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John Slattery
John M. Slattery Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director widely known for his role as Roger Sterling Jr. in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–15), for which he was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Slattery's other acting credits include a starring role as Ben Bradlee, Jr., in the Best Picture-winning film ''Spotlight'' (2015), and the role of Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Iron Man 2'' (2010), ''Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). He won two Critics' Choice Television Awards for ''Mad Men'' and was part of the ''Mad Men'' ensemble cast that won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, Slattery directed his first feature film, ''God's Pocket'' (2014), which he co-wrote with Alex Metcalf. The film, based on a 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil War
Civil War may refer to: *Civil war, a war between organized groups within the same state or country Armed conflicts * American Civil War (1861–1865) * Chinese Civil War (intermittently 1927–1949) * English Civil War (1642–1651) * Finnish Civil War (1918) * Russian Civil War (1917–1922) * Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) Lists of armed conflicts * List of civil wars * List of Roman civil wars and revolts Film and television * ''The Civil War'' (miniseries), a 1990 American documentary TV series * ''Civil Wars'' (TV series), a 1991–93 American legal drama * "Civil Wars" (''The Legend of Korra''), episodes of ''The Legend of Korra'' * '' Captain America: Civil War'', a 2016 American superhero film Gaming * ''Civil War'' (board game), a 1961 board wargame ** Civil War (1988 video game), an adaptation of the board game * ''Civil War'' (1968 video game), an early text-based strategy video game * ''The Civil War'' (video game), a 1995 strategy game * '' The History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homefront (U
A home front or homefront is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system for its military. * American Civil War ** Economic history of the American Civil War ** Economy of the Confederate States of America * Home front during World War I ** German occupation of Belgium during World War I ** Economic history of World War I ** History of Germany during World War I#Home front ** History of the United Kingdom during the First World War ** United States home front during World War I * Home front during World War II ** Australian home front during World War II ** German occupation of Belgium during World War II ** Canada in World War II#Home front ** German military administration in occupied France during World War II ** Vichy France ** Nazi Germany ** Netherlands in World War II ** Pacific Islands home front during World War II ** Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) ** Polish culture during World War II ** United Kingdom home front during World War II ** Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Catholic University Of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S. Catholic bishops. Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII, the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Its campus is adjacent to the Brookland (Washington, D.C.), Brookland neighborhood, known as "Little Rome", which contains 60 Catholic institutions, including Trinity Washington University, the Dominican House of Studies, and Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.), Archbishop Carroll High School, as well as the Basilica of the National Shrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is home of Olin College. History Early settlement Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a tract of land measuring by from Chief Nehoiden for the sum of 10 pounds, of land, and 40 shillings worth of corn. It was officially incorporated in 1711. Originally part of the Dedham Grant, Needham split from Dedham and was named after the town of Needham Market in Suffolk, England. Just 15 months after asking for their own church, 40 men living on the north side of the Charles River suddenly asked the General Court to separate them from Dedham. Their petition cited the inadequate services provided, namely schools and churches. They also said that, if they were simply to be made a precinct instead of a separate town, that they would suffer political reprisals. Dedham agreed that the services were inadequate and did not oppose the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 88,923. History Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638. Roxbury minister John Eliot persuaded the Native American people of Nonantum, a sub-tribe of the Massachusett led by a sachem named Waban, to relocate to Natick in 1651, fearing that they would be exploited by colonists. Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. It became a city on January 5, 1874. Newton is known as ''The Garden City''. In ''Reflections in Bullough's Pond'', Newton historian Diana Muir describes the early industries that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a series of mills b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sebastian's School
Saint Sebastian's School is an independent, all-boys Catholic secondary school located in Needham, Massachusetts on . The school instructs young men in grades seven through twelve. Founded in 1941 by William Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston, the school is named after Saint Sebastian, the Christian martyr who survived an attempted execution by arrows. It is the only Catholic school in the Independent School League. Approximately 350 students are enrolled, with 25% receiving financial aid. Since 1990, the School headmaster is Mr. William L. Burke III. Academics The School features an academic program focusing on the liberal arts and offers Spanish and Classics courses. Writing is emphasized with numerous courses in the English curriculum, with Freshmen (9th grade) students taking a special class to hone their skills. Public speaking is also a focus of the academic program, with each student required to deliver an annual speech during his class's weekly chapel meetings. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Americans
, image = Irish ancestry in the USA 2018; Where Irish eyes are Smiling.png , image_caption = Irish Americans, % of population by state , caption = Notable Irish Americans , population = 36,115,472 (10.9%) alone or in combination 10,899,442 (3.3%) Irish alone 33,618,500(10.1%) alone or in combination 9,919,263 (3.0%) Irish alone , popplace = Boston New York City Scranton Philadelphia New Orleans Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago Baltimore Detroit Milwaukee Louisville New England Delaware Valley Coal Region Los Angeles Las Vegas Atlanta Sacramento San Diego Houston Dallas San Francisco Palm Springs, California Fairbanks and most urban areas , langs = English ( American English dialects); a scant speak Irish , rels = Protestant (51%) Catholic (36%) Other (3%) No religion (10%) (2006) , related = Anglo-Irish people Breton Americans Cornish Americans English Americans Irish Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Dexter
Pete Dexter (born July 22, 1943) is an American novelist. He won the U.S. National Book Award in 1988 for his novel '' Paris Trout''. Early life and education Dexter was born in Pontiac, Michigan. His father died when Dexter was four and he and his mother moved to Milledgeville, Georgia, where she married a college physics professor.Rosenberg, Amy S. (April 10, 2007). - "Journey BACK". - ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1969 from the University of South Dakota, which awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters and Literature in 2010. Career He worked for what is now ''The Palm Beach Post'' in West Palm Beach, Florida, but quit in 1972 because the paper's owners forced the editorial page editor to endorse Richard Nixon over George McGovern.Eyman, Scott (November 23, 2003). - "The Return of the No-Nonsense Writer". - ''The Palm Beach Post''. He was a columnist for the '' Philadelphia Daily News'', '' The Sacramento Bee,'' *a "How does a Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Pocket
''God's Pocket'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery, his feature film directorial debut. Slattery co-wrote the screenplay with Alex Metcalf, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Richard Jenkins. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to mixed critical reviews, and was picked up for domestic distribution by IFC Films. The film is set in a poor working class South Philadelphia neighborhood modeled on Devil's Pocket, but filmed in Yonkers and New Jersey. Hoffman died within two weeks of the film's premiere at Sundance's 2014 U.S. Dramatic Competition. Plot When a blue collar worker's stepson is killed in a mysterious accident, he tries to cope, but things become difficult as the characters continue to intertwine in unexpected ways. Cast * Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mickey Scarpato * Richard Jenkins as Richard Shellburn * Christina Hendricks as Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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