On this day, April 30th, in the year 1981, Kasey was born.
28 years of life have been successfully survived.
So far, it's been a good time.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 30, 1981
On this day, April 30th, in the year 1981, Kasey was born.
28 years of life have been successfully survived.
So far, it's been a good time.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Who Is That: Sam Rockwell
Name: Sam RockwellOccupation: Actor
Genre: Film
Born: November 5, 1968
Rockwell is one of the most versatile and unique actors working today. His original, unabashed, and quirky approach to every character he has played on the screen has won him both major critical and audience acclaim. His talents have won him both Montreal and Berlin Film Festival Awards as well as multiple other award nominations.
Growing up and training as an actor in both San Francisco and New York, he began his film career in 1989 with the movie Clownhouse. He won roles regularly from then on, including a small part in the 1990 hit film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But it wasn't until about ten years later that he gained major notice by playing a very wide range of characters in the films A Midsummer Night's Dream (as the lovable Francis Flute), The Green Mile (as the psychotically evil "Wild Bill" Wharton), and Galaxy Quest (as the completely buffoonish actor Guy Fleegman).
Rockwell's career skyrocketed as he went on to appear in the successful films Charlie's Angels, Matchstick Men, Heist, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Piccadilly Jim, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Frost/Nixon, among many others.
He has also appeared in multiple episodes of the TV shows "Law & Order", "NYPD Blue", and the short-lived "Prince Street".
His career continues to soar ever higher as he is appearing in many highly anticipated movies due out this year and next, including Iron Man 2, Betty Anne Waters, and providing a lead voiceover for the Disney film G-Force.
Sam Rockwell has a style and charisma all his own. Combine that with his tremendous talent and versatility, and we'll continue to see a lot of him for years to come.
p.s. I also happen to think he's sexy as hell. He can have his way with me whenever and if ever he chooses. Hotness displayed full force below from the film Lawn Dogs:
Humminuh, humminuh...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
R.I.P. Bea Arthur
Somehow I never thought I'd see that phrase in print. "R.I.P. Bea Arthur". It didn't make sense to me when I saw it. I've only cried over a handful of celebrities' deaths and those were the ones that were gone before their time. The ones where we didn't see it coming.
Heath Ledger dead from an overdose at 28. John Candy dead in his trailer after suffering a heart attack at 43. Madeline Kahn dead at the age of 57 after a very secretive battle with ovarian cancer.
I was just as shocked and just as saddened by the news of Bea, who died of an undisclosed type of cancer. I think that, even though she was 86, Bea had such a vibrancy, wit, and strength about her that she seemed like she had another 86 years to dish out.
Well, she may be gone, but I was never wrong when comfortably thinking of her as immortal. She will obviously live forever through her amazing work, her successful television shows, and a legacy of independence, education, and originality.
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Name: Bea Arthur
Occupation: Entertainer
Genre: Stage/Film/Television
Born: May 13, 1922
Died: April 25, 2009
This Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and comedienne had a successful and well respected career spanning seven decades and all three major entertainment mediums.
Starting her stage career in New York in the late 1940s, Bea was part of the original cast in many great stage musicals including The Three Penny Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, and her Tony Award winning portrayal of Vera Charles to Angela Lansbury's Mame. She was nominated for another Tony nearly 40 years later for her amazing and widely loved show Bea Arthur: Just Between Friends. In 1981 she appeared in the Woody Allen play The Floating Light Bulb.
She is without argument best remembered for her pioneering roles in the iconic television shows "Maude" (as the title character which she landed after a guest appearance on "All In the Family") and "The Golden Girls" as the beloved and razor tongued Dorothy Zbornak. Bea won Emmy awards for both. She more recently appeared on highly popular episodes of "Futurama", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "Malcolm in the Middle".
Her handful of film credits include the film version of Mame (in which Lansbury was replaced by Lucille Ball), Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I, and For Better or Worse directed by Jason Alexander.
She was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 2008.
Below is a little televised gem she performed alongside Rock Hudson. The song is called "Everybody Today is Turning On" and is from the musical I Love My Wife.
Bea never missed the chance to sing.
Heath Ledger dead from an overdose at 28. John Candy dead in his trailer after suffering a heart attack at 43. Madeline Kahn dead at the age of 57 after a very secretive battle with ovarian cancer.
I was just as shocked and just as saddened by the news of Bea, who died of an undisclosed type of cancer. I think that, even though she was 86, Bea had such a vibrancy, wit, and strength about her that she seemed like she had another 86 years to dish out.
Well, she may be gone, but I was never wrong when comfortably thinking of her as immortal. She will obviously live forever through her amazing work, her successful television shows, and a legacy of independence, education, and originality.
____________________________________________________________________
Name: Bea Arthur
Occupation: Entertainer
Genre: Stage/Film/Television
Born: May 13, 1922
Died: April 25, 2009
This Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and comedienne had a successful and well respected career spanning seven decades and all three major entertainment mediums.
Starting her stage career in New York in the late 1940s, Bea was part of the original cast in many great stage musicals including The Three Penny Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, and her Tony Award winning portrayal of Vera Charles to Angela Lansbury's Mame. She was nominated for another Tony nearly 40 years later for her amazing and widely loved show Bea Arthur: Just Between Friends. In 1981 she appeared in the Woody Allen play The Floating Light Bulb.
She is without argument best remembered for her pioneering roles in the iconic television shows "Maude" (as the title character which she landed after a guest appearance on "All In the Family") and "The Golden Girls" as the beloved and razor tongued Dorothy Zbornak. Bea won Emmy awards for both. She more recently appeared on highly popular episodes of "Futurama", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "Malcolm in the Middle".
Her handful of film credits include the film version of Mame (in which Lansbury was replaced by Lucille Ball), Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I, and For Better or Worse directed by Jason Alexander.
She was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 2008.
Below is a little televised gem she performed alongside Rock Hudson. The song is called "Everybody Today is Turning On" and is from the musical I Love My Wife.
Bea never missed the chance to sing.
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