Happy Birthday: Emma Stone

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emmastone.jpgEmma Stone

Born: November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

[on it being difficult for women to get into comedy] There really aren’t many parts. It’s an unfortunate thing and something I hope will change, but never has, and who knows if it will? I think Saturday Night Live (1975), starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner . . . Nowadays it seems like the real goldmine is in creating your own characters and teaming with a good writer, but it’s not easy. It’s a scary thing for a woman to put yourself out there and look like an idiot. Look at Lucille Ball. She said, “I’m not funny. What I am is brave”. The comediennes I admire are the bravest people who aren’t…

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Happy Birthday: Ethan Hawke

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ethanhawke.jpgEthan Hawke

Born: November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, USA

Married to:
Ryan Shawhughes-Hawke (18 June 2008 – present) (2 children)
Uma Thurman (1 May 1998 – 20 July 2004) (divorced) (2 children)

After Reality Bites (1994) came out, I had opportunities to be a different kind of actor, and rightly or wrongly, I grew up in a household where there was such anger and resentment towards anyone who had any money, that I never really had any desire to make any money. And I had the idea that a real artist wouldn’t have any money. That’s been problematic.

Dead Poets Society
1989
dir. Weir
starring
Robin Williams
Hawke
BROOKLYN'S FINEST Movie PosterBrooklyn’s Finest
dir.Antoine Fuqua
Stars
Richard Gere
Don Cheadle
BEFORE SUNRISEBefore Sunrise
1995
dir. Richard Linklater
starring
Hawke
Julie Delpy
TAPETape
2001
dir. Richard Linklater
starring
Hawke
Uma Thurman
Before Sunset
2004
dir. Richard Linklater
starring
Hawke
Julie Delpy
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU Movie PosterWhat Doesn’t Kill…

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Happy Birthday: Rebecca Romijn

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rebeccaromijn.jpgRebecca Romijn

Born: November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA

Married to:
Jerry O’Connell (14 July 2007 – present) (2 children)
John Stamos (19 September 1998 – 1 March 2005) (divorced)

I still can’t believe that I walk down the runway once a year in high heels and lingerie for Victoria’s Secret. And that this is worthy of being broadcast on the Sony JumboTron in Times Square.

I don’t know where it’s coming from, but I think studios are finally realizing that people want to see girls who can kick butt as well as guys can.

GOOD DEEDS
dir. Tyler Perry
Stars:
Tyler Perry
Gabrielle Union
x-menX-Men
2000
dir. Bryan Singer
starring
Jackman
Patrick Stewart
x-menX-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 POSTERMAN ABOUT TOWN
2006
dir. Mike Binder
Stars:
Ben Affleck
Rebecca Romijn
SEE…

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Happy Birthday: Taryn Manning

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tarynmanning.jpgTaryn Manning

Born: November 6, 1978 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA

I’m not one of the New Yorkers who walks around with my ear buds in. I don’t feel quite comfortable enough or confident enough. Crossing the street is still scary, because I feel the taxis will run me over. I always think I was run over in a past life, because it’s like a phobia. So I don’t really listen to music as I go from one location to another. But music is always a part of my day, because I somehow end up back at home writing.

 

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Happy Birthday: Adam Devine

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adamdevine.jpgAdam Devine

Born: November 6, 1983 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA

In a perfect world, I would like to do as many seasons of ‘Workaholics’ as possible, as long as people still like the show and Comedy Central will still have us. And doing movies, writing my own movies and doing movies with my friends. I think that would be such a dream to be someone like Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller. Do one or two movies a year.

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn’t know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.

PERFECT PITCH
2012
dir…

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Happy Birthday: Sally Field

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sallyfieldSally Field

Born: November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, USA

[upon accepting her 1985 Best Actress Oscar] This means so much more to me this time, I don’t know why. I think the first time I hardly felt it because it was all too new. But I want to say “Thank you” to you. I haven’t had an orthodox career. And I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn’t feel it. But this time I feel it. And I can’t deny the fact that you like me . . . right now . . . you like me. Thank you.

movie posterFORREST GUMP
1994
dir. Robert Zemeckis
Starring:
Tom Hanks
Robin Wright
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
dir. Marc Webb
Stars:
Andrew Garfield
Emma Stone
MOVIE POSTERLINCOLN
2012
dir. Steven Spielber
Stars:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
MOVIE POSTERPUNCHLINE
1988
dir. David Seltzer
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Sally Field
MOVIE POSTERTHE AMAZING…

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Happy Birthday: Lori Singer

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lorisinger.jpgLori Singer

Born: November 6, 1957 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

{on New York City] I feel closer to my background there, closer to Carnegie Hall as well as Europe. It’s a city where you feel anything is possible, which makes life fun and interesting.

THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE
1985
dir. Stan Dragoti
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Dabney Coleman
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Happy Birthday: Kelly Rutherford

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kellyrutherford.jpgKelly Rutherford

Born: November 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

Best-known to television audiences as Lily van der Woodsen, on the hit show Gossip Girl, Kelly played the sophisticated, fashionable, matriarch on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 6 seasons . Kelly is also known for her former roles in television shows Melrose Place and Homefront, and Brisco county Jr. As well as the film Steam 3. Her most recent projects include playing Laura Wyatt in the ABC hit series Quantico and an online talk show for The View airing soon.

Kelly is an advocate of multiple women’s and children’s charities including StepUp Women’s Network, Healthy Child Healthy World, and she is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Free Arts NYC.

Best of GOSSIP GIRL
Sexy Teen TV SHOW

Scream 3Scream 3
2000
dir. Craven
starring
Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox
David Arquette
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Happy Birthday: Mike Nichols (1931–2014)

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mikenichols.jpgMike Nichols (1931–2014)

Born: November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany
Died: November 19, 2014 (age 83) in Manhattan, New York, USA

Married to: Diane Sawyer (29 April 1988 – 19 November 2014) (his death)
Annabel Davis-Goff (1975 – 1986) (divorced) (2 children)
Margot Callas (July 1963 – 1974) (divorced) (1 child)
Patricia Scot (4 June 1957 – 1960) (divorced)

[on Stanley Kubrick] In the end, I think he began to have trouble, because if you can’t leave home, you lose track of reality, and I think that happened to him. Still, he made great movies and he was a completely gifted director. If you look at 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), you suddenly realize: My God, there’s nobody in this movie!

A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don’t.

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Died Today (November 6th): Gene Tierney (1920–1991)

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genetierney.jpg Gene Tierney (1920–1991)

Born: November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: November 6, 1991 (age 70) in Houston, Texas, USA

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.

THE LEFT HAND OF GOD
1955
dir. Edward Dmytryk
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart
Gene Tierney
LAURALaura
1944
dir. Otto Preminger
Starring
Gene Tierney
Andrews
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