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Smollett is an English and Scots surname, originally meaning ''small head''. Notable people with the surname include: Individuals * Jake Smollett (born 1989), American actor * Jurnee Smollett (born 1986), American actress * Jussie Smollett (born 1982), American actor ** Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax, 2019 criminal case in Chicago * Peter Smollett (1912–1980), Austrian-born British journalist and Russian spy * Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scottish author Fictional characters * Captain Alexander Smollett, the captain of the ''Hispaniola'' in the novel ''Treasure Island'' * Col. William G. Smollett, a character in the 1944 film ''Since You Went Away'', played by Monty Woolley Edgar Montilion "Monty" Woolley (August 17, 1888May 6, 1963) was an American film and theater actor.Obituary '' Variety'', May 8, 1963, page 223. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play '' The Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax
On January 29, 2019, American actor Jussie Smollett approached the Chicago Police Department and reported a hate crime that he had staged earlier that morning. He planned the hate crime with two Nigerian brothers, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who had worked as extras on the set of television drama ''Empire'', in which Smollett was a cast member. During the staged attack, which took place on East Lower North Water Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, the disguised brothers shouted racial and homophobic slurs while one poured bleach on Smollett and the other placed a noose around his neck. In addition to falsely reporting that he had been attacked by two unknown individuals, Smollett described one of them as a white male. He also told police the men shouted "MAGA country" during the attack, a reference to the Trumpist political slogan "Make America Great Again". The brothers later testified that Smollett staged the attack near a surveillance camera so that video o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussie Smollett
Jussie Smollett (, born June 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1991 debuting in ''The Mighty Ducks'' (1992). In 2015, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series ''Empire'', a role that was hailed as groundbreaking for its positive depiction of a black gay man on television. In January 2019, Smollett staged a fake hate crime against himself in Chicago and later made false police reports regarding the incident. In December 2021, Smollett was convicted of five felony counts of disorderly conduct; he was sentenced in March 2022 to 150 days in county jail. He has since been released on bond while his case is on appeal. Early life Jussie Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California, Note: ''TV Guide'' erroneously gives Santa Rosa, Brazil. the son of Joel and Janet (née Harris) Smollett. He has three brothers and two sisters: Jake, Jocqui, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jazz, several of whom are also actors. Smollett is bira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for picaresque novels such as '' The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), '' The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' (1751) and '' The Expedition of Humphry Clinker'' (1771), which influenced later novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Brack Jr and others. Early life and family Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and baptised on 19 March 1721 (his birth date is estimated as 3 days previously). He was the fourth son of Archibald Smollett of Bonhill, a judge and landowner, laird of Bonhill, living at Dalquhurn on the River Leven, who died about 1726, when Smollett was just five years old. His mother Barbara Smollett née Cunningham brought the family up there, until she died about 176 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurnee Smollett
Jurnee Diana Smollett (born October 1, 1986) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including '' On Our Own'' (1994–1995) and ''Full House'' (1992–1994). She gained greater recognition with her role in the critically acclaimed Kasi Lemmons directed film ''Eve's Bayou'' (1997), which earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award. As an adult, Smollett has starred in the films ''The Great Debaters'' (2007), '' Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor'' (2013), and ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). Her television roles include the NBC sports drama '' Friday Night Lights'' (2009–2011), the WGN America period drama ''Underground'' (2016–2017), and the HBO fantasy horror dramas ''True Blood'' (2013–2014) and ''Lovecraft Country'' (2020), receiving a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the latter. In 2020, Smollett portrayed DC Comic superhero Dinah Lance / Black Canary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Smollett
Jake Smollett (born July 29, 1989) is an American actor and cooking personality. Early life and career Smollett was born in New York City to a family of actors, the son of Janet ( Harris) and Joel Smollett. His father was Ashkenazi Jewish (his family immigrated from Russia and Poland), and his mother is African-American. Smollett began his career as a diaper model. His first role in a scripted series was in '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''. He then starred alongside his five brothers and sisters in the ABC sitcom, '' On Our Own''. Smollett also starred alongside his sister Jurnee Smollett as Samuel L. Jackson's son in the critically acclaimed feature film ''Eve's Bayou'', directed by Kasi Lemmons. He was in ABC Family's ''The Middleman''. Jake portrayed Noser, a character derived from Javier Grillo-Marxuach's comic book. The entire cast of ''The Middleman'' sat on the panel for Comic-Con in July 2009. In 2016 Smollett joined his five siblings—brothers Jojo Smollett, Jussie Smolle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Alexander Smollett
Captain Alexander Smollett is the fictional captain of the schooner ''Hispaniola'' in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''. He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on. In the novel He first appears to the reader as a strict, bitter man who finds fault with everything and is never satisfied. However, he quickly reveals that not all is well aboard the ship, and his first conversation with Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, and Squire Trelawney foreshadows the eventual mutiny of many of the ''Hispaniola''s members under the leadership of Long John Silver, a cunning and wealthy one-legged pirate. When the ''Hispaniola'' finally reaches its destination and the pirates rebel, he organizes the faithful crew's flight from the Hispaniola onto the shores of the island and helps in gaining a stockade. The next day, he attempts to negotiate with "Captain" Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Smollett
Harry Peter Smollett, OBE (1912–1980), born Hans Peter Smolka and sometimes using that name as a pen name even after he changed it by deed poll, was a journalist for the '' Daily Express'' and later a Central Europe correspondent for ''The Times''. During the Second World War, Smollett became head of the Russian section at Britain's Ministry of Information and was responsible for organising pro-Soviet propaganda. He was later identified as a Soviet agent. Born in Vienna, he came to Britain in 1933 as an NKVD agent codenamed "ABO". Although he changed his name to Smollett on becoming a naturalised British subject in 1938, he returned to using the surname Smolka when he returned to Vienna after the war. According to the Mitrokhin Archive, Smollett had been recruited by Kim Philby. George Orwell included him on the list of those who "in my opinion are crypto-communists, fellow-travellers or inclined that way and should not be trusted as propagandists" that he gave to the Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Since You Went Away
''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the American home front during World War II that was adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the 1943 novel ''Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife'' by Margaret Buell Wilder. The music score was by Max Steiner, and the cinematography by Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, George Barnes (uncredited), and Robert Bruce (uncredited). The film is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the Armed Forces try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The town is near a military base, and some of the characters are troops serving Stateside. Though sentimental in places, ''Since You Went Away'' is somber at times about the effects of war on ordinary people. Some characters on the homefront are dealing with grief, lonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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