Happy Birthday: Janeane Garofalo

janeanegarofalo.jpgJaneane Garofalo

Born: September 28, 1964 in Newton, New Jersey, USA

A lot of the hate mail I get is clearly misogynist. I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail I get about those three things is not about me. It’s about those signifers, and about what the right in this country has managed to do to perpetuate anger over what they mean.

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We Hot American Summer
2001
dir. David Wain
Starring
Janeane Garofalo
Paul Rudd
TV POSTER24 SEASON 7
Stars:
Kiefer Sutherland
Carlos Bernard
RATATOUILLERatatouille
2007
dir. Brad Bird
Jan Pinkava
Voices by
Patton Oswalt
Ian Holm
TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 7
Showrunner John Wells
MOVIE POSTERTHE WILD
2006
dir. Steve Williams
Stars:
Kiefer Sutherland
James Belushi
MOVIE POSTERSOUTHLAND TALES
2006
dir. Richard Kelly
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Sarah Michelle Gellar
COP LANDCop Land
1997
dir. James Mangold
Cast
Sylvester Stallone
Harvey Keitel
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Happy Birthday: Mira Sorvino

mirasorvinoMira Sorvino

Born: September 28, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to:
Christopher Backus (11 June 2004 – present) (4 children)

(2011, on Mighty Aphrodite (1995)) That was a blessing from heaven, that role. That was a fantastic role. Working with Woody Allen had been a dream of mine since I was 12, when I was reading “Getting Even” and “Without Feathers”. I was in a high school production of “Play It Again, Sam”. I played the Diane Keaton role in that. So getting to work for him was such a dream come true, and I never thought it could happen that early in my career. That was just an amazing role and a great experience.

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
1996
dir. Ted Demme
Stars:
Timothy Hutton
Matt Dillon
RESERVATION ROADReservation Road
2007
dir. Terry George
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
Elle Fanning
WiseGirls
2002
dir. David Anspaugh
starring
Mira Sorvino
Mariah Carey
Melora Walters
THE FINAL CUTThe Final Cut
2004
dir. Omar Naim
starring
Robin Williams
Mira Sorvino

MOVIE POSTERLIKE DANDELION DUST
2009
dir. Jon Gunn
Starring:
Mira Sorvino
Barry Pepper
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Happy Birthday: Hilary Duff

hilaryduff.jpgHilary Duff

Born: September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas, USA

In high school, kids deal with such harsh things that people don’t realize can really affect their entire lives. They are so interested in getting the boyfriends and wearing low-cut shirts so the boys will like them. That shouldn’t be their goal. They shouldn’t do things for other people, they should do things if they have dreams of their own and really work hard for that.

PROVINCES OF NIGHT
2010
dir. Shane Dax Taylor
Starring:
Val Kilmer
Kris Kristofferson
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Happy Birthday: Naomi Watts

naomiwatts.jpgNaomi Watts

Born: September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, Kent, England, UK

Auditions are just so humiliating and degrading. You get a five-minute time slot for a part you’ve spent six hours or more studying for or thinking about, and you get into these rooms full of people who barely make eye contact. They’re bored and frustrated that they can’t find the right person, energy that is instantly crushing and which makes it hard to shine. Going through that process over and over, you become so wounded and guarded that it’s impossible to give you best stuff away. That’s why I will never forget what David Lynch did for me. When he cast me in Mulholland Drive (2001), I was literally at the lowest place, and yet he managed to pull away all those masks.

MULLHOLLAND DRMullholland Dr.
2001
dir. David Lynch
Starring
Watts
Laura Harring
STAYStay
2005
dir. Marc Forster
starring
Ewan McGregor
Ryan Gosling
KING KONG Movie PosterKing Kong
dir. Peter Jackson
Starring
Jack Black
Watts
Adrian Brody
FAIR GAMEFAIR GAME
dir. Doug Liman
Stars:
Naomi Watts
Sean Penn
EASTERN PROMISESEastern Promisese
dir. David Cronenberg
Starring
Viggo Mortenson
Watts
MOVIE POSTERDREAM HOUSE
dir. Jim Sheridan
Stars:
Daniel Craig
Rachel Weisz
THE INTERNATIONALThe International
2009
dir. Tom Tykwer
Starring
Clive Owen
Watts
MOVIE POSTERJ EDGAR
dir. Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Armie Hammer
MOVIE POSTERTHE IMPOSSIBLE
2012
dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Stars:
Naomi Watts
Ewan McGregor
MOVIE POSTERMOVIE 43
2013
Stars:
Emma Stone
Stephen Merchant
Richard Gere
Liev Schreiber
MOVIE POSTERTHE PAINTED VEIL
2006
dir. John Curran
Stars:
Naomi Watts
Edward Norton
MOVIE POSTERST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS
2014
dir. Theodore Melfi
Stars:
Melissa McCarthy
Bill Murray

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Happy Birthday: Arthur Penn (1922–2010)

arthurpenn.jpgArthur Penn (I) (1922–2010)

Born: September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: September 28, 2010 (age 88) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

[on Bonnie and Clyde (1967)] I thought that if were going to show this (violence), we should SHOW it. We should show what it looks like when somebody gets shot. TV coverage of Vietnam was every bit, perhaps even more, bloody than what we were showing on film.

 

The Left Handed Gun
1958
dir. Arthur Penn
Cast
Paul Newman
Lita Milan
Bonnie and ClydeBonnie and Clyde
1967
dir. Arthur Penn
Cast
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway
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Happy Birthday: Carrie Brownstein

carriebrownstein.jpgCarrie Brownstein

Born: September 27, 1974 in Seattle, Washington, USA

[on Portlandia (2011)] Even if the show is divisive, that to me is a more interesting kind of art to make than something that people never talk about or think about.

I always felt like such an outsider, always existing on the periphery, and I am really grateful for that. Starting from a place of normalcy or mainstream, you don’t get the same gumption or drive that you do from the fringes.
 

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Happy Birthday: Wilford Brimley

wilfordbrimley.jpgWilford Brimley

Born: September 27, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Married to:
Lynne Brimley (6 July 1956 – 14 June 2000) (her death) (4 children)

Look, I like people very much. I’m not very good with people, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like them. I do like them. Because we actors are on that great big screen and so many people see us, we become familiar. People speak to us as if they’ve known us all our lives. That just tickles me to death.

THE NATURAL
1984
dir. Barry Levinson
Stars:
Robert Redford
Robert Duvall
THE FIRM MOVIE POSTERThe Firm
1993
dir. Sydney Pollack
Also Starring
Jean Tripplehorn
Gene Hackman
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS Movie PosterDid You Hear About the Morgans?
dir. Marc Lawrence
Stars:
Grant
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sam Elliott

The ThingThe Thing
1982
dir. by John Carpenter
starring
Russell
Wilford Brimley
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Happy Birthday: A Martinez

amartinez.jpgA Martinez

Born: September 27, 1948 in Glendale, California, USA

Married to: Leslie Bryans (1982 – present) (3 children)

We have a similar method of approaching the tasks of acting, Marcy [Walker] and I, and that similarity made it possible for us to build an early trust with one another.

 

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Happy Birthday: Amanda Detmer

amandadetmer.jpgAmanda Detmer

Born: September 27, 1971 in Chico, California, USA

She is an actress, known for Final Destination (2000), You, Me and Dupree (2006) and Big Fat Liar (2002). She has been married to John Peter Crickellas since 2007. She was previously married to Bernardo Targett.

YOU, ME AND DUPREE
2006
dir. Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Stars:
Kate Hudson
Owen Wilson

FINAL DESTINATIONFinal Destination
2000
dir. James Wong
Starring
Devon Sawa
Ali Larter
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Happy Birthday: Sofia Milos

sofiamilosSofia Milos

Born: September 27, 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland

The role which first garnered her the international notice, was her strong performance in the critically-acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos. Sofia Milos recurred as mob boss, Annalisa Zucca, who goes toe-to-toe with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini). With this role she showed that she possesses the ability to be strong and powerful, while still remaining feminine and vulnerable and it’s these kind of performances for which she won an Artistic Achievement Award in 2010 in Banff and a Hellenic Times Award, in 2009 in NYC.

 

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