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Kimberley Kates
Kimberley Kates (born August 15, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. Kates is best known for her role as Princess Elizabeth in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. She founded and is currently the CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles-based publicly traded film production and distribution company. Career Kates started her acting career when she was 15, her movie debut came in ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' playing Princess Elizabeth, the film starred Keanu Reeves, Diane Franklin, Alex Winter, and George Carlin. As an actress and prior to becoming a full-time film producer, Kates starred in more than 40 films and television shows. Her credits include television shows such as '' Seinfeld'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Charmed'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Murder She Wrote'', '' On Our Own, Sucker'', and films such as ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,'' '' Dangerous Love, Rescue Me, Chained Heat II, The New Age, Bounce'' and ''Highway''. As a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Our Own (1994 TV Series)
''On Our Own'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1994 until April 14, 1995. The series stars Ralph Louis Harris and six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett. The series was created and executive produced by David W. Duclon, one of the executive producers of ''Family Matters''. The series was also produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, who developed the show. Suzanne de Passe (who also executive produced '' Sister, Sister'' and later ''Smart Guy'') and Suzanne Coston were additional executive producers, with Duclon's longtime colleague Gary Menteer acting as co-executive producer (who also was a producer/writer on ''Family Matters'', to which he returned when ''On Our Own'' was canceled). The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, with associates Lightkeeper Productions (Duclon's company) and de Passe Entertainment. ''On Our Own'' was the first Miller-Boyett sitcom to be produced by Warner Bros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forget About It (film)
''Forget About It'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by BJ Davis starring Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Raquel Welch, Richard Grieco and Kimberley Kates. Plot A trio of retired military servicemen who find a suitcase of money near their Arizona trailer park. Little do they know it belongs to a mobster in the witness protection program. The old men's neighbor is played by Raquel Welch. Cast Main * Burt Reynolds as Sam LeFleur * Robert Loggia as Carl Campobasso * Charles Durning as Eddie O'Brien * Raquel Welch as Christine DeLee * Richard Grieco as Anthony Amato * Kimberley Kates as Michelle Winchester * Phil Amato as Vito * Tim Thomerson as Arizona Al * Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Hertzberg * Michael Paloma as Peter Nitti / Don Antonio Giovanni * David Zappone as Manuel Rios * Wayne Crawford as Marshal Cimino * Natalie Roth as Becky Rami * Joanna Pacula as Talia Nitti * Elena Sahagun as Connie Wang * Byron Browne as Bodyguard Supporting * Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Manasseri
Michael Manasseri (born February 28, 1974) is an American actor and film director. Biography Michael Manasseri is a 2020 Independent Spirit Award winning producer (John Cassavetes Award) for his work on the critically acclaimed comedy ''Give Me Liberty'' which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and had its European Premiere at the 2019 Director's Fortnight at Cannes. ''Give Me Liberty'' also won the Best International Film Award at the 2019 Macau International Film Festival. The first film Manasseri produced, the romantic comedy ''Dirty Love'', was a 2005 Sundance Film Festival selection. Since then Manasseri has produced numerous independent feature films. Manasseri is the co-director of the 2008 horror-thriller ''Babysitter Wanted''. He co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2013 sci-fi comedy '' Mosquito Man'' and directed and produced the 2015 Detroit based family comedy ''The Pickle Recipe'' which had its world premiere at the 2016 Santa Barbara Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Strike (2018 Film)
''Air Strike'' () also known as ''The Bombing'' or ''Unbreakable Spirit'' is a Chinese action war-drama film directed by Xiao Feng about the Japanese bombings of Chongqing during World War II. Mel Gibson joined as production designer. The film stars Liu Ye, Bruce Willis, Song Seung-heon and William Chan, with special appearances by Nicholas Tse, Tenma Shibuya, Adrien Brody, Simon Yam, Fan Bingbing and many others. Premise With the beginning of World War II at the Battle of Shanghai and Nanjing in 1937, the story develops around the Chinese Air Force's great resistance against the Japanese invasion and occupation of China; the overwhelming might of the Imperial Japanese war machine taking down Shanghai and the capital of Nanjing, followed by heavy resistance and eventual fall of the interim wartime capital of Wuhan in 1938, and climaxing into the bloody six years-long all-airwar Battle of Chongqing, the wartime capital of China for the remainder of World War II, with the rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papillon (2017 Film)
''Papillon'' is a 2017 drama film directed by Michael Noer and also the last film by Red Granite Pictures. It tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed ''Papillon'' ("butterfly"), who was falsely imprisoned in 1933 in the notorious Devil's Island penal colony and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek). The film's screenplay is based on Charrière's autobiographies '' Papillon'' and '' Banco'', as well as the former's 1973 film adaptation, which was written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. ''Papillon'' premiered on September 9, 2017, in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Henri "Papillon" Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is framed for murder. Though he has an alibi from his lover, Nenette, Papillon is convicted and condemned to the notorious Devil's Island penal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
''William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet'' is a feature-length documentary film about a ballet by Margo Sappington called "Common People", which was set to the music of William Shatner and Ben Folds from their album '' Has Been''.http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=65996 The City Paper, By Ron Wynn (February 11, 2009), "Shatner beaming down to Nashville Film Festival", accessed 02-19-2009https://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0473655.htm CNN Money (February 12, 2009), "Big Screen Entertainment Group and William Shatner to Walk the Red Carpet at Nashville International Film Festival", accessed 02-19-2009http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090211/ENTERTAINMENT04/902110408/1005/ENTERTAINMENT ''The Tennessean'', By Dave Paulson (February 11, 2009)), "William Shatner will bring documentary to Nashville film fest = Star's movie tracks creation of a ballet", accessed 01-19-2009 "Common People" was one of the ''Has Been'' tracks, and was a cover of a Pulp song f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babysitter Wanted
''Babysitter Wanted'' is a 2008 American horror film directed by Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri. It was written by Barnes and stars Sarah Thompson as a babysitter who is seemingly stalked while babysitting a strange child in a remote house in northern California. Plot Angie Albright starts college in a town far away from home and her deeply religious mother. Her college roommate likes to indulge in smoking weed, and in trying to escape that, Angie finds a job as a babysitter. The couple who live on the outlying farm of Stanton have a son named Sam who is quiet and loves to wear a cowboy outfit, even when sleeping. The couple seems sweet and charming and they offer Angie a job, asking if she is free to babysit Sam the following Saturday night. Angie accepts She also meets a guy named Rick who she has frequent run-ins with around the campus. On the day of the night that Angie has to babysit, her car quits unexpectedly. Rick offers to fix Angie's car and gives her a ride to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Love (film)
''Dirty Love'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming, McCarthy and Asher were married; they divorced the month the film was released. Playing heavily off McCarthy's reputation for toilet humor, the film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb; it also received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, as well as Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, and Worst Actress for McCarthy. Plot Struggling photographer Rebecca Sommers finds her model boyfriend Richard in bed with another woman. Her life falls apart, and she alternates between desire for revenge upon him, sexual promiscuity, and abandonment of all hope of love. Her best friends, Michelle and Carrie, try to set her up on dates. These include one with a freakish magician and another with a man who gives her ecstasy and has a fetish for fish. She attempts to make Richard jealous by taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway (2002 Film)
''Highway'' is a 2002 American independent drama film written by Scott Rosenberg and directed by James Cox. It stars Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal and Selma Blair. Plot Set in 1994, the film opens in Las Vegas with Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal), a drug dealer, who poses as a valet and takes a customer's Rolls-Royce to give his girlfriend a ride to work. His best friend Jack Hayes ( Jared Leto) is a self-employed pool cleaner, who gets caught having sex with Jilly Miranda (Kimberley Kates), the wife of Burt Miranda (Mark Rolston), an organized crime figure. While Jack escapes the initial confrontation with Miranda unharmed, Miranda sends a trio of goons (referred to throughout the remainder of the film as "Miranda's Pandas") to break Jack's feet. Jack convinces Pilot to flee and Pilot proposes they go to Seattle without telling him they're going there to see an old fling of Pilot's. The goons catch wind of where the two are headed and set out to hunt down Jack. While at a diner, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bounce (film)
''Bounce'' is a 2000 American romantic drama film starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Don Roos. Plot In Chicago's O'Hare airport, advertising executive Buddy Amaral is delayed by a snow storm for a return flight to Los Angeles, on the same airline he has just signed as a big client. He meets writer Greg Janello, and when his flight resumes boarding, Buddy gives his ticket to Greg so he can get home to his wife and sons, eight-year-old Scott and four-year-old Joey. Buddy convinces his friend and airline employee Janice Guerrero to allow Greg to take his place on the flight. While spending the night with fellow stranded passenger Mimi, he sees on television that the flight crashed. He has Janice check into the computer system to change his for Greg's name on the passenger manifest. Greg's wife Abby is woken up by news of the crash, and for many hours is torn between hope and despair, clinging to the belief that Greg would still arrive on the later flight on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Age (film)
''The New Age'' is a 1994 comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael Tolkin, and starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis. Plot Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions. Cast * Peter Weller as Peter Witner * Judy Davis as Katherine Witner * Patrick Bauchau as Jean Levy * Rachel Rosenthal as Sarah Friedberg * Adam West as Jeff Witner * Paula Marshall as Alison Gale * Bruce Ramsay as Misha * Tanya Pohlkotte as Bettina * Susan Traylor as Ellen Saltonstall * Patricia Heaton as Anna * John Diehl as Lyle * Maureen Mueller as Laura * Sandra Seacat as Mary Netter * Samuel L. Jackson as Dale Deveaux * Audra Lindley as Sandi Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |