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PoliWood
''PoliWood'' is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Barry Levinson and produced by Tim Daly, Robin Bronk and Robert E. Baruc. Synopsis The Democratic and Republican National Conventions held in 2008 during the United States presidential election that year are examined in depth in ''PoliWood'', which features interviews with well-known Hollywood celebrities like Susan Sarandon and Anne Hathaway. Interviewees * Richard Abramowitz * Stephen Baldwin * Annette Bening * Ellen Burstyn * Rachael Leigh Cook * Bradley Cooper * David Crosby * Alan Cumming * Tim Daly * Charlie Daniels * Robert Davi * Dana Delany * Giancarlo Esposito * Tom Fontana * Danny Glover * Anne Hathaway * Spike Lee * Blanche Lincoln * Josh Lucas * Frank Luntz * Matthew Modine * Tom Morello * Lawrence O'Donnell * David Paterson * Gloria Reuben * Susan Sarandon * Richard Schiff * Ron Silver * Arlen Specter * Sting * Lynn Whitfield * will.i.am * Zooey Deschanel Debuts and receptions ''PoliWood'' had it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Daly
James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', as well as his recurring role as the drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on ''The Sopranos'' (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award). He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama '' Private Practice'' from 2007 to 2012. From 2014 until 2019, he portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the Secretary of State, on the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary''. Early life Daly was born March 1, 1956, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, the only son and youngest of four children of actor James Daly (1918–1978) and actress Mary Hope Daly (; 1921–2009). He is of Irish descent, his ancestors being from Limerick and Kerry. He is the younger brother of actress Tyne Daly. He has two other sisters, Mary Glynn (wife of Mark Snow) and Pegeen Michael. Daly attended The Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Levinson
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, comedian and actor. Levinson's best-known works are mid-budget comedy drama and drama films such as '' Diner'' (1982); ''The Natural'' (1984); ''Good Morning, Vietnam'' (1987); '' Bugsy'' (1991); and ''Wag the Dog'' (1997). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Rain Man'' (1988). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries '' Dopesick'' and directed the first two episodes. Early life Levinson is of Russian-Jewish descent. After growing up in Forest Park, Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School in 1960, Levinson attended Baltimore City Community College and American University in Washington, D.C. at the American University School of Communication, where he studied broadcast journalism. He then moved to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer and performed comedy routines. Levinson at one time shared an apartment with would-be drug smuggler (and subject of the movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. At age 24, she made her acting debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in ''The Exorcist'' (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's '' Alice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. (born November 7, 1951) is an American television anchor, actor, liberal political commentator, and host of ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'', an MSNBC opinion and news program that airs on weeknights. He was a writer and producer for the NBC series ''The West Wing'' (playing the role of President Bartlet's father in flashbacks) as well as creator and executive producer of the NBC series ''Mister Sterling''. He also appeared as a recurring character on the HBO series ''Big Love''. O'Donnell began his political career as an aide to U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and was staff director for the Senate Finance Committee. He describes himself as a "practical European socialist". Early life O'Donnell was born in Boston on November 7, 1951, the son of Frances Marie (née Buckley), an office manager, and Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Sr., an attorney. He is of Irish descent and grew up Catholic. He attended St. Sebastian's School (class of 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Lucas
Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including '' American Psycho'' (2000), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' The Deep End'' (2001), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), ''Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002), ''Hulk'' (2003), ''An Unfinished Life'' (2005), ''Glory Road'' (2006), ''Poseidon'' (2006), '' Life as We Know It'' (2010), ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' (2011), '' Red Dog'' (2011), ''J. Edgar'' (2011), '' The Mend'' (2014), '' Breakthrough'' (2019), ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019), and ''The Forever Purge'' (2021). He has also appeared in television series such as '' The Firm'' (2012), ''The Mysteries of Laura'' (2014–2016), and ''Yellowstone'' (2018–2022). Early life Lucas was born Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer on June 20, 1971, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Michele (née LeFevre), a nurse midwife, and Don Maurer, an ER doctor. Lucas grew up traveling the South with his parents, who were antinuclear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama ''China Beach'' (1988–1991), for which she twice received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 and 1992. She received further recognition for her appearances in the films ''Light Sleeper'' (1992), '' Tombstone'' (1993), ''Exit to Eden'' (1994), '' The Margaret Sanger Story'' (1995), ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), '' True Women'' (1997), and '' Wide Awake'' (1998). Delany is also a known voice actress, having voiced characters in the DC Animated Universe, notably as Andrea Beaumont in '' Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' and Lois Lane in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'', subsequently reprising the latter role in several projects unrelated to the DCAU. In the 2000s, Delany appeared in main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Daniels
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, pioneering Southern rock. He was best known for his number-one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Much of his output, including all but one of his eight ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charting singles, was credited to the Charlie Daniels Band. Daniels was active as a singer and musician from the 1950s until his death. He was inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame in 2002, the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Early life Charles Edward Daniels was born October 28, 1936, in Wilmington, North Carolina to teenage parents William and LaRue Daniel. The "s" in Daniels' name was added by mistake when his birth certificate was filled out. Two weeks after Daniels had begun to attend elementary school, his family moved to Valdost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Sarandon
Susan Abigail Sarandon (; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actorMcCabe, Bruce"Susan Sarandon, the 'actor'" ''Boston Globe''. April 17, 1981. Retrieved January 21, 2021. and activist. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Sarandon began her acting career in the drama film '' Joe'' (1970), before appearing in the soap opera '' A World Apart'' (1970–1971). In 1974, she co-starred as a Zelda Fitzgerald surrogate in the television film ''F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles','' and the following year, she starred as Janet Weiss in the musical comedy horror film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. Sarandon was nominated for the Academy Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.'' Early life and education Fontana was born on the west side of Buffalo, New York, and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family; he is a cousin of actress Patti LuPone. He attended Cathedral School, Canisius High School, and Buffalo State College. He worked at the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo in various capacities before moving to New York City in 1973. Fontana struggled with substance abuse for much of his early adulthood. Career Television Having started out as a playwright, Fontana was hired by Bruce Paltrow as a writer for '' St. Elsewhere''. Fontana has been a writer/producer for such series as ''Oz'' (which he also created), ''Copper'', '' The Jury'', '' The Beat'', ''The Bedford Diaries'', ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', and '' The Philanthropist''. Fontana w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Reuben
Gloria Elizabeth Reuben is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer. She is well-known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama ''ER (TV series), ER'' (1995–1999, 2008), for which she was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, and for portraying Elizabeth Keckley in the 2012 Academy Awards, Academy Award–winning, Steven Spielberg–directed film ''Lincoln (film), Lincoln''. Additionally, she has been featured in films such as ''Timecop'' (1994), ''Nick of Time (film), Nick of Time'' (1995), ''Admission (film), Admission'' (2013), and ''Reasonable Doubt (2014 film), Reasonable Doubt'' (2014). She played Krista Gordon on ''Mr. Robot'' (2015–2019), as well as a recurring character on ''City on a Hill (TV series), City on a Hill'' (since 2019). She also played Otis and Adina Johnson, Adina Johnson on Cloak & Dagger (TV series), ''Cloak & Dagger'' from 2018 to 2019. Early life Gloria Reuben was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Pearl Avis (Mills), a Classical music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Paterson
David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan borough president David Dinkins. In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat once held by his father, former New York secretary of state Basil Paterson. In 2003, he rose to the position of Senate minority leader. Paterson was selected to be the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Eliot Spitzer in the 2006 New York gubernatorial election. Spitzer and Paterson were elected with 65% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Media Films
Screen Media Ventures, LLC. is an American-Canadian distribution company founded in 2001. In 2008, Screen Media selected The Creative Coalition as its exclusive nonprofit partner in launching the Spotlight Initiative. The partnership permits the pursuit of active outreach efforts for issues showcased in Screen Media produced and distributed motion pictures. While the Spotlight Initiative serves as a strategic business component that will create unique marketing, branding, and advertising opportunities as well as value for mass marketers, it also enhances America's cultural connection to the stories and social agendas of our times.'''' Screen Media (and its subsidiary Popcornflix) was acquired by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment in 2017. Selected films * '' Kevin of the North'' (2001, DVD release 2003 as ''Chilly Dogs'') * '' Noel'' (2004, DVD release) * '' Intimate Affaires'' (2002, DVD release 2007) * ''Shaka Zulu: The Citadel'' (2005) * ''Pitcher and the Pin-Up'' (2005) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
