born 30 July 1970

Adrian Linke, Mainz, West Germany, actor

Christopher Nolan, London, England, writer/director

Dean Edwards, The Bronx, New York, comedian

Edyta Duda, birthplace unspecified, Polish actress

Harald Burmeister, Eckernförde, West Germany, actor

Jason Watkins, Saint Charles, Missouri, film editor

Jason Watkins, birthplace unspecified, British actor

Laura Morett, Portland, Oregon, “Survivor” contestant

M.C. Trouble (died 4 June 1991), Los Angeles, California, fatally epileptic female rapper

Ognjen Popic, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, sound designer

Stink Fisher, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, actor

Christopher Nolan, you are the big winner today. You are the first person to actually bum me out that my parenting duties routinely preclude me from going to the movies, and will do so for quite some time to come. I had been rejoicing in the utter absence of tempting cinematic offerings until Inception came along. Not only that: it’s playing right now at the goddamn Ziegfeld. Nolaaaaaannnn!