11 years ago Today in Movie History – February 7 – Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey’s romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days debuted in theaters. The pic earned an impressive $23.7 million opening weekend to top the charts and wound up with $105 million domestically. While Hudson’s career has been a little quiet lately, McConaughey is currently the frontrunner to win Best Actor at the Oscars for Dallas Buyers Club.
As for birthdays, Chris Rock is 49 today. The “SNL” alum and brilliant stand-up comic first got on the radar screens of moviegoers with his dramatic turn as drug-addicted Pookie in 1991’s New Jack City. Later, Rock would parlay his stand-up success to starring in films that include Lethal Weapon 4, Head of State, The Longest Yard, and the two Grown Ups flicks.
Ashton Kutcher is 36 today. His TV work made him a star with “That 70s Show” and later on MTV’s “Punk’d”. His film career would get into gear with surprise hit Dude, Where’s My Car?. Other notables pictures include Just Married, The Butterfly Effect, Guess Who, What Happens in Vegas, No Strings Attached, and last year’s Jobs.
As for Six Degrees of Separation between the two:
Chris Rock was in Head of State with Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac was in Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher
And that’s today – February 7 – in Movie History!
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