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All I Want For Christmas (film)
''All I Want for Christmas'' is a 1991 American romantic comedy Christmas film directed by Robert Lieberman, and starring Harley Jane Kozak, Lauren Bacall, Thora Birch, Ethan Randall, and Leslie Nielsen. The score was composed by Bruce Broughton, including a theme-setting song by Stephen Bishop. Plot In New York City, siblings Ethan ( Ethan Randall) and Hallie O'Fallon (Thora Birch) launch a scheme to get what they most want for Christmas. A scheme involving their parents, Catherine (Harley Jane Kozak) and Michael (Jamey Sheridan), and grandmother, Lillian ( Lauren Bacall). When Hallie meets Santa Claus (Leslie Nielsen), she asks for an unusual gift: her divorced parents back together again. As the children embark on their adventure, and while planning ahead, Tony Boer (Kevin Nealon) takes an interest in Catherine. Ethan gets pre-occupied with not only his parents' romantic dilemma, but also his own, one brought about by his new friendship with Stephanie (Amy Oberer). An elab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lieberman
Robert Lieberman (born July 16, 1947) is an American motion picture and television director. Personal life Lieberman was married from June 27, 1990 to June 7, 2001 to actress Marilu Henner; the divorced couple has two children, Nicholas Morgan and Joseph Marlon. He also has two children, Erin and Lorne Lieberman, from his first marriage. Lieberman married former model Victoria Peters in 2010. Career Lieberman was the founder of the commercial production company Harmony Pictures and has, himself, directed close to two thousand commercials. He has received many Clio nominations and has won 29. Lieberman in 1980 was the first winner of the DGA Award for Best Commercial Director. He was nominated another three times for the DGA Award and in 1996 won his second award. He also directed one film with Akshay Kumar called Speedy Singhs starring Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Distribution
Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content (media), content such as Sound recording and reproduction, audio, motion graphics, video, e-books, video games, and other software. The term is generally used to describe distribution over an online delivery medium, such as the Internet, thus bypassing physical distribution methods, such as paper, optical discs, and VHS videocassettes. The term online distribution is typically applied to freestanding products; downloadable add-ons for other products are more commonly known as downloadable content. With the advancement of network bandwidth capabilities, online distribution became prominent in the 21st century, with prominent platforms such as Amazon (company), Amazon Video, and Netflix's Streaming media, streaming service starting in 2007. Content distributed online may be streamed or downloade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information through its subsidiary Rotten Tomatoes. History On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called "Fancast.com," set to launch the summer of 2007. In June 2008, the domain Movies.com was acquired from Disney. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. Fandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announced it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Israel
Neal Israel (born July 27, 1945) is an American actor, screenwriter, film and television producer, and director best known for his comedic work in the 1980s for films such as ''Police Academy'', ''Real Genius'', and ''Bachelor Party''. Biography Career Raised in Manhattan in a Jewish family, Israel started his career on the Broadway stage as assistant to legendary director George Abbott. After working at the New Dramatists Guild and the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, he came to Los Angeles, and was an executive at both ABC and CBS. During this time he wrote and directed the break through indie hit ''Tunnel Vision,'' which introduced such future stars as Chevy Chase, John Candy and Al Franken. On television, he wrote '' Ringo,'' a special that starred Ringo Starr and George Harrison. He then wrote with his partner, Pat Proft, the first ''Police Academy'' movie, which spawned six sequels. He directed and co-wrote ''Bachelor Party'', which starred Tom Hanks. He followed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Parent
Gail Parent (born August 12, 1940) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author. Life and career Parent was born Gail Kostner in New York City, New York, the daughter of Ruth (née Goldberg) and Theodore Kostner, a Wall Street executive. Parent is Jewish. Parent's writing career began in the 1960s where she teamed up with writer Kenny Solms. Her big break came when she began writing for ''The Carol Burnett Show''. She later went on to write for other TV shows including a 1971 episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. The following year her novel ''Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York'', which chronicled its unattractive, overweight, Jewish heroine's romantic misadventures in Manhattan, became a best-seller that later served as the basis of a film starring Jeannie Berlin. Although the screenplay was adapted by someone else, she penned the scripts for Barbra Streisand's '' The Main Event'' (1979) and ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' (2004). Pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Tartikoff
Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 – August 27, 1997) was an American television executive who was the president of NBC from 1981 to 1991. He was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as ''Hill Street Blues'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Law & Order'', '' ALF'', ''Family Ties'', ''The Cosby Show'', ''Cheers'', ''Seinfeld'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Wings'', ''Miami Vice'', ''Knight Rider'', ''The A-Team'', ''Saved by the Bell'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', '' St. Elsewhere'', and ''Night Court''. Tartikoff also helped develop the 1984 sitcom ''Punky Brewster''; he named the title character after a girl he had a crush on in school. He was also involved in the creation of '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and '' Beggars and Choosers''. Biography Early life and career Born to a Jewish family in Freeport, New York, Tartikoff was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School and Yale University, where he contributed to campus humor magazine ''The Yale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Keaton
Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known by his stage name Josh Keaton, is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', Spider-Man in various media in addition to Electro in the video game ''Marvel's Spider-Man'', Jack Darby in '' Transformers: Prime'' and the adolescent Hercules in ''Hercules''. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of ''Ninja Gaiden'', and the voice of Revolver Ocelot in '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. He is also the voice of King Anduin Wrynn in the MMORPG ''World of Warcraft''. Early life Keaton was born in Hacienda Heights, California, to a father from Brooklyn, New York, and a mother from Lima, Peru. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is fluent in Spanish which he learned first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some Quechua from his maternal grandparents. His father is Jewish and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo (born Michael Joseph Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Career Alaimo is a classically trained theatre actor, and performed as part of the Marquette University Players and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the 1960s in everything from Shakespeare and the classics to world premiere productions. He was also a member of various theatre companies in New York and touring companies across the country before making the move to Los Angeles in 1973. Some of his theatrical roles include Iago in ''Othello'', Rodolpho in Arthur Miller's ''A View From the Bridge'' and Lucky in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot''. Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. He has appeared, mostly as villains, in shows such as '' The Doctors'', ''Kojak'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Baretta'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''The Bion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Saviola
Camille Saviola (July 16, 1950 – October 28, 2021) was an American actress and singer. She appeared in numerous films, television series, plays and musicals. Early life Saviola was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York (state), New York, the daughter of Mary (née d'Esopo) and Michael Saviola. She grew up near Yankee Stadium and graduated from the High School of Music and Art, then attended college for one year before dropping out to get into acting. Camille became lead singer of the Margo Lewis Explosion rock band in the 1970s and was signed to a disco music, disco contract in the late 1970s. Career Throughout the next 25 years, Saviola would perform in theater, television, and films. She is best known for her supporting roles, especially as Italian, Latino or Jewish characters. She also appeared in four episodes of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Bajoran religious leader, Kai Opaka. In addition to her performance as Mama Maddelena in Tommy Tune's original Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity LaFortune
Felicity LaFortune is an American actress and singer from Oak Park, Illinois. She has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including on Broadway, as well as in film and on television, including the daytime soap operas ''Ryan's Hope'' and ''All My Children''. Career On the daytime soap operas ''Ryan's Hope'', LaFortune had the role of Leigh Kirkland Fenelli (1983–1985, 1988–1989) and in ''All My Children'' had the role of Laurel Banning Dillon (1993–1996). In 2000, LaFortune filled in for Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan on ''One Life to Live'' while Smith was on leave. In 1987, LaFortune played the role of the nurse in the Broadway production of the play ''A Month of Sundays''. In 1998, she was a singer in ''The Harlot's Progress'' at the Performing Garage in SoHo. In 2006, she appeared again on Broadway in the musical ''The Light in the Piazza''. She also played several characters in the trilogy of plays, ''The Coast of Utopia'', at the Lincoln Center Theater in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
