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Birthday Suits: Nov 9th

9 November 2009 7:35 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Today's Birthdays 11/09

1869 Marie Dressler is awesome. She gave one of the most aggressive Best Actress winning performances evah. If you haven't seen Min & Bill (1933), you must. You must, you must, you must.

1883 Edna May Oliver feisty character actress

1886 Ed Wynn Uncle Albert from Mary Poppins. He loves to laugh... long and loud and clear. Audiences were always ready to laugh along with him

1922 Dorothy Dandridge first black woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars (Carmen Jones) and what a neat coincidence that she was portrayed by the first black actress to eventually win the Best Actress Oscar (Halle Berry) in the bio Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1948 Bille August Danish director of The Best Intentions and Pelle the Conqueror fame

1955 Fernando Meirelles director of declining films: City of God, The Constant Gardner, Blindness. I'm not trying to be mean. But... um... do you have faith he'll pull out of it? »

- NATHANIEL R

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New book examines black women's film stardom

17 October 2009 12:45 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before another black woman . Halle Berry . won the award.They and three others . Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey . are subjects of the new book "Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film.""These women have pushed the racial boundaries for audiences, setting new standards for beauty and body type," said author Mia Mask.She took on the book because, while black male stars are now enjoying huge success, little has been written about their female counterparts . as performers who can headline a film, said Mask, who teaches film and drama at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.Dandridge was nominated for her lead role as the hedonistic factory worker in the 1954 classic "Carmen Jones," alongside Harry Belafonte.Berry won an Oscar in 2000 for playing »

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D'ats Link

3 October 2009 3:15 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Boy Culture on a new book of letters that's a must have for Grey Gardens fans

Netflix is streaming The Wizard of Oz for free (today only)

Art Net Kirsten Dunst goes Harajuku for artist Takashi Murakami. I saw his last show in Brooklyn featuring anime characters with shape-shifting ejaculate and whatnot. Very crazy / racy / grotesque stuff. I ♥ Kiki... anxious for a new film right about now

In Contention Guy asks the question we all must ask every year if we really care about the movies and not just Oscar. What are precursors for anyway? I'm happy to have Guy by my side in the good fight

She Wired This is a complicated first but Ming-Na (The Joy Luck Club) is now playing the first lesbian Asian-American series regular with her new role on Star Gate Universe. My first reaction is Star Gate is still on? My second is more appropriate: 'congratulates Mulan'! »

- NATHANIEL R

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2009 | 2005 | 2001

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