births & deaths
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008“Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.”
- george carlin
(i wonder who’s roof he landed on?)
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today’s quote
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008one of my favorite people died this weekend. george carlin died from heart failure just a month into his 71st year. luckily, i had the great opportunity to meet him a few years back. he was just as charming as he appears on television and in the movies. all this week [...]
I’m getting too old for stuff like this.
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008After drinking an entire bottle of tequila last night all I can say is that I barely survived my 39th birthday. Next year I’m having a kiddy party; leave a comment if you want to be invited.
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Happy birthday to one of my favorite Scots
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Who am I kidding? I love them all. Anyway, Craig Ferguson turns 46 today. Best known as Nigel Wick from “The Drew Carey Show” and for hosting “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, Ferguson has also made appearances on the big screen in such movies as Lemony Snicket’s A Series of [...]
My favorite bad guy
Friday, May 16th, 2008Los Angeles born actor Danny Trejo turns 64 today. You may not recognize the name, but there is no mistaking that face or the large tattoo of the sombrero wearing lady across his chest. Trejo has made almost 100 appearances in movies and on television in the last eight years alone. [...]
my favorite junky
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Today marked the 10th anniversary of the death of William s. Burroughs. I’ve been a huge fan of his work for many years now, and own/read quite a few of his books. To the general public he’s most famous for being the author of “naked lunch” for which there was a movie named [...]
i wanna be sedated
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Today marks the 6th anniversary sense the death of the Ramones’ 6’ 8” front-man Joey Ramone. The Ramones were named the second-greatest band of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (behind the Beatles). Most of my memories of Joey are from his appearance in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979), but they have [...]
whole lotta birthdays going on
Saturday, April 14th, 2007To start with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, Sarah Michelle Gellar, turns 30 today. Academy award winners Adrien Brody (The Pianist 2002) turns 34, Julie Christie (Darling 1965) is still stunning at 66, Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night 1967) would have turned 82 and sir John Gielgud (Arthur 1981) would have been [...]
the day the crow died
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Today marks the 14th anniversary of the death of Brandon Lee, son of legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Brandon was only 28 years old at the time; he was just finishing up on the movie that would launch his career and scheduled to marry the girl of his dreams in another two [...]
preview: ten ‘til noon (2006)
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Opening this Friday is a movie some critic called the best sense pulp fiction (1994). I’m finding that hard to believe, but then again I haven’t seen the movie yet. Though if the trailer is any indication, I’m right not them. Anyway, Ten ‘Til Noon covers the same ten minutes of time [...]
oldman just got another year older
Wednesday, March 21st, 200720 years ago Gary Oldman won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his portrayal of Sid vicious in the movie Sid and Nancy (1986). And for that same performance he also won my admiration, so I take great pleasure in wishing him a very happy birthday today.
Since then Oldman [...]
birthday hurt
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Today marks the 57th birthday of William hurt. A man who has starred in so many of my favorite movies. Movies like Altered States (1980), Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Gorky Park (1983) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985; for which he won an academy award). Oh, I had [...]
someone to watch - peter sarsgaard
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007Today being Peter Sarsgaard’s birthday it gives me the perfect opportunity to profile him as someone to watch for. Peter has made 28 films in about 12 years, but he’s still considered a relative new comer to Hollywood because he’s still not a household name. Something that comes as a bit of a [...]
another double day of tragedy
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007March 7th marks the end of two Hollywood legends; Stanley Kubrick (1999) and Divine (1988).
Stanley Kubrick started his career making documentaries, but later went on to become one of America’s most acclaimed directors. In the last 40 years of his life Kubrick only made nine feature films, but five of them earned him academy [...]
a double day of tragedy
Monday, March 5th, 2007Today marks the anniversary of the deaths of two favorites of mine: patsy cline and john belushi.
Patsy cline is best known for being a country singer though several of her songs also made it to the top of the pop charts too. She was a strong woman who survived a near fatal [...]