Happy Birthday: Italia Ricci

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italiaricci.jpgItalia Ricci

Born: October 29, 1986 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Married to:
Robbie Amell (15 October 2016 – present)

Books. You can read it and interpret the story any way you want with the words just shaping what you want to see in your mind. Its much more liberating for the imagination than any film or TV production. — on what is something she is a fan of.

I’ve been told that I look like nearly every brunette celebrity you can name. It depends on the day. Most recently, it’s been [error] or Emmanuelle Chriqui, the girl who plays “Sloane” on Entourage (2004) — on which celebrities she’s been told she looks like.

DON JON
2013
dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stars:
Lindsey Broad
Scarlett Johansson

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Happy Birthday: Winona Ryder

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winonaryder.jpgWinona Ryder

Born: October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota, USA

There were times where people might have seen me and said, “Wow, she’s so lucky.” But I was depressed, I was going through something. That time I went through led me to make Girl, Interrupted (1999). Most girls go through that at around that age – 20, 21. It’s much more common than we think, which is why I wanted to make that movie. It worked in the sense that I still have girls come up to me and say that it really helped them, and that was nice to hear.
In my first apartment in LA, Jodie Foster lived upstairs, and we’d do laundry together. She’s so smart. She told me to resist doing things that other people say you should do. Don’t be ‘strategic’! I was up for this movie, Mobsters (1991), and everyone said I should do…

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Happy Birthday: Ben Foster

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benfoster.jpgBen Foster

Born: October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

[on director Nick Cassavetes] Nick is magic. He doesn’t tell you what he wants, he allows. And as long as you’re taking chances and he feels that you are being truthful to yourself, then you can do no wrong.

I’m so sick of sarcasm and irony, I could kill! Sincerely, the real root of things is love and sacrifice. Everything else is an illusion. I’m not trying to preach here. I can’t tell anybody anything. But I will say, if you’re available to them, there are so many great secrets in the world, so many signs. It’s when we stop for a moment and listening that the world gets interesting.

30 Days of Night
2007
dir. David Slade
Starring
Josh Hartnett
Melissa George
The MECHANICThe Mechanic
dir. Simon West
Stars:
Jason Statham
Ben Foster
x-menX-Men 3
2006
dir. Brett Ratner
starring

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Happy Birthday: Janet Montgomery

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janetmontgomery.jpgJanet Montgomery

Born: October 29, 1985 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of work you want to do and what kind of actor you want to be – and it only gets harder.

If you’re an English actor, and you’re asked to do an episode – especially the Christmas episode – of Downton Abbey (2010) you can’t turn it down. It’s like, ‘Of course!’

OUR IDIOT BROTHER
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Paul Rudd
Elizabeth Banks
BLACK SWANBlack Swan
dir. Darren Aronofsky
Stars:
Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis
nudeDOWNTON ABBEY Season 4
2014
Starring:
Jim Carter
Brendan Coyle

Deadline October 31st

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Happy Birthday: Rufus Sewell

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rufussewell.jpgRufus Sewell

Born: October 29, 1967 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

My career has suddenly started to be the one that I’d always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of – and this is what I’ve been banging on about – playing different parts in different media. I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn’t. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I’ve gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor.

MOVIE POSTERABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER
dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Stars:
Benjamin Walker
Rufus Sewell
RushmoreDark City
1998
dir. Alex Proyas
starring
Hurt
Kiefer Sutherland
MOVIE POSTERTHE HOLIDAY
2006
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz
MOVIE POSTERHERCULES
2014
dir. Brett Ratner
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
John Hurt
MOVIE POSTERTHE ILLUSIONIST
2006
dir. Neil Burger
Stars:
Edward…

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Happy Birthday: Gabrielle Union

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gabrielleunion.jpgGabrielle Union

Born: October 29, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Married to: Dwyane Wade (30 August 2014 – present)
Chris Howard (5 May 2001 – 2006) (divorced)

The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days. We watch each others’ scenes. There is a natural chemistry. You can’t have a crazy diva walking around saying, “As long as I’m lit well . . .” Or, “I only care if I do well”.

Welcome to Collinwood
2002
dir. Anthony, Joe Russo
starring
William H Macy
Clooney
10 Things I Hate About You10 Things I Hate About You
1999
dir. Gil Junger
Starring
Heath Ledger
Stiles
She's All ThatShe’s All That
1999
dir. by Robert Iscove
starring
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Cook
BAD BOYS 2Bad Boys 2
2003
dir. Michael Bay
starring
Will Smith
Martin Lawrence
MEET DAVEMeet Dave
2008
Directed by Brian Robbins
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Elizabeth Banks

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Happy Birthday: India Eisley

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indiaeisley.jpgIndia Eisley

Born: October 29, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA

[The interviewer asked India draw a lot from the anime or come up with her own take for her character for Kite.]: Not so much to draw from the anime because our version from the anime is kind of different, but I think it’s pretty straight forward, she’s falling apart emotionally and there’s the other side of her that’s a killing machine.

MOVIE POSTERUNDERWORLD AWAKENING
2012
dir. Måns Mårlind
Björn Stein

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Happy Birthday: Richard Dreyfuss

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richarddreyfuss.jpgRichard Dreyfuss

Born: October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Svetlana Erokhin (16 March 2006 – present)
Janelle Lacey (30 May 1999 – 2005) (divorced)
Jeramie Rain (20 March 1983 – 14 September 1992) (divorced) (3 children)

[on Steven Spielberg] Steven Spielberg is the only person I’ve come across who fits my criteria of genius. And I don’t throw that word around. Genius is imagination and attention to detail. The ability to achieve to the minutest detail what you perceive in your imagination. I don’t think there’s another person on earth who’s as great a plot structuralist or better storyteller.

American Graffiti
1973
dir. George Lucas
Starring
Dreyfuss
Ron Howard
JAWSJaws
1975
dir. Steven Spielberg
Starring
Roy Scheider
Robert Shaw
Dreyfuss
Stand By Me
1986
dir. Rob Reiner
Starring
Wil Wheaton
River Phoenix
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACHJames and the Giant Peach
1996
dir. Henry Selick
Cast
Simon…

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Happy Birthday: Dan Castellaneta

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dancastellanetaDan Castellaneta

Born: October 29, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to:
Deb Lacusta (1987 – present)

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn’t even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer’s image changing because he had hair.

It’s the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized… It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to… In L.A., I’m just another character actor.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 2
2004-2005
Stars
Portia de Rossi
Will Arnett
The Simpsons Movie
2007
dir. David Silverman

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Happy Birthday: Don Simpson (1943–1996)

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donsimpson.jpgDon Simpson (1943–1996)

 Born: October 29, 1943 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: January 19, 1996 (age 52) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Simpson and Bruckheimer were one of the most distinguished producing teams in motion picture history. Throughout the Eighties, they connected with such smash hits as Flashdance (1983) with Jennifer Beals, Beverly Hills Cop (1984) starring Eddie Murphy, Top Gun (1986) with Tom Cruise, Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) with Eddie Murphy and Days of Thunder (1990) with Tom Cruise as “Cole Trickle”.

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To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art.

We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.

[on having to explain why your movie failed] It’s not how you play…

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