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Sleepover (film)
''Sleepover'' is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Joe Nussbaum, in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Alexa Vega and Mika Boorem with supporting roles from Jane Lynch, Sara Paxton, Brie Larson, Steve Carell and Jeff Garlin. It was released theatrically in the United States on July 9, 2004 and was both a box office and critical failure upon its release, but has since become a cult classic among fans who viewed the film through the ancillary market in subsequent years. Plot On the last day of 8th grade before their freshman year in high school, Julie Corky has a slumber party with three best friends, Hannah Carlson, Farrah James, and Yancy Williams. A group of popular girls, led by a former friend of Julie's, Staci Blake, challenge the girls to a scavenger hunt after Staci's boyfriend dumps her, barring her from the high school dance. The prize is a coveted lunchtime seat near the fountain in high school, where the popular kids sit. The losers will sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Nussbaum
Joseph Nussbaum (born January 10, 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter. Nussbaum got his break into the film industry by passing around Hollywood offices his short film ''George Lucas in Love''. The success of the film eventually got him a deal with DreamWorks, and he has since directed films such as the 2004 production ''Sleepover'', the 2006 film '' American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and the 2007 film ''Sydney White'' starring Amanda Bynes. He has also co-written such screenplays as 2016's ''The Late Bloomer''. He also directed the Walt Disney Pictures film ''Prom'', starring Aimee Teegarden and Nicholas Braun. Nussbaum also directed a number of television series including MTV's ''Awkward'' and ''Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous'', ABC's '' Back in the Game'' and ''Super Fun Night'', and FOX's ''Surviving Jack''. Since 2015 he has been directing the television series ''Just Add Magic'' from Amazon Network. Personal life Nussbaum is a graduate of Brighton H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancillary Market
Ancillary markets are non-theatrical markets for feature films, like home video, television, Pay Per View, VOD, Internet streaming, airlines and others. History Before television, studios played their films in theaters exclusively. However, in 1950 many studios began to sell all their pre-1948 features to television syndicators. The television syndicators then would use these films to fill in their programming schedules. Back in the 1960s, the first domestic ancillary market for feature films was created. NBC was the first to practice the market on September 23, 1961, by programming "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies." After such success, ABC became the second network ever to program a series of prime time features in 1962. One of the other networks, CBS, followed and added a prime time feature program in 1965. Today, feature films opens in motion picture theaters to establish its box-office value. After that is established, it is then released to ancillary markets in a particu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Greczyn
Alice Hannah Meiqui Greczyn (born February 6, 1986) is an American actress and model best known for roles in the films ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', '' Shrooms'', ''House of Fears'' and ''Sex Drive''. She is also well known as Sage Lund in '' Lincoln Heights'', and as Madeline "Mads" Rybak in ''The Lying Game''. Early life Greczyn was born in Walnut Creek, California and lives in Hollywood, California. She is the oldest of five children. As a child, Greczyn competed in figure skating. She was home-schooled in Colorado, graduated early from high school, and started taking classes at Front Range Community College when she was 15 or 16. Informed that she had to be 18 to take Colorado's nursing test, she decided to try modeling and relocated to California. Greczyn is of European and Asian descent. On her heritage, Greczyn stated, "I'm mainly French, Japanese, and Polish, but there's also Chinese, Korean, German, Irish, Native American, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Swedish, and Czech." A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Eileen April Boylan
Eileen April Boylan (born May 10, 1987) is an American film and television actress. She stands and is of Filipino and Irish descent. Biography Boylan was born in Acton, California, the daughter of Merlie Baris and Frank Boylan. She has one brother Tommy Boylan, and multiple half-siblings including David Boylan. Film Boylan made her film debut playing a younger version of the title character in the 2001 film ''Alex in Wonder'' (a.k.a. ''Sex and a Girl''). In 2004, she starred opposite Alexa Vega and Sara Paxton in the film ''Sleepover''. She starred in her first leading role playing the title character in the 2008 independent film ''Dakota Skye''. In 2011, Boylan starred opposite Tom Selleck as a central character in the television movie '' Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost''. Television Boylan's television credits include roles on ''Baywatch'', '' General Hospital'', '' Judging Amy'' and a recurring role on the Lifetime original series '' Strong Medicine''. In 2006, she joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katija Pevec
Katija Mira Pevec (born March 1, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Christina Beardsley in the 2005 film '' Yours, Mine and Ours'', and Lauren Zelmer on the short-lived Nickelodeon television series, '' Just for Kicks''. Career Pevec was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. As a child, she took singing, dancing and acting lessons. She made her major acting debut in the lead role of the 2003 ''Air Bud'' sequel '' Air Bud: Spikes Back''. In the next year she had a supporting role in the film ''Sleepover'' opposite Alexa Vega and Sara Paxton. Pevec's most notable role to date was in the 2005 Nickelodeon theatrical film '' Yours, Mine and Ours''. As well as appearing in the films '' Art School Confidential'' (2006), ''Eagle Eye'' (2008), and ''Life Is Hot in Cracktown'' (2009). In 2006, she co-starred in the Nickelodeon comedy-drama series, '' Just for Kicks''. The series was executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg and only lasted one season. Pevec's other tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (actor)
Douglas Alexander Smith is a Canadian actor known for his work on the HBO series ''Big Love'' as Ben Henrickson. His other work includes '' Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'', ''Terminator Genisys'', ''Vinyl'', ''Miss Sloane'', ''When We Rise'', ''The Alienist'' and the second season of HBO's '' Big Little Lies''. Early life Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Terrea ( née Oster), an American-born teacher, and Maurice Smith, a producer of low-budget films who is originally from the United Kingdom. Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the 1980s. He is the younger brother of actor Gregory Smith. Career Smith has been acting since he was cast as Malvolio in his fourth grade production of Shakespeare's comedy ''Twelfth Night''. Audiences first saw him on the big screen as a young version of Brendan Fraser's character in '' Blast from the Past'' (1999). As a teenager, he went to Australia to play the lead role as an Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Slattery
Ryan Paul Slattery is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and director. Slattery is most notable for his work in the MGM film ''Sleepover'' as Peter, the kind-hearted boy who befriends Yancy, played by Kallie Flynn Childress. Early life and education Slattery was born in Ventura, California, and attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he played baseball. He went on to attend Harvard University, where he received his bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts and Film Studies, and the renowned UCLA Film School, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in the UCLA Producers Program. Film and television career Slattery is best known as an actor, with credits in film and television including the MGM film ''Sleepover'', and television series including ''The Jersey'' on the Disney Channel, ''The District'' on CBS, ''American Dreams'' on NBC, '' JAG'' on CBS, and ''MTV's Undressed'' on MTV. He was nominated for a Young Artist Award (Best Performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Peters
Evan Thomas Peters (born January 20, 1987) is an American actor. He is known for his multiple roles on the FX anthology series ''American Horror Story''; as Detective Colin Zabel in the HBO crime drama limited series ''Mare of Easttown'', which won him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021; as Stan Bowes in the first season of the FX ballroom drama series ''Pose''; as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver in the ''X-Men'' film series (2014–2019) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ''WandaVision''; and as the titular character in the Netflix series '' Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story'' . He made his acting debut in the 2004 drama film ''Clipping Adam'' and starred in the ABC science fiction series ''Invasion'' from 2005 to 2006. From 2004 to 2010, Peters appeared in numerous national commercials for established brands such as Kelloggs, Papa John's Pizza and PlayStation. During this time, he also had recurring roles on Disney Channel's ''Phil of the Future'' and The CW's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Faris
Sean Faris (born March 25, 1982) is an American actor and model. He is known for his roles as Jake Tyler in ''Never Back Down'', Kyo Kusanagi in ''The King of Fighters'', and Rick Penning in ''Forever Strong''. He also played Tom in '' Ghost Machine''. Early life Faris was born on March 25, 1982, in Houston, Texas, the son of Katherine and Warren Stephen Faris. His family was working-class and lived in a small house in Houston; he moved to Ohio at age 12, where he attended Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Cleveland. In 1999, Faris competed at the International Model and Talent Association. Career Faris has starred in many different projects, including two television shows, '' Life as We Know It'', and ''Reunion'', both canceled before the end of their first season. He also played William Beardsley in '' Yours, Mine & Ours''. Faris also appeared in ''Sleepover'' with Alexa Vega in 2004. Faris was also nominated for the Young Actors Award at the 7th Annual Young Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Huntington
Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Josh Levison, a werewolf in the Syfy series '' Being Human'', and for his role as Jimmy Olsen in the superhero film ''Superman Returns''. For its two seasons from September 2015 to April 2017, Huntington had a recurring role on the Fox series ''Rosewood (TV series), Rosewood''. He also played Mimi-Siku Cromwell in the Walt Disney Pictures, Disney movie ''Jungle 2 Jungle''. He played Ox in ''Not Another Teen Movie''. He also had a cameo in the December 2017 USA Network TV-film ''Psych: The Movie''. Early life Huntington was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was raised in Hancock, New Hampshire. His mother, Christine Stabile, owned and operated the Black Box Theatre, where Huntington started his career. Huntington's great-uncle was actor Ralph Bellamy. Career Huntington's first role was in the 1996 television movie ''Harvest of Fire'', which starred Lolita Davidovich. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallie Flynn Childress
Kallie Flynn Childress (born April 13, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Yancy in the 2004 film ''Sleepover'', for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress at the 2005 ceremony. Career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Childress began acting at the age of five appearing in numerous musical theatre productions. She attended and graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Chicago. Besides ''Sleepover'', she appeared in television series ''Judging Amy'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Cougar Town'' and ''Good Luck Charlie''. In 2011, she appeared in the short film ''Dark All Around''. Childress is also a singer-songwriter, she has released music via the iTunes Store The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs' push to open a digital marketplace for music. As of April 2020, iTunes offered 60 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
