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Alison Eastwood
Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American actress. After three uncredited roles between 1980 and 1997, she appeared as Mandy, the love interest of John Cusack in ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' (1997). Early life Eastwood was born on May 22, 1972, in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Margaret Neville Johnson and actor-director Clint Eastwood. She has a brother, Kyle, and six known paternal half-siblings: Laurie, Kimber, Scott, Kathryn, Francesca, and Morgan. Eastwood attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. In 1990, aged 18, Eastwood enrolled at UC Santa Barbara to study acting; she did not graduate. Career Eastwood landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years, making an uncredited movie debut at the age of seven in ''Bronco Billy'' (1980). Her acting in the 1984 thriller ''Tightrope'' earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. She has also worked as a runwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate Films, and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which incorporated as a city in 1886. The city developed into a seaside resort during the late 19th and early 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy Magazine
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude Model (people), models (Playboy Playmate, Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special #International editions, nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). The channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming. It is a sister network to National Geographic TV. The channel first launched in Hong Kong on 1 January 2006. It later launched in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ireland, Romania, India, Vietnam, and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One. The channel remains the world's first bilingual wildlife service, available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines. It launched in Latin America on 1 November 2009 as a high definition channel. In 2010, it launched in the United States. As of February 2015, approximately 57,891,000 American households (49.7% of households with television) receive Nat Geo Wild. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters. History 19th century Paul Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions in 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aachen's Reuters House. Reuter moved to London in 1851 and established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange. Headquartered in London, Reuter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. She is the recipient of accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. Born in La Jolla, California, Harden began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed ''Miller's Crossing''. For her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 biographical film ''Pollock'', she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film ''Mystic River'' (2003). Her other notable film credits include ''The First Wives Club'' (1996), '' Flubber'' (1997), ''Space Cowboys'' (2000), ''Mona Lisa Smile'' (2003), and the '' Fifty Shades'' film trilogy. Harden made her Broadway debut in 1993, starring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller '' JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), the historical docudrama ''Apollo 13'' (1995), and the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003). Bacon is also known for voicing the title character in '' Balto'' (1995), and has taken on darker roles, such as that of a sadistic guard in '' Sleepers'' (1996), and troubled former child abuser in '' The Woodsman'' (2004). He is further known for the hit comedies '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), ''Diner'' (1982), '' Tremors'' (1990) and '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011). His other well-known films are ''Friday the 13th'' (1980), ''Flatliners'' (1990), '' The River Wild'' (1994), '' Wild Things'' (1998), '' Stir of Echoes'' (1999), '' Hollow Man'' (2000), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011), '' Black Mass'' (2015) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rails & Ties
''Rails & Ties'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Alison Eastwood and written by Micky Levy. It tells the story of a young boy and his mentally-ill widowed mother who commits suicide in her car by parking on a railroad track. The boy confronts the train engineer who accidentally killed his mother, urging him and his wife to raise him after escaping from an unkind foster mother. The two agree to raise him; however, it is later revealed that his wife is dying of breast cancer. Kevin Bacon portrays the train engineer, Marcia Gay Harden plays his sick wife, and Miles Heizer portrays the boy. Plot Laura Danner is a mentally ill, single mother who takes illegal drugs and is unable to care for her 10-year-old son Davey. Driven to despair, she decides to commit suicide by driving a car on to a railway track, taking Davey with her. She offers him some tranquillisers beforehand but, unbeknownst to her, he spits them out. His mother drives on to the tracks. As a train approaches, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mule (2018 Film)
''The Mule'' is a 2018 American crime drama film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also produced with Dan Friedkin, Jessica Meier, Tim Moore, Kristina Rivera, and Bradley Thomas. The screenplay was written by Nick Schenk, and based on the 2014 ''The New York Times'' article "The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule" by Sam Dolnick, which recounts the story of Leo Sharp, a World War II veteran who became a drug courier for the Sinaloa Cartel in his 80s. The film co-stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, and Andy García. This was Eastwood's first acting project since 2012, and his first starring leading role in a film directed by him since 2008. Filming began in early June 2018, taking place in Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, with other film locations in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ''The Mule'' was released in the United States on December 14, 2018, by Warner Bros. It has grossed over $174 million. The film received positive reviews, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Fallen
''Once Fallen'' is a 2010 crime film starring Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, and Ed Harris. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California. Plot Chance (Brian Presley) returns home from a half decade in jail determined to change his life. He tries to make peace with his father (Ed Harris), the head of the Aryan Brotherhood at the prison where he is serving a life sentence for murder. Chance's release is quickly marred when he has to help his best friend with a debt to a local mobster. When Chance gets home to his ex-girlfriend's house, he finds out that he has a son named August. After he meets Pearl, a friend of his ex-girlfriend, Chance then sets himself on the path of changing his life around. Cast * Brian Presley as Chance Ryan * Taraji P. Henson as Pearl * Ed Harris as Liam Ryan * Chad Lindberg as Beat * Amy Madigan as Rose Ryan * Peter Weller Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian. He has appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Be Seeing You (2004 Film)
''I'll Be Seeing You'', also known as ''Mary Higgins Clark's I'll Be Seeing You'', is a 2004 television film based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark starring Alison Eastwood and Mark Humphrey. Story The film centers on Patricia Collins, a young woman whose father Burton has gone missing. Neither the police nor the insurance company believe him to be dead, particularly as he withdrew the face value of his life insurance policy days prior to his disappearance. This, along with the discovery of a dead woman named Annie on her property, prompts Patricia to begin investigating. Her questioning leads Patricia to her father's business partner Phillip, through whom she meets Elaine, a fertility clinic worker who is later shot to death by a masked assailant. A former colleague of Elaine's is also murdered by the same assailant, after Patricia questions the colleague. Evidence found at the scenes of the murders point towards Burton being alive and the killer, something Patricia finds hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poolhall Junkies
''Poolhall Junkies'' is a 2002 drama, thriller, and sports film co-written, starring, and directed by Mars Callahan. The film also features Alison Eastwood, Michael Rosenbaum, Rick Schroder, Rod Steiger (in his final film role), Chazz Palminteri, and Christopher Walken. It is the story of a pool hustler who is opposed by his former mentor, with a new prodigy, in a climactic big-stakes nine-ball match. Plot Most of the film takes place in a pool hall run by Nick (Rod Steiger). Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny (Mars Callahan) could be one of the best. But his mentor Joe (Chazz Palminteri), a shady , trains Johnny as a hustler, and decides how and who Johnny plays. Unbeknownst to Johnny, Joe has been holding him back from his dream: playing in the legitimate pro tour. When Johnny finally learns that Joe intercepted and threw away an invitation for Johnny to join the pro tour, he breaks from Joe, throwing a game with a large . Losing both that stake money and his hustler inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Play (2002 Film)
''Power Play'' is a 2003 American action film directed by Joseph Zito and starring Dylan Walsh, Alison Eastwood, Tobin Bell and Brixton Karnes. Some action scenes were filmed in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Plot Journalist Matt Nash's (Dylan Walsh) investigations always get him in trouble. He is shot during his research in the drug scene and survives due to a bulletproof vest. The journal's editor-in-chief plans to fire him to preserve the good reputation of ''The Examiner''. She gives him one last chance and charges him with a seemingly harmless job of finding three missing environmental activists. This trio previously penetrated into the headquarters of the power company known as Saturn Energy and stole data on a secret project. Here, the three activists are discovered and killed by employees of the company under the leadership of the security chiefs Clemens (Tobin Bell). Matt makes contact with the group and is given access to a secret entrance to the company's premises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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