Buenos días Caballeros y Damas. It’s so clear this morning I can see the snow still on the top of Mt. Taylor 60 miles (96km) west.
Mike Wallace is 87 today. 60 Minutes is the only place where the average age is higher than that of the Catholic College of Cardinals.
Albert Finney is 69. He’s been nominated for an Oscar five times; no wins. Remind me to check out Tom Jones from Netflix.
Glenda Jackson is 69 today as well. She only has four Oscar nominations, but she’s won twice for Best Actress: Women In Love and A Touch of Class.
James L. Brooks is 65. Brooks won the Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay for Terms of Endearment. Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire and As Good as It Gets got him various nominations as well. For my money, I like his work as executive producer of Mary Tyler Moore and, of course, The Simpsons.
Candace Bergen is 59. Ms. Bergen was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1980 for Starting Over.
Billy Joel is 56. If you need a couple notes of Billy Joel, click here.
Sir James Barrie was born on this date in 1860. NewMexiKen thought Johnny Depp was superb in his portrayal of Barrie in Finding Neverland. Barrie may or may not have been like the character portrayed, but Depp got the sensitive wuss down really well. And to think, the year before he was a pirate. If they’d nominated Jamie Foxx for Best Actor for Collateral, he’d have gotten my vote. But now that I’ve seen the five performances that were nominated, I gotta go with Johnny Depp.