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Bernard White (actor)
Bernard White (born June 8, 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Personal life Born in Colombo, Ceylon and raised in Detroit, Michigan, White earned his bachelor's degree in theatre at Michigan State University. White's paternal grandparents were John Bernard White and Mary Cecilia Hawke. Both were of partial Tamil ancestry. White's maternal grandparents were Harry Wickramasekera and Maude Robinson. Marriages Bernard White previously was married to actress Julia Campbell and currently is married to actress Jackie Katzman. He is best known as "Denpok" on ''Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County ...'' (2014–20). Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Bernard 1959 births Living people American mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the Municipality. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is itself within the urban/suburban area of Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Dreamz
''American Dreamz'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Paul Weitz. It satirizes both popular entertainment and American politics during the second Bush administration, called a "cultural satire" by Weitz. Reviews were mixed and the film grossed just $16 million on a budget of $17 million. Plot On the morning after his re-election, US President Joseph Staton decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his "black-and-white" view of the world in a more "gray-seeming" way, and holing up in his bedroom in his pajamas. Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his Chief of Staff pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut (and the President's wife's personal favorite) talent show ''American Dreamz''. America cannot seem to get enough of ''American Dreamz'', hosted by self-aggrandizing, self-loathing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky (American TV Series)
''Big Sky'' is an American crime drama thriller series created by David E. Kelley and based on ''The Highway'' series of books by C. J. Box. The series premiered on ABC as a fall entry in the 2020–21 television season on November 17, 2020. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on September 30, 2021. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, subtitled ''Deadly Trails'', which premiered on September 21, 2022. Premise A private detective teams up with an ex-cop to solve a kidnapping case in Montana. The series is set in and around Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Cast Main * Katheryn Winnick as Jenny Hoyt, an ex-cop who, despite being separated from her husband, still does freelance work for his agency; she later rejoins the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's office as a deputy detective * Kylie Bunbury as Cassie Dewell, a private detective who co-owns an agency called Dewell & Hoyt, which she initially runs with her romantic par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roar (2022 TV Series)
''Roar'' is an American anthology series from Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, the creators of '' GLOW''. Based on the 2018 short story collection of the same name by Cecelia Ahern, the 8-episode series premiered on Apple TV+ on April 15, 2022. Premise Each story in the collection is about women's experiences and how women navigate through other's perceptions of them as well as their own. Highlighting what it means to be a woman, these stories are considered "darkly comic feminist fables." Production Development ''Roar'' was announced in August 2018, with the news that '' GLOW'' creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch were showrunning the TV series being developed based on Cecelia Ahern's short story collection '' Roar'', published in the UK in November 2018 and in the US in April 2019. The project would be produced by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari's Blossom Films, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, and Theresa Park. Additionally, Ahern's Greenlight Go Productions and Endeavor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Eye (2020 Film)
''Evil Eye'' is a 2020 American supernatural horror film directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani and written by Madhuri Shekar, based on her Audible Original audio play of the same name. The film stars Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani and Omar Maskati. It was executive produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse Television and Priyanka Chopra of Purple Pebble Pictures. ''Evil Eye'' was released on October 13, 2020, by Amazon Studios, as the third installment in the anthological ''Welcome to the Blumhouse'' film series. Plot Pallavi lives in New Orleans and has a close but contentious, relationship with her mother Usha, who has moved back to Delhi because of her husband's work. Usha is worried that Pallavi, almost thirty, is still unmarried. Usha, who is heavily interested in vedic astrology, tries to set her daughter up on arranged dates. To placate her mother, Pallavi agrees to meet a blind date she set up. The date never shows but Pallavi meets another man, Sandeep, and the two of them b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blacklist (TV Series)
''The Blacklist'' is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. The show follows Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former U.S. Navy officer turned high-profile criminal who voluntarily surrenders to the FBI after eluding capture for decades. He tells the FBI that he has a list of the most dangerous criminals in the world that he has compiled over the years and that he is willing to inform on their operations in exchange for immunity from prosecution on condition he works exclusively with rookie FBI criminal profiler Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), to whom he seemingly has no connection. Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, and Harry Lennix also star in the series. Executive producers for the series include Jon Bokenkamp (for the first eight seasons), John Eisendrath, and John Davis for Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television, and Davis Entertainment; Joe Carnahan serves as director. Each seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebel In The Rye
''Rebel in the Rye'' is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed and written by Danny Strong. It is based on the book ''J. D. Salinger: A Life'' by Kenneth Slawenski, about the life of writer J. D. Salinger during and after World War II. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Brian d'Arcy James, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, and Lucy Boynton. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2017, and was released by IFC Films on September 8, 2017. Premise The life of author J. D. Salinger from his youth to the World War II era, including his romantic life and the publication of his debut novel ''The Catcher in the Rye''. Cast * Nicholas Hoult as J. D. Salinger, an American author * Zoey Deutch as Oona O'Neill, the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and the romantic partner of the young Salinger. * Kevin Spacey as Whit Burnett, a lecturer at Columbia University, editor of the ''Story'' magazine, and a ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chee And T
''Chee and T'' is a 2016 American comedy film written and directed by Tanuj Chopra and starring Sunkrish Bala and Dominic Rains. Plot Cast *Karan Soni as Roger Raval *Noureen DeWulf as Shana *Dominic Rains as T * Rebecca Hazlewood as Monie *Asif Ali as Mayunk * Bernard White as Uncle Rob *Lynn Chen as Lindo Chong *Sunkrish Bala as Chee Release The film made its world premiere on June 2, 2016 at the LA Film Festival. Accolades The film won the Special Jury Prize for Comedy at the LA Film Festival and the Best Narrative Feature Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival The San Diego Asian Film Festival ( SDAFF) is an annual event organized by Pacific Arts Movement (formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation) that takes place every November in San Diego, California. Background SDAFF is the flagship event for .... References External links * * * {{rotten-tomatoes, chee_and_t American comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier or Winter Soldiers may refer to: * Winter Soldier Investigation, a 1971 inquiry into American war crimes during the Vietnam War ** ''Winter Soldier'' a 1972 documentary film chronicling the 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation * Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan, a 2008 inquiry into American war crimes during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan * Winter Soldier (comics) or Bucky Barnes, a Marvel Comics superhero ** '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', a 2014 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters ** ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'', a 2021 superhero television series based on Marvel Comics characters * ''The Winter Soldier'' (novel), a novel by Daniel Mason * ''Winter Soldiers'', a 1943 play by Daniel Lewis James Daniel Lewis James, (January 14, 1911 – May 18, 1988), was an American writer, best known for his novel, ''Famous All Over Town,'' about Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. He published the novel under his pseudonym, Danny Santiago, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vino Veritas
''Vino Veritas'' is a 2013 American independent dark comedy film directed by Sarah Knight and starring Carrie Preston. It is based on David MacGregor's play of the same name. Cast *Carrie Preston as Claire * Bernard White as Ridley *Brian Hutchison as Phil *Heather Raffo as Lauren Plot On Halloween night, two couples meet at one of their houses for drinks and hors d'oeuvres before planning on heading out to a massive party. Dressed in their finest costumes (witch, cowboy, doctor, and Queen Elizabeth I), the hostess brings out a bottle of blue wine she picked up in Peru. Based on an old Inca recipe, the wine supposedly has truth-telling properties and is brewed from the skins of blue dart tree frogs. Three of the four drink the wine and the conversation begins to take odd turns. Some of the "truths" are harmless enough, but progressively get darker and more disturbing. It gradually becomes clear that the marriage of one of the couples is disintegrating due to a lack o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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