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Bill Heck
Bill Heck is an American actor who has appeared on Broadway and in television shows, such as '' The Leftovers'' and '' The Old Man'', and films, including in the role of Billy Knapp in the Coen Brothers' western ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs''. Early life and education Heck was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but moved to Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, as a child. He graduated from the University of Evansville in Indiana and went to N.Y.U. to gain a graduate degree in acting. Career Heck took his first Broadway leading role in the ''Cabaret'' revival in 2014. Off-Broadway, Heck starred in Horton Foote's epic ''The Orphans' Home Cycle'', ''Angels in America'' with ''Buster Scruggs'' co-star Zoe Kazan, as well as '' Water by the Spoonful''. On television, Heck had a guest role in ''The Alienist'' and appeared in ''The Leftovers''. At L.A. Outfest in 2013, Heck won the Grand Jury Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Pit Stop''. Heck appeared as Billy Knapp in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people . Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by area, 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water By The Spoonful
''Water by the Spoonful'' is a play by Quiara Alegría Hudes as the second part of the ''Elliot Trilogy.'' This play is released five years after the first section of the trilogy, ''Elliot A Soldier's Fugue'', comes out. The story is set in both the virtual and physical world in Philadelphia, Japan, and Puerto Rico. The play won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Concept ''Water by the Spoonful'' is the second part of a trilogy that began with ''Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue'' and concludes with ''The Happiest Song Plays Last''. The first part of the trilogy is "about a young Marine, Elliot Ortiz, coming to terms with his time in Iraq and his father's and grandfather's service in Vietnam and Korea". ''Water by the Spoonful'' takes place several years after, Elliot, a veteran, has returned to his home in Philadelphia after being wounded while serving in Iraq. The play depicts the aftermath of the death of Ginny, Elliot's adoptive mother. As Elliot and his cousin Yaz attempt to proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Closer
''The Closer'' is an Television in the United States, American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a closer—an interrogator who not only solves a case, but also obtains confessions that lead to convictions, thus "closing" the case. She sometimes uses deceit and intimidation to persuade a suspect to confess. The series ran on TNT (American TV network), TNT from June 13, 2005 to August 13, 2012. ''The Closer'' was created by James Duff (writer), James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest-rated drama. ''The Closer''s final six episodes began airing on July 9, 2012, with its finale airing on August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS (TV Series)
''NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres. The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series '' JAG'' ( season eight episodes 20 and 21: " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"). A spin-off from ''JAG'', the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date it has entered into the twentieth full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the ''NCIS'' franchise. , ''NCIS'' is the third-longest-running scripted, non-animated U.S. primetime TV series currently airing, surpassed only by '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999–present) and ''Law & Order'' (1990–2010; 2022–present); it is the 7th-longest-running scripted U.S. prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbers (TV Series)
''Numbers'' (stylized as ''NUMB3RS'') is an American crime drama television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, for six seasons and 118 episodes. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his brother Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), a college mathematics professor and prodigy, who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Brothers Ridley and Tony Scott produced ''Numbers''; its production companies are the Scott brothers' Scott Free Productions and CBS Television Studios (originally Paramount Network Television, and later CBS Paramount Network Television). The show focuses equally on the relationships among Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes, and their father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, usually in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dust (upcoming Film)
''Dust'' is an upcoming American psychological horror-thriller film written and directed by Karrie Crouse and co-directed by Will Joines. It stars Sarah Paulson and Annaleigh Ashford. ''Dust'' is scheduled to be released by Searchlight Pictures as a Hulu original film. Premise In 1930s Oklahoma, a young mother haunted by the past becomes convinced that a mysterious presence in dust storms is threatening her family and takes extraordinary measures to protect them. Cast * Sarah Paulson * Annaleigh Ashford * Ebon Moss-Bachrach * Bill Heck * Amiah Miller Production On June 22, 2020, Karrie Crouse and Will Joines were set to co-direct ''Dust'', a psychological horror-thriller Crouse wrote in the Sundance Institute Writer's Lab, with Alix Madigan and Lucas Joaquin producing. The film was to be sold at the Cannes Film Festival. On October 29, 2020, Searchlight Pictures acquired the film. On June 22, 2020, Claire Foy was cast as the lead. In July 2022, Sarah Paulson was cast. By Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Your Woman (film)
''I'm Your Woman'' is a 2020 American neo-noir crime film set in the 1970s and directed by Julia Hart from a screenplay by Hart and Jordan Horowitz. It stars Rachel Brosnahan, Arinzé Kene, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Bill Heck, Frankie Faison, Marceline Hugot and James McMenamin. Brosnahan plays Jean, a woman on the run after her husband, who is involved with organized crime, mysteriously goes missing. The film's world premiere occurred at AFI Fest on October 15, 2020. It was given a limited release on December 4, 2020, followed by a December 11 release on Amazon Prime Video by Amazon Studios. The film received generally positive reviews, with praise for Brosnahan's performance and Hart's direction. Plot Jean is a housewife in the late 1970s, married to Eddie, a professional thief. The couple are unable to have or adopt children, something Jean has long since made her peace with. One day, Eddie mysteriously procures a baby boy for Jean to raise. Sometime later, Jean is awakened in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Town Wisconsin
''Small Town Wisconsin'' is a 2020 American drama film written by Jason Naczek, directed by Niels Mueller and starring David Sullivan, Kristen Johnston and Bill Heck. Alexander Payne and Jinhua Yang served as executive producers of the film. The film was released in theaters in the United States on June 10, 2022, by Quiver Distribution. Cast * Kristen Johnston as Alicia * Tanya Fischer as Deidra * David Sapiro as Stu * David Sullivan as Wayne * Cooper J. Friedman as Tyler * Bill Heck as Chuck * Braden Andersen as Matt * David Ferrie as Tom Release The film premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2020. The film was also shown at the Milwaukee Film Festival The Milwaukee Film Festival is a public film festival held each spring from April 20th through May 4th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival is organized by Milwaukee Film, a cultural arts organization that operates Milwaukee's historic movie pal ... in October 2020. References External links * * {{rotten-to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 (film)
''1985'' is a 2018 American drama film directed by Yen Tan and starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, and Jamie Chung. The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016. Premise In 1985, Adrian Lester returns home to Dallas to visit his family for Christmas after several years of living in New York City. Adrian, a closeted gay man, has come to tell his family goodbye, but does not want to disclose to them that he is dying of AIDS. Cast Production The film is a feature-length adaptation of a short film of the same name that was released in 2016. Writer and director Yen Tan said the basis for the films were his experiences of interacting with people who were living with HIV and AIDS at his first job after graduating from college. The original short film, which starred Lindsay Pulsipher and Robert Sella, centered on a young man with AIDS preparing to move back in with his estranged mother. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (internationally titled ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro'') is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film was directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. It is the fifth theatrical ''Spider-Man'' film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, the sequel to ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012), and the final film in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' series. The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to rewrite it. The film stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, and Sally Field. In the film, Peter Parker tries to protect his girlfriend Gwen Stacy as he investigates his parents' death while also dealing with the supervillain Electro and the return of his best friend, Harry Osborn, who is dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinker Buck
Rinker Buck (December 29, 1950) is an American author who is best known for his 1997 memoir ''Flight of Passage''. Early life Rinker Buck was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey, the fourth child of Mary Patricia Buck (née Kernahan) and political activist and '' Look Magazine'' publisher Thomas Francis Buck. He has five brothers and five sisters. 1966 flight In the winter of 1965–1966, Rinker (15) and his older brother Kernahan (17), a licensed pilot, devised a plan to rebuild their father's 1948 Piper PA-11 and fly it from Somerset Hills Airport (N64) in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to Capistrano Airport (L38) in San Juan Capistrano, California. Their journey took six days and was completed in July 1966. The flight is the subject of Buck's 1997 memoir ''Flight of Passage''. Journalism career Buck began his career in journalism shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. His first job was writing for the ''Berkshire Eagle'' in 1973. He then serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New American Journey
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
