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Gren Wells
Gren Wells is a Kentucky-born filmmaker, screenwriter, and actress who works and resides in Los Angeles. Early life Wells was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. After attending Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, Wells moved to New York City, where she starred in six indie films over a two-year span, one of which, ''Man About Town'', won Best Short Film at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. After moving to Los Angeles, Wells became a stand-up comic and wrote her first feature script, ''A Little Bit of Heaven''. Career Her first script, '' A Little Bit of Heaven'', was sold to 20th Century Fox. This script later found a home at The Film Department and starred Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lucy Punch, Romany Malco, and Peter Dinklage. Her second film, ''The Road Within'', was Wells' directorial debut. After premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival it was acquired by Well Go USA. It st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Punch
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films '' Ella Enchanted'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', '' Dinner for Schmucks,'' and ''Into the Woods''. She is also known for her role as Amy in ''Bad Teacher'', Amanda in the BBC series ''Motherland'' and Esmé Squalor in the Netflix series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''. Early life Punch was born on 30 December 1977 in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Johanna and Michael Punch, who ran a market research company. She was educated privately at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, London. She performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress. Career Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of '' The New Adventures of Robin Hood''. Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series ''Let Them Eat Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to the conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site offers content posted directly on the site as well as user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005 as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (; born August 19, 1965) is an American actress, producer and director. For her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'', she won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also had a recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. Sedgwick was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her performance in '' Something to Talk About'' (1995). Her other film roles include Oliver Stone's ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), Cameron Crowe's ''Singles'' (1992), ''Heart and Souls'' (1993), ''Phenomenon'' (1996), ''What's Cooking'' (2000), ''Secondhand Lions'' (2003), '' The Game Plan'' (2007), ''The Possession'' (2012), and ''The Edge of Seventeen'' (2016). Early life Sedgwick was born in New York City, the daughter of Patricia (née Rosenwald), a speech teacher and educational/family therapist and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her mother was Jewish and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Patrick
Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and honorable authority figures, he is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations. Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked his interest in acting, and entered film in 1986. After playing a supporting role in ''Die Hard 2'' (1990), he came to prominence as the T-1000, the antagonist of '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991)—a role he reprised for cameo appearances in ''Wayne's World'' (1992) and ''Last Action Hero'' (1993). His other film credits include ''Fire in the Sky'' (1993), ''Striptease'' (1996), ''Cop Land'' (1997), ''The Faculty'' (1998), ''Spy Kids'' (2001), '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), ''Ladder 49'' (2004), ''Walk the Line'' (2005), ''Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), '' We Are Marshall'' (2006), '' Bridge to Terabithia'' (2007), ''The Men Who Stare at Goats'' (2009), and ''Safe House'' (2012). In television, Patrick played FBI Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sheehan
Robert Sheehan (born 7 January 1988) is an Irish actor. He is best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in ''Misfits'', Darren Treacy in '' Love/Hate'', and Klaus Hargreeves in ''The Umbrella Academy,'' as well as film roles such as Tom Natsworthy in ''Mortal Engines'' and Simon Lewis in '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones''. Sheehan has received multiple Irish Film and Television Award nominations and a British Academy Television Award nomination. In 2020, he was listed as number 41 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Sheehan was born in Portlaoise, County Laois. He is the youngest of three children born to Maria and Joe Sheehan, who was a garda. At school, he played the banjo, the bodhrán, and the spoons, having joked that he was like "''Footloose'' with spoons"; he also participated in Fleadh Cheoil. Sheehan attended St Paul's school in Portlaoise. Unsure of whether acting was a sustainable career choice, he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev Patel
Dev Patel (; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. His breakthrough came in 2008 with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama ''Slumdog Millionaire'', for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming one of the youngest nominees in Best Actor category. He won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Patel has since gone on to establish himself as a renowned actor by starring in acclaimed films such as ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2011), ''The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2015), '' Chappie'' (2016), ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' (2016), '' Lion'' (2016), ''Hotel Mumbai'' (2018), ''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' (2019), and '' The Green Knight'' (2021). He also starred in the series '' The Newsroom'' (2012-2014) and '' Modern Love'' (2019), and performed voice-over work in the animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film '' No Reservations'' (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in the superhero film '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011), which earned her nominations for a Teen Choice Award and a Scream Award. She rose to prominence playing Christina in ''The Divergent Series'' (2014–2016) and Leta Lestrange in the ''Fantastic'' ''Beasts'' film series (2016–2022). Kravitz earned praise for her lead roles in the HBO drama series '' Big Little Lies'' (2017–2019), which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and the Hulu romantic comedy series '' High Fidelity'' (2020). She appeared as Toast the Knowing in George Miller's '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015), and has starred in numerous independent films including '' Dope'' (2015), ''Gemini'' (2017), and '' Kimi'' (2022). She voiced Mary Jane Watson in '' Spider-Man: Into the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Well Go USA
A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn up by a pump, or using containers, such as buckets or large water bags that are raised mechanically or by hand. Water can also be injected back into the aquifer through the well. Wells were first constructed at least eight thousand years ago and historically vary in construction from a simple scoop in the sediment of a dry watercourse to the qanats of Iran, and the stepwells and sakiehs of India. Placing a lining in the well shaft helps create stability, and linings of wood or wickerwork date back at least as far as the Iron Age. Wells have traditionally been sunk by hand digging, as is still the case in rural areas of the developing world. These wells are inexpensive and low-tech as they use mostly manual labour, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Film Festival
The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, episodic television and panel conversations. Since 2001, it had been run by the nonprofit Film Independent, which since 1985 has also produced the annual Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica. The festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The LAIFF ran for six years until it was absorbed into Film Independent in 2001. History The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single location: the historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. In 1996, the LAIFF expanded to include the Directors Guild of America Building in Hollywood. In 2001, the festival became part of the organization Film Independent (formerly IFP/West). In 2006, the ''Los Angeles Times'' became the festival's main media sponsor. In 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road Within
''The Road Within'' is a 2014 American film written and directed by Gren Wells in her feature directorial debut. The film is a remake of the 2010 German film, ''Vincent Wants to Sea''. The film premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival and was picked up by Well Go USA Entertainment and given a theatrical release in April 2015. Plot After his mother's death, Vincent (Robert Sheehan), a teenager with Tourette syndrome, is enrolled in a behavioural facility by his father. While there, he rooms with Alex (Dev Patel), a Briton with obsessive compulsive disorder, and meets Marie (Zoë Kravitz) who is in recovery for anorexia nervosa. After a child films Vincent with his cellphone and Vincent attacks him, he and Marie are called into the office of Mia Rose, a doctor, where she chastises them and Marie steals her car keys. When Alex discovers Marie and Vincent running away in the middle of the night, he attempts to warn Rose and is kidnapped by them. The three of them head towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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