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Johann Carlo
Johann Carlo (born May 21, 1957) is an American actress. Early life Carlo was born in Buffalo, New York. Career She made her Broadway debut in 1983, appearing as Louise in '' Plenty''. In 1991, she returned to Broadway for ''La Bête''. She was commissioned by the Whitney Museum to write, direct and perform in the musical ''It's Still Life'', which went on to tour in India and Morocco. She has also written and acted in several performance pieces. In 1986, she was cast as Dixie, the cabbie who introduced the King of Cartoons from ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. Dixie appeared only in the show's first season. Carlo has also been seen in the TV shows '' Crime Story'' (1986), '' Law & Order'' (1991, 1997) and '' Chicago Hope'' (1995). She had a recurring role on ''The Sopranos'' (1999) as Bonnie DiCaprio. Carlo's film debut was in 1989 as a performance artist in Merchant Ivory's ''Slaves of New York'', singing "Say Hi to Your Guy", a song she wrote, with Michael Butler. She appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southern Ontario. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the 78th-largest city in the United States. The city and nearby Niagara Falls together make up the two-county Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th largest MSA in the United States. Buffalo is in Western New York, which is the largest population and economic center between Boston and Cleveland. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 17th century, the French began to explore the region. In the 18th century, Iroquois land surrounding Buffalo Creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiz Show (film)
''Quiz Show'' is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film directed and produced by Robert Redford. Dramatizing the '' Twenty-One'' quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. The film chronicles the rise and fall of popular contestant Charles Van Doren after the fixed loss of Herb Stempel and Goodwin's subsequent probe. The film stars John Turturro as Stempel, Rob Morrow as Goodwin, and Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren. Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, Martin Scorsese, Mira Sorvino, and Christopher McDonald play supporting roles. The real Goodwin and Stempel served as technical advisors to the production. The film received generally positive reviews and was nominated for several awards, including a Best Picture Oscar nomination and several Golden Globe Awards. Plot In 1958, the questions and answers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dennis Byrd Story
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Story (American TV Series)
''Crime Story'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Chuck Adamson and Gustave Reininger and produced by Michael Mann, that aired on NBC, where it ran for two seasons from September 18, 1986, to May 10, 1988. The show premiered with a two-hour pilot—a film which had been exhibited theatrically—and was watched by over 30 million viewers. NBC scheduled the show to Tuesdays at 9 p.m. opposite ABC's ''Moonlighting'' on its fall schedule but moved it to Fridays at 10 p.m. in December. It moved to Tuesdays at 10 p.m. in fall 1987 before being cancelled after two seasons. Set in the early 1960s, the series depicted two men—Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and mobster Ray Luca (Anthony Denison)—with an obsessive drive to destroy each other. As Luca started with street crime in Chicago, was "made" in the Chicago Outfit and then sent to Las Vegas to monitor their casinos, Torello pursued Luca as head of a special Organized Crime Strike Force. Torello, his frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Darkside
''Tales from the Darkside'' is an American anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero. Debuting in October 1983 with a pilot episode and then being picked up for syndication in September 1984, the show ran for 4 seasons through July 1988. Each episode, aired originally by Tribune Broadcasting late at night, was an individual short story that often ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes. Since October 2012, reruns of the series have aired in the UK on Horror Channel. Series The moderate success of ''Creepshow'' led to initial inquiries about the possibilities of a ''Creepshow'' series. Because Warner Bros. owned certain aspects of ''Creepshow'', Laurel Entertainment, which produced the film, opted to take their potential series into a similar, yet separate, direction, including changing the name to ''Tales from the Darksi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Schoolbreak Special
''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from December 1978 to January 1996. The series began under the title ''CBS Afternoon Playhouse'', and was changed during the 1984–85 season. The concept was similar to ABC's '' Afterschool Special''. List of specials ''Afternoon Playhouse'' specials Under its original name, the ''Afternoon Playhouse'' aired a handful of made-for-TV films, the most notable of which was the 1983 release of ''Revenge of the Nerd''. The TV special was often mistaken for the film of a similar name which premiered one year later in 1984. Season 1 (1978) Season 2 (1979–80) Season 3 (1981) Season 4 (1981–82) Season 5 (1982–83) Schoolbreak Specials Season 1 (January 24 – June 12, 1984) Season 2 (October 16, 1984 – April 23, 1985) Season 3 (October 22, 1985 – April 1, 1986) Season 4 (September 10, 1986 – June 21, 1987) Season 5 (October 20, 1987 – April 19, 1988) Season 6 (Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Afterschool Special
''ABC Afterschool Special'' is an American television anthology series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most episodes were dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. The series won 51 Daytime Emmy Awards during its 25-year run. In 2004 and 2005, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of episodes from the series that had been produced by Martin Tahse, each collection containing four episodes. A boxed set, in the shape of a school bus, was also released containing all of the DVD releases, with a detailed information booklet of all the specials on the set and including an extra DVD of two specials that had previously not been released on DVD. Episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games (1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal) she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Comăneci won two more gold medals and achieved two more perfect 10s. During her career Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals. Comăneci is one of the world's best-known gymnasts and is credited with popularizing the sport around the globe. In 2000 she was named one of the Athletes of the 20th Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy. She has lived in the United States since 1989, when she defected from then-Communist Romania before its revolution in December that year. She later worked w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia (film)
''Nadia'' is a 1984 made-for-television biopic directed by Alan Cooke about Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci. Comăneci herself had nothing to do with the production of the film (the content of which was described to her by others). She stated at the time of its release that those involved with the film never made contact with her: "I sincerely don't even want to see it, I feel so badly about it. It distorts my life so totally." Plot As a young child, Romanian Nadia Comăneci was discovered by domineering gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi. Károlyi and his wife Márta trained Comăneci in their gymnastics school for eight years. Comăneci eventually became a world champion gymnast. In 1976, at the age of 14, she became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics; she ended the competition with seven 10s, three gold medals, one silver, and one bronze and became an instant celebrity in Romania and around the world. However, the pressure was too much for Comăneci to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret (2011 Film)
''Margaret'' ( ) is a 2011 American epic psychological drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jean Reno, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, J. Smith-Cameron, Jeannie Berlin, Kieran Culkin, Olivia Thirlby, and Rosemarie DeWitt. ''Margaret'' was filmed in 2005 and originally scheduled for release that year by Fox Searchlight Pictures, but was repeatedly delayed while Lonergan struggled to create a final cut he was satisfied with, resulting in multiple lawsuits. The litigation ended in 2014. While the studio insisted the film's running time could not exceed 150 minutes, Lonergan's preferred version was closer to three hours. Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker contributed to editing a 165-minute version that Lonergan approved; the cut was never released because producer Gary Gilbert refused to approve it. Eventually, Fox Searchlight Pictures released the 150-minute film in a limited release in the United States on September 30, 2011, to moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Tongues
''Silver Tongues'' is a 2011 dark drama film directed by Simon Arthur and starring Lee Tergesen and Enid Graham. Plot Gerry and Joan (Tergesen and Graham) are a middle-aged couple who travel from town to town under false personas to mutilate and change the lives of any and all unsuspecting victims in their paths. Using their immense acting skill, the duo start to fall apart when their relationship strains under the pressure of their performances. Cast * Lee Tergesen as Gerry * Enid Graham as Joan * Tate Ellington as Alex * Emily Meade as Rachel * Adam LeFevre Adam LeFevre (born August 11, 1950) is an American character actor, poet, and playwright who works in cinema, television, theater and commercials. Biography LeFevre was born in Albany, New York, the son of Helen (née Rhodes), a hospital patient ... as Police Chief * Harvey Kaplan as John Roberts External links * 2011 films 2010s erotic drama films 2010s erotic thriller films 2011 independent films 2010s mystery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Big Thing (film)
''The Next Big Thing'' is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Marin Hinkle, Chris Eigeman, Jamie Harris, Connie Britton, and Janet Zarish. It was directed by P.J. Posner. Plot Gus Bishop is a talented but failing New York painter who lacks the marketing savvy to make it in today's art world. After getting pick-pocketed in the subway, Gus' destiny is turned over into the hands of Deech—who promptly burglarizes his home and steals his paintings. To capitalize on his stolen goods, Deech generates interest in Gus' work by creating Geoffrey Boiardi, a fictional artist with a fascinating profile. Geoffrey becomes an overnight sensation while Gus is forced into the shadows of the ever-elusive rising star. Cast * Chris Eigeman as Gus Bishop * Jamie Harris as Deech Scumble * Connie Britton as Kate Crowley * Janet Zarish as Florence Rubin * Mike Starr as Walter Sznitken * Farley Granger as Arthur Pomposello * Marin Hinkle as Shari Lampkin * Peter Giles as Roger * Dechen Thurma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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