Year: 2016

Died Today (August 9th): Bernie Mac (1957–2008)

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berniemac.jpgBernie Mac (1957–2008)

Born: October 5, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: August 9, 2008 (age 50) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to: Rhonda McCullough (17 September 1977 – 9 August 2008) (his death) (1 child)

Ocean's ElevenOcean’s Eleven
2001
dir. Soderbergh
starring
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon		 BAD SANTABad Santa
2003
dir. Terry Zwigoff
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Tony Cox
PRIDEPride
2007
dir. Sunu Gonera
Starring
Terrence Howard
Mac
Ocean's ThirteenOcean’s Thirteen
2007
dir. Soderbergh
starring
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon		 madagascar_2Madagascar 2
dir. Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Voices by
Stiller
Chris Rock
SOUL MENSoul Men
dir. Malcolm D. Lee
Starring
Mac
Samuel L. Jackson		 OLD DOGS Movie PosterOld Dogs
dir. Walt Becker
Stars:
Robin Williams
John Travolta
MOVIE POSTERMR. 3000
2004
dir. Charles Stone III
Stars:
Bernie Mac
Angela Bassett

Died Today (August 9th): Sharon Tate (I) (1943–1969)

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sharontate.jpgSharon Tate (1943–1969)

Born: January 24, 1943 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Died: August 9, 1969 (age 26) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Roman Polanski (20 January 1968 – 9 August 1969) (her death)

Sharon Tate’s unborn baby boy (who died with her) was to be named Paul Richard Polanski.

Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child. On August 9, 1969 a pregnant Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Steven Parent, and Wojciech Frykowski were murdered by 3 of Charles Manson’s followers. Today all of her killers remain in prison.

Happy Birthday: McG

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mcgMcG

Born: August 9, 1968 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Born in Michigan in 1968, (birth name Joseph McGinty Nichol), “McG” was educated in psychiatry, but forayed into video and commercial directing.

His pop visual style garnered attention which lead to his first feature gig, helming 2000’s Charlie’s Angels, a great commercial success, if not a critical one. Since, McG has continued working in music as well television, interspersed with additional Hollywood features with high production values and mixed reaction.

McG is also a highly proficient producer.

We Are Marshall
2006
dir. Mc G
starring
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew Fox		 MOVIE POSTERTHIS MEANS WAR
dir. McG
Stars:
Reese Witherspoon
Chris Pine
TERMINATOR 4 SALVATIONTerminator 4: Salvation
dir. Mc G
Starring
Christian Bale
Sam Worthington		 MOVIE POSTER3 DAYS TO KILL
2014
dir. McG
Stars:
Amber Heard
Hailee Steinfeld

 

Happy Birthday: Whitney Houston (1963–2012)

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whitneyhouston.jpgWhitney Houston (I) (1963–2012)

Born: August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: February 11, 2012 (age 48) in Beverly Hills, California, USA

On the afternoon of February 11, 2012, Houston was found dead in her hotel room at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. She was pronounced dead at 3:55pm PST.

Her funeral was held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Following services, she was laid to rest beside her father at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.

While Whitney scored a massive international hit with “The Greatest Love of All” (by Michael Masser & Linda Creed), she wasn’t the first to record it. That distinction belongs to George Benson who introduced the song on the soundtrack of the biopic The Greatest (1977).

Happy Birthday: Thomas Lennon

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thomaslennon.jpgThomas Lennon

Born: August 9, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married:
Jenny Robertson

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?
dir. Mark Mylod
Stars:
Anna Faris
Chris Pratt		 MOVIE POSTERA VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR CHRISTAS
dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson
Stars:
Kal Penn
John Cho
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 Movie PosterNight at the Museum 2
dir. Shawn Levy
Starring
Ben Stiller
Amy Adams		 HANCOCKHancock
2008
dir. Peter Berg
Starring
Jason Bateman
Charlize Theron
17 Again
dir. Burr Steers
Starring
Zac Efron
Matthew Perry
tv POSTERSEAN SAVES THE WORLD TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Creators: Victor Fresco		 I LOVE YOU MAN Movie PosterI Love You Man
dir. John Hamburg
Starring
Paul Rudd
Jason Segal
MOVIE POSTERWHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
dir. Kirk Jones
Stars:
Cameron Diaz
Matthew Morrison		 MOVIE POSTERWE’RE THE MILLERS
2013
dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars:
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston
MOVIE POSTERTRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
2014
dir. Michael Bay
Stars:
Mark Wahlberg
Stanley Tucci

 

Happy Birthday: Robert Shaw (1927–1978)

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robertshaw.jpgRobert Shaw (1927–1978)

Born: August 9, 1927 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died: August 28, 1978 (age 51) in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland

Married to:
Virginia Jansen (29 July 1976 – 28 August 1978) (his death) (2 children)
Mary Ure (13 April 1963 – 3 April 1975) (her death) (4 children)
Jennifer Bourke (1952 – 1963) (divorced) (4 children)

From Russia with Love
1963
dir. Terence Young
Starring:
Sean Connery
Lotte Lenya
The StingThe Sting
1973
dir. George Roy Hill
starring
Paul Newman
Robert Redford

JAWSJaws
1975
dir. Steven Spielberg
Starring
Roy Scheider
Shaw
Richard Dreyfuss

Happy Birthday: Audrey Tautou

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audreytautouAudrey Tautou

Born: August 9, 1976 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Although invited, she did not plan on attending the private screening of Amélie (2001) organized and attended by President Jacques Chirac. She had a previous engagement with her brother (he was sworn in as a policeman that day). Director Jeunet told the French president that she was in Portugal. When she finally showed up, Jacques Chirac told her he thought she was in Portugal; she simply answered “you’ll have to check your sources”.

AMELIEAmelie
2001
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
starring
Tautou
Mathieu Kassovitz
A Very Long Engagement
2004
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring
Tautou
Gaspard Ulliel
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Tautou
POSTERGOD IS GREAT AND I’M NOT
2001
dir. Pascale Bailly
Starring
Audrey Tautou
Edward Baer		 MOVIE POSTERTHE DA VINCI CODE
2006
dir. Ron Howard
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Audrey Tautou

Happy Birthday: Adelaide Kane

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adelaidekane.jpgAdelaide Kane

Born: August 9, 1990 in Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

Flown over to test for Cartoon Network’s first live action series, Unnatural History (2010), for the role of “Maggie Winnock”. There were two actresses selected to test, Adelaide Kane and Italia Ricci. The role later went to Italia.

THE PURGE
2013
dir. ADELAIDE KANE
Stars:
Lena Headey
Adelaide Kane

 

Happy Birthday: Melanie Griffith

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melaniegriffith.jpgMelanie Griffith

Born: August 9, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA

Antonio Banderas (14 May 1996 – 4 December 2015) (divorced) (1 child)
Don Johnson (26 June 1989 – 1996) (divorced) (1 child)
Steven Bauer (8 September 1981 – 1989) (divorced) (1 child)
Don Johnson (8 January 1976 – 1976) (divorced)

WORKING GIRL
1988
dir. Mike Nichols
Stars:
Melanie Griffith
Harrison Ford

MOVIE POSTERTHE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
1990
dir. Brian De Palma
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
MOVIE POSTERCELEBRITY
1998
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kenneth Branagh

 

Happy Birthday: Ashley Johnson

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ashleyjohnsonAshley Johnson

Born: August 9, 1983 in Camarillo, California, USA

Ashley was raised in a musical family that goes on for generations and generations. Her grandmother was famous concert pianist Evelyn Taft, also known as Evelyn Johnson. Ashley is classically trained in piano and also plays the guitar and the ukulele. She has been a part of many bands and enjoys playing music.

MOVIE POSTERFAST FOOD NATION
2006
dir. Richard Linklater
Stars:
Greg Kinnear
Bruce Willis

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2012
dir. Joss Whedon
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THE HELP
dir. Tate Taylor
Stars:
Emma Stone
Viola Davis