Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 19, 2022 John Lithgow is 77. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted October 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Toast said: Alumni is plural. This one comes straight from Latin, with male and female forms: alumnus, alumni (m) alumna, alumnae (f) Not only that, an alumnus/alumna is a former member (usually of a particular school or college, so generally used to mean a graduate). If Gambon is a current alumnus, he'd have previously been on the list but not currently on it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 20, 2022 Former British actress Sue Tully celebrates her 55th birthday today. She is best known for starring in BBC school drama series Grange Hill and being an original cast member of EastEnders playing Michelle Fowler . She quit EastEnders in 1995 and no longer acts. Liverpool football clubs all time leading goal scorer welsh footballer Ian Rush turns 61 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,181 Posted October 20, 2022 Tom Schulman, the notable American screenwriter who won the Academy Award for his screenplay for the excellent and famous film "Dead Poets Society", is 72 (some sources say 71) today. Schulman's work was based on his time at the Montgomery Bell Academy and the unforgettable character of John Keating was inspired by one of his teachers. Tom Schulman decided to adapt this script to literature due to the great educational values transmitted. Schulman is also the screenwriter of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Medicine Man" and "What About Bob?". Thomas Newman, the extraordinary and versatile American composer and conductor, the son of Alfred Newman who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score nine times, who made his debut as a film composer in 1984 with "Reckless", is 67 today. Thomas Newman already has a successful career behind him, he has scored numerous famous films including "Fried Green Tomatoes", "Up Close & Personal", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Horse Whisperer", "American Beauty", "The Green Mile", "Road to Perdition", "Finding Nemo", "Little Women", "The Help", "The Iron Lady", "Skyfall", "Bridge of Spies", "Spectre" and "1917". Despite his enormous talent, Thomas Newman is the most nominated living composer to have never won an Oscar. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 20, 2022 Snoop Dogg is 51. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,127 Posted October 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Former British actress Sue Tully celebrates her 55th birthday today. She is best known for starring in BBC school drama series Grange Hill and being an original cast member of EastEnders playing Michelle Fowler . She quit EastEnders in 1995 and no longer acts. But is now a director, beginning with 12 episodes of EastEnders in 1998/99. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,426 Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Toast said: But is now a director, beginning with 12 episodes of EastEnders in 1998/99. Quite a talented and busy director too, line of duty for example. EastEnders kept trying to get her to return as she was very popular but she's adamant her acting days are over. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Toast said: But is now a director, beginning with 12 episodes of EastEnders in 1998/99. Very impressive. Presumably that means she directed her onscreen mother Wendy Richard. Soap actors directing episodes of the same show they starred in during or after their time on the show is rather rare. I recall stars of US soap Dallas Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Steve Kanaly all directed episodes of the show and Susan Howard wrote a few episodes. I know australian actor Ian Smith worked behind the scenes on Prisoner Cell Block H, a show he starred in, but as a producer and script editor not director Still must be interesting to experience working on the same show both in front of and behind the camera/production and seeing the creative process from both sides. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted October 20, 2022 James C. Floyd, British-Canadian aeronautical engineer, Avro Canada chief design engineer known for his involvement in the designing of Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner, Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck and Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow aircraft, third-oldest man in Canada and perennial pool pick is 108 today 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,565 Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Very impressive. Presumably that means she directed her onscreen mother Wendy Richard. Soap actors directing episodes of the same show they starred in during or after their time on the show is rather rare. I recall stars of US soap Dallas Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Steve Kanaly all directed episodes of the show and Susan Howard wrote a few episodes. I know australian actor Ian Smith worked behind the scenes on Prisoner Cell Block H, a show he starred in, but as a producer and script editor not director Still must be interesting to experience working on the same show both in front of and behind the camera/production and seeing the creative process from both sides. Stephen Furst directed episodes of Babylon 5 and Jonathan Frakes did the same with ST:TNG including one of the later movies but there again both Nimoy and Shatner directed the movies as well 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted October 20, 2022 Kamala Harris is 58 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,181 Posted October 20, 2022 Everett McGill, American character actor who made his debut film appearance in the war film "Yanks" in 1979, and probably best known for his role as Big Ed Hurley in the giant success and popular television series "Twin Peaks", is 77 today. He retired from acting in 1999, but returned in the 2017 "Twin Peaks" revival. Joyce Randolph, American actress who rose to fame when she played the role of Trixie Norton in the 1950s television series "The Honeymooners", is 98 today. Randolph is the only surviving cast member of one of the most beloved television shows of all time. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 20, 2022 American judge and television personality Judy Sheindlin better known as Judge Judy celebrates her 80th birthday today. English poet, novelist ,playwright and gay rights activist Maureen Duffy celebrates her 89th birthday today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 21, 2022 Manfred Mann is 82. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted October 21, 2022 Guitarist, producer and songwriter Steve 'The colonel' Cropper is 81 today. A member of the Stax houseband, Booker T & The MGs Cropper was one of the original Blues Brothers, and can count amongst his songwriting partners Eddie Floyd (Knock on Wood), Wilson Pickett (In The Midnight Hour), Otis Redding (Dock of The Bay) as well as being the 'Steve' mentioned on Sam & Dave's and later, The Blues Brothers', Soul Man (approx 2' 38" below). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted October 21, 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu is 73 today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 21, 2022 American actor Christopher Lloyd celebrates his 84th birthday today. He will forever be associated with the iconic Back to the future film series were he played scientist Dr Emmett "Doc" Brown. English footballer George Cohen, who played all of his career at Fulham but famously was part of Englands 1966 Football World Cup winning team, celebrates his 83rd birthday today. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,181 Posted October 21, 2022 Brian Boitano, the extraordinary American figure skater, who began to skate at age 8, who gained world recognition when he was the first skater to complete all six different triple jumps in a World Championship, is 59 today. The notable skater has won 23 international gold medals, two World titles, two Pro/Am titles, 16 professional titles, four U.S. National titles and an Olympic Gold Medal. Catherine Deneuve, the noted French actress, one of the greatest European actresses of her generation, who gained international prominence with her roles in the films "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "Belle de Jour", is 79 today. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 22, 2022 1 hour ago, MariNisia said: Brian Boitano, the extraordinary American figure skater, who began to skate at age 8, who gained world recognition when he was the first skater to complete all six different triple jumps in a World Championship, is 59 today. The notable skater has won 23 international gold medals, two World titles, two Pro/Am titles, 16 professional titles, four U.S. National titles and an Olympic Gold Medal. Obligatory: 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 22, 2022 Bob Odenkirk is 60. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 22, 2022 Brazilian footballing legend Pele celebrates his 82nd birthday today. Canadian American actor Ryan Reynolds turns 46 today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,181 Posted October 23, 2022 Ned Rorem, the excellent American composer and prolific prose writer, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 recognizing his suite "Air Music: Ten Etudes of Orchestra", is 99 today. He is best known for his art songs, of which he has written over 500. Ned Rorem, a genius of American classical music, is also a pioneer of the gay rights movement. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,725 Posted October 23, 2022 Weird Al Yankovic is 63. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,157 Posted October 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said: Weird Al Yankovic is 63. Still most unforgettable in this. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted October 23, 2022 Chi Chi Rodriguez, winner of the Gulf Coast Golf Classic, is 87 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
