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Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor and film and television producer. He starred as Donovan "Van" Ray on the Fox series '' Fastlane'' from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the ''Twilight'' novel series, and is also known for his role as Mike Dexter in the 1998 film ''Can't Hardly Wait''. Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series ''Nurse Jackie'', portraying the role of Dr. Fitch "Coop" Cooper. He portrayed Maxwell Lord on the first season of the TV series ''Supergirl''. Early life Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Bruna (née Reich), a homemaker, and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. His parents are from the Val di Non valley in Trentino, northern Italy. His father is from Revò, while his mother is from Spormaggiore. He was raised Catholic and attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, New York. He studied acting at New York University, as well as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisch School Of Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many undergraduate and graduate disciplines are available for students, including: acting, dance, drama, performance studies, design for stage and film, musical theatre writing, photography, record producing, game design and development, and film and television studies. The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program, high school programs, continuing education in the arts for the general public, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, which teaches entrepreneurial strategies in the music recording industry. A dual MFA/MBA graduate program is also offered, allowing students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revò
Revò (Ladin: ''Rvòu'', german: Nußdorf am Nonsberg) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of Trento. Geography Revò is situated on a grassy plain in the Val di Non, overlooking Lake Santa Giustina, that had already been settled by the 3rd century BC. It is backed by Monte Ozol, in the Maddalene mountain range, which is topped by an iron-age hill fort. The parish church of Santo Stefano dates back to at least 1128 AD and has a fine spire. The church of St Mary dates from the 18th century and has an octagonal spire. Other notable buildings include the Villa Campia-Maffei and the Casa Thun. Nearby, the River Sass has carved a narrow but deep canyon through the rock and visitors can walk along the trails and walkways that traverse the vertical-sided gorge in the "Parco Fluviale Novella". The municipality of Revò contains the ''frazione'' (subdivision) Tregiovo. Revò borders the following mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckin Meyer
Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known for providing voices for the television series '' Robot Chicken'' (2005–present) and for voicing Joseph Gribble in ''King of the Hill'' (2000–2010). He portrayed lawyer Jared Franklin in ''Franklin & Bash'' (2011–2014). Early life Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. He has lived in California, Texas, West Virginia, and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school with Drew Barrymore (and was apparently her first kiss) and also attended Beverly Hills High School. Through his elementary school, he came into contact with Barrymore's agent, who sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Embry
Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Mark in ''Empire Records'', Preston in ''Can't Hardly Wait'', The Bass Player in ''That Thing You Do!'', and as Bobby Ray in ''Sweet Home Alabama''. Career Embry (originally credited as Ethan Randall) started acting at the age of 12. After making his debut in ''Defending Your Life'' (1991), he starred in several films, including ''Dutch'' (1991), '' All I Want for Christmas'' (1991), '' A Far Off Place'' (1993), ''Empire Records'' (1995), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), '' Vegas Vacation'' (1997), and the teen comedy ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998). In 2002, Embry appeared as Bobby Ray opposite Reese Witherspoon in ''Sweet Home Alabama''. He had a major role in Showtime's ''Brotherhood'', which premiered in 2006. In 2013, Embry had a recurring role as Greg Mendell on the television series ''Once Upon a Time''. In 2015, Embry had a guest role as Carter on '' The Walking Dead''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vartan
Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama '' Alias'', his role on the TNT medical drama '' Hawthorne'', and his role on the '' E!'' drama '' The Arrangement'' as Terence Anderson. His film roles include ''The Pallbearer'', ''Never Been Kissed'', ''The Next Best Thing'', '' One Hour Photo'', ''Monster-in-Law'', '' Rogue'', '' Colombiana'', and ''Small Town Crime''. Early life Michael Vartan was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is the son of Edmond "Eddie" Vartan, a musician, and Doris (née Pucher), a painter and artist. His paternal aunt is singer Sylvie Vartan and his stepfather is writer Ian La Frenais. Michael's paternal grandfather was of Armenian and Bulgarian descent, while Michael's paternal grandmother was of Hungarian Jewish background. Michael's mother is a Polish Jewish immigrant to the United States. Vartan has said about his French backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career with small parts on television, and made her feature film debut in ''Animal Room'' (1995). Her portrayal of Jill St. Claire in ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000) brought her wider recognition, and she has since appeared in a variety of films, such as ''Saving Silverman'' (2001), ''High Crimes''; ''Changing Lanes''; ''Igby Goes Down'' (all 2002), '' Something's Gotta Give'' (2003), ''Identity'' (2003), ''Melinda and Melinda'' (2004), '' A Lot Like Love'' (2005), ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Battle for Terra'' (2007), '' Martian Child'' (2008), '' The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' (2008), ''Please Give'' (2010), ''Gulliver's Travels'' (2010), ''The Way, Way Back'' (2013), ''Identity Thief'' (2013), and '' Trust Me'' (2013). On television, Peet starred as Jacqueline Barrett on The WB's '' Jack & Jill'' (1999–2001), as Tina Morris on HBO's '' Togetherness'' (2015–2016), as Jules on IFC's ''Brockmire'' (2016– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calm At Sunset, Calm At Dawn
''Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn'' is the second novel by American author Paul Watkins. It was published in 1989 by Houghton Mifflin and shared the Encore Award the following year. Plot introduction The story is set on and off the Rhode Island coast where James Pfeiffer, age 20 and just expelled from college, starts working on a broken down scallop trawler against the wishes of his family. He follows in the footsteps of his father Russ, who now has an unexplained fear of the sea. James comes to learn the very real dangers that exist in the present and truth about his father's past. Reception *''Publishers Weekly'' said 'Watkins's spare, whittled-down prose does not buoy up the action, but readers will savor the realistic evocations of life at sea and the portrayal of a particular maritime subculture.' *Kirkus Reviews' opinion was mixed: "There are hardships, deaths, injuries, sweepings-overboard, and near-misses aplenty in the spectacularly described and salty passages at sea--b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Jimmy
''After Jimmy'' is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film based on a true story starring Meredith Baxter as a woman, with her family, mourning the suicide death of her teenage son. As of 2008, the film has not been released on video or DVD. Premise Depressed eighteen-year-old Jimmy Stapp commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with his father's gun. His family (mother Maggie, father Sam, and two young siblings Billy and Rosie) struggles to deal with life, amid questions of why they didn't see the signs sooner and what could have precipitated suicide. Both parents grieve very differently in the aftermath, which divides them as they search for a way to bring their family back together. Cast *Meredith Baxter as Margaret "Maggie" Stapp *Bruce Davison as Ward "Sam" Stapp *Peter Facinelli as James "Jimmy" Stapp *Mae Whitman as Rosanna "Rosie" Stapp *Ryan Slater as William "Billy" Stapp *Eva Marie Saint as Liz *Natalia Nogulich as Lydia * Deborah May as Karen *Željko Iva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Augusta Miller, Lady Day-Lewis (born September 15, 1962) is an American filmmaker and novelist. She is known for her films '' Angela'', '' Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'', ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'', and ''Maggie's Plan'', all of which she wrote and directed, as well as her novels ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' and ''Jacob's Folly''. Miller received the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for ''Personal Velocity'' and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director for ''Angela''. Miller is the daughter of Arthur Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, and his third wife Inge Morath, a Magnum photographer. Early life Miller was born in Roxbury, Connecticut, to Arthur Miller, the dramatist, and Austrian-born Inge Morath, a photographer. Her younger brother, Daniel, was born in 1966. Her father was Jewish, whereas her mother was Protestant. For a time during childhood, Miller practiced Catholicism on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the historical examples of the Group Theatre and Stanislavski. Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The company operates two theaters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. There is the 199-seat mainstage Linda Gross Theater, which is located at 336 West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the parish hall of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, built in 1854 and renovated in 2012. Additionally, the 99-seat black-box theater, Stage 2, is located at 330 West 16th Street, also between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the former Port Authority building. Stage 2, which opened in June 2006, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the non-denominational all-male institution began its first classes near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU has become the largest private university in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students, in 2019. NYU also receives the most applications of any private institution in the United States and admission is considered highly selective. NYU is organized int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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About may refer to: * About (surname) * About.com, an online source for original information and advice * about.me, a personal web hosting service * ''abOUT'', a Canadian LGBT online magazine * ''About Magazine'', a Texas-based digital platform covering LGBT news * About URI scheme, an internal URI scheme * About box, a dialog box that displays information related to a computer software * About equal sign, symbol used to indicate values are approximately equal See also * About Face (other) * About Last Night (other) * About Time (other) * About us (other) * About You (other) * ''about to The ''going-to'' future is a grammatical construction used in English to refer to various types of future occurrences. It is made using appropriate forms of the expression ''to be going to''.Fleischman, Suzanne, ''The Future in Thought and Langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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