Horoscopes Jan. 15, 2022: Regina King, take better care of yourself

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Dove Cameron, 26; Regina King, 51; Chad Lowe, 54; Mario Van Peebles, 65.

Happy Birthday: Take better care of yourself. Implement a routine that improves efficiency. A healthy attitude will attract positive people and lead to wise decisions. Stop worrying about what others do, and focus on what you can achieve. Listen to your inner voice, and you will have no regrets. A domestic change looks promising. Make adjustments that offer peace of mind. Your numbers are 3, 14, 20, 23, 31, 37, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Check the logistics of what you want to pursue, then formulate a plan. Dedication and hard work will pay off, so don’t let anyone use emotional manipulation to alter your course. Do what makes you happy, healthy and at peace with yourself. 2 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll have your finger on the pulse. Take a close look at what’s involved, and formulate a plan that is within your means. A personal choice will lead to growth and a better understanding of what’s possible. Follow your heart. 4 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Rethink your work and money strategies. A change may tempt you, but don’t give up something solid and secure too quickly. You are better off taking baby steps and trusting your instincts. Don’t believe everything you hear, and get offers in writing. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): An opportunity is within reach. Be open to suggestions, research the possibilities and discuss your plans with someone you think might be interested in partnering with you or even just tagging along for moral support. Love is in the stars. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Assess your financial situation before you spend. Take your time, consider how much you can afford and look for a bargain before going into debt. Generosity is a beautiful quality, but please don’t spend what you don’t have. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep the peace, and enjoy your day. Network or socialize with people who share your interests. Spending time with someone you love will bring you closer. A change of plans will play in your favor. Romance is encouraged. 4 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep an open mind, but don’t spend on things you don’t need. Channel your energy into something meaningful. Be mindful of others, and you’ll reap what you sow. Taking a day trip or researching something that interests you is favored. 5 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Fix whatever is broken, and save money. Trust in your ability to figure out a cheaper way to live. Avoid getting involved in joint ventures with people who have unrealistic expectations. A personal or physical improvement will lift your spirits. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Say what’s on your mind, share your feelings and intentions, and find out where you stand. Don’t trust secondhand information; go directly to the source, and when in doubt, ask questions. Learn from your mistakes, and you’ll have no regrets. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Express caution if someone exaggerates or offers the impossible. Cut to the facts, and make your position clear. Don’t waste time or fall behind when positive change is within reach. Strive for perfection, peace of mind and being with loved ones. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Network, socialize and mix business with pleasure. The outcome will offer plenty to mull over regarding what you want to pursue and how to diversify the skills you have to offer. An offer will change the way you earn and handle money. 5 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An investment will pay off if you do the legwork and lower your overhead. Reach out to someone who can offer expert advice and point you in the right direction. An image update will give you the confidence you need to excel. 2 stars

Birthday Baby: You are practical, insightful and supportive. You are energetic and colorful.

1 star: Avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes. 2 stars: You can accomplish, but don’t rely on others. 3 stars: Focus and you’ll reach your goals. 4 stars: Aim high; start new projects. 5 stars: Nothing can stop you; go for gold.

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Today’s famous birthdays list for January 15, 2022 includes celebrities Regina King, Dove Cameron

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Top celebrity birthdays on January 15, 2022

Birthday wishes go out to Regina King, Dove Cameron and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 15th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Mario Van Peebles, center, and his family arrive at the fourth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Actor and director Mario Van Peebles turns 65

Fun fact: First feature film he directed was ‘New Jack City’

Chad Lowe, left, and Kim Painter attend the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)Greg Allen/Invision/AP

Actor Chad Lowe turns 54

Fun fact: Lowe appeared earlier in his career as Jesse, Becca’s boyfriend on ‘Life Goes On’

Actress Regina King poses at the premiere of the Netflix dramatic limited series “Colin in Black and White,” Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Actress Regina King turns 51

Fun fact: First feature film she appeared in was ‘Boyz in the Hood’

Eddie Cahill participates in the “Conviction” panel during the Disney/ABC Television Critics Association summer press tour on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Actor Eddie Cahill turns 44

Fun fact: Played Don Flack on ‘CSI: NY’

Rapper Pitbull holds up his hands after placing them in cement during a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Rapper Pitbull turns 41

Fun fact: Sole Grammy nomination and win came in 2016

Skrillex arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Electronic musician Skrillex turns 34

Fun fact: Used to be the lead singer of the band From First to Last

Dove Cameron arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Actress Dove Cameron turns 26

Fun fact: Portrayed a Hydra operative named Ruby on ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal attends the Chanel Nº5 In The Snow launch event at The Standard, High Line on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Singer Grace VanderWaal turns 18

Fun fact: Won Season 11 of ‘America’s Got Talent’

More celebrities with birthdays today

Actor Margaret O’Brien (“Meet Me In St. Louis”) is 84. Actor Andrea Martin is 75. Guitarist Adam Jones of Tool is 57. Actor James Nesbitt (“Waking Ned Devine”) is 57. Actor Dorian Missick (“For Life”) is 46. Actor Eddie Cahill (“Conviction,” ″CSI: New York”) is 44. Actor Victor Rasuk (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) is 37. Actor Jessy Schram (“Nashville,” ″Once Upon a Time”) is 36.

Other popular or historical birthdays on January 15th

Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights leader

Ray Chapman, Indians shortstop

Aristotle Onassis, Greek businessman and husband of Jackie Kennedy

Lloyd Bridges, Actor

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Making of ‘The Harder They Fall’: How Jay-Z, Regina King and Idris Elba Helped the Ground-Breaking Western Reach the Big Screen

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Pitching his would-be Western for the better part of the 2010s, Jeymes Samuel had been in a lot of tough rooms. One of the most nerve-wracking was in customs and immigration at LAX.

At the time, Samuel had been flying back and forth between Los Angeles and his native U.K. so much that, he says, he was flagged by immigration. “I said, ‘Listen, I am trying to work here but I am not being paid. I am trying to make a movie.’ They said, ‘What’s the movie?’ ” So, as he did on studio lots and to indie financiers many, many times before, Samuel pitched The Harder They Fall, a Western that brings together an all-Black cast for a fictionalized epic about how real-life Old West legend Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) attempts to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of the ruthless outlaw Rufus Buck (Idris Elba). Sitting in a windowless room in LAX’s international terminal in 2019, he won over the group of gathered immigration and customs officers but was told he had 90 days before he needed a visa. The next time he returned to Los Angeles, Samuel had a visa and backing from Netflix.

Regina King was finishing the final edit on her directorial debut, One Night in Miami, while filming. Courtesy of NETFLIX

An established musician and producer who goes by the stage name The Bullitts (he also composed the film’s score), Samuel was able to convince one of the industry’s most moneyed studios, an Oscar-winning actress and Jay-Z, among many others, to buy into his vision for The Harder They Fall. The filmmaker’s occasionally manic but always contagious resolve was enough to get the production not only greenlit but through a day-one COVID-19 shutdown. As producer James Lassiter puts it: “Everyone had the sense that we want a win for this guy.”

Lassiter met the writer-director through Jay-Z, who had worked with the musician turned filmmaker on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. The two had been workshopping the Western for several years, with Samuel releasing his 2013 short film/proof-of-concept They Die by Dawn starring Michael K. Williams and Erykah Badu, among others, on Jay-Z’s Tidal music streaming service in 2015. “I said, ‘Ugh, a Western? That’s not my thing,’ ” remembers Lassiter, who acquiesced and read the script, finding himself “blown away, not just by the content but with the audacity of the attempt.”

When it was pitched as an independent feature, an early proposed budget for The Harder They Fall was $12 million. Lassiter knew that wouldn’t work: “Any seasoned producer would read this and say, ‘You can’t make this movie for this much.’ ” The eventual budget for the film would be $90 million. But the producer also knew he’d be battling against some stubbornly ingrained preconceptions in the industry: that international box office is too risky when tied to an American genre like the Western — and especially one with a nonwhite cast.

Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr., with Samuel. Courtesy of DAVID LEE/NETFLIX

So Lassiter narrowed in on the ideal distributor. Says the producer: “My experience working all of those years with Will Smith [the duo founded Overbrook Entertainment in 1998], it was [always] as simple as we wanted the most eyeballs as possible.” At the time, Netflix had over 130 territories’ worth of eyeballs.

Samuel was in an Uber in London when he got a call from Jay-Z. “Jay’s voice is in this high aspirational octave,” notes the director, diving into an uncanny impression: ” ‘Yo! Peace to the God. Where are you?’ ‘I’m in London.’ ‘What are you doing there? We’re good to go.’ “

In foreground, from left: Delroy Lindo, King and Jonathan Majors on set in Santa Fe. Courtesy of DAVID LEE/NETFLIX

Elba — Samuel’s longtime friend who had always offered to be a part of his cast— was set as the film’s main foil, Buck, but the team still needed to find the rest of the gunslingers.

“I don’t particularly like Westerns,” admits Regina King, but her agent, ICM Partners’ Lorrie Bartlett, insisted on a meeting with the director. “I have been with Lorrie for 25 years,” she explains. “For her to be impressed by someone, that does not land lightly on me.”

King was in the middle of filming HBO’s Watchmen, already earning Oscar buzz for If Beale Street Could Talk (she would eventually win the best supporting actress award) and was in prep for her directorial debut, One Night in Miami. When she joined their scheduled FaceTime meeting, an enthusiastic Samuel popped onto the screen and exclaimed, “Peace to the Black queen, Regina King! What’s cracking?!”

“I’ll be damned if he let a little pandemic come through and rip away 20 years of [his] life,” says Majors (center, with Elba and Samuel) of convincing Samuel to stay in Sante Fe during the COVID-19 shutdown. Courtesy of DAVID LEE/NETFLIX

“He was explosive — he can convince you to buy a pair of shoes that are two sizes too big,” remembers King, who immediately signed on to play Buck’s right-hand woman, quick-draw specialist Trudy Smith. She and Elba would eventually be joined onscreen by a who’s who of some of the leading Black talent in Hollywood, including Majors, LaKeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beetz.

Once on the ground for the 62-day shoot in New Mexico, the crew was tasked with building out the world of The Harder They Fall. Samuel is a Western obsessive, growing up on reruns of Bonanza and Rawhide before graduating to John Ford and Sergio Leone, but he didn’t want his department heads beholden to the genre.

Costume designer Antoinette Messam’s reference images ranged from Edwardian and Victorian black-and-white photography to jewel-toned haute fashion of the ’70s and ’80s. “Let me show you what it is supposed to look like, then let me throw in a few things to twist it up a little bit,” says Messam of her modus operandi. Hand-made riding coats and vintage Stetsons were paired with modern Ralph Lauren blouses and Golden Goose cowboy boots. Production designer Martin Whist swapped the traditional dusty browns and greens of Western sets for deep purples and cerulean, pulling more inspiration from the contemporary architecture of New Orleans and the Caribbean than from Montana or Texas. The film had no soundstage shoots, with everything built on the ground in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Samuel says Elba would come to his Santa Fe home every evening during filming to “make sure I was fed, to make sure I was recording [the soundtrack] and to make sure my headspace was right.” Courtesy of DAVID LEE/NETFLIX

Still, some Western touchstones remained in frame. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. used Panavision anamorphic lenses to capture that quintessential expansive, widescreen Western look. Says Malaimare: “No matter how new and different your project can be, you still have to pay tribute to the genre.”

In March of 2020, the cast, who had already undergone a “cowboy camp” where they learned how to ride horses and handle firearms, coalesced for a table read. The NBA had just suspended game play and Tom Hanks announced he had contracted COVID-19 by the time a Netflix production exec called Lassiter and Samuel into the production offices to tell them filming would be halted the day before it was set to begin.

Majors with Zazie Beetz, who plays legendary Old West figure Stagecoach Mary. Courtesy of DAVID LEE/NETFLIX

Samuel was getting ready to fly back to London when Majors made a bold move: Despite being something of an unknown quantity at the time (he’s since led HBO’s cult hit Lovecraft Country and has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe), the actor showed up at Samuel’s Santa Fe home and convinced him to stay on the ground even after the rest of the cast and crew had left. “I am the lead of the film, and he is the director of the film,” explains Majors, who says he was first considered for Nat Love after Mahershala Ali suggested him to producer Lawrence Bender. “The second we move out of pocket, we let everyone off the hook.” And so they stayed in the desert, together.

They filled their days working on the script, and Samuels taught Majors how to play the guitar. Majors incorporated facets of Love’s life into his own day-to-day. He took off his cowboy boots only to exercise. Remember Samuels: “He changed the cutlery.”

The rest of the film’s cast and crew joined Majors and Samuels in New Mexico in September. Through a mask, a face shield, goggles, and six feet’s worth of distance, Samuels was still able to communicate his vision. This was evidenced during the filming of possibly the film’s most complicated shots. The sequence was meant to have the audience float over the length of the film’s primary location, Redwood City, ahead of where the final shoot-out takes place.

“You are talking about three days of work for one shot,” says Malaimare. Two cranes were positioned at opposite ends of Redwood, with 100 yards of cable running between. The camera is placed on a remote rig that would travel along the cable. Wi-fi and radio frequencies would interfere with the remote, halting the shot it mid-take and they would have to reset. In all, it took six takes to accomplish, with the shot finally captured right before they lost the day’s light. Samuels says the sequence came out exactly how he pictured it.

Much like the film itself, Lassiter says of the shot, “At first, only Jeymes could see it.”

A version of this story first appeared in the Jan. 5 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe.

Happy Birthday, Regina King: A Timeline Of Our Favorite Moments [Videos]

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Happy Birthday, Regina King! The award-winning actress and director celebrates her 52nd birthday today (Jan. 15). In over 35 years, King has graced our screens in countless, unforgettable roles. To celebrate the Capricorn boss, watch a video timeline of Regina King’s most prolific roles to date below.

King sat down with Vanity Fair last year to discuss her career so far. She shares a timeline of onscreen highlights from her early days in John Singleton’s cult classic film Friday to her TV movie directorial debut with Kemp Powers’ One Night in Miami.

“I do something different for every role that I play,” King shares in the Vanity Fair segment. “It’s part of the preparation.”

Regina King has portrayed some of the world’s most beloved characters including Huey and Riley from iconic animated series, The Boondocks, her unforgettable and award-winning performance as Angela Abar in Watchmen, and legendary Old West outlaw Trudy Smith in The Harder They Fall. King is a student to the game, and she consistently brings herself to each role creating instant fan-favorite characters.

In the Vanity Fair segment, King shared intimate details of her journey. She expressed gratitude to the people she has been blessed to work with throughout the years. King also notes that, without great figures like Marla Gibbs and John Singleton, she would not have grown exponentially in her life and career.

“The beauty of my life is that I have been working for over 35 years and it’s still different,” King adds in the video.

We wish the Queen (KING) a very Happy Birthday! Check out a timeline of Regina King’s top career moments to date:

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022

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On January 15, 1922, the Irish Free State was formed as part of the treaty that ended the Irish War of Independence. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Today is Saturday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2022 with 350 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Advertisement

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include French playwright Moliere, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, in 1622; signer of the Declaration of Independence Philip Livingston in 1716; Swedish clergyman/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nathan Soderblom in 1866; drummer Gene Krupa in 1909; actor Lloyd Bridges in 1913; Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1918; civil rights leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1929; actor Margaret O’Brien in 1937 (age 85); actor Andrea Martin in 1947 (age 75); Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zant in 1948; actor/singer Charo, born Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza, in 1951 (age 71); actor Mario Van Peebles in 1957 (age 65); actor James Nesbitt in 1965 (age 57); actor Chad Lowe in 1968 (age 54); actor Regina King in 1971 (age 51); pro football quarterback Drew Brees in 1979 (age 43); rapper Pitbull, born Armando Perez, in 1981 (age 41); DJ Skrillex, born Sonny John Moore, in 1988 (age 34); actor Chris Warren Jr. in 1990 (age 32); actor Dove Cameron in 1996 (age 26).

On this date in history:

In 1870, a cartoon by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper’s weekly with a donkey symbolizing the Democratic Party for the first time.

In 1892, Dr. James Naismith published the rules of basketball. He invented the game at a YMCA in Springfield, Mass.

In 1919, 21 people were killed and scores injured when a vat holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses exploded and sent torrents of the syrup into the streets of Boston. The event is known as the Boston Molasses Disaster.

In 1922, the Irish Free State was formed as part of the treaty that ended the Irish War of Independence. It was under the dominion of the United Kingdom until 1937, when the independent state of Ireland was established. The independent republic was formalized in 1949.

In 1943, the Pentagon, the world’s largest building of its kind, was dedicated on the Virginia side of the Potomac River just outside of Washington.

In 1967, the first Super Bowl, pitting the NFL and AFL champions, was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon called a halt to U.S. military offensives in Vietnam.

In 1986, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev proposed a sweeping arms-control plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons by the year 2000 and rid “mankind of the fear of nuclear catastrophe.”

In 1997, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reached an agreement on the Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank city of Hebron.

In 2001, free online encyclopedia Wikipedia debuts, giving users the ability to create and edit articles. Within four years, Wikipedia was the largest and fastest-growing educational reference website.

In a 2006 runoff, Chile elected Michelle Bachelet as its first female president.

In 2008, meat and milk from cloned animals were ruled safe for human consumption by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after years of debate.

In 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley Sullenberger gently landed his disabled aircraft in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The landing became known as the “Miracle on the Hudson.”

In 2011, voters in southern Sudan overwhelmingly approved a referendum to secede from Sudan and become an independent African nation.

In 2018, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles revealed she was one of more than 100 women and young girls abused by former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar.

In 2021, the National Rifle Association filed for bankruptcy and said it plans to implement a restructuring plan, moving the organization from New York to Texas.

A thought for the day: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King Jr.