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Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 90 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's ''A Few Good Men'', Jacob Goldman in ''Grumpy Old Men (film), Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel ''Grumpier Old Men''; Todd Hockney in ''The Usual Suspects'', Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino (1995 film), Casino'', and Bobby Chicago in ''End of Days (film), End of Days''. From 2016 to 2022, he played a recurring role in ''Better Things (TV series), Better Things''. From 2017 to 2023, Pollak was a regular cast member on ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon. Early life Pollak was born on October 30, 1957, in San Francisco, California. He is the younger son of Elaine Klein and Robert Pollak. He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California, San Jose, California. He attended high school at Pioneer High School (San Jose), Pioneer High School in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricochet (1991 Film)
''Ricochet'' is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner, with Mary Ellen Trainor reprising her role as Gail Wallens from ''Die Hard''. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles district attorney (Washington) and a vengeful criminal (Lithgow) whom he arrested when he was a cop. Plot In 1983, rookie LAPD officer and law student Nick Styles meets Alice and drifts away from childhood friend Odessa, who has become a drug dealer in South Central Los Angeles. Styles and his partner Larry Doyle patrol a carnival, where they encounter hitman Earl Talbot Blake and his accomplice, Kim. Styles is forced into an armed standoff when Blake takes a hostage after killing several drug dealers. After stripping off his equipment and uniform, Styles uses a gun hidden in his athletic supporter, shooting Blake in the knee and subduing him. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Little Genius
''Our Little Genius'' is an unaired game show that was created by Mark Burnett, and was originally scheduled to premiere January 13, 2010, on Fox. Hosted by Kevin Pollak, the series was to feature children answering questions on expert subjects to win money for their families, with their parents able to ask experts for advice. A week ahead of its scheduled premiere, Fox pulled ''Our Little Genius'' from its schedule, with Burnett stating that he had concerns over the integrity of the program, as contestants had received more information than they should have. A complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the following month, as well as accounts in 2021 by a former contestant, suggested that the producers of ''Our Little Genius'' had provided contestants with information regarding specific questions they were being asked during their game, and were allowing contestants who lost on the early levels of the game to try again from the beginning with new questions. The show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crackle (company)
Crackle was an American-based video streaming service. It was founded in 2004 as Grouper, before the service was purchased by Sony Pictures in 2006 and renamed ''Crackle''. In 2018, the name was changed to Sony Crackle. Sony sold a majority stake to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment in March 2019, and the name was changed back to Crackle. In July 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment was placed in Chapter 7 liquidation, which would signal a liquidation of the company's assets, and the cessation of its subsidiaries, including Crackle; while all other subsidiaries were shuttered, the Chapter 7 trustee had kept the Crackle website operating (), available only in the United States. History ''Grouper Networks'', an encrypted P2P network that integrates file sharing, instant messaging and multimedia streaming, was founded in 2004 by Josh Felser, Dave Samuel, Mike Sitrin, and Aviv Aiyal. Later, Sony purchased it in August 2006 for $65 million. In July 2007, Sony rebran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shark (U
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the division Selachii and are the sister group to the Batomorphi ( rays and skates). Some sources extend the term "shark" as an informal category including extinct members of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) with a shark-like morphology, such as hybodonts. Shark-like chondrichthyans such as ''Cladoselache'' and ''Doliodus'' first appeared in the Devonian Period (419–359 million years), though some fossilized chondrichthyan-like scales are as old as the Late Ordovician (458–444 million years ago). The earliest confirmed modern sharks (Selachii) are known from the Early Jurassic around , with the oldest known member being ''Agaleus'', though records of true sharks may extend back as far as the Permian. Sharks range in size from the sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Room
''The Lost Room'' is a 2006 supernatural television miniseries that aired on the Syfy Channel in the United States. The series revolves around the titular room and some of the everyday items from that room which possess unusual powers. The show's protagonist, Joe Miller, is searching for these objects to rescue his daughter, Anna, who has disappeared inside the Room. Once a typical room at a 1960s motel along U.S. Route 66, the Lost Room has existed outside normal time and space since 1961, when what is referred to only as "the Event" took place. Cast and characters * Peter Krause as Detective Joe Miller – A Pittsburgh detective who stumbles upon the existence of the Room. When his daughter becomes lost inside the Room, Joe sets out to get her back by using the Key to track down other Objects. * Elle Fanning as Anna Miller – Joe's 8-year-old daughter. Her disappearance is seen by others as a probable family abduction by Joe in an ongoing child custody battle with his (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Poker Showdown
''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' is an American celebrity game show that aired on the cable network Bravo from 2003 to 2006. It was a limited-run series in which celebrities played poker, with eight tournaments during its five-season run. In each show, five celebrities played a no limit Texas hold 'em tournament for charity. The winners of each qualifying game won a silver commemorative poker chip and advanced to the championship game. The winner of the championship game won the grand prize for his or her charity as well as a gold commemorative poker chip. Each tournament featured 25 celebrities and consisted of six episodes, five qualifying games and one championship game. In an interview with ''TV Guide'', host Dave Foley said that a ninth tournament is not being produced, as Bravo did not order any new episodes. Setup, logistics, and personalities The first seven tournaments were taped at the Palms Casino in Paradise, Nevada in front of a live studio audience. With the eighth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deterrence (film)
''Deterrence'' is a 1999 political film, political thriller drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie, depicting fictional events about nuclear brinkmanship. It marks the feature directorial debut of Lurie, who was previously a film critic for the ''New York Daily News'', ''Premiere Magazine'', ''Entertainment Weekly'' and ''Movieline'', among others. Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sean Astin star. The film is an co-production (media), international co-production between France and the United States. It premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States on March 10, 2000, by Paramount Classics. Plot Set during an alternate history in the Spring of 2008, President of the United States, U.S. President Walter Emerson is visiting Colorado ahead of Super Tuesday in the primary elections for his party's nomination in the upcoming 2008 United States presidential election, presidential election. Emerson, formerly an Twen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whole Nine Yards (film)
''The Whole Nine Yards'' is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn. It was written by Mitchell Kapner and stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge. Its story follows a mild-mannered dentist as he travels to Chicago to inform a mob boss about the whereabouts of his new neighbor, a former hitman with a price on his head. The film was produced by Franchise Pictures, Rational Packaging and Lansdown Films and was distributed by Morgan Creek Productions though Warner Bros. It was released on February 18, 2000. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $106 million. A sequel, ''The Whole Ten Yards'', was released in 2004. Plot Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, a likeable Chicago-born dentist from Montreal, is hated by his wife Sophie and mother-in-law. Oz's assistant Jill jokingly asks him to name a price to have Sophie disappear. Oz meets a new neighbor and realizes he is Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski, an infam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's All That
''She's All That'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Kieran Culkin and Anna Paquin. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Zack Siler boasts he could make any girl at his high school popular. It is a modern adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play '' Pygmalion'' and George Cukor's 1964 film ''My Fair Lady''. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the lead actors, but were critical of the script. It was one of the most popular teen films of the late 1990s and reached No. 1 at the box office in its first week of release. It went on to earn $103 million worldwide. After featuring in the film, the song " Kiss Me" reached No. 2 on ''Billboards Hot 100 and stayed in the Top 10 for 16 weeks. A gender-swapped remake, titled '' He's All That'', was released on August 27, 2021, by Netflix. Plot Zack Siler is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Rhapsody
''Miami Rhapsody'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Gil Bellows, Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow, Paul Mazursky, Kevin Pollak, Barbara Garrick, and Carla Gugino. It was written, co-produced and directed by David Frankel in his feature directorial debut, with music composed by Mark Isham. Plot Gwyn Marcus is in her late twenties and has always wanted a marriage like her parents. She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend Matt, but she has some misgivings about their future together. Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her family is having. At first, her sister Leslie gets married. Then, six months later, she starts an affair with her old high-school boyfriend, due to her husband's cheapness, despite making a big salary, and constantly busy schedule with his football career. Her brother Jordan, already married, starts an affair with his business partner's wife, due to the missing passion between him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
