six random things that happened on this day in showbiz history (June 15th)...
1960 Billy Wilder's five-time Oscar winner The Apartment had its world premiere on this day in New York City. I just watched it again recently. Shirley Maclaine and Jack Lemmon are perfect in it, don'cha think?
1967 Another premiere, this one for the WW II action drama The Dirty Dozen, an antecedent of a kind to Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.
1991 Paula Abdul's "Rush Rush" hits #1 (it'll stay there for six weeks). Keanu Reeves does a James Dean thing in the Rebel Without a Cause (1955) themed video. Paula does Natalie of course but no Sal Mineo counterpart? Fail!
1994 Can you feel the love tonight? It's the 25th anniversary of The Lion King, which had dual premieres on this day in Los Angeles and New York before opening in theaters 9 days later. It's the third highest grossing animated film of all time (when adjusted for inflation) behind only Snow White and 101 Dalmatians, which unlike Lion King both had multiple theatrical releases to secure their status. In short, it was a phenomenon. The photorealistic animated remake hits theaters in one month and we seem to be the only people who are not at all looking forward to it. Might even skip... unless we have to see it for Oscar purposes. We shall see.
2010 Happy 9th wedding anniversary to Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart.
2012 Rock of Ages starring Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise, and Diego Boneta opens in theaters hoping to be the next big musical hit but it doesn't work out that way
Today's Birthday Suit
Remember that odd moment when Neil Patrick Harris decided to try for thirst trap status at the Oscars? The Oscars are beloved by the gays and a bit camp... but not that way.
Acting is a noble profession."
More Birthdays
Oscar winners: Actress Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets), Cinematographer John Toll (Legends of the Fall); Oscar nominees: Cinematographer Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water), Laurent Cantet (France's The Class); More Showbiz Peeps: Ice Cube, Courtney Cox, Lee Purcell, Alice Englert, Polly Draper, Poppy Montgomery, Leah Remini, Julie Hagerty, Michèle Laroque, Jake Busey, Jim Belushi, Alberto Sordi, Cody Saintgnue, Sterling Jerins, director Herschell Gordon Lewis, cinematography Chung Chung-hoon (The Handmaiden) and Mr Natalie Portman himself Benjamin Millepied.