Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Josie Bissett

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josiebissettJosie Bissett

Born: October 5, 1970 in Seattle, Washington, USA

Josie Bissett is recognized internationally for her role as the popular ‘Jane Mancini’ on FOX-TV’s “Melrose Place,” which ended its successful seven-year run in May 1999. To date, she has graced over 50 magazine covers, including such publications as TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Shape’s Fit Pregnancy and New Woman.

Josie has been the face of several national commercial campaigns, including Neutrogena’s skin care line and Dr. Scholl’s Pedicure Essentials, an entire line of 14 different products designed to pamper the feet. Additionally, she was a spokesperson for Murad Skin Care’s Resurgence® Regimen, the first comprehensive line of products formulated exclusively to help revitalize and rebuild hormonally aging skin.

 

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Happy Birthday: Karen Allen

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karenallen.jpgKaren Allen

Born: October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois, USA

[on the difference between Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] Crystal Skull was more low tech than you might think, although we did do some green screen on it, but not that much. I guess that is the difference, there wasn’t that type of special effects in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). CGI [Computer Generated Imagery] didn’t exist.

Airport 1975
1975
dir. Jack Smight
Cast
Charlton Heston
Karen Black		 ANIMAL HOUSEAnimal House
1978
dir. John Landis
Starring
Tom Hulce
John Belushi
Kevin Bacon
Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
dir. Steven Spielberg
starring
Harrison Ford
Allen		 moviesSCROOGED
1988
dir. Richard Donner
Starring:
Bill Murray
Karen Allen
MALCOLM XMalcolm X
1992
dir. Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington
Delro Lindo
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
dir. Steven Spielberg		 MOVIE POSTERTHE SANDLOT
1993
dir. David M. Evans
Stars:
Tom Guiry
Mike Vitar Starring
Harrison Ford
Shia LaBeouf

 

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Jeff Conaway (1950–2011)

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jeffconaway.jpgJeff Conaway (1950–2011)

Born: October 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 27, 2011 (age 60) in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA

[on his suicide attempts]: I’ve tried to commit suicide 21 times. Mostly, it’s been with pills.

[on leaving Taxi (1978)]: In ‘Taxi,’ I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

 

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Happy Birthday: Jacob Tremblay

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jacobtremblay.jpgJacob Tremblay

Born: October 5, 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. His breakout performance was in Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim.

Tremblay made his film debut for the live-action animated film The Smurfs 2.

In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie.

 

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Happy Birthday: Guy Pearce

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guypearce.jpgGuy Pearce

Born: October 5, 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

[2007] Most studio films don’t end up being a pure experience because you’re not working with the director. You’re answering to producers who have a lot of money at stake. Corners will be shaved off to make something slightly safer so they can make back their $100m.

The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
1994
dir. by Stephan Elliott
starring
Terence Stamp		 LA CONFIDENTIALLA Confidential
1997
dir. Curtis Hanson
starring
Russell Crowe
Pearce
Kevin Spacey
First Snow
2006
dir. Mark Fergus
Starring
Pearce
J.K. Simmons		 TraitorTraitor
dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Starring
Cheadle
Guy Pearce
Bedtime StoriesBedtime Stories
2008dir. Adam Shankman
Starring
Adam Sandler
Keri Russell		 THE ROAD Movie PosterThe Road
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Viggo Mortensen
Charlize Theron
Kodi Smit-McPhee
MOVIE POSTERLOCKOUT
dir. James Mather
Stephen St. Leger
Stars:
Guy Pearce
Maggie Grace		 MOVIE POSTERWETTEST COUNTY
dir. John Hillcoat
Stars:
Tom Hardy
Shia LaBeouf
MEMENTOMemento
2000
dir. Christopher Nolan
starring
Pearce
Carrie-Anne Moss		 THE PROPOSITIONThe Proposition
2005
dir. by John Hillcoat
starring
Guy Pierce
Ray Winstone
The Hurt Locker
2009
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Starring
Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie		 MOVIETHE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth		 MOVIE POSTERDON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
dir. Troy Nixey
Stars:
Katie Holmes
Guy Pearce		 MOVIE POSTERPROMETHEUS
dir. Ridley Scott
Stars:
Noomi Rapace
Charlize Theron
MOVIE POSTERFACTORY GIRL
2006
dir. George Hickenlooper
Stars:
Sienna Miller
Guy Pearce		 MOVIE POSTERIRON MAN 3
2013
dir. Shane Black
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Guy Pearce
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Happy Birthday: Jesse Eisenberg

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jesseeisenberg.jpgJesse Eisenberg

Born: October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA

This [The Social Network (2010)] was not the sort of script you improvise on. With Aaron Sorkin, it’s immediately clear what the rhythm of the scene is. It’s similar to reading Shakespeare. In fact, it’s a lot like great theater. I looked at some of the lengthier scenes as if I was doing a play. You find the story arc of the scene, discover different moments, build upon them to make it as rich as possible. reconciled his intense control with his disengagement. He might appear detached and bored, but he’s always working to control the entire room.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK
dir. David Fincher
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Andrew Garfield		 MOVIE POSTER30 MINUTES OR LESS
dir. Ruben Fleischer
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Danny McBride
MOVIE POSTERROMEO AND JULIET
1996
dir. Baz Luhrmann
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Claire Danes		 ZOMBIELAND Movie PosterZombieland
2009
dir. Ruben Fleischer
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg
Stone
Woody Harrelson
Adventureland
dir. Greg Mottola
Starring
Jesse Eisenberg
The Squid and the Whale
2005
dir. by Noah Baumbach
starring
Daniels
Laura Linney		 rioRIO
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Anne Hathaway
MOVIE POSTERTO ROME WITH LOVE
2012
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Ellen Page
Greta Gerwig		 MOVIE POSTERNOW YOU SEE ME
2013
dir. Louis Leterrier
Stars:
Jesse Eisenberg
Mark Ruffalo
MOVIE POSTERRIO 2
2014
dir. Carlos Saldanha
Stars:
Anne Hathaway
Rodrigo Santoro
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Happy Birthday: Kate Winslet

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katewinslet.jpgKate Winslet

Born: October 5, 1975 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Married to: Ned Rocknroll (5 December 2012 – present) (1 child)
Sam Mendes (24 May 2003 – 3 October 2010) (divorced) (1 child)
Jim Threapleton (22 November 1998 – 13 December 2001) (divorced) (1 child)

After Titanic (1997), it would have been completely foolish for me to go and try and top that. I’m an English girl, I’ve always loved England, I’ve never felt the desire to leave it for any particular reason. And whilst I’m ambitious and care very much about what I do, I’m not competitive. I also don’t want to act every day of my life. … So it was important to me after Titanic (1997) to just remind myself of why it was that I was acting in the first place, which is of course because I love it.

Titanic
1997
dir. by James Cameron
Also Starring
Billy Zane
Leonardo DiCaprio		 MOVIEQUILLS
2000
dir. Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Geoffrey Rush
Kate Winslet
x-menEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
dir. by Michel Gondry
Also Starring
Jim Carrey
Tom Wilkinson		 posterLITTLE CHILDREN
2005
dir. Todd Field
Cast
Kate Winslet
Jennifer Connelly
Finding Neverland
2004
dir. by Marc Forster
Also Starring
Johnny Depp		 ROMANCE AND CIGARETTESRomance and Cigarettes
2005
dir. John Turturro
Cast
James Gandolfini
Susan Sarandon
The ReaderThe Reader
dir. Stephen Daldry
Also Starring
Ralph Fiennes		 REVOLUTIONARY ROADRevolutionary Road
dir. Sam Mendes
Also Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
MOVIE POSTERCONTAGION
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Matt Damon
Kate Winslet		 MOVIE POSTERCARNAGE
dir. Roman Polanski
Stars:
Jodie Foster
Kate Winslet
MOVIE POSTERALL THE KING’S MEN
2006
dir. Steve Zallian
Stars:
Sean Penn
Jude Law		 MOVIE POSTERMOVIE 43
2013
Stars:
Emma Stone
Stephen Merchant
Richard Gere
Liev Schreiber
MOVIE POSTERFLUSHED AWAY
2006
dir. David Bowers
Sam Fell
Stars:
Hugh Jackman
Kate Winslet		 MOVIE POSTERDIVERGENT
2014
dir. Neil Burger
Stars:
Shailene Woodley
Theo James
MOVIE POSTERLITTLE CHILDREN
2006
dir. Todd Field
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Patrick Wilson		 MOVIE POSTERTHE HOLIDAY
2006
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz

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Happy Birthday: Jackie Collins (1937–2015)

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jackiecollins.jpgJackie Collins (1937–2015)

Born: October 4, 1937 in London, England, UK
Died: September 19, 2015 (age 77) in Los Angeles, California, USA

[from her last interview] Looking back, I’m not sorry about anything I did. I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say. I’ve written five books since the diagnosis [for stage 4 breast cancer], I’ve lived my life, I’ve traveled all over the world, I have not turned down book tours and no one has ever known until now when I feel as though I should come out with it. Now I want to save other people’s lives.

 

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Happy Birthday: Armand Assante

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armandassante.jpgArmand Assante

Born: October 4, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA

[on the recession] I’ve never seen a time when the financial end of film was so fragile. Projects come and go on the capacity of whether people have the financial ability, even for the lowest budget projects. It shows what has happened since 2008.

TWO FOR THE MONEY
2005
dir. D.J. Caruso
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
Al Pacino
DEAD MAN DOWN
2013
dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Stars:
Colin Farrell
Noomi Rapace
SydneyWhiteAmerican Gangster
dir. Scott
Starring
Russell Crowe
Washington

 

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Happy Birthday: Buster Keaton (1895–1966)

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busterkeaton.jpgBuster Keaton (1895–1966)

Born: October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, USA
Died: February 1, 1966 (age 70) in Los Angeles, California, USA

I’ve had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this, I am by no means overlooking the rough and rocky years I’ve lived through. But I was not brought up thinking life would be easy. I always expected to work hard for my money and to get nothing I did not earn. And the bad years, it seems to me, were so few that only a dyed-in-the-wool grouch who enjoys feeling sorry for himself would complain.

The Boat: Short Film
1921
dir. Keaton
starring
Keaton		 the balloonatic buster keatonThe Balloonatic
1923
dir. Keaton
Starring
Keaton
Phyllis Haver
THE FROZEN NORTHThe Frozen North
1922
dir. Keaton
Edward F. Cline
starring
Keaton
Bonnie Hill		 COPSCops
1922
dir. Keaton
Edward F. Cline
starring
Keaton
Virginia Fox
Sherlock Jr
1924
dir. Keaton
starring
Keaton
Kathryn McGuire		 The GeneralThe General
1927
dir. Keaton
Clyde Bruckman
starring
Keaton
Marion Mack		 AT THE CIRCUSAt the Circus
1939
dir. Edward Buzzell
starring
The Marx Bros
Keaton co-writer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
dir. Richard Lester
Starring
Zero Mostel

Born in 1895 in Kansas, into a vaudeville family performing with the likes of Houdini (who coined his name ‘Buster’), Keaton was an early physical talent.

He entered film in his early twenties making shorts, and was deemed a star upon his first feature, 1920’s The Saphead. Keaton wrote, directed and starred in many of his own films, as well as doing studio comedies which did not garner him critical success.

With the discovery of lost stock of his early work, and 1952’s Limelight with Charlie Chaplin, Buster was finally recognized as an icon of his genre. Buster Keaton died in 1966.
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