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Jason Solowsky
Jason Robert Solowsky (born November 9, 1977) is an American music composer for film and television. A classical pianist and guitar player, his compositions can be heard in over 100 films, many of which have been released by Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Anchor Bay Entertainment among others. Life and career Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Solowsky graduated from Newton South High School in 1995. He earned his bachelor of music degree from Berklee College of Music in both film scoring and composition. He also graduated from the USC Thornton School of Music (Los Angeles, CA) scoring for motion pictures and television program where he studied with film composers such as Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and David Raksin. Solowsky composed the score for several feature films including, Between Worlds (Nicolas Cage and Franka Potente),''The Freemason'' (Sean Astin and Randy Wayne), Lionsgate's Assassin's Game'' ( Tom Sizemore, Bai Ling and Vivica A. Fox), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton South High School
Newton South High School is one of two public high schools in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, United States, the other being Newton North. History and student life By the late 1950s, Newton's sole public high school, Newton High, grew to 3,000 students. Newton built a new school, Newton South, in the Oak Hill neighborhood in 1960.From the description of ''Newton South High School History, 1960–2003''. (Minuteman Library Network). WorldCat record id: 319889351. Published bSNAC Cooperative/ref> The school is organized into four student houses—Cutler, Goldrick, Goodwin, and Wheeler—each with a student commons. Newton South was the first public high school to create a gay–straight alliance in the United States in the early 1990s. Newton South features two award-winning student newspapers, ''Denebola'' and ''The Lion's Roar''. '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Newton South as the 664th-best high school in the country and 20th-best in the Massachusetts in its 2020 rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Ling
Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese-American actress known for her work in the films ''The Crow'', ''Nixon'', ''Red Corner'', '' Crank: High Voltage'', ''Dumplings'', ''Wild Wild West'', ''Anna and the King'', ''Southland Tales'', and '' Maximum Impact'', as well as TV shows ''Entourage'' and ''Lost''. Notably, she won the Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 Hong Kong Film Awards and the 2004 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for her role in ''Dumplings''. Early life Bai was born in Chengdu. Her father, Bai Yuxiang (), was a musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin (), was a dancer, stage actress, and literature teacher at Sichuan University; Bai's maternal grandfather was a military officer of the Kuomintang army, thus was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. In the early 1980s, Bai Ling's parents divorced, and her mother married renowned writer Xu Chi. Bai Ling has one older sister, Bai Jie (), who works f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Sizemore
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (; born November 29, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' (1991), ''Passenger 57'' (1992), ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), '' Strange Days'' (1995), ''Heat'' (1995), ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), '' Red Planet'' (2000), '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), and ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the video game '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''. He also played Joey, Marissa's jealous ex-boyfriend, in the film ''Zyzzyx Road'' (2006), and Anthony Sinclair in the revival television series ''Twin Peaks'' (2017). Early life and education Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith ( Schannault), was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore Sr., was a lawyer and philosophy professor. He was raised Roman Catholic. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Wayne
Randy Wayne Frederick (born August 7, 1981) is an Americans, American actor. Life and career Wayne was born and raised in Moore, Oklahoma. He attended Moore High School (Oklahoma), Moore High School and Campbellsville University. He appeared on the 2002 season of the British reality show ''Shipwrecked (TV series), Shipwrecked'', which led to guest appearances on the television shows ''The Closer'', ''Huff (TV series), Huff'', ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'', ''Jack & Bobby'', and ''Numbers (TV series), Numbers'' as well as a series regular role as the not-so-bright teenager Jeff Fenton on the 2006 ABC sitcom ''Sons & Daughters (U.S. TV series), Sons & Daughters''. In 2006, Wayne starred as Robbie Zirpollo in the movie ''The Surfer King''. He is most famous for his portrayal of Luke Duke in the movie ''The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning''. Since then he has starred in numerous independent features including the gay-themed drama ''Dream Boy (film), Dream Boy'', ''Grizzly Park'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Astin
Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor. His acting roles include Samwise Gamgee in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003), Mikey Walsh in ''The Goonies'' (1985), Daniel Ruettiger in ''Rudy'' (1993), Doug Whitmore in '' 50 First Dates'' (2004), Bill in '' Click'' (2006), Lynn McGill in the fifth season of '' 24'' (2006), Oso in ''Special Agent Oso'' (2009–2012), Raphael in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2012–2017), Bob Newby in the second and third seasons of Netflix's ''Stranger Things'' (2017; 2019), and Ed in ''No Good Nick'' (2019). He is the son of actress Patty Duke and actor John Astin. He has received various recognitions including a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Young Artist Awards. Additionally, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1994 for the short film ''Kangaroo Court''. Early life Astin was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actress Patty Duke (1946–2016) and Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franka Potente
Franka Potente (; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress. She first appeared in the comedy film ''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she portrayed the titular role in the acclaimed action thriller ''Run Lola Run'', for which she won a BAMBI Award for Best Actress. She received further critical acclaim and a Bavarian Television Award nomination for her performance in the television film '' Opernball'' (also 1998). After half a decade of well-received roles in German productions, Potente made the transition into Hollywood with her role in the biographical crime film ''Blow'' (2001), and achieved wider recognition for her appearances in '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002) and ''The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004). She portrayed communist revolutionary Tamara Bunke in '' Che'' (2008), and psychologist Anita Gregory in ''The Conjuring 2'' (2016). Her other notable films include ''Anato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. Born into the Coppola family, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. In the first few years of his career, he starred in a variety of films such as ''Valley Girl'' (1983), ''Peggy Sue Got Married'' (1986), ''Raising Arizona'' (1987), ''Moonstruck'' (1987) and '' Wild at Heart'' (1990). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of 12 ''Promising New Actors of 1984''. For his performance in ''Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, including '' The Rock'' (1996), ''Con Air'' (1997), ''Face/Off'' (1997), '' City of Angels'' (1998), '' Gone in 60 Seconds'' (2000), ''The Family Man'' (2000), ''Windtalkers'' (2002), the ''National Treasure'' film series (2004–2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between Worlds (film)
''Between Worlds'' is a 2018 supernatural thriller film starring Nicolas Cage, and directed by Maria Pulera. The film was released on December 21, 2018, by Saban Films. The story follows Joe (Cage), a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child. He meets Julie (Potente), a spiritually gifted woman who enlists Joe in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter, Billie (Mitchell). But the spirit of Joe's dead wife Mary proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body while intending to settle her unfinished business with the living. Plot At an Alabama truck stop, truck driver Joe Majors walks in on a woman, Julie, being choked and seemingly assaulted by another man. He grabs the man and pulls him off Julie. However, Julie goes on to explain that she had asked the man to choke her. She relays a childhood experience during which she nearly drowned and had an out-of-body experience which allowed her to enter the spirit worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Raksin
David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. With more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music." Biography David Raksin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to Jewish parents (of Russian heritage). His father was an orchestra conductor. Raksin played professionally in dance bands while attending Central High School of Philadelphia. He went on to study composition with Harl McDonald at the University of Pennsylvania, and later with Isadore Freed in New York and Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles. In New York, Raksin worked as an arranger for Harms/Chappell. One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to '' Modern Times'' (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for his score for the film '' Laura'' (1944). The theme music for the film, " Laura", with the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original film scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. For his work he received an Academy Award for ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967) and Primetime Emmy Award. He also received seven Golden Globe Awards, five Grammy Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. He composed and arranged scores for over 100 film scores, including '' Sudden Fear'' (1952), ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' (1955), ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956), ''Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957), ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), '' The Great Escape'' (1963), ''Hud'' (1963), ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (1967), ''True Grit'' (1969), ''My Left Foot'' (1989), '' The Grifters'' (1990), '' Cape Fear'' (1991), ''Twilight'' (1998), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Young
Christopher Young (born April 28, 1957) is an American composer and orchestrator of film and television scores. Many of his compositions are for horror and thriller films, including ''Hellraiser'', ''Species'', ''Urban Legend'', ''The Grudge'', '' The Exorcism of Emily Rose'', ''Drag Me to Hell'', ''Sinister'', '' Deliver Us from Evil'' and ''Pet Sematary''. Other works include '' Rapid Fire'', ''Copycat'', '' Set It Off'', '' Entrapment'', '' The Hurricane'', ''Swordfish'', ''Ghost Rider'', ''Spider-Man 3'' and ''The Shipping News'', for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Young was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Life and career Young was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He graduated from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts in music, and then completed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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