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Chained Heat II
''Chained Heat'' (alternate title: ''Das Frauenlager'' in West Germany) is a 1983 American-German exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was co-written and directed by Paul Nicholas (as Paul Nicolas) for Jensen Farley Pictures.Overview, ''Chained Heat'' ''The New York Times'' archived at the Wayback Machine on April 10, 2013. Producer was Paul Fine, who had previously produced '' The Concrete Jungle''. Plot The film takes place in the California women's ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Blair
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress and activist. She played Regan MacNeil in the horror film ''The Exorcist'' (1973), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for an Academy Award. The film established her as a horror icon and scream queen; she reprised the role in the sequel '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), for which she earned a nomination for a Saturn Award. Blair went on to star in numerous television films, such as '' Born Innocent'' (1974), ''Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic'' (1975), and '' Stranger in Our House'' (1978), before establishing herself as a sex symbol in the musical film ''Roller Boogie'' (1979). The 1980s had her starring in numerous horror and exploitation films, including the slasher ''Hell Night'' (1981), the prison drama ''Chained Heat'' (1983), and the grindhouse cult thriller ''Savage Streets'' (1984). Throughout the 1990s, Blair appeared in various independent films and B movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Ita White
Carole Ita White is an American television and film actress. Early life Carole Ita White was born in New York City to actors Jesse White and Celia ("Simmy") Cohn. Her father was a character actor, appearing in dozens of films and TV programs for more than 50 years. Her sister is Janet Jonas. Career Carole Ita White started appearing in episodic TV and small film roles in the early 1970s. Her first TV job was a TV movie titled ''Evil Roy Slade'', starring John Astin, Mickey Rooney, and Milton Berle. The movie was written by producer and director Garry Marshall. Marshall cast her in a role on his series ''The Odd Couple''. She played Big Rosie Greenbaum on ''Laverne & Shirley''. White landed the recurring role after an appearance as Raunchy Girl 1 in the first season episode "Dating Slump". Big Rosie was first seen as a nemesis to the title characters during the second season in the episode "Bachelor Mothers". She continued to make appearances as Big Rosie during the second an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Simandl
Lloyd, Lloyd's, or Lloyds may refer to: People * Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown" ** List of people with given name Lloyd ** List of people with surname Lloyd * Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), American singer Places United States * Lloyd, Florida * Lloyd, Kentucky * Lloyd, Montana * Lloyd, New York * Lloyd, Ohio * Lloyds, Alabama * Lloyds, Maryland * Lloyds, Virginia Elsewhere * Lloydminster, or "Lloyd", straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada Companies and businesses Derived from Lloyd's Coffee House *Lloyd's Coffee House, a London meeting place for merchants and shipowners between about 1688 and 1774 * Lloyd's of London, a British insurance market ** ''Lloyd's of London'' (film), a 1936 film about the insurance market ** Lloyd's building, its headquarters ** Lloyd's Agency Network * ''Lloyd's List'', a website and 275-year-old daily newspaper on shipping and global trade ** ''Lloyd's List Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Whitman
Kari Kennell Whitman (born June 21, 1964) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February 1988. She also did mainstream acting as Kari Whitman appearing on '' Married... with Children'' (1989) in the episode ''976-SHOE '' as Muffy. Career While spending time in Florida, Kennell appeared in two episodes of the action drama ''Miami Vice''. After becoming interested in acting, she moved to New York to seek out more roles. Then in 1987 Kennell moved to Los Angeles to further her career and had early parts in television commercials and comedy skits on the ''Tonight Show''. It was around this time that she became involved with the animal rights organization PETA. From the mid-1980s and throughout the 1990s, Kennell appeared in a variety of roles in television series, TV movies, and feature films. Some of these appearances include the action comedies ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987) and ''Men at Work'' (1990) and television shows ''Baywa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Kates
Kimberley Kates (born August 15, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. Kates is best known for her role as Princess Elizabeth in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. She founded and is currently the CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles-based publicly traded film production and distribution company. Career Kates started her acting career when she was 15, her movie debut came in ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' playing Princess Elizabeth, the film starred Keanu Reeves, Diane Franklin, Alex Winter, and George Carlin. As an actress and prior to becoming a full-time film producer, Kates starred in more than 40 films and television shows. Her credits include television shows such as '' Seinfeld'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Charmed'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Murder She Wrote'', '' On Our Own, Sucker'', and films such as ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,'' '' Dangerous Love, Rescue Me, Chained Heat II, The New Age, Bounce'' and ''Highway''. As a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo (born Manfred Koslowski; June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019) was a German-born Canadian actor. Career Koslo started his career in such 1970s films as ''Nam's Angels'' a.k.a. ''The Losers'', ''Vanishing Point'' and ''The Stone Killer''. He also appeared opposite Charlton Heston in the science fiction film ''The Omega Man'', in a sympathetic co-starring role. He portrayed villains in ''Joe Kidd'' (1972), ''Mr. Majestyk'' (1974), and '' The Drowning Pool'' (1975). He and fellow ''Omega Man'' co-star Anthony Zerbe also appeared in '' Rooster Cogburn'' (1975). After a solid supporting part as a Jewish concentration camp survivor in the critically acclaimed ''Voyage of the Damned'' (1976), as well as the mayor in '' Heaven's Gate'' (1980), he began a long run of portraying villainous types in productions such as '' Roots: The Next Generations'' and ''The Glitter Dome''. In rare, in-depth interviews with both ''Psychotronic Video'' and ''Shock Cinema'' (issue No. 14) maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen (; born Gitte Nielsen; 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress, model, and singer. She began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She subsequently acted in the 1985 films ''Red Sonja'' and ''Rocky IV'', later returning to the ''Rocky'' series in ''Creed II'' (2018). Nielsen married Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film '' Cobra''. She played a villain in ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987) and starred as the Black Witch in the 1990s Italian film series '' Fantaghirò.'' She later built a career starring in B-movies, hosting TV shows, and appearing on reality shows. Early life Brigitte Nielsen was born Gitte Nielsen in Rødovre, Denmark. She is the daughter of Hanne, a librarian, and Svend Nielsen, an engineer, and the ex-sister-in-law of film director Nicolas Winding Refn. Career Modelling Standing , at the beginning of the 1980s, Nielsen did some modelling work, and was photographed by Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. Nielsen p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Warriors
''Jungle Warriors'', also called ''The Czar of Brazil'' (Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle, "Your Path Leads Through Hell", in Germany) is an action film, released in the United States in November 1984. The film was shot in Mexico and the old West Germany, but recreated the scenario of a South American jungle. Though is not a well-known film, it stars -among other recognized names- Sybil Danning (a famous American B-movie actress), Dana Elcar (MacGyver's boss on the celebrated TV series) and Paul L. Smith (who appeared in movies like '' Midnight Express'', ''Dune'' and ''Red Sonja''). Renowned movie star Dennis Hopper had a secondary role on the film, but later was replaced by actor Marjoe Gortner. Plot A group of gorgeous American models take a long trip to South America, to participate in a photo session on a location deep in the jungle, apparently somewhere around Peruvian tropical forest. While flying over a cocaine plantation, their plane is shot down by Cesar, a dangerous d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Heat (1985 Film)
Red Heat is a 1985 women in prison film starring Linda Blair and Sylvia Kristel. Plot summary Christine Carlson (Linda Blair), an American college student, travels to West Germany to visit her fiancé Mike (William Ostrander), who is serving in the US Army there. She tries to convince him to marry her promptly, but he chooses to delay marriage in order to re-enlist. Distraught by Mike's decision, Christine takes a late-night walk where she witnesses a kidnapping by the East German Stasi and gets kidnapped herself as well. She is transported to East Germany, where she is brutally interrogated by the Stasi, forced to admit to false charges of espionage, and thrown into a women's prison with the common criminals, including the gang leader Sofia (Sylvia Kristel), who is the prisoners' "top bitch" and has ''de facto'' control of the entire prison population. Sofia takes pleasure in brutally tormenting and harassing Christine, until the latter loses her patience and fights Sofia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razzie Awards
The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical annual ceremony has preceded its opposite, the Academy Awards, for four decades. The term ''raspberry'' is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". The statuette itself is a golf ball-sized raspberry atop a Super 8mm film reel spray-painted gold, with an estimated street value of $4.97. The Golden Raspberry Foundation has claimed that the award "encourages well-known filmmakers and top notch performers to own their bad." The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the perceived worst films of the 1980 film season. To date, Sylvester Stallone is the most awarded actor ever with 10 awards. History A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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