Happy Birthday: Jennifer Coolidge

jennifercoolidge.jpgJennifer Coolidge

Born: August 28, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn’t about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can’t go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I’m lucky my face can look so hideous.

AMERICAN REUNION
dir. Jon Hurwitz
Hayden Schlossberg
Stars:
Jason Biggs
Alyson Hannigan
movie posterCLICK
2006
dir. Frank Coraci
Starring:
Adam Sandler
Kate Beckinsale
GENTLEMEN BRONCOS Movie PosterGentlemen Broncos
dir. Jared Hess
Stars:
Michael Angarano
Jemaine Clement
Mike White
MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN WEDDING
2003
dir. Jesse Dylan
Stars
Alyson Hannigan
Seann William Scott
AMERICAN PIE 2
2001
dir. JB Rogers
Stars
Shannon Elizabeth
Tara Reid
SOUL MENSoul Men
dir. Malcolm D. Lee
Starring
Mac
Samuel L. Jackson
MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN PIE
1999
dir. Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz
Stars
Jason Biggs
Eugene Levy
IgorIgor
dir. Anthony Leondis
Voices by
Cusack
Steve Buscemi
Jay Leno
MOVIE POSTERDATE MOVIE
2006
dir. Aaron Seltzer
Stars:
Alyson Hannigan
Fred Willard
MOVIE POSTERAMERICAN DREAMZ
2006
dir. Paul Weirz
Stars:
Hugh Grant
Dennis Quaid
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
2006
dir. Christopher Guest
Stars:
Catherine O’Hara
Harry Shearer

 

Happy Birthday: Jack Black

jackblackJack Black

Born: August 28, 1969 in Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Married: Tanya Haden (14 March 2006 – present) (2 children)

[talking about his experiences early on in his career] It wasn’t about control. It was about the co-lla-bo. There’s great directors who treat actors like cattle, but I hated it, and I knew if I ever had a choice, I didn’t want to work with those guys. Who said that thing about actors and cattle? Hitchcock [Alfred Hitchcock]? Yeah, I don’t want to work with that dude.”

The Cable Guy
1996
dir. Ben Stiller
starring
Jim Carrey
Matthew Broderick
School of RockSchool of Rock
dir. Richard Linklater
Stars:
Jack Black
Sarah Silverman
HIGH FIDELITYHigh Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black
King KongKing Kong
2005
dir. by Peter Jackson
starring
Black
Naomi Watts
Adrian Brody
Tropic Thunder
2008
dir. Ben Stiller
Starring
Robert Downey Jr.
Ben Stiller
Tom Cruise
Be Kind RewindRe Kind Rewind
2008
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring
Black
Mos Def
Kung Fu PandaKung Fu Panda
2008
Directed by Mark Osborne
John Stevenson
Voices by
Angelina Jolie
Dustin Hoffman
YEAR ONEYear One
2009
dir. Ramis
starring
Black
Michael Cera
movie posterORANGE COUNTY
2002
dir. Jake Kasdan
Starring
Colin Hanks
Jack Black
MOVIE POSTERTHE MUPPETS
dir. James Bobin
Stars
Amy Adams
Jason Segel
Gulliver's TravelsGulliver’s Travels
dir. Rob Letterman
Stars:
Jack Black
Emily Blunt
KUNG FU PANDA 2KUNG FU PANDA 2
dir. Jennifer Yuh
Stars:
Jack Black
Angelina Jolie
MOVIE POSTERTHE BIG YEAR
dir. David Frankel
Stars:
Owen Wilson
Jack Black
MOVIE POSTERBERNIE
dir. Richard Linklater
Cast:
Jack Black
Shirley MacLaine
MOVIE POSTERTENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
2006
dir. Liam Lynch
Stars:
Jack Black
MOVIE POSTERNACHO LIBRE
2006
dir. Jared Hess
Stars:
Jack Black
Ana de la Reguera
MOVIE POSTERTHE HOLIDAY
2006
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz

Happy Birthday: Armie Hammer

armiehammer.jpgArmie Hammer

Born: August 28, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Elizabeth Chambers (20 May 2010 – present) (1 child)

[on filming The Lone Ranger (2013)] I learned to ride a horse through a moving train while firing two pistols, simultaneously. I’m not sure if that’s a very applicable skill that I’ll be able to use in Los Angeles traffic, but it was fun to get to do it in the movie.

J EDGAR
dir. Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Armie Hammer
THE SOCIAL NETWORKTHE SOCIAL NETWORK
dir. David Fincher
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Andrew Garfield
Best of GOSSIP GIRL
Sexy Teen TV SHOW
MOVIE POSTERMIRROR MIRROR
dir. Tarsem Singh
Stars:
Lily Collins
Julia Roberts
MOVIE POSTERTHE LONE RANGER
2013
dir. Gore Verbinski
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Armie Hammer
actorARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 2
2004-2005
Stars
Portia de Rossi
Will Arnett
actorARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 3
2005-2006
Stars
Alia Shawkat
David Cross

 

Happy Birthday: Paul Reubens

paulreubens.jpgPaul Reubens

Born: August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York, USA

Had we gone to trial, we had ready an expert from the Masters and Johnson Institute who was going to testify that in 30 years of research on masturbation the institute had never found one person who masturbated with his or her non-dominant hand. I’m right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn’t have been me.

BLOW
2001
dir. Ted Demme
Starring:
Johnny Depp
Penélope Cruz
MOVIE POSTERTHE SMURFS
dir. Raja Gosnell
Stars:
Hank Azaria
Katy Perry
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATORFlight of the Navigator
1986
dir. Randal Kleiser
Starring
Joey Cramer
Paul Reubens
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYERBUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
1992
dir. Fran Rubel Kuzui
Starring:
Kristy Swanson
Luke Perry
BATMAN RETURNSBatman Returns
1992
dir. Burton
starring
Michelle Pfeiffer
Danny DeVito
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMASThe Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
dir. Henry Selick
Starring
Danny Elfman
Chris Sarandon
written by Burton
MOVIE POSTERESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH
2013
dir. Cal Brunker
Stars:
Brendan Fraser
Sarah Jessica Parker

 

Happy Birthday: Tuesday Weld

tuesdayweld.jpgTuesday Weld

Born: August 27, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA

I do not ever want to be a huge star. Do you think I want a success? I refused Bonnie and Clyde (1967) because I was nursing at the time but also because deep down I knew that it was going to be a huge success. The same was true of “Bob and Carol and Fred and Sue” or whatever it was called [Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)]. It reeked of success.

Thief
1981
dir. Michael Mann
starring
Caan
Weld
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICAOnce Upon a Time in America
1984
dir. Sergio Leone
Starring
Robert DeNiro
James Woods
Falling Down
1993
dir. Schumacher
Starring
Michael Douglas
Robert Duvall
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST Movie PosterGhosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Dir. Mark Waters
Starring
Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Garner

 

Happy Birthday: Peter Stormare

peterstormare.jpgPeter Stormare

Born: August 27, 1953 in Kumla, Örebro län, Sweden

“I liked the way that film took realistic events and added this slightly out-of-kilter perspective. My character in that film was, in one sense, a caricature of a killer, but there was also a sense of mystery surrounding him that captured the imagination. Fargo (1996) was an exciting experience for me largely because of the approach the Coen brothers took. It was the antithesis of Armageddon (1998). It was low-budget, a very guerrilla-style approach to filmmaking that made its own rules and was very specific in what it was trying to accomplish.” –on Fargo (1996).

FARGOFargo
1996
dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
starring
William H Macy
Frances McDormand
JURASSIC PARK 2 MOVIE POSTERThe Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
1997
dir. Steven Spielberg
Starring
Jeff Goldblum
Julianne Moore
ARMAGEDDONArmageddon
1998
dir Michael Bay
Starring
Bruce Willis
Liv Tyler
Ben Affleck
8MM8MM
1999
dir. Joel Schumacher
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Joaquin Phoenix
James Gandolfini
Bad Boys 2
2003
dir. Michael Bay
starring
Will Smith
Martin Lawrence
MOVIE POSTERLOCKOUT
dir. James Mather
Stephen St. Leger
Stars:
Guy Pearce
Maggie Grace
ConstantineConstantine
2005
dir. by Francis Lawrence
starring
Keanu Reeves
Rachel Weisz
MOVIE POSTERHANSEL AND GRETEL WITCH HUNTERS
dir. Tommy Wirkola
Stars:
Jeremy Renner
Gemma Arterton
PRISON BREAKBest of PRISON BREAK
over 100 pages of the hit show!
MOVIE POSTERTHE LAST STAND
2013
dir. Jee-woon Kim
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Eduardo Noriega
MOVIE POSTERMINORITY REPORT
2002
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Tom Cruise
Colin Farrell
MOVIE POSTER22 JUMP STREET
2014
dir. Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Stars:
Channing Tatum