Year: 2016

Happy Birthday: Nina Arianda

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ninaarianda.jpgNina Arianda

Born: September 18, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA

Nina Arianda made her break-out debut in the 2010 off-Broadway production of Venus in Fur just months after graduating from NYU’s Tisch graduate acting program. Her performance garnered the attention of the entire New York theater community. Following her off-Broadway acclaim, Nina procured roles in Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning film Midnight in Paris, Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, and Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground. Venus in Fur transferred to Broadway in 2011 where Nina’s performance went on to become the most critically acclaimed of the 2011-2012 season resulting in her winning the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. This recognition followed her 2011 nod for her Broadway debut performance as “Billie Dawn” in Born Yesterday.

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
2011
dir. Woody Allen
Starring
Owen Wilson
Rachel McAdams
WIN WINWIN WIN
dir. Thomas McCarthy
Stars:
Paul Giamatti
Amy Ryan
TOWER HEIST
dir. Brett Ratner
Stars:
Eddie Murphy
Ben Stiller

 

Happy Birthday: Michael Landes

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michaellandes.jpgMichael Landes

Born: September 18, 1972 in Bronx, New York, USA

Married to: Wendy Benson-Landes (21 October 2000 – present) (2 children)

According to commentary by creator Deborah Joy LeVine on the The New Adventures of Superman (1993) DVDs, he was not invited back to play Jimmy Olsen in the second season of that series because the producers felt he looked too much like star Dean Cain.

Happy Birthday: Alison Lohman

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alisonlohman.jpgAlison Lohman

Born: September 18, 1979 in Palm Springs, California, USA

Married to:
Mark Neveldine (19 August 2009 – present) (2 children)

I love to travel. The last place I went was Amsterdam. I love Amsterdam. There is great art and cafes and the people are cool. They seem so free to enjoy themselves and live uninhibited.

Big Fish
2003
dir. Tim Burton
Starring
Ewan McGregor
Albert Finney		 Delirious
2006
dir.Tom DiCillo
Cast
Steve Buscemi
Michael Pitt
SydneyWhiteBeowulf
dir. Zemeckis
Starring
Angelina Jolie
Anthony Hopkins
GAMER Movie PosterGamer
2009
dir. Mark Neveldine
Taylor
Starring
Butler
Michael C. Hall
MOVIE POSTERFLICKA
2006
dir. Michael Mayer
Stars:
Alison Lohman
Tim McGraw		 DRAG ME TO HELL Movie PosterDrag me to Hell
dir. Raimi
Starring
Alison Lohman
Justin Long

 

Happy Birthday: James Gandolfini (1961–2013)

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jamesgandolfini.jpgJames Gandolfini (1961–2013)

Born: September 18, 1961 in Westwood, New Jersey, USA
Died: June 19, 2013 (age 51) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Married to:
Deborah Lin (30 August 2008 – 19 June 2013) (his death) (1 child)
Marcy Gandolfini (March 1999 – 18 December 2002) (divorced) (1 child)

[on ending The Sopranos (1999)] It’s been a great opportunity, but I don’t have much trepidation about it ending. I think it’s more than time. Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people. As much as I’ve explored this guy, I don’t know what else to really do with him. I’ve been in one place for 10 years. That’s enough. It’s time for me to do other things.

FALLENFallen
1998
dir. Gregory Hoblit
Starring
Denzel Washington
John Goodman		 movie posterTRUE ROMANCE
1993
dir. Tony Scott
Cast:
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
8MM8MM
1999
dir. Joel Schumacher
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Joaquin Phoenix
Gandolfini		 THE MAN WHO WASN'T THEREThe Man Who Wasn’t There
2001
dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Gandolfini
Romance and Cigarettes
2005
dir. John Turturro
Cast
James Gandolfini
Susan Sarandon		 THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123The Taking of Pelham 123
dir. Tony Scott
Starring
Denzel Washington
John Travolta
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Movie PosterWhere the Wild Things Are
dir. Spike Jonze
Stars:
Max Records
Catherine O’Hara
Forest Whitaker		 IN THE LOOPIn the Loop
2009
dir. Armando Iannucci
Starring
Peter Capaldi
Tom Hollander
MOVIE POSTEREXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
dir. Stephen Daldry
Stars
Thomas Horn
Tom Hanks		 MOVIE POSTERKILLING THEM SOFTLY
dir. Andrew Dominik
Stars:
Brad Pitt
Ray Liotta
ALL THE KING’S MEN
2006
dir. Steve Zallian
Stars:
Sean Penn
Jude Law		 MOVIE POSTERTHE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE
2013
dir. Don Scardino
Stars:
Steve Carell
MOVIE POSTERNOT FADE AWAY
dir. David Chase
Stars:
John Magaro
Will Brill		 SOPRANOS SEASON 1Sopranos
Season 1
Watch reviews of the season		 SOPRANOS SEASON 2Sopranos
Season 2
>Watch reviews of the season		 SOPRANOS SEASON 3Sopranos
Season 3
Watch reviews of the season
SOPRANOS SEASON 4Sopranos
Season 4
Watch reviews of the season		 SOPRANOS SEASON 5Sopranos
Season 5
Watch reviews of the season		 SOPRANOS SEASON 6Sopranos
Season 6
Watch reviews of the season		 MOVIE POSTERESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH
2013
dir. Cal Brunker
Stars:
Brendan Fraser
Sarah Jessica Parker
MOVIE POSTERTHE DROP
2014
dir. Micha�l R. Roskam
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Noomi Rapace

 

Happy Birthday: James Marsden

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jamesmarsden.jpgJames Marsden

Born: September 18, 1973 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

(On starting out in L.A. and his fame level now) A little job here, a little job there, and after six months in L.A., I was paying for my rent and my meals. Very slowly, the tiniest of snowballs snowballed from there. At some point, the snowball got to be a nice size, and I wanted it to stay that way. That’s sort of now. I don’t want it to keep rolling. Or rather, I want it to keep rolling, but I don’t want it to keep getting bigger.

Zoolander
2001
dir. Ben Stiller
Starring
Christine Taylor
Owen Wilson		 x-menX-Men
2000
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Hugh Jackman
Patrick Stewart
x-menX-Men 2
2003
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Hugh Jackman
Halle Berry		 x-menX-Men 3
2006
dir. by Brett Ratner
starring
Ian McKellen
Anna Paquin
Superman Returns
2006
dir. by Singer
starring
Kate Bosworth
Brandon Routh
Kevin Spacey		 SydneyWhiteEnchanted
2007
Directed by Kevin Lima
Starring
Adams
Patrick Dempsey
HAIRSPRAYHairspray
2007
dir. Adam Shankman
Starring
Travolta
Michelle Pfeiffer		 The Box Movie PosterThe Box
dir. Richard Kelly
Stars:
Cameron Diaz
Marsden
Frank Langella
MOVIE POSTERBACHELORETTE
2012
dir. Leslye Headland
Stars:
Kirsten Dunst
Isla Fisher
27 Dresses
2008
dir. Anne Fletcher
Cast
Brian Kerwin
Charli Barcena		 hopHOP
dir. Tim Hill
Stars:
Russell Brand
James Marsden		 MOVIE POSTERSTRAW DOGS
dir. Rod Lurie
Stars:
James Marsden
Kate Bosworth		 MOVIE POSTERROBERT AND FRANK
2012
dir. Jake Schreier
Stars:
Peter Sarsgaard
Frank Langella
MOVIE POSTERANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
2013
dir. Adam McKay
Stars:
Will Ferrell		 MOVIE POSTER2 GUNS
2013
dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Stars:
Denzel Washington
Mark Wahlberg
MOVIE POSTERWALK OF SHAME
2014
dir. Steven Brill
Stars:
Elizabeth Banks
Tig Notaro		 MOVIE POSTERTHE BUTLER
2013
dir. Lee Daniels
Stars:
Forest Whitaker
Oprah Winfrey

Happy Birthday: Jada Pinkett Smith

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jadapinkettsmithJada Pinkett Smith

Born: September 18, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Married to: Will Smith (31 December 1997 – present) (2 children)

Will is a very interesting, unique man, and I’ll tell you why. He makes love like a woman. He loves to touch, massage and feel. He makes love like he’s in touch with himself, who he is. And he’s a very sensual, incredible lovemaker.

SCREAM 2 MOVIE POSTERScream 2
1997
dir. Craven
Starring
Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox
David Arquette		 ALIAli
2001
dir. Mann
Starring
Will Smith
Jamie Foxx
Jon Voight
THE MATRIX RELOADEDThe Matrix Reloaded
2003
dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Hugo Weaving		 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONThe Matrix Revolution
2003
dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Hugo Weaving
Reign Over Me
2007
dir. James Wang
Starring
Adam Sandler
Don Cheadle		 madagascar_2Madagascar 2
2008
dir. Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Voices by
Ben Stiller
Chris Rock
MOVIE POSTERMADAGASCAR
2005
dir. Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell
Cast:
Ben Stiller
Chris Rock		 MOVIE POSTERMADAGASCAR 3
dir. Eric Darnell
Stars:
Ben Stiller
Jada Pinkett Smith
TALES FROM THE CRPYT: DEMON KNIGHT
1995
dir. Ernest R. Dickerson
Stars:
John Kassir
BIlly Zane

 

Happy Birthday: Aisha Tyler

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aishatyler.jpgAisha Tyler

Born: September 18, 1970 in San Francisco, California, USA

Married to: Jeff Tietjens (May 1992 – present)

[on doing voice-over work on Archer (2009)] It’s a workplace comedy. And even though all the characters are extreme and they’re spies and they’ve killed people and they’re all drunk and they’re incredibly sexually unscrupulous, it’s a dynamic everybody recognizes. The show doesn’t underestimate its audience or speak down to its audience. It’s incredibly literate, it’s incredibly smart, and it doesn’t assume that the audience won’t get the references.

THE BABYMAKERS
2012
dir. Jay Chandrasekhar
Stars:
Paul Schneider
Olivia Munn		 TV POSTER24 SEASON 4
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Bedtime StoriesBedtime Stories
2008
dir. Adam Shankman
Starring
Sandler
Keri Russell
.45
2006
dir. Gary Lennon
Stars:
Milla Jovovich
Angus Macfayden
MOVIE POSTERTHE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE
2006
dir. Michael Lembeck
Stars:
Tim Allen

 

Happy Birthday: Jason Sudeikis

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jasonsudeikisJason Sudeikis

Born: September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA

My floundering career has nothing to do with my lack of talent, or being a five in the looks department. It’s the height that’s going to get me, you’re absolutely correct. I don’t know why people keep hiring me. I’m like, “Guys, I’m really way too tall to be doing this.” I bring it up all the time, but nobody’s listening. Maybe it helps that I tell people I’m five foot thirteen.

HALL PASS
dir. Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Stars:
Owen Wilson
Jason Sudeikis		 THE BOUNTY HUNTER Movie PosterThe Bounty Hunter
dir.Andy Tennant
Stars
Jennifer Aniston
Gerard Butler
Going the Distance Movie PosterGoing the Distance
dir. Nanette Burstein
Stars
Barrymore
Justin Long,		 MOVIE POSTERHORRIBLE BOSSES
dir. Seth Gordon
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Charlie Day
What Happens in Vegas
2008
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Starring
Diaz
Aston Kutcher		 MOVIE POSTERA GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY
dir. Alex Gregory
Peter Huyck
Stars:
Jason Sudeikis
Leslie Bibb
Semi ProSemi Pro
2008
Directed by Kent Alterman
Starring
Ferrell
Woody Harrelson		 MOVIE POSTERTHE CAMPAIGN
dir. Jay Roach
Stars:
Will Ferrell
Zach Galifianakis
MOVIE POSTERWE’RE THE MILLERS
2013
dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars:
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston		 MOVIE POSTEREPIC
2013
dir. Chris Wedge
Stars:
Amanda Seyfried
Josh Hutcherson
MOVIE POSTERDRINKING BUDDIES
2013
dir. Joe Swanberg
Stars:
Olivia Wilde
Jake Johnson		 tv POSTEREASTBOUND AND DOWN SEASON 4 TV SHOW
2013
Created by: Danny McBride, Steve Little, Katy Mixon

 

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