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Satisfaction (American TV Series)
''Satisfaction'' is a drama television series created by Sean Jablonski. It premiered on the USA Network on July 17, 2014. On February 26, 2016, USA cancelled ''Satisfaction'' after two seasons. Season 1 was released on DVD on January 20, 2015. Premise Money manager Neil Truman and his wife Grace confront their relationship and life issues when Neil finds his wife having intercourse with a male escort. Neil then decides to become an escort himself, unbeknownst to his wife. Neil's experiences encourage him to then try to rekindle his marriage. Cast Main * Matt Passmore as Neil Truman * Stéphanie Szostak as Grace Truman * Blair Redford as Simon Waverly, a male escort whom Grace pays for sex * Katherine LaNasa as Adriana, the head of a male escort service * Michelle DeShon as Anika Truman, Neil and Grace's teenaged daughter * Deanna Russo as Stephanie, Grace's sister Recurring * Spencer Garrett as Victor O'Connell * Tzi Ma as Zen Master * Tom Nowicki as Charles Lipton * Britta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Whelan
Nicky Whelan (born 10 May 1981) is an Australian actress and model known for her role as Pepper Steiger in the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours''. Career Before ''Neighbours'', Whelan hosted a number of shows, including '' Coxy's Big Break'' (Seven Network), ''Beyond the Boundary'' ( Network Ten), and ''Melbourne Woman'' (Seven Network), and played the fictional celebrity "Chrissie Grant" on ''Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge'', a spin-off of ''All Aussie Adventures''. Whelan is also known as the face of the rural Victorian city, Shepparton, and she hosted the night racing at Moonee Valley for eight years. Whelan has also posed for a number of Australian magazines, including ''FHM'' (in October 2007), ''Ralph'' (in November 2005) and ''Inside Sport''. In November 2007, Whelan made a special appearance in Harrow, London, to promote sustainable transport and initiatives that benefit the environment. She also shot some photos for Harrow's 'It's Up to All of Us' campaign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherie Nowlan
Cherie Nowlan (born Singleton, New South Wales, Australia)THE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS CHERIE NOWLAN, INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS , Wednesday, 4 July 2007, Filmmaker Magazine.com is an Australian film and , best known for the 2007 film '' Clubland'' (a.k.a. ''Introducing the Dwights'') [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Hardy
Robert Hardy, Jr. is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the production company Rainforest Films in 1994. Hardy's film credits include ''The Gospel'', ''Trois'', and '' Trois 2: Pandora's Box''. His television credits include '' ER'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Arrow'', and '' The Game''. Film career Hardy shot his first substantive video on camcorder, ''G-Man'', while a high school senior at the George School. He shot his first work on film, ''Chocolate City'', while at Florida A&M University, for which he earned the university's Bernard Hendricks Student Leadership Award. The success of ''Chocolate City'' helped Hardy and his film partner Will Packer launch Rainforest Films. Hardy's next film, the erotic thriller ''Trois'', saw him as director, co-writer, and self-distributor. ''Trois'' became the fastest Independent African-American film to pass the mark. A critically acclaimed sequel, '' Trois 2: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stuart Scott
John Stuart Scott (sometimes credited as John Scott or John S. Scott) is an American television director and producer who has directed episodes for several well-known series including '' Glee'', ''The Office'' and ''Chuck''. Television work Scott began his career behind the camera working on a number of films and television series and commercials in the camera dept. through the early nineties up until 2009 when he made his directorial debut on the Ryan Murphy drama series ''Nip/Tuck''. In 2010, Scott directed the final episode of that series, "Hiro Yoshimura". Since then he has directed two more episodes for Ryan Murphy; "Acafellas" and "The Rhodes Not Taken", both from ''Glee's'' first season. He directed the third episode of the seventh season of the American version of ''The Office''. The episode, entitled "Andy's Play", saw the character Andrew Bernard join the cast of a local production of ''Sweeney Todd''. Scott has also directed for shows such as '' Scoundrels'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jann Turner
Jann Turner (born 1964) is a South African film director, novelist, television director and screenwriter. Her feature film directorial debut was the 2009 film ''White Wedding''. Life and career Turner was born to anti-Apartheid academic Rick Turner and later politician Barbara Hubbard. Her father was killed in front of her when she was thirteen years old; her parents were divorced at that time. Turner along with her younger sister, Kim, spent most of her childhood living in Cape Town, with their mother. Three months after her father's murder, the family fled to Britain due to threats of being banned. Turner completed her education in Britain and the United States, graduating from Oxford University and Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to film directing, Turner worked as an editor for television specials at National Geographic Society, and directed and produced episodic television shows in South Africa. Turner then moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her two children, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makeup Sex
Makeup sex is an informal term for sexual intercourse which may be experienced after conflict in an intimate personal relationship. These conflicts may range from minor arguments to relationship breakups. Sex under these circumstances may be more gratifying and invested with additional emotional significance. It is sometimes conceived as a physical expression of reconciliation and rediscovery of one's partner following the cathartic In medicine, a cathartic is a substance that ''accelerates'' defecation. This is similar to a laxative, which is a substance that ''eases'' defecation, usually by softening feces. It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a catha ... experience of a fight and may resolve underlying conflicts. Makeup sex has been attributed to increased sexual desires stemming from romantic conflict. After conflict during a relationship, arousal transfer may occur which shifts anger into arousal. Experts disagree on the outlook of makeup sex, some bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal (; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Personal life Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. He is of Swedish and English descent; through his father, he is a member of the Gyllenhaal family, and a descendant of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name, "Gyllenhaal". Stephen grew up in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in a close-knit Swedenborgian family and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972, with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden. He was married to screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal for 32 years, from 1977 until their divorce was finalized in 2009. From that marriage, he is the father of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and actor J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Getzinger
Jennifer Getzinger (born September 26, 1967) is an American director and script supervisor of film and television. For much of her career she worked as a script supervisor on a number of notable films including ''The Prophecy'' (1995), ''Phantoms (film), Phantoms'' (1998), ''Clay Pigeons'' (1998), ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), and ''The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006). She was also script supervisor for the television series ''Strangers with Candy'', ''Sex and the City'', ''The Comeback (TV series), The Comeback'', ''The Sopranos'', and ''Mad Men'', making her episodic directorial debut on the latter series. She has been nominated for three Directors Guild of America Awards for directing the ''Mad Men'' episodes "The Gypsy and the Hobo" (season 3, episode 11; 2009), "The Suitcase" (season 4, episode 7; 2010), and "A Little Kiss" (season 5, episodes 1 & 2; 2012). Her other television directing credits include ''Hung (TV series), Hung'', ''The Killing (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Smith (director)
Michael I. Smith is an American television director and producer. He is best known for his work on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', also working as a first assistant director and unit production manager on the series. He also worked as a second assistant director on the films ''Gloria'' (1999), ''Mickey Blue Eyes'' (1999), ''The Simian Line'' (2000) and '' Man on the Moon'' (2001). As well as the television series ''The Sopranos'' and ''Hack''. Television directing credits *'' Suits'' (16 episodes) *'' Burn Notice'' (2 episodes) *''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (8 episodes) *'' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (5 episodes) *''NYC 22'' (episode #9: " Playing God") *'' White Collar'' (6 episodes) *''Common Law'' (episode #9: "Odd Couples") *''Covert Affairs'' (episode #31: " Speed of Life") *'' Satisfaction'' (2 episodes) *''Allegiance'' (episode #6: " Liars and Thieves") *''The Mysteries of Laura'' (3 episodes) *''How to Get Away with Murder'' (5 episodes) *''Bull'' (3 episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV By The Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. It was a part of Nexstar Media Group's Zap2it television news/listings site. History An Internet and statistical analyst, Robert Seidman had previously worked for IBM and Charles Schwab, and published an online newsletter about the Internet and AOL before founding TV by the Numbers; Bill Gorman had been an AOL executive until 1998, and had read Seidman's column. Friends since the early 1990s when they met near Washington, D.C., both were fond of television, as Gorman loved numbers and Seidman enjoyed statistics relating to it; the subject of television ratings data entered into one of their conversations. Gorman was dismayed at being unable to find other blogs devoted solely to television data, and after a Google search confirmed this, he and Seidman thought of the idea for a website devoted solely to the subject. In Gorman's words, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bray (director)
Kevin Bray is an American film, television, commercial and music video director. Bray attended the University of Michigan and the University of Paris (Sorbonne) before completing his studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Bray also goes by his initials, KGB. Career Beginning his career as a music video director, Bray has directed music videos for a number of artists, including Anita Baker, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Brandy, Christina Aguilera, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Whitney Houston, Savage Garden, Celine Dion, among others. Film * '' All About the Benjamins'' (2002) * '' Walking Tall'' (2004) * ''Linewatch'' (Director and Executive Producer, 2008) * ''Friday After Next'' (2002; Second Unit Director) Television ; Director * '' The Morning Show'' (1 episode, 2019) * '' Succession'' (2 episodes, 2019-2021) * ''Black-ish'' (8 episodes, 2015–2022) * ''Pearson'' (3 episodes, 2019) * '' Mike Epps: Only One Mike'' (Netflix special) * '' Bless This Mess'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
