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Holley Fain
Holley Fain (born August 28, 1981) is an American actress, known for her roles as Dr. Julia Canner on the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', and Maureen van der Bilt on The CW's teen drama ''Gossip Girl''. She is also known for portraying Daphne Stillington and Ruth Kelly in the Broadway productions of ''Present Laughter'' and ''Harvey'', respectively. Career After graduating in acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fain debuted on the Broadway stage in 2010 in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of ''Present Laughter''. On television, she is known for her role as Maureen van der Bilt on ''Gossip Girl'' and as Dr. Julia Canner on ''Grey's Anatomy''. Fain has also appeared on television series such as ''3 lbs'', '' Lipstick Jungle'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''The Good Wife'', ''Memphis Beat'' and ''The Mentalist''. Her film credits include ''Blinders'', ''One Night One Night or 1 Night may refer to: Film * ''One Night'' (2002 film), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leawood, Kansas
Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,902. History 19th century After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the area east of present-day Leawood opened for settlement. The Santa Fe Trail which ran through the area also contributed to the development of the area. The Border Ruffian War (1855-1857), part of a larger conflict known as Bleeding Kansas, damaged the local economy as pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri attacked settlers, traders, and those traveling along the Santa Fe Trail. Conditions improved with the founding of Oxford, Kansas, the predecessor of Leawood. The township was destroyed by the American Civil War, and there was little left by 1865. Leawood was named for Oscar G. Lee, the original land owner of the town site. 20th century Modern Leawood was established in the 1920s, after Oscar G. Lee, a retired police chief f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicked City (TV Series)
''Wicked City'' is an American procedural drama television series created by Steven Baigelman for the broadcast network ABC. The series aired from October 27, 2015 to December 15, 2015. and focused on two LAPD detectives (Jeremy Sisto and Gabriel Luna) as they search for a pair of romantically-linked serial killers (Ed Westwick and Erika Christensen) terrorizing the Sunset Strip. The main cast also includes Taissa Farmiga, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross, Anne Winters, and Jaime Ray Newman. On November 13, 2015, after airing only three episodes, ABC announced ''Wicked City'' had been cancelled, pulling the series from its fall schedule and stopping production following the completion of the eighth episode. The remaining episodes were made available by Hulu on December 22, 2015, with the finale being released on December 30, 2015. Plot In 1982 Los Angeles, police detectives Jack Roth (Jeremy Sisto) and Paco Contreras (Gabriel Luna) are partnered up to investigate a series of murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Shakespeare Festival
The Texas Shakespeare Festival is a professional summer theatre housed in the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center on the campus of Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas. TSF presents four weeks of performances during late June and July of five productions in repertory: two plays by Shakespeare, a classic, a musical, and a children's show. History Established in 1986, the Texas Shakespeare Festival began as Kilgore College's contribution to the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration. The brainchild of Raymond Caldwell, a faculty member within the theatre program at Kilgore College and subsequent Artistic Director of the Festival, the first season of TSF consisted of two plays by Shakespeare and ''The Daisy Bradford 3'', a regional work commissioned for the celebration telling the story of the East Texas oil boom by Gifford Wingate, all performed by a small company of professional actors. The overwhelming popularity and quality of the summer theatre experience for the people of East Texas catapulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Menagerie
''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic personality disorder, histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of ''The Gentleman Caller''. The play premiered in Chicago in 1944. After a shaky start, it was championed by Chicago critics Ashton Stevens and Claudia Cassidy, whose enthusiasm helped build audiences so the producers could move the play to Broadway where it won the New York Drama Critics' Circle, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1945. ''The Glass Menagerie'' was Williams' first successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly regarded playwrights. Characters ; Amanda Wingfield: :A faded Southern belle who grew up in Blue Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty John
''Dirty John'' is a true crime podcast based on the life of John Michael Meehan. The podcast is hosted by Christopher Goffard and was created by ''Wondery'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. The first two chapters were launched on October 2, 2017; the following four chapters were released over the following days. The podcast was downloaded over 10 million times within six weeks of release. Title The title ''Dirty John'' is one of the nicknames John Meehan's classmates gave him during his time at the University of Dayton. Other nicknames from this time included "Filthy John" and "Filthy". The exact origin of these nicknames is never divulged during the podcast. Synopsis ''Dirty John'' is a true crime story focusing on the life and exploits of John Meehan. ''Los Angeles Times'' journalist Christopher Goffard first heard of Meehan when he learned that the police were investigating a possible murder in Newport Beach. Upon investigating, Goffard discovered a bizarre web of deceit and abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undone (TV Series)
''Undone'' is an American adult animated psychological comedy drama television series created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and starring Rosa Salazar. The series premiered on September 13, 2019, on Amazon Prime Video, to critical acclaim. It is Amazon's first adult animated original series and its first to use rotoscoping. In November 2019, Amazon renewed the series for a second season which premiered on April 29, 2022. Premise ''Undone'' explores "the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma. After getting into a nearly fatal car crash, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death." Cast and characters Main * Rosa Salazar as Alma Winograd-Diaz, a Mexican American woman who begins to develop the ability to manipulate and move through time following a car crash. * Angelique Cabral as Becca Winograd-Diaz, Alma's younger sister who is engaged to be married. * Constance Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Crimes (TV Series)
''Major Crimes'' is an American police procedural television series starring Mary McDonnell. It was a continuation spin-off of ''The Closer'', set in the same police division, now headed by McDonnell's character, Sharon Raydor. It premiered on TNT on August 13, 2012, following the finale of ''The Closer''. In January 2017, during ''Major Crimes'' fifth season, TNT renewed the series for a 13-episode sixth season. On October 3, the network announced the sixth season would be its last. Series star McDonnell commented on Instagram, "as many of you have stated, this was not a surprise. The writing was clearly on the wall. Trying to make sense of TNT's choices is an activity that James Duff and Mike Robin and all of us have been engaged in for a long time." The final season premiered on October 31, 2017, and ended on January 9, 2018, with a total of 105 episodes. Premise With the departure of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson sending tremors throughout the entire Los Angeles Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Astronaut Wives Club
''The Astronaut Wives Club'' is a 2015 American period drama television series developed by Stephanie Savage for ABC. It is based on Lily Koppel's 2013 book of the same name. The series tells the story of the wives of the Mercury Seven—America's first group of astronauts—who together formed the Astronaut Wives Club. Actresses Dominique McElligott, Yvonne Strahovski, JoAnna Garcia, Erin Cummings, Azure Parsons, Zoe Boyle, and Odette Annable play the roles of the astronauts' wives. ''The Astronaut Wives Club'' premiered on June 18, 2015. Following the completion of its run, the series' developer noted the series had been planned as a miniseries, telling a complete story. However, co-creator Stephanie Savage revealed in an interview with ''Variety'' that the producers were interested in making the series an anthology in case it gained a renewal for a second season. Possible seasons would have featured wives of men in the 1920s, wives of World War II soldiers, wives of men who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS (TV Series)
''NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres. The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series '' JAG'' ( season eight episodes 20 and 21: " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"). A spin-off from ''JAG'', the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date it has entered into the twentieth full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the ''NCIS'' franchise. , ''NCIS'' is the third-longest-running scripted, non-animated U.S. primetime TV series currently airing, surpassed only by '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999–present) and ''Law & Order'' (1990–2010; 2022–present); it is the 7th-longest-running scripted U.S. prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Scene Investigation
Crime scene investigation may refer to: * Forensic inspection of a crime scene * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000-2015), a US television series * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (video game), a 2003 videogame based on the TV show * ''CSI'' (franchise), aka ''Crime Scene Investigation''; a US TV franchise, including CSI (2000-2015) See also * Crime scene investigator Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal p ... * CSI (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Dead Diva
''Drop Dead Diva'' is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that aired on Lifetime from July 12, 2009, to June 22, 2014. The series was created by Josh Berman and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It stars Brooke Elliott as Jane, a plus-sized lawyer whose body is inhabited by the soul of a fashion model. On October 25, 2013, Lifetime renewed the series for a sixth season, which premiered on March 23, 2014, and concluded on June 22, 2014. Plot The series revolves around vapid aspiring model Deborah "Deb" Dobkins (played by Brooke D'Orsay), who is killed in a car crash on the way to an audition for ''The Price Is Right''. As her soul enters the gates of Heaven, she finds herself being judged by a gatekeeper named Fred ( Ben Feldman). As a result of her shallowness, Fred declares her a "zero-zero", since she has performed zero good deeds and zero bad deeds during her time on Earth. While he is distracted, Deb presses the "return" key before Fred can stop he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday Mornings
''Monday Mornings'' is an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4 to April 8, 2013 and aired Mondays after ''Dallas''. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Sanjay Gupta. In May 2012, TNT placed a ten-episode order for the series. On May 10, 2013, TNT canceled ''Monday Mornings'' after one season, along with ''Southland''. Plot The series follows the professional and personal lives of five doctors at the fictional Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon. The series title refers to the weekly peer-reviewed conferences held on Monday mornings, at which the surgeons receive both praise for their accomplishments and lambasting for their mistakes, usually from the sharp-tongued and often sarcastic Dr. Hooten. Cast and characters Main * Alfred Molina as Chief of Staff Dr. Harding Hooten * Ving Rhames as trauma chief Dr. Jorge "El Gato Negro" Villanueva * Bill Irwin as transplant chief Dr. Buck Tierney * Jamie Bamber as attending ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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