a totally winning film at the end.
The film is basically a road trip. Rex drives off to Darwin, meeting other people on the way.
One of these people is Tilly. The film relies on the relationship of Rex and Aborigine Tilly. Both have led problematic lives and are reluctant to change. In a key scene Rex tells Tilly: “I don’t tell you how to lead your life and you don’t tell me how to lead mine!” But Tilly affects Rex’s life and vice versa. A lasting and precious friendship develops between the two.
Actor Michael Caton carries the film confidently on his shoulders, apt at conveying sympathy in a character hardened by life. He is without family and friends with no will to live. Those who recognize Caton will remember him in one of the funniest Australian low budget hit of all time, THE CASTLE. His role is similar to that of the one in THE CASTLE, an underdog fighting the big guys. In THE CASTLE, he fights the authorities who want to buy his home (a man’s home is his castle) to put in an airport runway. In this film he is fighting for the right to die. The federal government and church will do their all to prevent this as to allow it would be to give power to the common man. The film’s story thus takes on greater proportions. Director Simms keeps the tale of Rex intriguing from start to end.
The film contains a relevant message on euthanasia. Though a little predictable at the end, Simms’ film unfortunately tends to be too sentimental. The story also appears desperate in trying to get a happy ending, though happy endings are not always possible in some stories.
For a film with the theme on death, LAST CAB TO DARWIN is surprisingly full of life. It is occasionally a feel good movie. When I was in Sydney during Christmas when the home video of THE CASTLE was released, I could not rent a copy as all the copies were out in all the video stores. in Sydney. Quite unbelievable! LAST CAB TO DARWIN will not likely share the same success as THE CASTLE, but it comes pretty close as an unforgettable movie.
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – THE MOVIE (UK 2016) ***
Directed by Mandie Fletcher
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Jane Horrocks |
Review by Gilbert Seah
At one point in the movie, Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) quips: “Sixties are the new forties.” When the first AB FAB skit appeared in1990, both actresses Saunders and Joanna Lumley were in their forties. Now, more than twenty years later, they are still at it, creating havoc in the PR world of high fashion.
When AB FAB the movie opens, Edina is still running her PR agency that is quickly running out of money and interest. The duo realize that Edina needs a miracle to save her company and renew her reputation. Edina tries to recruit high fashion model Kate Moss at a party but accidentally pushes her over the balcony into the Thames. To hide from the press and bad publicity, the two take off to the south of France with Edina’s grand-daughter, Lola in tow, hoping to tap her youth in the fashion business. Patsy gets married. Other crazy adventures ensue.
Films made from TV series (KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE, HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES and THE IN-BETWEENERS) more than always have their characters go on holiday. Though Patsy and Edina do not really go on holidays, they end up in the south of France to escape being arrested. Here at least, the wealthy affluence of the French suits the environment of the characters.
All the characters from the TV series are present from Bubbles (Jane Horrocks), Edina’s useless secretary to her daughter, Saffron (Julia Sawalha) to her thieving mother(June Whitfield). The film updates the characters. Saffrom is now a mother who has a daughter, Lola.
Written by Saunders and directed by Fletcher who was responsible for a few TV episodes, the story is often all over the place. At one point the duo’s in London at a PR party and the next, Patsy is married in France. Anything can happen and often does. But no one can really take the incidents seriously either. These are the reasons the film works. It is good to laugh at the antics of the two, and they never go stale. But the writing poses a bit of a problem when it tries to rationalize Edina’s reckless living. There are also prize comedic set-ups like the chase with the two in a tiny ice-cream van and the hilarious designer Huki Muki event.
A long list of cameos is often common in films on high fashion (ENTOURAGE, ZOOLANDER). AB FAB THE MOVIE contains a list too long to mention though quite a few of the British faces will go unrecognized by North American audiences. A few stand out like Kathy Burke’s foul mouthed Magda. Burke is always a joy to watch.
The film has already opened in the U.K. and has broken box-office records. Saunders and Lumley appeared in person during London Pride march a week before the film opening. This comedy is just what the doctor ordered to distract from the world’s blues (Brexit, US shootings, ISIS attacks).
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Happy Birthday producer Joel Silver
Born: July 14, 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Married to:
Karyn Fields (10 July 1999 – present) (1 child)
As flamboyant as any character in his movies, Joel Silver can be credited along with Jerry Bruckheimer as practically reinventing the action film genre in the 1980s. Born in New Jersey, he attended the New York University Film School.
Joel Silver pioneered the practice of shooting action movies in Australia with the “Matrix” films, and has been credited with either inventing or reinventing the careers of Eddie Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steven Seagal. He was mentioned in Halle Berry’s Academy Award acceptance speech. Other credits include non-action pictures, ranging from Xanadu (1980) and Weird Science (1985) to HBO’s long-running TV series, Tales from the Crypt (1989).
Caricatured in Grand Canyon (1991), True Romance (1993), and I’ll Do Anything (1994)
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