Happy Birthday: Dan Castellaneta

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Dan Castellaneta Born: October 29, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Married to: Deb Lacusta (1987 – present) The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.…

Happy Birthday: Richard Dreyfuss

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Richard Dreyfuss Born: October 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Married to: Svetlana Erokhin (16 March 2006 – present) Janelle Lacey (30 May 1999 – 2005) (divorced) Jeramie Rain (20 March 1983 – 14 September 1992) (divorced) (3 children) [on Steven Spielberg] Steven Spielberg is the…

Happy Birthday: India Eisley

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India Eisley Born: October 29, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA [The interviewer asked India draw a lot from the anime or come up with her own take for her character for Kite.]: Not so much to draw from the anime because our version from the anime is kind of…

Happy Birthday: Gabrielle Union

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Gabrielle Union Born: October 29, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA Married to: Dwyane Wade (30 August 2014 – present) Chris Howard (5 May 2001 – 2006) (divorced) The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.…

Happy Birthday: Rufus Sewell

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Rufus Sewell Born: October 29, 1967 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK My career has suddenly started to be the one that I’d always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of – and this is what I’ve been banging on about – playing different parts in…

Happy Birthday: Janet Montgomery

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Janet Montgomery Born: October 29, 1985 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of work you want to do and what kind of actor you want to be – and it only…

Happy Birthday: Ben Foster

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Ben Foster Born: October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA [on director Nick Cassavetes] Nick is magic. He doesn’t tell you what he wants, he allows. And as long as you’re taking chances and he feels that you are being truthful to yourself, then you can do no wrong. I’m…

Happy Birthday: Winona Ryder

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Winona Ryder Born: October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota, USA There were times where people might have seen me and said, “Wow, she’s so lucky.” But I was depressed, I was going through something. That time I went through led me to make Girl, Interrupted (1999). Most girls go through…

Happy Birthday: Italia Ricci

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Italia Ricci Born: October 29, 1986 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Married to: Robbie Amell (15 October 2016 – present) Books. You can read it and interpret the story any way you want with the words just shaping what you want to see in your mind. Its much more liberating…

Hal Ackerman – October 2016 Short Story Winner

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Performed by Michelle Alexander October 2016 Winning Short Story True North  by Hal Ackerman What is your short story about? A very old man recalling the most painful moment his life What genres would you say this story story is in? Literary fiction How would you describe this story in…