Birthdays for April 12-19

Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress most known for the television series, My So-Called Life, and the films, Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Stardust.

Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, model and film producer. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Cameron on the Fox drama, House.

Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American film and television actress.

Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American actress and television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers, as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed.

Sarah Michelle Prinze, (born April 14, 1977) better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is a French-born English actress[1] who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series.

Susan Ward (born April 15, 1976) is an American actress and model.

Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974) is an English pop singer, songwriter, dancer, turned fashion designer, author, businesswoman, and occasional actress.

Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning American actress.

Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is a Honduran-American actress.

Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress and director who is perhaps best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Maria Yuryevna Sharápova (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1.

Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress.

Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress.

The cult of the Princess Leia bikini

Princess Leia's slave-girl metal bikini from Star Wars has notched its place in geek history.
It has become a staple of science fiction and comic book conventions.
Wired featured an article on the phenomenon.
"As movie costumes go, it was both small and fleeting, occupying only two minutes of screen time in Return of the Jedi, which many call the weakest of the original Star Wars films," writes Philip Chien in the article.
Two minutes of Carrie Fisher in a bikini, in a movie that gave plenty of cute time to the furry Ewoks.
You can even buy the metal bikini like the one in the movie.
It's no wonder why it has taken off. It is, after all, a skimpy bikini. And...well, that's all you really need, right?



The metal bikini frequently pops up in pop culture. Like in the episode of NBC's Chuck when Yvonne Strahovski donned one.







Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars fame did it for Fanboys, and the real fanboys rejoiced.






Not to be outdone, Melissa Joan Hart joined in with her rendition.






G4's Olivia Munn celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original Star Wars release by suiting up Leia style.

It doesn't end there. In 1996 the hit NBC sitcom "Friends" kicked off its third season with an episode weaved around the Princess Leia fantasy, titled accurately enough as "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy."
In one scene, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) asks if her boyfriend, Ross (David Schwimmer), has any fantasies. Ross eventually admits it, and Rachel ends the episode in the bikini.

LeiasMetalBikini.com has an entire
section of fans in costume. It's really a page-turner if you're into the whole thing.