Today Alex Garland is 50. Today is also the birthday of Helena Bonham Carter, Pam Grier, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Nicks, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Stone, Lauryn Hill, Tarsem Singh, Hank Williams Jr., and the late John Wayne, Miles Davis, Peter Cushing, Al Jolson, James Arness, Peggy Lee, who would be 100, Jay Silverheels, Robert Morley, and John Dahl. Eddie Albert died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 99. Sydney Pollack died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 73. Art Linkletter died ten years ago in 2010 at age 97.