Happy Birthday actor 50 Cent
Born: July 6, 1975 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Released a series of street mixtapes in 2002. They became so popular that Eminem heard them and signed him to his record label. Even after his success, 50 still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.
| ESCAPE PLAN 2013 dir. Mikael Hafstrom Stars: Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger |
 Righteous Kill2008 dir. Jon Avnet Starring Robert DeNiro Pacino |
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Happy Birthday actor Carole Landis (1919–1948)
Born: January 1, 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA
Died: July 5, 1948 (age 29) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Her final two films, Brass Monkey (1948) and Noose (1948) were released in 1948. On July 5, 1948, Carole committed suicide by taking an overdose of Seconal in her Brentwood Heights, California, home. She was only 29 and had made 49 pictures, most of which were, unfortunately, forgettable. If Hollywood moguls had given Carole a chance, she could have been one of the brightest stars in its history.
| IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH 1942 dir. Ray McCarey Stars: Lloyd Nolan Carole Landis |
Born: October 3, 1896 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: July 5, 1969 (age 72) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Leo McCarey: Born in Los Angeles in 1896, McCarey began his career as an assistant director and helming shorts. At this time, he was responsible for the first on-screen pairing of Laurel and Hardy.
Excelling in the comedy genre, he worked with stars from the Marx Brothers to W.C. Fields; Leo later focused on more socially-conscious material.
Nominated for eight Oscars, he won three – two for 1945’s Going My Way (Directing and Writing), and Best Director for 1938’s The Awful Truth. Leo McCarey died in 1969.
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Happy Birthday musician Huey Lewis
Born: July 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA
Married to: Sidney Conroy (1983 – present) (2 children)
“The Power of Love” from Back to the Future (1985) earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
On Elvis: A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis’ keep getting better and better.
Happy Birthday director Mike Cahill
Born: July 5, 1979 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
[on the concept of Another Earth (2011)] I think we were wrestling with the idea of the loneliness of life. You may have great close friends, a great lover or a great family, but there are certain things that you have got to deal with yourself. There’s this inner monologue inside your head.. What if it were externalized?
| PERSECUTED 2014 dir. MIKE CAHILL Stars: James Remar Dean Stockwell |
 ANOTHER EARTH2011 dir. Mike Cahill Stars Brit Marling William Mapother |
Happy Birthday actor Shirley Knight
Born: July 5, 1936 in Goessel, Kansas, USA
Married to: John Hopkins (1969 – 23 July 1998) (his death) (1 child)
Eugene Persson (14 March 1959 – 1969) (divorced) (1 child)
[on David Janssen, with whom she worked on 3 episodes of The Fugitive (1963)]: I loved him. He was so sweet. I felt sorry for him toward the end. Now they have several people as leads in a show, they have these huge casts, but David was that show. He had those long, long, long hours, and a role where he was always doing physical things.
| OUR IDIOT BROTHER dir. Jesse Peretz Stars: Paul Rudd Elizabeth Banks |
 Angel Eyes2001 dir. Luis Manoki Starring Lopez Jeremy Sisto |
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Happy Birthday actor Warren Oates (1928–1982)
Born: July 5, 1928 in Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Died: April 3, 1982 (age 53) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Married to:
Judy A. Jones (24 August 1977 – 3 April 1982) (his death)
Vickery Turner (21 June 1969 – 16 November 1974) (divorced)
Teddy Louise Farmer (22 August 1959 – 7 November 1966) (divorced) (3 children)
Roberta (Bobbie) Ellis (27 July 1957 – 24 July 1959) (divorced)
| THE WILD BUNCH 1969 dir. Sam Peckinpah Starring: William Holden Ernest Borgnine |
 Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974 dir. by Sam Peckinpah starring Warren Oates |
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Happy Birthday actor RZA
Born: July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Married to: Talani Rabb (29 August 2009 – present)
Put two Wu-Tang reunion albums up for development, though to be distributed differently: one to be commercially offered, and one to be auctioned off as a single piece to the highest bidder.
Has had numerous record labels of his own including WuMusic Group, Soul Temple records, Razor Sharp, and Wutang Productions.
| THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS 2012 dir. RZA Stars: Russell Crowe Cung Le |
 Coffee and Cigarettes2003 dir. Jarmusch Starring Roberto Benigni Cate Blanchett |
 THE NEXT THREE DAYSdir. Paul Haggis Stars: Russell Crowe Elizabeth Banks |
 DUE DATEdir. Todd Phillips Stars: Robert Downey Jr. Zach Galifianakis |
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Happy Birthday actor Katherine Helmond
Born: July 5, 1929 in Galveston, Texas, USA
Married to:
David Christian (1962 – present)
In 1983 she studied at the Directing Workshop of the American Film Institute and then directed four episodes of the series Benson (1979) as well as episodes of Who’s the Boss? (1984). She also picked up Emmy nominations for her role as Mona Robinson, a liberated grandmother in “Who’s the Boss?”, and as Lois in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). Although Helmond has been a bona-fide TV star since her “Soap” days, she continued working on stage in the 2000s and was acclaimed for her performances in “The Vagina Monologues”.
Happy Birthday actor Pruitt Taylor Vince
Born: July 5, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Married to:
Julianne Mattelig (24 May 2003 – present)
When Pruitt Taylor Vince won the 1997 Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Murder One (1995), he beat Ewan McGregor and such top-drawer thespians as Oscar-winners Alan Arkin and Louis Gossett Jr. and Oscar nominee William H. Macy for the award.
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 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS1996 dir. Ted Demme Stars: Timothy Hutton Matt Dillon |
 Constantine2005 dir. by Francis Lawrence starring Reeves Rachel Weisz |
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