Happy Birthday: Michael Stuhlbarg

michaelstuhlbargHappy Birthday actor Michael Stuhlbarg

Born: July 5, 1968 in Long Beach, California, USA

Married to: Mai-Linh Lofgren (August 2013 – present)

Researched his role as Arnold Rothstein in Boardwalk Empire (2010) so thoroughly that the show’s writers often used him as a reference point.

As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Serious Man (2009), Hugo (2011) and Lincoln (2012).

HUGO
dir. Martin Scorsese
Stars
Asa Butterfield
Chloë Grace
MOVIE POSTERBLUE JASMINE
2013
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Cate Blanchett
Alec Baldwin
Body of LiesBody of Lies
2008
dir. Scott
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
Crowe
A Serious Man
dir. Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Stars:
Michael Stuhlbarg
Richard Kind
MOVIE POSTERMEN IN BLACK III
dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars:
Will Smith
Tommy Lee Jones
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2012
dir. Steven Spielber
Stars:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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2012
dir. Sacha Gervasi
Stars:
Anthony Hopkins
Helen Mirren
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2010
Created by Terence Winter
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2010
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Rose Byrne
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Happy Birthday: Edie Falco

ediefalco.jpgHappy Birthday actor Edie Falco

Born: July 5, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Unlike her brashly assertive alter-ego Carmela Soprano, Falco is self-described as shy, but is clearly a witty and down-to-earth person. She sometimes travels with her beloved dog Marley, driving so that the dog does not have to travel in the baggage compartment. At one point Falco had a relationship with her “Frankie and Johnny” co-star Stanley Tucci. She was treated for breast cancer in 2004 and her prognosis is very good. In December 2004, Falco adopted a baby boy, whom she named Anderson, after her mother’s surname. Another adoption, of a baby girl named Macy, followed in 2008.

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MOVIE POSTERFREEDOMLAND
2006
dir. Joe Roth
Stars:
Julianne Moore
Samuel L Jackson

 

Happy Birthday: Jenji Kohan

jenjikohan.jpgHappy Birthday writer Jenji Kohan

Born: July 5, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Christopher Noxon (1997 – present) (3 children)

She is a writer and producer, known for Weeds (2005), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Tracey Takes On… (1996).

QUOTES:

There’s more to us than the moment we made a bad decision.

For a lot of people, film is still the dream – the captive audience in the darkened theater – but I love TV. I think it’s fantastic.

I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do.

Happy Birthday: Geraldo Rivera

geraldoriveraHappy Birthday actor Geraldo Rivera

Born: July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Erica Levy (10 August 2003 – present) (1 child)
C.C. Dyer (11 July 1987 – 2000) (divorced) (3 children)
Sherryl Raymond (31 December 1976 – 10 October 1984) (divorced) (1 child)
Edie Vonnegut (14 December 1971 – 1975) (divorced)
Linda Coblentz (1965 – ?) (divorced)

On Hannity (2009) on February 4, 2015, he mentioned that his long-since-ex-wife C.C. Dyer miscarried six IVF-conceived children during their attempts to have children. Their seventh-IVF-conceived child was born full term and named Isabella.

He and his family differ on what his greatest accomplishment is. He even, according to him, had to remind them that he won a Peabody and an Emmy Award because they were very enamored that he guest starred on Glee.

Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Film & Television.

His son, Cruz Rivera, became the father of a girl, who was born on June 30, 2015. She is Geraldo’s first granddaughter.

Happy Birthday: Andrea Gabriel

andreagabriel.jpgHappy Birthday actor Andrea Gabriel

Born: July 4, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Starred Off-Broadway with F. Murray Abraham and Joyce Van Patten in “It’s My Party… And I’ll Die If I Want To.”

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Neil Simon

neilsimonHappy Birthday writer Neil Simon

Born: July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

QUOTES:

When it’s 100 in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When it’s 20 in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. However, there are six million interesting people in New York – and 72 in Los Angeles.

On writing 1991’s “The Marrying Man”: “With a play, I have only two people to please – myself and the director. With this movie, it was 19 executives, a director who’d never done anything but animation before, and two stars who would tell you what lines they’d say and what lines they wouldn’t say.”

On Hollywood: “Everyone in Hollywood is looking for a blockbuster. They tell you their last movie ‘only grossed $70 million,’ as if that were some kind of crime.”

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

Happy Birthday: Eric Fleming (1925–1966)

ericfleming.jpgHappy Birthday actor Eric Fleming (1925–1966)

Born: July 4, 1925 in Santa Paula, California, USA

Died: September 28, 1966 (age 41) in Tingo Maria area, Peru

Drowned while filming a TV scene in Peru at age 41.

During Fleming’s enlistment in the Seabees in 1942, his face was shattered when a 200-pound block of steel slipped from a hoist. A long convalescence and four plastic surgical procedures created the face familiar to Rawhide (1959) viewers.

Fleming was unmarried and had no children. He was to have married long-time companion Lynne Garber within two days of his death.

His mother’s maiden name was Anderson.

Happy Birthday: Tracy Letts

tracylettsHappy Birthday actor/writer Tracy Letts

Born: July 4, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

[re August: Osage County (2013)]I know that there’s another dimension in the film that is not in the play, and that’s Osage County. I would take them [filmmakers] to my home and show them the landscape, that’s kind of profound for me as a guy who not only has written a play, but written a play that’s somewhat autobiographical. The landscape itself becomes a character.

 

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Happy Birthday: David Kross

davidkrossHappy Birthday actor David Kross

Born: July 4, 1990 in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

In 2007 Stephen Daldry cast Kross in the adaption of his best selling novel “The Reader (2008)” provided that Kross had to learn English until the start of shooting. Later, Kross was honored with the Chopard trophy at the 62nd Cannes Festival playing on of the leading roles, opposite Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes.

 

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dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Jeremy Irvine
Emily Watson
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dir. Stephen Daldry
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