Today Kathryn Bigelow is 70, and Steve Oedekerk is 60. Today is also the birthday of Bill Nye, William Fichtner, Alison Pill, Robin Givens, Lashana Lynch, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Marvel, Jaleel White, Curtis Armstrong, Fisher Stevens, Kimmy Robertson, Paulina García, Gerrit Graham, Callie Khouri, Adam Shankman, Barbara Anderson, Stephen Bannon, and the late Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, James Agee, James Avery, Connie Sawyer, Claude Lanzmann, Les Blank, Ronit Elkabetz, and “Buffalo” Bob Smith. Harvey Milk died 43 years ago in 1978 at age 48. John Carradine died 33 years ago in 1988 at age 82. Irvin Kershner died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 87. Ken Russell died ten years ago in 2011 at age 84.
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