Month: September 2016

Happy Birthday: Christina Milian

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christinamilian.jpgChristina Milian

Born: September 26, 1981 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

When I go home, I still have to clean my room, I still have to do the dishes. We have somebody come every now and then to do that stuff, but my mom still makes me clean before she comes.

BAGGAGE CLAIM
2013
dir. David E. Talbert
Stars:
Paula Patton
Taye Diggs

MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN PIE
1999
dir. Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz
Stars
Jason Biggs
Eugene Levy

 

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Happy Birthday: Emma Rigby

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emmarigby.jpgEmma Rigby

Born: September 26, 1989 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

A trained ballerina and dancer, she began her professional acting career full time at 14 on Chanel 4’s Hollyoaks. At 16, Emma also gained 9 A* grades at GCSE. She is now known for her work in The Physician,The Counselor and as The Red Queen on Abc’s Once Upon A Time In Wonderland.

MOVIE POSTERENDLESS LOVE
2014
dir. Shana Feste
Stars:
Gabriella Wilde
Alex Pettyfer

MOVIE POSTERTHE COUNSELOR
2013
dir. Ridley Scott
Stars:
Brad Pitt
Goran Visnjic

 

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Happy Birthday: Olivia Newton-John

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olivianewtonjohn.jpgOlivia Newton-John

Born: September 26, 1948 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Married to: Amazon John Easterling (30 June 2008 – present)
Matt Lattanzi (15 December 1984 – 1995) (divorced) (1 child)

(explaining why she chose to go public with her breast cancer diagnosis, and forestall any press leaks) I am making this announcement myself, to save enquiring minds ninety-five cents.

 

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Happy Birthday: Linda Hamilton

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lindahamilton.jpgLinda Hamilton

Born: September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Married to: James Cameron (26 July 1997 – 16 December 1999) (divorced) (1 child)
Bruce Abbott (19 December 1982 – 28 December 1989) (divorced) (1 child)

On the development of the character Sarah Connor from the Terminator films: A woman who grows and transforms on screen is always a wonderful thing to play. Sarah went from a vulnerable, normal girl to someone who finds all of her deep reservoirs of strength and comes through it all.

The Terminator
1984
dir. James Cameron
Starring:
Schwarzenegger
Linda Hamilton
MOVIE POSTERCHILDREN OF THE CORN
1984
dir. by Fritz Kiersch
Stars:
Peter Horton
Linda Hamilton		 TERMINATOR 2Terminator 2
1991
dir. James Cameron
starring
Schwarzenegger
Linda Hamilton

 

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Happy Birthday: Jim Caviezel

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jimcaviezel.jpg Jim Caviezel

Born: September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA

Married to: Kerri Lyn Elizabeth Browitt (20 July 1996 – present) (3 children)

To prepare for this role, I went into my backyard swimming pool and practiced walking on water. – Talking about The Passion of the Christ (2004) on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) (2004).

ED
1996
dir. Bill Couturie
Stars:
Matt LeBlanc
Jayne Brook		 Best of PERSON OF INTEREST
TV SHOW

 

The Passion of the Christ
2004
dir. Gibson
starring
Jim Caviezel
Maia Morgenstern		 MOVIE POSTERDEJA VU
2006
dir. Tony Scott
Stars:
Denzel Washington
Paula Patton
movie posterTHE THIN RED LINE
1998
dir. Terrence Malick
Starring:
Nick Nolte
James Caviezel		 MOVIE POSTERWHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL
2014
dir. Thomas Carter
Stars:Jim Caviezel
Alexander Ludwig
FREQUENCYFrequency
2000
dir. Gregory Hoblit
Cast
Quaid
James Caviezel,		 MOVIE POSTERESCAPE PLAN
2013
dir. Mikael Hafstrom
Stars:
Sylvester Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

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Happy Birthday: Sheri Moon Zombie

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sherimoonzombie.jpgSheri Moon Zombie

Born: September 26, 1970 in San Jose, California, USA

Married to: Rob Zombie (31 October 2002 – present)

[on her 31 (2016) character]: Charly is totally a victim in this movie and she’s only doing everything out of the instinct to survive, like Heidi in The Lords of Salem (2012). I think it shows that everyone has that in them and they can come out. It’s kill or be killed.

THE LORDS OF SALEM
2013
dir. Rob Zombie
Stars:
Meg Foster
Bruce Davison

 

Halloween 2
dir. Rob Zombie
Starring
Scout Taylor-Compton
Tyler Mane
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSESHouse of 1000 Corpses
2003
dir. Rob Zombie
Cast
Chad Bannon
William Bassett
MOVIE POSTERHALLOWEEN
2007
dir. by Rob Zombie
Stars:
Scout Taylor Compton
Malcolm McDowell

 

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Died Today (September 25th): Andy Williams (1927–2012)

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andywilliams Andy Williams (1927–2012)

Born: December 3, 1927 in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
Died: September 25, 2012 (age 84) in Branson, Missouri, USA

[Williams, an ultra-conservative Republican, replying to a question about US President Barack Obama] Don’t like him at all. I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very left-wing. One is registered as a Communist [a rumor at the time that turned out be false]. Obama is following Marxist theory. He’s taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail.

[on his support of ex-wife Claudine Longet after she shot to death her lover, skier Spider Sabich, in 1976] I had to be there for her. She is the mother of my children. And we never stopped being friends. I still accept her story that the shooting was accidental. Bing Crosby’s wife once told me that she was amazed that I had taken so much trouble to help Claudine after we divorced. I said that anybody would have done the same thing, and she said, “Bing wouldn’t.” I think she meant that Bing was a very rigid guy, and once you had screwed up, you were off his list. Well, that’s not the kind of guy I am.

 

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Died Today (September 25th): Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

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walterpidgeon.jpgWalter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

Born: September 23, 1897 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: September 25, 1984 (age 87) in Santa Monica, California, USA

I was called to [Louis B. Mayer]’s office to discuss a long-term contract he wanted me to sign. He told me he had been impressed by my work at other studios and that he felt I would be an asset to MGM. He peered at me over his glasses and suggested I tell him about myself. I started by saying I came from New Brunswick. “That’s in Canada”, I added. “I know where New Brunswick is”, said Mayer rather snippy. “Where in New Brunswick were you born?” “Saint John”, I replied. Mayer jumped to his feet and thumped on his desk. “Young man”, he shouted, “you can’t influence me with lies like that. Who told you to say you came from Saint John?” Finally I quietened him down and convinced him I really was from Saint John. I had to tell him where half-a-dozen streets and buildings were that he remembered. But I left his office with a contract for much more money than I expected and we were friends until the day he died.

 

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Died Today (September 25th): Mary Astor (1906–1987)

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maryastor Mary Astor

Born: Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois, USA

Died: September 25, 1987 (age 81) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:

Thomas Gordon Wheelock (24 December 1945 – 30 August 1955) (divorced)

Manuel del Campo (18 February 1937 – 15 December 1942) (divorced) (1 child)

Dr. Franklyn Thorpe (29 June 1931 – 12 April 1935) (divorced) (1 child)

Kenneth Hawks (24 February 1928 – 2 January 1930) (his death)

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

Don Juan
1926
dir. Alan Crosland
starring
John Barrymore
Astor
DodsworthDodsworth
1936
dir. Wiliam Wyler
starring
Walter Huston
Astor
The Maltese FalconThe Maltese Falcon
1941
dir. John Huston
starring
Humphrey Bogart
Astor

 

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Happy Birthday: David Benioff

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davidbenioff.jpgDavid Benioff

Born: September 25, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Amanda Peet (30 September 2006 – present) (3 children)

[on the ‘Game of Thrones’ series] Wiser network heads might have said ‘You can’t kill Sean Bean nine episodes into your show’. Guess what? The lead dies. That’s why HBO is HBO. They break all the rules.

While working on Game of Thrones, he and co-creator D. B. Weiss worked all through the year, non stop. They would write an outline for each season and then started writing the actual scripts while managing production at the same time. The scripts had to be all done by the time they started filming the season, and as the large production it is they were filming for months with several units in several countries at the same time, while they did re-writings of parts of the scripts and made perfections. They also made sure there’s always a man from the writing crew at one of the filming units, to supervise. Almost immediately after finishing filming, they started writing the outline for the next season. At the same time, the previous season was in post production phases like editing and sound mixing, and they had to oversee all these procedures while writing, and later deal with marketing of the upcoming season as well. David and Dan would occasionally say in interviews that all they want to do once they finish with the show is to “get some sleep”.

 

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