Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Pedro Almodóvar

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pedroalmodovar.jpgPedro Almodóvar

Born: September 25, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

[2016 interview] Reality always filters through into my films, even when I try to reject it. It finds a crack to seep in through. The climate of the last four years in Spain has been of enormous unhappiness and even though I haven’t personally suffered from the harshness of the economic situation, I’m surrounded by people who have. I don’t think Julieta (2016) is a metaphor for Spain today but it’s no accident that my 80s films were much happier.

VOLVER
2006
dir. Pedro Almodovar
Stars:
Penelope Cruz
PEDRO ALMODOVAR
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Happy Birthday: Michael Madsen

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michaelmadsenMichael Madsen

Born: September 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to:
DeAnna Madsen (15 April 1996 – present) (3 children)

[2004] Maybe I was just born in the wrong era, man. I’m a bit of a throwback to the days of black-and-white movies. Those guys back then, they had a certain kind of directness about them. A lot of the screenplays, the plots were very simplistic – they gave rise to a type of anti-hero that maybe I suit better.

L.A. Confidential (1997) was written with me in mind, but Russell Crowe got the part. Go figure.

LOOSIES
2012
dir. Michael Corrente
Stars:
Peter Facinelli
Jaimie Alexander
RESERVOIR DOGSReservoir Dogs
1992
dir. Quentin Tarantino
Starring
Harvey Keitel
Tim Roth
Steve Buscemi
Kill Bill: Volume 1
2003
dir. Tarantino
starring
Uma Thurmon
Lucy Lui
Vivica A Fox		 KILL BILL VOLUME 2Kill Bill: Volume 2
2004
dir. Tarantino
starring
Uma Thurman
David Carradine
posterCHASING GHOSTS
2005
dir. Kyle Dean Jackson
starring
Michael Madsen
Meat Loaf
Gary Busey		 MOVIE POSTERTHE NATURAL
1984
dir. Barry Levinson
Stars:
Robert Redford
Robert Duvall
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MOVIE POSTERSIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
2013
dir. Frank Miller
Robert Rodriguez
Stars:
Clive Owen		 MOVIE POSTERSCARY MOVIE 4
2006
dir. David Zucker
Stars:
Anna Faris
Regina Hall
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Happy Birthday: Christopher Reeve (1952–2004)

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christopherreeve.jpgChristopher Reeve (1952–2004)

Born: September 25, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 10, 2004 (age 52) in Mount Kisco, New York, USA

Married to: Dana Reeve (11 April 1992 – 10 October 2004) (his death) (1 child)

[on the reshoots of Superman II (1980) after changing directors] It was usually done whenever a set doubled or we had a problem with expensive actors being available. I remember we did many scenes from the Daily Planet, if not all of them, while we were doing Part One. So those were pretty much in the bank. Gene Hackman, to the extent that he was in Part Two, was also done while he was around for Part One. I don’t remember that he came back again.

EVERYONE’S HERO
2006
dir. Christopher Reeve
Stars:
Jake T. Austin
Brian Denneh

Superman 2Superman 2
1980
dir. Richard Lester
Donner
starring
Christopher Reeve
Margot Kidder<		 SupermanSuperman
1978
dir. Donner
starring
Christopher Reeve
Margot Kidder
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Happy Birthday: Clea DuVall

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cleaduvall.jpgClea DuVall

Born: September 25, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA

[About Little Witches (1996)] “How did you know about ‘Little Witches’?? You’ve seen it? So you’ve seen my ass! Oh my God, I can’t believe this. I did that movie when I was 18. ‘Little Witches’ doesn’t count. It was my first movie and I had no clue what I was doing, I mean, my God, I worked in a coffee house while that film was being shot”.

ARGO
dir. Ben Affleck
Stars:
Ben Affleck
Bryan Cranston		 She's All ThatShe’s All That
1999
dir. by Robert Iscove
starring
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Cook
The Killing Room
dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Starring
Nick Cannon
Clea DuVall
PASSENGERSPASSENGERS
2008
dir. Rodrigo Garc�a
Cast:
Anne Hathaway
Patrick Wilson

CONVICTIONCONVICTION
dir. Tony Goldwyn
Stars:
Hilary Swank
Sam Rockwell

 

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Happy Birthday: Mikael Persbrandt

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mikaelpersbrandtMikael Persbrandt

Born: September 25, 1963 in Jakobsberg, Stockholms län, Sweden

In 1997, Persbrandt starred for the first time as the tough detective, Gunvald Larsson, the role that ultimately became his major break-through. “Beck” was not only a major hit in Sweden but in Germany as well – and now consists of 24 theatrical and television movies based on the characters created by authors Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöo.

 

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Happy Birthday: Heather Locklear

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heatherlocklear.jpgHeather Locklear

Born: September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California, USA

Married to: Richie Sambora (17 December 1994 – 11 April 2007) (divorced) (1 child)
Tommy Lee (10 May 1986 – 16 August 1993) (divorced)

[on why she wasn’t invited for a T.J. Hooker (1982) reunion]: They haven’t asked me. I don’t think they’ve asked [former co-star] Adrian Zmed, but I’m sure William Shatner is willing to do it. I can’t see why [he would] not… Maybe I’ll see the film when it comes out on DVD or something.

SCARY MOVIE 5
2013
dir. Malcolm D. Lee
Stars:
Lindsay Lohan
Charlie Sheen

FIRESTARTERFirestarter
1984
dir. Mark L Lester
Starring
David Keith
Drew Barrymore

 

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Happy Birthday: Michael Douglas

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michaeldouglas.jpgMichael Douglas

Born: September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

[on his career and his favorite films] I always say you work as hard on your failures as your successes. I like my track record, I like my batting average. I got a real good batting average. A lot of movies. Not a lot of grand-slam home-runs, lot of singles, doubles, triples. Lot of hits, you know? Small but kind of ultimately worked out. Kind of fiduciary responsibilities and budgets. The ones that stick out are the ones nobody wanted to make, from Falling Down (1993) to Fatal Attraction (1987), things like that. Or ones that were so bizarre. The War of the Roses (1989), Wonder Boys (2000).

WallstreetWallstreet
1987
dir. Stone
starring
Charlie Sheen
Douglas		 WALL STREET 2WALL STREET 2
dir. Oliver Stone
Stars:
Shia LaBeouf
Michael Douglas
THE GHOST AND THE DARKESSThe Ghost and the Darkness
1996
dir. Stephen Hopkins
Cast
Val Kilmer
Michael Douglas		 The GameThe Game
1997
dir. Fincher
starring
Douglas
Sean Penn
FALLING DOWNFalling Down
1993
dir. Schumacher
Starring
Douglas
Duvall		 WONDER BOYSWonder Boys
2000
dir. Curtis Hanson
Starring
Douglas
Katie Holmes
KING OF CALIFORNIAKing of California
2007
dir. Mike Cahil
Cast
Douglas
Rachel Evan Wood		 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST Movie PosterGhosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Dir. Mark Waters
Starring
Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Garner
MOVIE POSTERYOU, ME AND DUPREE
2006
dir. Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Stars:
Kate Hudson
Owen Wilson

HAYWIRE
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Gina Carano
Ewan McGregor		 MOVIE POSTERTHE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
1995
dir. Rob Reiner
Stars:
Michael Douglas
Annette Bening		 MOVIE POSTERLAST VEGAS
2013
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Stars:
Robert De Niro
Michael Douglas		 MOVIE POSTERAND SO IT GOES
2014
dir. Rob Reiner
Stars:
Michael Douglas

 

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Catherine Zeta-Jones

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catherinezetajones.jpgCatherine Zeta-Jones

Born: September 25, 1969 in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Married to:
Michael Douglas (18 November 2000 – present) (2 children)

[on landing the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago (2002)] Did I want this role? That’s like saying did I want to wake up in the morning wanting to breathe!

I do think I’m lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen.

The Haunting 1999The Haunting
1999
dir. by Jan de Bont
starring
Lili Taylor
Owen Wilson		 NO RESERVATIONSNo Reservations
2007
dir. Scott Hicks
Starring
Zeta Jones
Aaron Eckhart

MOVIE POSTERCHICAGO
2002
dir. Rob Marshall
Starring:
Ren�e Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones		 MOVIE POSTERPLAYING THE FIELD
dir. Gabriele Muccino
Stars:
Gerard Butler
Jessica Biel

HIGH FIDELITYHigh Fidelity
2000
dir. Stephen Frears
Cast
John Cusack
Jack Black

 

MOVIE POSTERROCK OF AGES
dir. Adam Shankman
Stars:
Julianne Hough
Diego Boneta
MOVIE POSTERBROKEN CITY
2013
dir. Allen Hughes
Stars:
Mark Wahlberg
Russell Crowe		 MOVIE POSTERTHE TERMINAL
2004
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Tom Hanks
Catherine Zeta-Jones
MOVIE POSTERSIDE EFFECTS
2013
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Rooney Mara
Channing Tatum		 MOVIE POSTERRED 2
2013
dir. Dean Parisot
Stars:
Bruce Willis
Helen Mirren
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2013
and Aaron Eckhart
and Abigail Breslin
and Alexander Hanson
and Carys Douglas
and children
and George Clooney
and Hugh Jackman
and husband
and Julianne Hough
and Kirk Douglas
and Michael Douglas
and Olivia Munn
and Renee Zellweger
and Steven Spielberg
and Tom Cruise
and Tom Hanks
as a Chef
as Catherine the Great
as Velma Kelly
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black dress
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Empire magazine
Esquire
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eyes
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feet
flower dress
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Harpers Bazaar		 hat
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in Broken City
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in High Fidelity
in Oceans 12
in Playing for Keeps
in Reds 2
in Rock of Ages
in Side Effects
INStyle
in The Rebound
in The Terminal
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in Zorro
jeans
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Happy Birthday: Mark Hamill

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markhamill.jpgMark Hamill

Born: September 25, 1951 in Oakland, California, USA

Married to: (17 December 1978 – present) (3 children)

I’ve learned that the movies [Star Wars] will never finally end. It just goes on and on and on and on. I mean, it’s going to be in 3D, then it’s going to be smellivision, then it’s going to be a ride in an amusement park, then they’ll come to your house and perform it with puppets on your lawn … it’ll never end! I accepted that a long time ago.

STAR WARSStar Wars
1977
dir. by George Lucas
starring
Harrison Ford
Hamill		 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACKThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
dir. Irvin Kershner
Starring
Carrie Fisher
Billy Dee Williams
Return of the Jedi
1983
dir. Richard Marquand
Starring
Hamill
Harrison Ford
Laputa - Castle in the SkyLaputa – Castle in the Sky
1986
dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Voices by
Anna Paquin		 Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerBatman Beyond: Return of the Joker
dir. Curt Geda
Stars:
Will Friedle
Kevin Conroy
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
dir. by Eric Radomski
Bruce W. Timm
voices by:
Kevin Conroy		 JUSTICE LEAGUE CRISIS ON TWO EARTHSJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
dir. Lauren Montgomery
Sam Liu
Voices
Mark Harmon
Alyssa Milano
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Happy Birthday: Donald Glover

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donaldglover.jpgDonald Glover

Born: September 25, 1983 in Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA

When you think of the former high school football star, you think 6-foot-2, white, meathead as the model for that kind of character. Since I’m not 6-foot-2 or white, I just thought about what I could bring to it. I thought about Smash Williams from ‘Friday Night Lights,’ like the cocky quarterback, and played around with that. — on his character Troy in “Community”.

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Jason Segel
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