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Alchemy (film)
''Alchemy'' is a 2005 film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer and starring Tom Cavanagh and Sarah Chalke. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005. The film did not have a wide release in movie theaters, so its big public premiere was on television, on ABC Family on October 7, 2005. Premise A university computer scientist tries to make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known lothario professor. Cast * Tom Cavanagh as Mal Downey * Sarah Chalke as Samantha Rose * James Stacy Barbour as Dr. Troy Rollins * Michael Ian Black as Jerry (voice) * Illeana Douglas as KJ * Nadia Dajani as Jane * Logan Marshall-Green as Martin * Wil Horneff as Dave * Celeste Holm as Iris * Shannon McGinnis as Barbara * Anna Belknap as Marissa * Tovah Feldshuh as Senior Editor * Daphne Rubin-Vega as Belladonna Editor * Susan Misner as Associate Editor * Erik Palladino Erik Palladino (born May 10, 1968) is an American actor known for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in '' Ed'' (2000–2004), ''Love Monkey'' (2006) and '' Trust Me'' (2009), and recurring roles on ''Providence'' and '' Scrubs''. Since 2014, he has portrayed Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, and the various versions of Harrison Wells, on The CW television series ''The Flash''; Cavanagh also directed several episodes of ''The Flash''. Early life Thomas Cavanagh was born on October 26, 1963, in Ottawa, Ontario, to a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. Cavanagh moved with his family to Winneba, a small city in Ghana when he was a child. In his teens, the family moved to Lennoxville, Quebec when his father became the Academic Dean of Champlain College. He attended the Séminaire de Sherbrooke, where he studied in French and played basketball for the Barons. He later studied at Champlain College in Lennoxville at the CEGEP level. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's ''Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ''Come to the Stable'' (1949) and ''All About Eve'' (1950). She also is known for her performances in ''The Snake Pit'' (1948), ''A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949), and ''High Society'' (1956). She is also known for originating the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Oklahoma!'' (1943). Early life Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for Lloyd's of London. Because of her parents' occupations, she traveled often during her youth and attended various schools in the Netherlands, France and the United States. She began high school at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Palladino
Erik Palladino (born May 10, 1968) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Dr. Dave Malucci in the NBC medical drama '' ER''. He is also known for his recurring roles as Lt. Michael Daghlian in ''Joan of Arcadia'', Vostanik Sabatino in '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' and Kevin Miller on '' Suits''. He has also had major supporting roles in the films '' Buried'', ''Latter Days'' and '' U-571''. Early life Palladino was born the youngest of three boys in Yonkers, New York, in the spring of 1968 to an Armenian mother, Queenie, a high school teacher, and Peter Palladino, a heating contractor of Italian descent. His older brothers are Chris (b. 1961) and Todd (b. 1963). Career Palladino has been in over 20 feature films. He is also known for his work in television on shows such as '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Fringe'', ''Burn Notice'', '' NCIS'' and '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. He has starred in movies '' U-571'' alongside Matthew McConau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Misner
Susan Misner (; born February 8, 1971) is an American actress and dancer. She has appeared in a number of TV series as a guest star, as well as several recurring roles. Career Misner portrayed Grace Davidson on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from March 12, 1999, to November 17, 1999. In 2002, Misner appeared in the film ''Chicago'' as Liz, performing the "Cell Block Tango" number. Misner has guest starred on many TV series, including three of the series in the ''Law & Order'' franchise—''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2001/2005), '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2002) and ''Law & Order'' (2006)—as well as both ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2002) and ''CSI: Miami'' (2004). She appeared as Theresa on '' Rescue Me'' (2006–07), and later as Gretchen Martin in the 2007 miniseries '' The Bronx Is Burning''. She appeared in two episodes of the hit CBS procedural ''Without a Trace'' during the 2004–2005 television season. In several episodes of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega ( Vega; born November 18, 1969) is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical ''Rent'' and Lucy in the Off-Broadway play ''Jack Goes Boating''. Rubin-Vega also appeared as ''Bombshell'' publicist Agnes in the second season of the TV series '' Smash'' (2012) and as Luisa Lopez in the TV series ''Katy Keene'' (2020). In 2021, Rubin-Vega starred as salon owner Daniela in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's ''In the Heights''. Early life Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Corina, a nurse, and José Mercedes Vega, a carpenter.Daphne Rubin-Vega biography filmreference.com. Accessed October 11, 2022. Her stepfather Leonard Rubin was a writer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovah Feldshuh
Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for more than four decades, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for ''Holocaust'' and ''Law & Order'', and appeared in such films as ''A Walk on the Moon'', ''She's Funny That Way'', and ''Kissing Jessica Stein''. In 2015–2016, she played the role of Deanna Monroe on AMC's television adaptation of '' The Walking Dead''. Early life Feldshuh is of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Lillian (''née'' Kaplan) and Sidney Feldshuh, who was a lawyer. Her brother David Feldshuh is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright of ''Miss Evers' Boys''. She was raised in Scarsdale, New York, in Westchester County, and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. In her high-school years, she was a student at the National Music Camp (later named the Interlochen Arts Camp) as a star in their drama class. She studied acting at H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Belknap
Anna C. Belknap is an American actress. She is known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer on ''CSI: NY''. Early life Belknap was born in Damariscotta, Maine. She is a daughter of David and Louise Belknap. She attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine. While attending Middlebury College in Vermont, she gained an interest in acting. She then studied at the American Conservatory Theater, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree.Fletcher, Kim (January 5, 2011)"''CSI: NY'' Star Relaxes At Home For The Holidays". ''The Lincoln County News''. Retrieved April 18, 2013. Career Belknap's television credits include series regular roles in ''Medical Investigation'' and '' The Handler'', a recurring role in ''Deadline'', and guest-starring roles in ''Law & Order'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''Without a Trace''. Belknap appeared in the movie ''Alchemy'' and made her feature film debut in the independent film ''The Reality Trap''. Belknap joined the cast of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon McGinnis
Shannon may refer to: People * Shannon (given name) * Shannon (surname) * Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene (born 1958) * Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum Williams (born 1998) * Shannon, intermittent stage name of English singer-songwriter Marty Wilde (born 1939) * Claude Shannon (1916-2001) was American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as a "father of information theory" Places Australia * Shannon, Tasmania, a locality * Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Shannon, a former name for the area named Calomba, South Australia since 1916 * Shannon River (Western Australia) Canada * Shannon, New Brunswick, a community * Shannon, Quebec, a city * Shannon Bay, former name of Darrell Bay, British Columbia * Shannon Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia Ireland * River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland ** Shannon Cave, a subterranean section of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil Horneff
William Samuel "Wil" Horneff (born June 12, 1979) is an American former child actor and martial artist who won two Young Artist Awards from three nominations. After leaving his career as an actor, Horneff opened Training Grounds Jiu-Jitsu & MMA, where he teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Early life Horneff was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the eldest of four children of Robin, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher, and Van Horneff, a pistachio farmer, talent manager, race car driver, and real estate developer. His parents owned the Robin Horneff Performing Arts Center in Waldwick, New Jersey, and his father also owns a gymnastics mat business. He grew up in Saddle River, New Jersey and attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey. Horneff began acting professionally in 1992 at the age of thirteen. He made his Broadway debut in John Guare's ''Four Baboons Adoring The Sun'' opposite Stockard Channing and James Naughton. Career His first film appearance was a relatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Chalke
Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for portraying Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series '' Scrubs'', the second Becky Conner on the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'', Stella Zinman on the CBS sitcom '' How I Met Your Mother'', and Beth Smith on Adult Swim's adult animated science-fiction series ''Rick and Morty''. She also had a recurring role on the third season of the ABC/ TBS sitcom ''Cougar Town''. She has done voice acting for the Netflix series ''Paradise PD'' and was a star cast member in ''Firefly Lane'', which premiered on Netflix in February 2021. As of November 2021, Chalke voices Stella, the tactical officer in the Netflix series ''Dogs in Space''. Early life Chalke was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on August 27, 1976, in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of three daughters born to Douglas and Angela Chalke (née Piper). Her mother is from Rostock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Marshall-Green
Logan Marshall-Green (born November 1, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles in the television series ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''The O.C.'', ''Traveler (2007 TV series), Traveler'', ''Dark Blue (TV series), Dark Blue'' and ''Quarry (TV series), Quarry'', as well as his roles in the films ''Devil (2010 film), Devil'', ''Prometheus (2012 film), Prometheus'', ', ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'' and ''Upgrade (film), Upgrade''. Early life Marshall-Green was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to teacher parents. He was raised by his mother, Lowry Marshall, in Cranston, Rhode Island, while she taught theatre at Brown University. He has a twin brother named Taylor. They both attended Barrington High School (Barrington, Rhode Island), Barrington High School in the early 1990s. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he also wrote for the school newspaper, ''The Daily Beacon'', as an entertainment writer covering the bar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
