Happy Birthday: Janina Gavankar

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janinagavankar.jpgJanina Gavankar

Born: November 29, 1980 in Joliet, Illinois, USA

It’s ridiculous that people aren’t allowed to love who they love, have families, and have the same life as straight people. It’s infuriating.

I’m straight. I. Love. Men. I love men.

I’ve been really lucky. I think that you really get what you recognize is in the universe.

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Dany Garcia

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danygarcia.jpgDany Garcia

Born: November 29, 1968 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA

Married to:
Rienzi, Dave (29 March 2014 – present)
Dwayne Johnson (3 May 1997 – 19 May 2008) (divorced) (1 child)

Is Dwayne Johnson’s manager. She has maintained a business partnership with him even after their divorce.

As founder and president, Dany Garcia brings over 17 years experience in the entertainment industry to The Garcia Companies and along with her clients, continues to grow her outstanding reputation within the industry. As an Executive Producer, Garcia has Dwayne Johnson headlining the HBO half-hour action/comedy hit series “Ballers,” the highly anticipated Paramount feature film BAYWATCH, based on the hit TV series of the same name, later this year and Seven Bucks Productions has also teamed up with SPIKE TV to create “Rock the Troops,” a grand scale music and entertainment event to celebrate and entertain deployed US Troops serving overseas.

 

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Happy Birthday: Don Cheadle

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doncheadle.jpgDon Cheadle

Born: November 29, 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Don’t do it if you could anything else do that and if you can be dissuaded by me saying that you shouldn’t be doing this anyway if you want to really go after it your chances of making it are very very poor if you’re a white male between the ages of twenty to four you got the best shot and after that it falls off the shelf that being said obviously it can be done and many people have done it and you don’t have to be good unfortunately and we see that too but you have to be tenacious and have a never say die attitude and with all the technology that’s out now you can make a movie for two grand you can put yourself out there and package yourself in the best light you see

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Happy Birthday: Garry Shandling (1949–2016)

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garryshandling.jpgGarry Shandling (1949–2016)

Born: November 29, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: March 24, 2016 (age 66) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Women need to know that not all guys are going to hurt them the way that the guy did before they started dating me. I know guys I wouldn’t go out with.

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
2014
dir. Anthony Russo
Joe Russo

Zoolander
2001
dir. Ben Stiller
Starring
Christine Taylor
Owen Wilson
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2006
dir. Tim Johnson
Karey Kirkpatrick
Stars:
Garry Shandling
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2010
dir. Jon Favreau
Starring
Downey Jr.
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Happy Birthday: Tom Sizemore

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tomsizemore.jpgTom Sizemore

Born: November 29, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

(2012, on True Romance) I was cast in the part James Gandolfini ended up playing, initially. I got a call from [casting director] Risa Bramon and I said, “I didn’t want to beat Patricia Arquette’s ass on camera. I don’t want to do that.” Tony [Scott], God rest his soul, called me. It’s a shame what happened to him, but those were the halcyon days for him. He called me and said, [adopts aggressive British accent] “Man, you’re bullshitting me! Come on, man!” And Patricia’s his friend. Previously I had been up for Days Of Thunder. I said, “I just don’t want to do it. I don’t want to beat up Patricia.” He said, “Why not?” And all I could say was, “Because I don’t want to do it.” I was still living in New York and I was sitting…

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Happy Birthday: C.S. Lewis

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cs_lewis.jpgC.S. Lewis

Born: November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Died: November 22, 1963 (age 64) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Consequently atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

I know that some people say the idea of a Law of Nature or decent behaviour known to all men is unsound, because different civilisations and different ages have had quite different moralities. But this is not true. There have been differences between their moralities, but these have…

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Happy Birthday: Howie Mandel

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howiemandel.jpgHowie Mandel

Born: November 29, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Married to:
Terry Soil (16 March 1980 – present) (3 children)

[Who was leery about Deal or No Deal (2005)’s structure, until Rob first explained to him]: I thought it was a joke. Rob had this project board that looked like it had been made by an eight-year-old doing a school arts and crafts project. It made what I now know to be ‘the board.’ There were all these numbers and amounts on the board, and he cut out these little cards, which were the cases…I was looking at my buddy who I was sitting with, and I was going, ‘This is a joke. I’m waiting for Ashton Kutcher to come around any minute.’ Then [Rob] started playing the game with me, and I started getting into the game.

 

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Evan R Schullery – November 2016 Feature Screenplay Winner

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Watch the Winning Feature Screenplay for November 2016.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
GUS – Cory Bertrand
AL – Matthew Lawrence
CARL – Peter-Mark Raphael
BEAVER – Vince Jerad
FRAN – Andrea Lawrence
VARIOUS – Cassandra Guthrie

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure

Gus, a misfit goose who can’t fly, gets left behind by his family migrating south for the winter. He sets off to look for his family; along with Beaver, who wants to find his own family he lost as a young beaver. And Carl, a scrawny squirrel who is lovesick for an uninterested porcupine.

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What is your screenplay about?

A bratty gosling who can’t fly is abandoned by his family when they migrate south, so he undertakes the journey on webbed foot with two furry companions and a questionable “instink.”

What genres does your screenplay under?

“Due South” is an…

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Harold L. Brown – November 2016 1st Scene Screenplay Winner

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20/20: SEARCH FOR INDEPENDENCECAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne
JEFF BEKK – Hugh Ritchie
DR. IVES – Julian Ford
FRANCOIS – Peter Nelson
CRAWFORD – Kheon Clarke
GRACE – Mallory Palmer
MADELEINE – Angelica Alejandro
KATLA – Kelci Stephenson

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Thriller, Political Drama

An inventor with a plan that would replace oil must survive while forces in China, Canada and the United States vie for the technology.

What is your screenplay about?

The world is becoming a much more complex place. 20/20: Search for Independence is the story about Jeff Bekk, a young inventor who’s searching for his own validation by developing software to drive a project known as SEATech. Suddenly he’s left to finish the ICCCE invention started by his grandfather and search for the truth about his Icelandic grandfathers death.

Meanwhile, relying on Jeff’s SEATech software, China and Canada covertly prepare to eliminate oil sands greenhouse…

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Sean Nash – November 2016 1st Scene Screenplay Winner

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GOD’S LITTLE GAGCAST LIST:

RANDY – Hugh Ritchie
DUNCAN – Peter Nelson
DANNY – Kheon Clarke
MANDY – Mallory Palmer
NARRATOR – Kelci Stephenson

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Drama, Romance, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Mystery

Plays from the perspective of a bedridden patient who – in the beginning – is unable to communicate his thoughts to the world.

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

A rebellious young Carer becomes the keeper of her Patient’s secret, one which could destroy his family, the empire on which their wealth depends, and the government it’s helped control.

What genres does your screenplay under?

Action-adventure, clue-puzzle, political thriller. Romance

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It should be made because it’s a fun (and funny) emotionally-driven, action-adventure that thrills, entertains and satisfies. What more could you want?!

How would you describe this script in two words?

Evocatively provocative.

What movie…

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