Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Forest Whitaker

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forestwhitaker.jpgHappy Birthday actor Forest Whitaker

Born: July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas, USA

Married to:
Keisha Whitaker (4 May 1996 – present) (2 children)

His left eye, which can not open fully due to the hereditary condition ptosis.

Often plays characters that are, or are inspired by, historical figures

Often plays military/political/law enforcement roles

Platoon
1986
dir. Oliver Stone
Starring
Charlie Sheen
Willem DaFoe		 MOVIE POSTERPHENOMENON
1996
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Starring:
John Travolta
Kyra Sedgwick
PANIC ROOMPanic Room
2002
dir. David Fincher
Starring
Jodie Foster
Kristin Stewart		 Vantage PointVantage Point
2008
Directed by Pete Travis
Starring
Dennis Quaid
Matthew Fox
Street Kings
2008
Directed by David Ayer
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Whitaker		 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Movie PosterWhere the Wild Things Are
dir. Spike Jonze
Stars:
Max Records
Catherine O’Hara
Whitaker
Our Family Wedding Movie PosterOur Family Wedding
MOVIE REVIEW
dir. Rick Famuyiwa
Stars
America Ferrera
Forest Whitaker		 Repo Men Movie PosterRepo Men
dir. Miguel Sapochnik
Stars
Jude Law
Forest Whitaker
movie posterTHE AIR I BREATHE
2007
dir. Jieho Lee
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
Forest Whitaker		 moviesBLOODSPORT
1988
dir. Newt Arnold
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Donald Gibb
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
1982
dir. Amy Heckerling
Starring:
Sean Penn
Ray Walston		 MOVIE POSTERA DARK TRUTH
2013
dir. Damian Lee
Stars:
Andy Garcia
Kim Coates		 MOVIE POSTERTHE LAST STAND
2013
dir. Jee-woon Kim
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Eduardo Noriega		 MOVIE POSTERTHE BUTLER
2013
dir. Lee Daniels
Stars:
Forest Whitaker
Oprah Winfrey
MOVIE POSTEROUT OF THE FURNACE
2013
dir. Scott Cooper
Stars:
Christian Bale
Casey Affleck		 MOVIE POSTERTHE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
2006
dir. Kevin Macdonald
Stars:
James McAvoy
Forest Whitaker		 MOVIE POSTERBLACK NATIVITY
2013
dir. Kasi Lemmons
Stars:
Forest Whitaker
Angela Bassett

Happy Birthday: Lana Parrilla

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lanaparrillaHappy Birthday actor Lana Parrilla

Born: July 15, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Fred di Blasio (5 July 2014 – present)

QUOTES:

I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre… It’s funny – I don’t have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week.

 

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Happy Birthday: Taylor Kinney

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taylorkinney.jpgHappy Birthday actor Taylor Kinney

Born: July 15, 1981 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

QUOTES:

Being on ‘The Vampire Diaries’ feels almost like a game you play when you’re a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I’d take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.

If ‘Chicago Fire’ goes for a long run, maybe I’ll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can’t throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I’m not big on ‘things,’ though, so I don’t own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn’t know where to put them.

CHICAGO FIRE
Review of the TV action drama		 MOVIE POSTERTHE OTHER WOMAN
2014
dir. Nick Cassavetes
Stars:
Cameron Diaz
Leslie Mann

MOVIE POSTERZERO DARK 30
2012
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Stars:
Chris Pratt
Jessica Chastain
revengeBest of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES TV show

 

Happy Birthday: Diane Kruger

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dianekruger.jpgHappy Birthday actor Diane Kruger

Born: July 15, 1976 in Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany

QUOTES:

With Wolfgang Petersen, we were always the only two ready at time and the first on the set during the filming of Troy (2004). The German rigour without a doubt.

It was something strange for me, to kiss Orlando. I was so embarassed! It is not as fun as people think to shoot love scenes. You feel vulnerable, and there are about 100 people looking at you.

UnknownUNKNOWN
dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars:
Liam Neeson
Diane Kruger
2012 Movie PosterInglourious Basterds
2009
dir. Tarantino
Starring
Brad Pitt
Mike Myers
SydneyWhiteNational Treasure: Book of Secrets
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Starring
Cage
Jon Voight
MOVIE POSTERTHE HOST
2013
dir. Andrew Niccol
Stars:
Saoirse Ronan
Diane Kruger
SEE TOP 100 DIANE KRUGER PHOTOS
2011
Abs
and Boyfriend
and Brad Pitt
and Christoph Waltz
and Guillaume Canet
and Joshua Jackson
and Liam Neeson
and Melanie Laurent
and Natalie Portman
and Nicolas Cage
and Orlando Bloom
and Quentin Tarantino
and Vincent Lindon
as Boy George
as Helen of Troy
at Airport
at Cannes
Back
Beautiful
Bedroom
Before and After
Bikini
Black and White
Blue Dress
Bob
Body
Boots
Breasts
Butt
Calves
Calvin Klein
Casual
Close Up
Clothes
Cosmopolitan
Curly Hair
Earrings
Ears
Esquire
Eyebrows
Eyes
Face
Fashion
Feet
Glamour
Gold Dress
Gown
Hair
Hairstyle		 Heels
Hot
in Chanel
in Fringe
in Inglourious Basterds
in National Treasure
in Troy
in Unknown
Instyle
Jeans
Leather Dress
Legs
Legy
Lips
Lipstick
Makeup
Marie Claire
Measurements
Mini Dress
Mini Skirt
Model
Nose
Nude
Nylons
On the Street
Pants
Photo Shoot
Pink Dress
Ponytail
Pregnant
Red Carpet
Red Dress
Sex Dress
Sexy
Shoes
Short Dress
Short Hair
Short Skirt
Skinny
Smile
Style
Sunglasses
Super Short Dress
Teeth
Updo
Wallpaper
White Dress
Without Makeup
Yellow Dress
Young

 

Happy Birthday: Joel Silver

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joelsilverHappy Birthday producer Joel Silver

Born: July 14, 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Married to:
Karyn Fields (10 July 1999 – present) (1 child)

As flamboyant as any character in his movies, Joel Silver can be credited along with Jerry Bruckheimer as practically reinventing the action film genre in the 1980s. Born in New Jersey, he attended the New York University Film School.

Joel Silver pioneered the practice of shooting action movies in Australia with the “Matrix” films, and has been credited with either inventing or reinventing the careers of Eddie Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steven Seagal. He was mentioned in Halle Berry’s Academy Award acceptance speech. Other credits include non-action pictures, ranging from Xanadu (1980) and Weird Science (1985) to HBO’s long-running TV series, Tales from the Crypt (1989).

Caricatured in Grand Canyon (1991), True Romance (1993), and I’ll Do Anything (1994)

Happy Birthday: Ingmar Bergman

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ingmarbergman.jpgHappy Birthday director Ingmar Bergman

Born: July 14, 1918 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Died: July 30, 2007 (age 89) in Fårö, Gotlands län, Sweden

Married to:
Ingrid von Rosen (11 November 1971 – 20 May 1995) (her death) (1 child)
Käbi Laretei (1959 – 1969) (divorced) (1 child)
Gun Grut (1951 – 1959) (divorced) (1 child)
Ellen Bergman (22 July 1945 – 1950) (divorced) (4 children)
Else Fisher (25 March 1943 – 1945) (divorced) (1 child)

SUMMER WITH MONIKASummer with Monika
1953
dir. Bergman
starring
Harriet Andersson
Naemi Briese
Smiles of a summer nightSmiles of a Summer Night
1955
dir. Bergman
Starring
Ulla Jacobsson
Eva Dahlbeck		 WILD STRAWBERRIESWild Strawberries
1957
dir. Bergman
Cast: Victor Sjöström
Bibi Andersson
The Seventh SealThe Seventh Seal
1957
dir. Bergman
starring
Max Von Sydow
Gunnar Bjornstand		 WINTER LIGHTWinter Light
1962
dir. Bergman
Starring
Max von Sydow
Ingrid Thulin		 PERSONAPersona
1966
dir. Bergman
Starring
Bibi Andersson
Liv Ullmann		 VARGTIMMENVargtimmen
1968
dir. Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Max von Sydow
Liv Ullman
Fanny and AlexanderFanny and Alexander
1982
dir. Bergman
Cast
Pernilla Allwin
Bertil Guve

Happy Birthday: Harry Dean Stanton

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harrydeanstanton.jpgHappy Birthday actor Harry Dean Stanton

Born: July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

Critic Roger Ebert so admires him that he created the “Stanton-Walsh Rule,” which states that “no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.” Ebert later admitted that Dream a Little Dream (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a “clear violation” of this rule.

 

 

RANGO
dir. Gore Verbinski
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Isla Fisher		 THE ROSEThe Rose
1979
dir. Mark Rydell
starring
Midler
Harry Dean Stanton
ALIENAlien
1979
dir. Scott
starring
Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
THE GREEN MILEThe Green Mile
1999
dir. Frank Darabont
Starring
Hanks
Michael Clarke Duncan
PRETTY IN PINKPretty in Pink
1986
dir. Deutch
Starring
Molly Ringwald
Harry Dean Stanton		 MOVIE POSTERTHIS MUST BE THE PLACE
2012
dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Stars:
Sean Penn
Frances McDormand
MOVIE POSTERALPHA DOG
2006
dir. Nick Cassavetes
Stars:
Emile Hirsch
Justin Timberlake		 MOVIE POSTERTHE LAST STAND
2013
dir. Jee-woon Kim
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Eduardo Noriega

 

Happy Birthday: Jane Lynch

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janelynch.jpgHappy Birthday actor Jane Lynch

Born: July 14, 1960 in Dolton, Illinois, USA

Married to:
Lara Embry (31 May 2010 – 27 October 2014) (divorced)

Struggled with alcoholism years before stardom, which she details in her forthcoming memoir “Happy Accidents”. She also describes how she used to secretly wear her brother’s clothing and wanted to fill the athletic “son” role her father had wished for her brother.

The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
dir. Judd Apatow
starring
Steve Carell
Rogen		 Shrek Forever After Movie PosterShrek Forever After
dir. Mike Mitchell
Stars
Mike Myers
Cameron Diaz
SydneyWhiteWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Starring
Reilly
Jenna Fischer		 Role ModelsRole Models
2008
dir. David Wain
Starring
Paul Rudd
Seann William Scott
Space ChimpsSpace Chimps
Directed by Kirk De Micco
Voices by
Andy Samberg
Cheryl Hines		 ICE AGE 3 Movie PosterIce Age 3
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier
Voices by
Ray Romano
John Leguizamo
JULIE AND JULIA Movie PosterJulie and Julia
2009
dir. Nora Ephron
Starring
Adams
Meryl Streep		 POST GRADE Movie PosterPost Grad
dir. Vicky Jenson
Starring
Alexis Bledel
Michael Keaton
Carol Burnett
MOVIE POSTERTHE THREE STOOGES
dir. Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Stars:
Sean Hayes
Chris Diamantopoulos		 GLEEBest of GLEE TV series

Happy Birthday: Matthew Fox

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matthewfox.jpgHappy Birthday actor Matthew Fox

Born: July 14, 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA

Married to:
Margherita Ronchi (1 August 1992 – present) (2 children)

“It’s sort of a show about the human species, not a show about anybody from any particular country or any nationality or any religious background.” – on why he thinks Lost (2004) is internationally successful.

 

ALEX CROSS
dir. Rob Cohen
Stars:
Tyler Perry
Matthew Fox		 SMOKIN ACESSmokin Aces
2006
dir. Carnahan
starring
Ryan Reynolds
Liotta

WE ARE MARSHALLWe Are Marshall
2006
dir. Mc G
starring
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew Fox
Vantage Point
2008
Directed by Pete Travis
Starring
Quaid
Matthew Fox		 MOVIE POSTERWORLD WAR Z
dir. Marc Forster
Stars:
Brad Pitt
Mireille Enos
Speed RacerSpeed Racer
2008
Directed by Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Starring
Emile Hirsch
Christina Ricci
LOST SEASON 6Best of LOST TV Series
Season by Season		 LOST SEASON 1LOST SEASON 1
Created by J.J. Abrams
Jeffrey Lieber
Damon Lindelof