Month: October 2016

Died Today (October 15th): Deborah Kerr (1921–2007)

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deborahkerr.jpgDeborah Kerr (1921–2007)

Born: September 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: October 16, 2007 (age 86) in Botesdale, Suffolk, England, UK

Married to: Peter Viertel (23 July 1960 – 16 October 2007) (her death)
Anthony C. Bartley (28 November 1945 – 10 June 1960) (divorced) (2 children)

[on the lack of good roles for women and of good films in general] It’s all economics now. With movies it’s always been a tricky business combining art and finances, but when they spend 30 million dollars on ONE movie, the mind boggles. It’s just absolutely ridiculous! Alost everyone seems to desire more real, more decent, more believable movies. That’s why most people watch old movies on television. At the moment the sure-fire things are disaster, pornography, and violence; I suppose men fit into those categories better than women.

 

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Happy Birthday: David Zucker

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davidzucker.jpgDavid Zucker

Born: October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Married to:
Danielle Zucker (May 1997 – present) (2 children)

Everything about it worked, and I don’t mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there’s also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign.

 

The Naked Gun
1988
dir. Zucker
Starring
Leslie Nielsen
Priscilla Presley
SCARY MOVIE 4
2006
dir. David Zucker
Stars:
Anna Faris
Regina Hall		 airplaneAirplane
dir. Zucker
Jim Abrahams
Jerry Zucker
THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2The Naked Gun 2 1/2
1991
dir. Zucker
Starring
Leslie Nielson
Priscilla Presley		 MOVIE POSTERBASEKETBALL
1998
dir. David Zucker
Stars:
Trey Parker
Matt Stone
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Happy Birthday: Flea

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flea.jpgFlea

Born: October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Married to: Frankie Rayder (2005 – present) (1 child)

[on his acting role in Back to the Future Part II (1989)] It was okay. I mean, I didn’t really like the film very much. I wasn’t happy with my performance in it either, but, you know, it’s basically a multi-million dollar piece of trash.

[on Weird ‘Al’ Yankovic’s “Bedrock Anthem”, a parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” and “Give It Away Now”] I didn’t think it was very good. I mean “Yabba, dabba do”? I don’t know. What did you think?… I mean I like “Weird” Al, but everyone has swung and missed. Except for me of course.
 

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Happy Birthday: Suzanne Somers

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suzannesomers.jpgSuzanne Somers

Born: October 16, 1946 in San Bruno, California, USA

Married to: Alan Hamel (11 November 1977 – present)
Bruce Somers (14 April 1965 – 1968) (divorced) (1 child)

In 1970, she auditioned for Playboy’s Playmate of the Month and got as far as a test series of photos taken in the Mexican jungle. She was fully nude except for a gold chain around her waist. Playboy decided not to use her at the time, but paid her $3,000 for the test. After she became a star on Three’s Company (1976), Playboy published the entire series of photos and the handwritten Data Sheet that each potential Playmate fills out (in which she gives the year of her birth as 1947). At the time of its publication, she was a popular (and for her, lucrative) spokeswoman in a series of TV commercials for Ace Hardware. Following the publication of the pictures, Ace abruptly fired her, citing the contract’s morals clause.

 

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Happy Birthday: Paul Sparks

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paulsparksPaul Sparks

Born: October 16, 1971 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

He is an actor, known for Mud (2012), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Synecdoche, New York (2008). He is married to Annie Parisse. They have two children.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 3
Best of the series		 TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE Season 1
2010
Created by Terence Winter
BOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 4
Best of the series		 TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE TV SHOW REVIEWS
Video reviews of the entire series.
Rachel Getting MarriedRachel Getting Married
2008
dir. Jonathan Demme
Starring
Hathaway
TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE
Best of the HBO series		 TV POSTERBOARDWALK EMPIRE Season 2
2010
Created by Terence Winter

Edge of Darkness Movie PosterEdge of Darkness
dir. Martin Campbell
Stars
Mel Gibson
Ray Winstone		 synecdoche_new_yorkSynecdoche, New York
2008
dir. Charlie Kaufman
Starring
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Samantha Morton
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Happy Birthday: Barry Corbin

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barrycorbin.jpgBarry Corbin

Born: October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas, USA

For an actor, you’re rejected eight or ten times a day. All you’ve got to sell is yourself. You’re not selling products, they’re not turning down a car, they’re turning you down. Most people can’t handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way.

 

 

MOVIE POSTERNOTHING IN COMMON
1986
dir. Garry Marshall
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Jackie Gleason

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENNo Country for Old Men
dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring
Josh Brolin
Tommy Lee Jones

 

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Happy Birthday: Kellie Martin

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kelliemartin.jpgKellie Martin

Born: October 16, 1975 in Riverside, California, USA

Married to: Keith Christian (15 May 1999 – present) (2 children)

“Angela has so many characteristics I don’t have or wouldn’t want to have. She is not that smart. If she was smart, then she would know that she doesn’t have to be part of the popular crowd to be cool.” – about her character in the TV movie Death of a Cheerleader (1994).

“I wouldn’t want to be a superstar, like Julia Roberts or Madonna, and be on the cover of ‘US’ magazine when I’m twenty – that’s how you know you’re really hot. I’d rather have a long respected career”.

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Caterina Scorsone

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caterinascorsone.jpgCaterina Scorsone

Born: October 16, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Married to: Rob Giles (27 June 2009 – present) (1 child)

It wasn’t the ‘miracle of engineering’ that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on Grey’s Anatomy (2005).

Now most of Alice (2009) isn’t really a political social commentary, but I think a big message, here, is that the culture we’re involved in is fascinated with very quick fixes and instant gratification.

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Tim Robbins

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timrobbins.jpgTim Robbins

Born: October 16, 1958 in West Covina, California, USA

I don’t want to be working for the sake of working. I don’t want to spend my time doing something I don’t love. But, at the same time, everything leads to something. Howard: A New Breed of Hero (1986) seemed like a great idea at the time. It was George Lucas, who’d just done the Star Wars trilogy. It was a lot of money. I wound up getting paid twice for it! It fuelled my theatre company for a couple of years and provided me with great creative freedom. If they’d cast the duck correctly, we might have had something there. Blame it on the duck!

Bull Durham
1988
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Sarandon
Costner		 JUNGLE FEVERJungle Fever
1991
dir. Spike
starring
Wesley Snipes
Annabella Sciorra
Mystic River
2003
dir. Eastwood
Starring
Sean Penn
Tim Robbins
Kevin Bacon		 War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds
2005
dir. Steven Spielberg
starring
Tom Cruise
Dakota Fanning
Tim Robbins
ANCHORMANAnchorman
2004
dir. Adam McKay
starring
Ferrell
Christina Applegate		 City of EmberCity of Ember
2008
dir. Gil Kenan
Starring
Tim Robbins
Murray
GREEN LANTERN
dir. Martin Campbell
Stars:
Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively		 movie reviewsZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE
2005
dir. Jon Favreau
Stars:
Jonah Bobo
Josh Hutcherson
MOVIE POSTERTENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
2006
dir. Liam Lynch
Stars:
Jack Black
ShawshankThe Shawshank Redemption
1994
dir. by Frank Darabont
starring
Tim Robbins
Freeman		 HIGH FIDELITYHigh Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black
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Happy Birthday: Angela Lansbury

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angelalansbury.jpgAngela Lansbury

Born: October 16, 1925 in Regent’s Park, London, England, UK

Married to: Peter Shaw (12 August 1949 – 29 January 2003) (his death) (2 children)
Richard Cromwell (27 September 1945 – 11 September 1946) (divorced)

[Advice to aspiring actors] I really can’t honestly give any tips beyond hang on to your dream. Hang on to what you want, what you feel you want to achieve and go for it. We are all the victims of our own talent and our own shortcomings sometimes, and we have to be aware of those things because they will trip us up and stop us from achieving what our aims are.

MR POPPERS PENGUINS
dir. Mark Waters
Stars:
Jim Carrey
Carla Gugino		 STATE OF THE UNIONState of the Union
1948
dir. Frank Capra
Starring
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
dir. Robert Stevenson
Starring
Angela Lansbury
David Tomlinson		 MOVIE POSTERBEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D
dir. Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Stars:
Paige O’Hara
Robby Benson
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
dir. John Frankenheimer
starring
Sinatra
Laurence Harvey
The Long Hot Summer, dir. Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Joanne WoodwardThe Long, Hot Summer
1958
dir. Martin Ritt
starring
Paul Newman
Orson Welles
Joanne Woodward		 Beauty and the Beast Movie PosterBeauty and the Beast
dir. Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Stars
Paige O’Hara
Robby Benson
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