Month: August 2016

Died Today (August 23rd) – Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926)

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rudolphvalentino.jpgRudolph Valentino (1895–1926)

Born: May 6, 1895 in Castellaneta, Puglia, Italy
Died: August 23, 1926 (age 31) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

A few months before Valentino’s death, a Chicago newspaper columnist attacked his masculinity in print, referring to him as a “pink powder puff”. A lawsuit was pending when Valentino was fatally stricken. One of his last questions to his doctor was, “Well, doctor, and do I now act like a ‘pink powder puff’?” His doctor reportedly replied, “No, sir. You have been very brave. Braver than most.”.

[after his divorce from Jean Acker] She said she was my soul mate, but she proved to be my check-mate!

Happy Birthday: Jay Mohr

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jaymohr.jpgJay Mohr

Born: August 23, 1970 in Verona, New Jersey, USA

Married to:
Nikki Cox (29 December 2006 – present) (1 child)
Nicole Chamberlain (1 November 1998 – 4 January 2005) (divorced) (1 child)

(Expressing his displeasure about not getting enough screen time on Saturday Night Live (1975)): “All that waiting around for a glimmer of stage time, just getting angry every week…It was just an oppressive, horrible, horrible place to be. I went to work feeling nauseous”.

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE
2013
dir. Don Scardino
Stars:
Steve Carell

HEREAFTERHEREAFTER
dir. Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Matt Damon
C�cile De France		 CHERRY FALLSCherry Falls
2000
dir. Geoffrey_Wright
Starring
Brittany Murphy
Jay Mohr
Go
1999
dir. Doug Liman
Cast
Sarah Polley
Katie Holmes		 Street KingsStreet Kings
Directed by David Ayer
Starring
Reeves
Forest Whitaker
movie posterJERRY MAGUIRE
1996
dir. Cameron Crowe
Starring:
Tom Cruise
Renee Zellweger

 

Happy Birthday: Vera Miles

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Vera Miles

Born: August 23, 1929 in Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Arguably best known for playing Marion Crane’s sister in Psycho (1960), a part later played by Julianne Moore. Miles also appeared in the premiere episode of The Fugitive, which was also later turned in a film with Moore.

The Wrong Man
1956
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring
Fonda
Miles
PsychoPsycho
1960
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Janet Leigh
The Searchers
1956
dir. John Ford
Starring
John Wayne
Miles

 

Happy Birthday: Rick Springfield

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rickspringfield.jpgRick Springfield

Born: August 23, 1949 in Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Married to: Barbara Porter (27 October 1984 – present) (2 children)

[on Hard to Hold (1984)] They wanted to see me for one of the guys in The Right Stuff (1983). And I’d just gotten friggin’ Hard To Hold and I said, “I don’t need to be a part of an ensemble, I’m going to be a star in my own movie,” and it was one of the stupidest fucking decisions I ever made.

Happy Birthday: Gene Kelly (1912–1996)

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genekelly.jpgGene Kelly (1912–1996)

Born: August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 2, 1996 (age 83) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Patricia Ward Kelly (20 July 1990 – 2 February 1996) (his death)
Jeanne Coyne (6 August 1960 – 10 May 1973) (her death) (2 children)
Betsy Blair (22 September 1941 – 3 April 1957) (divorced) (1 child)

An American in Paris
1951
dir. Vincente Minnelli
Starring
Gene Kelly
Leslie Caron
HELLO DOLLYHello Dolly!
1969
dir. Kelly
starring
Barbra Streisand
Walter Matthau
Singin in the RainSingin in the Rain
1952
dir. by Stanley Donen
Kelly
Starring
Kelly
Reynolds		 MOVIE POSTERTAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
1949
dir. Busby Berkeley
Stars:
Frank Sinatra
Esther Williams

 

Happy Birthday: Andrew Rannells

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andrewrannells.jpgAndrew Rannells

Born: August 23, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

[on his Girls (2012) sex scene] That was my first sex scene and nude scene. I took that nudity waiver as a badge of honor. I took a picture of it, I sent it to my friends. I didn’t even really read it. That’s the embarrassing part. I was so excited to sign it: “I’ll show anything!”

BACHELORETTE
2012
dir. Leslye Headland
Stars:
Kirsten Dunst
Isla Fisher		 MOVIE POSTERGIRLS season 2
Reviews of every episode

MOVIE POSTERGIRLS TV SHOW
Best of the show. Over 100 photos!		 MOVIE POSTERGIRLS season 1
Reviews of every episode
SEX AND THE CITY 2Sex and the City 2
dir. Michael Patrick King
Cast
Sarah Jessica Parker
Kim Cattrall		 nudeGIRLS Season 3
2014
Starring:
Lena Dunham
Adam Driver
TV POSTERTHE NEW NORMAL
Review of the 2012 comedy

 

Ray Park

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raypark.jpgRay Park

Born: August 23, 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

[on having to shave his head for the role of Darth Maul] “At first, I lost my confidence a little. I’m used to having my hair, but now you have this bald thing on top. Then I got into it. It was easy and free; I didn’t have to wash my hair. I just took a hot towel and buffed it to make it nice and shiny.”

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
1999
dir. Lucas
Starring
Liam Neeson
Ewan McGregor		 MOVIE POSTERTHE PHANTOM MENACE 3D
dir. George Lucas
Stars: Ewan McGregor
Liam Neeson

x-menX-Men
2000
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Jackman
Patrick Stewart		 GI JOE Movie PosterG.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
dir. Stephen Sommers
Starring
Dennis Quaid
Sienna Miller
GI JOE 2: RELATIATION
dir. Jon M. Chu
Stars:
Channing Tatum
Dwayne Johnson

 

Happy Birthday: Scott Caan

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scottcaan.jpgScott Caan

Born: August 23, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA

[on acting in the moment] I think all the greats really did that. If you watch Brando, if you watch McQueen, every scene you could see that they were doing something and that’s why it seemed so human and so real as opposed to actors trying to find an emotion or play that emotion when the cameras are up and the lights are on it’s hard to settle in and have a real moment. I think the only real way to do it is to have an objective for what you’re doing in the scene.

movie posterGONE IN SIXTY SECONDS
2000
dir. Dominic Sena
Starring:
Nicolas Cage
Angelina Jolie
Ocean's ElevenOcean’s Eleven
2001
dir. Steven Soderbergh
starring
Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Ocean's ThirteenOcean’s Thirteen
2007
dir. Steven Soderbergh
starring
Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
VARSITY BLUESVarsity Blues
1999
dir. Brian Robbins
Starring
James Van Der Beek
Voight		 MOVIE POSTERFRIENDS WITH MONEY
2006
dir. Nicole Holofcener
Stars:
Jennifer Aniston
Frances McDormand

 

Happy Birthday: Shelley Long

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shelleylong.jpgShelley Long

Born: August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Shortly before starting work on Cheers (1982), she made an unsold sitcom pilot called: “Ghost of a Chance”, in which she was a newlywed haunted by the ghost of her first husband.

MOVIE POSTERTHE MONEY PIT
1986
dir. Richard Benjamin
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Shelley Long

NIGHT SHIFTNight Shift
1982
dir. Howard
starring
Henry Winkler
Michael Keaton