Author: jonathanhwinchell

Today Jim Sharman is 75, Courtney B. Vance and Jason Beghe are 60, and Dave Eggers is 50. Today is also the birthday of Liza Minnelli, James Taylor, Aaron Eckhart, Barbara Feldon, Lesley Manville, Mitt Romney, Ron Jeremy, Titus Welliver, Jaimie Alexander, Samm Levine, Jake Tapper, Frank Welker, Luenell, Marlon Jackson, Rob Cohen, Tammy Duckworth, and the late Edward Albee, Jack Kerouac, Takashi Shimura, and Billie ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas. Charlie Parker died 65 years ago in 1955 at age 34. John Cazale died 42 years ago in 1978 at age 41.

Today Jerry Zucker is 70, Simon Curtis is 60. Today is also the birthday of Terrence Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Elias Koteas, Peter Berg, Thora Birch, Mircea Monroe, Alex Kingston, Mark Metcalf, David Anders, Rob Paulsen, Joey Buttafuoco, Rupert Murdoch, and the late Anton Yelchin, Shemp Howard, Raoul Walsh, Dorothy Gish, Lawrence Welk, Douglas Adams, Timothy Carey, and Eric S. Lynch aka Eric the Actor from The Howard Stern Show. F.W. Murnau died in a car accident 89 years ago in 1931 at age 42. Richard Brooks died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 79. Betty Hutton died thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 86.

Today Chuck Norris is 80, and Aloma Wright is 70. Today is also the birthday of Sharon Stone, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Middleditch, Shannon Tweed Simmons, Edi Gathegi, Robin Thicke, Emily Osment, Rick Rubin, Rafe Spall, Paget Brewster, Danny Pudi, Richard Grant, Paul Haggis, Luc Dardenne, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and the late Barry Fitzgerald, Sam Jaffe, Richard Haydn, Joe Viterelli, Gregory La Cava, Dolores Fuller, Barbara Marx, and Osama bin Laden. Ray Milland died 34 years ago in 1986 at age 79. Lloyd Bridges died 22 years ago in 1998 at age 85. Richard Jeni committed suicide thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 49. Corey Haim died ten years ago in 2010 at age 38.

Today Matthew Gray Gubler is 40. Today is also the birthday of Oscar Isaac, Juliette Binoche, Brittany Snow, Joyce Van Patten, Linda Fiorentino, Emmanuel Lewis, Shad Moss (aka Bow Wow), Jean Louisa Kelly, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jordan Klepper, Rodney A. Grant, Masahiro Shinoda, Richard Quest, Steve Wilkos, and the late Raul Julia, Will Geer, Bobby Fischer, Marty Ingels, Joe Franklin, and Keely Smith. George Burns died 24 years ago in 1996 at age 100. Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) died 23 years ago in 1997 at age 24. Stan Brakhage died seventeen years ago in 2003 at age 70. George Martin died four years ago in 2016 at age 90.

Today Micky Dolenz is 75. Today is also the birthday of Camryn Manheim, James Van Der Beek, Freddie Prinze Jr, Susan Clark, Aidan Quinn, Lester Holt, Alison Becker, Lewis Teague, John Kapelos, Steve James, Sebastián Lelio, and the late Lynn Redgrave, Alan Hale Jr., Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, and Louise Beavers. Harold Lloyd died 49 years ago in 1971 at age 77. George Stevens died 45 years ago in 1975 at age 70. Joe DiMaggio died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 84.

Today Daniel J. Travanti is 80, Rachel Weisz is 50, Laura Prepon is 40, and Haley Lu Richardson is 25. Today is also the birthday of Bryan Cranston, Peter Sarsgaard, Wanda Sykes, Jenna Fischer, Bret Easton Ellis, Tobias Menzies, Brandon T. Jackson, Donna Murphy, Jay Duplass, Nick Searcy, Bel Powley, Matthew Vaughn, Andrew Haigh, E.L. James, and the late John Heard, Anna Magnani, Townes van Zandt, Rik Mayall, James Broderick, and Alan Sues. Divine died 32 years ago in 1988 at age 42. Stanley Kubrick died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 70.

Today is the birthday of Rob Reiner, David Gilmour, Connie Britton, Tom Arnold, Shaquille O’Neal, D.L. Hughley, Tyler the Creator, Moira Kelly, Alan Greenspan, Martin Kove, Eddie Deezen, Alan Davies, and the late Michelangelo, Lou Costello, Ed McMahon, Andrzej Wajda, Hal Needham, Gabriel García Márquez, Virginia Gregg, Alberta Watson, Guy Kibbee, Lewis Gilbert, who would be 100, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Marion Barry. Louisa May Alcott died 132 years ago in 1888 at age 55. Margaret Dumont died 55 years ago in 1965 at age 82. Nelson Eddy died 53 years ago in 1967 at age 65. William Hopper died fifty years ago in 1970 at age 55. Ayn Rand died 38 years ago in 1982 at age 77. Both Georgia O’Keeffe and Adolph Caesar died 34 years ago in 1986. O’Keeffe was 98. Caesar was 52. Teresa Wright died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 86. Nancy Reagan died four years ago in 2016 at age 94. Robert Osbourne died three years ago in 2017 at age 84.

Today is the birthday of Eva Mendes, Dean Stockwell, Fred Williamson, Penn Jillette, Samantha Eggar, Matt Lucas, Aasif Mandvi, Talia Balsam, Riki Lindhome, Kevin Connolly, Adriana Barraza, Rena Riffel, James Sikking, Michael Warren, Lauren Weedman, Simon Abkarian, Jake Lloyd, Joel Osteen, and the late Rex Harrison, Jack Cassidy, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andy Gibb, Virginia Christine, who would be 100, Henry Daniell, Henry Travers, and Laslo Benedek. Patsy Cline died 57 years ago in 1963 at age 30. John Belushi died 38 years ago in 1982 at age 33.

Today is the birthday of Catherine O’Hara, Steven Weber, Patricia Heaton, Chaz Bono, Mykelti Williamson, Kay Lenz, Daniel Roebuck, Adrian Lyne, James Ellroy, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Paul W.S. Anderson, Dominique Pinon, Scott Hicks, Wash Westmoreland, Paolo Virzì, Agustí Villaronga, Robert Shaye, Dav Pilkey, and the late John Garfield, Joan Greenwood, Gunnar Hansen, and Pearl White. John Candy died 26 years ago in 1994 at age 43. Minnie Pearl died 24 years ago in 1996 at age 83.

Today George Miller and Larry Pine are 75, Tim Kazurinsky is 70, Julie Bowen is 50, and Katherine Waterston is 40. Today is also the birthday of Miranda Richardson, Jessica Biel, Laura Harring, Ira Glass, David Faustino, Sandy Martin, Gloria Hendry, Charlie Brooker, Eric DaRe, Aaron Moorhead, and the late Jean Harlow, James Doohan, who would be 100, Bobby Driscoll, Gia Scala, Barney Martin, and Alexander Graham Bell. Lou Costello died 59 years ago in 1959 at age 52. William Frawley died 54 years ago in 1966 at age 79. Danny Kaye died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 76. David Ogden Stiers died two years ago in 2018 at age 75.