Happy Birthday: Jenna Elfman

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Happy Birthday, Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman

Born: September 30, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Bodhi Elfman (18 February 1995 – present) (2 children)

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
dir. Will Gluck
Stars:
Mila Kunis
Justin Timberlake

Can’t Hardly Wait
1998
dir. by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
starring
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ethan Embry

1600 PENN
Review of the White House Comedy

DAMAGES Season 5
Starring:
Ryan Phillippe
John Hannah

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Happy Birthday: Amy Landecker

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Amy Landecker, Happy Birthday

Amy Landecker

Born: September 30, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

You always hear actors say, ‘Theater is my first love,’ and it is. It’s a time when you really get to do what you do, and there’s not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved – sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.

CLEAR HISTORY
2013
dir. Greg Mottola
Stars:
Larry David
Jon Hamm

Dan in Real Life
Directed by Peter Hedges
Starring
Steve Carell
Juliette Binoche
Cook

MAD MEN season 2
Best of the Season!

WELCOME TO YESTERDAY
2014
dir. Dean Israelite
Stars:
Ginny Gardner
Sir Maejor

A Serious Man
dir. Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Stars:
Michael Stuhlbarg
Richard Kind

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Happy Birthday: Lacey Chabert

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert

Born: September 30, 1982 in Purvis, Mississippi, USA

Married to: David Nehdar (22 December 2013 – present) (1 child)

When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went down there and was a waitress for a few days. Let me tell you, I got it out of my system.

LOST IN SPACE
1998
dir. Stephen Hopkins
Starring
Gary Oldman
William Hurt

Mean Girls
2004
dir. by Mark Waters
starring
Lohan
Tina Fey
Rachel McAdams

BLACK CHRISTMAS
2006
dir. Glen Morgan
Stars:
Michelle Trachtenberg
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Happy Birthday: Ezra Miller

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Ezra Miller, Happy Birthday

Ezra Miller

Born: September 30, 1992 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

[discussing his sexuality in a 2012 “Out” Magazine interview] I’m queer. I have a lot of really wonderful friends who are of very different sexes and genders. I am very much in love with no one in particular. I’ve been trying to figure out relationships, you know? I don’t know if it’s responsible for kids of my age to be so aggressively pursuing monogamous binds, because I don’t think we’re ready for them. The romanticism within our culture dictates that that’s what you’re supposed to be looking for. Then [when] we find what we think is love–even if it is love–we do not yet have the tools. I do feel that it’s possible to be at this age unintentionally hurtful, just by being irresponsible–which is fine. I’m super down with being irresponsible. I’m just trying to make sure my lack of responsibility no longer hurts people. That’s where I’m at in the boyfriend/girlfriend/zefriend type of question.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
dir. Lynne Ramsay
Stars:
Tilda Swinton
John C. Reilly

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
2012
dir. Stephen Chbosky
Stars:
Logan Lerman
Emma Watson

CALIFORNICATION
Review of the television show

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Happy Birthday: Monica Bellucci

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized action, Happy Birthday, Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci

Born: September 30, 1964 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy

I’m not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body. You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irreversible (2002), I treated my body like it was an object and it’s great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it’s a part of your job, an object you can work with. When you can have this kind of freedom it’s the moment where you can give your best as an actress.

The Matrix Reloaded
2003
dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Hugo Weaving

The Matrix Revolution
2003
dir. Larry and Andy Wachowski
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Hugo Weaving

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Stars
Nicolas Cage
Jay Baruchel

The Passion of the Christ
2004
dir. Gibson
starring
Jim Caviezel
Maia Morgenstern

The Brothers Grimm
2005
dir. Terry Gilliam
Cast
Matt Damon
Heath Ledger

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Happy Birthday: Marion Cotillard

September 30, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Happy Birthday

Marion Cotillard

Born: September 30, 1975 in Paris, France

[on why she became an actress – Elle, November 2013] When I was a kid, I started to have a lot of questions about human beings, and I was a troubled child because of all of these questions. I guess that’s why I became an actress. Not only because my parents were actors and, yeah, it’s a beautiful thing to tell stories, but I think I became an actress because I wanted to explore this- to explore what a human being is.

Big Fish
2003
dir. Tim Burton
Starring
Ewan McGregor
Albert Finney

Love Me If You Dare
2003
dir. Yann Samuell
Starring
Guillaume Canet
Cotillard

A Very Long Engagement
2004
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring
Audrey Tautou
Gaspard Ulliel

A Good Year
2006
dir. Ridley Scott
Starring
Russell Crowe
Cotillard

Inception
dir. Christopher Nolan
Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio
Ken Watanabe

9
dir. Acker
Starring
Elijah Wood
Jennifer Connelly
Crispin Glover

Public Enemies
2009
dir. Michael Mann
Starring
Johnny Depp
Christian Bale

Nine
dir. Rob Marshall
Stars:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Cotillard
Penélope Cruz

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
2011
dir. Woody Allen
Starring
Owen Wilson
Rachel McAdams

CONTAGION
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Matt Damon
Kate Winslet

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
2012
dir. Christopher Nolan
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RUST AND BONE
2012
dir. Jacques Audiard
Stars:
Marion Cotillard
Matthias Schoenaerts

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Happy Birthday: Russell Peters

September 29, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday Happy Birthday, Russell Peters

Russell Peters

Born: September 29, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They’re the originals. When people say that’s your roots, that’s literally my roots. I’ve just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing. But the roots are there.

NEW YEAR’S EVE
dir. Garry Marshall
Stars:
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jessica Biel

SOURCE CODE
dir. Duncan Jones
Stars:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Michelle Monaghan

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Happy Birthday: Gene Autry (1907–1998)

September 29, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized Gene Autry (1907–1998), Happy Birthday, singer

Gene Autry (1907–1998)

Born: September 29, 1907 in Near Tioga, Texas, USA
Died: October 2, 1998 (age 91) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Jackie Autry (19 July 1981 – 2 October 1998) (his death)
Ina Mae Spivey (1 April 1932 – 20 May 1980) (her death)

[on Gail Davis] There are lots of girls who can ride and shoot and lots who can act, but the girl who could do both just couldn’t be found. Then this kid came along and I didn’t have any more problems. A whole generation of children grew up with Gail Davis playing Annie Oakley on television. Before that she co-starred with me in several of my movies. She also toured with me on a number of occasions. Gail was an extremely talented individual. She had a kind, generous heart and brought so much joy to so many children. She never stopped doing that right up to the day she passed away.

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Happy Birthday: Stanley Kramer (1913–2001)

September 29, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actor, director, Happy Birthday, Stanley Kramer (1913–2001)

Stanley Kramer (1913–2001)

Born: September 29, 1913 in Hell’s Kitchen [now Clinton], Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 19, 2001 (age 87) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

[on Katharine Hepburn] The most completely thorough, driving, constantly seeking actress with whom I’m been associated. She’s never really satisfied; she never stops thinking about what she’s doing and about what everybody else is doing. She is a marvelous woman who has a capacity for many emotional areas and she has great talent. She can trigger an emotional truth at precisely the right time. I don’t know what she draws on; it’s a deep, deep well.

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
1967
dir. Stanley Kramer
Stars:
Spencer Tracy
Sidney Poitier

The Defiant Ones
1958
dir. Stanley Kramer
Cast
Tony Curtis
Sydney Poitier

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Happy Birthday: Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007)

September 29, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actor, Happy Birthday, Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007)

Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007)

Born: September 29, 1912 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: July 30, 2007 (age 94) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Burglars stole an Oscar, awarded for career achievement, from his Rome apartment during the Christmas holidays. [December 1996]

Reality changes so rapidly that if one theme is not dealt with, another presents itself. Allowing one’s attention to be attracted by each little thing has become a vice of the imagination. All one has to do is to keep one’s eyes open: everything becomes full of meaning; everything cries out to be interpreted, reproduced. Thus, there is no one particular film that I would like to make; there is one for every single theme I perceive. And I am excited by these themes, day and night. However, opportunity and other practical considerations limit and direct the choice . . .

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