Contents tagged with birthdays
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On This Day (May 26) : Happy Birthday Helena Bonham Carter!
May 26 2014
Helena Bonham Carter turns 48!
Famous for her gothic film roles, individual style and being Tim Burton's better half, Helena Bonham Carter celebrates her 48th birthday today!
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On This Day (May 20) : Happy Birthday Cher!
May 20 2014
Cher turns 68!
From sequin leotards and huge head dresses to films, movies and theatre, Cher has done it all!
Best known for her infectious pop songs and being one half of Sonny and Cher, it's hard to believe that the music legend turns 68 today!
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On This Day (May 14) : Happy Birthday George Lucas!
May 14 2014
George Lucas turns 69!
As one of the most successful figures in the film industry, writer, director and producer George Lucas is best known for creating the Star Wars franchise and Indiana Jones.
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On This Day (March 3rd) - Happy Birthday Ronan Keating!
3rd March 2014
Ronan Keating celebrates his 37th birthday.
A true favourite of Calendar Club (since the Boyzone days), Ronan Keating turns 37 today!
Ronan started his career as lead singer of hit boy band ‘Boyzone’ before his very successful solo career spanning 9 albums and hits such as ‘Life is a rollercoaster’ and ‘When you say nothing at all’.
On the weekend Ronan Keating certainly looked to be enjoying his early celebrations with girlfriend Storm Uechtritz.
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On This Day (February 25th) - The Impressionist
25th February 1841
Artist, Pierre Auguste Renoir was born.
(The Swing - 1876)
Painter, Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges in south-west France and is best-known for works including "The Swing" and "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette."
Inspired by colourism and realism, Renoir loved vibrant, saturated colors and was one of the leading artists of the Impressionist movement, of which he helped launch in the 1870s alongside Monet and Sisley.
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On This Day (February 11th) - Happy Birthday Jennifer Aniston!
11th February 2014
Jennifer Aniston turns 45 today.
Jen will be celebrating her milestone 45th birthday today, and the "We're The Millers" star is not letting aging stand in the way of her happiness.
In a recent interview wih Parade Magazine she opened up about the issues of growing older and reveals how her 30's were her "awkward stage" - a possible explanation to her long term engagement to Justin Theroux.
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On This Day (February 3rd) - Celebrate Norman Rockwell's 120th Anniversary
3rd February 1894
American illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell is born.
"Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed."
- Norman Rockwell
Born in New York City on February 3rd 1894, Norman Rockwell is famous for his idyllic portraits of American life.
Talented from a very young age, Rockwell received his first commission at age 17 and in 1916 created the first of 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post - the work for he is most famous for.
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On This Day (January 27th) - Celebrate Mozart's 258th Birthday
27th January 1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.
One of the greatest and most admired musicians of the Classical era, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 258 years ago in Austria.
Mozart was and is still considered to have been a musical genius and a child prodigy. Marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures, Mozart composed over 600 works including sonatas, symphonies, masses, concertos and operas.
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On This Day (January 10th) - Happy Birthday Rod Stewart
10th January 2014
Rod Stewart celebrates his 69th birthday!
British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart poses in a glittery red nose as he celebrates his 69th birthday with his family on Sunset Boulevard in California.
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On This Day (December 17th) - Happy Birthday Dame Jacqueline Wilson!
17th December 1945
Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson is born.
Born in Bath in 1945, Jacqueline Wilson is a hugely popular author known for writing children's novels.
She spent her childhood and student life in Surrey and became a journalist when she was jsut a teenager - writing for Jackie teenage magazine, which was named after her.
