Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Chris O’Donnell

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chrisodonnell.jpgHappy Birthday actor Chris O’Donnell

Born: June 26, 1970 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA

Married to: Caroline Fentress (19 April 1997 – present) (5 children)

QUOTES:

[on the Batman films]: Some day my kids are going to watch these and say to themselves “That’s daddy!”.

[Comparing the experiences of making Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997)]: When I made Batman Forever, I felt like I was making a movie. When I made Batman & Robin, I felt like I was making a toy commercial.

(1995, on his clean-cut image) My family and friends see me as a real smart-ass, a wise-ass. The way people see me in movies, in the stuff they read about me, is kind of an idealistic view.

(1995, on competing with his acting peers) There have been times when I had to go audition and there were other people there. I can’t stand that. When it comes to the point where I’m trying to get a part, I’m like “I don’t want to talk to you.”.

(on Reese Witherspoon) We hung out for a little while when Scent of a Woman (1992) came out. I did date her. It was weird because it was the first time I had ever really dated an actress. When I was in college, I never had a serious girlfriend because it was too much fun dating different girls. With Reese, it just kind of didn’t work out. It was nothing serious, to tell you the truth.

(1995) I almost got caught in the Hollywood web. They almost pulled me in. But I have a much better time going to the bars over at UCLA, drinking beers and listening to that whole scene. At the ‘hot’ clubs, I don’t know the bouncers and I have no pull at the door-they don’t recognize me and, really, I don’t care. I’ve been to most of the hot places at least once. There’s a lot of losers who hang out at these places. The bars are filled with people just trying to slip you their business card, who tell you, “Hey, I’m a producer and I’ve written some stuff…” The women are like “Are you important enough for me to bother with?”.

Happy Birthday: Paul Thomas Anderson

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paulthomasandersonHappy Birthday director Paul Thomas Anderson

Born: June 26, 1970 in Studio City, California, USA

He has three children with his partner Maya Rudolph: daughter Pearl Minnie Anderson (b. October 15, 2005), daughter Lucille Anderson (b. November 6, 2009), and son Jack Anderson (b. July 3, 2011).

 

 

 

Boogie Nights
1997
dir. PT Anderson
starring
Mark Wahlberg
Burt Reynolds
MagnoliaMagnolia
1999
dir. by PT Anderson Anderson
starring
Tom Cruise
John C. Reilly
Punch Drunk Love
2002
dir. PT Anderson
starring
Adam Sandler
Emily Watson		 There Will be BloodThere Will be Blood
dir. PT Anderson
Starring
Daniel Day Lewis
Paul Dano		 MOVIE POSTERTHE MASTER
2012
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Joaquin Phoenix

Happy Birthday: Ariana Grande

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arianagrande.jpgHappy Birthday singer Ariana Grande

Born: June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA

QUOTES:

You have to be thankful and I think being in this business is one of the most important things is to give back because there’s no better feeling than knowing that your work is being appreciated by people.

One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn’t like you. Especially when you don’t know what you’ve done to deserve it.

Happy Birthday: Nick Offerman

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nickofferman.jpgHappy Birthday actor Nick Offerman

Born: June 26, 1970 in Joliet, Illinois, USA

Married to: Megan Mullally (20 September 2003 – present)

 

 

 

 

CASA DE MI PADRE
dir. Matt Piedmont
Stars:
Will Ferrell
Gael Garc�a Bernal		 The Men Who Stare at Goats Movie PosterThe Men Who Stare at Goatsv
dir. Grant Heslov
Stars:
Ewan McGregor
Clooney
Kevin Spacey

All Good ThingsAll Good Things
dir. Andrew Jarecki
Stars:
Ryan Gosling
Kirsten Dunst		 ConstantineSin City
2005
dir. Rodriguez
Frank Miller
starring
Mickey Rourke
Willis
MOVIE POSTERTHE KINGS OF SUMMER
2013
dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Stars:
Nick Offerman
Moises Arias		 MOVIE POSTERWE’RE THE MILLERS
2013
dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars:
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston
MOVIE POSTERIN A WORLD…
2013
dir. Lake Bell
Stars:
Lake Bell
Jeff Garlin		 TV POSTER24 SEASON 2
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MOVIE POSTERTHE LEGO MOVIE
2014
dir. Phil Lord
Chris Miller
Stars:
Chris Pratt		 MOVIE POSTER22 JUMP STREET
2014
dir. Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Stars:
Channing Tatum

 

Happy Birthday: Aubrey Plaza

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aubreyplaza.jpgHappy Birthday actor Aubrey Plaza

Born: June 26, 1984 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

 

 

 

 

 

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
2012
dir. Colin Trevorrow
Stars:
Aubrey Plaza
Jake M. Johnson

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
dir. Edgar Wright
Stars
Michael Cera
Mary Elizabeth Winstead		 MOVIE POSTERLIFE AFTER BETH
2014
dir. Jeff Baena
Stars:
Anna Kendrick
Dane DeHaan
FUNNY PEOPLE
2009
dir. Apatow
Starring
Adam Sandler
Seth Rogan
Leslie Mann		 MOVIE POSTERABOUT ALEX
2014
dir. Jesse Zwick
Stars:
Aubrey Plaza
Maggie Grace
MOVIE POSTERA GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III
2013
dir. Roman Coppola		 MOVIE POSTERTHE TO DO LIST
2013
dir. Maggie Carey
Stars:
Aubrey Plaza
Johnny Simmons

 

Happy Birthday: Carly Simon

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carlysimonHappy Birthday musician Carly Simon

Born: June 25, 1945 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: James Hart (23 December 1987 – 2007) (divorced)

James Taylor (3 November 1972 – 1983) (divorced) (2 children)

Though Carly sang the popular theme song “Nobody Does It Better” from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), this was not her first liaison with 007. When she (then 20) and sister Lucy (22) were traveling on a liner from England to New York in 1965, they met Sean Connery (35) who invited them to his cabin for drinks and later proposed a ménage à trois. They purportedly declined and the proposal was later coined a “Simon sisters sandwich” by their friends.

Happy Birthday: George Michael

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georgemichaelHappy Birthday musician George Michael

Born: June 25, 1963 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

QUOTES:

I do think that Live Aid (1985) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the way in many respects and I think a lot of people are still inspired by what happened in the mid-Eighties.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

Even though it’s become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it’s still effective and it still has to be done.

It was my own stupid fault. I was in possession of class C drugs which is an offence and I have no complaints about the police, who were professional throughout.

“The trajectory of my particular soap opera with the press launched from that statement Elton made about eighteen months ago when Elton hadn’t seen me for years. Elton said he thought I was really miserable for some reason. From that point on I’ve been trying to prove that I’m not. Unfortunately it made me incredibly vulnerable to the press.” (April 2006)
I have been doing this on and off since I was a teenager and never once seen violence. If I want to see violence or what I call shameful behaviour, the idea that women in clubs these days have to hold their hand over their drink for fear of being drugged … Please don’t tell me as a member of the straight community that I am taking risks. I know what I do and I am sorry, but we should not be taking questions like this, from straight women in particular … I do not deserve the criticism. What I don’t have respect for is some demand for answers from an openly gay man who is living his own life. I have not cheated or lied about my sex life to anybody in my life, in my entire life. I hate not to be able to rise above it, but there is only so much you can take. I’m suing the individual involved who I have never, ever seen, let alone wanted to have any kind of sexual encounter with, and I’m currently investigating suing the secondary sources of libel. I am taking legal action against the photographers because they’re harassing me and I should not have to worry about who’s watching me at 2:30 in the morning.