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Sean Callery
Sean Callery (born 1964) is an American musician and composer, best known for composing the music for the action/drama '' 24'' and the Marvel adaptation '' Jessica Jones''. Other projects include the 2004 James Bond video game, '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' and the television series '' La Femme Nikita'' and ''Homeland''. Most recently he composes the music for the series ''Designated Survivor'' and ''Bull''. Biography Callery was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Bristol, Rhode Island. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, earning a degree in piano performance in 1987. In 1987, Callery moved to Los Angeles to work for New England Digital, the creators of the Synclavier synthesizer. In 1990, he and John Farrar scored the NBC television film, ''A Mom for Christmas''. Working as a sound design on the series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' also earned him an Emmy nomination. In 1996, Callery was hired to compose the underscore for the USA N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paley Center For Media
The Paley Center for Media, formerly the Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) and the Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, is an American cultural institution in New York City, New York with a branch office in Los Angeles, dedicated to the discussion of the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public. It was renamed The Paley Center for Media on June 5, 2007, to encompass emerging broadcasting technologies such as the Internet, mobile video, and podcasting, as well as to expand its role as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Locations The New York City location is in the heart of Midtown Manhattan at 25 West 52nd Street (Manhattan), 52nd Street between Fifth Avenue (Manhattan), 5th and Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), 6th Avenues. With a growing collection of content Broadcasting, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farrar
John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Strangers (1964–70), Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1970–73), and The Shadows (1973–76); in 1980 he released a solo eponymous album. As a songwriter and producer, he worked with Olivia Newton-John from 1971 through 1989. He wrote her U.S. number-one hit singles: "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "You're the One That I Want" (1978 duet with John Travolta), " Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1978), and "Magic" (1980). He also produced the majority of her recorded material during that time including her number-one albums, ''If You Love Me, Let Me Know'' (1974), ''Have You Never Been Mellow'' (1975), and '' Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1982). He was a co-producer of the soundtrack for the film '' Grease'' (1978). Farrar also produced Newton-John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American television writer and producer. He is well known for his work on the Fox action series '' 24'' alongside the Showtime thriller ''Homeland'', which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff, and for the FX political drama ''Tyrant'', which he co-developed with Craig Wright. He also produced the NBC science fiction thriller ''Awake''. Life and career Gordon was born to a Reform Jewish family in Queens, New York City and graduated from Roslyn High School. After graduating from Princeton with a major in creative writing in 1984, Gordon came to Los Angeles with fellow filmmaker Alex Gansa to pursue a career in writing for television. Both broke into the industry with single episodes of ABC's '' Spenser: For Hire''. Their ''Spenser'' work turned industry heads, and the pair joined the series ''Beauty and the Beast'' as staff writers, and were later named producers. In 1990, the Gansa-Gordon team was signed to a two-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Confession (TV Series)
''The Confession'' is a 10-part web series created by Kiefer Sutherland, written and directed by Brad Mirman, and starring Sutherland and John Hurt. It premiered on Hulu on March 28, 2011. Each episode (or "chapter") is between five and seven minutes long. It co-stars Daniel London, Max Casella, and Michael Badalucco. Plot The plot revolves around a hitman (Sutherland – known simply as "The Confessor") and a priest (Hurt) discussing good and evil in a confessional on a snowy night. The confessor tells the priest that he has killed many people, and he is not sorry for it, because they deserved to die. He also states that he will kill tonight, unless the priest hears his confession. At first the priest refuses to be involved in the confessor's game, but after the confessor threatens the lives of the priest's congregation, he agrees to hear him out. Throughout the confession, we are shown flashbacks of the confessor's killings, and times when he has been compassionate, letting h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards. Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama ''The Bay Boy'' (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination. Since that time he has had a successful film career, starring in films such as '' Stand by Me'' (1986), ''The Lost Boys'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1993), '' A Time to Kill'' (1996), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), ''Melancholia'' (2011), '' Pompeii'' (2014) and ''Flatliners'' (2017). He has also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama ''Touch'', and provided the facial motion capture and English voice for Venom Snake in the video games '' Meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kennedys (miniseries)
''The Kennedys'' is a television miniseries chronicling the lives of the famous political Kennedy family, including key triumphs and tragedies it has experienced. It stars Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, and Tom Wilkinson among others, and is directed by Jon Cassar. The series premiered in the United States in April 2011 on the Reelz Channel, on History Television in Canada and on the History Channel in the United Kingdom. Cast Main *Greg Kinnear as John F. "Jack" Kennedy * Barry Pepper as Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy * Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy *Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. *Diana Hardcastle as Rose Kennedy *Kristin Booth as Ethel Kennedy Guest *Chris Diamantopoulos as Frank Sinatra *Charlotte Sullivan as Marilyn Monroe *Gabriel Hogan as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. *Ryan Blakely as Lee Harvey Oswald Recurring *Serge Houde as Sam Giancana *Enrico Colantoni as J. Edgar Hoover *Don Allison as Lyndon B. Johnson *Rothaford Gray as Abraham Bolden *Ava Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones (TV Series)
''Bones'' is an American crime procedural comedy-drama television series created by Hart Hanson for Fox. It premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on March 28, 2017, airing for 246 episodes over 12 seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to Temperance "Bones" Brennan ( Emily Deschanel), a forensic anthropologist. It also explores the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd. The series is very loosely based on the life and novels of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who also produced the show. Its title character, Temperance Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs' crime novel series. In the ''Bone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shark (American TV Series)
''Shark'' is an American legal drama television series created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods. On May 10, 2008, CBS cancelled the series after two seasons. Synopsis The show revolves around Sebastian Stark (Woods), a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death; after more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street. Stark's relationship with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, his staff, and his daughter, forms the central plot for the series. Cast and characters Main * James Woods as Deputy DA Sebastian Stark, the protagonist of the series and head of the mayor' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medium (TV Series)
''Medium'' is an American supernatural drama television series created by Glenn Gordon Caron that originally aired on NBC for five seasons from January 3, 2005 to June 1, 2009, and on CBS for two more seasons from September 25, 2009 to January 21, 2011. The series stars Patricia Arquette as Allison DuBois, a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office, in fictional "Mariposa County" (Phoenix is actually in Maricopa County). Allison and her husband Joe (Jake Weber) are the parents of three daughters (Sofia Vassilieva, Feodor Lark, and Madison and Miranda Carabello), all of whom inherited Allison's gift. The show was initially based on the experiences of medium Allison DuBois, who claims she has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country in criminal investigations. ''Medium'' was created by Glenn Gordon Caron and was produced by his company Picturemaker Productions and Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet Productions in association with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Space Nine
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the '' Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered on the eponymous space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. Following the success of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. In creating ''Deep Space Nine'', Berman and Piller drew upon plot elements introduced in ''The Next Generation'', namely the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the Bajorans. ''Deep Space Nine'' was the first ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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