{"id":3140,"date":"2021-04-23T08:36:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T08:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2021-03-14T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:40:48","slug":"happy-birthday-to-dev-patel-and-dev-patel-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2021\/04\/23\/happy-birthday-to-dev-patel-and-dev-patel-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Dev Patel and Dev Patel Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Emily Walsh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oh, it\u2019s also your birthday today? Well, that\u2019s too bad because today we\u2019re only celebrating Dev Patel.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Known for his roles in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Slumdog Millionaire<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lion<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and that\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Avatar the Last<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3141\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3141\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/Dev_Patel_29870651654-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/Dev_Patel_29870651654-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/Dev_Patel_29870651654.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Gordon Correll &#8211; Dev Patel, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=52454230<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Airbender<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0live-action remake we all collectively decided not to talk about, Patel has conquered our hearts and screens for over 10 years. Patel was the first-ever actor of Indian origin to win a BAFTA after clinching the title for Best Supporting Actor in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lion<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0 He was also nominated for an Academy Award and Oscar for the same role. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patel is set to star as Sir Gawain in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/a24films.com\/films\/the-green-knight\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Green Knight<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of the same name. The movie release was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so it is unknown when Patel with grace our theatres and home televisions again.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you\u2019re like me, and you can\u2019t wait for The Green Knight to get your fix of Patel, here are some of his most well-known films and television series available at the AU Library you can watch to celebrate his birthday:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99120096813604102\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99170568303604102\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lion<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99128866993604102\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Newsroom<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99163332303604102\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Only Yesterday<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99186091863804102\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Slumdog Millionaire<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Streaming)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:480,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Emily Walsh Oh, it\u2019s also your birthday today? Well, that\u2019s too bad because today we\u2019re only celebrating Dev Patel.\u00a0\u00a0 Known for his roles in\u00a0Slumdog Millionaire,\u00a0Lion, and that\u00a0Avatar the Last Airbender\u00a0live-action remake we all collectively decided not to talk about, Patel has conquered our hearts and screens for over 10 years. Patel was the first-ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}