Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Melissa McCarthy

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melissamccarthy.jpgMelissa McCarthy

Born: August 26, 1970 in Plainfield, Illinois, USA

[harsh review from a critic focusing on her weight] I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that’s someone who’s in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs.

BRIDESMAIDS
dir. Paul Feig
Stars:
Kristen Wiig
Maya Rudolph
LIFE AS WE KNOW ITLIFE AS WE KNOW IT
dir. Greg Berlanti
Stars:
Katherine Heigl
Duhamel
GOGo
1999
dir. Doug Liman
Cast
Sarah Polley
Katie Holmes
MOVIE POSTERTHIS IS 40
dir. Judd Apatow
Stars:
Paul Rudd
Leslie Mann		 MOVIE POSTERIDENTITY THIEF
2013
dir. Seth Gordon
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Melissa McCarthy
MOVIE POSTERTHE HANGOVER PART III
2013
dir. Todd Phillips
Stars:
Bradley Cooper
Zach Galifianakis		 MOVIE POSTERTHE HEAT
2013
dir. Paul Feig
Stars:
Sandra Bullock
Melissa McCarthy
TAMMY
2014
dir. Ben Falcone
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Susan Sarandon		 MOVIE POSTERST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS
2014
dir. Theodore Melfi
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Bill Murray

 

Happy Birthday: Chris Pine

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chrispine.jpgChris Pine

Born: August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA

[2009] I’ve seen what can happen to an actor when he’s just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it’s ten years later, your career’s happened, and you haven’t had any control. I still assume that, any day, I’m going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.

STRETCH
2014
dir. Joe Carnahan
Stars:
Chris Pine
Jessica Alba		 UNSTOPPABLEUNSTOPPABLE
dir. Tony Scott
Stars:
Denzel Washington
Chris Pine
CARRIERS
2006
dir. �lex Pastor
David Pastor
Starring:
Chris Pine
Piper Perabo		 Star TrekStar Trek
2009
Directed by
Abrams
Starring
Chris Pine
Zachary Quinto
BLIND DATING
2006
dir. James Keach
Stars:
Chris Pine
Anjali Jay		 BOTTLE SHOCKBottle Shock
2008
dir. Randall Miller
Cast
Bill Pullman
Chris Pine
MOVIE POSTERRISE OF THE GUARDIANS
dir. Peter Ramsey
Stars:
Hugh Jackman
Alec Baldwin		 MOVIE POSTERTHIS MEANS WAR
dir. McG
Stars:
Reese Witherspoon
Chris Pine
MOVIE POSTERSTAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
2013
dir. J.J. Abrams
Stars:
Chris Pine
Zachary Quinto		 MOVIE POSTERJACK RYAN
2013
dir. Kenneth Branagh
Stars:
Chris Pine
Kevin Costner
JUST MY LUCK
2006
dir. Donald Petrie
Stars:
Lindsay Lohan
Chris Pine

 

Happy Birthday: Rachael Ray

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Rachael Ray.jpgRachael Ray

Born: August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York, USA

That’s why I love food, ’cause it makes the best scrapbook. I mean, pictures are great but they’re not very tasty.

I’m Always on the lookout for safety ’cause I’m an especially accident prone girl.

I can say this. I am a cheese-in-a-can virgin. So… [tastes it, makes a face] …mmm, much like many of our first experiences. A little bit sticky, and not that memorable.

Happy Birthday: John Savage

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johnsavage.jpgJohn Savage

Born: August 25, 1949 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA

I love plays like “Of Mice and Men.” Modern classics. They tell you so much about America, how things were. The time it’s about wasn’t all that long ago, but we often forget times, and things, we should remember.

The Deer Hunter
1978
dir. Michael Cimino
starring
Robert DeNiro
Meryl Streep
HAIRHair
1979
dir. Milos Foreman
starring
Savage
Treat Williams
Do the Right Thing
1989
dir. Spike
starring
Danny Aielo
Ossie Davis
THE GODFATHER PART IIIThe Godfather Part III
1990
dir. Ford Coppola
Starring
Al Pacino
Diane Keaton		 movie posterADMISSIONS
2004
dir. Melissa Painter
Starring
Lauren Ambrose
Amy Madigan

Happy Birthday: Blair Underwood

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blairunderwood.jpgBlair Underwood

Born: August 25, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, USA

Married to: Desiree DaCosta (17 September 1994 – present) (3 children)

It’s so easy to sell your soul or sell out or cop out, and what it really comes down to is choices. If you have some kind of game plan, or at least a faith in your ability, it doesn’t matter if this town validates you or not because you’re already validated by your gifts. I just try to stay focused on what I have to offer.

SOUL OF THE GAME
1996
dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Stars:
Delroy Lindo
Mykelti Williamson

tv POSTERIRONSIDE TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Creators: Michael Caleo, Collier Young
MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION
2006
dir. Tyler Perry
Stars:
Blair Underwood
Lyn Whitfield

 

Happy Birthday: Billy Ray Cyrus

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billyraycyrus.jpgBilly Ray Cyrus

Born: August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky, USA

Married to: Tish Cyrus (28 December 1993 – present) (3 children)

[on Miley Cyrus] How many interviews did I give and say, ‘You know what’s important between me and Miley is I try to be a friend to my kids’? I said it a lot. And sometimes I would even read other parents might say, ‘You don’t need to be a friend, you need to be a parent.’ Well, I’m the first guy to say to them right now: You were right. I should have been a better parent. I should have said, ‘Enough is enough-it’s getting dangerous and somebody’s going to get hurt.’ I should have, but I didn’t. Honestly, I didn’t know the ball was out of bounds until it was way up in the stands somewhere.

Happy Birthday: Tom Skerritt

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tomskerritt.jpgTom Skerritt

Born: August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

It’s concentration and luck. There are many prominent people in this business who choose certain types of pictures and play a derivation of a certain character they always play so they are immediately identifiable — and they are commercially successful because of it. I have never pursued that. I just do films that I would pay five bucks to see.

MASH
1970
dir. Altman
Starring
Donald Sutherland
Elliot Gould		 HAROLD AND MAUDEHarold and Maude
1971
dir. Ashby
starring
Bud Cort
Ruth Gordon
ALIENAlien
1979
dir. Scott
starring
Skerritt
Weaver
THE DEAD ZONEThe Dead Zone
1983
dir. David Cronenberg
Starring
Christopher Walken
Brooke Adams
WHITEOUT Movie PosterWhiteout
2009
dir. Dominic Sena
Starring
Beckinsale
Gabriel Macht		 MOVIE POSTERTHE DEAD ZONE
1983
dir. by David Cronenberg
Stars:
Christopher Walken
Brooke Adams

Happy Birthday: Ben Falcone

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benfalcone.jpgBen Falcone

Born: August 25, 1973 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA

Married to: Melissa McCarthy (8 October 2005 – present) (2 children)

[re careers of his and collaborator/wife Melissa] We’re not very far removed from having to take any job that we can find, to get a job, because you want to be working. Someone sends you a script for the craziest idea ever-it could be about, like, the Abominable Snow-Woman-and you could be like, ‘I don’t know, maybe we should consider it?’

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
dir. Kirk Jones
Stars:
Cameron Diaz
Matthew Morrison

bridesmaidsBRIDESMAIDS
dir. Paul Feig
Stars:
Kristen Wiig
Maya Rudolph
MOVIE POSTERIDENTITY THIEF
2013
dir. Seth Gordon
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Melissa McCarthy
MOVIE POSTERTAMMY
2014
dir. Ben Falcone
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Susan Sarandon		 MOVIE POSTERBAD WORDS
2014
dir. Jason Bateman
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Kathryn Hahn