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Shell (2024 Film)
''Shell'' is a 2024 American dark comedy horror film directed by Max Minghella, written by Jack Stanley, and starring Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, Kaia Gerber and Elizabeth Berkley. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2024. Synopsis Down on her luck actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is invited into the ultra-glamorous world of Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson), CEO of wellness company SHELL. When SHELL patients begin to go missing, Samantha realizes Zoe may be protecting a monstrous secret. Cast * Elisabeth Moss as Samantha Lake * Kate Hudson as Zoe Shannon * Kaia Gerber as Chloe Benson * Elizabeth Berkley as Jenna Janero * Arian Moayed as Dr. Hubert * Este Haim as Lydia * Lionel Boyce as Detective Abramson * Amy Landecker as Detective Flores * Peter MacNicol as Dr. Thaddeus Brand * Ziwe Fumudoh as Audrey * Blake Lee as Sebastian * Dustin Milligan as Devin * Peri Gilpin as Sitcom Mom * Mary Lynn Rajskub as Casting Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Minghella
Max Giorgio Choa Minghella (born 16 September 1985) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the films ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Art School Confidential'' (2006), '' Elvis and Anabelle'' (2007), ''The Social Network'' (2010), '' The Darkest Hour'' (2011), '' The Ides of March'' (2011), '' The Internship'' (2013), '' Horns'' (2013), and ''Spiral'' (2021), as well as his role as Nick Blaine in the television series ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2025), which earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Early life and family Minghella was born on 16 September 1985 in Hampstead, London, the son of director Anthony Minghella (1954–2008) and dancer and choreographer Carolyn Jane Choa. Minghella's father was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and was of Italian descent. His mother, who was from Hong Kong, is from a family of multiple heritage. His maternal grandfather George Choa was of three-quarters Chinese and one-quarter Jewish descent, and his maternal grandm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziwe Fumudoh
Ziwerekoru "Ziwe" Fumudoh is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary on politics, race relations, and young adulthood. In 2017, she created the YouTube comedy show ''Baited with Ziwe'' and its 2020 Instagram Live iteration. She wrote for '' Desus & Mero'' from 2018 to 2020, and she co-hosted Crooked Media's ''Hysteria'' podcast in 2018. Fumudoh starred in and executive produced the Showtime variety series '' Ziwe'' (2021–2022). She published a collection of essays called ''Black Friend'' in October 2023. Early life and education Born February 27, 1992, Fumudoh grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the second of three children to Nigerian immigrant parents. She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 2010 and attended Northwestern University. She wrote for student publications including ''Purp Magazine'', Northwestern Sketch Television, and Project SOARD. In 2014 she graduated with a double major in radio, television, & film and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showgirls
''Showgirls'' is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven, written by Joe Eszterhas, starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, and Gina Ravera. The film focuses on an ambitious young woman hitching a ride to Las Vegas to pursue her dreams of being a professional dancer and showgirl. Produced on a then-sizable budget of around $45 million, significant controversy and hype surrounding the amounts of sex and nudity in the film preceded its theatrical release. In the United States, it was rated NC-17 for "nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, some graphic language, and sexual violence." ''Showgirls'' was the first (and to date only) NC-17 film to be given a wide release in mainstream theaters. Distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) dispatched several hundred staffers to theaters across North America playing ''Showgirls'' to ensure that patrons would not sneak into the theater from other films, and to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a film museum opened in 2021 located in Los Angeles, California. The first large-scale museum of its kind in the United States, it houses more than 13 million objects, and is dedicated to the history, science, and cultural impact of the film industry. The museum is located in the historic May Company Building at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, part of Museum Row on the Miracle Mile. It is overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and administers the Academy's archives. History Originally expected to open in 2020, its completion and opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum eventually opened to selected celebrity guests on September 25, 2021, and to the public on September 30. Soon after its opening in September 2021, the museum attracted criticism for a perceived lack of focus on Jewish industry pioneers such as Carl Laemmle and Jack Warner, as first reported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 SAG-AFTRA Strike
From July 14 to November 9, 2023, the American actors' union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). It was the longest actors' strike against the film and TV studios in Hollywood history. Its duration overlapped significantly with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. Along with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike (which ended on September 27, 2023), it was part of a series of broader Hollywood labor disputes. Both the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes contributed to the biggest interruption to the American film and television industries since the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 just three years prior. In addition to standing in solidarity with the writers, the strike was led by changes in the industry caused by streaming and its effect on residuals, as well as other new technologies like AI and dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States
On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, and United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a Public health emergency (United States), public health emergency on January 31. Restrictions were placed on flights arriving from China, but the initial U.S. response to the pandemic was otherwise slow in terms of preparing the healthcare system, stopping other travel, and COVID-19 testing in the United States, testing. The first known American deaths occurred in February and in late February President Donald Trump proposed allocating $2.5 billion to fight the outbreak. Instead, Congress approved $8.3 billion and Trump signed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 on March 6. Trump declared a State of emergency, national emergency on March 13. The government also purchased lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HBO Max
Max (known in other countries as, and soon to be reverted globally to HBO Max) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. It is a proprietary unit of Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming on behalf of Home Box Office, Inc., which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The platform offers content from the libraries of Warner Bros., Discovery, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, TBS, TNT, Eurosport, and their related brands. Max first launched (as HBO Max) in the United States on May 27, 2020. Max is the fourth most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 117 million paid memberships. The service also carries first-run original programming under the " Max Originals" banner, programming from the HBO pay television service, and content acquired via either third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) or co-production agreements (including, among others, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Stanley
Jack Stanley (1885 – 2 April 1957) was a British trade union leader. Born in Liverpool, Stanley grew up in Salford. Labour Party, "Obituary: Jack Stanley", ''Report of the 56th Annual Conference'', p.43 He worked in a foundry and joined the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders. In 1922, he transferred to the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA), and was elected as secretary of its Manchester branch the following year.Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Jack Stanley", ''Report of the 1957 Annual Trades Union Congress'' Within BISAKTA, steel erectors felt that they should have a distinct section. Stanley worked with George House to form this, the Constructional Engineering Union, and became its full-time Northern organiser. The union grew rapidly, and became independent in 1930. Stanley succeeded House as its general secretary in 1939. Stanley was known as a left-wing activist. He was a member of the board of the Lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Park
Randall Park (born March 23, 1974) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles as Agent Jimmy Woo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, FBI Special Agent Edwin Park in the Netflix series '' The Residence'' (2025), Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom ''Fresh Off the Boat'' (2015–2020), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016, and for ''IKEA heights'', a web series. Before these major roles, Park gained popularity by playing Steve, a prank replacement of Jim Halpert (dubbed "Asian Jim") in an episode of the NBC sitcom ''The Office,'' and starring in the recurring role of Governor Danny Chung in the HBO comedy series ''Veep''. He also co-starred in and co-wrote the Netflix romantic comedy film '' Always Be My Maybe'' (2019) alongside Ali Wong and directed the comedy-drama film '' Shortcomings'' (2023). Park played Agent Jimmy Woo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including '' Ant-Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub () is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series '' 24'' and Gail the Snail in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''. Rajskub was a regular cast member on HBO's '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', appeared in ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and '' Veronica's Closet,'' and such films as '' Dude, Where's My Car?'', ''Firewall'', '' Sweet Home Alabama'', ''Punch-Drunk Love'', '' Mysterious Skin'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'', '' Sunshine Cleaning'', ''Safety Not Guaranteed'', and '' The Kings of Summer'', among others. Early life Rajskub was born in Detroit, and raised in Trenton, Michigan. Along with two older sisters, she is the daughter of Betty and Tony Rajskub, a pharmacist's assistant and a pipefitter, respectively. One of her childhood inspirations was the television series '' Moonlighting''. Rajskub attended the Center for Creative Studies and later the San Francisco Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
