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Actors Anonymous
''Actors Anonymous'' is a novel by American author and actor James Franco. Published in 2013 by Little A/New Harvest, the novel is a series of connected short stories about actors in Los Angeles. The chapters follow the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. On 11 October 2013, James Franco appeared in a book trailer along with actors Jim Parrack, Scott Haze, Stacey Miller and Mia Serafino to promote the release of the book. Reception to ''Actors Anonymous'' was mixed. Critics complained that the otherwise interesting and well-written stories were marred by name dropping and references to the author's own career and personal philosophy. Film adaptation In 2017, Franco's book was adapted into a feature film, '' Actors Anonymous'', starring James Franco, Eric Roberts, Emma Rigby, Scott Haze, Jake Robbins, Carmen Argenziano, and Horatio Sanz. The film was produced by Rabbit Bandini Productions in collaboration with USC's School of Cinematic Arts and screened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors Anonymous
''Actors Anonymous'' is a novel by American author and actor James Franco. Published in 2013 by Little A/New Harvest, the novel is a series of connected short stories about actors in Los Angeles. The chapters follow the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. On 11 October 2013, James Franco appeared in a book trailer along with actors Jim Parrack, Scott Haze, Stacey Miller and Mia Serafino to promote the release of the book. Reception to ''Actors Anonymous'' was mixed. Critics complained that the otherwise interesting and well-written stories were marred by name dropping and references to the author's own career and personal philosophy. Film adaptation In 2017, Franco's book was adapted into a feature film, '' Actors Anonymous'', starring James Franco, Eric Roberts, Emma Rigby, Scott Haze, Jake Robbins, Carmen Argenziano, and Horatio Sanz. The film was produced by Rabbit Bandini Productions in collaboration with USC's School of Cinematic Arts and screened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Robbins (actor)
Phillip Jacob Robbins (born May 23, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who ended his career in the Chicago White Sox organization. He appeared in only two major league games in for the Cleveland Indians at the age of 28. The only run Run(s) or RUN may refer to: Places * Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia * Run (stream), a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant People * Run (rapper), Joseph Simmons, now known as "Reverend Run", from the hip-hop group ... he gave up was a solo home run by Jacque Jones on September 24 of that year. His earned run average was 5.40. In , he pitched for the White Sox Triple-A affiliate, the Charlotte Knights, in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Robbins was 0–0 in 20 games, with an ERA of 5.11 and 14 strikeouts in 24⅔ innings. He currently runs the Jake Robbins Pitching School at Showcase Baseball Academy. External links 1976 births Living people Major League Baseball pitchers Cleveland Indians players B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juel Taylor
Juel Taylor (born May 1, 1987) is a director and screenwriter. He wrote ''Creed II'' (2018) and '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'' (2021) with his writing partner Tony Rettenmaier. Taylor and Rettenmaier wrote the movie '' They Cloned Tyrone'' (2023), which is also Taylor's first feature film as a director. He has also directed several TV episodes and a short film. Early life and education Taylor was born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama. Taylor largely based the fictional neighborhood in ''They Cloned Tyrone'' on the area where he grew up. Taylor was initially interested in studying video game design when he attended college at the University of Florida. His first introduction to making movies was a music video he created for his college's digital arts program. Taylor then studied film as a graduate student at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he met Rettenmaier. Career In 2017, Taylor co-directed ''Actors Anonymous'', the feature film ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abi Damaris Corbin
Abi or ABI may refer to: Organizations United States * American Bankruptcy Institute * American Beverage Institute * American Biographical Institute * Applied Biosystems Inc. Elsewhere * Agencia Boliviana de Información, a Bolivian press agency * Association of British Insurers * Associazione Bancaria Italiana * Anheuser-Busch InBev, a multinational Belgian-Brazilian beverage and brewing company People * Abi (actor) (1965–2017), Indian impressionist, comedian, and actor * Abi (singer) (born 1997), American country singer/songwriter * Abigail (name), abbreviation of female given name * Abi Kusno Nachran (1940–2006), Indonesian environmental activist * Abijah (queen), mother of King Hezekiah, called Abi once in the Kuran * Mustafa Abi (born 1979), Turkish basketball player * Abi Masatora (born 1994), Japanese sumo wrestler Places * Abi, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province * Abi, Cross River, Nigeria Science and technology * Application binary interface, a low-level compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) is an annual film festival in Newport Beach, California, typically held in late April. In 2022, it was announced that the festival have permanently changed its date to be held in October, as the festival began positioning itself for Oscar season. History Established in 1999 after the failure of an earlier film festival series in the same location, the Newport Beach Film Festival features World, North America, U.S. and West Coast premieres as well as International Spotlight Series celebrating foreign language films. Notable attendees have included Jeannot Szwarc, Isidore Mankovsky, McG and Richard Sherman In 2005, Will Ferrell was the honorary chair of a 'Youth Film Showcase.' In 2013, NBFF announced a new partnership with the Orange County Music Awards; which has produced the launch of the Music Video Showcase in the festival. 2013 was the first year this genre was included in the festival. In 2014, the festival reported record attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival
The Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival is an annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California and Redwood City, California. The international festival combines the cinematic arts with Silicon Valley’s innovation. It is produced by Cinequest, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is also responsible for Picture The Possibilities and the distribution label Cinequest Mavericks Studio LLC. Cinequest awards the annual Maverick Spirit Awards. In addition to over 130 world or U.S. premieres from over 30 countries, the festival hosts writer's events including screenwriting competitions, a shorts program, technology and artistic forums and workshops, student programs, and a silent film accompanied on the theatre organ. Founded in 1990 as the Cinequest Film Festival, the festival was rebranded in 2017 as the Cinequest Film & VR Festival and expanded beyond downtown San Jose to Redwood City. It took its present name in 2019. History Filmmakers Halfdan Hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USC School Of Cinematic Arts
The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) houses seven academic divisions: Film & Television Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television; Interactive Media & Games; Media Arts + Practice; Peter Stark Producing Program. The USC School of Cinematic Arts is led by dean Elizabeth Monk Daley, who holds the Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Chair and is the longest-serving dean at the University of Southern California, having led the cinema school since 1991. History When Douglas Fairbanks became the first president of the nascent Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, one of the more innovative items on his agenda was that the academy should have a “training school”. As Fairbanks and his enablers reasoned that training in the cinematic arts should be seen as a legitimate academic discipline at major universities, given the same degree consideratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Bandini Productions
Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film and television production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's ''Ask the Dust'', Arturo Bandini. Works Recent credits include director Gia Coppola's drama ''Palo Alto'' and Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's ''Child of God'' and Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's ''As I Lay Dying'' and ''The Sound and The Fury'' premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. Rabbit Bandini Productions has multiple projects in various stages of development. In production, ''In Dubious Battle'', based on the Steinbeck book of the same name. '' The Adderall Diaries'' directed by Pamela Romanowsky, starring Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater. Completed in 2015 was Justin Kelly's directorial adaptation of the biopic '' I Am Michael'', wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Sanz
Horacio Sanz (born June 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1998 to 2006. Early life Sanz was born on June 4, 1969 in Santiago, Chile, to Sylvia and Carlos Sanz. He is the youngest of three sons and the younger brother of actor Carlos Sanz. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Career Sanz performed at various theaters in Chicago, including The Court Theater and The Second City, where he was a member of their Chicago ETC theater. While in Chicago, Sanz was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) sketch comedy and improv troupe. Sanz can still be seen regularly performing with the sketch troupe at their long-running improv show "ASSSSCAT 3000", at both of the UCB's comedy theaters, located in New York City and Los Angeles. ''Saturday Night Live'' Sanz joined the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' in September 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Argenziano
Carmen Antimo Argenziano (October 27, 1943February 10, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on ''Stargate SG-1''. He had recurring roles on '' Booker'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Melrose Place'', and ''The Young and the Restless'', as well as minor roles in ''The Godfather Part II'', ''Angels & Demons'', and ''The Accused''. Life and career Argenziano was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Sharpsville, the son of parents of Italian descent, Elizabeth Stella (née Falvo) and Joseph Guy Argenziano, who was a restaurateur. He had three children: two sons and a step-daughter. One of Argenziano's best-known roles was as the recurring character Jacob Carter in the television series ''Stargate SG-1''. He was also a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for his performance as Jack Delasante in Thomas Babe's '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Rigby
Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks'', she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series ''Prisoners' Wives'' and as the Red Queen in the American fantasy-drama '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''. She also played the lead role of Angie in Movies 24's ''A Cinderella Christmas'', directed by Tosca Musk. Early life Rigby was born in St Helens, Merseyside, she attended De La Salle High School, where she gained 10 A* at GCSE. Rigby began working professionally at the age of 14. Career Rigby's television debut came in June 2003 as Lisa Gunstone in the BBC's drama series ''Born and Bred''. She also played Elena Jones, schoolfriend of Anthony Murray ( Raymond Quinn), in four episodes of the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside'' in the same year. In 2005, at the age of 15, Rigby was cast as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks''. She received praise and recognition for her character's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
