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Turning 76 Today: Samuel L. Jackson. Happy Birthday

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Born December 21, 1948 · Washington D.C., USA Birth name Samuel Leroy Jackson Spouse LaTanya Richardson Jackson(August 18, 1980 – present) (1 child) QUOTES: [When asked about his character in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)] “He’s black.” [on the subject of his character’s inevitable death in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)] “I don’t mind dying, I just don’t wanna go out like some punk.” People mistake me for Laurence Fishburne all the time. And he always gets mistaken for me. (And why not? We’ve both starred in Spike Lee movies, haven’t we?) Even when we’re standing together, people have called him by my name and me by his. A woman recently ran up to him and said, ‘My daughter loved you in Pulp Fiction (1994)! Could she have your autograph?’ So he signed it, ‘Respectfully yours, Samuel Jackson.’

Turning 58 Today: Kiefer Sutherland. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 21, 1966 · Paddington, London, England, UK

Birth name
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland

Spouses

Kelly Winn (June 29, 1996 – May 19, 2004) (divorced)
Camelia Lynne (September 12, 1987 – February 1, 1990) (divorced, 1 child)

QUOTES:

There are two kinds of event in rodeo and bull riding’s one of the roughstock events. I was into immobilising cows myself.

On his 1990s career: You could say I was not on everybody’s first list to do the bigger films. Luckily, other opportunities have come along.

(on the much-hyped broken engagement to Julia Roberts) You can’t do all these interviews about how wonderful you both are and then when it falls apart six days before your wedding not expect people to have a shot at you. I know Julia and I unwittingly asked for it.

Turning 87 Today: Jane Fonda. Happy Birthday

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Spouses Ted Turner(December 21, 1991 – May 22, 2001) (divorced) Tom Hayden(January 19, 1973 – June 10, 1990) (divorced, 2 children) Roger Vadim(August 14, 1965 – January 16, 1973) (divorced, 1 child) QUOTES: I don’t know if I was set up or not. I was an adult. I take responsibility for my actions . . . These soldiers sang a song; I sang a song in feeble Vietnamese. Everyone was laughing. I was led to a gun site and I sat down. And I was laughing and clapping, and there were pictures taken . . . I understand the anger about that. I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn’t like how it set me apart from other people. When I start down a path that I know is the right path, I go with all of me. I’m a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can’t challenge the man I’m with if means I’m going to end up alone. It’s hard to imagine a happy ending to the US-led war in Iraq. What’s it going to mean for stability as a nation, for terrorism, for the economy I can’t imagine. I think the entire world is going to be united against us. Ted Turner needs someone to be there 100 percent of the time. He thinks that’s love. It’s not love. It’s babysitting.

Turning 27 Today: Madelyn Cline. Happy Birthday

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: Madelyn Cline attends the premiere of Netflix’s “I Am Not Okay With This” at The London West Hollywood on February 25, 2020 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

Born

December 21 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Turning 28 Today: Kaitlyn Dever

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QUOTES:

  • I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I’m doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.
  • It’s really important that people know about it and the issue in schools because it happens every day to people and it really hurts when people get bullied.
  • When someone is bullying you, don’t let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
  • Last Man Standing (2011) is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1388 – Filmmaker Rafael Puga Valega (WIN/WIN)

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WIN/WIN, 5min., USA
Directed by Rafael Puga Valega
A group of friends gathers to drink beer and play cards after their national football team suffers a tough defeat in a tournament. While playing one of them mentions an interesting idea on how to confront the team situation

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32642576/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_t_1

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

I basically wanted to start my first steps as a filmmaker with a short film that wasn’t difficult (or too difficult) to produce and that also had a short runtime. This story fitted well with that.

What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

I was afraid of hearing them at first, but I had already seen the film had won an award for best story so I felt they were going to be mostly positive. And I was glad after hearing them most of the time! Still I have to admit I heard them in low volume for the first time just in case hahaha. But I think that’s my way when dealing with reactions or reviews.

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Watch Today’s Festival: DOC Festival Feature: THE KENTUCKY COWBOY

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THE KENTUCKY COWBOY, 58min., USA
Directed by Mike Goldberg
Despite becoming a success on the football field, a man struggles internally with mental health issues all his life, as he continuously tries to gain acceptance from his father and legendary football coach.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
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Today’s Novel Contest Deadline: Family & Kids Festival

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Submit your Family or Kids Book by the deadline. 

FAMILY and KIDS Books will always be needed and wanted in our society. If you can write a great family story, then you are definitely on your way to having a great career. This portion of the Writing Festival would like to present at least 20 new works of Family Novels in the next 12 months. Submit your family novel today.

Submit your novel on the submission page: https://festivalforfamily.com/family-kids-novel-writing-festival/

3 ways to submit:

  • Full novel
  • 1st Chapter
  • Submit for automatic performance reading video

Today’s Screenplay Deadline: HISTORY Festival

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Submit your screenplay that’s a historical story genre and/or plot line to the festival.

Submit on the submission page: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-screenplay-festival/

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.

SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.

4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.

(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)