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Bob Stephenson (actor)
Robert J. Stephenson (born May 18, 1967) is an American film and television actor, film producer and screenwriter who is probably best known as Sheriff Jimmy Taylor on the CBS TV series '' Jericho''. Life Stephenson was born in Oxnard, California. He attended college at University of California at Santa Barbara. He starred as a lazy man in the video for the song, " Lazy" by English music group X-Press 2 sung by the American singer David Byrne of Talking Heads, which reached number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 1 on the U.S. Dance Charts and number 1 in Syria in 2002. Along with fellow actor and good friend Tom Hanks he shares a love of the English Premier League team Aston Villa. Filmography Actor Producer *''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' (2002) *'' Thumbsucker'' (2005) Screenwriter *''Southlander ''Southlander'' (also known as ''Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician'') is a 2001 American independent film by Steve Hanft and Ross Harris. Origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons typically run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights sale to Sky UK, Sky. From 2019 to 2020, the league's accumulated television rights deals were worth around £3.1 billion a year, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games respectively. The Premier League is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judging Amy
''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a family court for the Connecticut Superior Court's Hartford district; in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes focus on her experiences as a divorced mother and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother. Plot Amy Gray (Amy Brenneman), an attorney and Harvard graduate, moves back to her hometown of Hartford, Connecticut after separating from her husband Michael in New York City. She and her six-year-old daughter Lauren (Karle Warren) move in with her widowed mother, Maxine Gray (Tyne Daly) who is a caseworker for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. The move back to Hartford also reun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels (2000 Film)
''Charlie's Angels'' is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, and John August. It is the first installment in the Charlie's Angels (franchise), ''Charlie's Angels'' film series, a continuation of the Charlie's Angels, television series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts (writer), Ben Roberts, which is also a continuation of the series story. Unlike the original series, which had dramatic elements, the film features more comical elements. It stars Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working in a private detective agency in Los Angeles. John Forsythe reprised his role as the unseen Charlie's voice from the original series. Bill Murray also stars as John Bosley (Charlie's Angels), John Bosley, replacing David Doyle (actor), David Doyle who played the role in the original series. It also stars Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry and Kelly Lynch while Crispin Glover, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profiler (TV Series)
''Profiler'' is an American crime drama created by Cynthia Saunders that aired on NBC from September 21, 1996, to July 1, 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) based in Atlanta, Georgia. The show initially starred Ally Walker as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters, the victim of a stalker known as "Jack Of All Trades". At the end of the third season, Walker departed the series and was replaced by Jamie Luner as prosecutor-turned-profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, and Julian McMahon co-starred for all four seasons. Caitlin Wachs and Erica Gimpel also co-starred for the first two seasons; Wachs was replaced by Evan Rachel Wood in a recurring role for the third season, while Gimpel appeared as a guest star. Along with '' The Pretender'', ''Profiler'' was a staple of NBC's Saturday night lineup during the late 1990s. The series shared a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica's Closet
''Veronica's Closet'' is an American sitcom television series created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, that aired on NBC for three seasons, from September 25, 1997, to December 7, 2000. The show stars Kirstie Alley as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase, the head of her own lingerie company in New York City. Overview Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase, played by Alley, has made a living being known as the "Queen of Romance". She is the owner of Veronica's Closet, a company that sells lingerie and other bedroom accessories. Her husband Bryce, played by Christopher McDonald, regularly cheats on her, though she always takes him back because of the image she has created. However, after another tryst, Veronica decides to leave him and begins her life as a single woman. She is championed by her best friend and Chief Financial Officer Olive Massery, played by Kathy Najimy, and her father Pat Chase, played by Robert Prosky, who is also her chauffeur. She also works with Perry Rollins, played by Dan Corte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fight Club
''Fight Club'' is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a "fight club" with soap salesman Tyler Durden (Pitt), and becomes embroiled in a relationship with a mysterious woman, Marla Singer (Bonham Carter). Palahniuk's novel was optioned by Fox 2000 Pictures producer Laura Ziskin, who hired Jim Uhls to write the film adaptation. Fincher was selected because of his enthusiasm for the story. He developed the script with Uhls and sought screenwriting advice from the cast and others in the film industry. It was filmed in and around Los Angeles from July to December 1998. He and the cast compared the film to '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''The Graduate'' (1967), with a theme of conflict between Generation X and the value system of advertising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Beauties (film)
''Sleeping Beauties'' is a 1999 short comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. It stars Sarah Lassez as a morgue beautician trying to get over her ex-girlfriend, played by Radha Mitchell. Babbit made the film with help from David Fincher and Michael Douglas. It played at several film festivals during 1998 and 1999, and was later distributed on a DVD collection of short films by production company POWER UP. Babbit won a Channel 4 award for the film. Plot A mother tells her daughter a real life fairy tale of a " Princess Charming" and her Sleeping Beauty. Heather (Lassez) is in love with her girlfriend Cindy (Mitchell) until one day Cindy "wakes up" and breaks up with Heather, saying she wants a "real prince". Heather works as a make up artist at Rolling Headstones Funeral Home in Los Angeles, "making dead rock-stars look good" for their next album covers. One day she is working on the body of musician Sno Blo (Rose McGowan). Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity (TV Series)
''Felicity'' is an American drama television series created by J. J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard were executive producers through Imagine Entertainment. The series revolves around the college experiences of the title character, Felicity Porter (portrayed by Keri Russell), as she attends the "University of New York" (based on New York University), which lies across the country from her home in Palo Alto, California. The show ran for four seasons from September 29, 1998, to May 22, 2002, with each season corresponding to the traditional American university divisions of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years. In 2007, ''Felicity'' was one of ''Time'' magazine's "All-''Time'' 100 Best TV Shows." AOL TV named ''Felicity'' one of the "Best School Shows of All Time." In June 2010, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Felicity Porter one of the "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Of A Kind (U
Two of a Kind may refer to: Film and television * ''Two of a Kind'' (1951 film), starring Edmond O'Brien and Lizabeth Scott * ''Two of a Kind'' (1982 film), starring George Burns and Robbie Benson * ''Two of a Kind'' (1983 film), starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta ** ''Two of a Kind'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the film * ''Two of a Kind'' (1993 film) (''Qing ren zhi ji''), directed by Teddy Chan * ''Two of a Kind'' (Hong Kong TV series), a 1989 Hong Kong television series starring Hacken Lee * ''Two of a Kind'' (UK TV series), a 1960s ATV television series starring Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise * ''Two of a Kind'' (U.S. TV series), a 1998 ABC television series starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen * 2-of-a-Kind, a 1992–95 Cartoon Network programming block Music * ''Two of a Kind'' (Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer album), 1961, or the title track * ''Two of a Kind'' (Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album), 1971 * ''Two of a Kind'' (Earl Klugh and Bob James album), 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game (1997 Film)
''The Game'' is a 1997 American thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger and James Rebhorn and produced by Propaganda Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. It tells the story of a wealthy investment banker who is given a mysterious birthday gift by his brother—participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his everyday life. As the lines between the banker's real life and the game become more uncertain, hints of a larger conspiracy begin to unfold. ''The Game'' was well received by critics like Roger Ebert and major periodicals like ''The New York Times'', but had middling box-office returns compared to the success of Fincher's previous film ''Seven (1995 film), Se7en'' (1995). The film later gained a strong cult following among Fincher's fans with some noting it as one of his most underrated films. Plot Nicholas Van Orton, a wealthy, selfish investment banker in San Francisco, has lunch with his estrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
