Sierra Burgess Is A Loser
''Sierra Burgess Is a Loser'' is an American teen comedy-drama film directed by Ian Samuels from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer. The film is a modern retelling of the 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Edmond Rostand, and stars Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, and Noah Centineo. The film was released on September 7, 2018, by Netflix. Plot Sierra is smart and aspirational, striving to get admitted into Stanford University. She isn't popular, and not considered attractive. Popular classmate Veronica both criticizes and insults her, which she answers with wit and sidesteps with charm. Jamey is a handsome football player from another high school; he doesn't know that Veronica has a "boyfriend" attending college, and so he asks for her phone number. Wanting to dodge Jamey's attention, she gives him Sierra's phone number as if it were her own. Jamey and Sierra begin texting, where they exchange messages and flirt. Although she realizes he believes he's communicating with so ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', from August 1999 to November 2010. He reprised the role of J.T. in December 2017. Personal life Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother, Trent, who is 12 minutes his junior. Trent Luckinbill is a lawyer who lives in Los Angeles. In the final episode of the television series ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', " To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap", Trent briefly appeared as the identical twin murder victim/corpse lying beside the murder victim/corpse of the character played by Thad. Luckinbill married ''Young and the Restless'' co-star Amelia Heinle in March 2007 while their characters were also married on the show. He is stepfather to Heinle's son, August, from her previous marriage to Michael Weatherly. Their first child together, a son, Thaddeus Rowe, was born on November 2, 2007. Their second child, a da ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giorgia Whigham
Giorgia Whigham is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Kat in the first season of ''13 Reasons Why'', Amy Bendix in the second season of ''The Punisher'', and Beth in the third season of ''Scream''. Life and career Whigham's father is actor Shea Whigham. She had her first break in the acting world starring alongside Ellery Sprayberry in the 2016 short film ''Pinky''. Following on from her acting debut, she won roles on a variety of TV shows including '' Shameless'', ''Son of Zorn'', ''13 Reasons Why'' and ''The Orville''. On September 13, 2017, it was announced that Whigham will join as a series regular in the third season of the VH1 slasher television series ''Scream''. She would star in the role of Beth. The season premiered on July 8, 2019. On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Whigham would appear in the second season of Netflix's ''The Punisher''. In 2019, she co-starred in the film '' Saving Zoë'' which is an adaptation to Alyson Noël’s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sicario (2015 Film)
''Sicario'' (, Spanish for "hitman") is a 2015 American action thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. The film follows a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. ''Sicario'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It began a limited release in the United States on September 18, 2015, followed by a nationwide release on October 2, 2015. ''Sicario'' received praise for its screenplay, direction, musical score, cinematography, and the performances of Blunt, Brolin and del Toro. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing at the 88th Academy Awards. It also earned BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Music. Its sequel, '' Sicario: Day of the Soldado'', was released on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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. The site 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. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ben Hardy (actor)
Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016) and played Roger Taylor in the biographical film ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018). Early life Hardy was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, and grew up in Sherborne. He attended Sherborne Abbey Primary School and the Gryphon School. As a student at Gryphon, Hardy starred as Sergeant Francis Troy in a school film adaptation of ''Far from the Madding Crowd''. Career In 2012, Hardy starred as Arthur Wellesley in the David Hare play '' The Judas Kiss'', also featuring Rupert Everett. The production initially had a limited run at the Hampstead Theatre from September to October 2012 followed by a short tour to Bath, Richmond, Brighton and Cambridge before, after rave reviews, transferring to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre in January 2013. His rol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chaos Walking (film)
''Chaos Walking'' is a 2021 American science fiction dystopian action film directed by Doug Liman from a screenplay by Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford. It is based on Ness's science fiction trilogy ''Chaos Walking'', adapting its first book, 2008's ''The Knife of Never Letting Go''. It stars Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, Lilyah Freshour, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas and David Oyelowo. It follows a young man who lives in a dystopian world without women, where all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts in streams of images, words and sounds, called "Noise". When a woman crash-lands on the planet, he protects her from danger. Announced in 2011, the film underwent several rewrites from a draft by Charlie Kaufman, with Jamie Linden, John Lee Hancock, Gary Spinelli, Lindsey Beer, Christopher Ford and Ness revising it further. Liman was later announced as director in 2016, and principal photography began in 2017. Originally set to release on Mar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wolfgang Novogratz
Wolfgang Frances Novogratz (born May 9, 1997) is an American actor and model. He has appeared in the Netflix films ''Sierra Burgess Is a Loser'' (2018), '' The Last Summer'' (2019), ''The Half of It'' (2020) and ''Feel the Beat'' (2020). He also appeared in the film ''Yes, God, Yes'' (2019). Early life Novogratz was born on May 9, 1997 to interior design couple Robert and Cortney Novogratz from Bravo's '' 9 By Design''. He has six younger siblings, Bellamy, Tallulah, Breaker, Five, Holleder, and Major, and is the nephew of Wall Street billionaire Mike Novogratz. He was born and raised in Manhattan. Novogratz played high school basketball at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, leading the Wolverines to a CIF Division IV state championship as a senior. Filmography Film {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Year ! Title ! Role !Notes , - , 2017 , {{sortname , ''Buckets'' , Young Guy , Short film , - , 2018 , {{sortname , ''Assassination Nation'' , Dave , , - , 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geoff Stults
Geoffrey Manton Stults (born December 15, 1977) is an American actor. His first regular roles on television included '' 7th Heaven'', '' October Road'', and '' Happy Town''. He went on to star as Major Walter Sherman on '' The Finder'', Sgt. Pete Hill on ''Enlisted'', and Marco Strzalkowski on '' Guilty Party''. He also played the recurring role of Mitch on seasons 1-3 of the hit Netflix series ''Grace and Frankie''. His film roles include ''Wedding Crashers'', ''The Break-Up'', ''She's Out of My League'', '' Only the Brave'', and '' 12 Strong''. He will next be seen as Jake opposite Jennifer Garner in ''The Last Thing He Told Me''. Early life Stults was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. His brother is actor George Stults. He graduated from Manitou Springs High School. He moved to Los Angeles, and began to perform in the college theater productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California where he also played football. Career ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Will Peltz
William Peltz (born May 30, 1986) is an American actor, who is best known for his roles in ''Unfriended'' '' Men, Women & Children'' and ''Manifest''. Early life Peltz was born in New York City, the son of Nelson Peltz, a billionaire businessman. Peltz's father is of Austrian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent, while his mother has German, Welsh, and English ancestry. Peltz celebrated his becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Among his siblings are actress Nicola Peltz and ice hockey defenceman Brad Peltz. He has seven siblings, and two half-siblings from his father's previous marriages. Peltz played hockey in his youth, advancing to Tier III Junior hockey with the New Jersey Hitmen. Career Peltz became interested in acting while reading scripts with his sister Nicola. In 2009, he moved to Los Angeles and secured his first roles in film productions. In 2014, he had his first major role in Jason Reitman's drama '' Men, Women & Children''. That same year, he starred in the horror film ''Unfrien ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matt Malloy
Matt Malloy (born January 12, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has appeared extensively on television, film, and radio. Malloy's break-out performance was his co-starring role alongside Aaron Eckhart and Stacy Edwards in the 1997 black comedy movie ''In the Company of Men'', which he co-executive produced. He also co-starred in the Amazon Prime Video comedy series ''Alpha House'' as Mormon GOP Senator Louis Laffer from Nevada. Early life and education Malloy was born in the village of Hamilton, New York. He graduated from State University of New York at Purchase. In the 2012 documentary, '' That Guy... Who Was in That Thing'', Malloy stated that his uncle, actor Henry Gibson, inspired him to pursue an acting career. Career In 1988, Malloy began his acting career in earnest appearing in the made-for-television movie, ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', followed by the HBO mockumentary TV series, ''Tanner '88'', as New York City filmmaker, Deke Conners. In 1989, Malloy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chrissy Metz
Christine Michelle Metz (born September 29, 1980) is an American actress and singer. She played Kate Pearson in the television series ''This Is Us'' (2016–2022), which earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has also appeared in films such as ''Sierra Burgess Is a Loser'' (2018) and '' Breakthrough'' (2019). Early life Metz was born in Homestead, Florida, to Denise and Mark Metz on September 29, 1980. She spent her early years in Japan, where her father was stationed for the US Navy. The family later moved to Gainesville, Florida, where she attended elementary, middle, and high school. She grew up with her mother, stepfather, two siblings, two half-siblings, and a dog named Jack. Metz has said that her first job was at McDonald's restaurant in Gainesville. She took it in order to buy a $120 pair of sneakers which her mother refused to buy for her. She fondly recalls that her manager treated both her and her fellow employees with res ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mary Pat Gleason
Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950 – June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress and an Emmy Award-winning writer. From 1983 to 1985, she appeared as "Jane Hogan" on the daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light'', for which she was also a writer. Life and career Gleason was born in Lake City, Minnesota, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (Kane) and Harold Clifford Gleason. During her high school years in St. Paul, Minnesota, she starred in a Theater St. Paul production of ''Once Upon a Mattress''. Her first screen role was the a 1982 episode of ''Texas'', a soap opera that aired on NBC. She appeared on, among many others, such television series as ''Full House'', '' Dear John'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Empty Nest'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Saved by the Bell'', ''Friends'', and '' Step by Step''. She appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'', ''Basic Instinct'', ''Traffic'', ''Bruce Almighty'', '' 13 Going on 30'', ''The Crucible'', ''Bott ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |