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Catherine Kellner
Catherine Kellner (born October 2, 1970) is an American character actress, perhaps best known for appearing in Daft Punk's music-video for their song Da Funk. Early life and education Kellner was born in Manhattan, New York. Her mother was a psychologist and her father was a Greek classics scholar who immigrated to the United States from Hungary. She attended Vassar College, then New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ..., graduating in 1995. Personal life Kellner lives in New York City and is married to Reuben Avery, a photographer and computer programmer, and has one son. Her parents are George and Martha Kellner, who, in May 1970, survived the crash of ALM Flight 980 in the Caribbean. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highball (film)
''Highball'' is a 1997 unfinished film directed by Noah Baumbach, co-written by Baumbach, Carlos Jacott, and Christopher Reed. The film is credited as having been directed by Ernie Fusco and written by Jesse Carter after being disowned by Baumbach. The film was shot over 6 days with remaining money from Baumbach's previous film '' Mr. Jealousy''. Plot A newly married couple decides to improve their social life by throwing three great parties and inviting tons of people at their Brooklyn apartment. The film follows this pursuit over the course of a year. Friends' (Justine Bateman, Peter Bogdanovich, Dean Cameron) relationships are tested during a birthday party, a Halloween party and a New Year's Eve party. Cast Removal of credit Baumbach has removed his credit for the film, explaining in an interview with The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf In The Kingdom
''Golf in the Kingdom'' is a 1971 novel by Michael Murphy. It has sold over a million copies and been translated into 19 languages. ''Golf in the Kingdom'' tells the story of Michael Murphy, a young traveler who accidentally stumbles on a mystical golfing expert while in Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... Murphy was inspired to write the book after his time at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He became interested in the similarities between descriptions of successful athletes and people who said they had achieved the state of Zen. The novel spawned the Shivas Irons Society, an organization whose members combine golf and meditation. In 1997, Murphy wrote a sequel, ''The Kingdom of Shivas Irons''. ''Golf in the Kingdom'' is referenced in the fifth episode of season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedication (film)
''Dedication'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore. Written by David Bromberg, this film is actor Justin Theroux's directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It was produced by Plum Pictures. Plot Henry Roth (Billy Crudup) is an obsessive-compulsive and somewhat misanthropic writer of children's books. His illustrator and only friend, Rudy (Tom Wilkinson), dies after a fabulously successful collaboration on their series of children's books about "Marty the Beaver." Henry is under contract to produce another "Marty the Beaver" book for Christmas sales. His publisher, Arthur Planck (Bob Balaban), assigns penniless, lovelorn illustrator Lucy Reilly (Mandy Moore) to work with Henry. She's being wooed by her ex-boyfriend Jeremy (Martin Freeman), who dumped her two years ago but shows up apologetic, having dedicated his new book to her. Lucy and Henry go to their publisher's beach house to work on the book. Will love b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alchemy (film)
''Alchemy'' is a 2005 film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer and starring Tom Cavanagh and Sarah Chalke. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005. The film did not have a wide release in movie theaters, so its big public premiere was on television, on ABC Family on October 7, 2005. Premise A university computer scientist tries to make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known lothario professor. Cast * Tom Cavanagh as Mal Downey * Sarah Chalke as Samantha Rose * James Stacy Barbour as Dr. Troy Rollins * Michael Ian Black as Jerry (voice) * Illeana Douglas as KJ * Nadia Dajani as Jane * Logan Marshall-Green as Martin * Wil Horneff as Dave * Celeste Holm as Iris * Shannon McGinnis as Barbara * Anna Belknap as Marissa * Tovah Feldshuh as Senior Editor * Daphne Rubin-Vega as Belladonna Editor * Susan Misner as Associate Editor * Erik Palladino Erik Palladino (born May 10, 1968) is an American actor known for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor (film)
''Pearl Harbor'' is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film features a heavily fictionalized version of the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, focusing on a love story set amidst the lead up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid. The film was a box office success, earning $59 million in its opening weekend and nearly $450 million worldwide, but received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, long runtime, screenplay and dialogue, pacing, performances and historical inaccuracies, although the visual effects and Hans Zimmer's score were praised. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing. However, it was also nominated for six Golden Raspb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weight Of Water (film)
''The Weight of Water'' is a 2000 mystery thriller film based on Anita Shreve's 1997 novel ''The Weight of Water''. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film stars Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Josh Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Katrin Cartlidge, Ciaran Hinds, and Sarah Polley. The film was shot in Nova Scotia. Although it premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, it was not released in the United States until November 1, 2002. Plot In 1873, Karen Christensen and Anethe Christensen, Norwegian immigrants, are murdered on Smuttynose Island, a lonely island among the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast. Maren Hontvedt, also a Norwegian immigrant, survived the attack. Louis Wagner, who had once tried to seduce Maren, is convicted for the crime, and ultimately dies on the gallows. In the present, newspaper photographer Jean Janes begins researching the murders, and travels to Smuttynose with her husband Thomas, an award-winning poet. They travel with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (2000 Film)
''Shaft'' is a 2000 American action crime film directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. Although the film shares the same title as the 1971 film, it is a contemporary sequel with Jackson's John Shaft character being related to the earlier films' Shaft. The film received generally positive reviews and opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000. Plot Called in to investigate the grievous assault of Trey Howard outside a restaurant, NYPD Detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr., the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon, after noticing blood on him. Wade claims self-defense. Shaft notices an injured waitress, Diane Palmieri, eyeing Wade, and unsuccessfully tries to coax a statement from her. Trey's friend tells Shaft that when she and Trey entered the restaurant, Wade racially harassed him. Trey humiliated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tully (2000 Film)
''Tully'' is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Hilary Birmingham, starring Glenn Fitzgerald, Anson Mount, Bob Burrus and Julianne Nicholson. The film was screened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival on April 14, 2000, and received a limited release in the United States on November 1, 2002. It is based on an O. Henry Award-winning short story by author Tom McNeal. Originally titled ''The Truth About Tully'', the film changed its name to avoid confusion with Jonathan Demme's ''The Truth About Charlie''. Plot The story centers on the Coates brothers, Tully and Earl, who live on their father's ranch in rural Nebraska. Their mother abandoned the family when the boys were young. Tully is very outgoing and has relationships with many women, including a stripper named April. Earl is more of an introvert. Ella, a childhood friend of both Coates brothers, comes back to town to start a veterinary practice. Ella appears to have more in common with Earl, as she is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen And Tomatoes
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] |
Spring Forward
''Spring Forward'' is a 1999 film and the directorial debut of Tom Gilroy, starring Ned Beatty, Liev Schreiber and Campbell Scott. Shot in sequence over the course of one year, it was the first film released by IFC Films, the Independent Film Channel's film production and distribution company. Plot ''Spring Forward'' is the story of the burgeoning friendship between two very different men, Murphy and Paul, who work for the parks department in a quaint New England town. Paul is a short-tempered ex-convict recently released from prison for armed robbery, who is exploring his spiritual side hoping for atonement and a second chance. On his first day working in parks maintenance he is partnered with Murphy, a veteran groundskeeper, facing his advancing age and impending retirement. The day gets off to a rough start when Paul clashes with a condescending local business heir over a materials donation, loses his cool, announces he is quitting, and stalks off into the woods berating himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Days (1999 Film)
''30 Days'' is a 1999 American independent film written and directed by Aaron Harnick and starring Ben Shenkman and Arija Bareikis. It premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September, and was subsequently released in the United States on 15 September 2000. Plot Jordan (Shenkman) is a successful businessman with commitment issues, so friends decided to match him with an NBC worker, Sarah (Bareikis) who is going through some emotional issues. They agree to sleep together after Jordan reveals he doesn't know the name of a woman he recently slept with. But later they decide to become a romantic couple. However, after their first fight, the relationship is over. Jordan later realises how important Sarah is to him and proceeds to try to win her back. New York Times. 15 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
