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Lloyd Floyd
Lloyd Floyd (also known as The Man of 1,036 Voices) is an American voice actor who has been a Screen Actors Guild member since 1982. Early life As a child, he booked his first audition for Stephen DeAngelis of Grey Advertising for a Ground Round commercial. Years later he would go on to perform his first paid stand-up comedy gig at the local Ground Round on Route 9 W. He went on to advertise for several other products, including Curad Bandaids, North Eastern Electric at Howard Schwartz Recording, Intellivision with George Plimpton, Hi-C with Brian Bloom, a McGruff the Crime Dog PSA, also with Brian Bloom who he appeared with in an episode of "As The World Turns," and an on-camera commercial for the "Return of The Jedi" board game. He also auditioned for and made it to the third round of callbacks for The Goonies, The Toy, and The NeverEnding Story. In freshman year of high school, Lloyd quit acting to pursue a career in rock 'n' roll. He fronted a number of bands between the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate what was described as exploitation of Hollywood actors who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to these cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bully (video Game)
''Bully'' (released in the PAL region as ''Canis Canem Edit''; Latin for " dog eat dog") is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 17 October 2006 for the PlayStation 2. A remastered version of the game, subtitled ''Scholarship Edition'', was developed by Mad Doc Software and released on 4 March 2008 for Xbox 360 and Wii, and on 21 October 2008 for Windows. ''Bully'' was re-released for PlayStation 4 available via PlayStation Network on 22 March 2016. An updated version of the ''Scholarship Edition'', titled ''Anniversary Edition'', was developed by War Drum Studios and released for Android and iOS on 8 December 2016. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its open world is navigated on foot, skateboard, motor scooter, bicycle, or go-kart. Set in the fictional town of Bullworth, the single-player story follows juvenile delinquent student James "Jimmy" Hopkins, who is involuntarily enroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikon
(, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world's second largest manufacturer. The company is the eighth-largest chip equipment maker as reported in 2017. Also, it has diversified into new areas like 3D printing and regenerative medicine to compensate for the shrinking digital camera market. Among Nikon's many notable product lines are Nikkor imaging lenses (for F-mount cameras, large format photography, photographic enlargers, and other applications), the Nikon F-series of 35 mm film SLR cameras, the Nikon D-series of digital SLR cameras, the Nikon Z-series of digital mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Ask Don't Tell (film)
''Don't Ask Don't Tell'' is a 2002 parody film directed by Doug Miles and written by famed gay screenwriter Tex Hauser. The 2002 winner of the Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) Bachus Award, The Neuchatel Sci-Fi Fest Audience Choice Award, and much critical acclaim for its razor sharp, if quite demented social satire, it was created by taking an old sci-fi movie—''Killers from Space''—overdubbing the soundtrack with humorous dialogue, and adding some new scenes, essentially turning it into an entirely different movie. The plot involves alien invaders with a machine that turns straight people gay. Plot Scientist Doug Fartin (who insists that his name is pronounced “Far-''tan''”) is in charge of Operation Manhole, a project to eliminate all homosexuals in the military by luring them to a specific spot and then dropping a bomb on them. The bomb, however, misses its target and instead obliterates part of the nearby town of Inbred, Texas. The plane is then struck by an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robots (2005 Film)
''Robots'' is a 2005 American computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Chris Wedge and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Ron Mita, Jim McClain and Lindsay-Abaire. It stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams. The story follows a robot named Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) who seeks out his idol Bigweld (Brooks) at his company in Robot City, only to discover a plot by its new owner Ratchet (Kinnear) to cheat older robots into buying expensive upgrades. Development on the film began in 2000, when Wedge and Joyce failed to adapt Joyce's book ''Santa Calls'' and they decided to do a story on robots. ''Robots'' was theatrically released on March 11, 2005. It grossed $262.5 million worldwide against a $75 million budget and received positive reviews. Plot In a worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series '' Lipstick on Your Collar''. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and ''T2 Trainspotting'' (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001), SPC John Grimes in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), young Edward Bloom in ''Big Fish'' (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in ''Robots'' (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in ''Angels and Demons'' (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller ''The Ghost Writer'' (2010), Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago 10 (film)
''Chicago 10: Speak Your Peace'' is a 2007 American animated documentary written and directed by Brett Morgen that tells the story of the Chicago Eight. The Chicago Eight were charged by the United States federal government with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The film features the voices of Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber, James Urbaniak, and Jeffrey Wright in an animated reenactment of the trial based on transcripts and rediscovered audio recordings. It also contains archival footage of Abbie Hoffman, David Dellinger, William Kunstler, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, Tom Hayden, and Leonard Weinglass, and of the protest and riot itself. Plot At the 1968 Democratic Convention, protesters, denied permits for public demonstrations, repeatedly clashed with the Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalanche Software
Avalanche Software is an American video game developer based in Salt Lake City, Utah and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It was founded in October 1995 by four programmers formerly of Sculptured Software, including John Blackburn, who serves as chief executive officer. The studio was acquired by the games arm of The Walt Disney Company in May 2005, and spent the next ten years developing Disney-related titles, including the toys-to-life game ''Disney Infinity'' (2013). In May 2016, due to a declining toys-to-life games market, Disney decided to close the games arm, including Avalanche. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment acquired the studio and re-opened it in January 2017. History Avalanche Software was founded by four programmers formerly of Sculptured Software, including John Blackburn. After Sculptured Software had been acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, the four had been in contact with another former Sculptured Software staffer who left the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Infinity 3
''Disney Infinity 3.0'' (also known as ''Disney Infinity: Star Wars'') is an action-adventure sandbox video game published by Disney Interactive Studios (the last game to be published by the company before their closure) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Apple TV, and is the third and final installment in the toys-to-life ''Disney Infinity'' series. It was developed by Avalanche Software, with additional help from Ninja Theory, Studio Gobo, Sumo Digital, and United Front Games. In contrast to how '' Disney Infinity 2.0'' focused on Marvel characters and playsets, ''3.0'' has a focus on the '' Star Wars'' franchise. The game was announced on May 5, 2015, and was released on August 28, 2015 in Europe and on August 30, 2015 in North America. Gameplay ''Disney Infinity 3.0'' features similar gameplay mechanics to ''Disney Infinity'' and '' Disney Infinity 2.0''. Although sharing many key elements, the game's combat system has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empire Strikes Out
''The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad'' is a 2010 book written by Robert Elias that examines baseball as part of American politics and foreign policy. Elias is the author of several books dealing with politics to include ''Baseball and the American Dream'', which, in a similar manner to ''The Empire Strikes Out'', examines the game of baseball through a political lens. Elias has also written a baseball novel titled, ''The Deadly Tools of Ignorance''.Elias, Robert (2010) ''The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad''. New York: The New Pres/ref> The author Robert Elias is a Professor of politics and Chair of legal studies at the University of San Francisco. Among the courses he teaches are U.S. political history, human rights, constitutional law, American foreign policy, and baseball. Elias' education includes a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LucasArts
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game brand licensing, licensor that is part of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as part of a larger 1990 reorganization of the Lucasfilm divisions, the video game development division was grouped and rebranded as part of LucasArts. LucasArts became known for LucasArts adventure games, its line of adventure games based on its SCUMM engine in the 1990s, including ''Maniac Mansion'', the ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' series, and several ''Indiana Jones'' titles. A number of influential game developers were alumni of LucasArts from this period, including Brian Moriarty, Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and Dave Grossman (game developer), Dave Grossman. Later, as Lucasfilm regained control over its licensing over the ''Star Wars'' franchise, LucasArts produced numerous action game, action-based ''Star Wars'' titles in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the original film trilogy of the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. Portrayed by Mark Hamill, Luke first appeared in ''Star Wars'' (1977), and he returned in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983). Over three decades later, Hamill returned as Luke in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy, cameoing in ''The Force Awakens'' (2015) before playing a major role in ''The Last Jedi'' (2017) and ''The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019). He later played a digitally de-aged version of the character in the Disney+ series ''The Mandalorian'', appearing in the second-season finale, which premiered in 2020, and ''The Book of Boba Fett'', in the sixth episode, released in 2022. Originally a farmer on Tatooine living with his uncle and aunt, Luke becomes a pivotal figure in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. The son of fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (turned Sith Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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