Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4,
1969) is an American
actor. After a [series
of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard
Linklater's second feature film), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill and U-571.
He also played the leading man in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(2003) and Failure to Launch (2006).[via Wikipedia]
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Mr. Mogul Sean P.Diddy Combs
First lady Laura Bush
“M*A*S*H” actress Loretta Swift
No writer writes the same after seeing a David Mamet play. “American
Buffalo” and “Glengary Glen Ross” are masterpieces of rhetoric, turning
words into bullets and stopping bullets with words. Mamet
derives inspiration from the mean Chicago streets of his youth,
peppering his scripts with working-class dialogue and three-card-monte
plot twists. He’s done some of his best writing for the big screen.
“House of Games,” which he also directed, is becoming a classic of the
crime genre. His Al Capone story “The Untouchables” had to carry away
its awards in a wheelbarrow. And incredibly, somehow, the relevance of
his political comedy “Wag the Dog” grows with each passing day.
More Mamet:
Yes, there is a David Mamet Society.
News, biography, shopping. More complete than Wikipedia.
An essay by David Mamet.
His article in The Believer literary magazine.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Elisha Cuthbert of “24” fame
Hardest-working comedian Ben Stiller
“American Idol” finalist Clay Aiken
A talent this big couldn’t stay under the radar for long. Though many of his best films are ensemble pieces—“Traffic,” “Boogie Nights,” “Crash”—Cheadle’s presence is indelible. He met a tough field for last year’s Oscar race, but his portrayal of real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina in “Hotel Rwanda” cemented his place in the actor’s pantheon.
He’s also becoming something of a male Meryl Streep, sprinkling the screen with dialects nonpareil. Already he’s conquered English cockney, South Central, and Central African.
The only place to go from there is Dixie: word is, Cheadle has a Mississippi-based Elmore Leonard adaptation in the can.
More Don:
His filmography at IMDB.
He has a very cool official site.
His Oscar nod.
Read reviews of “Hotel Rwanda” at Rotten Tomatoes.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Standup comic who hosted parody talk show Gary Shandling
TV detective of “CSI: Miami” and “NYPD Blue” Kim Delaney
Anna Farris of the “Scary Movie” series and “Lost in Translation”
Isaac Newton would rethink his laws of physics if he’d lived to see a Manolo Blahnik shoe. Blahnik has defied gravity since the 70s, when he signed with Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, and Calvin Klein. Madonna has described his foot creations as “better than sex,” but most women who wear them don’t have to choose.
Manolo has been written into TV shows like “The Simpsons,” “Absolutely Fabulous,” and, of course, “Sex and the City.” His greatest honor may have come not from New York or Hollywood, but Buckingham. The night that Prince Charles told the world about Camilla, reporters found Diana in the Serpentine Gallery, unflapped and wearing Manolo on her feet.
More Manolo:
His homepage features his most ludicrous designs.
The Design Museum’s feature on Manolo Blahnik.
Blahnik books and shoe books at Amazon.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
“Daily Show Host” Jon Stewart
Pinup model and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith
Four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris of “Pollack”
Now for some real folks!
Happy Birthday to Jason Calacanis, a friend and a web pioneer in so many ways and someone I follow daily on his blog to learn about blog trends, Web 2.0, advertising issues, how he runs his company and to feel his love for New York City, the Knicks and Bulldogs (the four-legged kind)
Hendrix was only a star for four years and only alive for 28, but his brief candle burned like a five-alarm fire. Jimi infused rock n’ roll with blues in ways that Elvis and Eric Clapton had never achieved. He turned guitar playing into a three-dimensional experience, layering reverb and distortion onto lightning-fast licks. Bob Dylan may have first recorded “All Along the Watch Tower,” but that tune now belongs to Jimi and his psychedelic sea of sound. Francis Scott Key may have originated “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but Hendrix claimed it as an anti-war anthem when he played Woodstock in August, 1969.
More Jimi:
Official website.
An animated picture site.
A thoughtful fan page, many essays to take in.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
“Head of the Class” actress and ex of Mike Tyson Robin Givens
JFK daughter Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg
Jaleel White, actor who portrayed Steve Urkel on “Family Matters,”
“We can do it nice and easy,” she crooned in “Proud Mary,” “but we like to do it nice and rough.” Tina Turner has never taken it easy without rough coming along for the ride. Her marriage to Ike Turner made her a star, but the union was fraught with abuse and addiction. When she divorced Ike in 1978, she asked for no money or property and went on to release “Private Dancer,” which sent three singles to number one. Her voice is part honey, part electrical storm, as demonstrated in her ubiquitous hit, “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” And did you know what the top-grossing act of 2000 was? You do now: Miss Turner’s last world tour.
More Tina:
A big page at VH1.
Links to recent Tina news.
A flashy Flash-animated site run by Dutch fans.
“What’s Love Got to Do with It?” is “fresh” at Rotten Tomatoes.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Hip-hop half-pint Lil’ Fizz
Mustachioed lounge singer and sometime actor Robert Goulet
Film/TV director and father of Gwyneth Bruce Paltrow would be 63
In baseball, a record-breaker doesn’t mean as much these days, amidst congressional hearings and daily revelations of steroid use. But in 1941, when Joe DiMaggio set a 56-game hitting record, the nation was in awe. And this was after he’d taken the Yankees to the World Series four years in a row—the first four years of his career! Still, the Yankee Clipper’s claim to fame may be his marriage to Marilyn Monroe, which ended when the actress took up with playwright Arthur Miller. Joe never remarried. He’s since been immortalized by the Simon and Garfunkel song “Mrs. Robinson.” “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio,” they sang. “Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.”
More Joe:
Joe DiMaggion the Wikipedia way.
Dimaggion on PBS.
At the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Bush twins Barbara and Jenna
New York Giants quarterback Donovan McNabb
“Married… with Children” actress Christina Applegate
If anybody who wasn't named Scott Joplin ever wrote a rag, we haven't heard of him. Americans today think of the Ragtime era with vivid nostalgia, but without Joplin, Rag might be a distant memory. The
composer's most popular tune in his lifetime was "The Maple Leaf Rag," which can still be found on compilations today. But the song that makes Joplin a legend is "The Entertainer." Not a great hit when it
was released, "The Entertainer" became the theme of 1973's blockbuster "The Sting," starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It has been imprinted on American culture ever since, passed down through the
years like a touchstone for a bygone age.
More Joplin:
Wikipedia has downloadable samples of his work.
The Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation
Listen to "The Entertainer."
Other celebrities celebrating their birthday today:
"Grey's Anatomy" actress Katherine Heigl
National Review founded William F. Buckley, Jr
Also an actor, Tom Hanks' son Colin Hanks
The clown face, the oversize hobo jacket, the honking horn, and, of course, the harp. These props made Harpo (aka Arthur) Marx one of the silver screen's most beloved comedians. Early in his Vaudeville career
with the Marx Brothers, Arthur realized that he could never match verbal wits with the lightning-tongued Groucho. So he cultivated a character that was part mime, part acrobat, part musician, part village idiot. There wasn't a goofy toy Harpo couldn't pull out of his pocket--a steaming cup of coffee, a candle burning on both ends, a live seal! If Harpo will be remembered for any particular gag, it's probably the "mirror" scene from Duck Soup, in which he dons a mustache and masquerades as Groucho's reflection.
More Harpo:
Filmography at IMDB
The Mirror Scene
A loving fan site to the Marx Brothers
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
Wolfman and Frankenstein monster Boris Karloff would be 119
Children's author Shel Silverstein would be 74
80s musician Bruce Hornsby
Scarlett Johansson made it to the A-lists of Hollywood and Indiewood before she could buy a drink. Now that she’s allowed into L.A.’s trendiest bars, what will she wear to them? Torn denim with cowboy boots has always served her well. Strapless gowns with pearls (à la Marilyn Monroe) suit her lovely figure. Then again, she’s been fetching lately in Imitation of Christ’s glammy alterna-wear. The actress is a bundle of surprises. Despite her youth, she speaks in a husky alto. Despite her beauty, she’s garnering most of her attention as a serious performer. And her blond hair? She recently told New York Metro, “I wanted gray, but it’s too much work to maintain.”
More Scarlett:
The best of the many fan sites.
Interview with View London after “Lost in Translation.”
Interview with Guardian after “Pearl Earring.”
Analysis of her fashion sense (it’s good).
Other celebs celebrating their birthday today:
“Manhattan” actress and granddaughter of Earnest, Mariel Hemingway
Scream queen and comedian Jamie Lee Curtis
Bug-eyed comedian who “got no respect” Rodney Dangerfield would be 85
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Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4,
1969) is an American
actor. After a [series
of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard
Linklater's second feature film), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill and U-571.
He also played the leading man in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(2003) and Failure to Launch (2006).[via Wikipedia]
