Meg Ryan

Born: November 19, 1961 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

(Commenting on the nudity and sex in In the Cut (2003)) “You don’t go, ‘Wow! I get to do a nude scene.’ But I love the sex scene in this movie. It was scary, honest and raw. But people could find my body very unattractive. There could be a backlash against it”.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia. Definitely.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don’t mind saying that, it’s true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them. I don’t feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they’re seen or not is another issue.

The Doors 1991 dir. Stone starring Val Kilmer Ryan

CITY OF ANGELS 1998 dir. Brad Silberling Starring: Nicholas Cage Meg Ryan

Kate and Leopold 2001 dir. James Mangold starring Hugh Jackman

Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998)

Born: April 7, 1928 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: November 19, 1998 (age 70) in Melville, Long Island, New York, USA

He was killed when a metal pipe smashed through the windshield of his black Volvo station wagon and struck him in the head. The seven-foot-long pipe was already in the roadway when another car gave it a glancing blow, sending it through Pakula’s windshield. Then Pakula’s car swerved across a service road and hit a fence. The accident happened about a quarter mile east of the Melville exit on the Long Island Expressway. He was taken to North Shore University Hospital at Plainview (Nassau County), where he was pronounced dead at 12:22 P.M.

[on The Devil’s Own (1997)] In American film there is a good guy and a bad guy. It’s the first thing my grandson always asks: Who’s the…

Sharon Jones (1956–2016)

Born: May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, USA
Died: November 18, 2016 (age 60)

[on continuing to perform after a recent bout of cancer, 2014] I think the reason that God brought me back out here is because I want to prove to these people out there that soul music is not dead. Soul music did not end in ’69. It’s still here today, and we don’t want it to end.

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Megyn Kelly

Born: November 18, 1970 in Syracuse, New York, USA

Married to: Douglas Brunt (1 March 2008 – present) (3 children)
Dr. Daniel Ronald Kendall (29 September 2001 – 2006) (divorced)

[When asked her favorite TV show] Downton Abbey (2010). My *favorite* favorite is Pride and Prejudice (1995). The BBC version, with Colin Firth.

[on feminism] It’s standing shoulder to shoulder with my sisters on the truth of who we are, which is a force to be reckoned with. My own personal philosophy means showing rather than telling. And, as Steve Martin put it, being so good that they can’t ignore us.

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Nate Parker

Born: November 18, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Married to: Sarah DiSanto (2007 – present) (4 children)

[on The Birth of a Nation (2016)] I don’t want this to be a film. I want it to be a movement. I don’t want it to be a moment in time. I want a launch pad for conversation around how we can deal with our trauma collectively. Then we can create a cultural shift. [2016]

[on Nat Turner] He became my hero in college. I never heard about him until I went to college. [2016]

The Secret Life of Bees dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring Fanning Queen Latifah Jennifer Hudson

AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS 2013 dir. David Lowery Stars: Rooney Mara Casey Affleck

RED HOOK SUMMER 2012 dir. Spike Lee Stars: Jules Brown Thomas Jefferson Byrd ARBITRAGE 2012 dir. Nicholas Jarecki

Peta Wilson

Born: November 18, 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

With her distinctive voice, ultra-intense eyes and statuesque frame, Peta Wilson probably could have carried her breakout television show, “La Femme Nikita,” on looks alone. Such was television in 1997. But when viewers realized that this killer- with-a-killer body could actually act, the show became the highest-rated drama on cable. Indeed “La Femme Nikita” was yet more proof that an inexpensively produced series could bypass the traditional TV networks and still make lots of money if it had something special to offer. In this case, Peta Wilson was that “something special.” Producer Joel Surnow, who later went on to produce “24,” said watching Peta Wilson as “Nikita” was “like watching lightning in a jar.” She beat out 200 actors for the role patterned after the female assassin “Nikita”.

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Miranda Raison

Born: November 18, 1977 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, UK

Her father, jazz pianist Nick Raison, plays on Tallulah’s number ‘My Angel Put the Devil in Me’ in the Doctor who episode ‘Daleks of Manhattan’ with his daughter singing as Tallulah.

Match Point 2005 dir. Woody Allen Cast Jonathan Reyes Meyers Scarlett Johansson

24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY Stars: Kiefer Sutherland Yvonne Strahovski

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Elizabeth Perkins

Born: November 18, 1960 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA

You don’t necessarily always want to be with someone who works in your business. It takes a certain kind of couple that are both actors to be able to make it, and it takes a certain kind of ego and lack of competition and ability to really sustain a relationship while you’re spending a lot of time apart. I’m with a cinematographer. He’s very stable, and I’m highly neurotic – so it works.

Big 1988 dir. Penny Marshall starring Hanks Elizabeth Perkins

Speak 2004 dir. Jessica Sharzar Cast Stewart Michael Angarano FINDING NEMO 2003 dir. Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich Cast: Albert Brooks Ellen DeGeneres FINDING NEMO 3D dir. Andrew Stanton Lee Unkrich Stars: Albert Brooks Ellen DeGeneres

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Damon Wayans Jr.

Born: November 18, 1982 in Huntington, Vermont, USA

I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.

The Other Guys dir. Adam McKay Stars: Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg

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