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Answers To Nothing (film)
''Answers to Nothing'' is a 2011 American mystery drama film written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler. The film stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Dane Cook, Julie Benz, and Barbara Hershey as part of an ensemble cast. The story revolves around multiple characters searching for meaning in their lives in Los Angeles. Distributed by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, the film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival on September 22, 2011, and was theatrically released on December 2. ''Answers to Nothing'' garnered negative reviews from critics for lazily cribbing the template of interconnective stories and characters from similar films. It's the last film that starred Elsa Raven before her death on November 3, 2020. Plot Against the backdrop of a child abduction case the film follows five days in the life of a variety of people living in Los Angeles. Kate is a lawyer arguing in a custody battle on behalf of Drew, who cares for her completely disabled brother. He was an accomplished maratho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Leutwyler
Matthew Steven Leutwyler (born July 23, 1969) is an American writer, director, and producer. Life and career Leutwyler studied film at The San Francisco Art Institute. His first feature film was the dark comedy/road picture ''Road Kill'' starring Jennifer Rubin, Erik Palladino, Brian Vander Ark, Anthony Denison, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jon Polito. Made on a budget of $180,000, the film premiered at the 1999 Santa Barbara International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Leutwyler wrote and directed the comedy/horror/musical ''Dead & Breakfast'' (South by Southwest Film Festival 2004), starring Jeremy Sisto, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and David Carradine. The film went on to win over a dozen audience and best feature film awards around the world and was nominated for a Saturn Award. Since then he has produced or exec produced ''The Oh in Ohio'' starring Parker Posey and Paul Rudd; ''Lower Learning'' with Eva Longoria, Jason Biggs, and Rob Corddry; ''A ... [...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] |
Penske Media Corporation
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) () is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including ''Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'', '' WWD'', ''Deadline Hollywood'', '' Billboard'', ''Boy Genius Report'', Robb Report, ''Artforum'', ''ARTNews'', and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske. History Founding and early years of Penske Media Penske Media Corporation was founded by Jay Penske in 2003. It began as an affinity marketing and internet services company called Velocity Services, Inc. The company acquired the Mail.com domain and was renamed to the Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC). By 2008, the company owned digital entertainment properties like OnCars.com, Hollywoodlife.com, ''Movieline'', and MailTimes in addition to operating the Mail.com portal and email service. In mid-2008, the company received a $35 million growth equity round of financin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonya Eddy
Sonya Eddy (June 17, 1967 – December 19, 2022) was an American actress. Early life and education Eddy was born in Concord, California, on June 17, 1967. She majored in theatre and dance at University of California, Davis and received her B.A. in 1992. Career Eddy made her acting debut in the Ruby Dee's play ''Zora Is My Name'' in 1990. Other stage credits included ''The Comedy of Errors'', The Witch in Stephen Sondheim's ''Into the Woods'' and Bloody Mary in '' South Pacific''. She moved to Los Angeles and appeared in such sitcoms as '' Married... with Children'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Seinfeld'' and ''Home Improvement''. From 2004 to 2005, she had a recurring role on ''Joan of Arcadia''. In 2006, Eddy began playing Epiphany Johnson on ''General Hospital'' on a recurring basis. From 2007 to 2008, she was a regular cast member on the spin-off, '' General Hospital: Night Shift''. From 2016 to 2019, she played Tammy in the truTV comedy series, ''Those Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Vega
Nico Vega was an American indie rock band formed in 2005 in Los Angeles, California, United States. They consist of lead vocalist Aja Volkman, lead guitarist Rich Koehler, and drummer Dan Epand. The group has released two albums ''Nico Vega'' (2009) and ''Lead to Light'' (2014). ''Billboard'' described ''Lead to Light'' as possessing "some of the most unstoppable pop-rock hooks heard all year." After a hiatus announced on June 6, 2016, the band returned nearly two years later on April 6, 2018, when Volkman announced a new single and a return on her Instagram. In 2020, Volkman and Epand formed a new duo called TWWO and released their debut EP "Pull the Knife Out". History Aja Volkman started writing songs while in high school in Eugene, Oregon. Later she moved to Los Angeles and started performing on her own. She had hoped to eventually form a band. That happened when one night after a show in 2005, Mike Peña approached her about singing with him and Rich Koehler. The band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Michaely
Joel Michaely is an American actor and film producer. He has appeared in such films as ''Can't Hardly Wait'', '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', '' Ghost World'', ''The Rules of Attraction'', ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'', '' Cruel World'', '' Factory Girl'', ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'', '' The Comeback Trail (2020 film)'', '' Vanquish (film)'', and '' Lansky (2021 film)''. On television, Michaely has appeared in ''Unhappily Ever After'', ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' and ''Popular''. He produced the 2005 film ''The Quiet'', is the executive producer of ''Farewell Amor'' and executive producer of ''Wild Indian'' which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998) as Geoff, X-Phile No. 1 * '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' (1999) as Joel Goldberg * '' Ghost World'' (2001) as Porno Cashier * ''The Rules of Attraction'' (2002) as Raymond * '' Wonderland'' (2003) as Bruce (scenes deleted) * ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005) as Eugene * '' Cruel World'' ... [...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] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising soliciting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the digiN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EverQuest II
''EverQuest II'' is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment for Microsoft Windows PCs and released in November 2004. It is the sequel to the original ''EverQuest,'' released five years earlier, and features updated graphics and more streamlined gameplay compared to the previous entry, as well as an abundance of voice acting with contributions from actors such as Christopher Lee and Heather Graham. In February 2015, Sony Online Entertainment's parent corporation Sony Computer Entertainment sold it to investment company Inception Acquisitions, where it continues to develop and publish the game under its new name, Daybreak Game Company. The game is set in an alternate future 500 years after the events of the first ''EverQuest'', and is meant to run alongside its predecessor without interfering with the original story. It features characters and locations from the original that have been al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
