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American actress (born )

Blake Ellender Lively (born August 25, ) is an American actress. A daughter of actor Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial project Sandman (). She had her breakthrough role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants () and its sequel. Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in the CW teen drama television series Gossip Girl (–). During this period, she also took on supporting roles in the romantic comedies New York, I Love You () and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (), as well as in the thrillers The Town () and Savages ().

Lively shifted her focus to films in ensuing years. She starred in the romantic fantasy The Age of Adaline (), the survival film The Shallows (), the comedy Café Society (), and the comedy thriller A Simple Favor (). She expanded her career by directing Taylor Swift's music video "I Bet You Think About Me", and produced and starred opposite Justin Baldoni in Baldoni's romantic drama It Ends with Us (). The latter emerged as her biggest box office success, but drew controversy, resulting in a number of lawsuits, including Lively and Baldoni suing each other for defamation.

Lively is married to actor Ryan Reynolds, with whom she has four children.

Early life

Blake Ellender Brown was born on August 25, , in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Elaine Lively (née McAlpin), worked as a talent scout, and her father, Ernie Lively (né Brown), was an actor. Lively was named after her grandmother's brother. She has an older brother, Eric, and three half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage, Lori, Robyn, and Jason. Her parents and siblings have all worked in the entertainment industry.

During Lively's childhood, her parents took her along to the acting classes they taught, rather than lea

American actor and comedian (born )

For the political figure, see Jonathan Lovitz.

Jonathan Michael Lovitz (LUV-its; born July 21, ) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBCsketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from to for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Outside of SNL, he starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic (–), has played various roles on The Simpsons (–), and has acted in numerous television shows such as Seinfeld, Friends, and NewsRadio. From to he starred in the sitcomMr. Box Office.

He played a baseball scout in the film A League of Their Own () and acted in other films such as Three Amigos (), Big (), Happiness (), Small Time Crooks (), Rat Race (), and The Producers (). He also voiced roles in The Brave Little Toaster (), Hotel Transylvania () and Hotel Transylvania 2 (). He played Alan Dershowitz on Saturday Night Live and George Santos on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Early life and education

Lovitz was born on July 21, , in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, to Harold and Barbara Lovitz. His family is Jewish and emigrated from Romania, Hungary, and Russia. His paternal grandfather Feivel Ianculovici left Romania around and Anglicized his name to Phillip Lovitz after arriving in the United States.

Lovitz is a friend of David Kudrow, brother of Lisa Kudrow, since childhood. While in college, Lovitz went on a backpacking trip across Europe and Israel with him in He graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from UC Irvine in , then studied acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop. He became a member of the Groundlings comedy troupe, where he befriended his future SNL castmate Phil Hartman.

Career

– Saturday Night Live

Lovitz's first stint as a regular

By Elizabeth English

Day 1: 6:AM Leaving Boulder, driving west (with my little dog, Zoe) in my red Jeep Cherokee to L.A., with much anticipation. Stopping for the night in St. George, Utah. The Jeep is full of Kinko’s boxes loaded with 5 copies each of all 10 of the screenplays I plan to pitch to film producers. Another box is of “one-sheets” or “leave-behinds” (one-page synopses of each script) and one-sheet lists of all 35 of my titles & loglines, just in case. Plus my resume and credits, if someone asks for it. The fourth box is full of treatments, pilots and series or documentary concepts to pitch to television producers. And let’s not forget the “right” clothes to wear to the pitches, meetings and parties! Which probably just means that one good black linen summer dress I have, despite the suitcases full of other stuff. Driving through the still-smoking forest fires in the Colorado mountains; much devastation and I’m saddened to see it like that.

Day 2: Getting an early start this morning, hopeful and exhilarated at the prospects before me! California, here I come! Driving through mountains and plains, then down into the magnificent other-wordly slick-rock formations of Utah, and to the desert of Nevada, passing the bright lights of Las Vegas, and on into California. Happy to at last see the roadside mileage sign: Los Angeles miles. Stopping at the Mad Greek’s in Baker to get one of their famous fresh strawberry milkshakes. Heat there is oppressive and stunning. Thank God for car air-conditioning! Driving south, passing L.A. and a new forest fire and heavy smoke, right next to the highway in El Cajon Pass, on the other side of the mountain range, and finally arrive at my mother’s house in San Diego for a brief overnight visit.

Day 3: Noon-ish and off toward L.A. again, driving north. Still haven’t seen the Pacific Ocean yet! I stop off in Oceanside to visit a cartoonist friend, Greg Williams (aka: Dark One), and pick up his art