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Birthday Suits: Deserve's Got Nothin' To Do With it

22 November 2009 10:47 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Celebrating the birthdays of the cinematic peoples daily. If you were born on 11/22 shout it out in the comments. How will you celebrate these fine folks, listed below?

Scarlett, Mark and Mads

1920 Anne Crawford Israeli born British actress of the 40s. Died when she was only 35.

1923 Arthur Hiller Canadian director. Oscar nominated for mega-hit Love Story (1970). Also known for comedies like The Out-of-Towners, Silver Streak and Outrageous Fortune and some erratically interesting choices like The Americanization of Emily, Man of La Mancha and Hollywood's first mainstream gay film Making Love (1982).

1932 Robert Vaughn The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and one of The Magnificent Seven

1940 Terry Gilliam crazy indispensible auteur. He doesn't deserve all the funding / filmmaking problems he's had of late. But, sadly, I can't really recommend The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus which is messy in dozens of ways

1956 Richard Kind character actor (A Serious Man)

1959 Jamie Lee Curtis actress of the Perfect bod, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Discuss: What Film Friendships Must Be Rekindled?

16 June 2009 10:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

There's nothing like palpable chemistry on the big screen -- and I'm not talking about only the passionate kind, that je ne sais quoi that makes Mullholland Drive a go-to for steamy interludes. I'm also referring to the platonic manifestation: cinematic friendships. Grab two actors with great camaraderie, and almost nothing can defeat them -- not a bad script, shoddy co-stars, or mediocre directors.

In praise of film friendships in the wake of Rudo & Cursi, The Guardian wonders which friends should be reunited on the big screen. The piece intermingles romantic connections with platonic friendships, and I can't say I blame them. For the most part, the duos we love seem to have a close friendship as much as a fiery romance -- think couples from Tracy and Hepburn to Delpy and Hawke. These duos wouldn't be half as loved if not for that spark of admiration and true interest the radiates between them. »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Richard Pryor in Blazing Saddles? It Almost Happened

27 February 2009 9:00 PM, PST | amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns | See recent amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns news »

Starting with 1976's Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor were joined at the hip as a comedy duo. With Pryor as the improvisational dynamo and Wilder as his hapless accomplice, their on-screen chemistry was electric -- on par with Laurel and Hardy's. "The timing of everything we did on-screen came so spontaneously to us that it was almost like sexual attraction," Wilder said in his memoir, Kiss Me »

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Patrick McGoohan Dead At 80

14 January 2009 11:04 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan has died aged 80.

The American-born star appeared in a host of films and TV shows during a career spanning more than 50 years.

He shot to fame in 1960s British TV show Danger Man but is likely to be best remembered for his role as the title character in cult sci-fi series The Prisoner.

He also had several notable film roles including parts in classic comedy-drama Silver Streak and as Longshanks, King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic Braveheart.

McGoohan, who scooped two Emmy Awards during his career, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness.

He leaves a wife, Joan Drummond McGoohan, three daughters, five grandchildren, and a great-grandson. »

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Patrick McGoohan Dead At 80

14 January 2009 10:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan has died aged 80.

The American-born star appeared in a host of films and TV shows during a career spanning more than 50 years.

He shot to fame in 1960s British TV show Danger Man but is likely to be best remembered for his role as the title character in cult sci-fi series The Prisoner.

He also had several notable film roles including parts in classic comedy-drama Silver Streak and as Longshanks, King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic Braveheart.

McGoohan, who scooped two Emmy Awards during his career, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness.

He leaves a wife, Joan Drummond McGoohan, three daughters, five grandchildren, and a great-grandson. »

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2009 | 2005

5 articles from 2009

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