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THE MOVIE PAGES TRIVIA Did you know Ken Jeong and his wife Tran, are both registered Doctors? Ken graduted from Duke University & attained his MD at the University of North Carolina. He is licensed by the state of California (#65869) to practice medicine as Dr Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong until 31/7/12. Prior to "The Hangover", he appeared with Ed Helms in "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" and with Bradley Cooper in "Failure to Launch". He played a Doctor in TV'S "Til Death", "The Big Easy", "Significant Others" & "Grounded for Life", voiced a Doctor in "American Dad!", played a male nurse in "Two and a Half Men" and, a Coroner in "Boston Legal". On film he appeared as Dr Kuni in "Knocked Up". He recently appeared in "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son" and "Furry Vengeance". He'll next be seen in "Tansformers DOTM" & "Zookeeper".
Stuntman, Stunt Co-ordinator, Stunt Double and Fight Choreographer J.J. Perry started his martial arts training in 1975 and began with stunt-work in the late 1980s when he got out of the army. He has had over twenty four years of martial arts training and has a 5th-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 2nd-degree in Hapkido and has experience with all kinds of weapons. He got his black belt for Tae Kwon Do at the age of twelve and competed from the age of seven till twenty four. His work in movies includes: "The Green Hornet", "Pineapple Express", "Iron Man", "Splinter", "Alpha Dog" & "Wild Wild West". In 2004 he received the Male Stuntman of the Year Award.
"Sherlock Holmes" producer Lionel Wigram has Executive Produced four of the Harry Potter films: Order of the Phoenix; Half-Blood Prince; Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and the 3D finale, Deathly Hallows: Part 2. He is recognized for being instrumental in acquiring the film rights to the Harry Potter book series and oversaw all the films in the blockbuster series. Wigram started working in the film business while studying at Oxford University. Following graduation, he went to work for Elliott Kastner in California.
Dolphin Tale director Zoe Kazan appeared in the TV series and the feature film "The Untouchables". In the TV series (1993 - 1994) he played Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey. In the 1987 Brian De Palma film version he played Agent Oscar Wallace. In 1978 he was cast as Ray Bob in "The Buddy Holly Story".
Actress Zoe Kazan, who played Maureen Grube in "Revolutionary Road" graduated from Yale University with a BA in Theatre. Zoe is the granddaughter of acclaimed director and two time Oscar winner Elia Kazan (deceased), who directed such well known films as "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Man on a Tightrope" & "East Of Eden. He received an controversial Honorary Oscar in 1999 for "a long, distinguished and unparalleled career". His directing Oscars came for: "Gentleman's Agreement" (1948) & 'On the Waterfront" (1955). He picked-up Golden Globes in 1948 ("Gentleman's Agreement"), '55 ("On The Waterfront"), '57 ("Baby Doll") & '64 ("America, America").
Stephen Lang has narrated numerous audiobooks and was recently awarded the Audiofile Earphone award. Recognized for his work on stage, screen and TV, the father of four (Noah, Grace, Dan, Lucy) plays bad-guy Khalar Zym in the film the re-birthed "Conan The Barbarian". His stage work has been recognized with Drama Desk and Helen Hayes awards. He has played an Officer on a number of occassions: Maj Gen George E Pickett ("Gettysburg"); Gen Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ("Gods and Generals"); General Hopgood ("The Men Who Stare At Goats"); Col. Miles Quaritch ("Avatar") and on stage played Colonel Jessep in the hit Broadway show "A Few Good Men" (later played by Jack Nicholson in the film version). Lang has appeared in two films about serial killers: "Manhunter" (1986) and "The Hard Way" (1991).
Oscar winning actor Robert De Niro plays Jack Byrnes in the highly popular 'Fockers' franchise. The other family members are wife Dina (Blythe Danner), daughter Pam (Teri Polo), daughter Deborah (Nicole DeHuff) and his son, Denny (Jon Abrahams). Daughter Deborah married Dr Bob Banks while Pam married Gaylord 'Greg' Focker.
Helen Mirren D.B.E. born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff on the 26th of July 1945, in Chiswick, London, England, UK, has played a Queen a total of six times: The Queen (2006), "Elizabeth I" (2005), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Snow Queen (1995), The Madness of King George (1994) and Caligula (1979). She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Her nickname is Popper.
Abbie Cornish made her acting debut at the age of fifteen in the Australian Broadcasting Company’s television series "Children’s Hospital". She then co-starred on the ABC series "Wildside", picking up her first AFI honour (1999). She appeared in the independent films "Candy" (opposite the late Heath Ledger) and "Somersault" (with Sam Worthington). For her role as Heidi in "Somersault", she picked up another AFI Award. Abbie recently appeared opposite Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"
Iconic and legendary actress Angela Lansbury has received many, many awards but did you know she has never won an EMMY despite being nominated eighteen times: which includes twelve nominations for "Murder She Wrote". She did in fact win two major USA womens awards: 1968 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year & in 1996 the Women in Film Lucy Award. She was nominated three times unsuccessfully at the Academy Awards: 1945, '46 & '63.
Michael Winterbottom is known for making intense, passionate films that explore the demands of human relationships and emotional commitment, some of which have drawn a wrong inference from audiences, like his 2010 thriller/drama "The Killer Inside Me" which starred Casey Affleck ("Gone Baby Gone") in the lead role of West Texas deputy sheriff Lou Ford who, beneath a mask of respectability, is in fact a psychotic killer. His other credits include "The Trip", "The Claim" and "Butterfly Kiss".
Cameron Diaz, who recently appeared with Tom Cruise in "Knight & Day" and will next be seen in "Bad Teacher", is a four time Blockbuster Entertainment Award winner. In fact, she won it four years in a row: 1998, '99, 2000 & '01. in 1999 Diaz received the American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role). The film? "There's Something About Mary" (1998). In 2004 she received the Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress in the 2003 film, "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
Marion Cotillard played Mary Evelyn 'Billie' Frechette in the film, "Public Enemies". 'Billie' was born on the 15th of September 1907 at Neopit, Wisconsin on the Menominee Indian Reservation. She was twenty five years old when she met America's most wanted criminal, John Dillinger. 'Billie' later served a two years and a day sentence at the Federal Detention Farm at Milan, Michigan. for harbouring Dillinger. Married three times, she passed away on the 13th of January 1969.
Ross Bagdasarian Jnr graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He later attended Southwestern School of Law, passing the California bar exam in 1975. He entered the family business of vineyards and wineries, but as a tribute to his father was intrigued with the notion of resurrecting The Chipmunks. No one shared his enthusiasm until he met his wife Janice Karman shortly after his father passed away. Ross and Janice are the Presidents of Bagdasarian Productions. They and their two children live in Santa Barbara, California, which coincidently is the setting for the Nancy Meyers film, "It's Complicated."
"Midnight Cowboy" picked up three Oscars at the 1970 Academy Awards: Best Director, John Schlesinger; Best Picture, Jerome Hellman and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Waldo Salt. Waldo Salt appeared in the film as Joe Pyne while his daughter Jennifer Salt, who would later co-write the screenplay for "Eat Pray Love", played Annie - Texas. The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, first presented in 1992, is awarded at the Sundance Film Festival annually.
Jeremy Remmer star of "The Hurt Locker" may not have won the Oscar ® for Best Actor in a leading role, but the freight train of support behind the film ensured it got the recognition it thoroughly deserved, when it took six Oscars ®: Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Best Editing (Bob Murawski & Chris Innis), Best Sound (Paul N.J. Ottosson & Ray Beckett), Best Sound Editing (Paul N.J. Ottosson), Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Mark Boal) & Best Picture (Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier & Greg Shapiro). Remmer went on to win numerous awards including the 2009 NBR, Sierra and Gotham Awards.
Gary Oldman has been married four times. He divorced former model Donya Fiorentino and actresses Uma Thurman and Lesley Manville. He has three sons. His marriage to actress Manville produced a son Alfie in 1989. His marriage to Fiorentino produced two sons: Gulliver Flynn (born August 20th 1997) and Charlie John (born February 11th 1999). In 2008 at the age of fifty, he married thirty one year old jazz singer, Alexandra Edenborough.
Superstar Mel Gibson has eight children. Seven with his wife Robyn Moore: Hannah (born 1980); twin sons, Edward and Christian (born 1982); Willie (born 1985); Louis (born 1988); Milo (born 1990); Tommy (born 1999); and a daughter, Lucia (born (2009) with his Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva..
"The Green Hornet" TV Series ran for twenty six episode in the USA debuting on September 9th 1966 & wrapping on the July 14th 1967. It starred Van Williams as Britt Reid, Wende Wagner as Lenore 'Casey' Case, 'The Black Beauty' (Licence Plate # V-194) and Bruce Lee as Kato. "The Green Hornet"originated from Radio station WXYZ (previously WGHP). The station had already developed "The Lone Ranger" and was looking for another radio show. "The Lone Ranger"premiered on January 30th 1933 and like "The Green Dragon, was developed by George W Trendle and Fran Striker. Trendle tried unsuccessfully to move 'green hornet' on TV in 1951 & '58.
Director Oliver Stone didn't win a Best Director Oscar ® for Midnight Express (1978), JFK (1991) or Nixon (1995). However, in 1987 & 1990 he would take Best Director Oscars ® for: "Platoon" (1986) & "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). His first Oscar ® (Best Adapted Screenplay) came in 1979 for Midnight Express (1978).
Clint Eastwood has had seven children by five different women: Kimber Eastwood (born 17 June 1964) with Roxanne Tunis, Kyle Eastwood (born 19 May 1968) and Alison Eastwood (born 22 May 1972) with Maggie Johnson, Scott Eastwood (born 21 March 1986) and Kathryn Eastwood (2 February 1988) with Jacelyn Reeves, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood (born 7 August 1993) with Frances Fisher and Morgan Eastwood (born 12 December 1996) with Dina Eastwood.
"Charlie St Cloud" cast member Donal Logue has been cast as a police officer on botht the large and small screen. Logue played Captain Kevin Tidwell in TV'S "Life"; Detective Alex Balder in "Max Payne" and Captain Ken Narlow in "Zodiac". Logue worked with two time Golden Globe winner Beau Bridges on the film "Max Payne".
Grammy Award winning composer Danny Elfman has composed the soundtracks for every Tim Burton film except: "Cabin Boy" (Steve Bartek) 1994, Ed Wood (Howard Shore) 1994,"James and the Giant Peach" (Randy Newman) 1996 and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (Stephen Sondheim) 2007.
John Travolta: actor, 707 pilot, QANTAS trained 747-400 first officer and QANTAS ambassador, is one of six children born to his parents Helen & Salvatore Travolta: Joey; Ellen; Ann; Margaret and Sam. His career achievements include two Golden Globes, two Golden Apple Awards and a David di Donatello 'David' Award.
Actor Beau Bridges was born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III. His parents started calling him Beau after reading "Gone With The Wind". George Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in the Margaret Mitchell 1936 novel and the iconic film. Beau won Golden Globes in 1992 and '94. He won EMMY Awards in 1992, '03 and '07. He has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame next to his younger brother Jeff Bridges and his late father Lloyd Bridges (15/1/1913 to 10/3/98).
Denzel Washington, who appears in the retelling of "The Taking Of Pelhanm 1 2 3", has received many awards, including: a best supporting actor and a best actor Oscar ®; four Black Reel awards; two Golden Globes and, between 1998 and 2008, fourteen Image Awards. He is one of three African-Americans to win two Oscars.
Timothy Dalton, the tallest of the Bond's at 6' 2" says that his favorite James Bond films are the first three Bond movies: "Dr No" (1962); "From Russia with Love" (1963) and, "Goldfinger" (1964). Dalton played Bond in two films: "The Living Daylights" (1987) and "Licence to Kill" (1989). And what does he think of the latest Bond? "I think Daniel Craig will work well. I think he's going to be terrific, he's got danger and vulnerability."
In James Cameron's "Avatar" every plant, tree and rock was created and rendered in the computers of Peter Jackson's WETA Digital New Zealand. Over a Petabyte (one thousand terabytes) of digital storage was required by WETA for all the CG 'assets' (the myriad plants and animals, insects, rocks, mountains and clouds) of the film. To put this in perspective, "Titanic" required 2 terabytes to create and sink the ship and its thousands of passengers, about 1/500th the amount used for "AVATAR".
Tony Award winning actress Viola Davis has a connection with 'criminal elements'. In her career she has appeared on TV in: "NYPD Blue", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Traveler" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". On the big-screen she played a policewoman in "Kate & Leopold" and a Detective in "Disturbia". Her feature film credits include: "Traffic", "Far from Heaven", "Antwone Fisher" and "World Trade Centre"
Costume Designer Deborah Hopper has collaborated with filmmaker Clint Eastwood for more than 20 years. Her association with Eastwood began as the woman’s costume supervisor on the 1984 film "Tightrope". Hopper has worked as Costume Designer on the last eight Eastwood films: "Space Cowboys" (2000), "Blood Work" (2002), "Mystic River" (2003), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006), "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006), "Changeling" (2008) & "Gran Torino" (2008). Hopper was awarded an EMMY for her work as a women’s costumer on the tele-movie "Shakedown on the Sunset Strip".
Denzel Washington is one of three African-Americans to win two Oscars ("Glory" & "Training Day"). The other two were: sound engineers Willie D Burton ("The Green Mile" & "Dreamgirls") and Russell Williams II ("Glory" & "Dances with Wolves").
Oscar ® winning screenwriter Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump") has a dog named Wendy and a pig named Corvallis.
Catherine Élise Blanchett was born in the Melbourne suburb of in Ivanhoe on the 14th of May 1969. Her father Robert Blanchett, was a Texas-born United States Navy Petty Officer who later worked in advertising. Cate's mother June was an Australian property developer and teacher. Cate was 10 years old when she lost her father to a heart attack. She has an older brother Bob (a computer systems engineer) and a younger sister, Geneviève (a theatrical designer). Cate has three children: Dashiell John (3rd December 2001), Roman Robert (23rd April 2004) & Ignatius Martin (13th April 2008).
Actor Harrison Ford was credited in films as Harrison J. Ford until 1970 so that there was less confusion between him and silent-screen actor Harrison Ford. The star of the Indiana Jones films actually has no middle name. When the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was being cast, Steven Spielberg wanted Ford in the lead role but initially George Lucas didn't because Ford had appeared in his "Star Wars" films. Lucas's choice for the role was Tom Selleck but the actor opted out because he wanted to honour his contract with Universal to make a pilot for "Magnum PI". Ford got the gig, while Selleck waited six months to make the pilot. "Magnum PI" ran for 162 episodes between 1980 & 1988. Harrison Ford went on to make "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981); "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984); "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) and, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008).
Asked which of the Bonds had the most sex appeal, Albert R Broccoli replied: "When George [Lazenby] walks through the office, the secretaries fall off their chairs."
Sir Ridley Scott directed a Maxwell House coffee commercial that starred Shakira Caine. Michael Caine saw the commercial and was so taken by her beauty, he desperately searched for her and later married her. They have now been married 30 years.
British actress Angela Lansbury (born Angela Brigid Lansbury) played Mrs Lovett in Stephen Sondheim 1979 production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Of Fleet Street". In a remarkable career, Lansbury was nominated three times for an Academy Award, fifteen times for an EMMY Award and fifteen times for a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of six Golden Globe Awards and on two occassions, the winner of the National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actress Award (1962 & 1978).
Actress Nicole Kidman has won three Golden Globe Awards: "To Die For" (1996); "Moulin Rouge!" (2002) and "The Hours" (2003).
Robert Redford, Warren Beatty ("Reds"), Clint Eastwood ("Unforgiven" & "Million Dollar Baby"), Mel Gibson ("Bravehear"), Richard Attenborough ("Gandhi") and Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves") are the only actors to have ever won an Academy Award for Best Director. Robert Redford won his Oscar in his directorial debut helming the 1980 production, "Ordinary People" which starred Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton.
Jodie Foster (born Alicia Christian Foster on 19th of November 1962) was cast as Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) after Michelle Pfeiffer turned it down. She was George Lucas's first choice to play Princess Leia in the original three "Star Wars" films, but Disney wouldn't release her from her contract. She replaced Nicole Kidman for the role of "Meg Altman" in "Panic Room" (2002). Foster is the child in the famous Coppertone Sun Lotion advert, shot when she was three year old.
Actor Robert Patrick played T-1000 in three different movies. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), "Wayne's World" (1992) and "Last Action Hero" (1993). Patrick has the distinction of being the only actor killed on screen by all three of the Planet Hollywood founders: Bruce Willis ("Die Hard 2" 1990), Sylvester Stallone ("Cop Land" 1997), and most famously by Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991).
Veteran actor and voice star of "Ratatouille" Peter O'Toole has been nominated eight times at the Academy Awards for Best Actor in a leading role. 2007 for "Venus"; 1983 for "My Favorite Year"; 1981 for "The Stunt Man"; 1973 for "The Ruling Class"; 1970 for "Goodbye, Mr Chips"; 1969 for "The Lion in Winter"; 1965 for "Becket" and 1963 for "Lawrence of Arabia". He has won three Golden Globes. 1965 for "Becket"; 1969 for "The Lion in Winter" & 1970 for "Goodbye, Mr Chips". In 1963 he won the BAFTA Best British Actor Film Award for "Lawrence of Arabia"
Mel Brooks is one of only seven entertainers who have won all four major awards: EMMY, Grammy, Tony and Academy ®.
Producer Sam Raimi has worked with actor J.K. Simmons five times: Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), For Love of the Game (1999), and The Gift (2000). He also cast actor Bruce Campbell in all three Spider-Man films: Ring Announcer (Spider-Man), Snooty Usher (Spider-Man 2) and Maître d' (Spider-Man 3). Raimi, whose wife Gillian is the daughter of Lorne Greene, is a big Spider-Man comic fan. He has directed all three Spider-Man movies.
Actor Bruce Willis is an accomplished musician. He recorded the 1986 Motown album "The Return of Bruno", which went platinum and contained the #5 Billboard hit 'Respect Yourself'. Three years later, he recorded a second album titled "If It Don’t Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger". In 2004, he launched a U.S. club tour with his musical group, "The Accelerators".
THREE time Golden Globe winner Richard Chamberlain played Jason Bourne in the 1988 tele-movie "The Bourne Identity". The movie co-starred Jaclyn Smith and, Emmy award winner the late Sir Anthony Quayle CBE (1989) and four time BAFTA Award winner the late Denholm Elliott CBE(2002).
Albert Finney has been nominated for an Oscar on five occassions. In 2001 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ("Erin Brockovich) and four times for Best Actor in a Leading Role: 1985 for "Under the Volcano" (1984); 1984 for "The Dresser" (1983); 1975 for "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) and 1964 for "Tom Jones" (1963). He has been nominated thirteen times for BAFTA Awards, winning two times. In 1961 he received a BAFTA Film Award for the film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" and in 2003 received a BAFTA TV Award for "The Gathering Storm".
In Germany, Peter Jackson's 2003 film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was titled Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs".
Graham Kennedy was the undisputed King Of Television. During his TV career he won 19 Logies and 5 Gold Logies. In 1988 he was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame. He hosted "In Melbourne Tonight" from 1957-1959 and 1963-1969. He also appeared in a number of distinctly Australian films including: "Don's Party" (1976), "The Odd Angry Shot" (1979), "The Club" (1980) & "Travelling North" (1987). He passed away on May 25th 2005 at the age of 71.
Barbara Broccoli is the daughter of legendary 007 filmmaker Albert Romolo 'Cubby' Broccoli and wife Dana (nee: Wilson). Barbara and her half-brother Michael G Wilson (Dana's birth son) were given control of her fathers film company, Eon Productions Ltd in 1980. Their mother Dana passed away on the 29th of February 2004. Their father 'Cubby' passed away on the 27th of June 1996. The 007 films are a lasting tribute to a man who cast unknown Sean Connery as James Bond in the film "Dr No", which 'Cubby' and his producing partner Harry Saltzman made on a reported budget of $US1 million.
Michael G Wilson, stepson of Albert R Broccoli has appeared uncredited in thirteen 007 films. The first time was as a Soldier at Fort Knox in "Goldfinger". This time he plays the Chief of Police who is arrested in "Casino Royale". His father Lewis Wilson, was the first ever Batman on screen.
Actress Rene Russo was just 18 years old when she was discovered at a Rolling Stones concert and encouraged to become a fashion model. She moved to New York and became a top model for the Ford Agency, gracing the covers of every fashion magazine throughout her successful modeling career in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Russo made her bigscreen debut in 1989 with the film "Major League". It would kick-start a career that has spanned nearly two decades.
Co-star of "The Prestige", Christian Bale, is one of four actors who have appeared onscreen with Nicole Kidman and who have played Batman. Bale played Batman in "Batman Begins" (2005); George Clooney played the caped crusader in Batman & Robin (1997), and Michael Keaton played a 'dark' Batman in "Batman Forever" (1995).
"The Sentinal" director Clark Johnson appears in the film as the murdered agent Charlie Merriweather. He also appearanced in the film "S.W.A.T." as Deacon 'Deke' Kay's partner. Deke was played by James Todd Smith. Who is James Todd Smith? He's better known as LL Cool J.
Actress Linda Emond appeared with actress Francis McDormand in "City By The Sea" and "North Country".
Actor Richard Jenkins appeared with actress Francis McDormand in "North Country" and "The Man Who Wasn't There".
Scottish actor Brian Cox appeared with Joan Allen in the 1986 film, "Manhunter". Eighteen years later they appeared together in the 2004 film, "The Bourne Supremacy".
"Transamerica" star Felicity Huffman is married to actor William H Macey. Together with David Mamet, Huffman and Macey co-founded New York’s Atlantic Theatre Company. Huffman met William H Macy when she was one of his students at the Atlantic Theater Company. They have two children; Sofia Grace and Georgia Grace.
Actress Jane Seymour who recently appeared in "Wedding Crashers" with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, is married to James Keach who plays the warden in "Walk The Line". They were married in 1993 and have twin boys, John Stacy and Kristopher Steven Keach who were born in 1995.
Actress Francis McDormand, who co-stars with Charlize Theron in "North Country, also appears with Theron in the film, "Aeon Flux".
Costume Designer Cindy Evans has worked with Charlize Theron on three occassions. As costume designer on the film "North Country" and twice as Ms Theron's costumer for the films, "Waking Up in Reno" [2002] and "Sweet November" [2001].
Actor Sean Bean received thee Screen Actors Guild, the National Board of Review and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Cast Ensemble Awards after appearing in "The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King". He appeared in archive footage which ran for 3 seconds. Bean, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art has only received one other award during his career, a Silver Medal for his performance in "Waiting for Godot".
Actor Randy Quaid is the older brother of Dennis Quaid who plays in the band, "Dennis Quaid and the Sharks". Dennis is a licensed private pilot and often flies his Cessna Citation 500 series twin engine light jet to his property in Montana.
James Keach who co-produced and appears in "Walk The Line" also co-wrote and starred in the classic western "The Long Riders" with his older brother Stacy Keach.
Mel Brooks provided the voice of a cat hit by a dart in the 1974 film, "Young Frankenstein" and the voice of a baby boy in the 1974 film "Free to Be... You & Me". In 1990 he was the voice of 'Mr Toilet Man' in the film, "Look Who's Talking Too".
Actor Randy Quaid has been directed by Peter Bodganovich in five films. "The Last Picture Show", "Texasville", "Targets", "What’s Up, Doc?" and "Paper Moon".
Gary Marshall, who voices Buck Cluck in "Chicken Little", not only directed the films "Beaches", "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride", he also appeared in them. All three roles were uncredited. They were [in order] an Audition director, a Bum Tour Guide and finally a Softball First Baseman.
Emmy Award winning Actor Craig T Nelson, who stars in "The Family Stone", is a former radio performer and stand-up comic who just loves driving racing cars.
Actress Shirley McClaine, who's last two screen roles have been as a Grandmother, took on the daring role of a lesbian schoolteacher in the 1962 film, "The Children's Hour". McLaine co-starred in the film with Audrey Hepburn.
Actress Jennifer Carpenter who co-stars with Laura Linney in "The Exorcism Of Emily Rose" appeared on Broadway with Linney in the stage production of "The Crucible". Directed by Sir Richard Eyre, it also starred Liam Neesom. By a strange coincidence, Tom Wilkinson, Carpenter and Linney's co-star in "The Exorcism Of Emily Rose", appeared in an acclaimed production of "The Crucible" at the Royal National Theatre in London, England.
Actress Thandie Newton graduated from Cambridge University. She holds a B A with honors in anthropology.
Actress Scarlett Johansson made her acting debut at the age of eight in the stage production, "Sophistry".
The star of "Training Days" and "Assault on Precinct 13", Ethan Hawke, also appeared in the play.
Director/Writer/ProducerChris Weitz holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in English literature.
Singer/Actress Jessica Simpson has an IQ of 160.
While training with the Baltimore Fire Dept for the film "Ladder 49", actor Tim Guinee rescued a woman while on a callout. He received a citation for bravery.
Only SEVEN people have won all four major entertainment prizes of a Tony, Emmy, Grammy and an Oscar ®. They are Mel Brooks, Helen Hayes, John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch and Mike Nichols.
Actress Mary-Louise Parker has many awards to her name including Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, as well as The Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Obie, Clarence Derwent and New York Magazine Awards.
ComposerRachel Portman is the first female composer to win an Academy Award. The film? Douglas McGrath’s 1996 drama "Emma".
Actor Don Cheadle is also a talented musician who plays saxophone, writes music and sings.
Actress Meryl Streep made her acting debut at Vassar College starring in the title role in Strindberg’s "Miss Julie".
Streep began her feature film career as Jane Fonda’s society friend in the film, "Julia".
Production Designer Kristi Zea was the producer on the film "As Good As It Gets".
Comendian Mike Epps got his acting break in the film "Friday Next", thanks to singer ICE CUBE who spotted Epps performing at the Comedy Club in LA.
Actor Thomas Kretschmann was training as a swimmer in East Germany. He escaped, travelling through three countries before gaining asylum in West Germany.
"Crash" star Thandie Newton was just sixteen years old when she won the lead role in the critically acclaimed 1990 film, "Flirting".
Actress Milla Jovovich made her acting debut in the Disney television movie, "The Night TRain To Kathmandu"
Actor Will Smith was the first hip-hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Actress Karen Joy Morris [who plays General Fang in "Around The World In 80 Days"] speaks five languages and is gifted in music and the arts.
Karen is a household name in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia known for her singing and acting.
In 2003 she became the first Hong Kong born Artiste to win Taiwan’s coveted Golden Melody Award for Best Female Singer.
"Ladder 49" star, actress Jacinda Barrett was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. She studied acting at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts in Oxford, England.
Her father retired after 33 years service with Australia Airport Crash and Rescue based in Brisbane.
The 'P' in the name of actress Irma P Hall who stars in "The Ladykillers" is for Player. Her full name is Irma Dolores Player Hall.
Film editor Roderick Jaynes began his career minding the tea cart at Shepperton Studios in the 1930s.
He came out of retirement to work on Joel and Ethan Coen’s first feature "Blood Simple". He has since worked on most of their films.
Academy Award winning Director of Photography Dennis Gassner won BAFTA Awards for "The Truman Show" and "Road to Perdition".
Actor Tom Hanks made his feature film writing and directing debut in 1996 with the film, "That Thing You Do!".
Burt Reynolds not only starred in the films "Sharky's Machine", "Gator", "The End" and "The Final Hit", he also directed them.
Actor Tom Hanks first feature film was "He Knows You’re Alone".
Actress Irma P Hall got her start in films after a producer heard her reciting a poem at a Dallas gathering of artists and writers.
Will Smith's partner in 'Overbrook Entertainment', James Lassiter, won the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for the off-Broadway play "Jitney".
Screenwriter Akiva Goldman received the 2001 Oscar, Golden Globe and Writers Guild Awards for "A Beautiful Mind".
Goldman owes much of his success to Australian director Bruce Beresford who filmed Goldman's first script, "Silent Fall".
Producer John Davis grew up near Denver, Colorado. His obsession with films began as a youth after his father brought the local movie theatre.
His company Davis Entertainment which was established in 1985 has racked up sales of over $US2 billion.
In 1999 Will Smith was named 'Entertainer of the Year' at the NAACP Image Awards.
Veteran actor James Cromwell founded Hecel Oyakapi which assists the Lakota Peopel of South Dakota preserve their culture.
Bridget Moynahan plays Natasha, Mr Big's wife in "Sex and the City".
Actress/Singer Bette Midler made her stage debut in the play "Miss Nefertiti Regrets".
Actor Matthew Broderick made his stage debut at the age of 17 appearing with his father in "On Valentines Day".
After appearing in the film "Sabrina", actor Greg Kinnear was voted the NATO ShoWest "Star of Tomorrow".
By 1973 actor Robert De Niro had twice won the New York Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Nicole Kidman received the 2003 American Cinematheque Award for excellence in film.
Producer Mark Amin was born in Rafsanjan, Iran in 1950, and lived there until the age of seventeen, when he moved to the United States.
In 1980 Amin co-founded 20/20 Video, a video specialty store in Los Angeles, California.
20/20 Video quickly grew to become the region’s largest video specialty chain with fifteen stores before he sold his interest in 1987.
Director Martha Coolidge was the first woman elected to the position of President of the Directors Guild of America.
Coolidge is an avid horsewoman and breeder of smooth-gaited Paso Fino horses. Her idol is Director Preston Sturges.
Famed actor Marlon Brando died aged 80 in poverty. He hid his Oscars so that debt collectors wouldn't take them.
Actress Toni Collette gained 19.8kg with the help of a dietitian for her role in "Muriel's Wedding".
The cast of the film The whole Ten Yards watched the Super Bowl on a television in Bruce Willis's trailer.
Johnny Depp appearing in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"; "Are you a Mexican't or a Mexican?"
Christopher Walken appeared with Johnny Depp in the film, "Sleepy Hollow". He played a headless horseman.
Christopher Walken received a Clarence Derwent, Obie and Theatre World Awards for his stage work. In 1997 he also received the "Stein Shiva Award".
Aussie starNicole Kidman was actually born in Hawaii USA.
In the film "Panic Room", the voice on the phone of Stephens girlfriend was that of Nicole Kidman.
"8 Mile" star EMINEM's real name is name Marshall Mathers. In the film "8 Mile" he plays Rabbit who is really Jimmy Smith Jnr.
Sir Michael Caines real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. He was knighted in the year 2000 by the Queen.
Julia Stiles was a student at Columbia University in the USA.
Halle Berry choked on a fig while filming the love scene with Pierce Brosnan in "Die Another Day".
James Stewart was a pilot during WW2. He remained in the reserves after the war and later retired as a Brigd General.
Tony Curtis once described Marilyn Munroe as a fruit cake.
Marie Osmond turned down the lead role in the smash hit musical "Grease"
Robert De Niro is often described as an Italian-American actor even though he has irish blood in his ancestry.
De Niro is the co-owner of a number of restaurants in the USA.
De Niro and Marlon Brando are the only actors in the history of the Academy Awards to win an oscar for the same role.
The role? That of Vito Corleone in the famed Godfather series.
Julia Roberts middle name is Fiona.
Julia Roberts earned US$20,000,000 for her award winning role in Erin Brockovich.
Her movie The Mexican earned her the same salary, a cool US$20,000,000.
Julia Roberts turned down the starring role in Basic Instinct(1992)
Russell Crowes, middle name is Ira. The New Zealand born actor won his first oscar in Gladiator although many think he should have won another Oscar for his great performance in "The Insider".
Russell once had a part in the australian soapie Neighbours and appeared in the ABC TV show Police Rescue.
Guy Pearce, star of Memento, teamed up with Russell Crowe in LA Confidential.
Dustan Hoffman who leapt to stardom in The Graduate once worked as a kitchen hand.
He and Robert Duval once bunked with Gene Hackman.
Hoffman was told to become a director as he would never make it as an actor.
He pursued his dream and the rest is history. The star of many great roles Hoffman is best remembered for his gender bending role in "Tootsie"
Jackie Chans birth name is Kong-sang Chan.
In films he is sometimes credited as Jacky Chan, Yuen-Lung Chan, Long Cheng and Sing Lung.
Jackie Chan was recently attacked on the set of Rush Hour 2 by a fan who thought he would block a punch thrown at him.
Jackie Chan does all his own stunts in each movie often with dire consequences.
Penélope Cruz starred in Vanilla Sky a remake of the spanish thriller Abre los Ojos(1997)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon took US$4.6 million in one weekend alone in the USA.
Leonard Nimoy that famous Trekkie narrated Destiny in Space an IMAX feature.
When Jack Nicholson would get ready to play his nude scenes, he'd prepare everyone on set by warning, "Here comes Big Steve!"
Julia Stiles, star of Save the Last Dance was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21".
Linda Blair, star of the exorcist had to have police guards for six months after threats were made against her family.
Sean Connery once worked as a nude model.
John Goodmans first job was as a bouncer.
Paul Hogan, star of the Crocodile Dundee movies once worked as a painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Cary Grant once donated his entire salary, $100,000, to the U.S. War Relief Fund.
Bud Cort turned down the Jack Nicholson role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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