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Craig Clevenger
Craig Clevenger (born 1964) is an American author of contemporary fiction. Born 1964 in Dallas, Texas, he grew up in Southern California, where he studied English at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of there novels, '' The Contortionist's Handbook'' and '' Dermaphoria'', both released by MacAdam/Cage, and ''Mother Howl'', published by Datura. His work has been classified by some as neo-noir and has received praise from such authors as Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh. Clevenger lists among his influences Jim Thompson, James M. Cain, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson, Italo Calvino, Kōbō Abe, Steve Erickson, Mark Danielewski, Will Christopher Baer, Seth Morgan, James Ellroy, Michael Hogan, John O'Brien, Michael Ventura and Rupert Thomson. Clevenger's third novel, ''Mother Howl'', is based on his short stor''The Fade'' which he adapted into a short film with director Scott Krinsky. He shares a fan base with fellow authors Will Christopher Baer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and County seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County with portions extending into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Christopher Baer
Will Christopher Baer is an American author of hardboiled fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a tradi .... Bibliography Novels *'' Kiss Me, Judas'' (1999) *''Penny Dreadful'' (2000) *'' Hell's Half Acre'' (2004) *''Godspeed'' (TBD) Collections *''Phineas Poe'' (2005), the trilogy consisting of ''Kiss Me, Judas'', ''Penny Dreadful'', and ''Hell's Half Acre'' References 1966 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Tulane University alumni Naropa University alumni Writers from California 21st-century American novelists University of Memphis alumni American male novelists 21st-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Walsh (actress)
Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC television dramas ''Grey's Anatomy'' and '' Private Practice''. She is also known for her roles as Rebecca Wright on ''Bad Judge'', Olivia Baker on '' 13 Reasons Why'', Nicki Fifer on '' The Drew Carey Show'', The Handler on ''The Umbrella Academy'', and Madeline Wheeler on '' Emily in Paris''. Early life Walsh was born in San Jose, California, the daughter of Angela and Joseph Patrick Walsh Sr. She grew up in a Catholic household in Tucson, Arizona. Her mother is of Italian descent, and her father was Irish, from Navan in County Meath. Walsh graduated from Catalina Magnet High School and studied acting at the University of Arizona before dropping out. Walsh moved to New York City and joined a comedy troupe, Burn Manhattan, supporting herself by waitressing. Career Walsh worked at fast-food outlets before modeling and teaching English in Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton Goggins
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in a number of television series, including ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), '' Justified'' (2010–2015), '' Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), ''The Righteous Gemstones'' (2018–present) and '' The Unicorn'' (2020–2021). He has also starred in films, such as '' Predators'' (2010), ''Django Unchained'' (2012), '' The Hateful Eight'' (2015), as well as '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'', ''Tomb Raider'', and ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (all 2018). He also voices Cecil Stedman in Amazon Prime's ''Invincible'' (2021–present). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on ''Justified''. Goggins starred in the short film '' The Accountant'', which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Early life Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr. He was raised in Lithia Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Perlman
Ronald Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in '' Quest for Fire'' (1981), Salvatore in ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986), Vincent in the television series '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in ''The City of Lost Children'' (1995), Johner in '' Alien Resurrection'' (1997), Hellboy in both ''Hellboy'' (2004) and its sequel '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), Clay Morrow on the television series '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2013), Nino in ''Drive'' (2011) and Benedict Drask in '' Don't Look Up'' (2021). Perlman is also known as a collaborator of ''Hellboy'' director Guillermo del Toro, having roles in the del Toro films '' Cronos'' (1993), ''Blade II'' (2002), '' Pacific Rim'' (2013) and '' Nightmare Alley'' (2021). His voice-over work includes the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series ''Fallout'' (1997–present), Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Slade in ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Morgan (actor)
Joseph Morgan (born Joseph Martin; 16 May 1981) is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's ''The Vampire Diaries'' and its spin-off '' The Originals'', in which he is the lead. Early life Morgan was born in London, but lived in Swansea for 11 years. He is the oldest child in his family. He was a student at Morriston Comprehensive School and then studied a BTEC Performing Arts course at Gorseinon College (now Gower College Swansea), before moving back to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in his late teens. Career Joseph Morgan's first ever acting audition was for ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' for Tom Riddle. Morgan starred in the first series of the Sky One television series '' Hex'', as Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in films such as ''Alexander'' and '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' and the BBC Two television series '' The Line of Beauty''. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama ''Coach Carter'' (2005), and had his breakthrough role in the 2006 dance film '' Step Up''. He gained wider attention for his leading roles in the comedy-drama ''Magic Mike'' (2012) and its sequel '' Magic Mike XXL'' (2015), the latter of which he also produced, and in the action-comedy ''21 Jump Street'' (2012) and its sequel '' 22 Jump Street'' (2014). Tatum has also appeared as Duke in the action film '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) and its sequel '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' (2013). His other films include ''She's the Man'' (2006), ''White House Down'' (2013), '' Foxcatcher'' (2014), '' The Hateful Eight'' (2015), ''Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), ''Logan Lucky'' (2017), and '' The Lost City'' (2022). Tatum has also starred in, produced and co-directed the road film '' Dog'' (2022). ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik (born 1 July 1974) is an English film and television director of Argentine origin, and former storyboard artist. For his work as a director on the HBO epic fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'', he won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards and Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series at the 69th Directors Guild of America Awards. Sapochnik also directed the science fiction film '' Repo Men''. Career Born as Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-Sapochnik in London, England, Sapochnik began his career as a storyboard artist; some of his credits include '' Trainspotting'' (1996, directed by Danny Boyle) and ''The Winter Guest'' (1997, actor Alan Rickman's directorial debut). In 2000, Sapochnik directed a 2000 short film titled ''The Dreamer'', which he wrote and directed. He also directed the "Beautiful Inside" music video for singer Louise. Between 2001 and 2005, he was a director of Snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfoot Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. Although his recent work is often classified as horror, he is celebrated for applying more "literary" stylings to a variety of speculative genres, as well as his prolificness, having published 22 books under the age of 50. 31.5 linear feet of Jones' works are held in the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World, part of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University. He is currently the Ivena Baldwin professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder. Background Stephen Graham Jones was born in Midland, Texas, in 1972. Jones received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Philosophy from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. in 1994. He then went on to earn his Master of Arts Degree in English from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, in 1996. He complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Krinsky
Scott Krinsky (born November 24, 1968) is an American actor and comic best known for his role as Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes on the hit TV series ''Chuck (TV series), Chuck'' and his role as Darryl on ''The O.C.'' He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1968 and attended Sherwood High School (Sandy Springs, Maryland), Class of 1986. Then attended Salisbury University, where he majored in communication and broadcast journalism. He has also attended The Epicurean School of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles. In addition to being an actor, he is a writer and a stand-up comedian who performs at The Comedy Store and Improv in Los Angeles. Filmography Films Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krinsky, Scott 1968 births American male television actors Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from Washington, D.C. Salisbury University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Thomson
Rupert Thomson, FRSL (born November 5, 1955) is an English writer. He is the author of thirteen critically acclaimed novels and an award-winning memoir. He has lived in many cities around the world, including Athens, Berlin, New York, Sydney, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Rome. In 2010, after several years in Barcelona, he moved back to London. He has contributed to the Financial Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, Granta and the Independent. Biography & Literary Career Youth & Education Rupert Thomson was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on November 5, 1955 to Rodney Farquhar-Thomson, a War Disability Pensioner, and Wendy Gausden, a nurse. His mother died on a tennis court when he was eight From the age of ten, he attended Christ's Hospital, a charity boarding school that offers children from humble backgrounds a better education. While at Christ's Hospital, he began to write poetry. His early influences were Thomas Hardy and TS Eliot. When he was fifteen, he rod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ventura
Michael Ventura (born October 31, 1945) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director, essayist and cultural critic. History Michael Ventura commenced his career as a journalist at the ''Austin Sun'', a counter-culture bi-weekly newspaper that published in the 1970s. Ventura is best known for his long-running column, "Letters at 3 A.M.", which first appeared in ''LA Weekly'' in the early 1980s and continued in the ''Austin Chronicle'' until 2015. He has published three novels: '' Night Time Losing Time'' (1989), '' The Zoo Where You're Fed to God'' (1994), and '' The Death of Frank Sinatra'' (1996). An excerpt from his novel about Miriam of Magdala was published in the third issue of the CalArts literary journal ''Black Clock'' in 2005. He is the author of two essay collections, '' Shadow-Dancing in the U.S.A.'' (1985) and '' Letters at 3 A.M.: Reports on Endarkenment'' (1994). With psychologist James Hillman, Ventura co-authored the 1992 bestseller '' We've Had a H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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