Month: October 2016

Died Today (October 3rd): Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)

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roddymcdowall.jpgRoddy McDowall (1928–1998)

Born: September 17, 1928 in Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Died: October 3, 1998 (age 70) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

[on Mia Farrow] Trying to describe Mia is like trying to describe dust in a shaft of sunlight. There are all those particles. Her conversation is clotted.

[in 1968, on his career] . . . totally isolated, really suffocating. As a child, I was always lied to about myself and about the world.

OVERBOARD
1987
dir. Garry Marshall
Starring
Goldie Hawn
Kurt Russell
PLANET OF THE APESPlanet of the Apes
1968
dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring
Charlton Heston
Roddy McDowall
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
dir. Ted Post
Starring
James Franciscus
Kim Hunter
CONQUEST THE PLANET OF THE APESConquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Roddy McDowall
Don Murray		 battle for the THE PLANET OF THE APESBattle for the Planet of the Apes
1972
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Roddy McDowall
Claude Akins
MOVIE POSTERTHE LONGEST DAY
1962
dir. Ken Annakin
Andrew Marton
Bernhard Wicki

 

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Died Today (October 3rd): Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

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janetleigh.jpg  Janet Leigh (1927–2004)

Born: July 6, 1927 in Merced, California, USA

Died: October 3, 2004 (age 77) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Robert Brandt (15 September 1962 – 3 October 2004) (her death)
Tony Curtis (4 June 1951 – 14 September 1962) (divorced) (2 children)
Stanley Reames (5 October 1945 – 7 September 1949) (divorced)
John Carlisle (II) (21 August 1942 – 28 December 1942) (annulled)

Eloped at the age of 14 – marriage was later annulled. Thus, Tony Curtis was her third husband when she married him in her 20s.

Touch of Evil
1958
dir. Orson Welles
starring
Charleton Heston
Leigh
PsychoPsycho
1960
dir. by Alfred Hitchcock
starring
Anthony Perkins
Leigh
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
dir. John Frankenheimer
starring
Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey		 BYE BYE BIRDIEBye Bye Birdie
1963
dir. George Sidney
Starring
Ann-Margret
Dick Van Dyke
MOVIE POSTERANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
1951
dir. Clarence Brown
Stars:
Paul Douglas
Janet Leigh
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Happy Birthday: Ashlee Simpson

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ashleesimpson.jpgAshlee Simpson

Born: October 3, 1984 in Waco, Texas, USA

Married to:
Evan Ross (30 August 2014 – present) (1 child)
Pete Wentz (17 May 2008 – 22 November 2011) (divorced) (1 child)

I never worry about looking cool in front of a guy. I have never been a self-conscious girl. Goofing around is part of being comfortable with yourself. I’ve always been good at meeting new people. I just say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ and soon we’ll end up laughing about something.

 

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Happy Birthday: Janel Moloney

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janelmoloney.jpgJanel Moloney

Born: October 3, 1969 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I’d had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, ‘Don’t give up! You’ll be so mad at yourself.’

BEST of THE WEST WING
Over 100 pages of BIOS and PICS		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 1
Created by Aaron Sorkin
THE WEST WING season 4
Created by Aaron Sorkin		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 5
Showrunner John Wells
TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 6
Showrunner John Wells		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 7
Showrunner John Wells
megan foxBest of GOOD WIFE TV Series megan foxBest of GOOD WIFE Season 5

TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 2
Created by Aaron Sorkin		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 3
Created by Aaron Sorkin
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Happy Birthday: Gwen Stefani

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gwenstefani.jpgGwen Stefani

Born: October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California, USA

Married to:
Gavin Rossdale (14 September 2002 – 20 April 2016) (divorced) (3 children)

I’ve been making a conscious effort not to think about the future. I’m lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant. I don’t know what I will be doing in 10 years. How old will I be? Forty-five. I don’t want to think about it to be honest, because it’s a waste of time. Tomorrow night I’ll be in bed with my husband again and it will be really great. It’s all about right now.

 

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Happy Birthday: Jessica Parker Kennedy

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jessicaparkerkennedy.jpgJessica Parker Kennedy

Born: October 3, 1984 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I used to think being a pirate was a really, cool, sexy thing. It’s not. It’s terrifying. It’s a really horrifying, filthy, scary world where people died from simple things. When a cannon goes off, the splinter from the wood gets in their eyes and they get an infection. Or they don’t have enough to eat. Or they get scurvy. It’s a terrifying way to survive.

 

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Happy Birthday: Seann William Scott

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seannwilliamscott.jpgSeann William Scott

Born: October 3, 1976 in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, USA

[on shooting Goon (2011)] We had tons of fights. We actually only got the rink at 11 o’clock at night, so we’d do all those fight scenes at three or four in the morning. It was brutal. Because it wasn’t a big-studio budget, we never had any time to rehearse the fights and we did everything on skates. When there is a martial arts movie, they are choreographed three months before and and you’d do, like, three moves then cut. Here it would be a big thing like ‘We’re going to do right right, uppercut, then cross, hold on, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, throw him up against the glass and then knockout punch.

Dude, Where’s My Car
2000
dir. Danny Leiner
Starring
Ashton Kutcher
Scott		 MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN REUNION
dir. Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg
Stars:
Jason Biggs
Alyson Hannigan
FINAL DESTINATIONFinal Destination
2000
dir. James Wong
Starring
Devon Sawa
Ali Larter		 Mr WoodcockMr. Woodcock
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Starring
Thornton
Susan Sarandon
Sean William Scott
Role Models
2008
dir. David Wain
Starring
Paul Rudd
Scott		 ICE AGE 3 Movie PosterIce Age 3
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier
Voices by
Ray Romano
John Leguizamo
PLANET 51 Movie PosterPlanet 51
dir. Jorge Blanco
Javier Abad
Stars:
Johnson
Seann William Scott
Jessica Biel		 COP OUT Movie PosterCop Out
dir. Kevin Smith
Stars
Bruce Willis
Tracy Morgan
MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN PIE 2
2001
dir. JB Rogers
Stars
Shannon Elizabeth
Tara Reid		 MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN WEDDING
2003
dir. Jesse Dylan
Stars
Alyson Hannigan
Seann William Scott
AMERICAN PIE
1999
dir. Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz
Stars
Jason Biggs
Eugene Levy		 MOVIE POSTERGOON
dir. Michael Dowse
Stars:
Seann William Scott
Jay Baruchel		 MOVIE POSTERICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT
dir. Steve Martin
Mike Thurmeier
Stars:
Ray Romano
Denis Leary		 MOVIE POSTERICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
2006
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Stars:
Ray Romano
Denis Leary
MOVIE POSTERSOUTHLAND TALES
2006
dir. Richard Kelly
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Happy Birthday: Tessa Thompson

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tessathompson.jpgTessa Thompson

Born: October 3, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Got “discovered” as a child walking down Hollywood Blvd. with her father.

Grand-daughter of actor/musician Bobby Ramos, one of the first Mexican Americans to have his own television show (“Latin Cruise” for KTLA).

 

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Happy Birthday: Clive Owen

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cliveowen.jpgClive Owen

Born: October 3, 1964 in Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Married to:
Sarah-Jane Fenton (6 March 1995 – present) (2 children)

[Talking about Daniel Craig]: “I think when Craig first took the (James Bond) part he got a pretty rough ride, which to a certain extent is inevitable because there are so many different people who have so many different ideas about something like that. You are never going to please everybody. The thing that is really exciting is that he is a proper actor. He is not shallow or posing, they have cast a really serious actor and I think that when the film comes out everyone will see what a great choice he was”.

Gosford Park
2001
dir. Robert Altman
Starring
Helen Mirren
Kristen Scott Thomas		 MOVIE POSTERKILLER ELITE
dir. Gary McKendry
Stars:
Jason Statham
Clive Owen
THE BOURNE IDENTITYThe Bourne Identity
2002
dir. Doug Liman
Starring
Matt Damon
Franka Potente		 ConstantineSin City
2005
dir. Rodriguez
Frank Miller
starring
Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Inside Man
2006
dir. Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington
Jodie Foster
Owen
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
2013
dir. Frank Miller
Robert Rodriguez
Stars:
Clive Owen		 THE INTERNATIONALThe International
2009
dir. Tom Tykwer
Starring
Owen
Naomi Watts		 DUPLICITY MOVIE POSTERDuplicity
dir. Tony Gilroy
Starring
Julia Roberts
Owen

 

CHILDREN OF MENChildren of Men
2006
dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Cast
Clive Owen
Julianne Moore		 SydneyWhiteElizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Starring
Cate Blanchett
Geoffrey Rush

 

 
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Happy Birthday: Denis Villeneuve

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denisvilleneuve.jpgDenis Villeneuve

Born: October 3, 1967 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

I hate violence, and I think that violence is meaningful if you see the impact of violence on victims. I’m interested on the impact, I’m not interested in the show. I don’t want to make a show of violence. I mean, I’ve been in contact with people who suffered from the trauma of war… When I use violence in a movie it’s just to express the power, the impact of it.

PRISONERS
2013
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Stars:
Hugh Jackman
Jake Gyllenhaal

 

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