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A Case Of You (film)
''A Case of You'' is a 2013 American romantic comedy film. The film was directed by Kat Coiro and produced by and starring Justin Long, who wrote the script with his brother Christian and Keir O'Donnell, who also stars in the film. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013 and was released in the United States by IFC Films in November of the same year. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics. The title is taken from the Joni Mitchell song of the same name, though the song is not featured in the film. Plot Sam, a young New York City author, is dissatisfied with his life. Although his novelization of the blockbuster film ''Teen Vampire'' is popular, he does not want to write the other novelizations despite encouragement from his agent, Alan. Sam suffers from writer's block with his own work. He becomes is infatuated with Birdie, a street artist and barista at the local coffee shop, but does not know how to meet her. After his roommate, Eliot, suggests ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Coiro
Kat Coiro is an American filmmaker known for directing Marry Me (2022 film), ''Marry Me'', a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Malumaa box-office success for Universal Pictures in 2022. She directed and executive produced ''She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'', co-executive produced and directed the pilot episodes of the television series ''Girls5eva, Girls5Eva'', ''Florida Girls,'' and many other television shows. Early life Coiro was born in Manhattan to parents Peter Eves and Gina Cunningham-Eves, who are of English and Italian American descent. Her sister, Emmy Eves, later became a production designer and worked as an art director on Coiro's first movie, ''Life Happens''. Her godmother, Katharine Kean, co-directed the 1992 documentary ''Haiti: Killing the Dream'' with Rudi Stern and starring Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The family moved to Miami Beach, Florida, Miami Beach, Florida when Coiro was in elementary school to open up a Haitian cuisine, Haitian restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cuisine
French cuisine () is the cooking traditions and practices from France. It has been influenced over the centuries by the many surrounding cultures of Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, in addition to the food traditions of the regions and colonies of France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote ''Le Viandier'', one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval France. In the 17th century, chefs François Pierre La Varenne and Marie-Antoine Carême spearheaded movements that shifted French cooking away from its foreign influences and developed France's own indigenous style. Cheese and wine are a major part of the cuisine. They play different roles regionally and nationally, with many variations and ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) (regulated appellation) laws. Culinary tourism and the ''Guide Michelin'' helped to acquaint commoners with the ''cuisine bourgeoise'' of the urban elites and the peasant cuisine o ... [...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] |
Scott Adsit
Robert Scott Adsit (born November 26, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He appeared in several revues, including ''Paradigm Lost'' for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. From 2005–2008, he co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced the Adult Swim stop-motion animation program ''Moral Orel'' with Dino Stamatopoulos and Jay Johnston. He also voiced several characters and was nominated for an Annie Award for his work as Clay Puppington, Orel's father. After the success of ''Moral Orel'', Adsit and Stamatopoulos worked together again on their stop-motion animation series ''Mary Shelley's Frankenhole''. Adult Swim ordered ten episodes for its first season, which began airing June 27, 2010, and was canceled in 2012. Adsit is known for his role as Pete Hornberger, the well-meaning but jaded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah Wise
Savannah Wise (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She played Jessica on the NBC American musical theatre dramedy television series '' Smash''. She is also known for her work on Broadway as Evelyn Nesbit in the 2009 revival of ''Ragtime'', originating the role of Waitress #1 and later replacing as Sherrie in '' Rock of Ages'', and as Young Cosette in the original Broadway production of ''Les Misérables''. Education Wise earned a degree in dance from the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music. Career In 2011, Wise landed the lead role of Wanda Clark in the off-Broadway musical '' Lucky Guy''. The show opened on May 19, 2011. Originally set for a 12-week limited engagement, the show closed ten days after its opening on May 29, 2011. An original cast recording was announced and planned but never came to fruition. Development for '' Smash (2009)'' began at Showtime by then-entertainment president Robert Greenblatt, originating fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Delgado
Emilio Ernest Delgado (May 8, 1940 – March 10, 2022) was an American actor best known for his role as Luis, the Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series ''Sesame Street''. Delgado joined the cast of ''Sesame Street'' in 1971 and remained until his contract was not renewed in late 2016, as part of Sesame Workshop's re-tooling of the series. Following his departure, the workshop stated that Delgado would continue to represent them at public events. Delgado also appeared as Luis in the TV special ''Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration''. He began his professional career in Los Angeles in 1968. Delgado lived in New York City with his wife Carole and also served on the board of directors at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, an LGBT safe-place, community activist center, and educational bridge dedicated to honoring Bayard Rustin through their mission and good works. Life and career Childhood, education and early roles Delgado was born in Calexico, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuo Peck
Mizuo Peck (born August 18, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Sacagawea in the ''Night at the Museum'' film series. Life and career Peck was born and raised in New York. Her father was from Hamden, Connecticut. As a child, Peck was a member of the TADA! Youth Theater. She graduated with a BFA degree in Theater from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Peck joined the Screen Actor's Guild on her 18th birthday and has done many commercials, voice-overs and print campaigns for Levi's, Verizon, Kitchen Aid and Oil of Olay. Peck's most notable role may be the historical Native American figure Sacagawea in the ''Night at the Museum'' film series. Her other film credits include '' A Case of You'', ''Almost in Love'', and ''Scenes of the Crime''. Her television credits include ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', a recurring role on ''All My Children'', and the sci-fi police drama ''Witchblade''. On stage, Peck has done plays that were part of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busy Philipps
Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), ''Dawson's Creek'' (2001–2003), ''Love, Inc.'' (2005–2006) and '' ER'' (2006–2007), for her abortion access advocacy, and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC series ''Cougar Town'' (2009–2015), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, such as '' The Smokers'' (2000), ''Home Room'' (2002), ''White Chicks'' (2004), ''Made of Honor'' (2008), '' He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009), '' The Gift'' (2015), and ''I Feel Pretty'' (2018). From 2018 to 2019, Philipps hosted her own television talk show ''Busy Tonight'', on E!. She currently stars in the Peacock original series ''Girls5eva''. Childhood Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dinklage
Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and stage actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record of four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy ''Living in Oblivion'' (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama ''The Station Agent''. His other films include ''Elf (film), Elf'' (2003), ''Lassie (2005 film), Lassie'' (2005), ''Find Me G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sienna Miller
Sienna Rosie Diana Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an American-British actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a photography model, appearing in the pages of Italian ''Vogue'' and for the 2003 Pirelli calendar. Her acting breakthrough came in the 2004 films ''Layer Cake'' and ''Alfie''. She subsequently portrayed socialite Edie Sedgwick in '' Factory Girl'' (2006) and author Caitlin Macnamara in ''The Edge of Love'' (2008), and was nominated for the 2008 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Her role as The Baroness in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) was followed by a brief sabbatical from the screen amid increased tabloid scrutiny. Miller returned to prominence with her role as actress Tippi Hedren in the television film '' The Girl'' (2012), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. Further critical acclaim followed throughout th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in independent films and also as a character actor portraying a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic in films such as '' Lawn Dogs'' (1997), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (2002), ''Matchstick Men'' (2003), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Moon'' (2009), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), ''Iron Man 2'' (2010), ''Conviction'' (2010), ''Cowboys & Aliens'' (2011), ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''The Way, Way Back'' (2013), '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017), ''Vice'' (2018), ''Jojo Rabbit'' (2019), ''Richard Jewell'' (2019), and '' The Best of Enemies'' (2019). Rockwell won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Martin McDonagh's ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). and was nominated the following year for portraying George W. Bush in Adam McKay's ''Vice'' (2018). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility and balance along with mental control. Knowledge of proper climbing techniques and the use of specialized climbing equipment is crucial for the safe completion of routes. Because of the wide range and variety of rock formations around the world, rock climbing has been separated into several different styles and sub-disciplines, such as scrambling, bouldering, sport climbing, and trad (traditional) climbing another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations, differentiated by the rock climber's sustained use of hands to support their body weight as well as to provide balance. Rock climbing competitions have the objectives of either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
