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Sedge Thomson
Sedge Thomson is an American radio personality, impresario, writer and film producer. He is best known as the host of the popular Saturday morning radio variety show ''West Coast Live''. ''West Coast Live'' was named "Most Innovative Radio Show" by NY Radio Festival 2012-2013. Thomson has become known for his likeable and ever-curious personality, and also for his red shoes. Career Radio interviewer Thomson is from Berkeley, California. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was the principal Bay Area interviewer for such groups as City Arts and Lectures. More than forty of his on-stage conversations are archived in the Bancroft Library collection at the University of California. One of his interviews with Jonathan Miller was adapted as an essay called "Among Chickens" in ''Granta 23: Home''. In the summers and winters of 1989-1991, Thomson served as the guest host on "Fresh Air" for Terry Gross when she was on vacation. He hosted the "Neptune All Night" broadcast linking scientis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Personality
A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a radio jockey. Radio personalities who introduce and play individual selections of recorded music are known as disc jockeys or "DJs" for short. Broadcast radio personalities may include talk radio hosts, AM/FM radio show hosts, and satellite radio program hosts. Description A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses genres of music; hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners; interviews celebrities or guests; or gives news, weather, sports, or traffic information. The radio personality may broadcast live or use voice-tracking techniques. Increasingly in the 2010s, radio personalities are expected to supplement their on-air work by posting information online, such as on a blog or on another web forum. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943) is a British actor, producer, and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Alex DeLarge in ''A Clockwork Orange.'' He was born in the Horsforth suburb of Leeds and raised in Liverpool. He later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before embarking on an acting career that has spanned over 50 years. He is also known for playing the title character in ''Caligula'' (1979), and Mick Travis in the trilogy of '' if....'' (1968), ''O Lucky Man!'' (1973), and ''Britannia Hospital'' (1982). He has also appeared in films such as '' Time After Time'' (1979), '' Cat People'' (1982), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994), ''Tank Girl'' (1995), ''Gangster No. 1'' (2000), ''Easy A'' (2010), '' The Artist'' (2011) and '' Bombshell'' (2019). He also appeared as Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake ''Halloween'' and its 2009 sequel, '' Halloween II''. McDowell has also had a string of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Radio Personalities
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Lynch
Kelly Ann Lynch (born January 31, 1959) is an American actress and model. Her notable film roles include '' Cocktail'', '' Road House'', ''Drugstore Cowboy'', ''Curly Sue''. and TV show roles in ''The L Word'' (2004–2005, 2009), and '' Magic City'' (2012–2013). Early life Lynch was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota, the daughter of Barbara, a modern dancer, and Robert Lynch, a restaurateur. She attended the Guthrie Theater. She worked as a flight attendant after leaving college and worked as a model for the Elite modeling agency before acting. Career After several small roles, Lynch was cast in her breakthrough role in the feature film '' Cocktail'' (1988). In 1989, Lynch starred opposite Patrick Swayze in the action film '' Road House'', and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the crime drama ''Drugstore Cowboy'', directed by Gus Van Sant. She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for '' The Beans of Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Brownrigg
Sylvia Alderyn Brownrigg (born December 16, 1964) is an American author. She is the author of seven books of fiction. Brownrigg's books have been on ''The New York Times'' notable fiction lists and ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''Kirkus'' books of the year. Her children's book, ''Kepler's Dream'', published under the name Juliet Bell, was turned into an independent film in 2017. She won a Lambda Literary Award in 2002 for ''Pages for You'' and published the sequel to that book in 2017. Brownrigg's reviews and criticism have appeared in a wide range of publications, including ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''The Guardian'', ''New Statesman'', ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''The Believer.'' Life Brownrigg was born in Mountain View, California. She grew up in Los Altos, California, and Oxford, England. After graduating magna cum laude at Yale University, Brownrigg earned a Master of Arts degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. From 1993 unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepler's Dream (film)
''Kepler's Dream'' is a 2016 British-American mystery drama film directed by Amy Glazer, starring Isabella Blake-Thomas, Holland Taylor, Kelly Lynch, Sean Patrick Flanery, David Hunt, Kelly Hu, Steven Michael Quezada, Esperanza Fermin and Stafford Douglas. It is an adaptation of Sylvia Brownrigg's novel, ''Kepler's Dream''. Cast * Isabella Blake-Thomas as Ella * Holland Taylor as Violet von Stern * Kelly Lynch as Amy * Sean Patrick Flanery as Walt * David Hunt as Abercrombie * Kelly Hu as Irene * Steven Michael Quezada as Miguel * Esperanza Fermin as Rosie * Stafford Douglas as Jackson * Hank Rogerson as Sheriff Barkley * Mark Sivertsen as DR Brian Lannert * Leedy Corbin as Abby * Tailinh Agoyo as Adela * Carma Harvey as Nurse * Ryan Jason Cook as Hospital Administrator * Sedge Thomson as Pilot Release The film was released in theatres on 1 December 2017. Reception Frank Scheck of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote that the "depiction of the slowly developing friendship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Motors EV1
The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by General Motors from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset. The decision to mass-produce an electric car came after GM received a favorable reception for its 1990 Impact electric concept car, upon which the design of the EV1 drew heavily. Inspired partly by the Impact's perceived potential for success, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently passed a mandate that made the production and sale of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) a requirement for the seven major automakers selling cars in the United States to continue to market their vehicles in California. The EV1 was made available through limited lease-only agreements, initially to residents of the cities of Los Angeles, California, and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. EV1 lessees were officially part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films ''The Hustler'' (1961), '' Carrie'' (1976), and '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of '' Days of Wine and Roses'', and as Catherine Martell in the television series ''Twin Peaks'', for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1991 and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Early life Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, the younger of two children (both girls) of Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer, and his wife, Charlotte Sadie ( Alperin) Jacobs. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. She was delivered, according to her 2011 autobiography ''Learning to Live Out Loud'', in a one-bed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Winger
Debra Lynn Wingerhttps://www.pressreader.com/usa/closer-weekly/20200511/282084868951188https://www.discountmags.com/magazine/closer-weekly-may-11-2020-digital/in-this-issue/99961 (born May 16, 1955)https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_International_Who_s_Who/s90MD22wtA4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=debra+winger+may+1955&dq=debra+winger+may+1955&printsec=frontcover is an American actress. She starred in the films '' An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), ''Terms of Endearment'' (1983), and '' Shadowlands'' (1993), each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for ''Terms of Endearment'', and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for '' A Dangerous Woman'' (1993). Her other film roles include ''Urban Cowboy'' (1980), ''Legal Eagles'' (1986), '' Black Widow'' (1987), '' Betrayed'' (1988), ''The Sheltering Sky'' (1990), ''Forget Paris'' (1995), and ''Rachel Getting Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Public Radio
Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) is a regional public radio broadcasting network serving over a million potential listeners in Southern Oregon and the Shasta Cascade region of northern California. Owned by Southern Oregon University, the network is headquartered on the SOU campus in Ashland, near Medford. It is named after the proposed State of Jefferson, an area which roughly corresponds to its vast and mostly mountainous coverage area of . JPR's flagship station, KSOR in Ashland, signed on in April 1969 as a 10-watt station operated by students at what was then Southern Oregon College. It began moving away from its college radio roots during the 1970s, becoming a full NPR member by the end of the decade. In the early 1980s, it began building a massive system of translators covering large portions of Oregon and California, and now claims one of the largest translator network of any public radio station in the country. At first, KSOR was not familiar with the history of Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Live
''West Coast Live'' is a weekly two-hour radio variety show hosted by Sedge Thomson. The unscripted program features interviews with world-renowned authors and cultural figures along with performances by musicians, comedians and other entertainers. It is broadcast live-to-satellite each Saturday morning in front of a theater audience from one of several San Francisco Bay area venues. The show is carried on NPR stations from coast-to-coast, and in Paris, France until 2018. Occasionally, the show will travel to various theaters, music festivals and film festivals throughout the northwest. The Biospherical Digital-Optical Aquaphone is the trademarked signature of Sedge Thomson. Past guests Writers include: Diane Ackerman, Maya Angelou, Julian Barnes, T.C. Boyle, Ray Bradbury, A.S. Byatt, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Chabon, Julia Child, Billy Collins, Junot Diaz, Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jonathan Safran Foer, William Gibson, Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Handler, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
