Author: jonathanhwinchell

Today Jeff Bridges and Pamela Stephenson are 70. Today is also the birthday of Marisa Tomei, Jay-Z, Fred Armisen, Tyra Banks, Tony Todd, Max Baer Jr., Gemma Jones, Wink Martindale, Cheng Pei Pei, Patricia Wettig, Corinne Marchand, Kevin Sussman, Mick Garris, Álex de la Iglesia, Yôjirô Takita, ‘Melrose’ Larry Green, and the late Deanna Durbin, Ronnie Corbett, Dennis Wilson, Horst Buchholz, Victor French, Donnelly Rhodes, Gérard Philipe, Michael Bates, Mark Robson, Lloyd Bacon, Alex North, Cornell Woolrich, and Francisco Franco. Bert Lahr died 52 years ago in 1967 at age 72. Frank Zappa died 26 years ago in 1993 at age 52.

Today Tiffany Haddish is 40, and Jake T. Austin is 25. Today is also the birthday of Julianne Moore, Jean-Luc Godard, Ozzy Osbourne, Daryl Hannah, Brendan Fraser, Amanda Seyfried, Anna Chlumsky, Michael Angarano, Steven Culp, Steve Harris, Andrew Stanton, Adam Wingard, Jenna Dewan, and the late Andy Williams, Joseph Conrad, Len Lesser, Don Calfa, Mel Smith, and Sven Nykvist. Maria Ouspenskaya died seventy years ago in 1949 at age 73. Madeline Kahn died twenty years ago in 1999 at age 57. David Hemmings died sixteen years ago in 2003 at age 62. Philip Bosco died one year ago in 2018 at age 88.

Today Harry Reid is 80. Today is also the birthday of Lucy Liu, Britney Spears, Joe Lo Truglio, Dennis Christopher, Rena Sofer, Steven Bauer, Brendan Coyle, Connie Booth, Alfred Enoch, Dan Butler, Penelope Spheeris, and the late Julie Harris, Maria Callas, Ray Walston, Leo Gordon, Jonathan Frid, Bill Irwin, Gianni Versace, Warren William, Robert F. Simon, and Vilgot Sjöman. Marty Feldman died 37 years ago in 1982 at age 48. Desi Arnaz died 33 years ago in 1986 at age 69. Robert Cummings died 29 years ago in 1990 at age 80. Joey Adams died twenty years ago in 1999 at age 88.

Today is the birthday of Woody Allen, Bette Midler, Sarah Silverman, Emily Mortimer, Janelle Monáe, Treat Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jonathan Katz, Zoë Kravitz, Deep Roy, Nestor Carbonell, Nate Torrence, Larry Charles, David Hornsby, Akiva Schaffer, Andrew Adamson, Rick Scott, and the late Richard Pryor, Dick Shawn, Mary Martin, David Doyle, Paul Picerni, Matthew Shepard, and Pablo Escobar. James Baldwin died 32 years ago in 1987 at age 63. Paul Benedict died eleven years ago in 2008 at age 70. Ken Berry died one year ago in 2018 at age 85.

Today Judith Roberts is 85, William Dear is 75, Cherie Currie is 60, and Marc Forster and Chris Weitz are 50. Today is also the birthday of Terrence Malick, Ridley Scott, David Mamet, Ben Stiller, Gael García Bernal, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Idol, Colin Mochrie, Richard Brake, Allison Williams, Mia Goth, Kaley Cuoco, Elisha Cuthbert, Hiam Abbass, Henry Selick, Marina Abramovic, Emmanuel Lubezki, Steve Aoki, Robert Kirkman, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Lenny Abrahamson, Clay Aiken, Chrissy Teigen, G. Gordon Liddy, and the late Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Robert Guillaume, Billy Drago, Nelsan Ellis, Rex Reason, Allan Sherman, Shirley Chisholm, Jean Eustache, Gordon Parks, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Virginia Mayo, and Abbie Hoffman. Oscar Wilde died 119 years ago in 1900 at age 46. Ernst Lubitsch died 72 years ago in 1947 at age 55. Zeppo Marx died forty years ago in 1979 at age 78. Lionel Stander died 25 years ago in 1994 at age 86. Evel Knievel died twelve years ago in 2007 at age 69. Paul Walker died six years ago in 2013 at age 40. Jim Nabors died two years ago in 2017 at age 87. George H.W. Bush died one year ago in 2018 at age 94.

Today Jerry Lawler is 70, and Simon Amstell is 40. Today is also the birthday of Don Cheadle, Diane Ladd, Joel Coen, Anna Faris, Tom Sizemore, Howie Mandel, Chadwick Boseman, Cathy Moriarty, Lucas Black, Jackie Hoffman, Gemma Chan, Jeff Fahey, Brian Baumgartner, Kim Delaney, Tom Wright, Ehren McGhehey, and the late Garry Shandling, who would be 70, Busby Berkeley, C. S. Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, and Yakima Canutt. Godfrey Cambridge died 43 years ago in 1976 at age 43. Natalie Wood died 38 years ago in 1981 at age 43. Cary Grant died 33 years ago in 1986 at age 82. Ralph Bellamy died 28 years ago in 1991 at age 87. George Harrison died eighteen years ago in 2001 at age 58. Patrice O’Neal died eight years ago in 2011 at age 41.

Today Berry Gordy is 90, Paul Shaffer is 70, Judd Nelson is 60, and Colman Domingo is 50. Today is also the birthday of Ed Harris, Jon Stewart, Randy Newman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alfonso Cuarón, Joe Dante, Armando Iannucci, Karen Gillan, Martin Clunes, S. Epatha Merkerson, Ryan Kwanten, Agnieszka Holland, Stephnie Weir, Paul Dinello, Rose Abdoo, Pamela Hayden, and the late Gloria Grahame, James Karen, Hope Lange, Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Ritchie, Lilia Skala, Stefan Zweig, and Max Wagner. Rosalind Russell died 43 years ago in 1976 at age 69. Leslie Nielsen died nine years ago in 2010 at age 84. Marjorie Lord died four years ago in 2015 at age 97.

Today Gerrit Graham is 70. Today is also the birthday of Kathryn Bigelow, Bill Nye, William Fichtner, Alison Pill, Robin Givens, Steve Oedekerk, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Marvel, Jaleel White, Curtis Armstrong, Fisher Stevens, Kimmy Robertson, Paulina García, 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 was assassinated 41 years ago in 1978 at age 48. John Carradine died 31 years ago in 1988 at age 82. Irvin Kershner died nine years ago in 2010 at age 87. Ken Russell died eight years ago in 2011 at age 84.

Today Tina Turner and Mark Margolis are 80. Today is also the birthday of Kristin Bauer van Straten, DJ Khaled, Scott Adsit, Rich Little, Jessica Camacho, Lia Williams, Don Lake, Marianne Muellerleile, Julien Temple, Mark L. Lester, and the late Robert Goulet, Charles M. Schultz, Albert Maysles, Cyril Cusack, Frances Dee, Daniel Petrie, and Charles Brackett. Tommy Dorsey died 63 years ago in 1956 at age 51. Mel Tolkin died twelve years ago in 2007 at age 94. Bernardo Bertolucci died one year ago in 2018 at age 77.

Today Ben Stein is 75, and Joel Kinnaman is 40. Today is also the birthday of Christina Applegate, John Larroquette, Jill Hennessy, Dougray Scott, Billy Burke, Mary Jo Deschanel, Tracey Walter, Kathryn Grant, Gaspard Ulliel, Beverly Washburn, Mark Frost, Amy Seimetz, Gregg Turkington, Amy Grant, Bruno Tonioli, Charlaine Harris, Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager, and the late Ricardo Montalban, Joe DiMagggio, John Kennedy Jr., Jeffrey Hunter, Noel Neill, Jessie Royce Landis, and Augusto Pinochet. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson died seventy years ago in 1949 at age 72. Upton Sinclair died 51 years ago in 1968 at age 90. Jack Albertson died 38 years ago in 1981 at age 74. Flip Wilson died 21 years ago in 1998 at age 64. Fidel Castro and Ron Glass died three years ago in 2016. Castro was 90. Glass was 71. Rance Howard died two years ago in 2017 at age 89.