Year: 2016

Happy Birthday: Jake McLaughlin

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jakemclaughlin.jpgJake McLaughlin

Born: October 7, 1982 in Paradise, California, USA

Married to:
Stephanie McLaughlin (2004 – present) (3 children)

While filming Oliver Stone’s Savages (2012), McLaughlin was involved in an automobile accident in one of the production’s transportation vans. The van lost control on its way down a hillside in Mystery Mesa Ranch, California, and rolled off a ravine, landing on its roof.

Though most of his early roles were as military men, reflecting his real-life service, he claims that he was a huge film enthusiast before he joined the Army, and always wanted a career in the movies.
 

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Happy Birthday: Shawn Ashmore

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shawnashmore.jpg Shawn Ashmore

Born: October 7, 1979 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Married to: Dana Renee Ashmore (27 July 2012 – present)

Playing a character who’s dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it.

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin’s stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.

FROZEN
2011
dir. Adam Green
Starring:
Shawn Ashmore
Emma Bell
X-Men 2
2003
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Jackman
Halle Berry
x-menX-Men 3
2006
dir. by Brett Ratner
starring
Ian McKellen
Anna Paquin		 MOVIE POSTERTHE FOLLOWING
Review of the television show
MOVIE POSTERX-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
2014
dir. Bryan Singer
Patrick Stewart
Ian McKellen
x-menX-Men
2000
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Jackman
Patrick Stewart
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Happy Birthday: Amber Stevens West

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amberstevenswest.jpgAmber Stevens West

Born: October 7, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Andrew J. West (5 December 2014 – present)

I feel like hair is the number one thing that makes me feel beautiful or not. If I have really bad hair, but my makeup’s beautiful and I have a wonderful dress on, I’m still not happy. So if I wake up, and I’ve got 2 big zits on my face and my hair looks fierce, I feel ok. I have a weird hair obsession.

 

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Happy Birthday: Aaron Ashmore

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aaronashmore.jpgAaron Ashmore

Born: October 7, 1979 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Shawn always gets cast as the nice guy, and I usually get the jock, the bad guy, or the jerk.

We were I think normal high school kids. We liked to have fun, liked to party. But it was always, ‘Do your school work first,’ that sort of thing. We had all the same friends. We took all the same classes. We were always together

 

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Happy Birthday: Holland Roden

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hollandrodenHolland Roden

Born: October 7, 1986 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Between Twitter and Facebook and how close you can be with your fans and how close they can be to you these days is, I think, quite miraculous. It’s like getting a greeting card every single day.

I always feel like everything I shoot is a student project, and nobody else knows about it. I forget, in the moment, that other people will see it.

 

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Happy Birthday: Nicole Ari Parker

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nicoleariparker.jpgNicole Ari Parker

Born: October 7, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Married to:
Boris Kodjoe (21 May 2005 – present) (2 children)
Joseph Falasca (March 2001 – 2001) (divorced)

I don’t believe in ‘insecurities.’ They are a waste of time. God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.

REMEMBER THE TITANS
2000
dir. Boaz Yakin
Stars:
Denzel Washington
Will Patton

 

Imagine That
dir. Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring
Murphy
Thomas Haden Church
BLACK DYNAMITEBlack Dynamite
2009
dir. Scott Sanders
Cast
Michael Jai White
Arsenio Hall
Boogie NightsBoogie Nights
1997
dir. PT Anderson
starring
Wahlberg
Burt Reynolds
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Happy Birthday: Omar Benson Miller

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omarbensonmiller.jpgOmar Benson Miller

Born: October 7, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA

He is an actor and producer, known for Ballers (2015), 8 Mile (2002) and Miracle at St. Anna (2008).

MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
2008
dir. Spike Lee
Starring:
Derek Luke
Michael Ealy
The Express
2008
dir. Gary Fleder
Starring
Rob Brown
Quaid
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Movie PosterThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Stars
Nicolas Cage
Jay Baruchel
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Happy Birthday: June Allyson

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juneallysonJune Allyson (1917–2006)

Born: October 7, 1917 in The Bronx, New York, USA

Died: July 8, 2006 (age 88) in Ojai, California, USA

Married to: David Ashrow (30 October 1976 – 8 July 2006) (her death)
Alfred Glenn Maxwell (1 April 1966 – 17 March 1970) (divorced)
Alfred Glenn Maxwell (13 October 1963 – 20 April 1965) (divorced)
Dick Powell (19 August 1945 – 2 January 1963) (his death) (2 children)

From 1963 to 1975, she had a long term, ill-fated romance with writer/director Dirk Wayne Summers, often announcing to the press that the couple would be married soon. She and Summers were the lead item in Walter Winchell’s then influential column more than a few times. They often traveled together through Europe. Although Summers apparently loved her and their life together, he refused her many proposals of marriage, much to her chagrin. Members of the nascent jet-set, they were frequently seen in Cap d’Antibes, Madrid, Rome and London, where they called Hugh M. Hefner’s borrowed Mayfair penthouse home.

Executive Suite
1954
dir. Robert Wise
Starring
William Holden
Barbara Stanwyck
Allyson
MOVIE POSTERTHE STRATTON STORY
1949
dir. Sam Wood
Stars:
James Stewart
June Allyson

 

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Happy Birthday: Simon Cowell

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simoncowell.jpgSimon Cowell

Born: October 7, 1959 in Lambeth, London, England, UK

If you would have asked me what I thought of America before I came over here I would have used the word “corny”. And then you come over here and you find that it’s not corny at all. British people are very cynical, they cannot bear someone else’s success. Americans embrace other people’s success. Everything in America is larger than life.

ONE CHANCE
2014
dir. David Frankel
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Happy Birthday: Dylan Baker

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dylanbaker.jpgDylan Baker

Born: October 7, 1959 in Syracuse, New York, USA

Married to:
Becky Ann Baker (1990 – present) (1 child)

Was nominated for Broadway’s 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for “La Bête.”

 

Trick r Trick
2008
dir. Michael Dougherty
Starring
Quinn LordDylan Baker		 FIDOFido
2006
dir. Andrew Currie
Starring
Carrie-Ann Moss
Connolly<
Spider-Man 3
2007
dir. Sam Raimi
starring
Toby Maguire
Thomas Haden Church
Topher Grace		 HAPPINESSHappiness
1998
dir. Todd Solondz
Starring
Jon Lovitz
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE
REVIEWS, BIOS, PICS of the TV SERIES		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 1
Creators:
Michelle King
Robert King		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 2
Stars:
Julianna Margulies
Chris Noth		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 3
Stars:
Josh Charles
Matt Czuchry
TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 4
Stars:
Archie Panjabi
Christine Baranski		 actorDAMAGES Season 4
Starring:
Dylan Baker
John Goodman		 MOVIE POSTERLET’S GO TO PRISON
2006
dir. Bob Odenkirk
Stars:
Dax Shepard
Will Arnett
Spiderman 2Spider-Man 2
2004
dir. Sam Raimi
starring
Toby Maguire
Alfred Molini
James Franco		 MOVIE POSTER2 DAYS IN NEW YORK
2012
dir. Julie Delpy
Stars:
Julie Delpy
Chris Rock
MOVIE POSTERANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
2013
dir. Adam McKay
Stars:
Will Ferrell		 MOVIE POSTERCELEBRITY
1998
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kenneth Branagh

MOVIE POSTERPLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
1987
dir. John Hughes
Stars:
Steve Martin
John Candy		 REVOLUTIONARY ROADRevolutionary Road
dir. Sam Mendes
Also Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
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