Things that happened on Nicole Kidman's Birthday over the years
Monday, June 20, 2016 at 7:00AM On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted of the axe murders of her dad and stepmom but everyone still thinks she did it. I still haven't seen that show where Christina Ricci played her. Oops.
1905 Lillian Hellman, playwright and screenwriter is born.
1909 Swashbuckler supreme Errol Flynn is born
1910 Fanny Brice debuts in "Ziegfeld Follies". The moment was recreated (see photo above from the Academy's archives) and heavily fictionalized of course, in Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl (1968)
1915 Director Terence Young is born. Goes on to kick off the Bond franchise with Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Thunderball and direct Audrey Hepburn to her last Oscar nomination for Wait Until Dark (1967)
1928 Martin Landau is born. 66 years, 9 months, and 7 days he wins a well-deserved Oscar for Ed Wood (1994)
1941 Highly uneven but sometimes great director Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons) is born. Next up for the Oscar darling: Florence Foster Jenkins starring Meryl Streep which has promising buzz thus far. We'll see how people responds when it opens.
1947 Candy Clark, a surprise Oscar nominee for American Graffiti, is born in Oklahoma. That same day Bugsy is murdered by the mob -- see Bugsy (1991) for the heavily Oscar-nominated details as well as awesome acting, costumes, and production design.
1952 John Goodman is born. Steals TV shows and movies thereafter in perpetuity.
1954 Himbo Miles O'Keefe is born. We'll talk about him tonight when we hit Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) in our "Swing Tarzan" series.
1960 John Taylor of Duran Duran fame is born. Later misses an Oscar nomination for 9½ Weeks for the Original Song "I Do What I Do (To Have You)"
1967 Goddess Nicole Kidman materializes in Honolulu whilst Muhammad Ali is convicted of violating the draft in Houston
This print is available in poster form at Easy. Isn't it clever?
1975 Jaws opens in theaters to phenomenal box office forever altering moviegoing by popularizing "the summer blockbuster". It goes on to a Best Picture nomination in one of Oscar's all time greatest shortlists (Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and wins the editing, sound, and score Oscars.
1989 Prince releases his Batman album to go with the Tim Burton movie
1997 Batman & Robin hits theaters. No Prince album this time. My Best Friend's Wedding, which deserved Oscar nominations as one of the very best modern rom coms, also debuts
2003 Hulk and From Justin to Kelly hit movie theaters. Both were fun to write about at the time
2014 Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys and the Filipino Oscar submission Norte, the End of History open in US movie theaters; both are over four hours long
2017 Nicole Kidman hits the half century mark. We'll do it up real big right here at TFE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE !
Batman, Bugsy, Jaws, Oscars (70s), Prince
Reader Comments (16)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN NICOLE KIDMAN!
Hoping all the best for you, plus an Emmy cause you seem to be working hard for it now with Little Big Lies and Top of the Lake. Grab that EGOT girl.
Um Christina Ricci played Lizzi Borden, not Lilian Hellman in the TV movies. Unless there's a Julia remake for TV starring Ricci that I am not aware of.
On another sad note, I am surprised you haven't written anything about Anton Yelchin's heartbreaking death. Such a waste of young talent. RIP.
Craver --Ricci. LOL. Typed it on the wrong line.
as for Yelchin. I am only a man with limited hours in the day, not a machine. Sometimes it takes me more than 8 hours to react to a piece of news.
Happy Birthday Nicole! Your resurgence can't come soon enough.
Is the Miles O'Keeffe article written but not yet published? I've been waiting for that one. :)
Happy Kidman day - I really need to rewatch so many of her movies (To Die For, Moulin, Dogville...) but when I need a Kidman fix I always, always, always put on Birth. I should probably give my copy away for a little while and catch up on the others (and The Others.)
Also LOL at > four hours long.
Happy Birthday Nicole, the woman, the myth, the LEGEND! You're one of my favorite actresses and I am anxious for your career resurgence.
Thanks, Nathaniel, for a very creative approach to celebrating Nicole's birthday today. Enjoyed it and the Nicole/jaws music print is so clever, apt and just perfect, especially for a Great White (and other shark types) lover as Nicole is. In my very, very humble opinion, for Nicole's age and history in film since 2004, she has had a pretty good year, considering her success with Photograph 51 in London, landing Big Little Lies and Top of the Lake TV roles plus working back to back in a number of interesting films and current or upcoming work with talented directors in the future (Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola). Sure, she's off the radar, no longer a leading actress in films, her films have a small audience but all things considered, at 49, she's very fortunate to still be enjoying what she loves to do (we should all be that lucky lol). Thanks also, Nathaniel, for the promise of an interesting celebration of her 50th next year.
"Both are over four hours long" -- hahahaha.....
Nick -- thank you for actually reading the article. LOVE YOU.
On the Hulk movie: No, it's not great. But it's at least daring, which is more than can be said for the Louis Leterrier Hulk.
"My Best Friend's Wedding, which deserved Oscar nominations as one of the very best modern rom coms, also debuts."
Nat, out of curiosity, what Oscar noms do you think it should have gotten?
RE Jaws Why Nat were none of the principal actors nominated no Lorraine Gary either doing the supportive wife bit.
Happy Birthday to Nicole, and long may your obsession with her last. She's always been one of my favourites, ever since "Dead Calm".
Excited that Kidman has so many promising projects lined up for the next year or so. Bring it on!
Happy Birthday Nicole!! I predicted she would eventually win an Academy Award after seeing her in Emerald City. Not the greatest movie but Nicole was riveting. New prediction - she will have a massive resurgence and win at least one more academy award, an Emmy and a Tony. Looking forward to next year when we both hit the big 5-0.
I am a bit late to the party here, but Happy Birthday Nicole!
If you feel like picking up some of Nicole's Aussie work, the NFSA is having a 75% off sale until the end of June. DVD's from $5 AU, and they ship internationally. Linky-loo to Nicole's films: http://shop.nfsa.gov.au/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=nicole+kidman
DJ, surely at least Rupert Everett for supporting actor.
I also got a laugh out of that JERSEY BOYS gag.