Died Today (November 22nd): Mae West (1893–1980)

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maewest.jpgMae West (1893–1980)

Born: August 17, 1893 in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: November 22, 1980 (age 87) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

It’s better to be looked over than overlooked.

A hard man is good to find.

Men are my life, diamonds are my career!

When women go wrong, men go right after them!

When caught between two evils I generally pick the one I’ve never tried before.

When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.

Marriage is a great institution. I’m not ready for an institution.

It’s not the man in your life that counts. It’s the life in your man.

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

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Happy Birthday: Jimmi Simpson

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jimmisimpson.jpgJimmi Simpson

Born: November 21, 1975 in Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA

There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later.

I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre.

MOVIE POSTERABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER
dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Stars:
Benjamin Walker
Rufus Sewell
ZODIACZodiac
2007
dir. Fincher
Starring
Jake Gyllenhaal
Mark Ruffalo
Robert Downey Jr.

 

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2014
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Starring:
Kevin Spacey
Robin Wright
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Happy Birthday: Jena Malone

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jenamalone.jpgJena Malone

Born: November 21, 1984 in Sparks, Nevada, USA

I have this camera so I just taped myself doing this little piece of voice-over and I sent [director Sean Penn] a DVD. Four days later, he called me back and said he usually never hires anyone without meeting them, but could I do it? Literally, I would wash the floor for him. I just respect every part of what he’s done with his career. (On landing her role in Into the Wild (2007)).

Cheaters
2000
dir. John Stockwell
Starring
Jeff Daniels
Malone
Paul Sorvino
Sucker PunchSUCKER PUNCH
dir. Zack Snyder
Stars:
Emily Browning
Vanessa Hudgens
INTO THE WILDInto the Wild
2007
dir. Sean Penn
starring
Emile Hirsch
Hal Holbrook
movie posterDONNIE DARKO
2001
dir. Richard Kelly
Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jena Malone
THE SOLOIST Movie TrailerThe Soloist
2009
dir. Joe Wright
Starring
Downey Jr.
Jamie Foxx
MOVIE POSTERTHE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
2013
dir. Francis Lawrence
Stars:
Jennifer…

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Happy Birthday: Goldie Hawn

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goldiehawnGoldie Hawn

Born: November 21, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Has lived with Kurt Russell since 1983.

[why she and Kurt Russell aren’t married] We’ve both been married. I’ve been married twice, it didn’t work. He was married once, that didn’t work either. And, you know, we were at a time when we had kids and thought, ‘Well, you know, what actually would it do to get married?’. I like being independent. I like being his girlfriend. I like that notion. I think it’s sexy, and I do think that it’s a way of saying, ‘You know what, I don’t own you, and there’s no paper that says that. My union with you is in my heart and it’s in my promises’, you know, and that’s the best you can do.

Shampoo
1975
dir. Hal Ashby
starring
Julie Christie
Warren Beatty
OVERBOARD
1987
dir. Garry Marshall
Starring
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Happy Birthday: Harold Ramis (1944–2014)

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haroldramis.jpgHarold Ramis (1944–2014)

Born: November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: February 24, 2014 (age 69) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to: Erica Mann (7 May 1989 – 24 February 2014) (his death) (2 children)
Anne Ramis (2 July 1967 – 27 March 1984) (divorced) (1 child)

Said in an interview that his working relationship with actor Bill Murray ended while filming Groundhog Day (1993) due to differing views on what the film should be about (Murray wanted it to be more philosophical, Ramis wanted it to be a comedy). Ramis also cites that Murray’s real life personal problems at the time (specifically the ending of his first marriage) was having a ripple effect on his behavior at work as another factor in the unfortunate ending of their working relationship.

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Happy Birthday: Cherry Jones

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cherryjones.jpgCherry Jones

Born: November 21, 1956 in Paris, Tennessee, USA

Won Broadway’s 1995 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of “The Heiress.” She was nominated in the same category two other times: in 1991 for “Our Country’s Good,” and in 2000 for a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”.

She won her 2nd Tony in 2005. She won for Leading Actress in a Play for her role as “Sister Aloysius” in John Patrick Shanley’s hit play, “Doubt, a parable”.

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Stars:
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TV POSTER24 SEASON 7
Stars:
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Carlos Bernar
SIGNSSigns
2002
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Mel Gibson
Joaquin Phoenix
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Directed by Jon Cassar
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Happy Birthday: Alexander Siddig

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alexandersiddig.jpgAlexander Siddig

Born: November 21, 1965 in Sudan

[on Clash of the Titans (2010)] That was possibly the lamest movie I’ve ever been in. I mean, you know, there’s some times when you do duds, and I must’ve been rubbish, because I think there was all of one minute more of performance that I may have done that didn’t end up in the movie. So 50% of my performance was cut and…yeah, there’s not much you can say about that.

24 SEASON 6
2007
Starring:
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James Morrison
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
dir. Scott
starring
Bloom
Liam Neeson

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dir. Louis Leterrier
Cast:
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Liam Neeson
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Happy Birthday: Björk

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bjork.jpgBjörk

Born: November 21, 1965 in Reykjavik, Iceland

Has gone on record saying she will never make another movie, due to the difficulties she faced making Dancer in the Dark (2000).

After winning best actress award at Cannes: “I knew when I said yes that this would be not only my first role but also my last one. I’m very happy that it’s to be this one.” Asked whether she might one day reconsider, she said: “I have to do records now. I only have 50 years left, and I’ve got a lot of records to make.”

“After doing the research with all the vocals on Medúlla, I was very curious to take that further to a place that was not narrative. Then, when Matthew explained that the film happens on the ocean, I was curious to make vocal patterns that were sort of oceanic. My music is very much…

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Happy Birthday: Nicollette Sheridan

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nicollettesheridan.jpgNicollette Sheridan

Born: November 21, 1963 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

I’m actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it’s all about what’s going on inside rather than on the outside. But I’m making friends with it. At times, it’s embarrassing being in some outfits that I might personally never be caught dead in, but they serve “Edie” on [Desperate Housewives (2004)]. It was nice actually wearing pants and a proper shirt as “Diane” in [Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)].

I think I’ve always been a fighter in a healthy way.

I think there are a lot of factors that the universe can conspire and make happen if it’s meant to be. Also with perseverance, if you really follow your passion and your bliss you can make anything happen … in any field. I think fear stops us. It’s always…

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Happy Birthday: Michael Strahan

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michaelstrahan.jpgMichael Strahan

Born: November 21, 1971 in Houston, Texas, USA

When you’re a 20-something-year-old athlete and you’re getting a six-figure check every week, you’re not thinking about next week. You’re not thinking, ‘I’m going to be broke,’ or ‘I’m going to need another job.’ But I’ll tell you, there are a lot of broke athletes out there – I know plenty – and I didn’t want to end up as one.

[on his publicly nasty divorce] It was horrible, of course, but at the same time it was one of the best things to ever happen to me,” he said. “You have all these things being said about you, things that aren’t true, but you can’t control any of it. At first I was freaking out, but then I just realized: the only thing I can be is me. I used to be really worried what people thought, and I…

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