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John Swab
John Swab is a film director, screenwriter, and producer born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Film career His first feature ''Let Me Make You a Martyr,'' was released in 2017, and starred Mark Boone Junior, Marilyn Manson, Sam Quartin and Niko Nicotera He wrote, produced, and directed '' Run with the Hunted'' starring Michael Pitt, Sam Quartin, Ron Perlman, Mark Boone Junior, William Forsythe, and Dree Hemingway He wrote, produced, and directed ''Body Brokers,'' which stars Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Jessica Rothe, Owen Campbell, Sam Quartin, Thomas Dekker and Peter Greene. He wrote and directed ''Ida Red'', which stars Melissa Leo, Josh Hartnett, Frank Grillo, William Forsythe, Sofia Hublitz, Deborah Ann Woll, Slaine, and Beau Knapp. His film, ''Candy Land'', stars Olivia Luccardi, Sam Quartin, Owen Campbell, Eden Brolin, and William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963), Note: While birthplace is ...
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklaho ...
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Jack Kilmer
John Wallace Kilmer (born June 6, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for starring in the 2013 film ''Palo Alto'', for playing Pelle "Dead" Ohlin in the 2018 Norwegian black metal biopic '' Lords of Chaos'', and for playing Ozzy Osbourne in Ozzy's "Under the Graveyard" video. He is also the narrator of '' Val'', a documentary about his father Val Kilmer. Early life Kilmer, born to actors Joanne Whalley and Val Kilmer, grew up in Los Angeles and attended primary school at The Center for Early Education, where he met would-be filmmaker Gia Coppola (he was in the first grade; she was in the sixth). Career Coppola asked him to review her script for ''Palo Alto'', a film adaptation of James Franco's book of the same name which she also planned to direct. She asked him to advise whether the dialog was an authentic reflection of "kids today". After he ran through a table read with her, she encouraged him to audition for one of the film's main roles, Teddy. Coppola filmed him as h ...
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The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ...
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Beau Knapp
Beau Christian Knapp (born April 17, 1989) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in '' The Signal'' (2014), '' Run All Night'' (2015), and '' Southpaw'' (2015). Knapp portrayed a lead villain in '' Death Wish'' (2018), the sixth installment of the ''Death Wish'' series. In 2021, he starred in the TV series adaptation of ''The Lost Symbol''. Early life Knapp was born in Los Angeles, California. Career In 2011, Knapp made his film debut as Breen in the science-fiction adventure film '' Super 8''. He played Denny in the horror thriller film ''No One Lives'' (2012). On television, Knapp appeared in a 2013 episode of the television series ''Bones''. Other film roles include the character Jonah Breck in the science fiction thriller '' The Signal'' (2014), Jackson in the drama ''You're Not You'' (2014), Kenan Boyle in the crime thriller '' Run All Night'' (2015), Jon Jon in the boxing drama '' Southpaw'' (2015). In 2016, Knapp played the best friend of Chris Pine's chara ...
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Slaine (rapper)
George Carroll, better known as Slaine, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he spent his childhood and teenage years. Carroll moved to New York City in the mid-1990s, where he adopted the moniker of Slaine and started to rap and record hip-hop. In the early 2000s, Carroll became a growing figure in the Boston hip-hop scene, releasing several mixtapes, and the LP ''Stereotypez'' (2007) with his group Special Teamz. Later, ''A Brand You Can Trust'' (2009) was released, by the rap supergroup La Coka Nostra, where Carroll is joined by Ill Bill, and House of Pain. Carroll’s first solo album '' A World With No Skies 2.0.'' (2011) peaked at 33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums it, 22 on the Top Rap Albums, 29 on US Independent Albums, and 4 on Top Heatseekers. Carroll’s subsequent albums with La Coka Nostra were '' Masters of the Dark Arts'' (2012) and '' To Thine Own Self Be True'' (2016). On his own he followed up with ''The Boston Project'' (2013), ...
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Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress and model. Woll played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She subsequently starred as Karen Page in the Marvel series '' Daredevil'' (2015–2018), '' The Defenders'' (2017), and ''The Punisher'' (2017–2019). Her film roles include ''Mother's Day'' (2010), '' Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You'' (2011), '' Catch .44'' (2011), ''Ruby Sparks'' (2012), '' Meet Me in Montenegro'' (2014), ''The Automatic Hate'' (2015), and the commercially-successful ''Escape Room'' (2019) and its 2021 sequel. Early life Deborah Ann Woll was born in New York City, on February 7, 1985. Her father is an architect and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School. She is of Irish and German descent. She attended the Packer Collegiate Institute, and received a BFA from USC School of Dramatic Arts at the University of ...
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Sofia Hublitz
Sofia Hublitz (born June 1, 2000) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Charlotte Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series ''Ozark'' (2017–2022). Early life Hublitz was born in Richmond, Virginia, on June 1, 2000. Due to her mother's work as a screen art director, she became familiar with film production from an early age. The family moved to New York City in 2007, when she was seven years old. Career Hublitz first appeared on TV as a contestant on ''MasterChef Junior'' in 2013. At one point, she was seen crying over a mistake she had made during one of the tasks, with Gordon Ramsay comforting her and assisting her in redoing the task. The following year, she landed her first acting role as Danielle Hoffman in two episodes of Louis C.K.'s television series ''Louie'', and a young Sylvia in an episode of ''Horace and Pete'' in 2016. From 2017 to 2022, she starred as Charlotte Byrde in the Netflix series ''Ozark The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mount ...
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Josh Hartnett
Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and producer. He first came to attention in 1997 for his role as Michael Fitzgerald in the television crime drama series '' Cracker''. He made his feature film debut in 1998 in the slasher film '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'', followed by teen roles in films such as the sci-fi horror film ''The Faculty'' (1998) and the drama ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1999). Hartnett had starring roles in the war film ''Pearl Harbor'', the drama '' O'', the war film '' Black Hawk Down'' (all 2001), the romantic comedy '' 40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002), the crime thriller ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (2006), and other films. He starred in the neo-noir crime thriller ''The Black Dahlia'' (2006). He next appeared in the drama ''Resurrecting the Champ'' (2007), the graphic novel–based vampire horror film '' 30 Days of Night'' (2007) and the neo-noir atmospheric thriller ''I Come with the Rain'' (2009). From 2014 to 2016, he starred as Et ...
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Ida Red (film)
''Ida Red'' is a 2021 American crime drama film written and directed by John Swab and starring Josh Hartnett, Frank Grillo and Melissa Leo. It had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on August 11, 2021, and it was released in the United States on November 5, 2021 by Saban Films. Plot Ida "Red" Walker (Melissa Leo), the biological mother of a criminal family, sits rotting in jail. She is a widow as a result of the bust that nabbed her. Now that she's got cancer, she wants to die in freedom. So she plots both a parole and, true to form, a heist. Her son is a successful career criminal, ethical Wyatt (Josh Hartnett) and so is brother, psycho Dallas (Frank Grillo). There is also sister Jeanie (Deborah Ann Woll), estranged from Ida because she married kind and dim cop Bodie Collier (George Carroll). Their rebellious teen kid Darla (Sofia Hublitz) is drawn to uncle Wyatt and is romantically involved with local dirtbag Petey (Nicholas Cirillo). Wyatt's having a hard time af ...
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Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ...
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Peter Greene
Peter Greene (born Peter Green; October 8, 1965) is an American actor. A character actor, he is generally known for portraying villains. He is best known for the roles in the 1994 films ''The Mask'', where he plays the films antagonist, Dorian Tyrell, and ''Pulp Fiction'', in which he portrayed Zed, a sadistic security guard, rapist, and serial killer who serves as an antagonist in the film. Early life A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Greene did not pursue a career in acting until his mid-20s. He initially landed several roles in cinema and television in the early 1990s. Film career Greene had roles in ''Pulp Fiction''; ''The Mask''; ''Clean, Shaven''; and ''The Usual Suspects'' in 1994 and 1995. In ''Pulp Fiction'', Greene appeared as Zed, who rapes Marsellus Wallace. ''The Mask'' saw him play the villainous Dorian Tyrell opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. Greene played the schizophrenic Peter Winter in ''Clean, Shaven''. ''The Usual Suspects'' saw him play the charact ...
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Thomas Dekker (actor)
Thomas Alexander Dekker (born December 28, 1987) is an American actor, musician, singer, director and producer. He is known for his roles as John Connor in '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', Adam Conant on ''The Secret Circle'', and Zach on '' Heroes''. Dekker did the voice of Littlefoot in ''The Land Before Time V-IX'' (singing voice in '' The Land Before Time V'') and as Fievel Mousekewitz in '' An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' and '' An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster''. He played Jesse Braun in the 2010 remake of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'', and Smith in Gregg Araki's film '' Kaboom''. Dekker starred as Gregory Valentine in the TV show '' Backstrom''. He has also written and produced two albums. Early life Dekker was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. His mother, Hilary (née Williams), is a concert pianist, acting coach, actor, and singer from Wales, and his late father, David John Ellis Dekker, was an American artist, set designer, ...
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