Happy Birthday: Joan Cusack

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Joan Cusack

Born: October 11, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Richard Burke (1993 – present) (2 children)

I was never the ‘babe,’ so I knew I’d never get those big roles. I’d always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.

Grosse Point Blank
1997
dir. George Armitage
Starring
John Cusack
Joan Cusack

Toy Story 3
dir. Lee Unkrich
Stars
Tom Hanks
Tim Allen

Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
dir. PJ Hogan
Starring
Isla Fisher

School of Rock
dir. Richard Linklater
Stars:
Jack Black
Sarah Silverman

MARS NEEDS MOMS
dir. Simon Wells
Stars:
Seth Green
Joan Cusack

SHAMELESS
Review of the television show

FRIENDS WITH MONEY
2006
dir. Nicole Holofcener
Stars:
Jennifer Aniston
Frances McDormand

My Sister’s Keeper
2009
dir. Nick Cassavetes
Starring
Cameron Diaz
Jason Patric
Alec Baldwin

The Crazies
dir. Breck Eisner
Stars
Radha Mitchell
Timothy Olyphant

CHICKEN LITTLE
2005
dir. Mark Dindal
Starring:
Zach Braff
Steve Zahn

WORKING GIRL
1988
dir. Mike Nichols
Stars:
Melanie Griffith
Harrison Ford

Toy Story 2
1999
dir. John Lasseter
Ash Brannon
Voices
Tom Hanks
Tim Allen

High Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black

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Happy Birthday: Emily Deschanel

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Emily Deschanel

Born: October 11, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: David Hornsby (25 September 2010 – present) (2 children)

I was in school with Ginnifer Goodwin; she’s a couple of years younger than I am. She’s super-sweet. She told me I gave her a pep talk once, even though I can’t remember it. And Michael Chiklis – I love The Shield (2002) – he’s so good. When I was in school, he came to speak to us about acting and told this story about how he had “As You Like It” on his resume; and a casting director asked if it were a soap opera. The casting guy said, “ABC? NBC?” and Chiklis said, “No, Shakespeare”. I’ll never forget it.

GLORY ROAD
2006
dir. EMILY DESCHANEL
Stars:
Josh Lucas
Derek Luke

Spider-Man 2
2004
dir. Raimi
starring
Toby Maguire
Alfred Molini
James Franco

My Sister’s Keeper
2009
dir. Nick Cassavetes
Starring
Diaz
Jason Patric
Alec Baldwin

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Happy Birthday: Matt Bomer

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Matt Bomer

Born: October 11, 1977 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA

Married to: Simon Halls (2011 – present) (3 children)

[on working with R. Lee Ermey] “R. Lee’s great. I’ve learned a lot from working with him. He’s a tremendous actor, and he brings so much to the character and so much to the set. And we’re very fortunate, ’cause he’s one of those guys who actually, when he comes to the set in the morning, he just wants to make the scene the best it can possibly be, and he figures all that stuff out. And those are my favorite kind of people to work with. I’ve really enjoyed it. He’s thoroughly entertaining and really does different stuff every take, and just really embodies the character”.

MAGIC MIKE
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Channing Tatum
Alex Pettyfer

WINTER’S TALE
2014
dir. Akiva Goldsman
Stars:
Colin Farrell
Jessica Brown Findlay

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING
2006
dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Stars:
Jordana Brewster
Matt Bomer

IN TIME
dir. Andrew Niccol
Stars:
Justin Timberlake
Amanda Seyfried

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Happy Birthday: Julia Sweeney

October 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Julia Sweeney

Julia Sweeney

Born: October 10, 1959 in Spokane, Washington, USA

When I first started doing the show, I thought it was this underground, alternative comedy, and I saw myself as a rebel. I didn’t realize it would have such mass appeal. In San Francisco audiences were half-filled with people my parents’ age who were loving it.” — referring to her one-woman show “God Said, Ha!

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
2013
dir. Dan Scanlon
Stars:
Billy Crystal
John Goodman

Pulp Fiction
1994
dir. by Quentin Tarantino
starring
John Travolta
Samuel L. Jackson

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Happy Birthday: Peter Coyote

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Peter Coyote

Born: October 10, 1941 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Married to:
Stefanie Pleet (1998 – 2015) (divorced)

[on lining in the 1960s] I lived on communes. I was involved with practically every kind of revolutionary movement of the period. My ‘family’ of people was called ‘The Diggers.’ We were a kind of ‘out-there’ tribe.

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

Bitter Moon
1992
dir. by Roman Polanski
starring
Peter Coyote

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Happy Birthday: Mario Lopez

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Mario Lopez

Born: October 10, 1973 in San Diego, California, USA

Married to:
Courtney Mazza (1 December 2012 – present) (2 children)

[Who already admitted that his steamy spread in the magazine has brought him no shortage of female admirers]: People come up to me and ask me to sign it a lot. They say, ‘What were you thinking?’ And ‘how did it feel?’ And ‘you’re naked!’ And ‘oh my gosh!’ And ‘my mother and my grandmother, they put it up in their room.’ And it’s funny. I didn’t think it was going to cause such a big stir.

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Happy Birthday: Lucy Griffiths

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Lucy Griffiths

Born: October 10, 1986 in Brighton, England, UK

I talked my parents into sending me to Roedean at 16. I had this idea that if I could get into Cambridge, then I could join Footlights. My problem was that I went to a comprehensive in Brighton. I thought I’d have to start from a good school, and the best I could think of was Roedean.

WINTER’S TALE
2014
dir. Akiva Goldsman
Stars:
Colin Farrell
Jessica Brown Findlay

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Happy Birthday: Joelle Carter

October 10, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Joelle Carter

Joelle Carter

Born: October 10, 1972 in Thomasville, Georgia, USA

She and her husband Andy Bates became parents for the first time when they adopted a newborn baby in July 2010. Her name is Luna Rose Bates.

JUSTIFIED Season 1
2010
Stars:
Timothy Olyphant
JOELLE CARTER
Joelle Carter

JUSTIFIED Season 2
2010
Stars:
Timothy Olyphant
Walton Goggins
Jeremy Davies

High Fidelity

JUSTIFIED Season 3
2012
Stars:
Timothy Olyphant
Joelle Carter

JUSTIFIED Season 4
2013
Stars:
Timothy Olyphant
Raymond J. Barry

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JESSABELLE
2014
dir. Kevin Greutert
Stars:
Sarah Snook
Mark Webber

JUSTIFIED TV Series
Best of the series based on Elmore Leonard’s story “Fire in the Hole”

AMERICAN PIE 2
2001
dir. JB Rogers
Stars
Shannon Elizabeth
Tara Reid

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Happy Birthday: Chris Penn (1965–2006)

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Chris Penn (1965–2006)

Born: October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: January 24, 2006 (age 40) in Santa Monica, California, USA

They offer me a lot more money to do something that was successful before than to take a risk. More power to the people who get to choose their roles. I don’t.

TRUE ROMANCE
1993
dir. Tony Scott
Cast:
Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette

Pale Rider
1985
dir. Eastwood
Starring
Eastwood
Michael Moriarty

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
1983
dir. Michael Chapman
Stars:
Tom Cruise
Lea Thompson

Reservoir Dogs
1992
dir. Quentin Tarantino
Starring
Harvey Keitel
Tim Roth
Steve Buscemi

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Happy Birthday: Bradley Whitford

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Bradley Whitford

Born: October 10, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

[on if he’s felt typecast after “The West Wing”] You’re going to get typecast as whatever you do, but to be typecast as that guy who was complicated, passionate, funny, that’s fine. But yeah, people think you’re going to be a smart guy in a suit. But my God, what a wonderful experience. The only problem with it is it does spoil you; honestly, not to be pretentious but the creative experience, that kind of writing and those kinds of actors and directors and that arena, for God’s sake. What do you do after that? A show about a canning factory?

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
dir. Drew Goddard
Stars:
Richard Jenkins
Bradley Whitford