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Hollywood Stargirl
''Hollywood Stargirl'' is a 2022 American teen romantic drama film directed by Julia Hart from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Jordan Horowitz. The film is a sequel to the 2020 film '' Stargirl'', which was in turn based on Jerry Spinelli's 2000 novel of the same name; it is not an adaptation of the novel's sequel ''Love, Stargirl''. The story follows Stargirl and her mother Ana, who is hired as the costume designer on a movie, as they relocate to Los Angeles, where Stargirl meets new friends and explores her creative side, gaining success as a performer.Juneau, Jen"Grace VanderWaal Returns to the Limelight in ''Hollywood Stargirl''" ''People'', April 26, 2022 The film premiered on May 23, 2022, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, and was released on Disney+ on June 3, 2022. It received positive reviews. Plot Having moved from Arizona, Stargirl and her mother Ana arrive in Los Angeles to start a new life. Ana has gotten a job as a costume designer for a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Hart
Julia Hart (born April 7, 1982) is an American filmmaker and actress. She is known for writing and directing the comedy drama ''Miss Stevens'' (2016), the superhero drama ''Fast Color'' (2018), the musical romance '' Stargirl'' (2020), and the crime thriller '' I'm Your Woman'' (2020). Early life Julia Hart was born on April 7, 1982. Her father James is a screenwriter in Hollywood, and her mother Judith is an actress. In 1998, while still a teenager, Hart co-founded the Peter Pan Birthday Club, a charity program associated with the Peter Pan Children's Fund. The Birthday Club was inspired by one of her own experiences as a child. In 1992, while in London for the UK premiere of the movie ''Hook'', which was written by her father, she was given a tour of the Great Ormond Street Hospital. After returning home to the United States, she asked her friends to make donations to the hospital in lieu of presents for her tenth birthday. Directly after graduating college, Hart began teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargirl (film)
'''' is a 2020 American jukebox musical romance film based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli that debuted on Disney+. The film explores the tense emotions, non-conformity and self-expression of teenagers in high school, and the exuberance of first love. The film is directed by Julia Hart, produced by Kristin Hahn, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman and Jordan Horowitz from a screenplay written by Hahn, Hart and Horowitz, and stars Grace VanderWaal and Graham Verchere. The film was released on March 13, 2020. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Hart's direction and the nostalgic tone. A sequel, ''Hollywood Stargirl'', was released on June 3, 2022. Plot Leo Borlock, a teenager in Mica, Arizona, wears a porcupine tie in remembrance of his late father. On each birthday, he receives a new porcupine tie from an unknown person. In high school, Leo plays trumpet in the marching band and helps his friend Kevin Singh, a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FANSITE
A fansite, fan site, fan blog or fan page is a website created and maintained by a fan or devotee about a celebrity, thing, or particular cultural phenomenon. Fansites may offer specialized information on the subject (e.g., episode listings, biographies, storyline plots), pictures taken from various sources, the latest news related to their subject, media downloads, links to other, similar fansites, and the chance to talk to other fans via discussion boards. They often take the form of a blog, highlighting the latest news regarding the fansite subject. They often include galleries of photos or videos of the subject and are often "affiliates" with other fansites. ''Fanlistings'' are another common type of unofficial fansite, though they are much simpler than general fansites, and are designed simply to list fans of a certain subject who have chosen to submit their names (and sometimes links to their home pages). Many do not contain much information on the subject at all, aside fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County, California
Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, and more populous than 19 American states and Washington, D.C. Although largely suburban, it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine, each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast: Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente. Orange County is included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county has 34 incorporated cities. Older cities like Old Town Tustin, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Orange, and Fullerton have traditional downtowns dating back to the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actors, director, cinematographer or sound engineer and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. In addition, there are numerous roles that serve the organization and the orderly sequence of the production, such as grips or gaffers. Other roles are related with the preparation of a daily production report, which shows the progress of the production compared to the schedule and contains further reports. This includes the storyboard with instructions for the copier and the editing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarayu Rao
Sarayu Rao (born March 7, 1975), also known as Sarayu R. Blue, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Angela on the Fox sitcom ''Sons of Tucson'', as well as Dr. Sydney Napur on David E. Kelley's ''Monday Mornings'' on TNT. She has also guest starred in a number of television series. Acting career Rao's first notable acting role came in the 2007 film ''Lions for Lambs'', co-starring with Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep. She has had guest roles in numerous TV shows, such as ''Veep'', ''Bones'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''HawthoRNe'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', and ''Two and a Half Men''. In 2010, she had a recurring role as Angela on the Fox sitcom ''Sons of Tucson''; the show lasted one season. In 2012, Sarayu was cast as Dr. Sydney Napur, a series regular on David E. Kelley's medical drama ''Monday Mornings'' (TNT). In 2018, the actress became the lead in NBC TV series, ''I Feel Bad''. It was cancelled after season 1. In the same yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Geurens
Ben Geurens (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian actor. Biography Geurens graduated from NIDA in 2004. At drama school his credits include '' The Return'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', and ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class''. Roles Geurens is best known for playing suburban rascal Toby Mangel on the soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1990 to 1993. He then appeared in the television series ''The Man from Snowy River'' as Michael O'Neil and the movie ''Body Melt'' as Brandon Noble. He made guest appearances in other series such as ''Blue Heelers''. Geurens played constable Ash Nader in ''Home and Away'' in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of ''McLeod's Daughters'' in 2008. He also appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'', in which he played the lead role of Mr Sloane and also in ''The History Boys'' as Dakin. In 2009, Geurens starred in the comedy series ''The Jesters'' as Steve Morris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Madrigal
Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971)"'Welcome to The Captain,' Al Madrigal bio," CBS.com is an American comedian, writer, actor and producer. He is a co-founder of the podcast network, alongside . He rose to fame on '''' as a regular correspondent for five seasons. Outside of the standup world, he is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Williams (actor)
Chris Williams is an American actor, voice actor and comedian known for his role in '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''. He also starred as "Eddie" on the CBS series '' The Great Indoors''. Career Williams has appeared on numerous television shows including '' CSI'', '' JAG'', ''The Shield'', '' Weeds'', ''Reno 911!'', ''Californication,'' and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. In 2007, he guest starred on ''Monk'' in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy". On February 3, 2010, he made an appearance on his older sister Vanessa Williams' series ''Ugly Betty'' as Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character. In 2012, he was featured in an Apple commercial. In 2016, he began starring as the bodyguard of tech billionaire Gavin Belson on the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley''. Personal life Williams was raised Roman Catholic and is a graduate of Georgetown University. He is the great-great-grandson of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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