Candid of the Week

Directors Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese,

Brian De Palma, Robert Zemeckis, and Francis Ford Coppola help George Lucas celebrate his 50th birthday.

Los Angeles, 2004

... and you thought your birthday parties were cool!

Flick of the Day

Film: WILLOW

Director: Ron Howard

Actors: Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Billy Barty, Kevin Pollack, Patricia Hayes

Year: 1988

Synopsis: A man must protect a special baby from an evil sorceress Queen.

This fantasy flick, with surprisingly good special effects for the 80s, was a huge hit in it's day. It made a star out of a young Val Kilmer, who plays Mad Martigan, helped usher in Ron Howard as one of the leading directors, and kept producer George Lucas making lots of money.

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy 54th Birthday, Steven Spielberg!!!!!

on the set of "Jaws", 1975

with Henry Thomas on the set of "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial", 1982

with Harrison Ford in India filming

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", 1984

with Whoopi Goldberg on the set of "The Color Purple", 1985

with a very young Christian Bale on the

set of "Empire of the Sun", 1987

dealing with one of the smaller dinosaurs, "Jurassic Park", 1993

with Liam Neeson on, one of his best

films, "Schindler's List", 1993

winning two Oscars for "Schindler's List", 1994

with Tom Cruise and Samantha Morton

on the set of "Minority Report", 2002

Along with Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Spielberg presented

Martin Scorsese with a long-deserved Best Director Oscar, 2007