Numerology
Céline Dion was born in 1968, which made her 42 in 2010. Her husband, René Angélil, was born in 1942, hence him being 68 in 2010. Simon Mayo was born on September 21 in 1958. He was 63 years old before his birthday in 2022. Mark Kermode was born on July 2 in 1963. He was 58 years old before his birthday this 2022.
Samantha Sin was born on February 13 in 1985. Her sister, Sasha, was also born on the 13th but in a different year (1988) and a different month (May). Sasha probably has the worst luck because she was born on Friday the 13th. Hayley William is one of Taylor Swift’s fans and friends. She even appeared in Taylor’s Bad Blood music video. Hayley’s mother, Cristi, was born on July 13. Coincidentally, Taylor’s lucky number is 13.
When Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was released in August 2019, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio shared an abstract sense of symmetry in their ages; Brad was 55 whereas Leonardo was 44. I would have been impressed if Leonardo’s Oscar win for The Revenant had happened on February 29, 2016 instead of February 28. There would have been jokes about how much of a “leap” that it was for him.
Leighton Meester and Emily VanCamp are young actresses who have three things in common: They can speak French. They were born in 1986. Ellen Page and Lindsay Lohan were born in the same year (1987). In 2018, Ellen still looked like a teenager (despite smoking in the past) whereas Lindsay looked like a middle-ager. They have participated in the Law & Order franchise.
Brandon Lee’s life was symbolic. He was born on the first day of a month (February), and died on the last day of a month (April). Mary Mackenzie lived a symmetrical life. She was born in 1922 and died in 1966. Likewise, I admire the symmetry of Ruth Roman’s existence. She was born in 1922 and died in 1999. Gail Stanton and Margaux Hemingway are two 1954-born models who were featured in the June 1978 issue of Playboy and died in 1996.
There are blonde daughters of famous celebrities who look like each other and were born on May 5, albeit in different years i.e. Brooke Hogan: 1988, and Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff: 1990. I wonder if Hulk Hogan and David Hasselhoff are aware of the similarities. Shailene Woodley was born on Friday, November 15, 1991. According to IMDB, the first film that she ever saw was Beauty and the Beast. It’s not revealed how old she was when she saw it. The movie came out in U.S. cinemas on November 22, which was on a Friday.
About The Misfits (1961): Clark Gable died a dozen days after shooting the film. Montgomery Clift died in 1966. 36-year-old Marilyn Monroe died in 1962. When you switch the last two digits, you get her birth year. It would have been more fitting if she had died in 1963 before she turned 37. If she died after turning 37, it could still have been an example of mighty fine symbolism since Clark Gable’s career had lasted for 37 years. Clark and Marilyn were born on the first day of a month; February for him, June for her.
2009 was when two American actresses came out of the closet i.e. Meredith Baxter and Kelly McGillis. Both were middle-aged mothers but born ten years apart - Meredith was born in 1947 whereas Kelly was born in 1957. They even share the same Zodiac sign - Cancer. On October 19 in 2015, I dreamed that Dan Castellaneta had died. His tombstone’s birth year was 1937. Actually, he was born in 1957. Coincidentally, he was 57 back in 2015.
November 1981 was when two stars of the same TV series had lost their partners. What were the chances that the deceased were more famous than their other halves? What were the odds that they would die from similar circumstances in the same month? On November 12, Stefanie Powers lost her movie star boyfriend (William Holden) when he fell and struck his head while drinking. On November 28, Robert Wagner’s wife, Natalie Wood, drowned because she fell and struck her head after drinking.
Natalie’s early death, coupled with the tragic and untimely deaths of her Rebel Without a Cause co-stars, James Dean and Sal Mineo, prompted talk of a triple curse despite their deaths happening in different decades. June 4, 1989: the Tiananmen Square massacre happened in China’s Beijing. Hundreds of people died. That same day in Russia, hundreds of people died in the Ufa train disaster. There’s a symbolic connection between the two Communist countries losing so many people in one day.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016: The ITV 2 channel had aired season 2 episodes of Psych (episode 3) and Scorpion (episode 11) back-to-back. There were striking similarities - references to wrestling and William Shakespeare. When Minority Report was aired by England’s Sky One channel on February 9 in 2019, someone on that network must have known that Samantha Morton had shaved her head again for season 9 of The Walking Dead (which was due to come out later that year).
It’s iconic that Alan Wilder and Simon Gallup share the same birthday, June 1, since they were members of two of the most iconic ’80s pop groups i.e. Depeche Mode and The Cure respectively. They were born in 1959 and 1960 respectively. Two rock stars who became metal legends in the eighties share the exact same birthday. Slayer’s Kerry King and Warlock’s Doro Pesch were born on June 3, 1964. Ironically, Kerry and Doro have yet to be photographed together.
Three of the four stars from The Golden Girls died in consecutive years. Estelle Getty passed away in 2008, Bea Arthur deceased in 2009, and Rue McClanahan ceased to live in 2010. Martial arts actress Bai Jing was 28 years old when she was murdered on February 28 in 2012. Ian Curtis, Joy Division singer, died on May 18 (1980) from suicide by hanging. Chris Cornell, Soundgarden singer, also died on May 18 (2017) from suicide by hanging. The age gap between Luke Perry and Keith Flint is three years. On March 4 in 2019 (when they died), I took it as a sign that suicide (Keith) is to be avoided so that natural death (Luke) can be embraced.
I won’t talk about those who are members of the 27 club because it’s been done to death, pardon the pun. Besides, 29 should be the new fixation. In 1967, Jayne Mansfield died on June 29. In 1974, Cass Elliot died on July 29. In 1981, Natalie Wood’s corpse was found on November 29. In 1995, Madonna was nearly killed by a stalker named Robert Dewey Hoskins on May 29, 1995. About 2018: there’s something symbolic about Madonna turning 60 on the same day that Aretha Franklin died - August 16.
Year of the Dragon (1985) would have been an historically accurate film if it had taken place in 1988. It should have been titled Year of the Ox. Bruce Lee died in the year of the ox: 1973. One of his acquaintances, Fan Mei-Sheng, appeared in Year of the Dragon. Bruce was born in 1940, which was the year of the dragon. One of the locations used was the same studio address in Wilmington, North Carolina that was used for Brandon Lee’s The Crow. Besides the fact that he was fatally shot, what makes the connection so suspicious is that Fan Mei-Sheng was a real-life gangster.
There is such a thing as accidental anniversaries. In 1985, Anthrax had a song called Aftershock. In 1995, Van Halen had a song called Aftershock. Madalena Chan helped out with the Hong Kong casting of a miniseries titled Money (1991). Popular character actor Ho Pak-Kwong had a brief walk-on part. Coincidentally, he was in a Hong Kong movie titled Money is Lovely (1981). Bunny Lake is Missing is a 1965 film which succeeds at being a psychological thriller more than Jodie Foster’s Flightplan (2005) does in terms of the mystery surrounding the absence of the child.
Ring Around the World (1966), Magic Crystal (1986) and Most Wanted (made in 1996 if not released then) used the ice bullet idea from Double Exposure (1933). Here is the history of the bullet-firing bra in movies: The Tenth Victim (a 1965 Italian sci-fi film by Elio Petri). The Ambushers (a 1967 spy comedy starring Dean Martin). The Saint of Gamblers (a 1995 comedy by Wong Jing). Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (a 1997 comedy). What was the probability of there being two similar thirtieth anniversaries? By the way, if you take the age that you will be this year and add it to the year that you were born, the result is the current year.
