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Lucinda's Spell
''Lucinda's Spell'' is a 1998 American fantasy film starring Christina Fulton, Jon Jacobs Jon Jacobs (born 10 September 1966 in Derbyshire, England) is an English actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer, and creator of the avatar Neverdie from the virtual world '' Entropia Universe'' that Reuters described as "a legendary ..., and written and directed by Jon Jacobs. Plot A wizard returns to Earth and lands in New Orleans in search of a mate. He runs into a call girl he slept with years which, unbeknownst to him, had resulted in her giving birth to his son. Home video ADV Films released the film on DVD and VHS in October 2000. References External links * * * 1998 films 1998 fantasy films American independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{fantasy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Jacobs
Jon Jacobs (born 10 September 1966 in Derbyshire, England) is an English actor, entrepreneur, director, producer, writer, and creator of the avatar Neverdie from the virtual world ''Entropia Universe'' that Reuters described as "a legendary adventurer, celebrity, and fabulously wealthy entrepreneur in the online world of ''Entropia''". The Associated Press described Neverdie as an "Internet icon". As a film actor, director and producer Jacobs is best known for films such as '' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'', ''Lucinda's Spell'', '' Charlotte Sometimes'', '' Hey DJ'', and '' RevoLOUtion''. Biography Jon Jacobs grew up in London. His mother, Jackie White, was Miss United Kingdom in 1962. His fatherAdrian Jacobs was an infamous 60s financier. Jacobs was expelled from the Famous British stage school Sylvia Young's in 1981. In 1986 he made his screen debut in the short film Salette'. Jon followed up by directing and acting in Metropolis Apocalypse and Moonlight Resurrection 1987, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Fulton
Christina Fulton (born June 26, 1967) is an American actress. Career Fulton has worked as a model with Elite Model Management and with LA Models. She was the face of Farlow Jeans and modeled for the "Too Cute" campaign. Fulton has had roles in such films as Oliver Stone's ''The Doors'' as Velvet Underground singer Nico, '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'', '' Dangerous Game'', '' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'', ''Enemies of Laughter'', ''Lucinda's Spell'' and '' Snake Eyes''. Fulton hosts a weekly online show, ''Playing It Forward''. In 2006, Fulton directed and produced the documentary '' When Giants Collide'' about the plight of Beverly Hills High School's wrestling program being on the brink of extinction. Personal life Fulton has a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born 1990), with actor Nicolas Cage. Fulton was engaged to Shagrath, vocalist of the black metal band Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Herbert
Leon Herbert is a British actor. Herbert is known for appearances in films including ''Salome's Last Dance'' (1988), ''Scandal'' (1989), ''Batman'' (1989), ''Alien 3'' (1992), '' Double X: The Name of the Game'' (1992), ''Point of No Return'' (1993), '' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'' (1995), ''Fierce Creatures'' (1997), ''Lucinda's Spell'' (1998), ''South West 9'' (2001), ''9 Dead Gay Guys'' (2002) and ''Dark Floors'' (2008). Herbert made his directorial debut with the 2003 film ''Emotional Backgammon''. He also appeared on the television series '' Come Dine with Me'', as well as an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...'' as Lenny Rutter. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Leon British male film actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Prevalent elements include fairies, angels, mermaids, witches, monsters, wizards, unicorns, dragons, talking animals, ogres, elves, trolls, white magic, gnomes, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons, dwarves, giants, goblins, anthropomorphic or magical objects, familiars, curses and other enchantments, worlds involving magic, and the Middle Ages. Subgenres Several sub-categories of fantasy films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in fantasy literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are High Fantasy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Threat
''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André Seewood. In 1997, ''Film Threat'' was converted to a solely online resource. The current incarnation of ''Film Threat'' accepts money from filmmakers who are looking for a way to promote their films. Since 2011, those seeking a review from the site can pay between $50 and $400 for varying levels of service, ranging from a "guaranteed review within 7-10 days" to a package that includes a guarantee of "100K minimum impressions". Beginning The initial issues of ''Film Threat'' combined pseudopolitical ranting by Seewood and cinematic material and parody of mainstream film by Gore. In Gore's own words, "I thought, wouldn’t it be great t ... [...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] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADV Films
A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Greenfield and David Williams. The company specialized in home video production and distribution, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. They also ran Anime Network, a television channel devoted to airing the company's titles. Some of their titles were ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Robotech'', ''RahXephon'', ''Full Metal Panic'', ''Azumanga Daioh'', ''Elfen Lied'', ''Gantz'', ''Red Garden'', and ''Le Chevalier D'Eon''. The company maintained offices in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to North America, ADV Films distributed their home media releases in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany. The company was also involved in various lawsuits with other companies, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PR Newswire
PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago. The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, using teleprinters at first. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London. In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company. On January 1, 2021, Cision formally merged PR Newswire into the company, ending its status as a legal entity after 66 years. Cision plans to continue utilizing the brand name for the foreseeable future in the United States, as well as in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions. History PR Newswire was founded in March 1954 by Herbert Muschel, who ran the business from his town house in New York City for the first 15 years of its operation. The company used telecommunications lines and teleprinters owned by Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cision
Cision Ltd. is a public relations and earned media software company and services provider. The company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois; with clients worldwide. The company went public via reverse merger in June 2017. In addition to its web-based PR and earned media software as a service (SaaS) suite the Cision Communications Cloud, the company owns online publicity and media services PRNewswire, PRWeb, Bulletin Intelligence, L'Argus de la presse, Help a Reporter Out (HARO), CEDROM-SNI, Prime Research, and Canada Newswire. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Company is led by Brandon Crawley, Interim CEO & Managing Director Platinum Equity. Products and services Cision provides public relations services to businesses, using a cloud-based, or software as a service (SaaS) model. The company offers social media monitoring and engagement and media publicity services. Cision's software is distributed in sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! Finance is a media property that is part of the Yahoo! network. It provides financial news, data and commentary including stock quotes, press releases, financial reports, and original content. It also offers some online tools for personal finance management. In addition to posting partner content from other web sites, it posts original stories by its team of staff journalists. It is ranked 20th by SimilarWeb on the list of largest news and media websites. In 2017 Yahoo! Finance added the feature to look at news surrounding cryptocurrency. It lists over 9,000 unique coins including Bitcoin and Ethereum. See also * Google Finance * MSN Money References * https://finance.yahoo.com/portfolios External links Yahoo! Finance Economics websites Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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