Month: October 2016

Happy Birthday: Jeremy Davies

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jeremydavies.jpgJeremy Davies

Born: October 8, 1969 in Saugus, California, USA

Davies was raised without television, and experienced a vividly nomadic (non-military brat), low-income childhood, growing up throughout the US and abroad, including Vermont, Seattle, Oregon, Kansas, Michigan, New Orleans, Latin America, Canada, Denmark, Sweden and the Kingdom of California.

 

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Happy Birthday: Emily Procter

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Emily Procter

Born: October 8, 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

“I tried to get in the theatre department”, she says, “but it was full.” After graduation, however, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996). “Then I got the chance to audition for The West Wing (1999) and I got the part”, she says.

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THE WEST WING season 3
Created by Aaron Sorkin
TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 7
Showrunner John Wells		 MOVIE POSTERBIG MOMMAS HOUSE 2
2006
dir. John Whitesell
Stars:
Martin Lawrence
Emily Procter
TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 2
Created by Aaron Sorkin
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Happy Birthday: Kristanna Loken

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kristannaloken.jpgKristanna Loken

Born: October 8, 1979 in Ghent, New York, USA

[on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)] In the back of my mind I kept thinking, “I’m fighting Arnold [Arnold Schwarzenegger] and I’ve got to be naked in front of the world.” So that was enough incentive. I would work, like, 20 hours and work out constantly in my gym and my trailer because of the “birthing” scene, as I call it.

 

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Happy Birthday: Chevy Chase

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chevychaseChevy Chase

Born: October 8, 1943 in Woodstock, New York, USA

Married to:
Jayni Chase (19 June 1982 – present) (3 children)
Jacqueline Carlin (4 December 1976 – 14 November 1980) (divorced)
Susan Hewitt (23 February 1973 – 1 February 1976) (divorced)

[on his first return to Saturday Night Live (1975)] I’m not sure exactly why or how, but [during that episode] suddenly I got into a fight with Bill Murray. I discovered later it was with the instigation of John Belushi, who apparently was a little bit jealous that I had become the standout guy the first year, when John [felt he] deserved to. And he did; John was our ringer. But television doesn’t care too much about ringers who are short and have a beard. Somehow they took to the tall, thin, handsome guy.

ORANGE COUNTY
2002
dir. Jake Kasdan
Starring
Colin Hanks
Jack Black
Hot Tub Time Machine
dir. Steve Pink
Stars
John Cusack
Rob Corddry
CaddyshackCaddyshack
1980
dir. Ramis
starring
Bill Murray
Chevy Chase
Rodney Dangerfield
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Happy Birthday: Angus T. Jones

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Angus T. Jones

Born: October 8, 1993 in Austin, Texas, USA

 
If you watch Two and a Half Men (2003), please stop watching Two and a Half Men. I’m on Two and a Half Men, and I don’t want to be on it. Please stop watching it, and filling your head with filth. People say it’s just entertainment. Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you’ll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch.

 

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Happy Birthday: Martin Henderson

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martinhenderson.jpgMartin Henderson

Born: October 8, 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand

I always thought I’d go to university and then get a real job, you know. Now I want to do stuff that really makes me happy. Although I’m still trying to work out what that is. But for me there are always constants.

FLYBOYS
2006
dir. Tony Bill
Stars:
James Franco
Jean Reno
Smokin Aces
2006
dir. Carnahan
starring
Ryan Reynolds
Liotta

BRIDE AND PREJUDICEBride and Prejudice
2004
dir. Gurinda Chadha
Starring
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Martin Henderson
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Happy Birthday: Molly C. Quinn

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mollycquinnMolly C. Quinn

Born: October 8, 1993 in Texarkana, Texas, USA

[on her on- and off-screen relationship with Susan Sullivan, who plays Martha Rodgers]: Susan is such a classy lady. She’s so different from her character. In real life, she’s very intelligent… She’s a free thinker. She has a lot of really good advice and she has a really good head on her shoulders. She’s seen a lot, she’s done a lot, she knows a lot. Her character Martha, to me at least… thinks that she knows everything, but doesn’t really know much. Martha was probably brought up in a ritzy home and was a victim of the ’60s.

WE’RE THE MILLERS
2013
dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars:
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston

SydneyWhiteWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Starring
Reilly
Jenna Fischer
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Happy Birthday: Paul Hogan

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paulhogan.jpgPaul Hogan

Born: October 8, 1939 in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Married to:
Linda Kozlowski (5 May 1990 – 23 July 2014) (divorced) (1 child)
Noelene Edwards (1982 – 1989) (divorced)
Noelene Edwards (24 June 1958 – 1981) (divorced) (5 children)

[on his breakout role as Crocodile Dundee] The movie scene is screaming out for the movie hero who doesn’t kill 75 people… less of those commandos, terminators, ex-terminators and squashers. Mick’s a good role model. There’s no malice in the fellow and he’s human. He’s not a wimp or a sissy just because he doesn’t kill people.

 

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Happy Birthday: Sigourney Weaver

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sigourneyweaver.jpgSigourney Weaver

Born: October 8, 1949 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Jim Simpson (1 October 1984 – present) (1 child)

I’ve lost a lot of roles because of my height. I’m 6 feet 3 inches in heels. Producers are short and I was never their sexual fantasy. As for actors, if I enter a room and an actor stands up then immediately gets self-conscious and sits back down, I hear myself saying, “This job isn’t for me.” I once offered to paint my shoes on my bare feet to get one part because it made me appear shorter.

Annie Hall
1977
dir. Allen
starring
Diane Keaton
Woody		 ALIENAlien
1979
dir. Scott
starring
Tom Skerritt
Weaver
The Year of Living DangerouslyThe Year of Living Dangerously
1982
dir. Weir
starring
Mel Gibson
Weaver		 GHOST BUSTERSGhost Busters
1984
dir. Reitman
Starring
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Weaver
Aliens
1986
dir. James Cameron
Starring
Weaver
Carrie Henn		 GHOSTBUSTERS IIGhostbusters II
1989
dir. Reitman
starring
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Weaver		 DAVEDave
1993
dir. Ivan Reitman
Starring
Kevin Kline
Weaver
Death and the MaidenDeath and the Maiden
1994
dir. by Roman Polanski
starring
Weaver
Ben Kingsley		 The Ice StormThe Ice Storm
1997
dir. Ang Lee
starring
Kevin Kline
Joan Allen
Weaver		 Baby MomaBaby Moma
Directed by Michael McCullers
Starring
Tina Fey
Amy Poehler
Be Kind RewindRe Kind Rewind
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring
Jack Black
Mos Def		 Vantage PointVantage Point
Directed by Pete Travis
Starring
Dennis Quaid
Matthew Fox		 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUXThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
dir. Sam Fell
Robert Stevenhagen
Voices by
Matthew Broderick
Dustin Hoffman
MOVIEGALAXY QUEST
1999
dir. Dean Parisot
Cast:
Tim Allen
Sigourney Weaver		 WALL*EWALL*E
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Voices by
Ben Burtt
Jeff Garlin		 AVATAR Movie PosterAvatar
dir. James Cameron
Stars:
Sam Worthington
Weaver
Michelle Rodriguez		 YOU AGAINYOU AGAIN
dir. Andy Fickman
Stars
Kristen Bell
Odette Yustman
Cedar RapidsCEDAR RAPIDS
dir. Miguel Arteta
Stars:
Ed Helms
John C. Reilly		 PaulPAUL
dir. Greg Mottola
Stars:
Simon Pegg
Nick Frost		 MOVIE POSTERABDUCTION
dir. John Singleton
Stars:
Taylor Lautner
Lily Collins		 MOVIE POSTERRAMPART
dir. Oren Moverman
Stars:
Woody Harrelson
Ben Foster
MOVIE POSTERTHE COLD LIGHT OF DAY
dir. Mabrouk El Mechri
Stars:
Henry Cavill
Bruce Willis		 MOVIE POSTERWORKING GIRL
1988
dir. Mike Nichols
Stars:
Melanie Griffith
Harrison Ford		 MOVIE POSTERINFAMOUS
2006
dir. Douglas McGrath
Stars:
Toby Jones
Daniel Craig		 MOVIE POSTERSNOW CAKE
2006
dir. Marc Evans
Stars:
Alan Rickman
Sigourney Weaver

 

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Happy Birthday: Bella Thorne

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bellathorneBella Thorne

Born: October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA

My father is Cuban. Spanish was my first language, but I don’t speak it that much anymore because I had dyslexia, and in school they work with you only in English. But I’m proud to be Latina, and most people don’t know I am.

I personally don’t think you can love two things like dancing and singing the same exact amount. There is always one that you like more, and that is most likely the one that you’re better at, because you try harder in it.

BLENDED
2014
dir. Frank Coraci
Stars:
Adam Sandler
Drew Barrymore
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