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39th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 39th Golden Raspberry Awards was an awards ceremony that honored the worst the film industry had to offer in 2018. The Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as the ''Razzies'', are awarded based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. The nominees were announced on January 21, 2019 and the winners were announced on February 23, 2019. Winners and nominees Films with multiple wins and nominations The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple wins: Criticism On January 31, 2019, the ceremony was accused of rigging the vote tallies for its nominees. For example, Jamie Dornan (''Fifty Shades Freed'') and Kevin Spacey (''Billionaire Boys Club'') received enough votes for Worst Actor, but neither were included on the final nominee list. The ballot itself was also heavily criticized for overlook critically panned films and the nomination and win of non-acting performances for documentary stock footage. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchester (film)
''Winchester'' (also known as ''Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built'') is a 2018 supernatural horror film directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, and written by the Spierigs and Tom Vaughan. The film stars Helen Mirren as heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook, and follows Winchester as she is haunted by spirits inside her San Jose mansion in 1906. An American-Australian co-production, the film was released in the United States on February 2, 2018 and in Australia on February 22, 2018. The film received negative reviews from critics, who called it "dull" and "pointless”, but was a box office success, grossing $44 million worldwide against a $3.5 million budget. At the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated in four categories, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Mirren, but failed to "win" any awards. Plot Sarah Winchester is the widow of famed gun manufacturer William Wirt Winchester. Her husband's sudden death and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. History Independent era (1991–2012) Summit Entertainment was founded in 1991Molloy, Claire (2010), p. 16. Memento'. . Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved November 14, 2010. by film producers Bernd Eichinger, Arnon Milchan, and Andrew G. Vajna to handle film sales in foreign countries. Summit officially launched in 1993 by Patrick Wachsberger, Bob Hayward, and David Garrett under the name Summit Entertainment LP as a distribution and sales organization. By 1995 they were producing and co-financing films, and by 1997 they started fully financing films. Among the company's early successes was '' American Pie'', which Summit distributed outside of English-speaking territories. In 2006, it became an independent film studio with over a billion dollars in financing backed by Merrill Ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood (2018 Film)
''Robin Hood'' is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Otto Bathurst and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly, from a story by Chandler. It is a quasi-contemporary retelling of the Robin Hood legend, and follows his training by John to steal from the Sheriff of Nottingham. The film stars Taron Egerton as Robin, and features Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles. Returning home to England to learn the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham (Mendelsohn) has seized his family estate, aristocrat Robin of Loxley joins forces with Friar Tuck (Minchin) and Little John (Foxx) – a fierce Arabian warrior who wants to put an end to the Crusades. Armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood, Loxley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the Sheriff of his money and take away his power. The film was announced in February 2015, with Egerton signing on as the lead role that September. Hewson, Foxx and Mendelsohn all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by ''Time'' as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. McCarthy began appearing in television and film in the late 1990s and first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007). She played Dena on the ABC sitcom ''Samantha Who?'' (2007–2009) before starring as Molly Flynn on the CBS sitcom ''Mike & Molly'' (2010–2016), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Henson
Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963) is an American puppeteer, director, producer, voice actor and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson. Early life Henson was born on November 3, 1963, in New York City, is the third child of Jane Henson (née Nebel; 1934–2013) and Jim Henson (1936–1990). He has four siblings: Lisa (born 1960), Cheryl (born 1961), John (1965–2014), and Heather Henson (born 1970). As a child, he made several cameo appearances in some of the filmed segments his father produced for the PBS children's series ''Sesame Street'', most notably in various segments of the "Number Song Series." As a teenager, he built the first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening " Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a season three episode of ''The Muppet Show''. During his summer break from high school in 1980 at the age of 17, he assisted in the bicycle sequence in ''The Great Muppet Caper'' (1981); he helped create and operate a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Falcone
Benjamin Scott Falcone (born August 25, 1973) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is married to actress Melissa McCarthy, with whom he co-starred in '' God’s Favorite Idiot''. He has also had cameos in '' ''Bridesmaids'''', ''Identity Thief'', '' The Heat'', ''Spy'', ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'', and '' '' Nine Perfect Strangers'''' all of which starred his wife. Falcone made his directorial debut in 2014 with '' Tammy'', which he co-wrote with McCarthy, and he also directed, co-wrote, and produced '' The Boss'', '' Life of the Party'', ''Superintelligence'', and ''Thunder Force'', all of which starred McCarthy. Personal life Falcone was born in Carbondale, Illinois, the son of Peg and Steve Falcone. He is of Italian, English, German, and Irish descent. Falcone married his longtime girlfriend, actress Melissa McCarthy, on October 8, 2005. They have two children. Filmography Film Acting roles * ''Cheaper by the Dozen 2'' (2005) - Theater Patron * '' Garfield: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STX Entertainment
STX Entertainment is a mini-major American entertainment and media company. Founded in March 2014 by film producer Robert Simonds, the studio produces film, television, and digital media projects. In April 2020, STX announced that it would merge with the Indian studio Eros International plc. The merger was completed in July 2020, and STX became a division of ErosSTX. In December 2021, Jahm Najafi announced his intention to acquire STX from the merged company for $173 million–a sale completed in April 2022. Eros remains a minority, non-voting shareholder. History In 2012, Simonds and McGlashan began work on conceptualizing a media company based on the idea of producing medium-budget projects with a star attached, a method that had gone out of style with Hollywood studios. The conversation led to the launch of STX Entertainment in 2014, with the mission to finance, develop, produce, market, and distribute star-driven content around the world.Anita Busch"Is This Hollywood's Next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films. Emmett is best known as the producer of the films '' 2 Guns'', ''Silence'', ''Lone'' ''Survivor'' and ''The Irishman''. He appeared in eighth and ninth seasons of the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules''. Early life and education Emmett was born to a Jewish family in Miami, Florida, according to Emmett, a "distant cousin", through his mother, of Jerry Bruckheimer, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Career In 1995, Emmett began his Hollywood career as a personal assistant to Mark Wahlberg. Later he met George Furla, with whom he co-founded Emmett/Furla Films in 1998. In 2013, the company was joined by Dubai-based film financier Oasis Ventures Entertainment to become Emmet Furla Oasis Films (EFO). On June 29, 2022, the '' LA Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertical Entertainment
Vertical Entertainment is an American film distribution and production company founded by producers Richard B. "Rich" Goldberg and Mitch Budin in 2012. History In 2012, Rich Goldberg & Mitch Budin founded Vertical Entertainment, a film distribution company that releases films theatrically, through video on demand, and through home media. In May 2013, Vertical announced its plans to release 24 films per year, starting the same year. The company has collaborated with XYZ Films on films, including ''Holidays'', ''Under the Shadow ''Under the Shadow'' ( fa, زیر سایه, Zeer-e sāye) is a 2016 Persian-language psychological horror film written and directed by Iranian-born Babak Anvari as his directorial debut. A mother and daughter are haunted by a mysterious evil i ...'', and ''Headshot''. In November 2019, it was announced Vertical Entertainment would launch a U.K. distribution arm. Film library References External links * {{Film Studio American companies establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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