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My Life In Ruins
''My Life in Ruins'' (released as ''Driving Aphrodite'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and Alistair McGowan. Set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, the film follows a tour guide whose life takes a personal detour, while her group gets entangled in comic situations among the ruins, with a series of unexpected stops along the way. The film was released on May 7, 2009, in Greece ''Hollywood Entertainment''. Retrieved on March 19, 2009 and on June 5, 2009, in the United States. Plot Georgia is a Greek-American teacher who has traveled to Greece to teach Classic Greece at a local college. Laid off due to budget cuts, she is forced to obtain a job as a tour guide. She feels she has hit rock bottom, losing her passion in everything, and is told by her boss, Maria, that she has received negative feedback from the tourists who say she is bori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Petrie
Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director and actor. Life and career Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Donald soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Donald decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute. Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976. Filmography Films * '' Mystic Pizza'' (1988) * '' Opportunity Knocks'' (1990) * '' Grumpy Old Men'' (1993) * '' The Favor'' (1994) * '' Richie Rich'' (1994) * '' The Associate'' (1996) * ''My Favorite Martian'' (1999) * '' Miss Congeniality'' (2000) * ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003) * ''Welcome to Moos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories. Most of these regions were officially unified only once, for 13 years, under Alexander the Great's empire from 336 to 323 BC (though this excludes a number of Greek city-states free from Alexander's jurisdiction in the western Mediterranean, around the Black Sea, Cyprus, and Cyrenaica). In Western history, the era of classical antiquity was immediately followed by the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine period. Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC, ushering in the Archaic period and the colonization of the Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by the age of Classical G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorcas
Dorcas ( el, Δορκάς, Dorkás, used as a translated variant of the Aramaic name), or Tabitha ( arc, טביתא/ܛܒܝܬܐ, Ṭaḇīṯā, (female) gazelle), was an early disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (, see discussion here). She lived in the port city of Joppa, today absorbed by Tel Aviv. Acts describes her as being known for her "good works and acts of mercy", sewing clothes for the poor. When she died, the widows of her community mourned her and sent urgently for Peter (), who was in nearby Lydda. As evidence of her charity, they showed him some of the clothes she had sewn, and according to the biblical account he raised her from the dead. She is celebrated as a saint by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and some Protestant denominations. Name Both her Jewish name, which is in Aramaic, rendered as Tabitha, and her Greek one, Dorcas, translate to emale'gazelle'. The equivalent Hebrew name is Zibiah, also spelled Tsibiah, a name carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Bernette
Sheila Bernette (occasionally Burnette) (1931–2021) was an English singer and character actress on film, TV and radio. She also appeared as herself in many TV productions, and is remembered as one of the regular practical jokers in the UK version of '' Candid Camera''. Very petite, she usually wore her hair up to increase her height. A competent singer she was a regular on variety shows such as the ''Good Old Days'' and ''The Black and White Minstrel Show'' and appeared in the '' Royal Variety Performance'' show of 1970. Life see She was born Sheila Poncini on 30 March 1931 in the Marylebone district of London. Her parents were of Italian descent. She entered television in 1955 and was popular and appeared as herself from 1968 in multiple UK television shows. Largely appearing in comedy roles she was a regular sidekick to many stars including Dick Emery and Leslie Crowther. Over and above her film and television roles she was a regular performer at the Players' Theatre i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jareb Dauplaise
Jareb Dauplaise (born March 18, 1979) is an American actor. He played Wayne in ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. He has also appeared in a commercial for the restaurant El Pollo Loco. Dauplaise stars in the film '' The Prankster'', playing Blotto. Dauplaise stars in a web series called '' Blue Movies'' and he had a role in the MTV original series '' The Hard Times of RJ Berger
''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'' is an American television sitcom created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger ( Paul Iacono), an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School ...
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Brian Palermo
Brian Palermo is an American character actor, science communicator, and comedian. He has appeared in a number of television shows, commercials and movies. Palermo is also a writer whose credits include Warner Brothers' ''Histeria!'' and Disney's ''The Weekenders'' and '' Dave The Barbarian'', both created by Doug Langdale. He is also a co-author with Randy Olson and Dorie Barton of the 2003 book, ''Connection: Hollywood Storytelling Meets Critical Thinking''. Career His film credits include ''The Social Network'', ''My Life In Ruins'', ''Daddy Day Care'' and ''Big Momma's House'' among others. Television credits include ''Entourage'', '' Friends'', ''Gary Unmarried'', '' 90210'', ''Zeke and Luther'', '' The Middle'', '' State of Georgia'', ''Will and Grace'', ''Digimon Data Squad'', '' Malcolm In The Middle'', '' Henry Danger'', and ''Danger Force''. Palermo has appeared numerous times on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', though in April 2011 he started doing "correspondent" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Stuckey
Sophie Stuckey (born 1 March 1991) is an English actress. Biography and career Sophie Stuckey was born in London, in the borough of Camden, on 1 March 1991. Her first role as an actress was in 2002, at the age of 11, in the film '' Close Your Eyes'', while the following year she was in ''I Capture the Castle'', film adaptation of Dodie Smith's book of the same name. Afterwards, she was in '' The Dark'' in 2005 and in ''My Life in Ruins'' (aka ''Driving Aphrodite'') in 2009. Meanwhile, in 2004 she debuted on TV in the BBC film ''Who Cares?'', written and directed by Ray Harrison Graham and produced by RedBird Productions; in 2006 she appeared in one episode of the ninth season of ''Midsomer Murders'', playing Dora Southerly, a girl who finds the body of a man in an old sawmill. In 2010, she got the role of Summer Farley, leading of the TV series '' Summer in Transylvania'', which pushed her to quit her studies in Global Politics and International Relations at Birkbeck, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Ogilvy
Ian Raymond Ogilvy (born 30 September 1943) is an English actor, playwright, and novelist. Early life Ogilvy was born in Woking, Surrey, England, to Francis Fairfield Ogilvy, brother of advertising executive David Ogilvy, and actress Aileen Raymond (who had previously been married to actor John Mills). His grandfather, Francis John Longley Ogilvy, was born in Argentina and a self-taught Gaelic-speaker who was a classics scholar and a failed financial broker. He was educated at Sunningdale School, Eton College, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career ''Return of the Saint'' He is best known as the star of the television series ''Return of the Saint'' (1978–79), in which he assumed the role of Simon Templar from Roger Moore (1962–69). The role led to his being considered a leading contender for the role of James Bond in the early 1980s, when Moore announced his intention to leave the role. He never played the part (in part due to Moore's reconsidering his resignatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Goodall
Caroline Cruice Goodall (born 13 November 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. She was nominated for AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries ''Cassidy'', and the 1995 film ''Hotel Sorrento''. Her other film appearances include ''Hook'' (1991), ''Cliffhanger'' (1993), ''Schindler's List'' (1993), ''Disclosure'' (1994), ''White Squall'' (1996), ''The Princess Diaries'' (2001) and '' The Best of Me'' (2014). Early life Goodall was born in London to a publisher father and journalist mother. She attended St Leonards-Mayfield School and graduated (1981) with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and English from Bristol University. Caroline was a member of National Youth Theatre. Career Goodall has appeared extensively on stage, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and then the National Theatre. Her roles for the RSC include Lady Anne in ''Richard III'', Australian tour opposite Sir Anthony Sher and Hypatia in ''Misalliance''; while for the National Theatre she played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenon
The Parthenon (; grc, Παρθενών, , ; ell, Παρθενώνας, , ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art, an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, democracy and Western civilization. The Parthenon was built in thanksgiving for the Hellenic victory over Persian invaders during the Greco-Persian Wars. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon also served as the city treasury. Construction started in 447 BC when the Delian League was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438; work on the decoration continued until 432. For a time, it served as the treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire. In the final decade of the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. After the Ottoman conquest in the mid-fifteenth century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement (which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour Guide
A tour guide (U.S.) or a tourist guide (European) is a person who provides assistance, information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage to people on organized sightseeing and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites such as; museums, and at various venues of tourist attraction resorts. Tour guides also take clients on outdoor guided trips. These trips include hiking, whitewater rafting, mountaineering, alpine climbing, rock climbing, ski and snowboarding in the backcountry, fishing, and biking. History In 18th-century Japan, a traveler could pay for a tour guide or consult guide books such as Kaibara Ekken's ''Keijō Shōran'' (The Excellent Views of Kyoto). Description In Europe The CEN (European Committee for Standardization) definition for "tourist guide" – part of the work by CEN on definitions for terminology within the tourism industry – is a "person who guides visitors in the language of their choice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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