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Old Dogs (film)
''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring John Travolta and Robin Williams with an ensemble supporting cast played by Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Seth Green, Rita Wilson, Dax Shepard, Lori Loughlin, and Bernie Mac. It was released in theaters on November 25, 2009 and it was released on March 9, 2010 on DVD. The movie is dedicated to both Mac (who died in August 2008 and had his final acting role in the film) and Jett Travolta (John Travolta and Kelly Preston's son who died in January 2009). The film was panned by critics and grossed $96.7 million worldwide on a $35 million budget. At the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony, ''Old Dogs'' was nominated in four categories: Worst Picture, Worst Actor for John Travolta, Worst Supporting Actress for Kelly Preston and Worst Director for Walt Becker. Canadian musician Bryan Adams wrote the theme song for the film, "You've Been a Friend to Me". Plot Dan Rayburn and Charlie Reed are be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Becker
Walter William Becker is an American filmmaker and novelist, whose directorial credits include the films ''Van Wilder'', ''Wild Hogs'' and ''Old Dogs''. Biography Becker graduated from Pasadena High School (California) in 1986 and USC School of Cinema-Television in 1995. He also wrote the novel ''Link'' in 1999, which was on the L.A. Times' bestseller list for four weeks. It is based on some theories of Graham Hancock, to whom he refers in the epilogue. He has a son and a daughter with his wife, Lindsay. In January 2010, TBS picked up '' Glory Daze'', a fraternity-centered comedy pilot set in the 1980s created and written by Becker and Michael LeSieur, to also be directed by Becker.Neal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dax Shepard
Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcast host. Since 2018, he has hosted ''Armchair Expert'', a podcast that interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives. Shepard has appeared in the feature films ''Without a Paddle'' (2004), '' Zathura: A Space Adventure'' (2005), '' Employee of the Month'' (2006), ''Idiocracy'' (2006), ''Let's Go to Prison'' (2006), ''Hit and Run'' (2012), and ''CHiPs'' (2017), the last two of which he also wrote and directed. Shepard portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series '' Parenthood'' from 2010 to 2015. He also played Luke Matthews in the Netflix show ''The Ranch'', co-starred in ABC's '' Bless This Mess'' and acted in the MTV practical joke reality series ''Punk'd'' (2003). He is also a co-founder of the diaper and baby product company Hello Bello with his wife, Kristen Bell. Early life and education Shepard was born in Highland Township, Michigan, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Steven Perry
Bradley Steven Perry (born November 23, 1998) is an American actor. He played the role of Gabe Duncan on the Disney Channel family sitcom ''Good Luck Charlie'', and the role of Roger Ellison in Disney's ''High School Musical'' spin-off film ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure''. Following this, Perry co-starred on the Disney XD comedies '' Mighty Med'' and its spinoff '' Lab Rats: Elite Force'', where he played the role of Kaz. Career In 2008, Perry began his professional acting career at the age of 10 with small roles in the films ''Choose Connor'', and ''Magnificent Max''. The following year, he made his television debut with a guest-starring role on the CBS crime-drama ''Without a Trace''. Over the next year, Perry continued to appear in small comedic roles in such films as '' The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard'', ''Opposite Day'', and '' Old Dogs''. In 2010, Perry starred on the Disney Channel family sitcom ''Good Luck Charlie''. On the series, Perry played the mischievous and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Allen
Laura Allen (born March 21, 1974) is an American actress. She starred as Lily Tyler during the first two seasons of the USA Network television series ''The 4400''. Personal life Allen was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Julie and David Allen. She grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, as the middle child of three sisters. She attended Wellesley College as a sociology major and graduated in 1996. She worked with the NYPD as a domestic violence counselor before pursuing acting. She and Bruce Weyman married at the Relais Palazzo del Capitano in Pienza, Italy, on September 23, 2006. They have two sons. Career Allen first established her career portraying Laura Kirk-English DuPres on the soap opera ''All My Children'' from 2000 to 2002, taking over the role from Lauren Roman who originated the role from 1995 to 1998. After departing AMC, Allen went on to play Susan Delacorte in Mike Newell's ''Mona Lisa Smile''. She later starred in USA Network's hit series, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and '' The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series '' Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film '' Strangers with Candy'' (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series '' The Heart, She Holler'' (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020). She received further critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series '' At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (2017–2020) which earned her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris appeared in various films, including '' Maid in Manhattan'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret. She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963), '' Viva Las Vegas'' (1964), ''The Cincinnati Kid'' (1965), ''Carnal Knowledge'' (1971), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), ''Tommy'' (1975), '' Magic'' (1978), '' The Villain'' (1979), '' The Return of the Soldier'' (1982), ''52 Pick-Up'' (1986), '' Newsies'' (1992), '' Grumpy Old Men'' (1993), ''Grumpier Old Men'' (1995), '' Any Given Sunday'' (1999), ''Taxi'' (2004), ''The Break-Up'' (2006) and ''Going in Style'' (2017). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy for her guest appearance on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Her singing and acting careers span six decades, starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sab Shimono
is a Japanese-American actor. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like ''Mame'', '' Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen'', and '' Pacific Overtures''. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles, including '' Midway, Gung Ho, Presumed Innocent, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Shadow, Jackie Chan Adventures, Samurai Jack,'' and '' Southland Tales.'' Early life and education Shimono was born and raised in Sacramento, California, to restaurant owners Edith Mary (née Otani) and Masauchi Shimono. During World War II, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, Shimono and his family were interned at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center and the Granada War Relocation Center. He attended Sacramento High School and graduated from University of California, Berkeley. Career Shimono has appeared on Broadway and in regional theaters including San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999) and ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002) and the Steven Soderbergh films ''Out of Sight'' (1998), ''The Limey'' (1999) and ''Traffic'' (2000). His other film credits include '' Q & A'' (1990), '' The Hard Way'' (1991), ''Carlito's Way'' (1993) and '' Keanu'' (2016). For his role in ''The Limey'', he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. On television, he starred as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on the Netflix series ''Narcos'' (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBS medical drama '' Code Black'' (2015–18), Hector Contreras on ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' (2019) and as Gomez Addams on ''Wednesday''. Early life Guzmán was born in Caye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Out Of Love
"All Out of Love" is a song by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released as a single in 1980 from their fifth studio album '' Lost in Love''. The song was written by Graham Russell and Clive Davis. The song's lyrics describe the emotional state of a man desperately trying to win back the love of his life after the couple's separation caused by a wrong done by the man against the woman he's in love with. In the United States, it reached number two on the Hot 100 (blocked from the top spot by both " Upside Down" by Diana Ross and " Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the UK, the song reached number 11 and is their only top 40 hit in that country. It placed 92nd in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Love Songs" in 2003. History The chorus was originally "I'm all out of love, I want to arrest you". However, Clive Davis thought that would be confusing to American audiences so he suggested "I'm all out of love, I'm so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguins
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow it whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey. They spend roughly half of their lives on land and the other half in the sea. The largest living species is the emperor penguin (''Aptenodytes forsteri''): on average, adults are about tall and weigh . The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin (''Eudyptula minor''), also known as the fairy penguin, which stands around tall and weighs . Today, larger penguins generally inhabit colder regions, and smaller penguins i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorilla
Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to Human evolutionary genetics, that of humans, from 95 to 99% depending on what is included, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after chimpanzees and bonobos. Gorillas are the largest Neontology#Extant taxa versus extinct taxa, living primates, reaching heights between 1.25 and 1.8 metres, weights between 100 and 270 kg, and arm spans up to 2.6 metres, depending on species and sex. They tend to live in troops, with the leader being called a silverback. The Eastern gorilla is distinguished from the Western by darker fur colour and some other minor morphological differences. Gorillas tend to live 35–40 years in the wild. The Oldest hominids, oldest gorilla kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Been A Friend To Me
"You've Been a Friend to Me" is a rock song by Bryan Adams. The single was released worldwide in December 2009. It is the theme song for the Disney film ''Old Dogs''. A video was made featuring Adams playing various members of his band with disguises, such as wigs, eyeglasses, and different clothing. Adams also directed the video. A new mix of the song was included on the deluxe version of his 2014 album, ''Tracks of My Years''. This song became a Top 20 Adult Contemporary hit in his native Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ..., reaching #13. Track listing Chart positions References {{Authority control Bryan Adams songs 2009 singles 2009 songs Songs written by Bryan Adams Songs written by Gretchen Peters Universal Music Group singles Polydor Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
