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Gabriel Olds
Gabriel Emerson Olds is an American actor and writer. He is the son of poet Sharon Olds. Acting career Olds began acting at age 15 at The Public Theater in New York, in a performance of Measure for Measure in 1987. Soon after, he was cast in ''14 Going on 30'' ( ABC, 1988), a two-part Disney Sunday Movie with an age-shifting plot, similar to '' Big''. In 1992, Olds was hired by Dick Wolf for an episode of ''Law & Order'' called "Pride and Joy", in which Olds played an ambitious student who murders his father. In 1993, Olds made his Broadway debut with the drama ''Any Given Day'', a prequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''The Subject Was Roses''. Olds took time off from Yale University to perform in the show. Soon after, Olds was cast in the Penny Marshall-produced film '' Calendar Girl'', a nostalgic take on the teen road trip. Back at Yale, Olds starred in and directed the Shakespearean drama ''Richard II'', to positive notices. More work followed, with a supporting role in Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds (born November 12, 1942) is an American poet. Olds won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.2013 Pulitzer Prizes , The Pulitzer Prizes. She teaches creative writing at and is a previous director of the Creative Writing Program at NYU. Early life Sharon Olds was born on November 19, 1942, in , California, but was brought up in |
Party Of Five
''Party of Five'' is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by Scott Wolf as Bailey, Matthew Fox as Charlie, Neve Campbell as Julia, and Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger, who with their baby brother Owen (played by several actors) constitute five siblings whom the series follows after the loss of their parents in a car accident. Notable co-stars included Scott Grimes, Paula Devicq, Michael Goorjian, Jeremy London, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. While categorized as a series aimed at teenagers and young adults, ''Party of Five'' explored several mature themes, including substance and domestic abuse, teen pregnancy, mental illness, cancer, and the long-term effects of parental loss. Despite receiving positive reviews from television critics after its debut, including ''TV Guide'' naming it "The Best Show Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbania (film)
''Urbania'' is a 2000 independent drama film based on the play '' Urban Folk Tales''. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, then played the Toronto International Film Festival, the Seattle Film Festival, and a number of LGBT film festivals, winning a total of 6 "Best Film" awards. It was released by Lionsgate and was named "One of the Year's Best Films" in over 35 publications including the ''Los Angeles Times'', '' Time Out'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', and the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Plot ''Urbania'' follows Charlie (Dan Futterman) through a sleepless night. After an unsuccessful bout of masturbation to the sound of his upstairs neighbors having sex, he prowls the streets looking for a man he saw several months earlier. The implication is that he's had a one night stand with the man, cheating on his boyfriend Chris (Matt Keeslar). This is reinforced by several phone calls Charlie places, leaving messages on Chris' answering machine. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinda Barrett
Jacinda Barrett (born 2 August 1972) is an Australian actress and former model. She first became known to audiences as a cast member on '' The Real World: London'' (1995) before appearing in films such as ''The Human Stain ''The Human Stain'' is a novel by Philip Roth, published May 5, 2000. The book is set in Western Massachusetts in the late 1990s. It is narrated by 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, who appears in several earlier Roth novels, and who also fig ...'' (2003), ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (2004), ''Ladder 49'' (2004), ''The Namesake (film), The Namesake'' (2006), ''Poseidon (film), Poseidon'' (2006), and ''The Last Kiss (2006 film), The Last Kiss'' (2006). She appeared in the series ''The Following'' in 2013 and joined the main cast of the Netflix series ''Bloodline (TV series), Bloodline'', which launched in 2015. Early life, family and education Barrett was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime Series. Other well-received roles he is known for include Paul Johnson in the ABC sitcom series ''Mixed-ish'', Detective John Clark Jr. in ''NYPD Blue'', and Peter Bash in ''Franklin & Bash''. He was also the lead in the 1998 film ''Dead Man on Campus''. He later starred in the 2016 and 2019 TV series '' Pitch'' and ''The Passage'', respectively. Early life Gosselaar was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, the son of Paula ( van den Brink), a homemaker and hostess for KLM, and Hans Gosselaar, a plant supervisor for Anheuser-Busch. He is the youngest of his parents' four children, and was the only one not born in the Netherlands. His Dutch-born father is of German and Dutch Jewish descent. Gosselaar's Jewish paternal great-grandp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Limits
''Without Limits'' is a 1998 American biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, Inc. Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman. It also stars Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Judith Ivey, Matthew Lillard and William Mapother. The film was produced by Tom Cruise (Cruise and Mapother are cousins) and Paula Wagner, and released and distributed by Warner Bros. Due to a very low-key promotional campaign, the $25 million film grossed only $777,000 at the box office, although it received good reviews from many major critics. Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film. Cast * Billy Crudup as Steve Prefontaine * Donald Sutherland as Bill Bowerman * Monica Potter as Mary Marckx * Jeremy Sisto as Frank Shorter * Judith Ivey as Barbara Bower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Crudup
William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, including ''Without Limits'' (1998), ''Almost Famous'' (2000), ''Big Fish'' (2003), '' Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), ''Watchmen'' (2009), '' Public Enemies'' (2009), '' The Stanford Prison Experiment'' (2015), '' Jackie'' (2016), and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), in both lead and supporting roles. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in ''Jesus' Son'', and received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for ''Almost Famous'' and ''Spotlight'', winning for the latter. Crudup starred in the streaming television series ''Gypsy'' (2017) and '' The Morning Show'' (2019), the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in ''Clueless'' (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as ''Freeway'' (1996) and '' Bongwater'' (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's ''A View from the Bridge'' in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in '' 8 Mile'' (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included ''Riding in Cars with Boys'' (2001), ''Spun'' (2002), ''Just Married'' (2003), ''Uptown Girls'' (2003), ''Sin City'' (2005), and ''Happy Feet'' (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony LaPaglia
Anthony LaPaglia (, ; born 31 January 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Jack Malone in the television drama ''Without a Trace'' (2002–2009), for which he received a Golden Globe Award in 2004. LaPaglia won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Simon Moon in the television sitcom ''Frasier'' (2000–2004). He has also appeared in films such as ''Betsy's Wedding'' (1990), ''Empire Records'' (1995), '' Autumn in New York'' (2000), ''Lantana'' (2001), ''Balibo'' (2009), '' Holding the Man'' (2015), '' Annabelle: Creation'' (2017), and ''Nitram'' (2021), the lattermost of which earned him an AACTA Award. Early life LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a secretary and model, and Gedio "Eddie" LaPaglia (deceased), an auto mechanic and car dealer.Stated on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2009 LaPaglia's mother was Dutch, and his father emigrated from Bovalino, Calabria, Italy, at the age of eighteen. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Midtown Manhattan. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances. One is also given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are given as well, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton and are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. The trophy consists of a spinnable medallion, with faces portraying an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks, mounted on a black base with a pewter swivel. The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A View From The Bridge
''A View from the Bridge'' is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The run was unsuccessful, and Miller subsequently revised and extended the play to contain two acts; this version is the one with which audiences are most familiar. The two-act version premiered in the New Watergate theatre club in London's West End under the direction of Peter Brook on October 11, 1956. The play is set in 1950s America, in an Italian-American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. It employs a chorus and narrator in the character of Alfieri. Eddie, the tragic protagonist, has an improper love of, and almost obsession with Catherine, his wife Beatrice's orphaned niece, so he does not approve of her courtship of Beatrice's cousin Rodolpho. Miller's interest in writing about the world of the New York docks originated with an unproduced s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' (1949), ''The Crucible'' (1953), and '' A View from the Bridge'' (1955). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on '' The Misfits'' (1961). The drama ''Death of a Salesman'' is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, '50s and early '60s. During this time, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and married Marilyn Monroe. In 1980, he received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. He received the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2001, the Prince of Asturias Award in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003, and the Dorothy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
