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Happy Birthday: Colin Firth

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colinfirth.jpgColin Firth

Born: September 10, 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK

Married to:
Livia Giuggioli (21 June 1997 – present) (2 children)

[on losing the girl to both Ralph and Joseph Fiennes] If I want my career to go on, I’m going to have to find some more Fiennes brothers! However, any similarity between them basically stops at their last name. I was in no way reminded of Ralph by working with Joe. I got on fantastically with both of them. I have huge admiration for them as actors but I couldn’t compare them.

The English Patient
1996
dir. Anthony Minghella
Starring
Fiennes
Juliette Binoche		 Love ActuallyLove Actually
2003
dir. Richard Curtis
starring
Hugh Grant
Bill Nighy
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGGirl with a Pearl Earring
2003
dir. Peter Webber
Cast
Scarlett Johansson
Firth		 THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBANDThe Accidental Husband
2008
dir. Griffin Dunne
Cast
Uma Thurman
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Mamma Mia
2008
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Starring
Pierce Bronson
Amanda Seyfried		 A SINGLE MAN Movie PosterA Single Man
dir. Tom Ford
Stars:
Firth
Julianne Moore
Matthew Goode
DORIAN GRAY Movie PosterDorian Gray
dir. Oliver Parker
Starring
Firth
Ben Barnes		 A Christmas Carol Movie PosterA Christmas Carol
dir. Robert Zemeckis
Stars:
Jim Carrey
Gary Oldman
Firth
MOVIE POSTERTHE RAILWAY MAN
2014
dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Stars:
Nicole Kidman
Stellan Skarsgard		 MOVIE POSTERTINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
dir. Tomas Alfredson
Stars
Gary Oldman
Colin Firth
MOVIE POSTERMAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT
2014
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Emma Stone
Colin Firth		 MOVIETHE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth

 

Died Today (September 9th): Burgess Meredith (1907–1997)

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burgessmeredith.jpgBurgess Meredith (1907–1997)

Born: November 16, 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: September 9, 1997 (age 89) in Malibu, California, USA

Married:
Kaja Sundsten (8 January 1951 – 9 September 1997) (his death) (2 children)
Paulette Goddard (21 May 1944 – 8 June 1949) (divorced)
Margaret Perry (10 January 1936 – 19 July 1938) (divorced)
Helen Derby Berrien (1932 – 20 August 1935) (divorced)

[on his childhood] All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear. In those early years, I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed. As a result, for years, I became a boy who lived almost totally within himself.

Advise and Consent
1962
dir. Otto Preminger
starring
Henry Fonda
Meridith		 Batman 1966Batman
1966
dir. by Leslie H. Martinson
starring
Adam West
Burt Ward
ROCKYRocky
1976
dir. John G Avildsen
starring
Sylvestor Stallone
Tia Shire
Burt Young		 Burnt OfferingsBurnt Offerings
1976
dir. by Dan Curtis
starring
Karen Black
Oliver Reed
Rocky II
1979
dir. Sylvestor Stallone
starring
Sylvestor Stallone
Carl Weathers		 ROCKY IIIRocky III
1982
dir. Sylvestor Stallone
starring
Sylvestor Stallone
Talia Shire
Mr. T
SANTA CLAUSSanta Claus
1985
dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Starring
Dudley Moore
John Lithgow		 ROCKY VRocky V
1990
dir. John G Avildsen
starring
Sylvestor Stallone
Tommy Morrison
MOVIE POSTERGRUMPY OLD MEN
1993
dir. Donald Petrie
Stars:
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau

THE HINDENBURG
1975
dir. Robert Wise
Starring:
George C. Scott
Anne Bancroft

Happy Birthday: Tom Wopat

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tomwopat.jpgTom Wopat

Born: September 9, 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin, USA

He’ll forever be remembered as strapping, good ol’ boy Luke Duke, the virile, blue-eyed, dark-haired, plaid-shirted rascal (equally good-looking John Schneider was the strapping, plaid-shirted blond cousin) on the rough-and-tumble bucolic 80s series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). Where others may have fallen by the TV wayside, however, after the cancellation of such a popular series, Wopat moved on and reverted back to his first true love – music – successfully refocusing as a recording artist and musical leading man of Broadway and regional shows.

As far as The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) goes, it was what it was. It was a huge phenomenon. If you have a success of that stature you should embrace it. And you shouldn’t deny it. Some people who have a popular television show will tell you that they wanted to “be more artistic” and deny that that TV show was what they wanted to do, but to me it’s all work.

Happy Birthday: Cliff Robertson (1923–2011)

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cliffrobertson.jpgCliff Robertson (1923–2011)

Born: September 9, 1923 in La Jolla [now in San Diego], California, USA
Died: September 10, 2011 (age 88) in Stony Brook, New York, USA

[on being blacklisted in Hollywood after exposing David Begelman in 1977] People told me I set a dangerous precedent. My ex-wife said that if I had played the game I would have owned the town, but I was always too independent.

Happy Birthday: Henry Thomas

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henrythomas.jpgHenry Thomas

Born: September 9, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA

I understood why films were made, and if they made a lot of money, they were successful. All of these things I knew. As a ten-year-old boy, I didn’t really think a lot about finances or celebrity. I always viewed films as kind of what I imagined a summer camp to be like.

Suicide Kings
1997
dir. Peter O’Fallon
starring
Christopher Walken
Denis Leary
11:1411:14
2003
dir. Greg Marcks
Starring
Thomas
Blake Heron

E.T -the Extra Terrestrial
1982
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Henry Thomas
Peter Coyote

Happy Birthday: Eric Stonestreet

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ericstonestreet.jpgEric Stonestreet

Born: September 9, 1971 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA

My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there’s a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road.

IDENTITY THIEF
2013
dir. Seth Gordon
Stars:
Jason Bateman
Melissa McCarthy		 SwingersAlmost Famous
2000
dir. Crowe
starring
Billy Crudup
Kate Hudson

bad teacherBAD TEACHER
dir. Jake Kasdan
Stars:
Cameron Diaz
Lucy Punch
The Island
2005
dir. Bay
starring
Ewan McGregor
Scarlett Johansson
Steve Buscemi
revengeBest of AMERICAN HORROR STORY

 

Happy Birthday: Hugh Grant

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hughgrant.jpgHugh Grant

Born: September 9, 1960 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

[on playing “the bad guy” in films] Now, I quite like it. For years I sat in these interviews and everyone said, “You’re always Mister Nice Guy, why don’t you ever play someone nasty?” So in fact it’s been a relief to be . . . for the real me to come out more on camera. I don’t have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

BITTER MOONBitter Moon
1992
dir. RomanPolanski
starring
Grant
Peter Coyote		 EXTREME MEASURES MOVIE POSTERExtreme Measures
1996
dir. Michael Apted
Starring
Grant
Gene Hackman
About a Boy
2002
dir. Paul Weitz
Chris
Starring
Grant
AMERICAN DREAMZ
2006
dir. Paul Weirz
Stars:
Hugh Grant
Dennis Quaid		 Love ActuallyLove Actually
2003
dir. Richard Curtis
starring
Grant
Bill Nighy
Two Weeks Notice
2002
dir. Marc Lawrence
starring
Sandra Bullock
Grant		 DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS Movie PosterDid You Hear About the Morgans?
dir. Marc Lawrence
Stars:
Grant
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sam Elliott

MOVIE POSTERTHE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
dir. Peter Lord
Jeff Newitt
Stars:
Hugh Grant
Salma Hayek

MOVIE POSTERCLOUD ATLAS
2012
dir. Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski

Happy Birthday: Michelle Williams

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michellewilliams.jpgMichelle Williams

Born: September 9, 1980 in Kalispell, Montana, USA

[on Heath Ledger’s death in 2008] In a strange way, I miss that year, because all those possibilities that existed then are gone. It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he could walk through a door or could appear from behind a bush. It was a year of very magical thinking and, in some ways, I’m sad to be moving further and further away from it.

ConstantineBrokeback Mountain
2005
dir. Ang Lee
starring
Heath Ledger
Jake Gyllenhaal
Blue ValentineBlue Valentine
dir. Derek Cianfrance
Stars:
Ryan Gosling
Michelle Williams
INCENDIARYIncendiary
dir. Sharon Maguire
Starring
Michelle Williams
McGregor
synecdoche_new_yorkSynecdoche, New York
2008
dir. Charlie Kaufman
Starring
Hoffman
Samantha Morton
SHUTTER ISLAND Movie PosterShutter Island
dir. Martin Scorsese
Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio
Emily Mortimer
moviesMY WEEK WITH MARILYN
2011
dir. Simon Curtis
Stars
Michelle Williams
Eddie Redmayne
moviesMEEK’S CUTOFF
2011
dir. Kelly Reichardt
Stars:
Michelle Williams
Bruce Greenwood		 MOVIE POSTEROZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
2013
dir. Sam Raimi
Stars:
James Franco
Mila Kunis
SEE TOP 100 MICHELLE WILLIAMS PHOTOS
2011
2012
and Boyfriend
and Busy Philipps
and Carey Mulligan
and Cary Fukunaga
and Daughter
and Eddie Redmayne
and Ewan McGregor
and Gael Garcia Bernal
and Heath Ledger
and Hugh Jackman
and Jake Gyllenhaal
and Joshua Jackson
and Kate Ledger
and Katherine Keener
and Katie Holmes
and Leonardo DiCaprio
and Matilda Ledger
and Natalie Portman
and Ryan Gosling
and Spike Jonze
as Glinda
as Marilyn Monroe
at Airport
at Oscars
Bangs
Bedroom
Before and After
Bikini
Black and White
Black Dress
Blonde
Bob
Body
Boots
Breasts
Brunette
Butt
Calves
Cleavage
Clothes
Crop
Dress
Ears
Eyebrows
Eyes
Face
Fashion
Feet
Gold Dress
Gown		 Hair
Hairstyle
Heels
in Blue Valentine
in Brokeback Mountain
in Dawson’s Creek
in Deception
in My Week with Marilyn
in Oz
in Shutter Island
in Species
in Take This Waltz
Jeans
Jewelry
Lips
Lipstick
Long Hair
Love Scene
Makeup
Marie Claire
Measurements
Mini Dress
Mini Skirt
Nose
Nylons
On the Street
Oscar Dress
Photo Shoot
Pixie Cut
Ponytail
Pose
Pregnant
Profile
Red Carpet
Red Dress
Shoes
Short Dress
Short Skirt
Shorts
Skinny
Smile
Style
Sunglasses
Tattoo
Vogue
W Magazine
Wallpaper
White Dress
Yellow Dress

 

Happy Birthday: Zoe Kazan

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zoekazan.jpgZoe Kazan

Born: September 9, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA

[on playwriting] I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it’s probably a character problem. It’s fun and easy to write language, but there were things I loved that I had to get rid of because they are no longer carrying their weight.

MEEK’S CUTOFF
2011
dir. Kelly Reichardt
Stars:
Michelle Williams
Bruce Greenwood		 IT'S COMPLICATED Movie PosterIt’s Complicated
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Meryl Streep
Steve Martin
Baldwin
ME AND ORSON WELLES Movie PosterMe and Orson Welles
dir. Linklater
Starring
Zac Efron
Claire Danes
WHAT IF
2014
dir. Michael Dowse
Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe
Zoe Kazan		 REVOLUTIONARY ROADRevolutionary Road
2008
dir. Sam Mendes
Starring
Kate Winslet
DiCaprio
FRACTUREFracture
2007
dir. Gregory Hoblit
Starring
Hopkins
Ryan Gosling		 MOVIE POSTERRUBY SPARKS
2012
dir. Jonathan Dayton
Stars:
Paul Dano
Zoe Kazan