Showbiz History: AIDS Movies, Reese & Ryan, and the Orient Express
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:15AM by Nathaniel R
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Happy June 5th, especially if it's your birthday. Is it your birthday? Do speak up this month if you're a Gemini please. Here's what was happening on this day in history as it relates to our favorite topic: showbiz.
1883 The first Orient Express leaves Paris. The train ride becomes mythologized in multiple pop culture works.
1953 Producer Kathleen Kennedy born in Berkeley. Currently rules the Star Wars franchise with a director-firing iron will.
Lisa Cholodenko with her two time muse Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge, Laurel Canyon)
1963 John Profumo resigns his post in the House of Commons due to an affair with an alleged prostitute. There's an underdiscussed movie about this called Scandal (1989).
← 1964 Happy 54th birthday to undervalued writer/director Lisa Cholodenko born in Los Angeles on this day in history. She goes on to make two bonafide lesbian classics (High Art, The Kids Are All Right)...