Look who's turning 65 this month
September 9
September 10
This British actor first stole hearts as Mr. Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, a role that launched him into international stardom. He went on to earn an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI in The King’s Speech. He’s best known and loved for playing brooding, but ultimately charming, love interests, famously in Bridget Jones’s Diary, where he feuded for Renee Zellweger’s attention with his September 1960 birthday buddy. Answer: Who is…. (click here to reveal)?
September 10
This cartoonist and graphic memoirist first gained recognition for her long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, a politically sharp chronicle of lesbian life in the 1980s. To pass a famous test first introduced in this comic strip, a movie must feature (1) at least two women, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something other than a man. The test (named after this birthday celebrant) measures the equal representation of women in fiction. This author’s 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home explores family, identity, and her relationship with her closeted father. The book garnered her many awards and was adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.
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