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Derrick Borte
Derrick Stacey Borte (born December 7, 1967) is a German-born American filmmaker known for the dark comedy ''The Joneses'' (2010), which he wrote, directed, and produced. The film was his directorial debut. Biography Early life Borte was born on December 7, 1967, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Donald and Susan Borte. When Borte was less than a year old, the family moved to Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia. Borte later moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he graduated in 1985 from First Colonial High School. He graduated from Old Dominion University (ODU) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA in painting, and moved to Los Angeles in 1991, where he started selling his work in a prominent art gallery. He also did graphic design work for surf companies, such as Billabong, Gotcha, and Rip Curl. In 1992, Borte moved back east to New York, where he attended Parsons School of Design, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in media studies. He joined the production staff at Sony Music Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area. Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of the most import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Magazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or newscasts, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts. Broadcast news magazines Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. Television news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles. These broadcasts serve as an alternative in covering certain issues more in depth than regular newscasts. The formula, first established by ''Panorama (TV series), Panorama'' on the BBC in 1953 has proved successful around the world. Televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British singer, musician and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, formed in 1976. The Clash's second album ''Give 'Em Enough Rope'' (1978) reached No. 2 on the UK charts. Soon after, they achieved success in the US, starting with ''London Calling'' (1979) and peaking with '' Combat Rock'' (1982), which reached No. 7 on the US charts and was certified 2× platinum there. The Clash's explosive political lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock music in general, especially alternative rock. Their music incorporated reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly. Strummer's other career highlights included stints with the 101ers, the Latino Rockabilly War, the Mescaleros, and the Pogues, as well as solo music. His work as a musician allowed him to explore oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor, model and musician. He is known for his roles in the films ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins'' (1996), ''Velvet Goldmine'' (1998), ''Titus (film), Titus'' (1999), ''Bend It Like Beckham'' (2002), ''Alexander (2004 film), Alexander'' (2004), ''Match Point'' (2005), ''Mission: Impossible III'' (2006) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries ''Elvis (miniseries), Elvis'' (2005), for which he won a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, as King Henry VIII in the historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–10), which earned him two Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award nominations, and in the NBC drama series ''Dracula (2013 TV series), Dracula'' (2013–14) as the title character. He also starred as List of Vikings characters#Bishop Heahmund, Bishop Heahmund, a character inspired by the Heahmund, Catholic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Huttlestone
Daniel Richard Huttlestone (born 17 September 1999) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Gavroche in Tom Hooper's ''Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables'' and Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack in the musical film ''Into the Woods (film), Into the Woods'', which both earned him a 34th Young Artist Awards, 2013 and 36th Young Artist Awards, 2015 Young Artist Award nomination as 34th Young Artist Awards#Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor, Best Young Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. Career Huttlestone started his stage career from the age of 9, landing the role of "Nipper" in the 2009 production of ''Oliver!'' at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, performing on the opening night with Rowan Atkinson, and continuing until it closed in 2011. He went on to perform the role of Gavroche, in ''Les Misérables'', at the Sondheim Theatre, Queen's Theatre, working with Alfie Boe, Matt Lucas (comedian), Matt Lucas where he stayed with the show for 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Town (2016 Film)
''London Town'' is a 2016 American-British drama film directed by Derrick Borte and written by Matt Brown. The film stars Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott, Natascha McElhone, Nell Williams and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 3, 2016. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on October 7, 2016, by IFC Films. Plot In the late 1970s, Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old boy from a working-class family in Wanstead. He divides his time between looking after his little sister Alice and working at the piano shop owned by his father Nick (Dougray Scott). His mother left the family years before, and, according to Nick, lives a bohemian, hedonistic life in London. Nick sends Shay to pick up parts from a music supplier in London. On the train, Shay meets Vivian (Nell Williams), a punk girl listening to The Clash on her Walkman. Shay becomes fascinated by the band, and follows Vivian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Broussard
Isaiah Israel Broussard (; born August 22, 1994) is an American actor. He made his film debut in the comedy-drama '' Flipped'', and is known for his roles in the crime film ''The Bling Ring'' (2013), the drama ''Perfect High'' (2015), the thriller ''H8RZ'' (2015), the comedy ''Good Kids'' (2016), the slasher film ''Happy Death Day'' (2017) as well as its 2019 sequel ''Happy Death Day 2U'', and the teen romance film '' To All the Boys I've Loved Before'' (2018). Early life Isaiah Israel Adams was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, to Angela (née Clapp), a Mary Kay cosmetics consultant, and Lawrence Clayton Adams (1957–1999), who died when Broussard was four. He was raised in Saucier, Mississippi by his mother and stepfather, Gil Broussard, a computer programmer, who later adopted him and his older sister. He has one younger half-brother from his mother's remarriage. Career Broussard began his career with small roles as Garrett Einbinder in the comedy-drama '' Flipped'' (2010) and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Bennett
Eliza Bennett (born 17 March 1992) is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film ''Inkheart'', Tora in the film ''Nanny McPhee'', Susan in '' From Time to Time'' and Holly Manson in the West End musical '' Loserville''. Bennett starred on the MTV black comedy series '' Sweet/Vicious'' as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series ''Dynasty''. Early and personal life Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister and attended Leighton Park School. Career Film Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine. She got her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's ''The Prince & Me''. In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in ''Nanny McPhee''. In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie ''Supernova'', Young Anne in the 2006 film ''Victims'', Emily i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Spencer
Abigail Leigh Spencer (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress. She began her career playing Rebecca Tyree on the ABC daytime television soap opera ''All My Children'' (1999–2001) before going on to star in the Lifetime crime drama series, ''Angela's Eyes'' (2006). She also had recurring roles on ''Mad Men'' (2009), ''Hawthorne'' (2009-2011), '' Suits'' (2011–2019), and ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2017–2022). From 2013 to 2016, Spencer starred as Amantha Holden in the SundanceTV drama series ''Rectify'', for which she received a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award. From 2016 to 2018, Spencer starred as history professor Lucy Preston in the NBC science-fiction series '' Timeless''. Spencer has appeared in numerous films, such as ''In My Sleep'' (2010), ''Cowboys & Aliens'' (2011), '' This Means War'' (2012), ''Chasing Mavericks'' (2012), '' The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia'' (2013), ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013), and ''This Is Where I Leave Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H8RZ
''H8RZ'' (pronounced "Haters") is an American mystery drama-thriller film, directed by Derrick Borte, and co-written by Borte and Daniel Forte. It stars Israel Broussard, Abigail Spencer, Jeremy Sisto, Eliza Bennett, Malcolm Mays, and Cary Elwes. The film was released on July 17, 2015 through video on demand. The film's premise is heavily based on ''The Usual Suspects'', right down to the twist. Plot In the aftermath of a mysterious high school "incident" that results in the school burning and leaves a group of students dead, the school's attorney, Laura Sedgewick (Abigail Spencer) questions the only witness alive, a student, Alex (Eliza Bennett), in hopes of protecting the school from any lawsuits. The story is told by Alex's perspective and shown in flashbacks. Alex meets Jack (Israel Broussard), his girlfriend, Carla (Sophie Curtis), Ricky (Chris Petrovski) and Cameron ( Malcolm Mays) at detention after they were caught cheating on a test. They team up to hack into the schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kassen
Mark Kassen (born 1971) is an American actor, director and producer. He has appeared in the films ''Growing Up Brady'' (2000), '' The Good Student'' (2006), ''Puncture'' (2011), and ''Jobs'' (2013). In July 2020, he and Chris Evans launched A Starting Point, a website that presents both the Democratic and Republican point of view on many issues of importance to Americans. Career Theatre In 1994, he made his theatre debut in a New York Off Broadway play titled ''Judy at the Stonewall Inn''. A few years later, he was cast in a play called ''Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight'' which he appeared on stage totally nude. In 2006, he appeared as Hitler's nephew William Patrick Hitler in the play ''Little Willy'', which he also wrote. Film and television Kassen has had small parts in television films and TV series such as '' Another World'' in 1994, ''Cybill'' in 1997, and ''Third Watch'' 1999. In 2006, he produced the television movie ''Bernard and Doris'' with Susan Sarandon and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Around The Stars
Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness Lightness is a visual perception of the luminance (L) of an object. It is often judged relative to a similarly lit object. In colorimetry and color appearance models, lightness is a prediction of how an illuminated color will appear to a stan ..., is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible spectrum, visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown. Human visual perception, vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance. This is because the hue sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina are inactive when light levels are insufficient, in the range of visual perception referred to as scotopic vision. The emotional response to darkness has generated metaphorical usages of the term in many cultures, often used to describe an unhappy or foreboding feeling. Referring to a time of day, night, complete darkness occurs when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
