Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: Amy Poehler

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amypoehler.jpgAmy Poehler

Born: September 16, 1971 in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Married to: Will Arnett (29 August 2003 – 2 August 2016) (divorced) (2 children)

I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell and laughs. But I do sometimes laugh when people fall down.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS CHIP WRECKED
dir. Mike Mitchell
Stars:
Anna Faris
Christina Applegate		 MONSTERS VS ALIENSMonsters VS Aliens
2009
dir. Rob Letterman
Conrad Vernon
Voices by
Seth Rogen
Witherspoon
Horton Hears a Who!Horton Hears a Who!
2008
Directed by Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Voices by
Jim Carrey
Carell		 Baby MomaBaby Moma
2008
Directed by Michael McCullers
Starring
Tina Fey
Amy Poehler
Hamlet 2
2008
dir. Andrew Fleming
Starring
Steve Coogan
Keener		 Mean GirlsMean Girls
2004
dir. by Mark Waters
starring
Lindsay Lohan
Fey
Rachel McAdams
Mr WoodcockMr. Woodcock
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Starring
Thornton
Susan Sarandon
Sean William Scott		 Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil Movie PosterHoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
dir. Mike Disa
Stars
Hayden Panettiere
Glenn Close
SHREK THE THIRDShrek The Third
2007
dir. C.B. Harding
Voices by:
Mike Myers
Murphy
Cameron Diaz		 BLADES OF GLORYBlades of Glory
2007
dir. Josh Gordon
Will Speck
Starring
Ferrell
John Heder
MOVIE POSTERKARI-GURASHI NO ARIETTI
dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Stars:
Bridgit Mendler
Amy Poehler		 actorARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 1
2003-2004
Stars
Jason Bateman
Michael Cera		 MOVIE POSTERFREE BIRDS
2013
dir. Jimmy Hayward
Stars:
Woody Harrelson
Owen Wilson		 MOVIE POSTERFAST TRACK
2006
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Zach Braff
Amanda Peet
MOVIE POSTERSOUTHLAND TALES
2006
dir. Richard Kelly
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Sarah Michelle Gellar		 MOVIE POSTERMAN OF THE YEAR
2006
dir. Barry Levinson
Stars:
Robin Williams
Laura Linney]		 MOVIE POSTERTENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
2006
dir. Liam Lynch
Stars:
Jack Black		 MOVIE POSTERARE YOU HERE
2014
dir. Matthew Weiner
Stars:
Owen Wilson
Zach Galifianakis

 

Happy Birthday: Jennifer Tilly

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jennifertillyJennifer Tilly

Born: September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California, USA

(1996) Meg and I didn’t have any connections in Hollywood. I think it’s amazing that two girls who grew up really poor in rural Canada came to Hollywood and have successful careers and get nominated for Oscars out of nowhere – out of an idea I had. The thing is, we’re tremendously aggressive; we say, “This is what I want, why can’t that be me?”. I just knew I had to be an actress. I had some vision – this was when I was seven or eight – of myself at 40, a housewife with curlers in her hair, watching TV and crying because I had never followed my dream of being an actress. I always remember having that vision.

Moving Violations
1985
dir. Neal Israel
Cast
Fred Willard
Sally Kellerman		 MOVIE POSTERBULLETS OVER BROADWAY
1994
dir. Woody Allen
Starring:
John Cusack
Dianne Wiest
MONSTERS INCMonsters Inc.
2001
dir. Pete Docter
David Silverman
Cast
John Goodman
Billy Crystal
TIDELANDTideland
2005
dir. Terry Gilliam
Starring
Jodelle Ferland
Brendan Fletcher
BOUNDBound
1996
dir. Wachowski Bros.
starring
Joe Pantoliano
Gina Gershan
Jennifer Tilly
MOVIE POSTERBRIDE OF CHUCKY
1998
dir. by Ronny Yu
Stars:
Jennifer Tilly
Brad Dourif		 MOVIE POSTERSEED OF CHUCKY
2004
dir. by Don Mancini
Stars:
Jennifer Tilly
Brad Dourif

Happy Birthday: Nick Jonas

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nickjonas.jpgNick Jonas

Born: September 16, 1992 in Dallas, Texas, USA

I was exploring with different sounds and collaborators over the course of a couple years, and I fell into a really natural place where I was creating music that felt true to who I am, not only in what I talk about but in the style of music as well.. I think the R&B soulful side of things definitely had an influence on some of that subject matter being a little sexier.

Happy Birthday: Mickey Rourke

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mickeyrourke.jpgMickey Rourke

Born: September 16, 1952 in Schenectady, New York, USA

I lost the house, the wife, the credibility, the entourage. I lost my soul. I was alone … I’m sort of OK with it now, but the first time I’m in there, pushing a f***ing cart, getting my supper. I used to go to the 24-hour place in gay town, so no one would recognize me. The only thing I could afford was a shrink, so that’s where my money went. Three times a week for the first two years. The year after that, twice a week and now I’m down to once a week. I’ve only missed two appointments in six years.

Rumble Fish
1983
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Starring
Matt Dillon
Rourke
Diane Lane		 BarflyBarfly
1987
dir. by Barbet Schroeder
starring
Rourke
Faye Dunaway
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICOOnce Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
dir. Robert Rodriguez
Starring
Antonio Banderas
Salma Hayek
Johnny Depp		 MAN ON FIREMan on Fire
2004
dir. Tony Scott
Starring
Denzel Washington
Dakota Fanning
Sin City
2005
dir. Robert Rodriguez
Frank Miller
starring
Rourke
Bruce Willis		 THE WRESTLERThe Wrestler
2008
dir. Darren Aronofsky
Starring
Rourke
Marisa Tomei
KILLSHOTKillshot
2008
dir. John Madden
Starring
Mickey Rourke
Diane Lane		 THE INFORMERS Movie PosterThe Informers
2009
dir. Gregor Jordan
Starring
Thornton
Rourke
Kim Basinger
MOVIE POSTERIMMORTALS
dir. Tarsem Singh
Stars:
Henry Cavill
Mickey Rourke		 MOVIE POSTERSIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
2013
dir. Frank Miller
Robert Rodriguez
Stars:
Clive Owen

PASSION PLAY
2010
dir. Mitch Glazer
Stars:
Mickey Rourke
Bill Murray

Happy Birthday: Alexis Bledel

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alexisbledel.jpgAlexis Bledel

Born: September 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA

Married to:
Vincent Kartheiser (June 2014 – present) (1 child)

“Before I got Gilmore Girls (2000), I was modeling. I went in for a call and was told, “Sweetie, you need to lose two inches off those hips”. I was 14. So I just replied, “I have more jobs than I can do. I’m in high school. I can’t go to all the trouble of losing the two inches, so I’ll pass”. Someone might tell you to lose weight, but you can say no”.

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Post Grad
dir. Vicky Jenson
Starring
Alexis Bledel
Keaton
Carol Burnett		 MOVIE POSTERTHE BRASS TEAPOT
2013
dir. Ramaa Mosley
Stars:
Juno Temple
Alexis Bledel
ConstantineSin City
2005
dir. by Robert Rodriguez
Frank Miller
starring
Mickey Rourke
Willis

 

Happy Birthday: Jean Renoir (1894–1979)

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jeanrenoirJean Renoir (1894–1979)

Born: September 15, 1894 in Paris, France
Died: February 12, 1979 (age 84) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Dido Freire (6 February 1944 – 12 February 1979) (his death)

[on Orson Welles]: Orson Welles is an animal made for the screen and the stage. When he steps before a camera, it is as if the rest of the world ceases to exist. He is a citizen of the screen.

Jean Renoir – Born in France in 1894 to famous painter (Pierre-Auguste) ‘Renoir’, Jean was drawn to the art of film. In the early 1920s, Renoir began making his own silent films, financed by the sale of his father’s paintings he had inherited.

In the early 1930s Renoir forayed into sound films, and began achieving success in the industry.

A political artist, much Hollywood material did not appeal to Jean; however, he went on to helm many praised works, and was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1945’s The Southerner. Jean Renoir died in 1979.

The Rules of the Game
1939
dir. Renoir
starring
Nora Gregor
Paulette Dubost		 movie posterTHE RULES OF THE GAME
1939
dir. Jean Renoir
Starring
Nora Grégor
Paulette Dubost
Grand Illusion
1937
dir. Jean Renoir
Starring
Jean Gabin
Dita Parlo

Happy Birthday: Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

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agathachristieAgatha Christie (1890–1976)

Born: September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Died: January 12, 1976 (age 85) in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Married to: Max E.L. Mallowan (11 September 1930 – 12 January 1976) (her death)
Archibald Christie (24 December 1914 – 1928) (divorced) (1 child)

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Happy Birthday: Ron Shelton

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ronshelton.jpgRon Shelton

Born: September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California, USA

Married to: Lolita Davidovich

[referring to The Great White Hype (1996)]: “I tried to get my name taken off it because the film they made was not the script I wrote. I find it a horrible movie.”

TIN CUP
1996
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring:
Kevin Costner
Rene Russo
BULL DURHAMBull Durham
1988
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Susan Sarandon
Costner		 MOVIE POSTERCOBB
1994
dir. Ron Shelton
Stars:
Tommy Lee Jones
Robert Wuhl
White Men Can’t Jump
1992
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring
Woody Harrelson
Snipes
moviesJORDAN RIDES THE BUS
2010
dir. Ron Shelton
Starring:
Michael Jordan
Phil Jackson