Happy Birthday: Betsy Palmer (1926–2015)

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Betsy Palmer (1926–2015) Born: November 1, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana, USA Died: May 29, 2015 (age 88) in Danbury, Connecticut, USA [Getting the role of Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980)] My agent called and said “How’d you like to do a movie?” Great! I had not done…

Happy Birthday: Jenny McCarthy

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Jenny McCarthy Born: November 1, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Married to: Donnie Wahlberg (31 August 2014 – present) John Asher (11 September 1999 – 2005) (divorced) (1 child) “I think the whole computer geek thing is totally attractive…I mean, like all I’d get is total obedience.” On finding Mr.…

Happy Birthday: Penn Badgley

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Penn Badgley Born: November 1, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA [on what he wish he had been told as a teen] I wish I had known that vulnerability is universal for everyone, regardless of how cool or not cool they are. You have such a heightened awareness of yourself, so…

Happy Birthday: Toni Collette

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Toni Collette Born: November 1, 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Married to: Dave Galafassi (11 January 2003 – present) (2 children) I’m an actor not a movie star. I prefer it that way. I think when you watch big stars on screen; it’s really difficult to look beyond…

Happy Birthday: Natalia Tena

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Natalia Tena Born: November 1, 1984 in London, England, UK My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4, she wanted to make sure I was serious and I wanted to be Chuck Berry…

Happy Birthday: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Born: November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India Married to: Abhishek Bachchan (20 April 2007 – present) (1 child) [Her advice to aspiring professionals] My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career–when they limit themselves to just that one option. They…

Happy Birthday: Logan Marshall-Green

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Logan Marshall-Green Born: November 1, 1976 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA Married to: Diane Marshall-Green (12 December 2012 – present) (2 children) Earned his Master’s in Fine Arts from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. PROMETHEUS dir. Ridley Scott Stars: Noomi Rapace Charlize…

Died Today (November 1st): Fred Dalton Thompson (1942–2015)

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Fred Dalton Thompson (1942–2015) Born: August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA Died: November 1, 2015 (age 73) in Nashville, Tennessee, USA Married to: Jeri Kehn Thompson (29 June 2002 – 1 November 2015) (his death) (2 children) Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (12 September 1959 – 1985) (divorced) (3 children) [from…

WILDsound Announces its October 2016 Winning Stories and Novels (10)

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Watch all of the winning stories performed by professional actors. 10 winners for the month of October 2016. Watch them all here: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/october_2016_winning_stories.html 1 – Winning Novel THE PESSARY by Juliet M. Nevins MD 9 – Winning Short Stories TRUE NORTH, by Hal Ackerman ASTRONAUTS SWEAR THE VIEW IS NEVER DULL, by James…

November 2016 – Read the best of NOVEL Loglines

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Read the best of NOVEL Pitches. CLICK the link and read the loglines: THUNDERCLOUD, by Ronald Joseph Kule http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/thundercloud_by_ronald_joseph_kule.html MURDER-GO-ROUND, by Phillip E. Hardy http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/murder-go-round_by_phillip_e_hardy.html KILLING IS A SIN, by Christopher J. Harvie http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/killing_is_a_sin_by_christopher_j_harvie.html ZOMBIE TURKEYS, by Andy Zach https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/10/29/novel-logline-zombie-turkeys-by-andy-zach/ SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script Voted #1 TV…