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Shauna Cross
Shauna Cross is an American screenwriter, novelist and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem", and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel ''Derby Girl'', a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote a film adaption of the novel, '' Whip It'', which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of ''Variety''s 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008. Early life Cross grew up in Austin, Texas with her two brothers and younger sister. Writing career After graduating from the University of Texas film school in Austin, Cross worked on a few local film productions before deciding to move to Los Angeles in 2001 to try to break into the screenwriting industry. She supported herself in Los Angeles by working odd jobs optioning screenplays "here and there". In 2007, Cross's novel ''Derby Girl'', about a teenage girl from a small town who takes up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Flower Films
Flower Films is an American production company owned by Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen. Filmography Film * ''Never Been Kissed'' (1999) * '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000) * ''Donnie Darko'' (2001) * '' Duplex'' (2003) * '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003) * ''50 First Dates'' (2004) * ''Fever Pitch'' (2005) * '' Music and Lyrics'' (2007) * '' He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009) * ''Whip It!'' (2009) * '' Happy Camp'' (2014) * ''Animal'' (2014) * ''How to Be Single'' (2016) * ''Freak Show'' (2018) * '' Charlie's Angels'' (2019) * '' The Stand In'' (2020) Television * ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'' (1999) * ''Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start'' (2004) * ''Tough Love Couples'' (2010) * '' Charlie's Angels'' (2011) * ''Knife Fight'' (2013) * ''Santa Clarita Diet'' (2017) * ''Princess Power'' (2023) * ''The Drew Barrymore Show ''The Drew Barrymore Show'' (often shortened to ''Drew'') is a first-run syndicated American talk show hosted by actress Drew Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Santa 2
''Bad Santa 2'' is a 2016 Christmas black comedy drama film directed by Mark Waters and written by Shauna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal. A standalone sequel to the 2003 film ''Bad Santa'', the film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Kathy Bates, and Christina Hendricks, and features criminals Willie and Marcus again teaming up to work as Santa and an elf, respectively, this time to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Principal photography began on January 11, 2016, in Montreal, and the film was released in the United States on November 23, 2016, by Broad Green Pictures. In contrast to the original film, it received generally negative reviews and grossed $24.1 million worldwide against its $26 million budget (less than a third of the original film's $76.5 million), making it a box-office bomb. Plot Set 13 years after the first film, Willie Soke remains depressed as ever, upset his "happy ending" did not pan out, as he is again addicted to sex and alcohol. As he tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusty Lady
The Lusty Lady is a pair of defunct peep show establishments, one in downtown Seattle and one in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The Lusty Lady was made famous by the labor activism of its San Francisco workers and the publication of several books about working there. History The Seattle Lusty Lady, known originally as the Amusement Center, was opened in the 1970s by two business associates, who soon after opened the other location in San Francisco. Originally, both Lusty Ladys showed 16mm peep show films only; in 1983 live nude dancers were added and became the main focus of the businesses., ''Lusty Lady San Francisco'' website. Until 2003 they were both owned by the same company; in that year the San Francisco franchise was bought by the strippers working there and began to be managed as a worker cooperative. The San Francisco branch had already entered the news in 1997 when it became the first (and only) successfully unionized sex business in the U.S. (The San D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What To Expect When You're Expecting (film)
''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Kirk Jones and distributed by Lionsgate. It was written by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach and is based on Heidi Murkoff's 1984 pregnancy guide of the same name. Its story follows the lives of five couples as their lives are turned upside down by the difficulties and surprises of parenthood. It stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Ben Falcone, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock and Rodrigo Santoro. The film was produced by Alcon Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, What to Expect Productions, and Georgia Public and was released on May 18, 2012. It grossed $84 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Prologue Set in Atlanta, the film opens with TV fitness trainer Jules Baxter and her dance partner Evan Webber performing on the TV show ''Celebrity Dance Factor''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiperspectivity
Multiperspectivity (sometimes polyperspectivity) is a characteristic of narration or representation, where more than one perspective is represented to the audience. Most frequently the term is applied to fiction which employs multiple narrators, often in opposition to each-other or to illuminate different elements of a plot, creating what is sometimes called a multiple narrative, or multi-narrative. However, a similar concept is applied to historical process, in which multiple different perspectives are used to evaluate events. Educators have extended the concept and term to apply to techniques used to teach multiple disciplines, including social sciences, like economics and civics, and physical education. Use in history The use of multiple perspectives arose because educators and scholars from the recent decades questioned the validity of one-sided historical narratives. Instead of focusing on a dominant group's point of view, they suggested to employ multiperspectivity. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Murkoff
Heidi Murkoff is the author of the '' What to Expect When You're Expecting'' series of pregnancy guides. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Foundation. ''Time'' magazine named Murkoff one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2011. In 2005, she was inducted into the Books For A Better Life Hall of Fame. ''What to Expect'' series Murkoff conceived the idea for ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' during her first pregnancy, when she couldn't find answers to her questions or reassurance for her worries in the books she’d turned to for advice. Determined to write a guide that would help other expectant parents sleep better at night, Murkoff delivered the proposal for ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' hours before delivering her daughter. ''The New York Times'' bestseller is now in its fourth edition, with more than 17 million copies in print. According to ''USA Today'', ''What to Expect When You're Expecting'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Hach
Heather Hach is an American screenwriter, librettist and novelist. Early life Hach graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Journalism, and later worked as a research assistant at ''The New York Times'' Denver bureau and as a magazine editor at Sports and Fitness Publishing. Career A 1999 recipient of the Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship, Hach wrote the screenplay for the 2003 remake ''Freaky Friday'' with Leslie Dixon, and both were nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Screenplay for the film. Hach wrote the libretto for the 2007 musical ''Legally Blonde'', As of 2018-07-25, the story is displayed online under the heading (quote) "Legally Blonde, the Musical" at the Kennedy Center (unquote) and the other title is nowhere evident. based on the Amanda Brown novel of the same name and the film of the same name (both 2001), and was subsequently nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Examiner
Examiner or The Examiner may refer to: Occupations * Bank examiner, a kind of auditor * Examiner (Roman Catholicism), a type of office in the Roman Catholic Church * Examinership, a concept in Irish law * Medical examiner * Patent examiner * Trademark examiner, an attorney employed by a government entity Newspapers Australia * ''The Examiner'' (Kiama, New South Wales), a newspaper published in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia * ''The Examiner'' (Perth), a weekly newspaper published in two editions in south-eastern Perth, Australia * ''The Examiner'' (Tasmania), a daily paper in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia * ''The Daily Examiner'', local newspaper in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Canada * ''Westmount Examiner'', a newspaper in Westmount, Quebec * ''The Examiner'' (Toronto), a newspaper founded by Francis Hincks United Kingdom * ''The Examiner'' (1710–1714), an early 18th-century journal with contributions by Jonathan Swift * ''The Examiner'' (1808–86), a wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
