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Happy Birthday: Sydney Pollack (1934–2008)

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sydneypollack.jpgHappy Birthday director Sydney Pollack (1934–2008)

Born: July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Died: May 26, 2008 (age 73) in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Claire Griswold (22 September 1958 – 26 May 2008) (his death) (3 children)

Among the 100 best American love movies ranked by American Film Institute in June, 2002, Pollack is the only director credited with two films near the top of list. His The Way We Were (1973) is ranked #6 and Out of Africa (1985) is ranked #13.

THREE DAYS OF CONDORThree Days of Condor
1975
dir. Sydney Pollack
Cast
Robert Redford
Faye Dunaway		 TOOTSIETootsie
1982
dir. Sydney Pollack
Starring
Dustin Hoffman
Lange
OUT OF AFRICAOut of Africa
1985
dir. Pollack
Starring
Meryl Streep
Robert Redford
Havana
1990
dir. Pollack
Starring
Robert Redford
Lena Olin
THE FIRM MOVIE POSTERThe Firm
1993
dir. Pollack
Starring
Tom Cruise
Gene Hackman		 MOVIE POSTERTHE WAY WE WERE
1973
dir. Sydney Pollack
Stars:
Barbra Streisand
Robert Redford

Happy Birthday: Andre Braugher

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andrebraugher.jpgHappy Birthday actor Andre Braugher

Born: July 1, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to:
Ami Brabson (28 December 1991 – present) (3 children)

For the 1996 Shakespeare in the Park Festival in New York, Braugher played the title role in Shakespeare’s “Henry V”. He performed the role from June 18th to July 14th at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.

 

movie posterCITY OF ANGELS
1998
dir. Brad Silberling
Starring:
Nicholas Cage
Meg Ryan		 movie posterSUPERMAN/BATMAN: APOCALYPSE
2010
dir. Lauren Montgomery
Starring:
Tim Daly
Kevin Conroy
SydneyWhiteThe Mist
2007
dir. Darabont
Starring
Thomas Jane
Marcia Gay Harden		 MOVIE POSTERPOSEIDON
2006
dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Stars:
Richard Dreyfuss
Kurt Russell
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Created by: Dan Goor, Michael Schur
Stars: Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher		 SALT Salt
dir. Phillip Noyce
Stars
Angelina Jolie
posterPASSENGERS
2008
dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Cast:
Anne Hathaway
Patrick Wilson		 TV POSTERLAST RESORT
Review of the 2012 action drama

 

Happy Birthday: Henry Simmons

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henrysimmons.jpgHappy Birthday actor Henry Simmons

Born: July 1, 1970 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Married to: Sophina Brown (May 2010 – present)

He graduated from Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, NH in 1992, with a degree in business.

Has a twin sister, Heather M. Simmons, who works as a casting director.

 

MOVIE POSTERNO GOOD DEED
2013
dir. Sam Miller
Stars:
Taraji P. Henson
Idris Elba

 

Happy Birthday: Alan Ruck

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alanruckHappy Birthday actor Alan Ruck

Born: July 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Married to: Mireille Enos (4 January 2008 – present) (2 children)
Claudia Stefany (22 June 1984 – 2005) (divorced) (2 children)

Has played Matthew Broderick’s best friend in the original Broadway production of “Biloxi Blues”, a relationship they repeated in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986).

 

movie posterYOUNG GUNS 2
1990
dir. Geoff Murphy
Starring:
Emilio Estevez
Kiefer Sutherland		 Ghost TownGhost Town
2008
dir David Koepp
Starring
Greg Kinnear
Tea Leoni
MOVIEFERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF
1985
dir. John Hughes
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
Alan Ruck
Speed MovieSpeed
1994
dir. by Jan de Bont
starring
Reeves
Dennis Hopper
Sandra Bullock
I LOVE YOU BETH COOPERI Love You Beth Cooper
2009
dir. Columbus
starring
Hayden Panettiere
Paul Rust

 

Happy Birthday: Olivia de Havilland

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oliviadehavilland.jpgHappy Birthday actro Olivia de Havilland

Born: July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan

Married to:
Pierre Galante (2 April 1955 – 30 April 1979) (divorced) (1 child)

Marcus Goodrich (26 August 1946 – 28 August 1953) (divorced) (1 child)

One of Olivia’s cousin was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965), a British aviation pioneer and the designer of aircraft such as the wartime Mosquito fighter.

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOODThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
dir. Michael Curtiz
William Keighley
Starring
Errol Flynn
Havilland
GONE WITH THE WIND POSTERGone with the Wind
1939
dir. Victor Fleming
starring
Vivien Leigh
Clark Gable
The HeiressThe Heiress
1949
dir. William Wyler
starring
Havilland
Montgomery Clift		 AIRPORT 77Airport 1977
1977
dir. Jerry Jameson
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Brenda Vaccaro

 

Happy Birthday: Dan Aykroyd

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danaykroyd.jpgHappy Birthday actor Dan Aykroyd

Born: July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married to: Donna Dixon (29 April 1983 – present) (3 children)

As an avid blues fan, he hosted a nationally syndicated radio show “House of Blues” as his The Blues Brothers (1980) character Elwood Blues.

A police buff, he rides an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle, collects police badges, sometimes rides shotgun with detectives in squad cars, and owns a business in partnership with several Toronto police officers.

Ghost Busters
1984
dir. Ivan Reitman
Starring
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver		 GHOSTBUSTERS IIGhost busters II
1989
dir. Ivan Reitman
starring
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
HIGH FIDELITYHigh Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black		 PEARL HARBORPearl Harbor
2001
dir. Bay
starring
Ben Affleck
Josh Hartnett
Bright Young Things
2003
dir. Stephen Fry
Cast
Simon McBurney
Michael Sheen		 Yogi BearYogi Bear
dir. Eric Brevig
Stars:
Dan Aykroyd
Justin Timberlake
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRYI Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry
2007
dir. Dennis Dugan
Starring
Adam Sandler
Kevin James		 INTERN ACADEMYIntern Academy
2004
dir. Dave Thomas
Starring
Dave Foley
Dan Aykroyd,
MOVIE POSTERTHE CAMPAIGN
dir. Jay Roach
Stars:
Will Ferrell
Zach Galifianakis		 MOVIE POSTERTWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE
1983
dir. by Joe Dante
John Landis
Steven Spielberg
TAMMY
2014
dir. Ben Falcone
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Susan Sarandon		 MOVIE POSTER1941
1979
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
James Belushi
Dan Aykroyd		 MOVIE POSTERDRAGNET
1987
dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Dan Aykroyd		 MOVIE POSTERLEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN
2014
dir. Will Finn
Dan St. Pierre

MOVIE POSTERGET ON UP
2014
dir. Tate Taylor
Stars:
Chadwick Boseman
Nelsan Ellis

Happy Birthday: Liv Tyler

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livtyler.jpgHappy Birthday actor Liv Tyler

Born: July 1, 1977 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Royston Langdon (25 March 2003 – 10 October 2009) (divorced) (1 child)

Liv’s mother named her after Liv Ullmann because she was on the cover of TV Guide several weeks prior to Liv’s birth, on March 5, 1977.

 

 

STEALING BEAUTYStealing Beauty
1996
dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring
Tyler
Sinead Cusackt		 ARMAGEDDONArmageddon
1998
dir Michael Bay
Starring
Bruce Willis
Tyler
Ben Affleck
Cookie's FortuneCookie’s Fortune
1999
dir. Altman
starring
Glenn Close
Julianne Moore		 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
dir. Peter Jackson
Starring
Elijah Wood
THE TWO TOWERSLord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
dir. Peter Jackson
Starring
Sean Astin		 THE RETuRN OF THE KINGThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
dir. Peter Jackson
REIGN OVER MEReign Over Me
2007
dir. James Wang
Starring
Adam Sandler
Don Cheadle		 MOVIE POSTERROBERT AND FRANK
2012
dir. Jake Schreier
Stars:
Peter Sarsgaard
Frank Langella
The Incredible HulkThe Incredible Hulk
2008
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Starring
Edward Norton
Tyler		 MOVIE POSTERTHAT THING YOU DO!
1996
dir. Tom Hanks
Stars:
Liv Tyler
Charlize Theron
The StrangersThe Strangers
2008
Directed by Bryan Bertino
Starring
Tyler
Scott Speedman		 SUPERSUPER
dir. James Gunn
Stars:
Rainn Wilson
Ellen Page
SEE TOP 100 LIV TYLER PHOTOS
2012
and Agyness Deyn
and Alicia Silverstone
and Amber Valletta
and Ben Affleck
and Boyfriend
and Bruce Willis
and Charlize Theron
and Chloe Sevigny
and Dog
and Edward Norton
and Ellen Page
and Emma Watson
and Eva Mendes
and Frankie Rayder
and Husband
and James Gunn
and Justin Timberlake
and Kate Hudson
and Kevin Bacon
and Maglosia Bela
and Mia Tyler
and Mother
and Orlando Bloom
and Royston Langdon
and Salma Hayek
and Son
and Stella McCartney
and Steven Tyler
and Terence Howard
and Terry Richardson
and Valentino Garavani
and Viggo Mortensen
as Arwen Evenstar
as Catwoman
as Lucy Harmon
at Airport
Bangs
Beautiful
Bikini
Black Dress
Blue Dress
Butt
Casual
Close UP
Curly Hair
Earrings
Ears
Eyebrows
Eyes		 Face
Fashion
Feet
Gown
Hat
Heels
Hot
in Aerosmith
in Armageddon
in Empire Records
in Lord of the Rings
in One Night at McCools
in The Hobbit
in The Incredible Hulk
in The Ledge
Jeans
Leather Jacket
Legs
Lingerie
Lips
Lipstick
Long Dress
Long Hair
Makeup
Measurements
Mini Dress
Naked
Nose
Nylons
On the Street
Overalls
Pants
Pink Dress
Ponytail
Profile
Red Carpet
Sex Symbol
Sexy
Shoes
Short Dress
Shorts
Skinny
Smile
Stockings
Style
Sunglasses
Tiger Shirt
Updo
Wallpaper
Workout
Young

 

Happy Birthday: Hilarie Burton

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hilarieburton.jpgHappy Birthday actor Hilarie Burton

Born: July 1, 1982 in Sterling, Virginia, USA

Married to: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (2014 – present) (1 child)

QUOTES:

Her favorite holiday: “Fourth of July. My birthday is July first and my best friend’s birthday is July fifth so it’s always been a favorite holiday. It’s all about having a cooler full of sodas, hot dogs, and just hanging out and shooting off firecrackers, being low-key, watching the fireworks. There’s something about a holiday that isn’t all about how much money you spend.”

Their team’s good, but our team’s good-looking. (On the victory of the opposing team in the OTH Cast Super Bowl)

We are so defensive of one another because it’s that whole sibling thing where I can tease you and we can goof around, but if anybody else says a word . . . (on her One Tree Hill (2003) friends/costars)