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Knife Fight (film)
''Knife Fight'' is a 2012 American political thriller film starring Rob Lowe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jamie Chung, Richard Schiff, Amanda Crew, Julie Bowen and Ryan Alosio. It is directed by Bill Guttentag and co-written by Bill Guttentag and former Al Gore spokesman Chris Lehane. The film was shot in San Francisco, California. The film premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on January 25, 2013 and was released on demand and digitally on January 28, 2013. Davey Havok of the band AFI makes an appearance. Synopsis A political strategist juggles three clients while facing the moral issues of his profession. Cast * Rob Lowe as Paul Turner * Julie Bowen as Peaches O'Dell * Saffron Burrows as Sophia Becker * Jamie Chung as Kerstin Rhee * David Harbour as Stephen Green * Eric McCormack as Larry Becker * Jennifer Morrison as Angela Anderson * Lorraine Toussaint as Brenda Davis * Carrie-Anne Moss as Penelope Nelson * Richard Schiff as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Guttentag
Bill Guttentag is an American dramatic and documentary film writer-producer-director. His films have premiered at the Sundance, Cannes, Telluride and Tribeca film festivals, and he has won two Academy Awards. Career Guttentag won an Oscar for Best Documentary with his HBO film ''You Don't Have to Die'', telling the story of one boy's battle against cancer. Guttentag would receive three more Oscar nominations before winning another Oscar for his 2002 documentary '' Twin Towers''. In 2007, Guttentag directed two films – '' Live!'', which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, starring Eva Mendes, Andre Braugher David Krumholtz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michelle Krusiec, and Jay Hernandez; and Nanking, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a documentary about the Rape of Nanking during World War II. ''Nanking'' featured Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, and Jürgen Prochnow. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award, won awards at Sundance Film Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Havok
David Paden Marchand (born David Paden Passaro, November 20, 1975), known professionally as Davey Havok, is an American singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the rock band AFI, the synth-pop band Blaqk Audio, the hardcore punk band XTRMST, and the new wave band Dreamcar. Amongst various other ventures, he performed lead vocals for Son of Sam's debut album and for fictional band My Purple Agony in the animated series ''Harvey Girls Forever!''. Havok is an outspoken advocate of the straight edge lifestyle and veganism. Early life Havok was born David Paden Passaro,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine in Rochester, New York, on November 20, 1975. He is of Italian ancestry. When Havok was five, his father died,''Metal Hammer'' interview, February 2003 and he and his mother moved from Rochester to Sacramento, California, to be closer to family. His mother remarried and Havok took on the surname of his stepfather (Marchand), and was enrolled in Catholic school th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie George
Edward Nathan George Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is the current head coach at Tennessee State. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily for the Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans franchise. He played college football at Ohio State and won the Heisman Trophy in 1995. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Tennessee Titans (both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers) and Dallas Cowboys. George was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011. Post-football, George earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. In 2015, he guest starred on an IFC episode of the satirical talk-show ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'', titled "Eddie George Wears a Navy Suit and Half-Zip Pullover." In 2016, he appeared on Broadway in the musical ''Chicago'' as the hustling la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Mulkey
Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor. Career Mulkey played the supporting role of husband to Annie Potts's character in '' Any Day Now'' from 1998 to 2002. He has also appeared in '' Captain Phillips'', '' Against the Wall'', ''Cloverfield'', the NBC TV movie ''Knight Rider'', '' 24'', '' Boardwalk Empire'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Boomtown'', '' Justified'', ''Baretta'', and ''Twin Peaks''. He played the main character in the controversial 1985 Supertramp music video "Brother Where You Bound". He appeared in the ''Wing Commander'' franchise as Jacob "Hawk" Manley. He costarred with John Jenkins and Karen Landry in the 1988 indie film ''Patti Rocks''. He appeared in the science fiction action film '' The Hidden'', and the 1989 sci-fi cop film ''K-9000''. He has appeared in more recent films as ''The Purge'', '' Slow Burn'', '' Sanitarium'', ''The Identical'' and ''On the Basis of Sex''. In 2014, he had a cameo role in ''Whiplash''. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Krusiec
Michelle Jacqueline Krusiec (born Ya-Huei Yang; ; October 2, 1974) is an American actress, writer and producer. Early life Krusiec was born in 1974 in Taiwan. She was adopted at age five and raised in America by her father's elder sister, who had married a Polish American. Krusiec's adoptive father renamed her Michelle Jacqueline, because he wanted her to have a French name. Krusiec studied English and theater at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, graduating with a B.A. in 1996. She also studied Shakespeare and women's literature at the University of Oxford on a scholarship. Career Television and voicework Krusiec was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel series ''Travelers'' in 1996. Along with Barbara Alvarez, Robin Kipp, Pearce Bunting, Patrick Michael, Foster Soloman, and later Lisa Clark, she traveled to over 50 different locations on the show. Krusiec played the 18-year-old Molly O'Brien in the '' Star Trek: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Toussaint
Lorraine Toussaint () is a Trinidadian-American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Black Reel Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Toussaint began her career in theatre before supporting performances in films such as '' Breaking In'' (1989), ''Hudson Hawk'' (1991), and ''Dangerous Minds'' (1995). As lead actress, she is best known for her role as Rene Jackson in the critically acclaimed Lifetime television drama series '' Any Day Now'', from 1998 to 2002, and her recurring role as defense attorney Shambala Green in the NBC legal drama '' Law & Order''. She later appeared as a regular cast member in the NBC police procedural ''Crossing Jordan'' (2002–03) and the TNT crime drama '' Saving Grace'' (2007–10). Toussaint received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in the 2012 drama film '' Middle of Nowhere'', written and directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2014, she played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress, director, producer, and former child model. She is mainly known for her roles as Dr. Allison Cameron in the medical-drama series ''House'' (2004–2012) and Emma Swan in the ABC adventure-fantasy series ''Once Upon a Time'' (2011–2018). She has also portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosby's love interests, on the comedy series ''How I Met Your Mother'', Winona Kirk, mother of James T. Kirk in the 2009 science-fiction film ''Star Trek'', and Tess Conlon in the 2011 sports drama film ''Warrior''. She made her feature-film directorial debut with '' Sun Dogs'' (2017). Early life Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She is the oldest of three children; her sister, Julia, is a singer-songwriter and music band therapist, and her brother, Daniel, is a high-school band director. Her father, David, is a retired music teacher and high-school band director who was named Teacher of the Year by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor and singer, known for his roles as Will Truman in the NBC sitcom ''Will & Grace'', Grant MacLaren in Netflix's '' Travelers'' and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the TNT crime drama ''Perception''. Born in Toronto, McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays. He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in numerous stage productions. For much of the late 1990s, he lived in Los Angeles and had minor roles. He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film ''The Lost World''. McCormack appeared in several television series, including ''Top Cops'', ''Street Justice'', '' Lonesome Dove: The Series'', ''Townies'', and '' Ally McBeal''. McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in ''Will & Grace'', which premiered in September 1998. His performance has earned him six G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harbour
David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in films such as ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005), ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), '' State of Play'' (2009), ''The Green Hornet'' (2011), ''End of Watch'' (2012), ''Snitch'' (2013), '' The Equalizer'' (2014), '' Black Mass'' (2015), ''Suicide Squad'' (2016), '' Sleepless'' (2017) and '' Extraction'' (2020). He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction drama series ''Stranger Things'' (2016–present), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2018, two Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Harbour portrayed the title character in ''Hellboy'' (2019), Red Guardian in '' Black Widow'' (2021) and the upcoming film '' Thunderbolts'' (2024), and Santa Claus in ''Violent Night'' (2022). Early life David Kenneth Harbour was born on April 10, 1975, in White Plains, New York, to parents Kenneth and Nancy (nà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saffron Burrows
Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is an English actress and model who has appeared in films such as '' Circle of Friends,'' ''Wing Commander,'' '' Deep Blue Sea,'' ''Gangster No. 1,'' ''Enigma,'' ''Troy,'' ''Reign Over Me'' and ''The Bank Job''. On the small screen, she has starred as Lorraine Weller on ''Boston Legal,'' Dr. Norah Skinner on '' My Own Worst Enemy,'' Detective Serena Stevens on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and Victoria Hand on '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. She appeared as Cynthia Taylor on the Amazon Video series ''Mozart in the Jungle'' and as Dottie Quinn in the Netflix series ''You''. Early life A Londoner, Burrows was born in St Pancras and grew up in Stoke Newington, her mother a trade unionist and primary school teacher in Hackney and her father an architect and teacher. Her parents and stepfather were Socialist Workers Party members, and Burrows was politically active from a young age. Burrows attended William Tyndale Primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politico
''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. It primarily distributes content online but also with printed newspapers, radio, and podcasts. Its coverage in Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, the media, and the presidency. Axel Springer SE, a German publisher, announced in August 2021 that it had agreed to buy Politico from founder Robert Allbritton for over $1 billion. The closing took place in late October 2021. The new owners said they would add staff, and at some point, put the publication's news content behind a paywall. Axel Springer is Europe's largest newspaper publisher and had previously acquired ''Insider''. History Origins, style, and growth ''Politico'' was founded in 2007 to focus on politics with fast-paced Internet reporting in gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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