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Deborah Kaplan
Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Early life Deborah Kaplan was born and raised in Abington, Pennsylvania. Born to Susan Kaplan. She went to Abington Senior High School, which is the school her movie ''Can’t Hardly Wait'' is based on. Kaplan attended the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University (NYU). While there she met her creative partner Harry Elfont. They have since written several films together, and directed both ''Can't Hardly Wait'' starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry and Seth Green and '' Josie and the Pussycats'', which featured Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson and Alan Cumming Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a British actor. His London stage appearances include ''Hamlet'', the Maniac in '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in '' Bent'', The National Theatre .... Personal life Kaplan married actor Breckin Meyer on Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Abington Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to Philadelphia's northern fringe. The population was 55,310 as of the 2010 census, making it the second most populous township in Montgomery County after Lower Merion Township. The population density is 3603.3 per square mile (1,377/km2), making it the second most densely populated township in Montgomery County (following Cheltenham Township). Abington Township is one of Montgomery County's oldest communities, dating back before 1700 and being incorporated in 1704. It is home to some of the county's oldest transportation routes, industries and churches. Many of these older business and transportation centers were the forerunners of modern Abington. Abington contains the Willow Grove Park Mall, several small businesses, and a few of Montgomery County's largest employers. History The land that comprises Abington today was purchased from the native Lenape by William Penn during the 1680s. By the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Reid
Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975) is an American actress. She played Vicky in the films '' American Pie'' (1999), ''American Pie 2'' (2001), and ''American Reunion'' (2012), and Bunny Lebowski in ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998). In 2013, she starred as April Wexler in the television film ''Sharknado'', and went on to reprise the role in five sequels (2013–2018). Reid made her film debut in '' A Return to Salem's Lot'' in 1987. Her other film appearances include ''Urban Legend'' (1998), '' Dr. T & the Women'' (2000), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Van Wilder'' (2002), ''My Boss's Daughter'' (2003), and '' Alone in the Dark'' (2005). She had her own reality travel show on the E! network called '' Taradise'' in 2005, and was a housemate on the 2011 British reality series ''Celebrity Big Brother 8''. Early life Tara Donna Reid was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the daughter of Donna (née Bennett) and Thomas Reid, both of whom were teachers and day-care center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Sternin
Joshua Sternin is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. He is the oldest son of Alan Sternin and Esther Sternin, and married to actress/performer Paige Scurti Sternin. Career Among Sternin's producer credits include 23 episodes of ''Murphy Brown'' in 1996 through 1997 and as writer for 10 of them, as well as producer for 64 episodes of ''That '70s Show'' in 1998 through 2001 and as a writer for 8 of them. In 2002, he and Jennifer Ventimilia created a show for Fox called ''The Grubbs'', starring Randy Quaid. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air. Sternin wrote ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpson Tide" (with Ventimilia as his co-writer) and the teleplay of the episode 'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''Surviving Christmas'' and the 2010 film ''Tooth Fairy''. He also worked on the 2010 film ''Yogi Bear''. He also served as an execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Ventimilia
Jennifer Ventimilia (previously Jeffrey Ventimilia and also known as J.R. Ventimilia) is an American television writer. Ventimilia co-wrote ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpson Tide" (with Joshua Sternin) and the teleplay of the episode 'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.. Other credits include ''Murphy Brown'', ''That '70s Show'', and ''The Critic''. In 2002, Ventimilia and Sternin created a show for Fox called ''The Grubbs'', starring Randy Quaid. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air. Ventimilia co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''Surviving Christmas'' and the 2010 film ''Tooth Fairy'' and she also served as an executive producer and writer for '' Kitchen Confidential'', ''Robot and Monster'', and the 2012 Nickelodeon reboot of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surviving Christmas
''Surviving Christmas'' is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Jennifer Ventimilia, and Joshua Sternin, based on a story by Elfont and Kaplan, and starring Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, and Catherine O'Hara. Initially slated for a Christmas 2003 release, the film was pushed back to avoid competition with Affleck's 2003 sci-fi thriller ''Paycheck''. The film received negative reviews from film critics. It grossed $15.1 million worldwide from a $45 million budget, making it a box office bomb. At the Golden Raspberry Awards, the film received nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay, winning neither. Plot Just before Christmas, wealthy advertising executive Drew Latham surprises his girlfriend Missy with first-class tickets to Fiji, but she is horrified that he would want to spend Christmas away from his family. Citing the fact that Drew has never even introduced h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie And The Pussycats (film)
''Josie and the Pussycats'' is a 2001 satirical musical comedy film co-produced by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed and co-written by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the film is based on the Archie Comics series and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name. Filmed entirely in Vancouver, Canada, the film features Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson as the Pussycats, with Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, and Missi Pyle in supporting roles. The film received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure upon its initial release, but has enjoyed later success as a cult film. Plot Wyatt Frame, an executive with the pop music record label MegaRecords, is confronted on a private jet by successful boy band DuJour over a strange backing track they have discovered on their recent single. Wyatt and the plane's pilot parachute out of the jet, leaving it to crash with the band still on board, ensuring their deaths. Landing outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Epps Jr
Jack Epps Jr. (born November 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, author, and educator, known chiefly for such popular 1980s films as ''Top Gun'', ''Legal Eagles'', and '' The Secret of My Success'', which he wrote with longtime partner Jim Cash. Epps Jr. graduated from the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University, and he has since gone on to teach at the University of Southern California. Career Epps Jr. came to California to become a director, but he did not have the money or know-how to do so. He decided to first write a script and to hope that this would lead to directing. Partnering with Anderson House, they sold a script to ''Hawaii Five-O''. He continued to work with House for a few years, before partnering with Jim Cash. ''Top Gun'' and later successes After completing seven unproduced screenplays together, Epps Jr. and Cash produced ''Top Gun''. This film went on to become the number-one worldwide box office hit in 1986. After this, they quickly wrote ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cash
James Willis Cash (January 17, 1941 – March 25, 2000) was an American film writer, noted for writing such 1980s films as ''Top Gun'' and '' The Secret of My Success''. Early life Cash was born on January 17, 1941, in Boyne City, Michigan. Education In 1970, Cash received a B.A. in English from Michigan State University (MSU). In 1972, Cash received an M.A. in Television and Radio from Michigan State University. Career As a professor, Cash taught writing and film history at Michigan State University. Cash met a student named Jack Epps, Jr., who would later become his writing partner. Epps was from the Detroit area. Cash and Epps began their writing relationship while at Michigan State University. In 1975, they wrote their first story together in the MSU Union Grill. Soon afterward Epps moved to Hollywood, California. Cash continued to live in East Lansing, Michigan, while Epps lived in Santa Monica, California. They collaborated via computer. In 1986, Cash and Epps co-wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas
''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' (also known as ''The Flintstones 2'' or ''The Flintstones 2: Viva Rock Vegas'' in a working title) is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jim Cash, Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, and Jack Epps, Jr., and is the prequel to Levant's ''The Flintstones'' (1994), based on the 1960–66 animated television series of the same name. It is set before the events of both the series and the first film, showing how Fred and Barney meet Wilma and Betty. The title is a play on the Elvis Presley song, ''Viva Las Vegas'', also used as the title of an MGM musical film. None of the original cast from the first film reprise their roles in this film. The film stars Mark Addy as Fred Flintstone, Stephen Baldwin as Barney Rubble, Kristen Johnston as Wilma Slaghoople, and Jane Krakowski as Betty O'Shale, replacing John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, and Rosie O'Donnell respectively. The supporting cast features J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Zimmerman
Stan Zimmerman is an American television producer, director and screenwriter. Zimmerman has written for many television series including ''The Golden Girls'', ''Roseanne'' and ''Gilmore Girls'' and the 1996 feature film ''A Very Brady Sequel''. Zimmerman is also the creator and executive producer of the sitcom ''Rita Rocks.'' Career Zimmerman directed the music video for the pop band Whore's Mascara's song "''All I Want''". The song was nominated for 3 Pill Awards, including Best Video and Best Director, and had a cameo appearance by Laverne Cox. Other television writing credits include ''Brothers'', ''Just Our Luck'', ''George Burns Comedy Week'', ''Hooperman'', ''Something Wilder'', '' Secs & EXECS'', ''Fame'', and ''Wanda at Large''. In theater, Zimmerman directed ''"Gemini"'' (Celebration Theatre), ''"Spike Heels"'' (Actors Circle Theatre), ''"A Tuna Christmas"'' (Theater Asylum), ''"Entertaining Mr Sloane"'' (The Actors Company Theatre), ''"Blink & You Might Miss Me"'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berg
James Berg is an American television producer and writer. He has written for many television series including ''The Golden Girls'', ''Roseanne'' and ''Gilmore Girls'' and the 1996 feature film ''A Very Brady Sequel''. He has frequently collaborated with fellow producer and writer Stan Zimmerman. Berg and Zimmerman were also the creators and executive producers of the sitcom, ''Rita Rocks'', starring Nicole Sullivan and Tisha Campbell-Martin which ran on Lifetime Television. Berg and Zimmerman received two WGA nominations - one for ''The Golden Girls,'' "Rose's Mother" and one for the lesbian kiss episode of ''Roseanne'', "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". His other television writing credits include ''Brothers'', ''Just Our Luck'', ''George Burns Comedy Week'', ''Hooperman'', ''Something Wilder'', ''Fame'', and ''Wanda at Large''. Berg is currently, as of 2018, working on the series ''Silver Foxes.'' The pilot is based on the documentary ''Gen Silent'', about LGBT seniors forced to live i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Brady Sequel
''A Very Brady Sequel'' is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Arlene Sanford (in her feature film directorial debut), with a screenplay by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, James Berg and Stan Zimmerman, and starring Shelley Long, Gary Cole and Tim Matheson. It also features cameos from RuPaul, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Eden, David Spade, and Richard Belzer. Sequel to ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995), it followed its predecessor by placing the 1970s Brady Bunch family in a contemporary 1990s setting, where much of the humor is derived from the resulting culture clash and the utter lack of awareness they show toward their relatively unusual lifestyle. ''A Very Brady Sequel'' was released on August 23, 1996. The film received mixed reviews and earned less than half of what ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' did at the box office. A second sequel, the made-for-television feature ''The Brady Bunch in the White House'', aired in November 2002. Plot One seemingly typical eveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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