Happy Birthday: Kelly Ripa

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Kelly Ripa

Born: October 2, 1970 in Stratford, New Jersey, USA

Married to: Mark Consuelos (1 May 1996 – present) (3 children)

Known for her love of shoes, particularly high heels, as seen on Live! with Kelly (1988).

[on the search for Regis Philbin’s replacement as her co-host] They certainly weren’t looking for me when they found me. When it clicks, America will know.

MARVIN’S ROOM
1996
dir. Jerry Zaks
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Meryl Streep

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Happy Birthday: Lorraine Bracco

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Lorraine Bracco

Born: October 2, 1954 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

[on joining The Sopranos (1999) cast] After doing Goodfellas (1990), I was offered every Mafia girl, wife, mistress, daughter available. And I said to them, ‘No, I don’t want to do that. I did it. Can’t do it better’. I called up my agent the day before I’m going to meet David [Chase], and I go, ‘I don’t want Carmela – I want Dr. Melfi’.

[on James Gandolfini] I’ll always smile remembering that big lug with the cheeky grin squeezed into that tiny chair, and I’ll always cherish the love and gentleness he showed me.

TALENT FOR THE GAME
1991
dir. Robert M. Young
Stars:
Edward James Olmos
Lorraine Bracco

Goodfellas
1990
dir. Scorsese
starring
Liotta
Robert DeNiro
Joe Pesci

Sopranos
Season 3
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Sopranos
Season 4
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Sopranos
Season 5
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Sopranos
Season 6
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THE BASKETBALL DIARIES
1995
dir. Scott Kalvert
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Lorraine Bracco

Sopranos
Season 1
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Sopranos
Season 2
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Happy Birthday: Camilla Belle

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Camilla Belle

Born: October 2, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA

I’m never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I’m not going to live my life where I’m not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.

10,000 BC
2008
dir. Emmerich
Starring
Steven Strait
Camilla Belle

From Prada to Nada
dir. Angel Gracia
Stars:
Camilla Belle
Alexa Vega

The Patriot
2000
dir. Emmerich
starring
Mel Gibson
Heath Ledger

Practical Magic
1998
dir. Griffin Dunne
Starring
Sandra Bullock
Kidman

The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
1997
dir. Spielberg
Starring
Jeff Goldblum
Julianne Moore

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Happy Birthday: Tom Hooper

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Tom Hooper

Born: October 1, 1972 in London, England, UK

I’m sitting at the Oscars [in 2012] pretty sure that I’m going to direct “Les Miz” but not sure at all who I’m going to cast. And Anne Hathaway steps forth, to the front of the stage and sings a rendition of “On My Own,” to Hugh Jackman. And I’m going: Hold on a second, is Anne Hathaway using the Oscar stage as the ultimate auditioning platform for her talents and is she also suggesting Hugh Jackman while she’s at it? Or is this just coincidence? She claims it’s coincidence. I think she’s too shrewd. But we’ll never know.

THE KING’S SPEECH
2010
dir. Tom Hooper
starring
Helena Bonham Carter
Colin Firth

LES MISERABLES
dir. Tom Hooper
Stars:
Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe

The Damn United
dir. Tom Hooper
Starring
Michael Sheen
Colm Meaney

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Happy Birthday: James Whitmore (1921–2009)

October 1, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, James Whitmore (1921–2009)

James Whitmore (1921–2009)

Born: October 1, 1921 in White Plains, New York, USA
Died: February 6, 2009 (age 87) in Malibu, California, USA

I have no regrets, real regrets about any darn thing . . . I think second-guessing one’s self and your life is the most futile thing in the world.

I certainly wasn’t the idol of millions. I just happened to get good parts. And so I wasn’t worried . . . because I could see these character parts stretching on into the, you know, dim days of the future.

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Happy Birthday: Walter Matthau (1920–2000)

October 1, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actor, Happy Birthday, Walter Matthau (1920–2000)

Walter Matthau (1920–2000)

Born: October 1, 1920 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: July 1, 2000 (age 79) in Santa Monica, California, USA

Married to:
Carol Grace (21 August 1959 – 1 July 2000) (his death) (1 child)
Grace Geraldine Johnson (1948 – 1958) (divorced) (2 children)

[1984 remark on Barbra Streisand] The most extraordinary … er … uninteresting person I have ever met. I just found her to be a terrible bore … She was doing something and asked the director if I wouldn’t mind saying my lines in a certain way. I think I said something to her like, “I was acting before you were born, so please don’t tell me how to act.” And she said, in her own inimitable way, “Is this guy crazy or something?”.

A Face in the Crowd
1957
dir. Elia Kazan
Starring
Andy Griffith
Patricia Neal

Charade
1963
dir. by Stanely Donen
starring
Cary Grant
Audrey Hepburn

The Fortune Cookie
1966
dir. Wilder
starring
Jack Lemmon
Matthau

Hello Dolly!
1969
dir. Kelly
starring
Streisand
Matthau

Earthquake
1974
dir. Mark Robson
Starring
Charlton Heston
Ava Gardner

JFK
1996
dir. Oliver Stone
Starring
Kevin Costner
Tommy Lee Jones

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG
1998
dir. Aviva Kempner
DOCUMENTARY

BAD NEWS BEARS
1976
dir. Michael Ritchie
Stars:
Walter Matthau
Tatum O’Neal

GRUMPY OLD MEN
1993
dir. Donald Petrie
Stars:
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau

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Happy Birthday: George Peppard (1928–1994)

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George Peppard (1928–1994)

Born: October 1, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: May 8, 1994 (age 65) in Los Angeles, California, USA

[on being fired from Dynasty (1981) after disagreements with the producers] Everyone thought I was crazed because of my career being in the dumps at the moment. I’m so glad I wasn’t drinking. I bet a lot of people thought when I did certain things, I’d been drinking, and now they found out it wasn’t the booze at all, it was me.

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Happy Birthday: Randy Quaid

October 1, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday actors, Happy Birthday, Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Born: October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas, USA

Married to: Evi Quaid (5 October 1989 – present)

When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping center, I’d go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.

The Last Picture Show
1971
dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Cast
Timothy Bottoms
Jeff Bridges

The Last Detail
1973
dir. Hal Ashby
Starring
Jack Nicholson
Otis Young
Quaid

Days of Thunder
1990
dir. Tony Scott
Also Starring
Nicole Kidman
Robert Duvall

GOYA’S GHOSTS
2006
dir. Milos Foreman
Stars:
Javier Bardem
Natalie Portman

The Paper
1994
dir. Howard
Starring
Michael Keaton
Glenn Close
Marisa Tomei

Brokeback Mountain
2005
dir. Ang Lee
starring
Ledger
Jake Gyllenhaal

Real Time
2008
dir David Koepp
Starring
Randall Cole
Starring
Randy Quaid
Jay Baruchel

THE SLUGGER’S WIFE
1985
dir. Hal Ashby
Stars:
Michael O’Keefe
Rebecca De Mornay

WHAT’S UP DOC?
1972
dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Stars:
Barbra Streisand
Ryan O’Neal

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Happy Birthday: Katie Aselton

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Katie Aselton

Born: October 1, 1978 in Milbridge, Maine, USA

Married to: Mark Duplass (26 August 2006 – present) (2 children)

By the time you are in your thirties, most of the time, you’ve got a job, you can pay for your rent, you can create this nice world around you. And still, you’re only in your thirties – you’re not that far away from your twenties, which is when you’re making all of your stupid mistakes.

JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME
dir. Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Stars:
Jason Segel
Ed Helms

OUR IDIOT BROTHER
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Paul Rudd
Elizabeth Banks

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Happy Birthday: Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Born: October 1, 1986 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Josiah Bell (24 October 2010 – present)

“There is crying and pain going on. There’s a whole population screaming out and no one is listening. It’s neglect”. (a&u magazine)

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Season 5
Starring:
Kyle Chandler
Connie Britton

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Season 4
Starring:
Michael B. Jordan
Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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Festival Reviews

Showcasing the best of movies, and film festivals from around the world.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Kelly Ripa

Happy Birthday: Lorraine Bracco

Happy Birthday: Camilla Belle

Happy Birthday: Tom Hooper

Happy Birthday: James Whitmore (1921–2009)

Happy Birthday: Walter Matthau (1920–2000)

Happy Birthday: George Peppard (1928–1994)

Happy Birthday: Randy Quaid

Happy Birthday: Katie Aselton

Happy Birthday: Jurnee Smollett-Bell