Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962)

In 1996 Nicolas Cage stood on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and accepted his first, and currently only, Oscar for his tour de force performance in Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas.

Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" director Wes Anderson (1969), Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky (1968), country superstar Tim McGraw (1967), "The Passion of the Christ" actress Maia Morgenstern (1962), "Ghostbusters" singer Ray Parker Jr. (1954), "Law & Order SVU" actor Dann Florek (1950), action director John Woo (1946),

SANTA MONICA, CA - Revered by action connoisseurs the world over as one of the genre's quintessential artists, director John Woo (Face/Off, The Killer, M:I-2) elevated violence to an art form with masterful choreography and complex, multi-faceted anti-heroes.

Director John Woo has reportedly pulled out of the forthcoming movie adaptation of hit video game Spy Hunter. The project has been in the pipeline for years, with Hong Kong film maker Woo and star The Rock attached since the beginning.

Movie mogul Joel Silver has struck a deal with toymakers Mattel to turn He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe into a new film franchise. Mattel bosses, who created the He-Man action figure in the 1980s and created a cult cartoon series to help sell the dolls, attempted to turn the concept into a movie in 1987 but their Masters of The Universe film was a critical flop.

Hong Kong star Tony Leung has again agreed to star in director John Woo's historical epic Red Cliff, just days after Chow Yun-Fat withdrew from the project. Yun-Fat was expected to start filming on the $80 million movie last week, but walked from the set claiming he didn't have time to learn his dialogue.

Chinese actor Chow Yun-Fat has been criticized for pulling out of historical epic Red Cliff after movie bosses reportedly refused his 'demands' Yun-Fat was expected to start filming on the big budget movie last week, but the star walked from the set claiming he didn't have time to learn his scripts.

Director John Woo is developing a video game version of his 1992 Hong Kong action movie Hard Boiled. Woo is determined for "Stranglehold," due for release in March, to be a faithful adaptation of his ultra-violent cult film, which stars Chow Yun-Fat.