Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Tim Robbins

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timrobbins.jpgTim Robbins

Born: October 16, 1958 in West Covina, California, USA

I don’t want to be working for the sake of working. I don’t want to spend my time doing something I don’t love. But, at the same time, everything leads to something. Howard: A New Breed of Hero (1986) seemed like a great idea at the time. It was George Lucas, who’d just done the Star Wars trilogy. It was a lot of money. I wound up getting paid twice for it! It fuelled my theatre company for a couple of years and provided me with great creative freedom. If they’d cast the duck correctly, we might have had something there. Blame it on the duck!

Bull Durham
1988
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Sarandon
Costner		 JUNGLE FEVERJungle Fever
1991
dir. Spike
starring
Wesley Snipes
Annabella Sciorra
Mystic River
2003
dir. Eastwood
Starring
Sean Penn
Tim Robbins
Kevin Bacon		 War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds
2005
dir. Steven Spielberg
starring
Tom Cruise
Dakota Fanning
Tim Robbins
ANCHORMANAnchorman
2004
dir. Adam McKay
starring
Ferrell
Christina Applegate		 City of EmberCity of Ember
2008
dir. Gil Kenan
Starring
Tim Robbins
Murray
GREEN LANTERN
dir. Martin Campbell
Stars:
Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively		 movie reviewsZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE
2005
dir. Jon Favreau
Stars:
Jonah Bobo
Josh Hutcherson
MOVIE POSTERTENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
2006
dir. Liam Lynch
Stars:
Jack Black
ShawshankThe Shawshank Redemption
1994
dir. by Frank Darabont
starring
Tim Robbins
Freeman		 HIGH FIDELITYHigh Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black
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Happy Birthday: Angela Lansbury

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angelalansbury.jpgAngela Lansbury

Born: October 16, 1925 in Regent’s Park, London, England, UK

Married to: Peter Shaw (12 August 1949 – 29 January 2003) (his death) (2 children)
Richard Cromwell (27 September 1945 – 11 September 1946) (divorced)

[Advice to aspiring actors] I really can’t honestly give any tips beyond hang on to your dream. Hang on to what you want, what you feel you want to achieve and go for it. We are all the victims of our own talent and our own shortcomings sometimes, and we have to be aware of those things because they will trip us up and stop us from achieving what our aims are.

MR POPPERS PENGUINS
dir. Mark Waters
Stars:
Jim Carrey
Carla Gugino		 STATE OF THE UNIONState of the Union
1948
dir. Frank Capra
Starring
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
dir. Robert Stevenson
Starring
Angela Lansbury
David Tomlinson		 MOVIE POSTERBEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D
dir. Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Stars:
Paige O’Hara
Robby Benson
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEThe Manchurian Candidate
1962
dir. John Frankenheimer
starring
Sinatra
Laurence Harvey
The Long Hot Summer, dir. Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Joanne WoodwardThe Long, Hot Summer
1958
dir. Martin Ritt
starring
Paul Newman
Orson Welles
Joanne Woodward		 Beauty and the Beast Movie PosterBeauty and the Beast
dir. Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Stars
Paige O’Hara
Robby Benson
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Happy Birthday: Jean Peters (1926–2000)

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jeanpeters.jpgJean Peters (1926–2000)

Born: October 15, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, USA
Died: October 13, 2000 (age 73) in Carlsbad, California, USA

Married to: Stanley Hough (28 August 1971 – 23 February 1990) (his death)
Howard Hughes (12 January 1957 – 18 June 1971) (divorced)
Stuart Warren Cramer III (29 May 1954 – 9 December 1955) (divorced)

[in 1972] My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment.

Niagara
1953
dir. Henry Hathaway
Starring
Jospeh Cotten
Marilyn Monroe
LA STRADALa Strada
1954
dir. Federico Fellini
starring
Quinn
Giulietta Masina

MOVIE POSTERIT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
1949
dir. Lloyd Bacon
Stars:
Ray Milland
Jean Peters
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Happy Birthday: Mira Nair

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miranairMira Nair

Born: October 15, 1957 in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India

I was seen as an outsider in the beginning and then an object of great envy. All the national directors wanted to be international. They would come up to me and say, “If I cast Michael Caine and Sean Connery, do you think this will make it?” There was this fascination with the international that was totally wrong-headed.

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST
2013
dir. Mira Nair
Stars:
Riz Ahmed
Liev Schreiber

Amelia Movie PosterAmelia
dir. Mira Nair
Stars:
Swank
Richard Gere
Ewan McGregor

 

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Happy Birthday: Penny Marshall

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pennymarshallPenny Marshall

Born: October 15, 1943 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn’t know why he was crying.

Look at YouTube, how many talented people there are. It’s a whole new world of how to express yourself. I don’t know how to work that world, but take advantage of it.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
1992
dir. Penny Marshall
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Geena Davis
Awakenings
1990
dir. by Penny Marshall
Also Starring
Robin Williams

BigBig
1988
dir. Penny Marshall
starring
Hanks
Elizabeth Perkins
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Happy Birthday: Vanessa Marcil

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vanessamarcilVanessa Marcil

Born: October 15, 1968 in Indio, California, USA

I don’t know any woman who doesn’t have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit. I was on the show (General Hospital (1963)) for two years before they got me to wear a bathing suit and I almost had a heart attack the whole time.

I’m not ready to be a woman yet. I’d like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I’ll like my curves when I’m older but right now they kind of make me squirm.

I balance things better and don’t kill myself so much, but conflict makes me a more interesting actress to watch. The places I go to pull emotions from, I think if you have a perfect, happy life, you just don’t have those places. And I want those places. I’m proud of those places.

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Dominic West

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dominicwest.jpgDominic West

Born: October 15, 1969 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Married to:
Catherine Fitzgerald (26 June 2010 – present) (4 children)

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people. It’s interesting that I’ve been cast as a working-class cop [The Wire (2002)] because I doubt that would happen at home. The films I most enjoy in England are by Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but it’s very unlikely I would be cast in them; I’ve tried a few times, but I’m perceived as posh.

[on The Wire (2002)] The show provokes a kind of obsessive following. Those who love it kind of cherish the fact that it’s not quite as world-renowned as The Sopranos (1999). It’s like being in a secret club.

CHICAGO
2002
dir. Rob Marshall
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones		 THE PHANTOM MENACEStar Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
1999
dir. Lucas
Starring
Liam Neeson
Ewan McGregor
300
2007
dir. Snyder
Starring
Butler
Lena Headey		 MOVIE POSTERTHE PHANTOM MENACE 3D
dir. George Lucas
Stars: Ewan McGregor
Liam Neeson
300HANNIBAL RISING
2007
dir. Peter Webber
Starring
Gaspard Ulliel
Aaran Thomas		 MOVIE POSTERJOHN CARTER
dir. Andrew Stanton
Stars:
Taylor Kitsch
Lynn Collins
TV POSTERTHE WIRE SEASON 1
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Reviews of every episode		 MOVIE POSTERBest of THE WIRE TV Show
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Movie PosterPUNISHER: WAR ZONE
2008
dir. Lexi Alexander
Starring
Ray Stevenson
Dominic West		 MOVIE POSTERJOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN
dir. Oliver Parker
Stars:
Rowan Atkinson
Rosamund Pike
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Happy Birthday: Shawn Andrews

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shawnandrews.jpgShawn Andrews

Born: October 15, 1971 in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA

While filming the movie Dazed and Confused (1993), he eloped with actress Milla Jovovich to Las Vegas in October 1992. Since Milla was only 16 at the time, her mother had the marriage annulled.

 Quit the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, mid-term in 1991, by bursting into his acting class (during final scenes) wearing a trenchcoat – before those kids in Colorado turned it into a sign of menace – sunglasses and an unlit cigar. He then proceeded to “flip the bird” to his classmates and Acting teacher. Afterward, he lit the cigar, said only, “Yeah.” and walked out. Teacher Jackie Cowgill, without missing a beat, said “That was his best performance all year!”

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Happy Birthday: Bailee Madison

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baileemadison.jpgBailee Madison

Born: October 15, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

One of my favorite traditions is that my sisters and I, we all wear the same pajamas. I’ve even still got some from when I was 6. Also, I’ll always remember cooking together in the kitchen and that no matter how busy our schedules are, we are all together for Christmas.

PARENTAL GUIDANCE
dir. Andy Fickman
Stars:
Billy Crystal
Bette Midler		 MOVIE POSTERDON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
dir. Troy Nixey
Stars:
Katie Holmes
Guy Pearce
TROPHY WIFE TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Creators: Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins		 Letters to God PosterLetters to God
dir. David Nixon
Patrick Doughtie
Stars
Tanner Maguire
Jeffrey Johnson
BROTHERS Movie PosterBrothers
dir. Jim Sheridan
Stars:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Portman
Tobey Maguire

JUST GO WITH ITJUST GO WITH IT
dir. Dennis Dugan
Stars:
Adam Sandler
Jennifer Aniston		 CONVICTIONCONVICTION
dir. Tony Goldwyn
Stars:
Hilary Swank
Sam Rockwell
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Happy Birthday: Lillian Gish (1893–1993)

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lilliangish.jpgLillian Gish (1893–1993)

Born: October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, USA
Died: February 27, 1993 (age 99) in New York City, New York, USA

Lionel Barrymore first played my grandfather, later my father, and finally, he played my husband. If he’d lived, I’m sure I would have played his mother. That’s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

[Receiving an honorary Academy Award in 1971] Oh, all the charming ghosts I feel around me who should share this! It was our privilege for a little while to serve that beautiful thing, the film, and we never doubted for a moment that it was the most powerful thing, the mind and heartbeat of our technical century.

THE SCARLET LETTER
1926
dir. Victor Seastrom (Sjostrom)
Starring:
Lillian Gish
Lars Hanson		 WAY DOWN EASTWAY DOWN EAST
1920
dir. D.W. Griffith
Starring
Lillian Gish
Richard Barthlemess
THE WINDTHE WIND
1928
dir. Victor Sjöström
Cast:
Lillian Gish
Lars Hanson		 MOVIE POSTERTHE BIRTH OF A NATION
1915
dir. D.W. Griffith
Stars:
Lillian Gash
Mae Marsh
ORPHANS OF THE STORM
1921
dir. D.W. Griffith
Starring
Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish		 INTOLERANCEIntolerance
1916
dir. D.W. Griffith
Starring
Mae Marsh
Robert Harron
MOVIEAN UNSEEN ENEMY
1912
dir. D.W. Griffith
Starring:
Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish		 MOVIE POSTERTHE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1955
dir. by Charles Laughton
Stars:
Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters

 

 

 

 

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