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Monsterland (TV Series)
''Monsterland'' is an American drama anthology horror streaming television series created by Mary Laws, based upon the short story collection ''North American Lake Monsters: Stories'' by Nathan Ballingrud. It consists of eight episodes and premiered on October 2, 2020, on Hulu. Episodes Production Development In May 2019, it was announced Hulu had given the series an eight-episode order, with Mary Laws creating the series and serving as an executive producer based upon the short story ''North American Lake Monsters: Stories'' by Nathan Ballingrud, with Babak Anvari and Lucan Toh serving as executive producers with Anvari set to direct an episode of the series, and Annapurna Television attached to produce. The series was released on October 2, 2020. Casting In November 2019, it was announced Kaitlyn Dever and Jonathan Tucker had joined the cast of the series, appearing in the first episode. In February 2020, Mike Colter joined the cast of the series. In July 2020, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kosar
Scott Kosar is an American screenwriter whose films include ''The Machinist'', the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), 2003 remake of the classic horror film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and the The Amityville Horror (2005 film), 2005 remake of ''The Amityville Horror (1979 film), The Amityville Horror''. In June 2006, he was presented with the Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting Award by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Kosar was appointed the Hunter/Zakin screenwriting chair at UCLA for 2009–2010. Career Kosar wrote the script for ''The Machinist'' while attending the graduate screenwriting program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The movie became notorious for actor Christian Bale's dramatic weight loss (Bale dropped his weight to 120 pounds for the film) and was described by Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' as "one of the few movies to scale the barrier between chilly fantasy and authentic cinematic nightmare." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole LaLiberte
Nicole LaLiberté (born December 1, 1981) is an American actress. She has had recurring roles on the television series ''How to Make It in America'' (2011) and ''Dexter'' (2012–2013) and most notably played Darya in David Lynch's ''Twin Peaks: The Return''. Career LaLiberté moved from Upstate New York to New York City at age 12 in 1993, to study ballet at the School of American Ballet. After years as a ballerina, she transitioned into modeling appearing in the 2002 Lavazza Calendar shot by David La Chapelle, Arthur Elgort's book Camera Crazy and in magazines including '' Vogue Italia, W and Photo''. LaLiberté began acting in 2007. Her first acting role was in a play that her friend Michael Domitrovich had written and wanted her to be in. Called ''Artfuckers'', it ran Off-Off Broadway at the Theater for the New City from February 19 to March 4, 2007 and then Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre from February 8 to March 16, 2008. The play itself was met with mixed reviews but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Benko
Tina Benko is an American actress and acting teacher known for her roles in film, theatre, and television. Early life Benko was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Career Benko was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Elfriede Jelinek's solo work ''Jackie'' in 2013 at the New York City Center. She won the St. Clair Bayfield Award for playing Titania in Julie Taymor's production of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at Theatre for a New Audience. In 2019 she appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Eureka Day'' Benko teaches at HB Studio and Fordham University. Benko also narrated Peter de Jonge Peter de Jonge (born April 5, 1954) is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction. His first novel "Shadows Still Remain" (2009) was a ''Washington Post'' Best Book of the Year and the three novels he co-authored with James Patterson were #1 ...'s novel ''Shadows Still Remain''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hsu Rosen
Michael Hsu Rosen is an American actor and dancer best known for his roles as Jayden and Nabil in the Netflix series ''Pretty Smart (TV series), Pretty Smart'' and ''Tiny Pretty Things'', respectively. Rosen also starred in the Broadway theatre, Broadway revivals of ''Torch Song Trilogy, Torch Song'' and ''West Side Story''. Early life and education Rosen was born and raised in New York City on the Upper West Side. He attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School, as well as the Professional Children's School. He trained for nine years at the School of American Ballet and matriculated at Yale University before withdrawing to pursue acting full-time. Career While in high school, Rosen performed with the New York City Ballet and made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut at seventeen in the 2009 revival of ''West Side Story''. He later returned to Broadway in revivals of ''On the Town (musical), On the Town'' and Harvey Fierstein's ''Torch Song Trilogy, Torch Song''. Rosen has gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Camp
Bill Camp (born 1963/1964) is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in many films such as ''Lincoln'' (2012), '' Compliance'' (2012), '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013), '' Love & Mercy'' (2015), '' Loving'' (2016), ''Molly's Game'' (2017), ''Vice'' (2018), ''Wildlife'' (2018), '' Joker'' (2019), and ''News of the World'' (2021); the HBO miniseries ''The Night Of'' in 2016 and '' The Outsider'' in 2020; and the Netflix miniseries '' The Queen's Gambit'' in 2020. He had a recurring role in the HBO drama series '' The Leftovers'' from 2015 to 2017 and the Hulu space drama series ''The First'' in 2018. Camp has appeared in many television series and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in the miniseries ''The Night Of'' (2016). He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of the play ''The Crucible''. Early life Camp was born and raised in Massachusetts, and is the son of Patricia L., a librarian, and Peter B. Camp, who was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Strick
Wesley Strick (born February 11, 1954) is an American screenwriter who has written such films as ''Arachnophobia (film), Arachnophobia'', ''Batman Returns'' and Martin Scorsese's remake of ''Cape Fear (1991 film), Cape Fear''. Since 2015, Strick has worked as a writer/executive producer on ''The Man in the High Castle (TV series), The Man in the High Castle''. Life and career Strick was born in New York City, New York (state), New York, the son of Racelle (née Kessler) and Louis Strick. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where he studied creative writing with the poet Thom Gunn. Prior to his Hollywood career, he worked as a rock journalist in New York City, contributing features and reviews to ''Circus (magazine), Circus'', ''Creem'' and ''Rolling Stone''. As a "script doctor" he has done production polishes on such films as ''Batman Returns'', ''Face/Off'' and ''Mission: Impossible 2''. Strick's screenplay for ''True Believer (1989 film), True Believer'' was nominated for a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matty Cardarople
Matthew Richard Cardarople (born February 9, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in the ABC television series ''Selfie (TV series), Selfie'', the 2015 film ''Jurassic World'', the 2016 TV series ''Stranger Things'', and as the "Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender" in the TV series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events''. In 2021, he played Keith in the film ''Free Guy''. His supporting roles include appearances in Michael Showalter's 2017 romantic comedy ''The Big Sick'', and Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's TV series ''Reservation Dogs'', set in an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous community in Oklahoma. Early life and education Cardarople was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. His parents divorced when he was young. He is a graduate of New York Film Academy, after which he worked as a personal assistant for Luke Wilson. Cardarople studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. He studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Bittner
Lauren Bittner is an American actress. Life and career Bittner was born in New York City. She is best known for her role as Julie in ''Paranormal Activity 3''. Bittner has also appeared in ''The Thing About My Folks'', '' Flannel Pajamas'', '' Gardener of Eden'', ''Bride Wars'', ''The Mighty Macs ''The Mighty Macs'' is a 2009 American sports drama film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a Hall of Fame women's basketball coach. The film premiered in the 2009 Heartland Film Festival and was release ...'', and '' Subject: I Love You''. Bittner was cast as a series regular on the Lifetime drama series ''Secret Lives of Wives''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittner, Lauren American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from New York City 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Beharie
Nicole Beharie is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in films such as the drama ''American Violet'' (2008), the psychological drama ''Shame (2011 film), Shame'' (2011), the biographical sports drama ''42 (film), 42'' (2013), and the independent drama ''Miss Juneteenth'' (2020). From 2013 to 2016, she starred in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox supernatural drama series ''Sleepy Hollow (TV series), Sleepy Hollow''. Early life Beharie was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. When Beharie was little, her father was in the United States Foreign Service, so she grew up in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Nigeria and Panama. She attended Orangeburg Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and is a 2003 graduate of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, a public boarding school, residential high school in Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville. Beharie was then accepted into Juilliard School, one of the most prestigious performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Linklater
Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'', Andrew Keanelly in ''The Crazy Ones'', and Clark Debussy in ''Legion''. He is the son of dramatic vocal trainer Kristin Linklater. In 2021, he starred as Father Paul in the Netflix horror miniseries ''Midnight Mass,'' for which he received high critical acclaim. Early life Linklater was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the son of Kristin Linklater and James Lincoln Cormeny. His mother was a Scottish-born Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Acting Division at Columbia University and a teacher of vocal technique. A single mother, she raised her son partly in the Berkshires, where she was a founder of the Shakespeare & Company drama troupe. Linklater was eight years old when he began doing small Shakespearean roles.Stewart, Susan (March 9, 2008)"Heat Some Tea. Look at the Ceiling. Now, That's Acting."''New York Times' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig William Macneill
Craig William Macneill is an American film director, writer, and editor. His feature film ''Lizzie'', starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, premiered in the U.S Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The film was acquired by Roadside Attractions and Saban Films and released theatrically in the fall of 2018. Macneill's first feature film, '' The Boy'', premiered in the narrative competition at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and which was also based on a previous short film he co-wrote, directed, and edited titled ''Henley'', which screened in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the grand jury prize for "Best Short Film" at the Gen Art Film Festival and Clint Eastwood’s Carmel Film and Arts Film Festival. In 2016. On the Television side, Macneill directed two episodes for HBO’s Emmy winning series, ''Westworld'', along with Amazon Prime Series ''Them'' which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Macne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
