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Mannequin (1987 Film)
''Mannequin'' is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb in his directional debut, and written by Edward Rugoff and Gottlieb. It stars Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, Meshach Taylor and G. W. Bailey. The original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. A modern retelling of the Pygmalion myth, the film revolves around a chronically underemployed passionate artist named Jonathan Switcher who lands a job as a department-store window dresser and the mannequin he created which becomes inhabited by the spirit of a woman from Ancient Egypt, but only comes alive for Jonathan. ''Mannequin'' received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its main title song, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship, which reached number one on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. In 1991, a sequel to the film called '' Mannequin Two: On the Move'' was released. Though the sequel takes place in the same department sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gottlieb (director)
Michael Bernard Gottlieb (April 12, 1945 – May 23, 2014) was an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films ''Mannequin'' (1987) and '' A Kid in King Arthur's Court'' (1995). Following the release of ''A Kid in King Arthur's Court'', Gottlieb transitioned into video game industry, working as a producer for the remainder of his entertainment career. On May 23, 2014, Gottlieb was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He was 69 years old and is survived by his three daughters. At the time of Gottlieb's death he was a professor of film at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, teaching screenwriting in both the graduate and undergraduate departments. Filmography *''Mannequin'' (1987) – director, writer *''The Shrimp on the Barbie'' (1990) – director (under the pseudonym Alan Smithee) *'' Mannequin Two: On the Move'' (1991) – writer *''Mr. Nanny ''Mr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Eligibility , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music, both of whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 – September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical ''Subways Are for Sleeping'' on Broadway, received the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2009 and was nominated another Tony for ''Broadway Bound'' (1987), as well as two nominations for Drama Desk Awards. Early life and education Newman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, one of three daughters of a Jewish immigrant couple. Her mother, Rachel Gottlieb, from Lithuania, was professionally known as ''Marvelle the Fortune Teller''. Her father, Sigmund Newman, from Warsaw, billed himself as ''Gabel the Graphologist'', working alongside his wife in boardwalk amusements. Newman had two sisters, Shirley (Mrs. Elliott) Porte, and Elaine (Mrs. Harry) Sandaufer. She attended Lincoln High School where she was voted "Future Hollywood Star." Career Broadway Newman made her Broadway debut in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Maher
Christopher Maher (born as Maher Boutros; born 1955) is an American film and television actor, as well as a chef. Background Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Maher's family moved to Toronto in the 1960s. He started pre-med studies but changed to acting at the University of Toronto. Arriving in New York in 1978, he studied acting further at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Maher worked at Tavern on the Green, where he met Drew Nieporent. He broke into Entertainment with a year-long role as assassin Colonel Hashim on Another World. Career Acting In 1982, Maher moved to Los Angeles to pursue motion-picture roles. He changed his name from Maher Boutros to Christopher Maher. "I was typecast as a dumb Arab or a bad Arab, one or the other. It depressed me, and I just refused to do any more." He has appeared in feature films and television episodes from ''Taxi'' and ''Hill Street Blues'' to ''Law and Order'', '' 24'', ''The West Wing'' and '' NCIS''. He was in the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vinovich
Steve Vinovich (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor. Biography Vinovich was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Jennie J. (née Kuhel), a secretary, and Stephen J. Vinovich, an insurance salesman. His paternal grandparents are Croatian. His maternal grandparents are Slovenian. Vinovich has appeared in several feature films such as B.J Wert in 1987's ''Mannequin'', and Dr. Novos in the 1994 comedy ''The Santa Clause''. He also voiced Puffin in the 1994 animated film ''The Swan Princess'' and one of the only three actors of the original cast to reprise his role for the two direct-to-video sequels (the others being Michelle Nicastro as Odette and James Arrington as Chamberlain). He appeared in '' The Foreigner'' at Corn Stock Theatre in Peoria, IL the summer of 2013 and has appeared in Broadway shows including ''Waitress'', ''All The Way, Lost in Yonkers, The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Davis
Carole Raphaelle Davis (born 17 February 1958) is an English actress, model, singer-songwriter, and writer. Career Acting In 1978, Davis posed for ''Playboy''. In 1980, she posed for '' Penthouse'' magazine under the name Tamara Kapitas, becoming Penthouse Pet of the Month in January 1980 and a runner-up for Pet of the Year in 1981. As an actress, Davis' first feature film was in James Cameron's horror film '' Piranha II: The Spawning'' (1982). Later in the 1980s, she appeared in the comedy film ''The Flamingo Kid'' (1984). Her best known film role came as Roxie Shield, the vengeful ex-girlfriend in ''Mannequin'' (1987), a film that was widely panned by critics but later became a cult classic. She later also appeared in films such as the comedy '' The Shrimp on the Barbie'' (1990), the comedy '' If Looks Could Kill'' (1991), and '' The Rapture'' (1991). She has made guest appearances on television series such as ''The A-Team'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Sex and the City'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Spader
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He has portrayed eccentric characters in films such as the drama ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989) for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, the action science fiction film '' Stargate'' (1994), the controversial psychological thriller ''Crash'' (1996), the erotic romance ''Secretary'' (2002) and Steven Spielberg's ''Lincoln'' (2012). He also voiced and performed motion-capture of the titular character of Ultron in '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015). His television roles include those of attorney Alan Shore in the last season of ''The Practice'' (2003–2004) and its spin-off '' Boston Legal'' (2004–2008) (for which he won three Emmy Awards), and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary ''The Office'' (2011–2012). He currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond "Red" Reddington in the NBC crime drama ''The Blacklist'' (2013–present) for which he has earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid Of Honor
Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party in a Western traditional wedding ceremony. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman and often a close friend or relative. She attends to the bride on the day of a wedding or marriage ceremony. Traditionally, bridesmaids were chosen from unwed young women of marriageable age. Bridesmaids are often required to get bob haircuts in some Nordic cultures. The principal bridesmaid, if one is designated, may be called the chief bridesmaid. She may also be called the maid of honor if she is unmarried, or the matron of honor if she is married. A junior bridesmaid is a girl who is clearly too young to be married but who is included as an honorary bridesmaid. In the United States, typically only the maid or matron of honor and the best man are the official witnesses for the wedding license. Often there is more than one bridesmaid: in modern times the bride chooses how many to ask. Historically, no person of status went out unattended, and the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Move
On the Move may refer to: * ''On the Move'' (TV series), a 1975–1976 BBC television series * ''On the Move'' (Donna Fargo album), a 1976 album by American country artist Donna Fargo * ''On the Move'' (Bob Mover album), a 1978 album by American jazz artist Bob Mover * ''On the Move'' (Nat Adderley album), a 1983 album by American jazz artist Nat Adderley * "On the Move" (Barney & Friends) * "On the Move", a 2001 single by Bart Claessen (Barthezz) * "On the Move", a song by Mudvayne from ''By the People, for the People ''By the People, for the People'' is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Mudvayne. It was released on November 27, 2007 by Epic Records. The album features a track listing chosen entirely by the band's fans, with the band determini ...'' * '' On the Move: A Life'', the 2015 autobiography of Oliver Sacks * ''On the Move'' (film), 1978 film by Adolf Winkelmann {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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