Birthday's to share this week : 26th April - 2nd May 2015.

Do you celebrate your Birthday this week?

Channing Tatum does on 26th April - check out the tribute to this Birthday Boy turning 35, at the end of this feature.

Do you also share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen, and the small screen, that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Sunday 26th April

• Channing Tatum - Born 1980, turns 35 - Actor | Producer | Writer
• Kevin James - Born 1065, turns 50 - Actor | Producer
• Jet Li - Born 1963, turns 52 - Actor | Producer
• Joan Chen - Born 1961, turns 54 - Actress | Producer | Director | Writer

Monday 27th April

• Kevin McNally - Born 1956, turns 58 - Actor | Writer

Tuesday 28th April 

• Jessica Alba - Born 1981, turns 34 - Actress | Producer
• Penelope Cruz - Born 1974, turns 41 - Actress | Producer
• Bridget Moynahan - Born 1971, turns 44 - Actress

Wednesday 29th April

• Michelle Pfeiffer - Born 1958, turns 57 - Actress
• Uma Thurman - Born 1970, turns 45 - Actress | Writer
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Born 1957, turns 58 - Actor
• Jerry Seinfeld - Born 1954, turns 61 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Television Personality
• Philip Noyce - Born 1950, turns 65 - Director | Producer | Writer | Cinematographer

Thursday 30th April

• Kirsten Dunst - Born 1982, turns 33 - Actress
• Lars von Trier - Born 1956, turns 59 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Jane Campion - Born 1954, turns 61 - Director | Producer | Writer

Friday 1st May

• Joanna Lumley - Born 1946, turns 69 - Actress | Producer
• James Badge Dale - Born 1978, turns 37 - Actor
• Wes Anderson - Born 1969, turns 46 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Jamie Dornan - Born 1982, turns 33 - Actor

Saturday 2nd May

• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - Born 1972, turns 43 - Actor | Producer
• David Suchet - Born 1946, turns 69 - Actor | Producer
• Stephen Daldrey - Born 1961, turns 54 - Director | Producer

Channing Matthew Tatum was born in Cullum, Alabama to mother Kay Faust, an airline employee and Glenn Tatum, a construction worker. When he was six years of age the family moved to to Mississippi where he lived rurally close to the great river. He grew up engaging in many athletic sports including soccer, American football, basketball, track and martial arts - even practising the latter under the tutelage of a 10th dan. His teenage years were mostly spent in Tampa where he attended Gaither High School, and thereafter Tampa Catholic High School from which he graduated in 1998. From there he attended Glenville State College in West Virginia on a football scholarship but dropped out to return home to work assorted odd jobs. These included working as a roofer before starting as a male stripper under the alias 'Chan Crawford'.

His first gig as a dancer was in Ricky Martin's 2000 music video for 'She Bangs' for which he earned $400. Having done some work in the fashion industry he began modelling for Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch, and then television commercials for Pepsi and Mountain Dew, and then in turn for Nautica, Dolce & Gabana, American Eagle and Emporio Armani.

His screen acting debut came in 2005's 'Coach Carter' with Samuel L. Jackson, although it was 'Step Up' a year later that gave him wider acclaim, and it was on this film that he met his future wife. In between time there was 'Havoc', 'Supercross', a small part in Steven Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds'  and then 'She's the Man'.

'A Guide to Recognising your Saints' followed in 2008 with a large ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jnr., Shia LeBeouf, Chazz Palmenteri, Rosario Dawson and Eric Roberts, and then 'Battle in Seattle' and 'Stop Loss' with Ryan Phillippe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt about soldiers returning from the Iraq War, followed up with a cameo reprisal of his role as Tyler Gage in 'Step Up 2 : The Streets' in the meantime.

Then came 'Fighting' in 2009 after which he teamed up with Director Michael Mann on 'Public Enemies' with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, playing Pretty Boy Floyd, and then the actioner  'G. I. Joe : The Rise of Cobra' and 'Dear John'. From this point forward he became determined to Produce the films in which he was starring which led him to 'Haywire' Directed by Stephen Soderbergh with again an ensemble cast with the likes of Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton. There was also 'The Vow' '21 Jump Street' with Jonah Hill, and 'Magic Mike' based on his own experiences as a Florida male stripper.

Following some busy years in 2011 and 2012 which also took in 'The Dilemma' and 'The Eagle', 2013 was to prove no different with 'Side Effects' once more for Stephen Soderbergh, the reprisal of his role as Duke/Conrad Hauser in 'G.I. Joe : Retaliation' then a cameo in 'This is the End' and 'White House Down' and a cameo in 'Don Jon' too rounding out the year. 2014 brought '22 Jump Street' with Jonah Hill again and then the highly acclaimed 'Foxcatcher' and the less well received 'Jupiter Ascending' earlier this year. 

Next up for Tatum is 'Magic Mike XXL' continuing the story of Michael 'Magic Mike ' Lane due for release later this year, and Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' also due in late 2015. 'Hail Caesar' is in post-production for Joel & Ethan Coen and starring Josh Brolin and George Clooney amongst an all star line-up and due in 2016, as is '23 Jump Street' and 'X-Men : Apocalypse' currently in pre-production for release later in 2016 also. In the latter he'll play the character 'Gambit' which it is announced will get it's own spin-off in 'Gambit' in 2016/17.

Tatum has so far 42 acting credits and nine Producer credits to his name, with a Writer credit too for 'Magic Mike XXL'. He has garnered nineteen award wins and 48 other nominations. He has two Production Companies - '33andOut Productions' and 'Iron Horse Entertainment'. He is married to Jenna Dewan whom he met on 'Step Up' and they celebrated their wedding in July 2009 - together they have a daughter - Everly Elizabeth Maiselle, born in May 2013. He admits to suffering ADD and dyslexia as a child and has developed a drinking habit which he states as being too much.

Channing Tatum - athletic, physical, muscular, deep voiced and often playing tough guys roles but equally at home in softer emotional roles, your rise in the last ten years has been steady but steep and is set to continue doing so - we'll keep watching! Happy Birthday to you Channing, from Odeon Online.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

Birthdays to share this week : 21st - 27th September.

Do you celebrate your Birthday this week?

Do you share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer or Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen, and the small screen, that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Check out too the spotlight on this weeks Birthday Girl who celebrates on 25th September, Catherine Zeta-Jones (on the same day as husband Michael Douglas), at the end of this feature.

Sunday 21st September

• Bill Murray - Born 1950, turns 64 - Actor | Writer
• Stephen King - Born 1947, turns 67 - Writer | Producer | Actor
• Luke Wilson - Born 1971, turns 43 - Actor | Writer | Director
• David Wenham - Born 1965, turns 49 - Actor
• Ethan Coen - Born 1957, turns 57 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Jerry Bruckheimer - Born 1943, turns 71 - Producer

Monday 22nd September

• Nick Cave - Born 1957, turns 57 - Writer | Singer | Songwriter | Composer
• Scott Baio - Born 1969, turns 54 - Actor | Producer | Director

Tuesday 23rd September

• Anthony Mackie - Born 1978, turns 36 - Actor
• Jason Alexander - Born 1959, turns 55 - Actor | Producer | Director
• John Woo - Born 1946, turns 68 - Director | Producer | Writer | Actor
• Alex Proyas - Born 1963, turns 51 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Bruce Springsteen - Born 1949, turns 65 - Singer | Songwriter | Composer | Producer

Wednesday 24th September

• Pedro Almodovar - Born 1949, turns 65 - Director | Producer | Actor | Writer | Singer | Songwriter
• Brad Bird - Born 1957, turns 57 - Director | Producer | Writer
• Kevin Sorbo - Born 1958, turns 56 - Actor | Producer

Thursday 25th September

• Catherine Zeta-Jones - Born 1969, turns 45 - Actress
• Michael Douglas - Born 1944, turns 70 - Actor | Producer
• Michael Madsen - Born 1957, turns 57 - Actor | Producer
• Will Smith - Born 1968, turns 46 - Actor | Producer | Singer | Songwriter
• Mark Hamill - Born 1951, turns 63 - Actor | Producer
• Jason Flemyng - Born 1966, turns 48 - Actor | Producer
• Heather Locklear - Born 1961, turns 53 - Actress

Friday 26th September

• Linda Hamilton - Born 1956, turns 58 - Actress
• Jim Caviezel - Born 1968, turns 46 - Actor
• Olivia Newton-John - Born 1948, turns 66 - Actress | Singer

Saturday 27th September

• Gwyneth Paltrow - Born 1972, turns 42 - Actress | Singer
• Denis Lawson - Born 1947, turns 67 - Actor
• Irvine Welsh - Born 1958, turns 56 - Writer | Producer
• Meat Loaf - Born 1947, turns 67 - Singer | Actor

Catherine Jones was born in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales. She is named after her two Grandmothers - Catherine Fair (on her Mother's side) and Zeta Jones (on her Father's). The young Catherine took an avid interest in entertainment from an early age, and began singing and dancing from aged four. By ten years of age she had secured her first professional acting role in 'Annie', with 'Bugsy Malone' - the stage musical following from ages 11 and 12.

She attended Dumbarton House School in Swansea but chose to leave early at age 15 without completing her O'Levels so as to pursue a career in acting. She moved to London to attend The Arts Educational School in Chiswick studying musical theatre for a three year full-time course. In the meantime, aged 17 she starred in 'The Pyjama Game' which toured throughout the UK, and a year later aged 18 she secured the lead role in the stage revival of '42nd Street'.

Having graduated from The Arts Educational School she travelled to France in 1989 and scored the lead role in her first feature film - the French Directed 'Les 1001 Nuits'. It was however, her role s Mariette in the hugely successful TV Series 'The Darling Buds of May' which ran from 1991-1993 that catapulted her to the attention of the television audience across the nation, and the tabloid press.

During this time she also dabbled with a singing career with several songs that made it inside the UK Top 40. Concurrently, she gained some acting roles in the US appearing in the TV Series 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles' and the 1992 film 'Christopher Columbus : The Discovery'. The mid-90's bought the comedy film 'Splitting Heirs' with John Cleese, Eric Idle and Rick Moranis, the big screen adaptation of the comic book 'The Phantom' with Billy Zane in the title role, the 1995 miniseries 'Catherine the Great' and the 'Titanic' miniseries a year later in 1996.

Steven Spielberg noticed her in 'Titanic' and suggested to Martin Campbell that he should consider her for his upcoming 1998 'The Mask of Zorro' which she did secure alongside fellow Welshman Anthony Hopkins, and Antonio Banderas. She threw herself into the role as Elena, and gained much critical acclaim as a result. As the decade drew to a close there was 'Entrapment' with Sean Connery, and 'The Haunting' with Liam Neeson.

In 2000 she starred with future husband Michael Douglas in 'Traffic' which gained much critical praise and earned her a first Golden Globe nomination. She followed this up in 2001 with RomCom 'America's Sweethearts' which was less favourably received. Jones bounced back big-time in 2002 though with her role as Velma Kelly in screen musical 'Chicago' with Richard Gere and Rene Zellweger gaining her an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.

From there she starred with a number of Hollywood heavyweights from Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bruce Willis, John Malcovich, Jude Law and Russell Crowe right up to the present day, and in the meantime reprised her role as Elena in the 2005 'The Legend of Zorro'.

Jones has 36 film acting credits to her name and six stage acting credits. Aside from those films already mentioned, her filmography includes 'High Fidelity', 'Intolerable Cruelty', 'Ocean's Twelve', 'No Reservations', 'Rock of Ages', 'Death Defying Acts', 'The Rebound', 'Playing for Keeps', 'Broken City', 'Side Effects' and most recently 'Red 2'. She has also lend her voice talents to the animated feature 'Sinbad : Legend of the Seven Seas'.

Throughout her career to date she has been recognised with nineteen stage and screen award wins and a further 24 nominations. These have included the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 'Chicago'; two Golden Globes for Best Actress for 'Chicago' and Best Supporting Actress in 'Traffic'; a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Support Role for 'Chicago'; and a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for 2010's 'A Little Night Music'.

Jones married Actor Michael Douglas in 2000 - they share the same birthday albeit separated by 25 years. They have two children together - Dylan Michael born in 2000, and Carys Zeta born in 2003.  She has appeared in TV commercials for Elizabeth Arden for whom she is also the worldwide spokesperson, T-Mobile and Alfa Romeo. In 2010 she was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the film and television industry with a C.B.E (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).

Catherine Zeta-Jones - speaker of four languages (English, Welsh, Spanish and French), known for your sexy looks and voluptuous figure, deep sultry voice, and singing and dancing ability as well as a diverse acting talent; together with your husband Michael Douglas; Happy Birthday from Odeon Online.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-