Name:  Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Birthdate:  May 16, 1953
Breakout Role:  Titular role, Remington Steele

It’s no big secret that I am a huge Pierce Brosnan fan from way back in the 1980’s, when I first saw the opening credits for a little show called Remington Steele, so indulge me for a bit.  As a dorky teenager, I fell for the twinkling blue eyes and mysterious smile and never looked back.  I can remember sitting in my mom’s tacky little living room, watching on a console television that still had a dial and rabbit ears encased in aluminum foil, and thinking, “This man is going to be a star.”  (I was smart, even back then.)

He not only was the best Bond (imo), but he’s a general all-around great guy, committed to his causes and still making great movies.  The fact that he’s Irish (he became an American citizen in 2004) doesn’t hurt matters any (considering my own heritage is part Irish, part Scot).  And today, I found out he is the new face of L’Oreal Men Expert line of skincare.  Hey, whatever keeps those Irish eyes a-smilin’ is fine with me.

I just bought The Thomas Crown Affair, and I own all the Bonds, so I may have to have a Brosnan movie night tonight…

Trivia:

• He had problems with the line “If you’re Q, does that make him R?” in The World Is Not Enough, because his Irish accent got in the way of proper pronunciation (he says it “Aah”).
• In the movie Tomorrow Never Dies, a stuntman got a bit too into the scene and hit Pierce in the mouth with his helmet, causing him to have to have emergency stitches (but finished the scene!).  In the scene where he’s driving and answers the call from Elliot Carver, you can just see the stitches before he answers his mobile.  He now has a scar just above his lip, and it is referenced in the opening scenes of Die Another Day.
• Also in the opening scenes of Die Another Day, Pierce blew out his meniscus when he jumped on that last hovercraft.  You can see him slip.  Ow!

Favorite movie lines:

Xenia Onatopp:  Nice to meet you, Mr. Bond.
Bond:  The pleasure, I’m sure, was all mine.  (Goldeneye)

Q:  Here’s your cell phone.  Talk here, listen here.
Bond:  So that’s what I’ve been doing wrong all these years?  (Tomorrow Never Dies)

Bond [strolling into a hotel in Hong Kong dripping wet in nothing but a pair of pajamas]:  My usual suite, please.  (Die Another Day)

Name:  Tim Roth (birth name: Timothy Simon Smith)
Birthdate:  May 14, 1961
Breakout Role:  Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke, Reservoir Dogs

Apparently it is Tarantino week here at GlossLip, what with Harvey Keitel’s birthday yesterday and Tim Roth’s birthday today.  That’s fine, because while I found the vinettes with Pumpkin and Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction annoying (although I recognize their importance to the plot), Mr. Orange was wonderfully nuanced, despite spending much of the movie lying on a warehouse floor covered in fake blood.  Plus, the two characters played by Tim and Harvey were central to the theme of the movie, so it’s just right that we celebrate both their birthdays this week.

And you gotta love guys in suits, skinny ties, and sunglasses.

Favorite movie quote:

• “You’re not blind, you’ve just got blood in your eyes.”  (Reservoir Dogs)

Name:  Harvey Keitel
Birthdate:  May 13, 1939
Breakout Role:  Mr. White, Reservoir Dogs

My personal two favorite Harvey roles are that of Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs, the hitman with a heart…sometimes; and Winston Wolf, who “fixes problems” in Pulp Fiction.

Two favorite pieces of dialogue:

• “You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize!”  (Reservoir Dogs)
• “I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this.  So pretty please.  With sugar on top.  Clean the f**king car.” (Pulp Fiction)

(I have sunglasses just like those!)

Name:  Bettie Mae Page
Birthdate:  April 22, 1923
Famous For:  Being the first bondage model, racy pinups, being Bettie Page

Bettie faded from public view after converting to Christianity in 1957.  She’s not had an easy life, but she’s proven herself to be a survivor and a tough dame.  Her photographs and movies have recently made a comeback in a huge way and one can see elements of her look and style in such stars as Dita Von Teese.  She’s never received the financial rewards her resurgence should have brought her, although she’s recently hired a lawyer to try and remedy that.  After all, she put in a lot of work, why not benefit from it now that she’s 85?

Now this woman looked like a real woman!  Today’s so-called beautiful celebrities should take notes!

And then you have these two morons.

Let’s compare and contrast my post yesterday about the low-key, classy wedding thrown by Eli Manning and his long-time girlfriend, and the white trash, hillbilly affair that Tony Romo’s birthday bash turned into.

Yes, Jessica Simpson threw boyfriend Tony a party, and the affair disintegrated into a caek-slurping mess:

 The PDA-packed bash took place Saturday night at Suite, a lounge in Dallas, where “she sang him ‘Happy Birthday,’” Kyle Kearbey of DMagazine.com, the Web site for Dallas’ D Magazine, tells Usmagazine.com.

The two really seemed to enjoy the cake, which was in the shape of a Dallas Cowboys star and had Romo’s No. 9 jersey number on it.

“They were kissing with lots of messy cake!” adds Kearbey. “Jessica had cake all over her hands and was licking her thumbs.”

I’m sorry…I’m not a prude or an old fogey, but this is really just gross.  Is she trying to be sexy or something?  Is acting like a baby with their first birthday cake sexy?  I’m not adverse to having fun with one’s food, but if Jessica and Tony want to play like this with their caek then they should keep that stuff in the privacy of a room with plastic sheets and walls that you can hose off.  When I see people out in public acting like this, I want to remind them that the world at large isn’t there to be their audience.

Perhaps, just maybe, it would have been a little bit acceptable had they rented a private room for their party, but they were out in a public place.  Geez, nobody wants to see things like this.  It reminds me of toddlers who smush food all over their faces just to see what sort of reaction they will get.

There’s fun, and then there’s just stupidity.  Let’s guess which category this one falls into.

For more photos (if you can stomach it), go here.

Name:  Samuel Atkinson Waterston
Birthday:  November 15, 1940
Role Most Known For:  Jack McCoy, Law & Order
Trivia:  His father was an immigrant from Scotland and was a semanticist (which explains his excellent diction); his mother was an American Mayflower descendant and landscape painter; he graduated with a BA from Yale in 1962; in 2002, he and castmate Jerry Orbach were designated “Living Landmarks” by the New York Landmarks Conservatory.

It seems to be Law & Order week here on GlossLip…

While Sam has portrayed, either in person or in voice-over, presidents including Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, his best-known role is that of Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy, bender of rules, contempter of court, and aggressor of arguments.  He’s settled down a bit, but in the beginning of the series was a bit of a womanizer, having relationships with a few of his female assistants.

Hmm…wonder if he needs any help with his quid pro quo.

Don’t look at me like that.  Just because there’s snow on the roof and all that, you know.

Full Name:  Christopher David Noth 
Born:  November 13, 1954
Best Known Role:  Mike Logan, Law & Order
Trivia:  His mother is former CBS reporter Jeanne Parr; “Noth” is pronounced with a long o, rhymes with “both”

Forget Mr. Big…Chris Noth will forever be known as Detective Mike Logan, the cocky and troubled homicide detective with a heart of tarnished gold, hidden under some really ugly ties and the American flag pin on his lapel.

I’ve got an open case or two he could solve.

Just for D….a little “Fresh Dose Of Hotness” birthday boy.  I don’t know what you see in the guy, but here ya go.

(I do find it sad that he has to share a birthday with Snoop Dogg, though)