By Joe Valdez

Harry Dean Stanton was born July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky. His father was a tobacco farmer — supplementing income with work as a barber — and his mother was a hairdresser. Attending LaFayette Senior High School in Lexington, Stanton joined choral groups and sang in a barbershop quartet with his two [...]

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By Joe Valdez
Frances McDormand was born June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Adopted by a Disciples of Christ minister and his wife, McDormand grew up in towns across Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee due to her foster father’s work setting up congregations. At the age of 8, the family settled in Pittsburgh. McDormand attended high [...]

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John Goodman was born June 20, 1952 in Afton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. His father — a mail carrier — died shortly before Goodman turned two, leaving his mother to raise him and two siblings with whatever she could earn working as a cashier at Globe Drug, a waitress at Jack and Phil’s [...]

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Josh Brolin was born February 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, but grew up in Templeton, a town in San Luis Obispo County hidden between Paso Robles and Morro Bay. His father was TV and film actor James Brolin, his mother was an aspiring actress. Their son had little interest in the family business.
Speaking to [...]

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